diff --git a/pkg/interface/package-lock.json b/pkg/interface/package-lock.json
index 89ad370a5..2cf5c498c 100644
Binary files a/pkg/interface/package-lock.json and b/pkg/interface/package-lock.json differ
diff --git a/pkg/interface/package.json b/pkg/interface/package.json
index 786151f82..c1e679e46 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/package.json
+++ b/pkg/interface/package.json
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
     "formik": "^2.1.5",
     "immer": "^8.0.1",
     "lodash": "^4.17.20",
-    "markdown-to-jsx": "^6.11.4",
     "moment": "^2.29.1",
     "mousetrap": "^1.6.5",
     "mousetrap-global-bind": "^1.1.0",
@@ -42,13 +41,15 @@
     "react-use-gesture": "^9.1.3",
     "react-virtuoso": "^0.20.3",
     "react-visibility-sensor": "^5.1.1",
+    "remark": "^12.0.0",
     "remark-breaks": "^2.0.1",
-    "remark-disable-tokenizers": "^1.0.24",
+    "remark-disable-tokenizers": "1.1.0",
     "stacktrace-js": "^2.0.2",
     "style-loader": "^1.3.0",
     "styled-components": "^5.1.1",
     "styled-system": "^5.1.5",
     "suncalc": "^1.8.0",
+    "unist-util-visit": "^3.0.0",
     "urbit-ob": "^5.0.1",
     "workbox-core": "^6.0.2",
     "workbox-precaching": "^6.0.2",
diff --git a/pkg/interface/src/logic/lib/publish.ts b/pkg/interface/src/logic/lib/publish.ts
index 0615ecacd..c5be2bca5 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/src/logic/lib/publish.ts
+++ b/pkg/interface/src/logic/lib/publish.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import BigIntOrderedMap from '@urbit/api/lib/BigIntOrderedMap';
 import bigInt, { BigInteger } from 'big-integer';
 import { buntPost } from '~/logic/lib/post';
 import { unixToDa } from '~/logic/lib/util';
+//import tokenizeMessage from './tokenizeMessage';
 
 export function newPost(
   title: string,
@@ -19,6 +20,9 @@ export function newPost(
     signatures: []
   };
 
+  // re-enable on mainnet deploy
+  //const tokenisedBody = tokenizeMessage(body);
+
   const revContainer: Post = { ...root, index: root.index + '/1' };
   const commentsContainer = { ...root, index: root.index + '/2' };
 
@@ -26,6 +30,7 @@ export function newPost(
     ...revContainer,
     index: revContainer.index + '/1',
     contents: [{ text: title }, { text: body }]
+    //contents: [{ text: title }, { text: body } ...tokenisedBody]
   };
 
   const nodes = {
@@ -54,10 +59,13 @@ export function newPost(
 
 export function editPost(rev: number, noteId: BigInteger, title: string, body: string) {
   const now = Date.now();
+  // reenable
+  //const tokenisedBody = tokenizeMessage(body);
   const newRev: Post = {
     author: `~${window.ship}`,
     index: `/${noteId.toString()}/1/${rev}`,
     'time-sent': now,
+    //contents: [{ text: title }, ...tokenisedBody],
     contents: [{ text: title }, { text: body }],
     hash: null,
     signatures: []
@@ -85,8 +93,9 @@ export function getLatestRevision(node: GraphNode): [number, string, string, Pos
   if (!rev) {
     return empty;
   }
-  const [title, body] = rev.post.contents as TextContent[];
-  return [revNum.toJSNumber(), title.text, body.text, rev.post];
+  const title = rev.post.contents[0];
+  const body = rev.post.contents.slice(1);
+  return [revNum.toJSNumber(), title.text, body, rev.post];
 }
 
 export function getLatestCommentRevision(node: GraphNode): [number, Post] {
@@ -113,10 +122,11 @@ export function getComments(node: GraphNode): GraphNode {
   return comments;
 }
 
-export function getSnippet(body: string) {
-  const newlineIdx = body.indexOf('\n', 2);
-  const end = newlineIdx > -1 ? newlineIdx : body.length;
-  const start = body.substr(0, end);
+export function getSnippet(body: any) {
+  const firstContent = Object.values(body[0])[0];
+  const newlineIdx = firstContent.indexOf('\n', 2);
+  const end = newlineIdx > -1 ? newlineIdx : firstContent.length;
+  const start = firstContent.substr(0, end);
 
