diff --git a/site/posts/2019-01-02-reincarnation.md b/site/posts/2019-01-02-reincarnation.md
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--- a/site/posts/2019-01-02-reincarnation.md
+++ b/site/posts/2019-01-02-reincarnation.md
@@ -7,38 +7,3 @@ metadata.date = "2019-01-02 23:02:42 -0400"
 Welcome, to ***Reincarnation***.
 <!-- excerpt-end -->
 `// TODO: write the actual blog post`
-
-```swift
-import Foundation
-
-public struct CharacterCounter {
-    
-    static let linkDetector = try! NSDataDetector(types: NSTextCheckingResult.CheckingType.link.rawValue)
-    static let mention = try! NSRegularExpression(pattern: "(@[a-z0-9_]+)(?:@[a-z0-9\\-\\.]+[a-z0-9]+)?", options: .caseInsensitive)
-    
-    public static func count(text: String) -> Int {
-        let mentionsRemoved = removeMentions(in: text)
-        var count = mentionsRemoved.count
-        for match in linkDetector.matches(in: mentionsRemoved, options: [], range: NSRange(location: 0, length: mentionsRemoved.utf16.count)) {
-            count -= match.range.length
-            count += 23 // Mastodon link length
-        }
-        return count
-    }
-    
-    private static func removeMentions(in text: String) -> String {
-        var mut = text
-        for match in mention.matches(in: mut, options: [], range: NSRange(location: 0, length: mut.utf16.count)).reversed() {
-            let replacement = mut[Range(match.range(at: 1), in: mut)!]
-            mut.replaceSubrange(Range(match.range, in: mut)!, with: replacement)
-        }
-        return mut
-    }
-    
-}
-```
-
-<figure>
-	<img src="https://github.com/shadowfacts.png" alt="Test" />
-	<figcaption>Example photo</figcaption>
-</figure>
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