diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ab55817..8903711 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ An automation tool for Byte Dice. It's both a Discord and Reddit bot in one prog
 
 ## How to run
 **Dependecies:** This program uses Rust (v1.82.0) and Python (v3.11.4), you can likely use other versions if they are compatible. This program also uses these Python modules:
+<!-- TODO: update with all python modules (not just external) -->
 * sys
 * io
 * asyncpraw
diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index 86de13b..f6b9cbe 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <!-- - [x] Some kind of voting system. -->
   - [ ] `/bk_week_top [category] [amount]` to get the top N posts in a category (e.g upvotes)
   - [ ] Allow updating the data autonomously and via manual commands.
-    - [ ] 10-minute schedule for updating Discord channel
+    <!-- - [ ] 10-minute schedule for updating Discord channel (IMPOSSIBLE / REALLY FUCKING HARD) -->
     <!-- - [x] ~~Manually add posts~~ -->
       <!-- - [x] ~~via `u/[bot] add`~~ -->
       <!-- - [x] ~~via `/bk_week_add [url]`~~ -->
diff --git a/src/bk_week_cmds.rs b/src/bk_week_cmds.rs
index 1ec856e..26d8743 100644
--- a/src/bk_week_cmds.rs
+++ b/src/bk_week_cmds.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 use crate::websocket::send_cmd_json;
-use crate::{rs_println, websocket, Context, Error, BK_WEEK};
-use crate::messages::{edit_msg, embed_from_options, embed_post, embed_post_removed, send_embed, send_msg};
+use crate::{rs_println, websocket, Context, Data, Error, BK_WEEK};
+use crate::messages::*;
 use crate::data::{self, dc_bind_bk};
 
 use std::fs;
 
-use poise::serenity_prelude::{ChannelId, EditMessage, GetMessages, Message, MessageId};
-use poise::ReplyHandle;
-use serde_json::{json, Value};
+use poise::serenity_prelude::{ChannelId, EditMessage, GetMessages, Http, Message, MessageId, UserId};
+use serde_json::{json, Map, Value};
 
 
 #[derive(poise::ChoiceParameter, PartialEq)]
@@ -71,7 +70,7 @@ pub async fn bk_week_get(
 {
   data::update_re_data(ctx.data()).await;
 
-  let reddit_data = get_reddit_data(ctx).await?;
+  let reddit_data = get_reddit_data(ctx.data()).await?;
 
   if let Some(post) = get_post_from_data(ctx, &reddit_data, &url).await? {
     send_embed_for_post(ctx, post, &url).await?;
@@ -80,8 +79,8 @@ pub async fn bk_week_get(
   return Ok(());
 }
 
-async fn get_reddit_data(ctx: Context<'_>) -> Result<Value, Error> {
-  let data_lock = ctx.data().reddit_data.lock().await;
+pub async fn get_reddit_data(data: &Data) -> Result<Value, Error> {
+  let data_lock = data.reddit_data.lock().await;
   return match data_lock.as_ref() {
     Some(data) => Ok(data.clone()),
     None => Err("Reddit data is corrupted".into()),
@@ -174,7 +173,7 @@ pub async fn bk_week_add(
   }
 
   data::update_re_data(ctx.data()).await;
-  let reddit_data = get_reddit_data(ctx).await.unwrap();
+  let reddit_data = get_reddit_data(ctx.data()).await.unwrap();
 
   if let Some(bk_week) = reddit_data.get(BK_WEEK) {
     let a = approve.unwrap_or_else(|| false);
@@ -273,7 +272,7 @@ pub async fn bk_week_approve(
   }
 
   data::update_re_data(ctx.data()).await;
-  let reddit_data = get_reddit_data(ctx).await.unwrap();
+  let reddit_data = get_reddit_data(ctx.data()).await.unwrap();
 
   approve_cmd(ctx, &url, &reddit_data, !disapprove.unwrap_or_else(|| false)).await;
   
@@ -317,7 +316,7 @@ pub async fn bk_admin_bind(
   let c_id = ctx.channel_id().into();
   let r = dc_bind_bk(ctx.data(), ctx.guild_id().unwrap().into(), c_id).await;
 
