diff --git a/.envrc b/.envrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..444059a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.envrc
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+source_up 
+
+export DATABASE_USER="newsreader";
+export DATABASE_NAME="newsreader";
+export DATABASE_HOST="nixos-07.h.xinu.tv";
+export DATABASE_URL="postgres://${DATABASE_USER}@${DATABASE_HOST}/${DATABASE_NAME}";
+export PROD_DATABASE_USER="newsreader";
+export PROD_DATABASE_NAME="newsreader";
+export PROD_DATABASE_HOST="postgres.h.xinu.tv";
+export PROD_DATABASE_URL="postgres://${PROD_DATABASE_USER}@${PROD_DATABASE_HOST}/${PROD_DATABASE_NAME}";
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b82df9e..75308c3 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e89da841a80418a9b391ebaea17f5c112ffaaa96f621d2c285b5174da76b9011"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
+ "getrandom 0.2.15",
  "once_cell",
  "version_check",
  "zerocopy",
@@ -59,6 +60,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "allocator-api2"
+version = "0.2.18"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5c6cb57a04249c6480766f7f7cef5467412af1490f8d1e243141daddada3264f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ammonia"
 version = "3.3.0"
@@ -241,6 +248,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.69",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "atoi"
+version = "2.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f28d99ec8bfea296261ca1af174f24225171fea9664ba9003cbebee704810528"
+dependencies = [
+ "num-traits",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "atomic"
 version = "0.5.3"
@@ -312,6 +328,12 @@ version = "0.21.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9d297deb1925b89f2ccc13d7635fa0714f12c87adce1c75356b39ca9b7178567"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "base64ct"
+version = "1.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8c3c1a368f70d6cf7302d78f8f7093da241fb8e8807c05cc9e51a125895a6d5b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bimap"
 version = "0.6.3"
@@ -335,6 +357,9 @@ name = "bitflags"
 version = "2.6.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b048fb63fd8b5923fc5aa7b340d8e156aec7ec02f0c78fa8a6ddc2613f6f71de"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "block-buffer"
@@ -441,6 +466,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "web-sys",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "const-oid"
+version = "0.9.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c2459377285ad874054d797f3ccebf984978aa39129f6eafde5cdc8315b612f8"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "const-sha1"
 version = "0.2.0"
@@ -489,6 +520,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "crc"
+version = "3.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "69e6e4d7b33a94f0991c26729976b10ebde1d34c3ee82408fb536164fa10d636"
+dependencies = [
+ "crc-catalog",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "crc-catalog"
+version = "2.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "19d374276b40fb8bbdee95aef7c7fa6b5316ec764510eb64b8dd0e2ed0d7e7f5"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "crossbeam-deque"
 version = "0.8.5"
@@ -508,6 +554,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "crossbeam-utils",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "crossbeam-queue"
+version = "0.3.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "df0346b5d5e76ac2fe4e327c5fd1118d6be7c51dfb18f9b7922923f287471e35"
+dependencies = [
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "crossbeam-utils"
 version = "0.8.20"
@@ -658,6 +713,17 @@ version = "2.6.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e8566979429cf69b49a5c740c60791108e86440e8be149bbea4fe54d2c32d6e2"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "der"
+version = "0.7.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f55bf8e7b65898637379c1b74eb1551107c8294ed26d855ceb9fd1a09cfc9bc0"
+dependencies = [
+ "const-oid",
+ "pem-rfc7468",
+ "zeroize",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "deranged"
 version = "0.3.11"
@@ -726,9 +792,17 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9ed9a281f7bc9b7576e61468ba615a66a5c8cfdff42420a70aa82701a3b1e292"
 dependencies = [
  "block-buffer",
+ "const-oid",
  "crypto-common",
+ "subtle",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "dotenvy"
+version = "0.15.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1aaf95b3e5c8f23aa320147307562d361db0ae0d51242340f558153b4eb2439b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "downcast-rs"
 version = "1.2.1"
@@ -769,6 +843,9 @@ name = "either"
 version = "1.13.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "60b1af1c220855b6ceac025d3f6ecdd2b7c4894bfe9cd9bda4fbb4bc7c0d4cf0"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "enclose"
@@ -801,6 +878,23 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "etcetera"
+version = "0.8.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "136d1b5283a1ab77bd9257427ffd09d8667ced0570b6f938942bc7568ed5b943"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "home",
+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "event-listener"
+version = "2.5.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0206175f82b8d6bf6652ff7d71a1e27fd2e4efde587fd368662814d6ec1d9ce0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "fast_chemail"
 version = "0.9.6"
@@ -830,6 +924,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "version_check",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "flume"
+version = "0.11.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "55ac459de2512911e4b674ce33cf20befaba382d05b62b008afc1c8b57cbf181"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-sink",
+ "spin",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "fnv"
 version = "1.0.7"
@@ -897,6 +1002,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures-util",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "futures-intrusive"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1d930c203dd0b6ff06e0201a4a2fe9149b43c684fd4420555b26d21b1a02956f"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-core",
+ "lock_api",
+ "parking_lot 0.12.3",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "futures-io"
 version = "0.3.30"
@@ -1249,12 +1365,28 @@ name = "hashbrown"
 version = "0.14.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e5274423e17b7c9fc20b6e7e208532f9b19825d82dfd615708b70edd83df41f1"
+dependencies = [
+ "ahash 0.8.11",
+ "allocator-api2",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "hashlink"
+version = "0.8.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e8094feaf31ff591f651a2664fb9cfd92bba7a60ce3197265e9482ebe753c8f7"
+dependencies = [
+ "hashbrown 0.14.5",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "heck"
 version = "0.4.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "95505c38b4572b2d910cecb0281560f54b440a19336cbbcb27bf6ce6adc6f5a8"
+dependencies = [
+ "unicode-segmentation",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hermit-abi"
@@ -1262,6 +1394,39 @@ version = "0.3.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d231dfb89cfffdbc30e7fc41579ed6066ad03abda9e567ccafae602b97ec5024"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hex"
+version = "0.4.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7f24254aa9a54b5c858eaee2f5bccdb46aaf0e486a595ed5fd8f86ba55232a70"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "hkdf"
