diff --git a/src/catchup.py b/src/catchup.py
index c7d6e0a..748ef82 100644
--- a/src/catchup.py
+++ b/src/catchup.py
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ from twapi import TwAPI
 import talenttweet as tt
 import ttweetqueue as ttq
 
+PROGRAM_ARGS = None
+
 safe_to_post_tweets = True
 errored = False
 
@@ -61,7 +63,7 @@ async def get_cross_tweets_online():
 
 # return False = errored or we posted at least one ttweet
 # return True = we didn't post a single ttweet
-async def process_queue() -> bool:
+async def process_queue(priority_tweet_ids: list[str]=None) -> bool:
     global errored
     global scraper
     global queue
@@ -119,12 +121,37 @@ async def run(PROGRAM_ARGS):
             queue.ttweets_dict[id] = tt.TalentTweet.create_from_tweety(t)
         queue.save_file()
 
+    # post tweets given in command line  first
+    if PROGRAM_ARGS.post_id is not None and len(PROGRAM_ARGS.post_id) > 0:
+        PROGRAM_ARGS.post_id.sort()
+        print('Posting specified tweets first.')
+        for id in PROGRAM_ARGS.post_id:
+            try:
+                i = int(id)
+            except ValueError:
+                print(f'Invalid tweet {id}!')
+                continue
+    
+            if i not in queue.finished_ttweets:
+                posted = await TwAPI.instance.post_ttweet_by_id(i)
+                if posted:
+                    queue.add_finished_tweet(i)
+                    print('Successfully posted tweet. Sleeping for 5 minutes')
+                    await asyncio.sleep(60*5)
+                else:
+                    print('Did not post tweet')
+            else:
+                print('Tweet was already finished')
+
+        print('Done processing specified tweets')
+        PROGRAM_ARGS.post_id = None
+
     async def queue_loop():
         while True:
-            print(f'{queue.get_count()} cross-company tweets to attempt sharing.')
+            print(f'{queue.get_count()} cross-company tweets to announce.')
             try:
                 if safe_to_post_tweets:
-                    if await process_queue():
+                    if await process_queue(PROGRAM_ARGS.post_id):
                         print('Posted no new tweets; we\'re caught up!')
                         return True
                 else:
diff --git a/src/main.py b/src/main.py
index 74c219d..b996d38 100644
--- a/src/main.py
+++ b/src/main.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ def init_argparse():
     p.add_argument('--no-listen', action='store_true', help='Run one scraping-posting cycle without waiting to run again.')
     p.add_argument('--refresh-queue', action='store_true', help='Refresh the details on each tweet currently in queue.')
     p.add_argument('--straight-to-queue', action='store_true', help='Go through queue first before attempting to pull tweets.')
+    p.add_argument('--post-id', action='append', help='ID of a tweet to try and post right away. Specify multiple to post multiple tweets in a row.')
     return p
 
 def command_line():
diff --git a/src/talenttweet.py b/src/talenttweet.py
index 91f1b39..c9cb097 100644
--- a/src/talenttweet.py
+++ b/src/talenttweet.py
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ class TalentTweet:
         # filter users to only be talents
         self.mentions = {x for x in mrq[0] if x in tl.talents}
         self.rt_mentions = {x for x in rt_mentions if x in tl.talents}
+        self.mentions.difference_update(self.rt_mentions)
 
         self.reply_to = mrq[1]
         self.quote_tweeted = mrq[2]
@@ -171,7 +172,7 @@ class TalentTweet:
 
     def get_datetime_str(self):
         unpad = '#' if platform.system() == 'Windows' else '-'
-        return self.date_time.strftime(f'%{unpad}I:%M%p (%Z) · %b %{unpad}d, %Y')
+        return self.date_time.strftime(f'%b %{unpad}d, %Y · %{unpad}I:%M%p (%Z)')
 
     def announce_text(self):
         # templates
@@ -207,6 +208,7 @@ class TalentTweet:
                 rtm_msg(RETWEET_MENTIONS_B, rt_username)
             else:
                 ret += RETWEET.format(author_username, rt_username)
+            print_mention_ids.clear()
         elif self.reply_to is not None: # reply
             reply_username = f'@/{util.get_username_with_company(self.reply_to)}' if self.reply_to != -1 else None
             if len(self.rt_mentions) > 0:
@@ -221,8 +223,6 @@ class TalentTweet:
                 ret += QUOTE_TWEET.format(author_username, quoted_username)
         elif len(self.mentions) > 0: # standalone tweet
             ret += TWEET.format(author_username, ", ".join(mention_usernames))
-            f'[{self.get_datetime_str()}]\n'
-            return ret
         else:
             raise ValueError(f'TalentTweet {self.tweet_id} has insufficient other parties')
 
@@ -233,5 +233,6 @@ class TalentTweet:
                 f'{", ".join(mention_usernames)}'
             )
         
+        # date
         ret += f'\n\n{self.get_datetime_str()}'
         return ret
diff --git a/src/twapi.py b/src/twapi.py
index ee4f82b..5491d64 100644
--- a/src/twapi.py
+++ b/src/twapi.py
@@ -147,3 +147,21 @@ class TwAPI:
                 else:
                     raise e
         return True
+
+    async def post_ttweet_by_id(self, id: int):
+        from scraper import Scraper
+
+        print(f'Manually posting tweet {id}')
+        s = Scraper()
+        t = s.get_tweet(id, True)
+        if not t:
+            print('Tweet could not be retrieved')
+            return False
+        
+        ttweet = tt.TalentTweet.create_from_tweety(t)
+        if not ttweet.is_cross_company():
+            print(f'{ttweet.username}/{ttweet.tweet_id} is not cross-company!')
+            return False
+        
+        print(f'Posting {ttweet.username}/{ttweet.tweet_id}...')
+        return await self.post_ttweet(ttweet)
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