-  if r {
+  if r.is_ok() {
     send_msg(ctx, format!("Successfully bound channel ID `{}` as the bk_week channel!", c_id), true, true).await;
   }
   else {
@@ -342,89 +341,80 @@ pub async fn bk_week_update(
   #[description = "Only adds new posts, leaves everything else unchanged."] only_add: Option<bool>
 ) -> Result<(), Error>
 {
-  let mut p_text = "Fetching new posts & updating data file...".to_string();
-  let progress = send_msg(ctx, p_text.clone(), true, true).await;
+  let http = ctx.http();
+
+  let executed = format!("(Executed `/bk_week_update`, author: `{}`)", ctx.author().name);
+  let mut p_text = executed.clone();
+
+  send_msg(ctx, MANDATORY_MSG.to_string(), true, true).await;
+
+  let progress = http_send_msg(http, ctx.channel_id(), p_text.clone()).await.unwrap();
+  p_text = update_progress(ctx.http(), progress.clone(), p_text, "\nFetching new posts & updating data file...".to_string()).await;
 
   send_cmd_json("add_new_posts", None).await;
   data::update_re_data(ctx.data()).await;
-  let r_data = get_reddit_data(ctx).await.unwrap();
+  let r_data = get_reddit_data(ctx.data()).await.unwrap();
 
-  let c_id = get_c_id(ctx).await.unwrap_or_else(|| 0);
+  let c_id_u = get_c_id(ctx).await;
   
-  if c_id == 0 {
+  if c_id_u.is_none() {
     send_msg(ctx, "Could not find bk_week_channel in data!\nHint: Run (or tell an admin to run) `/bk_admin_bind` in a (preferably read-only) channel.".to_string(), true, true).await;
     return Ok(());
   }
 
-  p_text = update_progress(ctx, progress.clone().unwrap(), p_text.clone(), format!("✅\nReading messages in <#{}>...", c_id)).await;
-  let msgs = read_msgs(ctx, c_id).await;
+  let c_id = c_id_u.unwrap();
 
-  p_text = update_progress(ctx, progress.clone().unwrap(), p_text.clone(), "✅\nParsing messages to JSON...".to_string()).await;
+  // Reading messages
+  p_text = update_progress(http, progress.clone(), p_text.clone(), format!("✅\nReading messages in <#{}>...", c_id)).await;
+  let msgs = read_msgs(http, ctx.framework().bot_id, c_id).await;
+
+  // Parsing messages to JSON
+  p_text = update_progress(http, progress.clone(), p_text.clone(), "✅\nParsing messages to JSON...".to_string()).await;
   let msgs_json = msgs_to_json(msgs, &r_data).await;
 
-  p_text = update_progress(ctx, progress.clone().unwrap(), p_text.clone(), "✅\nAdding new posts...".to_string()).await;
+  // Adding new posts 
+  p_text = update_progress(http, progress.clone(), p_text.clone(), "✅\nAdding new posts...".to_string()).await;
   let weekly_art = r_data[BK_WEEK].as_object().unwrap();
+  add_posts(http, c_id, weekly_art, &msgs_json).await;
   
-  for url in weekly_art.keys() {
-    if ["no_change", "updated", "removed"]
-      .iter()
-      .any(|key| msgs_json[key].as_object().unwrap().contains_key(url))
-      { continue; }
-    if msgs_json["duplicates"].as_object().unwrap().contains_key(url) { continue; }
-
-    if weekly_art[url].get("removed").is_some() {
-      send_embed(ctx, embed_post_removed(&weekly_art[url], url, false), false).await;
-      continue;
-    }
-
-    send_embed(ctx, embed_post(&weekly_art[url], url, false), false).await;
-  }
-
+  // Stop if only_add
   if only_add.unwrap_or_else(|| false) {
-    update_progress(ctx, progress.clone().unwrap(), p_text.clone(), "✅\n## Done!".to_string()).await;
+    send_msg(ctx, "`/bk_week_update`\n## Done!".to_string(), true, true).await;
+    update_progress(http, progress.clone(), String::new(), executed).await;
     return Ok(());
   }
 
