diff --git a/src/lib/bluesky.ts b/src/lib/bluesky.ts
index ef17783..d8e3793 100644
--- a/src/lib/bluesky.ts
+++ b/src/lib/bluesky.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { env } from '$env/dynamic/private'
-import { Agent, CredentialSession } from '@atproto/api'
+import { Agent, CredentialSession, RichText } from '@atproto/api'
 import { get, writable } from 'svelte/store'
 
 const bskyClient = writable<null | Agent>(null)
@@ -13,6 +13,17 @@ export const getBskyClient = async () => {
     return client
 }
 
+export const postToBsky = async (text: string) => {
+    let client = await getBskyClient()
+    const rt = new RichText({ text })
+    await rt.detectFacets(client)
+    const {uri} = await client.post({
+        text: rt.text,
+        facets: rt.facets,
+    })
+    return uri
+}
+
 const loginToBsky = async () => {
     const creds = new CredentialSession(new URL("https://bsky.social"))
     await creds.login({ identifier: 'gaze.systems', password: env.BSKY_PASSWORD ?? "" })
diff --git a/src/lib/notes.ts b/src/lib/notes.ts
index 766549a..1f31ff4 100644
--- a/src/lib/notes.ts
+++ b/src/lib/notes.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,15 @@ import { existsSync, readFileSync, writeFileSync } from 'fs'
 import { nanoid } from 'nanoid'
 import { env } from '$env/dynamic/private'
 
+export interface OutgoingLinkData {
+    name: string,
+    link: string,
+}
+
 export interface Note {
     content: string,
     published: number,
+    outgoingLinks?: OutgoingLinkData[],
 }
 type NoteId = string
 
@@ -32,8 +38,7 @@ export const writeNote = (id: NoteId, note: Note) => {
         writeNotesList([id].concat(noteList))
     }
 }
-export const createNote = (note: Note) => {
-    const id = genNoteId()
+export const createNote = (id: NoteId, note: Note) => {
     writeNote(id, note)
     return id
 }
diff --git a/src/routes/log/+page.svelte b/src/routes/log/+page.svelte
index 0429c82..0aa9a9a 100644
--- a/src/routes/log/+page.svelte
+++ b/src/routes/log/+page.svelte
@@ -15,6 +15,14 @@
     }
 
     const highlightedNote = data.notes.get(data.highlightedNote ?? '') ?? null
+
+    // this is ASS this should be a tailwind class
+    const getTextShadowStyle = (color: string) => {
+        return `text-shadow: 0 0 1px theme(colors.ralsei.black), 0 0 5px ${color};`
+    }
+    const outgoingLinkColors: Record<string, string> = {
+        bsky: "rgb(0, 133, 255)",
+    }
 </script>
 
 <svelte:head>
@@ -33,15 +41,19 @@
     "
 >
 <pre class="language-bash"><code class="language-bash"><nobr>
-<Token v="[" punct/>gazesystems <Token v="/log/" keywd/><Token v="]$" punct/> <Token v="source" funct/> log.nu
+<Token v="[" punct/>gazesystems <Token v="/" keywd/><Token v="]$" punct/> <Token v="source" funct/> <Token v="scripts/log.nu" />
 <br>
-<Token v="[" punct/>gazesystems <Token v="/log/" keywd/><Token v="]$" punct/> <Token v="ls" funct/> log <Token v="|" punct/> <Token v="each" funct/> <Token v="&#123;" punct/><Token v="|" punct/>file<Token v="|" punct/> <Token v="render" funct/> <Token v="(" punct/><Token v="open" funct/> $file.name<Token v=")" punct/><Token v="&#125;" punct/>
+<Token v="[" punct/>gazesystems <Token v="/" keywd/><Token v="]$" punct/> <Token v="ls" funct/> <Token v="log" /> <Token v="|" punct/> <Token v="each" funct/> <Token v="&#123;" punct/><Token v="|" punct/><Token v="file"/><Token v="|" punct/> <Token v="render" funct/> <Token v="(" punct/><Token v="open" funct/> <Token v="$file.name" /><Token v=")" punct/><Token v="&#125;" punct/>
 <br>
 <br>
 {#each data.notes as [noteId, note], index}
 {@const isHighlighted = noteId === data.highlightedNote}
 <div class="text-wrap break-words max-w-[70ch] leading-none">
 <Token v={renderDate(note.published)} small={!isHighlighted}/> <Token v={noteId} keywd small={!isHighlighted}/><Token v="#" punct/>&nbsp;&nbsp;<Token v={note.content} str/>
+{#each note.outgoingLinks ?? [] as {name, link}}
+{@const color = outgoingLinkColors[name]}
+<span class="text-sm"><Token v="(" punct/><a style="color: {color};{getTextShadowStyle(color)}" href={link}>{name}</a><Token v=")" punct/></span>
+{/each}
 </div>
 {#if index < data.notes.size - 1}
 <div class="mt-3"/>
diff --git a/src/routes/log/create/+server.ts b/src/routes/log/create/+server.ts
index ec89ce9..00954aa 100644
--- a/src/routes/log/create/+server.ts
+++ b/src/routes/log/create/+server.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 import { env } from '$env/dynamic/private';
 import { PUBLIC_BASE_URL } from '$env/static/public';
-import { getBskyClient } from '$lib/bluesky.ts';
-import { createNote } from '$lib/notes.js';
-import { RichText } from '@atproto/api';
-import { get } from 'svelte/store';
+import { postToBsky } from '$lib/bluesky';
+import { createNote, genNoteId, type Note } from '$lib/notes';
 
 interface NoteData {
     content: string,
@@ -15,26 +13,33 @@ export const POST = async ({ request }) => {
     if (token !== env.GAZEBOT_TOKEN) {
         return new Response("rizz failed", { status: 403 })
     }
+    // get id
+    const noteId = genNoteId()
     // get note data
     const noteData: NoteData = await request.json()
-    console.log("want to create note with data: ", noteData)
-    // create note
-    const published = Date.now()
-    const noteId = createNote({ content: noteData.content, published })
+    console.log(`want to create note #${noteId} with data: `, noteData)
+    // get a date before we start publishing to other platforms
+    let note: Note = {
+        content: noteData.content,
+        published: Date.now(),
+        outgoingLinks: [],
+    }
+    let errors: string[] = []
     // bridge to bsky if want to bridge
     if (noteData.bskyPosse) {
-        let client = await getBskyClient()
-        const rt = new RichText({
-            text: `${noteData.content} (${PUBLIC_BASE_URL}/log?id=${noteId})`,
-        })
-        await rt.detectFacets(client)
-        await client.post({
-            text: rt.text,
-            facets: rt.facets,
-        })
+        const postContent = `${noteData.content} (${PUBLIC_BASE_URL}/log?id=${noteId})`
+        try {
+            const bskyUrl = await postToBsky(postContent)
+            note.outgoingLinks?.push({name: "bsky", link: bskyUrl})
+        } catch(why) {
+            console.log(`failed to post note #${noteId} to bsky: `, why)
+            errors.push(`error while posting to bsky: ${why}`)
+        }
     }
-    // send back created note id
-    return new Response(JSON.stringify({ noteId }), {
+    // create note (this should never fail otherwise it would defeat the whole purpose lol)
+    createNote(noteId, note)
+    // send back created note id and any errors that occurred
+    return new Response(JSON.stringify({ noteId, errors }), {
         headers: {
             'content-type': 'application/json',
             'cache-control': 'no-store',