+version = "0.12.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7b5f8eb2ad728638ea2c7d47a21db23b7b58a72ed6a38256b8a1849f15fbbdf7"
+dependencies = [
+ "hmac",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "hmac"
+version = "0.12.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6c49c37c09c17a53d937dfbb742eb3a961d65a994e6bcdcf37e7399d0cc8ab5e"
+dependencies = [
+ "digest",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "home"
+version = "0.5.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e3d1354bf6b7235cb4a0576c2619fd4ed18183f689b12b006a0ee7329eeff9a5"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "html5ever"
 version = "0.26.0"
@@ -1523,6 +1688,9 @@ name = "lazy_static"
 version = "1.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "bbd2bcb4c963f2ddae06a2efc7e9f3591312473c50c6685e1f298068316e66fe"
+dependencies = [
+ "spin",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lazycell"
@@ -1559,6 +1727,23 @@ version = "0.2.155"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "97b3888a4aecf77e811145cadf6eef5901f4782c53886191b2f693f24761847c"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "libm"
+version = "0.2.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4ec2a862134d2a7d32d7983ddcdd1c4923530833c9f2ea1a44fc5fa473989058"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "libsqlite3-sys"
+version = "0.27.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cf4e226dcd58b4be396f7bd3c20da8fdee2911400705297ba7d2d7cc2c30f716"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "pkg-config",
+ "vcpkg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "linkify"
 version = "0.10.0"
@@ -1676,6 +1861,16 @@ version = "0.1.10"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2532096657941c2fea9c289d370a250971c689d4f143798ff67113ec042024a5"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "md-5"
+version = "0.10.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d89e7ee0cfbedfc4da3340218492196241d89eefb6dab27de5df917a6d2e78cf"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "digest",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "memchr"
 version = "2.7.4"
@@ -1707,6 +1902,12 @@ version = "0.3.17"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6877bb514081ee2a7ff5ef9de3281f14a4dd4bceac4c09388074a6b5df8a139a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "minimal-lexical"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "68354c5c6bd36d73ff3feceb05efa59b6acb7626617f4962be322a825e61f79a"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "miniz_oxide"
 version = "0.7.4"
@@ -1789,6 +1990,16 @@ version = "0.1.14"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "72ef4a56884ca558e5ddb05a1d1e7e1bfd9a68d9ed024c21704cc98872dae1bb"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "nom"
+version = "7.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d273983c5a657a70a3e8f2a01329822f3b8c8172b73826411a55751e404a0a4a"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+ "minimal-lexical",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "notmuch"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -1802,12 +2013,49 @@ dependencies = [
  "thiserror",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "num-bigint-dig"
+version = "0.8.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "dc84195820f291c7697304f3cbdadd1cb7199c0efc917ff5eafd71225c136151"
+dependencies = [
+ "byteorder",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "libm",
+ "num-integer",
+ "num-iter",
+ "num-traits",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
+ "smallvec",
+ "zeroize",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "num-conv"
 version = "0.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "51d515d32fb182ee37cda2ccdcb92950d6a3c2893aa280e540671c2cd0f3b1d9"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "num-integer"
+version = "0.1.46"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7969661fd2958a5cb096e56c8e1ad0444ac2bbcd0061bd28660485a44879858f"
+dependencies = [
+ "num-traits",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "num-iter"
+version = "0.1.45"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1429034a0490724d0075ebb2bc9e875d6503c3cf69e235a8941aa757d83ef5bf"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+ "num-integer",
+ "num-traits",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "num-traits"
 version = "0.2.19"
@@ -1815,6 +2063,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "071dfc062690e90b734c0b2273ce72ad0ffa95f0c74596bc250dcfd960262841"
 dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
+ "libm",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1928,6 +2177,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.69",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pem-rfc7468"
+version = "0.7.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "88b39c9bfcfc231068454382784bb460aae594343fb030d46e9f50a645418412"
+dependencies = [
+ "base64ct",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "percent-encoding"
 version = "2.3.1"
@@ -2151,6 +2409,33 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8b870d8c151b6f2fb93e84a13146138f05d02ed11c7e7c54f8826aaaf7c9f184"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pkcs1"
+version = "0.7.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c8ffb9f10fa047879315e6625af03c164b16962a5368d724ed16323b68ace47f"
+dependencies = [
+ "der",
+ "pkcs8",
+ "spki",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pkcs8"
+version = "0.10.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f950b2377845cebe5cf8b5165cb3cc1a5e0fa5cfa3e1f7f55707d8fd82e0a7b7"
+dependencies = [
+ "der",
+ "spki",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pkg-config"
+version = "0.3.30"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d231b230927b5e4ad203db57bbcbee2802f6bce620b1e4a9024a07d94e2907ec"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "powerfmt"
 version = "0.2.0"
@@ -2610,6 +2895,26 @@ dependencies = [
  "uncased",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rsa"
+version = "0.9.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5d0e5124fcb30e76a7e79bfee683a2746db83784b86289f6251b54b7950a0dfc"
+dependencies = [
+ "const-oid",
+ "digest",
+ "num-bigint-dig",
+ "num-integer",
+ "num-traits",
+ "pkcs1",
+ "pkcs8",
+ "rand_core 0.6.4",
+ "signature",
+ "spki",
+ "subtle",
+ "zeroize",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustc-demangle"
 version = "0.1.24"
@@ -2875,6 +3180,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "shared",
+ "sqlx",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
  "urlencoding",
@@ -2899,6 +3205,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "stable_deref_trait",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sha1"
+version = "0.10.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e3bf829a2d51ab4a5ddf1352d8470c140cadc8301b2ae1789db023f01cedd6ba"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "cpufeatures",
+ "digest",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "sha2"
 version = "0.10.8"
@@ -2936,6 +3253,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "signature"
+version = "2.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "77549399552de45a898a580c1b41d445bf730df867cc44e6c0233bbc4b8329de"
+dependencies = [
+ "digest",
+ "rand_core 0.6.4",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "siphasher"
 version = "0.3.11"
@@ -2981,6 +3308,223 @@ name = "spin"