-  p_text = update_progress(ctx, progress.clone().unwrap(), p_text.clone(), "✅\nEditing updated posts...".to_string()).await;
-  for (url, msg_id) in msgs_json["updated"].as_object().unwrap() {
-    let mut msg = ctx.http().get_message(ctx.channel_id(), MessageId::new(msg_id.as_u64().unwrap())).await.unwrap();
-    let r = EditMessage::new()
-      .embeds(vec![embed_from_options(embed_post(&weekly_art[url], url, false))]);
-  
-    let _ = msg.edit(ctx, r).await;
-  }
+  // Editing updated posts
+  p_text = update_progress(http, progress.clone(), p_text.clone(), "✅\nEditing updated posts...".to_string()).await;
+  edit_posts(http, c_id, weekly_art, &msgs_json).await;
 
-  p_text = update_progress(ctx, progress.clone().unwrap(), p_text.clone(), "✅\nRemoving removed posts...".to_string()).await;
-  for (url, msg_id) in msgs_json["removed"].as_object().unwrap() {
-    let mut msg = ctx.http().get_message(ctx.channel_id(), MessageId::new(msg_id.as_u64().unwrap())).await.unwrap();
-    let r = EditMessage::new()
-      .embeds(vec![embed_from_options(embed_post_removed(&weekly_art[url], url, false))]);
-  
-    let _ = msg.edit(ctx, r).await;
-  }
+  // Removing removed posts
+  p_text = update_progress(http, progress.clone(), p_text.clone(), "✅\nRemoving removed posts...".to_string()).await;
+  remove_posts(http, c_id, weekly_art, &msgs_json).await;
 
-  p_text = update_progress(ctx, progress.clone().unwrap(), p_text.clone(), "✅\nRemoving duplicate posts...".to_string()).await;
-  for (_url, msgs) in msgs_json["duplicates"].as_object().unwrap() {
-    for msg_id in msgs.as_array().unwrap() {
-      let msg = ctx.http().get_message(ctx.channel_id(), MessageId::new(msg_id.as_u64().unwrap())).await.unwrap();
-      let _ = msg.delete(ctx.http()).await;
-    }
-  }
+  // Removing duplicate posts
+  update_progress(http, progress.clone(), p_text.clone(), "✅\nRemoving duplicate posts...".to_string()).await;
+  remove_dupes(http, c_id, &msgs_json).await;
 
-  update_progress(ctx, progress.clone().unwrap(), p_text.clone(), "✅\n## Done!".to_string()).await;
+  // Done
+  send_msg(ctx, "`/bk_week_update`\n## Done!".to_string(), true, true).await;
+  update_progress(http, progress.clone(), String::new(), executed).await;
 
   return Ok(());
 }
 
 
-async fn update_progress(ctx: Context<'_>, p: ReplyHandle<'_>, t: String, a_t: String) -> String {
-  let p_text = format!("{} {}", t, a_t);
-  edit_msg(ctx, p, p_text.clone()).await;
+async fn update_progress(http: &Http, p: Message, t: String, added_t: String) -> String {
+  let p_text = format!("{} {}", t, added_t);
+
+  let new_msg = EditMessage::new().content(&p_text);
+
+  http_edit_msg(http, p, new_msg).await;
   return p_text;
 }
 
 
-async fn get_c_id(ctx: Context<'_>) -> Option<u64> {
+async fn get_c_id(ctx: Context<'_>) -> Option<ChannelId> {
   if !data::dc_contains_server(ctx.data(), ctx.guild_id().unwrap().into()).await {
     send_server_not_in_data_msg(ctx).await;
     return None;
@@ -432,27 +422,27 @@ async fn get_c_id(ctx: Context<'_>) -> Option<u64> {
 
   let d_lock = ctx.data().discord_data.lock().await;
   let d = d_lock.as_ref().unwrap();
-  let c_id =
+  let c_id_u =
     d["servers"]
      [ctx.guild_id().unwrap().to_string()]
      ["bk_week_channel"].as_u64().unwrap();
 
