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_layouts/paginated_left_col.html

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ layout: default
           <span class="post-date">Published on: {{ post.date | date: '%B %d, %Y' }}</span>
 
           <div class="content">
-            {{ post.content | truncate: 220 }}
+            {{ post.content | strip_html | truncatewords: 52 }}
           </div>
         </div>
         {% endfor %}