diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3bbb790..b1c8472 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -143,4 +143,5 @@ cython_debug/
 .vscode
 
 # project-specific
-/secrets.ini
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+/secrets.ini
+/queue.txt
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diff --git a/queue.txt b/queue.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/src/catchup.py b/src/catchup.py
index 7cf0396..8c1ecf3 100644
--- a/src/catchup.py
+++ b/src/catchup.py
@@ -4,10 +4,13 @@
 #
 # We should post, at the fastest, one tweet per minute.
 
+import traceback
+import sys
 import os
 import asyncio
 
 import twint
+import tweepy
 
 from util import *
 from talent_lists import *
@@ -31,17 +34,100 @@ def get_user_tweet_ids(id, limit=None):
     c.Store_object_tweets_list = tweets
     c.Hide_output = True
     
-    user_str = f'{id} ({util.get_username(id)})'
-    print(f'Finding tweets from {user_str})')
+    user_str = f'{util.get_username(id)}'
+    print(f'Scraping tweets from {user_str}...')
     try:
         twint.run.Search(c)
-        return [x.id for x in tweets]
     except:
         print(f'Had trouble getting tweets from {user_str}')
-        return list()
+    
+    ret = [x.id for x in tweets]
+    print(f'Scraped {len(ret)} tweets')
+    return ret
 
-def work_on_queue(file):
-    print('TODO: implement work_on_queue')
+# Produce tweet IDs from talent_list.talents for the producer/consumer model.
+# Put lists of tweet IDs as we create them.
+# Put None to queue to indicate end.
+async def produce_ids_from_talents(queue: asyncio.Queue, finished_users):
+    def debug(str):
+        print(f'[prd] {str}')
+
+    for talent_id in talents.keys():
+        if talent_id in finished_users:
+            debug(f'@{util.get_username(talent_id)} already done, skipping...')
+        else:
+            tweet_ids = get_user_tweet_ids(talent_id)
+            debug(f'adding {util.get_username(talent_id)}\'s tweets to queue')
+            await queue.put(tweet_ids)
+        
+    await queue.put(None)
+
+async def consume_ids_into_ttweets(queue: asyncio.Queue, queue_file: str):
+    def debug(str):
+        print(f'[con] {str}')
+
+    ttweets_dict = dict()
+    with open(queue_file, 'w') as f:
+        while True:
+            tweet_ids = await queue.get()
+            if tweet_ids is None: break
+            try:
+                for tweet_id in tweet_ids:
+                    ttweet = await tt.TalentTweet.create_from_id(id=tweet_id)
+                    if ttweet.is_cross_company():
+                        ttweets_dict['tweet_id'] = ttweet
+            except:
+                debug(traceback.format_exc())
+                debug(f'Error retrieving Tweet #{tweet_id} from api!')
+                f.write('1\n') # 1 = error/incomplete
+                break
+            else:
+                f.write('0\n') # 0 = success
+        f.write('\n')
+        ttweets_dict = dict(sorted(ttweets_dict.items()))
+        for ttweet in ttweets_dict.values():
+            f.write(f'{ttweet.serialize()}\n')
+    return ttweets_dict
+
+# If queue.txt doesn't exist, creates and populates it.
+# Returns a list of sorted and filtered TalentTweets (should
+# be equivalent to queue.txt)
+async def get_cross_talent_tweets(queue_file):
+    finished_users = set()
+    ttweets_dict = dict()
+
+    # Populate structures with existing data from queue.txt
+    try:
+        print('Processing existing data in queue.txt...')
+        with open(queue_file, 'r') as f:
+            # Check for finished and incomplete accounts
+            # LINE FORMAT: "# {user_id} {status_num}"
+            for line in f:
+                tokens = line.split()
+                if len(tokens) != 3 or tokens[0][0] != '#':
+                    # reached end of accounts list
+                    break
+                if tokens[2] == 0:
+                    finished_users.add(tokens[1])
+            
+            # Add existing serialized TalentTweets into ttweets
+            for line in f:
+                tokens = line.split()
+                if len(tokens) == 0 or tokens[0][0] == '#':
+                    continue
+                ttweet = tt.TalentTweet.deserialize(line)
+                ttweets_dict[ttweet.tweet_id] = ttweet
+    except FileNotFoundError:
+        print('Couldn\'t find queue.txt.')
+
+    async_queue = asyncio.Queue()
+    consumer = asyncio.create_task(consume_ids_into_ttweets(queue=async_queue, queue_file=queue_file))
+    await produce_ids_from_talents(queue=async_queue, finished_users=finished_users)
+    ttweets_dict = await consumer
+    return ttweets_dict
+
+def process_queue(file):
+    print('TODO: implement process_queue')
     # while Queue.txt has lines present
     #   attempt to deserialize first line of Queue.txt
     #     exit program if failed, stating error
@@ -52,41 +138,17 @@ def work_on_queue(file):
     # we're done! post tweet announcing done with archives
     pass
 