+  let c_id = ChannelId::new(c_id_u);
+
   return Some(c_id);
 }
 
 
-async fn read_msgs(ctx: Context<'_>, c_id: u64) -> Vec<Message> {
-  let c = ChannelId::new(c_id);
-
+pub async fn read_msgs(http: &Http, bot_id: UserId, c_id: ChannelId) -> Vec<Message> {
   let b = GetMessages::new().limit(100);
-  let mut msgs = c.messages(ctx.http(), b).await.unwrap();
-  msgs = msgs.into_iter().filter(|item| item.author.id == ctx.framework().bot_id).collect();
+  let mut msgs = c_id.messages(http, b).await.unwrap();
+  msgs = msgs.into_iter().filter(|item| item.author.id == bot_id).collect();
 
   let mut last_msg: Option<Message> = msgs.last().cloned();
 
   while last_msg.is_some() {
     let new_b = GetMessages::new().limit(100).before(last_msg.clone().unwrap());
-    let new_msgs = c.messages(ctx.http(), new_b).await.unwrap();
+    let new_msgs = c_id.messages(http, new_b).await.unwrap();
 
     last_msg = new_msgs.last().cloned();
 
@@ -462,7 +452,7 @@ async fn read_msgs(ctx: Context<'_>, c_id: u64) -> Vec<Message> {
 
     let filtered_msgs: Vec<Message> = new_msgs
       .into_iter()
-      .filter(|item| item.author.id == ctx.framework().bot_id)
+      .filter(|item| item.author.id == bot_id)
       .collect();
 
     msgs.extend(filtered_msgs);
@@ -472,7 +462,7 @@ async fn read_msgs(ctx: Context<'_>, c_id: u64) -> Vec<Message> {
 }
 
 
-async fn msgs_to_json<'a>(msgs: Vec<Message>, reddit_data: &'a Value) -> Value {
+pub async fn msgs_to_json<'a>(msgs: Vec<Message>, reddit_data: &'a Value) -> Value {
   let mut msgs_json: Value = json!({"no_change": {}, "updated": {}, "removed": {}, "duplicates": {}});
 
   for msg in msgs {
@@ -542,6 +532,54 @@ async fn msgs_to_json<'a>(msgs: Vec<Message>, reddit_data: &'a Value) -> Value {
 }
 
 
+pub async fn add_posts(http: &Http, c_id: ChannelId, r_data: &Map<String, Value>, msgs_json: &Value) {
+  for url in r_data.keys() {
+    if ["no_change", "updated", "removed"]
+      .iter()
+      .any(|key| msgs_json[key].as_object().unwrap().contains_key(url))
+      { continue; }
+    if msgs_json["duplicates"].as_object().unwrap().contains_key(url) { continue; }
+
+    if r_data[url].get("removed").is_some() {
+      http_send_embed(http, c_id, embed_post_removed(&r_data[url], url, false)).await;
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    http_send_embed(http, c_id, embed_post(&r_data[url], url, false)).await;
+  }
+}
+
+
+pub async fn edit_posts(http: &Http, c_id: ChannelId, r_data: &Map<String, Value>, msgs_json: &Value) {
+  for (url, msg_id) in msgs_json["updated"].as_object().unwrap() {
+    let mut msg = http.get_message(c_id, MessageId::new(msg_id.as_u64().unwrap())).await.unwrap();
+    let r = EditMessage::new()
+      .embeds(vec![embed_from_options(embed_post(&r_data[url], url, false))]);
+  
+    let _ = msg.edit(http, r).await;
+  }
+}
+
+
+pub async fn remove_posts(http: &Http, c_id: ChannelId, r_data: &Map<String, Value>, msgs_json: &Value) {
+  for (url, msg_id) in msgs_json["removed"].as_object().unwrap() {
+    let mut msg = http.get_message(c_id, MessageId::new(msg_id.as_u64().unwrap())).await.unwrap();
+    let r = EditMessage::new()
+      .embeds(vec![embed_from_options(embed_post_removed(&r_data[url], url, false))]);
+  
+    let _ = msg.edit(http, r).await;
+  }
+}
+
+
+pub async fn remove_dupes(http: &Http, c_id: ChannelId, msgs_json: &Value) {
+  for (_url, msgs) in msgs_json["duplicates"].as_object().unwrap() {
+    for msg_id in msgs.as_array().unwrap() {
+      let msg = http.get_message(c_id, MessageId::new(msg_id.as_u64().unwrap())).await.unwrap();
+      let _ = msg.delete(http).await;
+    }
+  }
+}
 
