diff --git a/packages/api/src/entity/library_item.ts b/packages/api/src/entity/library_item.ts
index fb92fa618..f6a2f83de 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/entity/library_item.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/entity/library_item.ts
@@ -204,4 +204,7 @@ export class LibraryItem {
 
   @Column('text')
   highlightAnnotations?: string[]
+
+  @Column('timestamptz')
+  seenAt?: Date
 }
diff --git a/packages/api/src/entity/public_item.ts b/packages/api/src/entity/public_item.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..517c9fab6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/api/src/entity/public_item.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+import {
+  Column,
+  CreateDateColumn,
+  Entity,
+  OneToOne,
+  PrimaryGeneratedColumn,
+  UpdateDateColumn,
+} from 'typeorm'
+import { PublicItemInteraction } from './public_item_interaction'
+
+@Entity()
+export class PublicItem {
+  @PrimaryGeneratedColumn('uuid')
+  id!: string
+
+  @OneToOne(() => PublicItemInteraction)
+  interaction?: PublicItemInteraction
+
+  @Column('uuid')
+  sourceId!: string
+
+  @Column('text')
+  type!: string
+
+  @Column('text')
+  title!: string
+
+  @Column('text')
+  url!: string
+
+  @Column('boolean')
+  approved!: boolean
+
+  @Column('text', { nullable: true })
+  thumbnail?: string | null
+
+  @Column('text', { nullable: true })
+  previewContent?: string | null
+
+  @Column('text', { nullable: true })
+  languageCode?: string | null
+
+  @Column('text', { nullable: true })
+  author?: string | null
+
+  @Column('text', { nullable: true })
+  dir?: string | null
+
+  @Column('timestamptz', { nullable: true })
+  publishedAt?: Date | null
+
+  @CreateDateColumn()
+  createdAt!: Date
+
+  @UpdateDateColumn()
+  updatedAt!: Date
+}
diff --git a/packages/api/src/entity/public_item_interaction.ts b/packages/api/src/entity/public_item_interaction.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..379962d4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/api/src/entity/public_item_interaction.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import {
+  Column,
+  Entity,
+  JoinColumn,
+  ManyToOne,
+  OneToOne,
+  PrimaryGeneratedColumn,
+} from 'typeorm'
+import { PublicItem } from './public_item'
+import { User } from './user'
+
+@Entity({ name: 'public_item_interactions' })
+export class PublicItemInteraction {
+  @PrimaryGeneratedColumn('uuid')
+  id!: string
+
+  @OneToOne(() => PublicItem, { onDelete: 'CASCADE' })
+  @JoinColumn({ name: 'public_item_id' })
+  publicItem!: PublicItem
+
+  @ManyToOne(() => User, { onDelete: 'CASCADE' })
+  @JoinColumn({ name: 'user_id' })
+  user!: User
+
+  @Column('timestamptz')
+  seenAt?: Date
+
+  @Column('timestamptz')
+  savedAt?: Date
+
+  @Column('timestamptz')
+  likedAt?: Date
+
+  @Column('timestamptz')
+  broadcastedAt?: Date
+
+  @Column('timestamptz')
+  createdAt!: Date
+
+  @Column('timestamptz')
+  updated!: Date
+}
diff --git a/packages/api/src/jobs/update_just_read_feed.ts b/packages/api/src/jobs/update_just_read_feed.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7e22f007a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/api/src/jobs/update_just_read_feed.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import { searchLibraryItems } from '../services/library_item'
+import { findUnseenPublicItems } from '../services/public_item'
+import { logger } from '../utils/logger'
+
+interface JustReadFeedUpdateData {
+  userId: string
+}
+
+const selectCandidates = async (userId: string) => {
+  // get last 100 library items saved and not seen by user
+  const privateCandidates = await searchLibraryItems(
+    {
+      size: 100,
+      includeContent: false,
+      query: `-is:seen`,
+    },
+    userId
+  )
+
+  // get candidates from public inventory
+  const publicCandidates = await findUnseenPublicItems(userId, {
+    limit: 100,
+  })
+
+  // TODO: mix candidates
+  return privateCandidates.concat(publicCandidates)
+}
+
+const updateJustReadFeed = async (data: JustReadFeedUpdateData) => {
+  const { userId } = data
+  logger.info(`Updating just read feed for user ${userId}`)
+
+  const candidates = await selectCandidates(userId)
+  logger.info(`Found ${candidates.length} candidates`)
+
+  // TODO: integrity check on candidates?
+  // TODO: rank candidates
+
+  // TODO: prepend candidates to feed in redis
+}
diff --git a/packages/api/src/services/library_item.ts b/packages/api/src/services/library_item.ts
index b9e3aeb3e..03a66e97c 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/services/library_item.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/services/library_item.ts
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ enum ReadFilter {
   READ = 'read',
   READING = 'reading',
   UNREAD = 'unread',
+  SEEN = 'seen',
 }
 
