diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9874058
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Hand-curated dependency pins; this project does not have a lockfile.
+python-telegram-bot==22.8
+feedparser==6.0.14
+aiohttp==3.14.3
+beautifulsoup4==4.15.0
diff --git a/validation/review.py b/validation/review.py
index b391c59..366ce13 100644
--- a/validation/review.py
+++ b/validation/review.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ Review validation results — pretty-prints results.jsonl with optional filters.
 Usage:
     python3 validation/review.py                        # all results
     python3 validation/review.py --category research   # filter by category
-    python3 validation/review.py --severity critical   # filter by severity
     python3 validation/review.py --has cves            # only articles with CVEs
     python3 validation/review.py --has malware         # only articles with malware hits
     python3 validation/review.py --has actors          # only articles with threat actors
@@ -20,13 +19,10 @@ from datetime import datetime, timezone
 
 RESULTS_FILE = Path(__file__).parent / "results.jsonl"
 
-SEVERITY_ORDER = {"critical": 0, "high": 1, "medium": 2, "low": 3, "unknown": 4}
-
 
 def parse_args():
     p = argparse.ArgumentParser()
     p.add_argument("--category", help="Filter by category (news, malware, threat_intel, osint, research)")
-    p.add_argument("--severity", help="Filter by severity (critical, high, medium, low)")
     p.add_argument("--has", choices=["cves", "malware", "actors"], help="Only show articles with these detections")
     p.add_argument("--today", action="store_true", help="Only show results from today")
     p.add_argument("--limit", type=int, default=0, help="Max articles to show (0 = all)")
@@ -55,8 +51,6 @@ def load_results(args):
                 continue
             if args.category and r.get("category") != args.category:
                 continue
-            if args.severity and r.get("severity") != args.severity:
-                continue
             if args.has == "cves" and not r.get("cves"):
                 continue
             if args.has == "malware" and not r.get("malware_families"):
@@ -66,18 +60,13 @@ def load_results(args):
 
             records.append(r)
 
-    records.sort(key=lambda x: SEVERITY_ORDER.get(x.get("severity", "unknown"), 4))
     return records
 
 
 def print_record(r):
-    sev = r.get("severity", "unknown").upper()
-    sev_icons = {"CRITICAL": "🚨", "HIGH": "🔴", "MEDIUM": "🟠", "LOW": "🟡"}
-    icon = sev_icons.get(sev, "⚪")
-
     print(f"\n{'─' * 80}")
-    print(f"{icon} [{r.get('category', '?').upper()}] {r.get('title', 'No title')}")
-    print(f"   📡 {r.get('source')}  ·  {r.get('published')}  ·  Score: {r.get('quality_score', '?')}/100")
+    print(f"[{r.get('category', '?').upper()}] {r.get('title', 'No title')}")
+    print(f"   📡 {r.get('source')}  ·  {r.get('published')}")
 
     if r.get("cves"):
         print(f"   🆔 {', '.join(r['cves'])}")
@@ -104,13 +93,7 @@ def main():
         records = records[:args.limit]
 
     total = len(records)
-    sev_counts = {}
-    for r in records:
-        s = r.get("severity", "unknown")
-        sev_counts[s] = sev_counts.get(s, 0) + 1
-
     print(f"\n=== Validation Results ({total} articles) ===")
-    print("  " + "  ".join(f"{s.upper()}: {c}" for s, c in sorted(sev_counts.items(), key=lambda x: SEVERITY_ORDER.get(x[0], 4))))
 
     for r in records:
         print_record(r)