 version = "0.9.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6980e8d7511241f8acf4aebddbb1ff938df5eebe98691418c4468d0b72a96a67"
+dependencies = [
+ "lock_api",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "spki"
+version = "0.7.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d91ed6c858b01f942cd56b37a94b3e0a1798290327d1236e4d9cf4eaca44d29d"
+dependencies = [
+ "base64ct",
+ "der",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "sqlformat"
+version = "0.2.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f895e3734318cc55f1fe66258926c9b910c124d47520339efecbb6c59cec7c1f"
+dependencies = [
+ "nom",
+ "unicode_categories",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "sqlx"
+version = "0.7.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c9a2ccff1a000a5a59cd33da541d9f2fdcd9e6e8229cc200565942bff36d0aaa"
+dependencies = [
+ "sqlx-core",
+ "sqlx-macros",
+ "sqlx-mysql",
+ "sqlx-postgres",
+ "sqlx-sqlite",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "sqlx-core"
+version = "0.7.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "24ba59a9342a3d9bab6c56c118be528b27c9b60e490080e9711a04dccac83ef6"
+dependencies = [
+ "ahash 0.8.11",
+ "atoi",
+ "byteorder",
+ "bytes",
+ "crc",
+ "crossbeam-queue",
+ "either",
+ "event-listener",
+ "futures-channel",
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-intrusive",
+ "futures-io",
+ "futures-util",
+ "hashlink",
+ "hex",
+ "indexmap 2.2.6",
+ "log",
+ "memchr",
+ "once_cell",
+ "paste",
+ "percent-encoding",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "sha2",
+ "smallvec",
+ "sqlformat",
+ "thiserror",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-stream",
+ "tracing",
+ "url",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "sqlx-macros"
+version = "0.7.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4ea40e2345eb2faa9e1e5e326db8c34711317d2b5e08d0d5741619048a803127"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "sqlx-core",
+ "sqlx-macros-core",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "sqlx-macros-core"
+version = "0.7.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5833ef53aaa16d860e92123292f1f6a3d53c34ba8b1969f152ef1a7bb803f3c8"
+dependencies = [
+ "dotenvy",
+ "either",
+ "heck",
+ "hex",
+ "once_cell",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "sha2",
+ "sqlx-core",
+ "sqlx-mysql",
+ "sqlx-postgres",
+ "sqlx-sqlite",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
+ "tempfile",
+ "tokio",
+ "url",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "sqlx-mysql"
+version = "0.7.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1ed31390216d20e538e447a7a9b959e06ed9fc51c37b514b46eb758016ecd418"
+dependencies = [
+ "atoi",
+ "base64 0.21.7",
+ "bitflags 2.6.0",
+ "byteorder",
+ "bytes",
+ "crc",
+ "digest",
+ "dotenvy",
+ "either",
+ "futures-channel",
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-io",
+ "futures-util",
+ "generic-array",
+ "hex",
+ "hkdf",
+ "hmac",
+ "itoa 1.0.11",
+ "log",
+ "md-5",
+ "memchr",
+ "once_cell",
+ "percent-encoding",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rsa",
+ "serde",
+ "sha1",
+ "sha2",
+ "smallvec",
+ "sqlx-core",
+ "stringprep",
+ "thiserror",
+ "tracing",
+ "whoami",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "sqlx-postgres"
+version = "0.7.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7c824eb80b894f926f89a0b9da0c7f435d27cdd35b8c655b114e58223918577e"
+dependencies = [
+ "atoi",
+ "base64 0.21.7",
+ "bitflags 2.6.0",
+ "byteorder",
+ "crc",
+ "dotenvy",
+ "etcetera",
+ "futures-channel",
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-io",
+ "futures-util",
+ "hex",
+ "hkdf",
+ "hmac",
+ "home",
+ "itoa 1.0.11",
+ "log",
+ "md-5",
+ "memchr",
+ "once_cell",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "sha2",
+ "smallvec",
+ "sqlx-core",
+ "stringprep",
+ "thiserror",
+ "tracing",
+ "whoami",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "sqlx-sqlite"
+version = "0.7.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b244ef0a8414da0bed4bb1910426e890b19e5e9bccc27ada6b797d05c55ae0aa"
+dependencies = [
+ "atoi",
+ "flume",
+ "futures-channel",
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-executor",
+ "futures-intrusive",
+ "futures-util",
+ "libsqlite3-sys",
+ "log",
+ "percent-encoding",
+ "serde",
+ "sqlx-core",
+ "tracing",
+ "url",
+ "urlencoding",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "stable-pattern"
@@ -3038,6 +3582,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "quote",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "stringprep"
+version = "0.1.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7b4df3d392d81bd458a8a621b8bffbd2302a12ffe288a9d931670948749463b1"
+dependencies = [
+ "unicode-bidi",
+ "unicode-normalization",
+ "unicode-properties",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "strsim"
 version = "0.9.3"
@@ -3072,6 +3627,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.69",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "subtle"
+version = "2.6.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "13c2bddecc57b384dee18652358fb23172facb8a2c51ccc10d74c157bdea3292"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
 version = "1.0.109"
@@ -3378,6 +3939,7 @@ version = "0.1.40"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c3523ab5a71916ccf420eebdf5521fcef02141234bbc0b8a49f2fdc4544364ef"
 dependencies = [
+ "log",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "tracing-attributes",
  "tracing-core",
@@ -3510,12 +4072,30 @@ dependencies = [
  "tinyvec",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode-properties"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e4259d9d4425d9f0661581b804cb85fe66a4c631cadd8f490d1c13a35d5d9291"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode-segmentation"
+version = "1.11.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d4c87d22b6e3f4a18d4d40ef354e97c90fcb14dd91d7dc0aa9d8a1172ebf7202"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-xid"
 version = "0.2.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f962df74c8c05a667b5ee8bcf162993134c104e96440b663c8daa176dc772d8c"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode_categories"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "39ec24b3121d976906ece63c9daad25b85969647682eee313cb5779fdd69e14e"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unreachable"
 version = "1.0.0"
@@ -3569,6 +4149,12 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "830b7e5d4d90034032940e4ace0d9a9a057e7a45cd94e6c007832e39edb82f6d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "vcpkg"
+version = "0.2.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "accd4ea62f7bb7a82fe23066fb0957d48ef677f6eeb8215f372f52e48bb32426"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "version_check"
 version = "0.9.4"
@@ -4003,3 +4589,9 @@ dependencies = [
  "quote",
  "syn 2.0.69",
 ]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zeroize"
+version = "1.8.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ced3678a2879b30306d323f4542626697a464a97c0a07c9aebf7ebca65cd4dde"
diff --git a/server/Cargo.toml b/server/Cargo.toml
index 80a6ace..ef20f4b 100644
--- a/server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/server/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,4 +28,5 @@ css-inline = "0.13.0"
 anyhow = "1.0.79"
 maplit = "1.0.2"
 linkify = "0.10.0"
+sqlx = { version = "0.7.4", features = ["postgres", "runtime-tokio"] }
 