-  return (start === body || start.startsWith('![')) ? start : `${start}...`;
+  return (start === firstContent || firstContent.startsWith('![')) ? start : `${start}...`;
 }
diff --git a/pkg/interface/src/logic/lib/tokenizeMessage.js b/pkg/interface/src/logic/lib/tokenizeMessage.js
index 2e5455c0d..f648b70ac 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/src/logic/lib/tokenizeMessage.js
+++ b/pkg/interface/src/logic/lib/tokenizeMessage.js
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import { parsePermalink, permalinkToReference } from '~/logic/lib/permalinks';
 
 const URL_REGEX = new RegExp(String(/^(([\w\-\+]+:\/\/)[-a-zA-Z0-9:@;?&=\/%\+\.\*!'\(\),\$_\{\}\^~\[\]`#|]+\w)/.source));
 
+const GROUP_REGEX = new RegExp(String(/^~[-a-z_]+\/[-a-z]+/.source));
+
 const isUrl = (string) => {
   try {
     return URL_REGEX.test(string);
@@ -15,17 +17,27 @@ const isRef = (str) => {
   return isUrl(str) && str.startsWith('web+urbitgraph://');
 };
 
+const isGroup = str => {
+  try {
+    return GROUP_REGEX.test(str);
+  } catch (e) {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
+const convertToGroupRef = (group) => `web+urbitgraph://group/${group}`;
+
 const tokenizeMessage = (text) => {
-  const messages = [];
-  let message = [];
+  let messages = [];
+  // by line
+  let currTextBlock = [];
   let isInCodeBlock = false;
   let endOfCodeBlock = false;
   text.split(/\r?\n/).forEach((line, index) => {
-    if (index !== 0) {
-      message.push('\n');
-    }
+    // by space
+    let currTextLine = [];
     // A line of backticks enters and exits a codeblock
-    if (line.startsWith('```')) {
+    if (line.trim().startsWith('```')) {
       // But we need to check if we've ended a codeblock
       endOfCodeBlock = isInCodeBlock;
       isInCodeBlock = (!isInCodeBlock);
@@ -34,9 +46,13 @@ const tokenizeMessage = (text) => {
     }
 
     if (isInCodeBlock || endOfCodeBlock) {
-      message.push(line);
+      currTextLine = [line];
     } else {
-      line.split(/\s/).forEach((str) => {
+      const words = line.split(/\s/);
+      words.forEach((word, idx) => {
+        const str = isGroup(word) ?  convertToGroupRef(word) : word;
+
+        const last = words.length - 1 === idx;
         if (
           (str.startsWith('`') && str !== '`')
           || (str === '`' && !isInCodeBlock)
@@ -50,9 +66,12 @@ const tokenizeMessage = (text) => {
         }
 
         if(isRef(str) && !isInCodeBlock) {
-          if (message.length > 0) {
+          if (currTextLine.length > 0 || currTextBlock.length > 0) {
             // If we're in the middle of a message, add it to the stack and reset
-            messages.push({ text: message.join(' ') });
+            currTextLine.push('');
+            messages.push({ text: currTextBlock.join('\n') + currTextLine.join(' ') });
+            currTextBlock = last ? [''] : [];
+            currTextLine = [];
           }
           const link = parsePermalink(str);
           if(!link) {
@@ -61,33 +80,39 @@ const tokenizeMessage = (text) => {
             const reference = permalinkToReference(link);
             messages.push(reference);
           }
-          message = [];
+          currTextLine = [];
         } else if (isUrl(str) && !isInCodeBlock) {
-          if (message.length > 0) {
+          if (currTextLine.length > 0 || currTextBlock.length > 0) {
             // If we're in the middle of a message, add it to the stack and reset
-            messages.push({ text: message.join(' ') });
-            message = [];
+            currTextLine.push('');
+            messages.push({ text: currTextBlock.join('\n') + currTextLine.join(' ') });
+            currTextBlock = last ? [''] : [];
+            currTextLine = [];
           }
           messages.push({ url: str });
-          message = [];
+          currTextLine = [];
         } else if(urbitOb.isValidPatp(str) && !isInCodeBlock) {
-          if (message.length > 0) {
+          if (currTextLine.length > 0 || currTextBlock.length > 0) {
             // If we're in the middle of a message, add it to the stack and reset
-            messages.push({ text: message.join(' ') });
-            message = [];
+            currTextLine.push('');
+            messages.push({ text: currTextBlock.join('\n') + currTextLine.join(' ') });
+            currTextBlock = last ? [''] : [];
+            currTextLine = [];
           }
           messages.push({ mention: str });
-          message = [];
+          currTextLine = [];
+
         } else {
-          message.push(str);
+          currTextLine.push(str);
         }
       });
     }
+    currTextBlock.push(currTextLine.join(' '))
   });
 