 
 #[poise::command(slash_command, prefix_command)]
@@ -554,7 +592,7 @@ pub async fn bk_week_vote(
 {
   data::update_re_data(ctx.data()).await;
   let uid = ctx.author().id.get();
-  let re_data = get_reddit_data(ctx).await.unwrap();
+  let re_data = get_reddit_data(ctx.data()).await.unwrap();
   let post_data = re_data[BK_WEEK].clone();
   let unw_vote = un_vote.unwrap_or_else(|| false);
   
@@ -600,4 +638,4 @@ pub async fn bk_week_vote(
   }
 
   return Ok(());
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/cmds.rs b/src/cmds.rs
index 409be0c..534ed17 100644
--- a/src/cmds.rs
+++ b/src/cmds.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use std::process;
 use crate::data::dc_add_server;
 use crate::websocket::send_cmd_json;
 use crate::{data, Context, Error};
-use crate::messages::{edit_msg, send_embed, send_msg, Author, EmbedOptions};
+use crate::messages::{edit_reply, send_embed, send_msg, Author, EmbedOptions, MANDATORY_MSG};
 
 use poise::serenity_prelude::{OnlineStatus, Timestamp, UserId};
 use rand::{seq::IteratorRandom, Rng};
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ pub async fn stop(
     data::write_re_data().await;
     send_cmd_json("stop_praw", None).await;
 
-    edit_msg(ctx, msg, "Saving data... Done!\nShutting down...".to_string()).await;
+    edit_reply(ctx, msg, "Saving data... Done!\nShutting down...".to_string()).await;
     ctx.serenity_context().set_presence(None, OnlineStatus::Invisible);
     ctx.framework().shard_manager.shutdown_all().await;
 
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ pub async fn embed(
   ).await;
 
   if !reply_unwrap {
-    send_msg(ctx, "Mandatory success response, please ignore.".to_string(), true, true).await;
+    send_msg(ctx, MANDATORY_MSG.to_string(), true, true).await;
   }
 
   return Ok(());
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ pub async fn send(
 ) -> Result<(), Error>
 {
   send_msg(ctx, msg.replace("\\n", "\n"), false, false).await;
-  send_msg(ctx, "Mandatory success response, please ignore.".to_string(), true, true).await;
+  send_msg(ctx, MANDATORY_MSG.to_string(), true, true).await;
   return Ok(());
 }
 
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ pub async fn add_server(
 {
   let r = dc_add_server(ctx.data(), ctx.guild_id().unwrap().into()).await;
 
-  if r {
+  if r.is_ok() {
     send_msg(ctx, "Added your server to my data! Thanks for letting me steal it! (/s)".to_string(), true, true).await;
   }
   else {
diff --git a/src/data.rs b/src/data.rs
index 61d53b3..b1ae7f7 100644
--- a/src/data.rs
+++ b/src/data.rs
@@ -55,10 +55,11 @@ pub async fn write_dc_data(data: &Data) {
     .open(DATA_PATH_DC)
     .unwrap();
 
+
   let mut dc_data_lock = data.discord_data.lock().await;
   let dc_data = dc_data_lock.as_mut().unwrap(); 
   let json_str = serde_json::to_string_pretty(dc_data).unwrap();
-
+  
   file.write_all(json_str.as_bytes()).unwrap();
 }
 
@@ -106,39 +107,43 @@ pub async fn write_re_data() {
 }
 
 
-pub async fn dc_add_server(data: &Data, server_id: u64) -> bool {
+pub async fn dc_add_server(data: &Data, server_id: u64) -> Result<(), ()> {
   let mut dc_data_lock = data.discord_data.lock().await;
   let dc_data = dc_data_lock.as_mut().unwrap(); 
 
