diff --git a/api/models/index.js b/api/models/index.js
index 67d8b6c3..1312709e 100644
--- a/api/models/index.js
+++ b/api/models/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import { PrismaClient } from '@prisma/client'
 
-const prisma = global.prisma || new PrismaClient()
+const prisma = global.prisma || new PrismaClient({
+  log: ['query', 'warn', 'error']
+})
 
 if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') global.prisma = prisma
 
diff --git a/api/resolvers/cursor.js b/api/resolvers/cursor.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d9cdfd63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/resolvers/cursor.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+export const LIMIT = 21
+
+export function decodeCursor (cursor) {
+  if (!cursor) {
+    return { offset: 0, time: new Date() }
+  } else {
+    const res = JSON.parse(Buffer.from(cursor, 'base64'))
+    res.time = new Date(res.time)
+    return res
+  }
+}
+
+export function nextCursorEncoded (cursor) {
+  cursor.offset += LIMIT
+  return Buffer.from(JSON.stringify(cursor)).toString('base64')
+}
diff --git a/api/resolvers/index.js b/api/resolvers/index.js
index 484e2f7d..91a04e7b 100644
--- a/api/resolvers/index.js
+++ b/api/resolvers/index.js
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@ import message from './message'
 import item from './item'
 import wallet from './wallet'
 import lnurl from './lnurl'
+import notifications from './notifications'
 
-export default [user, item, message, wallet, lnurl]
+export default [user, item, message, wallet, lnurl, notifications]
diff --git a/api/resolvers/item.js b/api/resolvers/item.js
index 73a18b8a..6c8941cd 100644
--- a/api/resolvers/item.js
+++ b/api/resolvers/item.js
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 import { UserInputError, AuthenticationError } from 'apollo-server-micro'
 import { ensureProtocol } from '../../lib/url'
 import serialize from './serial'
-
-const LIMIT = 21
+import { decodeCursor, LIMIT, nextCursorEncoded } from './cursor'
 
 async function comments (models, id) {
   const flat = await models.$queryRaw(`
@@ -20,21 +19,6 @@ async function comments (models, id) {
   return nestComments(flat, id)[0]
 }
 