diff --git a/server/Rocket.toml b/server/Rocket.toml
index 42e280c..fc64944 100644
--- a/server/Rocket.toml
+++ b/server/Rocket.toml
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ address = "0.0.0.0"
 port = 9345
 # Uncomment to make it production like.
 #log_level = "critical"
+newsreader_database_url = "postgres://newsreader@nixos-07.h.xinu.tv/newsreader"
diff --git a/server/sql/tags.sql b/server/sql/tags.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..43520ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/sql/tags.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+SELECT
+    site,
+    name,
+    count (
+        NOT is_read
+        OR NULL
+    ) unread
+FROM
+    post AS p
+    JOIN feed AS f ON p.site = f.slug
+GROUP BY
+    1,
+    2;
diff --git a/server/src/bin/server.rs b/server/src/bin/server.rs
index 0de3fcc..9edbf61 100644
--- a/server/src/bin/server.rs
+++ b/server/src/bin/server.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use async_graphql_rocket::{GraphQLQuery, GraphQLRequest, GraphQLResponse};
 use glog::Flags;
 use notmuch::{Notmuch, NotmuchError, ThreadSet};
 use rocket::{
+    fairing::AdHoc,
     http::{ContentType, Header},
     request::Request,
     response::{content, Debug, Responder},
@@ -14,12 +15,19 @@ use rocket::{
     Response, State,
 };
 use rocket_cors::{AllowedHeaders, AllowedOrigins};
+use serde::Deserialize;
 use server::{
     error::ServerError,
     graphql::{
         attachment_bytes, cid_attachment_bytes, Attachment, GraphqlSchema, Mutation, QueryRoot,
     },
 };
+use sqlx::postgres::PgPool;
+
+#[derive(Deserialize)]
+struct Config {
+    newsreader_database_url: String,
+}
 
