diff --git a/bin/_ttbp.py b/bin/_ttbp.py
index 69fb329..91fc074 100644
--- a/bin/_ttbp.py
+++ b/bin/_ttbp.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import subprocess
 import time
 import json
 from email.mime.text import MIMEText;
+import re
 
 import core
 import chatter
@@ -808,7 +809,8 @@ def view_feed():
         filenames = os.listdir(entryDir)
 
         for entry in filenames:
-            if core.valid(entry):
+            ## hardcoded bs
+            if core.valid(entry) and re.search("201612", entry):
                 feedList.append(os.path.join(entryDir, entry))
 
     metas = core.meta(feedList)
diff --git a/bin/ttbp.py b/bin/ttbp.py
index db6c4b4..cf619a2 100644
--- a/bin/ttbp.py
+++ b/bin/ttbp.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import subprocess
 import time
 import json
 from email.mime.text import MIMEText;
+import re
 
 import core
 import chatter
@@ -807,7 +808,8 @@ def view_feed():
         filenames = os.listdir(entryDir)
 
         for entry in filenames:
-            if core.valid(entry):
+            ## hardcoded bs
+            if core.valid(entry) and re.search("201612", entry):
                 feedList.append(os.path.join(entryDir, entry))
 
     metas = core.meta(feedList)
diff --git a/ttbp-manifesto.txt b/ttbp-manifesto.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e35dc9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ttbp-manifesto.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+TTBP MANIFESTO
+--------------
+ttbp: tilde town blogging platform; also known as THE FEELS ENGINE
+
+a history:
+
+  in april 2016, i read a short rant by ~minerobber lamenting the lack of cli
+  blogging software. this struck a chord with me; years ago, i kludged myself a
+  perl script that generated an html blog, complete with an rss feed and a
+  crude tagging system. i've known other people who have done the same. what's
+  missing, though?
+
+  years ago, i peeled away from livejournal and related web-based blogging
+  networks; partially as a participant in the general attrition, and partially
+  to escape some personal bad feelings that i coudn't quite put a finger on.
+  this is why i started writing on an independent, solo blog; i still had the
+  urge to publicly share some of my journaling. but it felt lonely.
+
+  this is what happens when i log in to a unix box: i reattach my screens, and
+  flip through irc to catch up on chat, and alpine to check my mail. in the
+  past, on non-tilde machines, i've fired up zephyr to message friends. i git
+  pull my repos for updates. i check the nethack leaderboard. these are all
+  cli-based actions, but they are also based on the idea that when i wasn't
+  looking, things changed. those things changed because other people performed
+  some actions of their own. i catch up on these updates with the implicit
+  acknowledgement that other humans exist and do things in my environment.
+
+  this is what i realized i missed from running my own clumsy blog scripts. i
+  had ways to chat, mail, and collaborate on text-based projects through the
+  terminal, but nothing that served as a central hub for journal-writing.
+
+  i didn't think of myself as a strong programmer or a skilled developer, but i
+  had a few ideas that i thought i could try out. on april 29th, 2016, i put
+  out a general call in irc for people to run ~endorphant/bin/ttbp; ~sl2c
+  confirmed that it worked. on may 2nd, 2016, i opened it up again, and others
+  jumped in; ~sanqui, ~karlen, ~varscite, ~vilmibm, ~insom, ~marcus, ~nossidge,
+  ~jumblesale, ~krowbar. others trickled in; people sent me crash reports,
+  wrote to me about mysterious behaviors, lamented about broken settings when i
+  pushed code updates, shared with me how this fulfilled their nostalgia for an
+  experience that i personally never had, complained about lacking features
+  they wanted, yelled with delight about the interface, filled it with feelings
+  they didn't know how to express.
+
+  it's now december 4th, 2016, and there are 42 users on ttbp. some of them
+  have never posted, many of them i've never spoken to. there are 581 entries,
+  which is an average of almost 14 entries per user, and a little over two and
+  a half entries per day. it now takes 11 seconds to load the global feed
+  because i implemented it sloppily, thinking i'd handle scaling issues later.
+
+  i've loved every second of this. i'm humbled and pleased and a little
+  terrified at the trust and appreciation and responsibility that's been given
+  to me in the past seven months.
+
+the backend:
+lessons:
+future work: