Gush about more Emacs 29 additions

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diff --git a/reviews/emacs/hype.org b/reviews/emacs/hype.org
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--- a/reviews/emacs/hype.org
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@@ -2,6 +2,23 @@ Emacs's NEWS files are useful as a searchable reference, but they can
 be overwhelming as an entry point.  In this file, I'm keeping track of
 the changes /I/ am excited about.
 * 29
+** =:core= promotions
+A couple of ELPA packages have moved to emacs.git, making them
+available out of the box.
+
+- eglot ("Emacs Polyglot") :: an LSP client that lets Emacs leverage
+  language servers to boost completion-at-point, eldoc, flymake,
+  imenu, project, xref.
+
+- use-package :: a utility macro for configuring packages that makes
+  init-file management more pleasant (and efficient to boot):
+  - OT1H, brings some amount of structure and order when compared to a
+    fully free-form DYI =.emacs=,
+  - OTOH, allows more leeway on how to organize things, when compared
+    to Custom's rigid auto-generated forms (e.g. using regular code
+    comments, computing option values),
+  - takes care of setting up the ~eval-after-load~ wizardry to keep
+    startup snappy.
 ** ~global-text-scale-adjust~
 ~text-scale-adjust~ (bound to =C-x C-X= ∀ =X= ∈ =[=+-0]=) only scales
 the font size in the current buffer; more often than not, one may want