# I am the Watcher. I am your guide through this vast new twtiverse.
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# Usage:
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/users View list of users and latest twt date.
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/twt View all twts.
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/mentions?uri=:uri View all mentions for uri.
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/conv/:hash View all twts for a conversation subject.
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# Options:
# uri Filter to show a specific users twts.
# offset Start index for quey.
# limit Count of items to return (going back in time).
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# twt range = 1 1
# self = https://watcher.sour.is/conv/ntjggyq
Show HN: I lost 15% to Congress' lag, so I built a trade-sniping tool
A couple years back, my girlfriend and I jumped on the congressional trading bandwagon. You know the drill—politicians like Nancy Pelosi disclose their trades (eventually), and some of them have suspiciously good timing. We copied a few, and it worked. In months, we were up +38%. Even now, with the market tanking, we’re at +6%. Not bad, right?
But here’s where it fell apart: Congress gets a 30-day grace period to file trades, and I had to manually check sites like QuiverQu ... ⌘ Read more