-function decodeCursor (cursor) {
-  if (!cursor) {
-    return { offset: 0, time: new Date() }
-  } else {
-    const res = JSON.parse(Buffer.from(cursor, 'base64'))
-    res.time = new Date(res.time)
-    return res
-  }
-}
-
-function nextCursorEncoded (cursor) {
-  cursor.offset += LIMIT
-  return Buffer.from(JSON.stringify(cursor)).toString('base64')
-}
-
 export default {
   Query: {
     moreItems: async (parent, { sort, cursor, userId }, { me, models }) => {
@@ -88,6 +72,7 @@ export default {
           OFFSET $3
           LIMIT ${LIMIT}`, Number(userId), decodedCursor.time, decodedCursor.offset)
       } else {
+        // notifications ... god such spagetti
         if (!me) {
           throw new AuthenticationError('you must be logged in')
         }
@@ -105,18 +90,6 @@ export default {
         comments
       }
     },
-    notifications: async (parent, args, { me, models }) => {
-      if (!me) {
-        throw new AuthenticationError('you must be logged in')
-      }
-
-      return await models.$queryRaw(`
-        ${SELECT}
-        From "Item"
-        JOIN "Item" p ON "Item"."parentId" = p.id AND p."userId" = $1
-        AND "Item"."userId" <> $1
-        ORDER BY "Item".created_at DESC`, me.id)
-    },
     item: async (parent, { id }, { models }) => {
       const [item] = await models.$queryRaw(`
         ${SELECT}
diff --git a/api/resolvers/notifications.js b/api/resolvers/notifications.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..138b9146
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/resolvers/notifications.js
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+import { decodeCursor, LIMIT, nextCursorEncoded } from './cursor'
+
+export default {
+  Query: {
+    notifications: async (parent, { cursor }, { me, models }) => {
+      const decodedCursor = decodeCursor(cursor)
+      // if (!me) {
+      //   throw new AuthenticationError('you must be logged in')
+      // }
+
+      /*
+        So that we can cursor over results, we union notifications together ...
+        this requires we have the same number of columns in all results
+
+        select "Item".id, NULL as earnedSats, "Item".created_at as created_at from
+        "Item" JOIN "Item" p ON "Item"."parentId" = p.id AND p."userId" = 622 AND
+        "Item"."userId" <> 622 UNION ALL select "Item".id, "Vote".sats as earnedSats,
+        "Vote".created_at as created_at FROM "Item" LEFT JOIN "Vote" on
+        "Vote"."itemId" = "Item".id AND "Vote"."userId" <> 622 AND "Vote".boost = false
+        WHERE "Item"."userId" = 622 ORDER BY created_at DESC;
+
+        Because we want to "collapse" time adjacent votes in the result
+
+        select vote.id, sum(vote."earnedSats") as "earnedSats", max(vote.voted_at)
+        as "createdAt" from (select "Item".*, "Vote".sats as "earnedSats",
+        "Vote".created_at as voted_at, ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY "Vote".created_at) -
+        ROW_NUMBER() OVER(PARTITION BY "Item".id ORDER BY "Vote".created_at) as island
+        FROM "Item" LEFT JOIN "Vote" on "Vote"."itemId" = "Item".id AND
+        "Vote"."userId" <> 622 AND "Vote".boost = false WHERE "Item"."userId" = 622)
+        as vote group by vote.id, vote.island order by max(vote.voted_at) desc;
+
+        We can also "collapse" votes occuring within 1 hour intervals of each other
+        (I haven't yet combined with the above collapsing method .. but might be
+        overkill)
+
+        select "Item".id, sum("Vote".sats) as earnedSats, max("Vote".created_at)
+        as created_at, ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY max("Vote".created_at)) - ROW_NUMBER()
+        OVER(PARTITION BY "Item".id ORDER BY max("Vote".created_at)) as island FROM
+        "Item" LEFT JOIN "Vote" on "Vote"."itemId" = "Item".id AND "Vote"."userId" <> 622
+        AND "Vote".boost = false WHERE "Item"."userId" = 622 group by "Item".id,
+        date_trunc('hour', "Vote".created_at) order by created_at desc;
+      */
+
+      let notifications = await models.$queryRaw(`
+        SELECT ${ITEM_FIELDS}, "Item".created_at as sort_time, NULL as "earnedSats"
+        From "Item"
+        JOIN "Item" p ON "Item"."parentId" = p.id AND p."userId" = $1
+        AND "Item"."userId" <> $1 AND "Item".created_at <= $2
+        UNION ALL
+        (SELECT ${ITEM_SUBQUERY_FIELDS}, max(subquery.voted_at) as sort_time, sum(subquery.sats) as "earnedSats"
+        FROM
+        (SELECT ${ITEM_FIELDS}, "Vote".created_at as voted_at, "Vote".sats,
+        ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY "Vote".created_at) -
+        ROW_NUMBER() OVER(PARTITION BY "Item".id ORDER BY "Vote".created_at) as island
+        FROM "Item"
+        LEFT JOIN "Vote" on "Vote"."itemId" = "Item".id
+        AND "Vote"."userId" <> $1
+        AND "Item".created_at <= $2
+        AND "Vote".boost = false
+        WHERE "Item"."userId" = $1) subquery
+        GROUP BY ${ITEM_SUBQUERY_FIELDS}, subquery.island ORDER BY max(subquery.voted_at) desc)
+        ORDER BY sort_time DESC
+        OFFSET $3
+        LIMIT ${LIMIT}`, me ? me.id : 622, decodedCursor.time, decodedCursor.offset)
+
+      notifications = notifications.map(n => {
+        n.item = { ...n }
+        return n
+      })
+      return {
+        cursor: notifications.length === LIMIT ? nextCursorEncoded(decodedCursor) : null,
+        notifications
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  Notification: {
+    __resolveType: async (notification, args, { models }) =>
+      notification.earnedSats ? 'Votification' : 'Reply'
+  }
+}
+
+const ITEM_SUBQUERY_FIELDS =
+  `subquery.id, subquery."createdAt", subquery."updatedAt", subquery.title, subquery.text,
+  subquery.url, subquery."userId", subquery."parentId", subquery.path`
+
+const ITEM_FIELDS =
+  `"Item".id, "Item".created_at as "createdAt", "Item".updated_at as "updatedAt", "Item".title,
+  "Item".text, "Item".url, "Item"."userId", "Item"."parentId", ltree2text("Item"."path") AS "path"`
diff --git a/api/typeDefs/index.js b/api/typeDefs/index.js
index 025546b9..093272c7 100644
--- a/api/typeDefs/index.js
+++ b/api/typeDefs/index.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import message from './message'
 import item from './item'
 import wallet from './wallet'
 import lnurl from './lnurl'
+import notifications from './notifications'
 