-  if dc_data.get("servers").is_none() { return false; }
+  if dc_data.get("servers").is_none() { return Err(()); }
 
   let servers = dc_data["servers"].as_object_mut().unwrap();
 
   if !servers.contains_key(&server_id.to_string()) {
     servers.insert(server_id.to_string(), json!({ "bk_week_channel": 0, "bk_mod_role": "bk mod", "bk_mods": [] }));
   }
+  println!("moo");
+  write_dc_data(data).await;
+  println!("muu");
 
-  return true;
+  return Ok(());
 }
 
 
-pub async fn dc_bind_bk(data: &Data, server_id: u64, channel_id: u64) -> bool {
+pub async fn dc_bind_bk(data: &Data, server_id: u64, channel_id: u64) -> Result<(), ()> {
   let mut dc_data_lock = data.discord_data.lock().await;
   let dc_data = dc_data_lock.as_mut().unwrap(); 
 
-  if dc_data.get("servers").is_none() { return false; }
+  if dc_data.get("servers").is_none() { return Err(()); }
 
   let servers = dc_data["servers"].as_object_mut().unwrap();
 
   if !servers.contains_key(&server_id.to_string()) {
-    return false;
+    return Err(());
   }
 
   let server = servers[&server_id.to_string()].as_object_mut().unwrap();
 
   server.insert("bk_week_channel".to_string(), channel_id.into());
+  write_dc_data(data).await;
 
-  return true;
+  return Ok(());
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 5862358..7cb8cea 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ mod events;
 mod messages;
 mod python;
 mod macros;
+#[allow(unknown_lints)]
 mod websocket;
 mod data;
 
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ use std::pin::Pin;
 use std::process;
 use std::thread;
 use std::time::Duration;
+use std::vec;
 
 use clap::Parser;
 use poise::serenity_prelude as serenity;
@@ -46,7 +48,9 @@ struct Args {
   #[arg(short = 't', long, help = "Makes the program use the ASSISTANT_TOKEN_TEST env var instead of ASSISTANT_TOKEN. This env var should hold the token of a non-production bot.")]
   test: bool,
   #[arg(long, help = "Removes the annoying ping prints.")]
-  noping: bool
+  noping: bool,
+  #[arg(long, help = "Makes the program not use the schedules.")]
+  nosched: bool
 }
 
 
@@ -75,6 +79,7 @@ async fn main() {
   if args.test { println!("----- USING TEST BOT -----"); }
   if args.dev { println!("----- DEV MODE ENABLED -----"); }
   if args.dev && args.wipe { println!("----- \"DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT\" MODE ENABLED -----"); }
+  if args.nosched { println!("----- NO SCHEDULES -----") }
 
   if args.py && !args.rs {
     println!("----- PYTHON ONLY MODE -----");
@@ -96,11 +101,12 @@ async fn main() {
 
   let rt = Runtime::new().unwrap();
   let python_args = args_str;
+  let rust_args = args.clone();
 
   let rust = thread::spawn(move || {
     rt.block_on(async {
-      websocket::start(args.clone()).await;
-      start(args).await;
+      websocket::start(rust_args.clone()).await;
+      start(rust_args).await;
     });
   });
 
@@ -108,12 +114,13 @@ async fn main() {
     let _ = python::start(python_args);
   });
 
-  let schedules: Vec<(Duration, fn() -> Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = ()> + Send>>)> = vec![
-    (Duration::from_secs(/* 2 * 60 */ 30), || Box::pin(read_reddit_inbox())),
-    (Duration::from_secs(/* 10 * 60 */ 60), || Box::pin(update_post_channels()))
-  ];
+  if !args.nosched {
+    let schedules: Vec<(Duration, fn() -> Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = ()> + Send>>)> = vec![
+      (Duration::from_secs(/* 2 * 60 */ 30), || Box::pin(read_reddit_inbox()))
+    ];
 