 #[get("/refresh")]
 async fn refresh(nm: &State<Notmuch>) -> Result<Json<String>, Debug<NotmuchError>> {
@@ -224,12 +232,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
     }
     .to_cors()?;
 
-    let schema = Schema::build(QueryRoot, Mutation, EmptySubscription)
-        .data(Notmuch::default())
-        .extension(async_graphql::extensions::Logger)
-        .finish();
-
-    let _ = rocket::build()
+    let rkt = rocket::build()
         .mount(
             shared::urls::MOUNT_POINT,
             routes![
@@ -248,11 +251,19 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
             ],
         )
         .attach(cors)
-        .manage(schema)
-        .manage(Notmuch::default())
-        //.manage(Notmuch::with_config("../notmuch/testdata/notmuch.config"))
-        .launch()
-        .await?;
+        .attach(AdHoc::config::<Config>());
 
+    let config: Config = rkt.figment().extract()?;
+    let pool = PgPool::connect(&config.newsreader_database_url).await?;
+    let schema = Schema::build(QueryRoot, Mutation, EmptySubscription)
+        .data(Notmuch::default())
+        .data(pool.clone())
+        .extension(async_graphql::extensions::Logger)
+        .finish();
+
+    let rkt = rkt.manage(schema).manage(pool).manage(Notmuch::default());
+    //.manage(Notmuch::with_config("../notmuch/testdata/notmuch.config"))
+
+    rkt.launch().await?;
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/server/src/error.rs b/server/src/error.rs
index f9552c3..a0d15f8 100644
--- a/server/src/error.rs
+++ b/server/src/error.rs
@@ -13,4 +13,6 @@ pub enum ServerError {
     IoError(#[from] std::io::Error),
     #[error("attachement not found")]
     PartNotFound,
+    #[error("sqlx error")]
+    SQLXError(#[from] sqlx::Error),
 }
diff --git a/server/src/graphql.rs b/server/src/graphql.rs
index 993b334..3c0763c 100644
--- a/server/src/graphql.rs
+++ b/server/src/graphql.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 const MAX_RAW_MESSAGE_SIZE: usize = 100_000;
-use std::{
-    collections::HashMap,
-    fs::File,
-    hash::{DefaultHasher, Hash, Hasher},
-    time::Instant,
-};
+use std::fs::File;
 