 const link = gql`
   type Query {
@@ -20,4 +21,4 @@ const link = gql`
   }
 `
 
-export default [link, user, item, message, wallet, lnurl]
+export default [link, user, item, message, wallet, lnurl, notifications]
diff --git a/api/typeDefs/item.js b/api/typeDefs/item.js
index 6b01d42f..99a4f111 100644
--- a/api/typeDefs/item.js
+++ b/api/typeDefs/item.js
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ export default gql`
   extend type Query {
     moreItems(sort: String!, cursor: String, userId: ID): Items
     moreFlatComments(cursor: String, userId: ID): Comments
-    notifications: [Item!]!
     item(id: ID!): Item
     userComments(userId: ID!): [Item!]
   }
diff --git a/api/typeDefs/notifications.js b/api/typeDefs/notifications.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1374c5c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/typeDefs/notifications.js
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import { gql } from 'apollo-server-micro'
+
+export default gql`
+  extend type Query {
+    notifications(cursor: String): Notifications
+  }
+
+  type Votification {
+    earnedSats: Int!
+    item: Item!
+  }
+
+  type Reply {
+    item: Item!
+  }
+
+  union Notification = Reply | Votification
+
+  type Notifications {
+    cursor: String
+    notifications: [Notification!]!
+  }
+`
diff --git a/components/notifications.js b/components/notifications.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..58a9314f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/notifications.js
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+import { useQuery } from '@apollo/client'
+import Button from 'react-bootstrap/Button'
+import { useState } from 'react'
+import Comment, { CommentSkeleton } from './comment'
+import { NOTIFICATIONS } from '../fragments/notifications'
+
+export default function CommentsFlat ({ variables, ...props }) {
+  const { loading, error, data, fetchMore } = useQuery(NOTIFICATIONS)
+  if (error) return <div>Failed to load!</div>
+  if (loading) {
+    return <CommentsFlatSkeleton />
+  }
+
+  const { notifications: { notifications, cursor } } = data
+  return (
+    <>
+      {notifications.map(item => (
+        <Comment key={item.id} item={item} {...props} />
+      ))}
+      <MoreFooter cursor={cursor} fetchMore={fetchMore} />
+    </>
+  )
+}
+
+function CommentsFlatSkeleton () {
+  const comments = new Array(21).fill(null)
+
+  return (
+    <div>{comments.map((_, i) => (
+      <CommentSkeleton key={i} skeletonChildren={0} />
+    ))}
+    </div>
+  )
+}
+
+function MoreFooter ({ cursor, fetchMore }) {
+  const [loading, setLoading] = useState(false)
+
+  if (loading) {
+    return <div><CommentsFlatSkeleton /></div>
+  }
+
+  let Footer
+  if (cursor) {
+    Footer = () => (
+      <Button
+        variant='primary'
+        size='md'
+        onClick={async () => {
+          setLoading(true)
+          await fetchMore({
+            variables: {
+              cursor
+            }
+          })
+          setLoading(false)
+        }}
+      >more
+      </Button>
+    )
+  } else {
+    Footer = () => (
+      <div className='text-muted' style={{ fontFamily: 'lightning', fontSize: '2rem', opacity: '0.6' }}>GENISIS</div>
+    )
+  }
+
+  return <div className='d-flex justify-content-center mt-4 mb-2'><Footer /></div>
+}
diff --git a/components/seo.js b/components/seo.js
index 543dee1d..19d4bd9c 100644
--- a/components/seo.js
+++ b/components/seo.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ export default function Seo ({ item, user }) {
   const pathNoQuery = router.asPath.split('?')[0]
   const defaultTitle = pathNoQuery.slice(1)
   let fullTitle = `${defaultTitle && `${defaultTitle} \\ `}stacker news`
-  let desc = 'Bitcoin news powered by the Lightning Network.'
+  let desc = "It's like Hacker News but we pay you Bitcoin."
   if (item) {
     if (item.title) {
       fullTitle = `${item.title} \\ stacker news`
diff --git a/fragments/notifications.js b/fragments/notifications.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5e755867
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fragments/notifications.js
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import { gql } from 'apollo-server-micro'
+import { ITEM_FIELDS } from './items'
+
+export const NOTIFICATIONS = gql`
+  ${ITEM_FIELDS}
+
+  query Notifications($cursor: String) {
+    notifications(cursor: $cursor) {
+      cursor
+      notifications {
+        __typename
+        ... on Votification {
+          earnedSats
+          item {
+            ...ItemFields
+            text
+          }
+        }
+        ... on Reply {
+          item {
+            ...ItemFields
+            text
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  } `