-  if (message.length) {
+  if (currTextBlock.length) {
     // Add any remaining message
-    messages.push({ text: message.join(' ') });
+    messages.push({ text: currTextBlock.join('\n') });
   }
   return messages;
 };
diff --git a/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/chat/components/ChatMessage.tsx b/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/chat/components/ChatMessage.tsx
index 9c5330637..32abc59cc 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/chat/components/ChatMessage.tsx
+++ b/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/chat/components/ChatMessage.tsx
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ import useLocalState from '~/logic/state/local';
 import useSettingsState, { selectCalmState } from '~/logic/state/settings';
 import { Dropdown } from '~/views/components/Dropdown';
 import ProfileOverlay from '~/views/components/ProfileOverlay';
-import { GraphContentWide } from '~/views/landscape/components/Graph/GraphContentWide';
+import { GraphContent} from  '~/views/landscape/components/Graph/GraphContent';
+
 
 export const DATESTAMP_FORMAT = '[~]YYYY.M.D';
 
@@ -496,10 +497,10 @@ export const Message = React.memo(({
       ) : (
         <></>
       )}
-      <GraphContentWide
+      <GraphContent
         {...bind}
         width="100%"
-        post={msg}
+        contents={msg.contents}
         transcluded={transcluded}
         api={api}
         showOurContact={showOurContact}
diff --git a/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/notifications/graph.tsx b/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/notifications/graph.tsx
index 202f3d3be..e8f8e8045 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/notifications/graph.tsx
+++ b/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/notifications/graph.tsx
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import {
   GraphNotificationContents, GraphNotifIndex
 } from '~/types';
 import Author from '~/views/components/Author';
-import { GraphContentWide } from '~/views/landscape/components/Graph/GraphContentWide';
+import { GraphContent } from '~/views/landscape/components/Graph/GraphContent';
 import { PermalinkEmbed } from '../permalinks/embed';
 import { Header } from './header';
 
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ export const GraphNodeContent = ({ post, mod, index, hidden, association }) => {
   }
   return (
     <TruncBox truncate={8}>
-      <GraphContentWide api={{} as any} post={post} showOurContact />
+      <GraphContent api={{} as any} contents={post.contents} showOurContact />
     </TruncBox>
   );
 };
diff --git a/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/permalinks/TranscludedNode.tsx b/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/permalinks/TranscludedNode.tsx
index ba66c1269..a2f219809 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/permalinks/TranscludedNode.tsx
+++ b/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/permalinks/TranscludedNode.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { getSnippet } from '~/logic/lib/publish';
 import { useGroupForAssoc } from '~/logic/state/group';
 import Author from '~/views/components/Author';
 import { MentionText } from '~/views/components/MentionText';
-import { GraphContentWide } from '~/views/landscape/components/Graph/GraphContentWide';
+import { GraphContent } from '~/views/landscape/components/Graph/GraphContent';
 import ChatMessage from '../chat/components/ChatMessage';
 import { NotePreviewContent } from '../publish/components/NotePreview';
 import { PermalinkEmbed } from './embed';
@@ -72,10 +72,10 @@ function TranscludedComment(props: {
         group={group}
       />
       <Box p="2">
-        <GraphContentWide
+        <GraphContent
           api={api}
           transcluded={transcluded}
-          post={comment.post}
+          contents={comment.post.contents}
           showOurContact={false}
         />
       </Box>
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ function TranscludedPublishNode(props: {
           </Text>
           <Box p="2">
             <NotePreviewContent
-              snippet={getSnippet(post?.post.contents[1]?.text)}
+              snippet={getSnippet(post?.post.contents.slice(1))}
             />
           </Box>
         </Col>
diff --git a/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/publish/components/EditPost.tsx b/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/publish/components/EditPost.tsx
index 3c0169d5c..61c7955af 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/publish/components/EditPost.tsx
+++ b/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/publish/components/EditPost.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { RouteComponentProps, useLocation } from 'react-router-dom';
 import GlobalApi from '~/logic/api/global';
 import { editPost, getLatestRevision } from '~/logic/lib/publish';
 import { useWaitForProps } from '~/logic/lib/useWaitForProps';
+import { referenceToPermalink } from '~/logic/lib/permalinks';
 import { PostForm, PostFormSchema } from './NoteForm';
 
 interface EditPostProps {
@@ -21,10 +22,27 @@ export function EditPost(props: EditPostProps & RouteComponentProps): ReactEleme
   const [revNum, title, body] = getLatestRevision(note);
   const location = useLocation();
 