 use async_graphql::{
     connection::{self, Connection, Edge},
@@ -14,8 +9,9 @@ use log::{error, info, warn};
 use mailparse::{parse_mail, MailHeader, MailHeaderMap, ParsedMail};
 use memmap::MmapOptions;
 use notmuch::Notmuch;
+use sqlx::postgres::PgPool;
 
-use crate::{error::ServerError, linkify_html, sanitize_html};
+use crate::{error::ServerError, linkify_html, newsreader, nm, sanitize_html};
 
 /// # Number of seconds since the Epoch
 pub type UnixTime = isize;
@@ -181,11 +177,11 @@ pub struct Email {
 }
 
 #[derive(SimpleObject)]
-struct Tag {
-    name: String,
-    fg_color: String,
-    bg_color: String,
-    unread: usize,
+pub(crate) struct Tag {
+    pub name: String,
+    pub fg_color: String,
+    pub bg_color: String,
+    pub unread: usize,
 }
 
 pub struct QueryRoot;
@@ -261,44 +257,10 @@ impl QueryRoot {
 
     async fn tags<'ctx>(&self, ctx: &Context<'ctx>) -> FieldResult<Vec<Tag>> {
         let nm = ctx.data_unchecked::<Notmuch>();
-        let now = Instant::now();
+        let pool = ctx.data_unchecked::<PgPool>();
         let needs_unread = ctx.look_ahead().field("unread").exists();
-        let unread_msg_cnt: HashMap<String, usize> = if needs_unread {
-            // 10000 is an arbitrary number, if there's more than 10k unread messages, we'll
-            //  get an inaccurate count.
-            nm.search("is:unread", 0, 10000)?
-                .0
-                .iter()
-                .fold(HashMap::new(), |mut m, ts| {
-                    ts.tags.iter().for_each(|t| {
-                        m.entry(t.clone()).and_modify(|c| *c += 1).or_insert(1);
-                    });
-                    m
-                })
-        } else {
-            HashMap::new()
-        };
-        let tags = nm
-            .tags()?
-            .into_iter()
-            .map(|tag| {
-                let mut hasher = DefaultHasher::new();
-                tag.hash(&mut hasher);
-                let hex = format!("#{:06x}", hasher.finish() % (1 << 24));
-                let unread = if needs_unread {
-                    *unread_msg_cnt.get(&tag).unwrap_or(&0)
-                } else {
-                    0
-                };
-                Tag {
-                    name: tag,
-                    fg_color: "white".to_string(),
-                    bg_color: hex,
-                    unread,
-                }
-            })
-            .collect();
-        info!("Fetching tags took {} seconds", now.elapsed().as_secs_f32());
+        let mut tags = nm::tags(nm, needs_unread)?;
+        tags.append(&mut newsreader::tags(pool, needs_unread).await?);
         Ok(tags)
     }
     async fn thread<'ctx>(&self, ctx: &Context<'ctx>, thread_id: String) -> Result<Thread, Error> {
diff --git a/server/src/lib.rs b/server/src/lib.rs
index 1925deb..538b840 100644
--- a/server/src/lib.rs
+++ b/server/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 pub mod error;
 pub mod graphql;
-pub mod nm;
+mod newsreader;
+mod nm;
 
