diff --git a/.config/i3blocks/config b/.config/i3blocks/config
index e7af9e2..9916f96 100644
--- a/.config/i3blocks/config
+++ b/.config/i3blocks/config
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@ command=/usr/lib/i3blocks/$BLOCK_NAME
 separator_block_width=15
 markup=pango
 
+[news]
+command=cat ~/.newsup
+interval=once
+signal=6
+
 [record]
 command=cat ~/.recordingicon
 interval=once
diff --git a/.scripts/newsup b/.scripts/newsup
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..986524a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.scripts/newsup
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+echo "📰 🔃" > ~/.newsup
+pkill -RTMIN+6 i3blocks
+printf "Loading new RSS entries for newsboat...\\n"
+/usr/bin/newsboat -x reload &&
+	printf "Done.\\n"
+echo "" > ~/.newsup
+pkill -RTMIN+6 i3blocks