Read the title. Shit's months old and feels like a passive aggressive move by the mods because some users hurt their feelings.

Is there a CSS I can apply?

The news box on the home page, https://e621.net, has always shown the most recent news regardless of how old it is as far as I'm aware and has no context of the content of the news it is.

If for whatever reason you find yourself on the home page often and dislike the news box, this CSS will get rid of it. However, there's very little reason to actually go to the home page, I don't think.

#news-excerpt-box.mascotbox {
  display: none;
}

click the big Dismiss button on the right.

dba_afish said:
click the big Dismiss button on the right.

The home page with the mascots does not actually have a Dismiss button.

lafcadio said:
The home page with the mascots does not actually have a Dismiss button.

oh, right, the home page, I forgot that even existed.

dba_afish said:
oh, right, the home page, I forgot that even existed.

Everyone does. It doesn't actually really serve any purpose other than make someone not accidentally stumble onto porn (immediately) when they come here from google...