i want to sign off this specific problem. here's the experiment that has to work…

1. post this
2. see it immediately show up in the timeline 
3. reload the page
4. still see it in the timeline
5. edit the post (this is me editing the post)
6. publish
7. see the update in the timeline
8. reload the page, still see the update

we're making sure the update appears not only in the browser i'm editing in, but also in the feedland database running behind the scenes.

result of experiment. it worked! omg i can't believe it. thank you thank you. 😉