diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3d07202..700e001 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "skate-spots",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "1.2.40",
+  "version": "1.2.41",
   "type": "module",
   "homepage": "https://skate-spots.com",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/src/components/NewsletterComposer.tsx b/src/components/NewsletterComposer.tsx
index 662672b..0d88996 100644
--- a/src/components/NewsletterComposer.tsx
+++ b/src/components/NewsletterComposer.tsx
@@ -48,12 +48,24 @@ export function NewsletterComposer() {
 
   if (!isAdminPubkey(user?.pubkey)) return null;
 
-  const effectiveSlug = slug.trim() || slugify(title);
-  const canPublish = title.trim().length >= 2 && body.trim().length >= 10 && !!effectiveSlug;
+  // A manual slug is used verbatim (lets an admin intentionally EDIT/replace a
+  // specific existing issue). When left blank we must NOT use the bare
+  // title-slug: kind 30023 is addressable, so two issues that slugify the same
+  // (e.g. a recurring "Weekly Roundup", or "Update!" vs "Update?") would share a
+  // `d` and the newer one would silently OVERWRITE the older. So an auto-slug
+  // gets a short date suffix to make each published issue its own coordinate.
+  const manualSlug = slug.trim();
+  const canPublish = title.trim().length >= 2 && body.trim().length >= 10 && (!!manualSlug || title.trim().length >= 2);
 
   const handlePublish = async () => {
     if (!canPublish) return;
     const now = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000);
+    // YYYYMMDD suffix (UTC) keeps auto-slugs readable and unique per day; a
+    // second same-title issue on the same day also gets a time component.
+    const d = new Date(now * 1000);
+    const dateSuffix = `${d.getUTCFullYear()}${String(d.getUTCMonth() + 1).padStart(2, '0')}${String(d.getUTCDate()).padStart(2, '0')}`;
+    const autoSlug = `${slugify(title) || 'issue'}-${dateSuffix}-${now.toString(36).slice(-4)}`;
+    const effectiveSlug = manualSlug || autoSlug;
     try {
       await publish({
         kind: NEWSLETTER_KIND,