 use css_inline::{CSSInliner, InlineError, InlineOptions};
 use linkify::{LinkFinder, LinkKind};
diff --git a/server/src/newsreader.rs b/server/src/newsreader.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..29dfe97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/newsreader.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+use std::hash::{DefaultHasher, Hash, Hasher};
+
+use log::info;
+use sqlx::postgres::PgPool;
+
+const TAG_PREFIX: &'static str = "News";
+
+use crate::{error, graphql::Tag};
+pub async fn tags(pool: &PgPool, needs_unread: bool) -> Result<Vec<Tag>, error::ServerError> {
+    // TODO: write separate query for needs_unread.
+    let tags = sqlx::query_file!("sql/tags.sql").fetch_all(pool).await?;
+    info!("sqlx tags {tags:#?}");
+    let tags = tags
+        .into_iter()
+        .map(|tag| {
+            let mut hasher = DefaultHasher::new();
+            tag.site.hash(&mut hasher);
+            let hex = format!("#{:06x}", hasher.finish() % (1 << 24));
+            let unread = tag.unread.unwrap_or(0).try_into().unwrap_or(0);
+            let name = format!("{TAG_PREFIX}/{}", tag.site.expect("tag must have site"));
+            Tag {
+                name,
+                fg_color: "white".to_string(),
+                bg_color: hex,
+                unread,
+            }
+        })
+        .collect();
+    Ok(tags)
+}
diff --git a/server/src/nm.rs b/server/src/nm.rs
index e91172c..13c00c5 100644
--- a/server/src/nm.rs
+++ b/server/src/nm.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
+use std::{
+    collections::HashMap,
+    hash::{DefaultHasher, Hash, Hasher},
+    time::Instant,
+};
+
+use log::info;
+use notmuch::Notmuch;
 use shared::Message;
 
-use crate::error;
+use crate::{error, graphql::Tag};
 
 // TODO(wathiede): decide good error type
 pub fn threadset_to_messages(
@@ -11,3 +19,44 @@ pub fn threadset_to_messages(
     }
     Ok(Vec::new())
 }
+
+pub fn tags(nm: &Notmuch, needs_unread: bool) -> Result<Vec<Tag>, error::ServerError> {
+    let now = Instant::now();
+    let unread_msg_cnt: HashMap<String, usize> = if needs_unread {
+        // 10000 is an arbitrary number, if there's more than 10k unread messages, we'll
+        //  get an inaccurate count.
+        nm.search("is:unread", 0, 10000)?
+            .0
+            .iter()
+            .fold(HashMap::new(), |mut m, ts| {
+                ts.tags.iter().for_each(|t| {
+                    m.entry(t.clone()).and_modify(|c| *c += 1).or_insert(1);
+                });
+                m
+            })
+    } else {
+        HashMap::new()
+    };
+    let tags = nm
+        .tags()?
+        .into_iter()
+        .map(|tag| {
+            let mut hasher = DefaultHasher::new();
+            tag.hash(&mut hasher);
+            let hex = format!("#{:06x}", hasher.finish() % (1 << 24));
+            let unread = if needs_unread {
+                *unread_msg_cnt.get(&tag).unwrap_or(&0)
+            } else {
+                0
+            };
+            Tag {
+                name: tag,
+                fg_color: "white".to_string(),
+                bg_color: hex,
+                unread,
+            }
+        })
+        .collect();
+    info!("Fetching tags took {} seconds", now.elapsed().as_secs_f32());
+    Ok(tags)
+}