-# If queue.txt doesn't exist, creates and populates it.
-# Returns a list of sorted and filtered TalentTweets (should
-# be equivalent to queue.txt)
-def create_ttweets_queue(path) -> list:
-    print('Creating ttweets queue')
-    if not os.path.exists(path):
-        ttweets = list()
-        with open(path, 'x') as f:
-            for talent_id in talents.keys():
-                tweet_ids = get_user_tweet_ids(talent_id)
-                print(f'retrieved {len(tweet_ids)} tweets')
-                for tweet_id in tweet_ids:
-                    ttweet = tt.TalentAPITweet(tweet_id)
-                    if ttweet.is_cross_company():
-                        ttweets.append(ttweet)
-
-            ttweets.sort(key=lambda ttweet: ttweet.tweet_id)
-            for ttweet in ttweets:
-                f.write(f'{ttweet.serialize()}\n')
-        return ttweets
-    else:
-        return list()
-                    
-
 async def run():
     # if Queue.txt exists
     #   work through the tweets in Queue.txt
     # else
     #   look through every talent's tweets, saving only cross-company tweets into a list
     #   sort the list by tweet_id
-    #   create Queue.txt and save all tweets through there
+    #   create Queue.txt and save all tweets (serialized) there
     #   post a tweet announcing archival intent
     #   work through the tweets in Queue.txt
+
     queue_path = get_queue_file()
-    if os.path.exists(queue_path):
-        work_on_queue(queue_path)
-    else:
-        ttweets = create_ttweets_queue(queue_path)
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+    ttweet_dict = await get_cross_talent_tweets(queue_path)
+    for ttweet in ttweet_dict.values():
+        print(ttweet)
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diff --git a/src/talent_lists.py b/src/talent_lists.py
index f5c249a..875bad8 100644
--- a/src/talent_lists.py
+++ b/src/talent_lists.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ def __create_dict(file, _dict):
             if len(words) == 2 and line[0] != '#':
                 name, id = line.split()
                 talents[int(id)] = name
-                name = util.get_username_online(id) # attempt to get updated name
+                # name = util.get_username_online(id) # attempt to get updated name
                 talents[int(id)] = name
                 _dict[int(id)] = name
 def init():
diff --git a/src/talenttweet.py b/src/talenttweet.py
index 9917366..4e14dd7 100644
--- a/src/talenttweet.py
+++ b/src/talenttweet.py
@@ -40,7 +40,19 @@ class TalentTweet:
             tweet_id=tweet_id, author_id=author_id,
             date_time=date_time, mrq=(mentions, reply_to, quote_retweeted)
         )
-        
+    
+    @staticmethod
+    async def create_from_id(id):
+        resp = await TwAPI.instance.get_tweet_response(id)
+        tweet = resp.data
+        mrq = TwAPI.get_mrq(tweet, resp)
+
+        return TalentTweet(
+            tweet_id=tweet.id,
+            author_id=tweet.author_id,
+            date_time=tweet.created_at,
+            mrq=mrq
+        )
 