 enum InFilter {
@@ -332,6 +333,8 @@ export const buildQueryString = (
               return 'library_item.reading_progress_bottom_percent BETWEEN 2 AND 98'
             case ReadFilter.UNREAD:
               return 'library_item.reading_progress_bottom_percent < 2'
+            case ReadFilter.SEEN:
+              return 'library_item.seen_at IS NOT NULL'
             default:
               throw new Error(`Unexpected keyword: ${value}`)
           }
diff --git a/packages/api/src/services/public_item.ts b/packages/api/src/services/public_item.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..58243abda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/api/src/services/public_item.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import { IsNull } from 'typeorm'
+import { PublicItem } from '../entity/public_item'
+import { getRepository } from '../repository'
+
+export const findUnseenPublicItems = async (
+  userId: string,
+  options: {
+    limit?: number
+    offset?: number
+  }
+) =>
+  getRepository(PublicItem).find({
+    where: {
+      interaction: IsNull(),
+      interaction: {
+        user: {
+          id: userId,
+        },
+        seenAt: IsNull(),
+      },
+      approved: true,
+    },
+    order: {
+      createdAt: 'DESC',
+    },
+    take: options.limit,
+    skip: options.offset,
+  })
diff --git a/packages/db/migrations/0177.do.public_item.sql b/packages/db/migrations/0177.do.public_item.sql
index 4d0a1a750..c657dced7 100755
--- a/packages/db/migrations/0177.do.public_item.sql
+++ b/packages/db/migrations/0177.do.public_item.sql
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ CREATE TABLE omnivore.public_item_source (
     updated_at timestamptz NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
 );
 
+CREATE TRIGGER update_public_item_source_modtime BEFORE UPDATE ON omnivore.public_item_source FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE PROCEDURE update_updated_at_column();
+
+
 CREATE TABLE omnivore.public_item (
 	id uuid PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT uuid_generate_v1mc(),
     source_id uuid NOT NULL, -- user_id or public_item_source_id
@@ -33,18 +36,8 @@ CREATE TABLE omnivore.public_item (
     updated_at timestamptz NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
 );
 
-CREATE TABLE omnivore.public_item_features (
-    id uuid PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT uuid_generate_v1mc(),
-    public_item_id uuid NOT NULL REFERENCES omnivore.public_item(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
-    classified_topic TEXT,
-    sentiment_score FLOAT,
-    writing_style TEXT,
-    popularity_score FLOAT,
-    embedding VECTOR(768),
-    created_at timestamptz NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
-);
+CREATE TRIGGER update_public_item_modtime BEFORE UPDATE ON omnivore.public_item FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE PROCEDURE update_updated_at_column();
 
-CREATE INDEX public_item_feature_public_item_id_idx ON omnivore.public_item_features(public_item_id);
 
 CREATE TABLE omnivore.public_item_stats (
     id uuid PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT uuid_generate_v1mc(),
@@ -57,28 +50,26 @@ CREATE TABLE omnivore.public_item_stats (
 );
 
 CREATE INDEX public_item_stats_public_item_id_idx ON omnivore.public_item_stats(public_item_id);
+CREATE TRIGGER update_public_item_stats_modtime BEFORE UPDATE ON omnivore.public_item_stats FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE PROCEDURE update_updated_at_column();
+
 
 CREATE TABLE omnivore.public_item_interactions (
 	id uuid PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT uuid_generate_v1mc(),
     user_id uuid NOT NULL REFERENCES omnivore.user(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
     public_item_id uuid NOT NULL REFERENCES omnivore.public_item(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
-    action TEXT NOT NULL, -- save, like, broadcast, comment, see
-    action_data TEXT, -- for comment, the comment text
+    saved_at TIMESTAMPTZ,
+    liked_at TIMESTAMPTZ,
+    broadcasted_at TIMESTAMPTZ,
+    seen_at TIMESTAMPTZ,
     created_at TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
+    updated_at TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
 );
 
 CREATE INDEX public_item_interaction_user_id_idx ON omnivore.public_item_interactions(user_id);
 CREATE INDEX public_item_interaction_public_item_id_idx ON omnivore.public_item_interactions(public_item_id);
+CREATE TRIGGER update_public_item_interactions_modtime BEFORE UPDATE ON omnivore.public_item_interactions FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE PROCEDURE update_updated_at_column();
 
-CREATE TABLE omnivore.library_item_interactions (
-    id uuid PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT uuid_generate_v1mc(),
-    user_id uuid NOT NULL REFERENCES omnivore.user(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
-    library_item_id uuid NOT NULL REFERENCES omnivore.library_item(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
-    action TEXT NOT NULL, -- seen
-    created_at TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
-);
 
-CREATE INDEX library_item_interaction_user_id_idx ON omnivore.library_item_interactions(user_id);
-CREATE INDEX library_item_interaction_library_item_id_idx ON omnivore.library_item_interactions(library_item_id);
+ALTER TABLE omnivore.library_item ADD COLUMN seen_at timestamptz;
 
 COMMIT;
diff --git a/packages/db/migrations/0177.undo.public_item.sql b/packages/db/migrations/0177.undo.public_item.sql
index 31ab4da9f..36c5f8165 100755
--- a/packages/db/migrations/0177.undo.public_item.sql
+++ b/packages/db/migrations/0177.undo.public_item.sql
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ BEGIN;
 
 DROP TABLE omnivore.public_item_interactions;
 DROP TABLE omnivore.public_item_stats;
-DROP TABLE omnivore.public_item_features;
 DROP TABLE omnivore.public_item;
 DROP TABLE omnivore.public_item_source;
 
+ALTER TABLE omnivore.library_item DROP COLUMN seen_at;
+
 COMMIT;