-  run_schedules(schedules).await;
+    run_schedules(schedules).await;
+  }
 
   rust.join().unwrap();
   python.join().unwrap();
@@ -236,8 +243,4 @@ async fn run_schedules(schedules: Vec<(Duration, fn() -> Pin<Box<dyn Future<Outp
 async fn read_reddit_inbox() {
   unsafe { if !websocket::HAS_CONNECTED { return; } }
   send_cmd_json("respond_mentions", None).await;
-}
-
-async fn update_post_channels() {
-  println!("simulated update post channels");
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/messages.rs b/src/messages.rs
index 43d3f94..d079421 100644
--- a/src/messages.rs
+++ b/src/messages.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use crate::{Args, Context};
 
 use poise::serenity_prelude::json::Value;
 use poise::{serenity_prelude::CreateMessage, CreateReply, ReplyHandle};
-use poise::serenity_prelude::{Color, CreateEmbed, CreateEmbedAuthor, Http, Timestamp, UserId};
+use poise::serenity_prelude::{ChannelId, Color, CreateEmbed, CreateEmbedAuthor, EditMessage, Http, Message, Timestamp, UserId};
 use serde_json::json;
 
 
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ impl Default for EmbedOptions {
 
 static DEFAULT_DC_COL: u32 = 5793266;
 static REMOVED_DC_COL: u32 = 16716032;
+pub static MANDATORY_MSG: &str = "Mandatory response, please ignore.";
 
 
 fn none_to_empty(string: Option<String>) -> String {
@@ -76,6 +77,20 @@ pub async fn send_msg(
 }
 
 
+pub async fn http_send_msg(
+  http: &Http,
+  c_id: ChannelId,
+  t: String
+) -> Option<Message>
+{
+  let r = CreateMessage::new().content(t);
+
+  let msg = c_id.send_message(http, r).await;
+
+  return msg.ok();
+}
+
+
 pub async fn send_embed(
   ctx: Context<'_>,
   options: EmbedOptions,
@@ -103,6 +118,21 @@ pub async fn send_embed(
 }
 
 
+pub async fn http_send_embed(
+  http: &Http,
+  c_id: ChannelId,
+  options: EmbedOptions
+) -> Option<Message>
+{
+  let embed = embed_from_options(options.clone());
+
+  let r = CreateMessage::new().embeds(vec![embed]);
+
+  let msg = c_id.send_message(http, r).await;
+  return msg.ok();
+}
+
+
 pub fn embed_from_options(options: EmbedOptions) -> CreateEmbed {
   let mut author: Option<CreateEmbedAuthor> = None;
   if let Some(o_author) = options.author {
@@ -123,7 +153,7 @@ pub fn embed_from_options(options: EmbedOptions) -> CreateEmbed {
 }
 
 
-pub async fn edit_msg(
+pub async fn edit_reply(
   ctx: Context<'_>,
   msg: ReplyHandle<'_>,
   new_text: String
@@ -137,6 +167,15 @@ pub async fn edit_msg(
 }
 
 
+pub async fn http_edit_msg(
+  http: &Http,
+  mut msg: Message,
+  new_msg: EditMessage
+) {
+  let _ = msg.edit(http, new_msg).await;
+}
+
+
 pub async fn send_dm(msg: String, args: Args) {
   let uid = env::var("ASSISTANT_DM_USER").expect("Missing ASSISTANT_DM_USER env var!").parse::<u64>().unwrap();
   let user = UserId::new(uid);
diff --git a/src/python/cmds.py b/src/python/cmds.py
index b934d73..1ceea64 100644
--- a/src/python/cmds.py
+++ b/src/python/cmds.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import data
 import posts
 
 
-BOT_ACTION_POSTFIX = "\n\n^(I am not an AI, I am just a bot. This action was preformed automatically by the way.)"
+BOT_ACTION_POSTFIX = "\n\n^(I am not an AI, I am just a bot. This action was performed automatically by the way.)"
 
 
 async def make_cmd(cmd: str, bot: botPy.Bot) -> str:
@@ -55,14 +55,14 @@ async def bk_week_add(mention: models.Comment, bot: botPy.Bot):
 
   r = ""
   bd = bot.data[data.BK_WEEKLY]
-
+  # TODO: ask if the messages should be changed
   if short_url not in bd:
     posts.add_post_url(bot, short_url)
     r = "Successfully added this post to the data!"
 
   if short_url in bd and is_mod:
     if "removed" in bd[short_url]:
-      r = "(Mod action) Successfully un-removed this post from the data! Glad to see you back!"
+      r = "(Mod action) Successfully un-removed this post from the data!"
     else:
       r = "(Mod action) Successfully added this post to the data!"