     def __init__(self, tweet_id: int, author_id: int,date_time: datetime, mrq: tuple):
         self.tweet_id, self.author_id = tweet_id, author_id
@@ -113,40 +125,4 @@ class TalentTweet:
 
     def get_datetime_str(self):
         unpad = '#' if platform.system() == 'Windows' else '-'
-        return self.date_time.strftime(f'%b %{unpad}d %Y, %{unpad}I:%M%p (%Z)')
-
-
-class TalentAPITweet(TalentTweet):
-    def __init__(self, tweet_id=None, tweet=None, mrq: tuple=None):
-        if tweet and mrq:
-            self.tweet = tweet
-        elif tweet_id:
-            tweet_id = int(tweet_id)
-            resp = TwAPI.instance.get_tweet_response(tweet_id)
-            self.tweet = resp.data
-            mrq = TwAPI.get_mrq(self.tweet, resp)
-        else:
-            raise ValueError('did not supply sufficient tweet information')
-
-        TalentTweet.__init__(
-            self,
-            tweet_id=self.tweet.id,
-            author_id=self.tweet.author_id,
-            date_time=self.tweet.created_at,
-            mrq=mrq
-        )
-    
-    def __repr__(self) -> str:
-        return (
-            f'{self.tweet_id} from {util.get_username(self.author_id)}:\n'
-            f'{self.tweet.text}\n'
-            f'------------------------------------------------------\n'
-            f'{self.get_datetime_str()}\n'
-            f'{self.get_all_parties_usernames()}\n'
-            f'mentions: {self.mentions}\n'
-            f'reply_to: {self.reply_to}\n'
-            f'quote_retweeted: {self.quote_retweeted}\n'
-            f'{self.serialize()}\n'
-            f'Cross-company: {self.is_cross_company()}\n'
-            f'======================================================'
-        )
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+        return self.date_time.strftime(f'%b %{unpad}d %Y, %{unpad}I:%M%p (%Z)')
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diff --git a/src/twapi.py b/src/twapi.py
index 42dd6e9..7acedb7 100644
--- a/src/twapi.py
+++ b/src/twapi.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import asyncio
 from math import inf
+from time import time
 
 import tweepy
 from tweetcapture import TweetCapture
@@ -61,13 +62,18 @@ class TwAPI:
             access_token=api_secrets.access_token(), access_token_secret=api_secrets.access_secret()
         )
     
-    def get_tweet_response(self, id):
-        return TwAPI.instance.client.get_tweet(
-            id,
-            media_fields=TwAPI.TWEET_MEDIA_FIELDS,
-            tweet_fields=TwAPI.TWEET_FIELDS,
-            expansions=TwAPI.TWEET_EXPANSIONS
-        )
+    async def get_tweet_response(self, id, attempt = 0):
+        try:
+            return TwAPI.instance.client.get_tweet(
+                id,
+                media_fields=TwAPI.TWEET_MEDIA_FIELDS,
+                tweet_fields=TwAPI.TWEET_FIELDS,
+                expansions=TwAPI.TWEET_EXPANSIONS
+            )
+        except tweepy.TooManyRequests:
+            print(f'[{attempt}]get_tweet_response({id}):\n\ttoo many API requests -- trying again in 1 minute...')
+            await asyncio.sleep(60)
+            return await self.get_tweet_response(id, attempt=attempt+1)
 
     # Create a post that showcases given tweet and its mentions set.
     # Try do do this without retireving Tweet data.
diff --git a/src/util.py b/src/util.py
index 28bc8f7..6fd4742 100644
--- a/src/util.py
+++ b/src/util.py
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ def get_username_online(user_id):
     c.Store_object = True
     c.Hide_output = True
     try:
+        twint.output.users_list.clear()
         twint.run.Lookup(c)
         user = twint.output.users_list[0]
-        twint.output.users_list.clear()
         return user.username
     except:
         return f'#{user_id}'
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