diff --git a/plugins/TwitterBridge/TwitterBridgePlugin.php b/plugins/TwitterBridge/TwitterBridgePlugin.php
index bad6a3941b..2ac06746de 100644
--- a/plugins/TwitterBridge/TwitterBridgePlugin.php
+++ b/plugins/TwitterBridge/TwitterBridgePlugin.php
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ class TwitterBridgePlugin extends Plugin
             include_once $dir . '/' . strtolower($cls) . '.php';
             return false;
         case 'Notice_to_status':
+        case 'Twitter_synch_status':
             include_once $dir . '/' . $cls . '.php';
             return false;
         default:
@@ -378,6 +379,19 @@ class TwitterBridgePlugin extends Plugin
     {
         $schema = Schema::get();
 
+        // For saving the last-synched status of various timelines
+        // home_timeline, messages (in), messages (out), ...
+
+        $schema->ensureTable('twitter_synch_status',
+                             array(new ColumnDef('user_id', 'integer', null,
+                                                 false, 'PRI'),
+                                   new ColumnDef('timeline', 'varchar', 255,
+                                                 false, 'PRI'),
+                                   new ColumnDef('last_id', 'bigint', null, // XXX: check for PostgreSQL
+                                                 false),
+                                   new ColumnDef('created', 'datetime', null,
+                                                 false)));
+
         // For storing user-submitted flags on profiles
 
         $schema->ensureTable('notice_to_status',
diff --git a/plugins/TwitterBridge/Twitter_synch_status.php b/plugins/TwitterBridge/Twitter_synch_status.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..69b8a780ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/TwitterBridge/Twitter_synch_status.php
@@ -0,0 +1,183 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Store last-touched ID for various timelines
+ *
+ * PHP version 5
+ *
+ * @category Data
+ * @package  StatusNet
+ * @author   Evan Prodromou <evan@status.net>
+ * @license  http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/agpl.html AGPLv3
+ * @link     http://status.net/
+ *
+ * StatusNet - the distributed open-source microblogging tool
+ * Copyright (C) 2010, StatusNet, Inc.
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.     See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+if (!defined('STATUSNET')) {
+    exit(1);
+}
+
+require_once INSTALLDIR . '/classes/Memcached_DataObject.php';
+
+/**
+ * Store various timeline data
+ *
+ * We don't want to keep re-fetching the same statuses and direct messages from Twitter.
+ * So, we store the last ID we see from a timeline, and store it. Next time
+ * around, we use that ID in the since_id parameter.
+ *
+ * @category Action
+ * @package  StatusNet
+ * @author   Evan Prodromou <evan@status.net>
+ * @license  http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/agpl.html AGPLv3
+ * @link     http://status.net/
+ *
+ * @see      DB_DataObject
+ */
+
+class Twitter_synch_status extends Memcached_DataObject
+{
+    public $__table = 'twitter_synch_status'; // table name
+    public $user_id;                         // int(4)  primary_key not_null
+    public $timeline;                        // varchar(255)  primary_key not_null
+    public $last_id;                         // bigint not_null
+    public $created;                         // datetime not_null
+
+    /**
+     * Get an instance by key
+     *
+     * @param string $k Key to use to lookup (usually 'user_id' for this class)
+     * @param mixed  $v Value to lookup
+     *
+     * @return User_greeting_count object found, or null for no hits
+     *
+     */
+
+    function staticGet($k, $v=null)
+    {
+        return Memcached_DataObject::staticGet('Twitter_synch_status', $k, $v);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * return table definition for DB_DataObject
+     *
+     * DB_DataObject needs to know something about the table to manipulate
+     * instances. This method provides all the DB_DataObject needs to know.
+     *
+     * @return array array of column definitions
+     */
+
+    function table()
+    {
+        return array('user_id' => DB_DATAOBJECT_INT + DB_DATAOBJECT_NOTNULL,
+                     'timeline' => DB_DATAOBJECT_STRING + DB_DATAOBJECT_NOTNULL,
+                     'last_id' => DB_DATAOBJECT_INT + DB_DATAOBJECT_NOTNULL,
+                     'created' => DB_DATAOBJECT_STR + DB_DATAOBJECT_DATE + DB_DATAOBJECT_TIME + DB_DATAOBJECT_NOTNULL
+                     );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * return key definitions for DB_DataObject
+     *
+     * DB_DataObject needs to know about keys that the table has, since it
+     * won't appear in StatusNet's own keys list. In most cases, this will
+     * simply reference your keyTypes() function.
+     *
+     * @return array list of key field names
+     */
+
+    function keys()
+    {
+        return array_keys($this->keyTypes());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * return key definitions for Memcached_DataObject
+     *
+     * Our caching system uses the same key definitions, but uses a different
+     * method to get them. This key information is used to store and clear
+     * cached data, so be sure to list any key that will be used for static
+     * lookups.
+     *
+     * @return array associative array of key definitions, field name to type:
+     *         'K' for primary key: for compound keys, add an entry for each component;
+     *         'U' for unique keys: compound keys are not well supported here.
+     */
+
+    function keyTypes()
+    {
+        return array('user_id' => 'K',
+                     'timeline' => 'K');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Magic formula for non-autoincrementing integer primary keys
+     *
+     * If a table has a single integer column as its primary key, DB_DataObject
+     * assumes that the column is auto-incrementing and makes a sequence table
+     * to do this incrementation. Since we don't need this for our class, we
+     * overload this method and return the magic formula that DB_DataObject needs.
+     *
+     * @return array magic three-false array that stops auto-incrementing.
+     */
+
+    function sequenceKey()
+    {
+        return array(false, false, false);
+    }
+
+    static function getLastId($user_id, $timeline)
+    {
+        $tss = self::staticGet(array('user_id' => $user_id,
+                                     'timeline' => $timeline));
+
+        if (empty($tss)) {
+            return null;
+        } else {
+            return $tss->last_id;
+        }
+    }
+
+    static function setLastId($user_id, $timeline, $last_id)
+    {
+        $tss = self::staticGet(array('user_id' => $user_id,
+                                     'timeline' => $timeline));
+
+        if (empty($tss)) {
+
+            $tss = new Twitter_synch_status();
+
+            $tss->user_id  = $user_id;
+            $tss->timeline = $timeline;
+            $tss->last_id  = $last_id;
+
+            $tss->insert();
+
+            return true;
+
+        } else {
+
+            $orig = clone($tss);
+
+            $tss->last_id = $last_id;
+
+            $tss->update();
+
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+}