+  let editContent = null;
+  editContent = body.reduce((val, curr) => {
+      if ('text' in curr) {
+        val = val + curr.text;
+      } else if ('mention' in curr) {
+        val = val + `~${curr.mention}`;
+      } else if ('url' in curr) {
+        val = val + curr.url;
+      } else if ('code' in curr) {
+        val = val + curr.code.expression;
+      } else if ('reference' in curr) {
+        val = `${val}${referenceToPermalink(curr).link}`;
+      }
+
+      return val;
+    }, '');
+
   const waiter = useWaitForProps(props);
   const initial: PostFormSchema = {
     title,
-    body
+    body: editContent
   };
 
   const onSubmit = async (
diff --git a/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/publish/components/Note.tsx b/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/publish/components/Note.tsx
index 49cfbf629..9bf6792ba 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/publish/components/Note.tsx
+++ b/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/publish/components/Note.tsx
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-import { Action, Anchor, Box, Col, Row, Text } from '@tlon/indigo-react';
-import { Association, Graph, GraphNode, Group } from '@urbit/api';
+import React, { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
+import { Box, Text, Col, Anchor, Row, Action } from '@tlon/indigo-react';
 import bigInt from 'big-integer';
-import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
-import ReactMarkdown from 'react-markdown';
 import { Link, RouteComponentProps } from 'react-router-dom';
 import GlobalApi from '~/logic/api/global';
 import { roleForShip } from '~/logic/lib/group';
+import { Contacts, GraphNode, Graph, Association, Unreads, Group, Post } from '@urbit/api';
 import { getPermalinkForGraph } from '~/logic/lib/permalinks';
+import { GraphContent } from '~/views/landscape/components/Graph/GraphContent';
 import { getComments, getLatestRevision } from '~/logic/lib/publish';
 import { useCopy } from '~/logic/lib/useCopy';
 import { useQuery } from '~/logic/lib/useQuery';
@@ -35,11 +35,10 @@ const renderers = {
   }
 };
 
-export function NoteContent({ body }) {
+export function NoteContent({ post, api }) {
   return (
-
       <Box color="black" className="md" style={{ overflowWrap: 'break-word', overflow: 'hidden' }}>
-        <ReactMarkdown source={body} linkTarget={'_blank'} renderers={renderers} />
+        <GraphContent tall contents={post.contents.slice(1)} showOurContact api={api} />
       </Box>
   );
 }
@@ -124,7 +123,7 @@ export function Note(props: NoteProps & RouteComponentProps) {
           </Author>
         </Row>
       </Col>
-      <NoteContent body={body} />
+      <NoteContent api={props.api} post={post} />
       <NoteNavigation
         notebook={notebook}
         noteId={noteId}
diff --git a/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/publish/css/custom.css b/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/publish/css/custom.css
index 4b2270665..5c11ec709 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/publish/css/custom.css
+++ b/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/publish/css/custom.css
@@ -137,46 +137,6 @@
   display: none;
 }
 
-.md h1, .md h2, .md h3, .md h4, .md h5, .md p, .md a, .md ul, .md ol, .md blockquote,.md code,.md pre {
-  font-size: 14px;
-  margin-bottom: 16px;
-}
-
-.md ul ul {
-  margin-bottom: 0px;
-}
-
-.md h2, .md h3, .md h4, .md h5, .md p, .md a, .md ul {
-  font-weight: 400;
-}
-
-.md h1 {
-  font-weight: 600;
-}
-
-.md h2, .md h3, .md h4, .md h5 {
-  color:var(--gray);
-}
-
-.md {
-  line-height: 1.5;
-}
-.md code, .md pre {
-  font-family: "Source Code Pro", mono;
-  white-space: pre-wrap;
-}
-.md ul>li, .md ol>li {
-  line-height: 1.5;
-}
-.md a {
-  border-bottom-style: solid;
-  border-bottom-width: 1px;
-}
-
-.md img {
-  margin-bottom: 8px;
-}
-
 @media all and (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
   .options.open {
     background-color: #4d4d4d;
diff --git a/pkg/interface/src/views/components/CommentItem.tsx b/pkg/interface/src/views/components/CommentItem.tsx
index b085c46ba..9aa685dcf 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/src/views/components/CommentItem.tsx
+++ b/pkg/interface/src/views/components/CommentItem.tsx
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ import { getPermalinkForGraph } from '~/logic/lib/permalinks';
 import { getLatestCommentRevision } from '~/logic/lib/publish';
 import { useCopy } from '~/logic/lib/useCopy';
 import useMetadataState from '~/logic/state/metadata';
+import { GraphContent } from '../landscape/components/Graph/GraphContent';
 import Author from '~/views/components/Author';
-import { GraphContentWide } from '../landscape/components/Graph/GraphContentWide';
 
 const ClickBox = styled(Box)`
   cursor: pointer;
@@ -31,14 +31,13 @@ interface CommentItemProps {
   highlighted: boolean;
 }
 
-export function CommentItem(props: CommentItemProps): ReactElement {
+export function CommentItem(props: CommentItemProps) {
   let { highlighted } = props;
   const { ship, name, api, comment, group } = props;
   const association = useMetadataState(
     useCallback(s => s.associations.graph[`/ship/${ship}/${name}`], [ship,name])
   );
-  const ref = useRef<HTMLElement | null>(null);
-  console.log(comment);
+  const ref = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
   const [, post] = getLatestCommentRevision(comment);
   const disabled = props.pending;
 
@@ -131,14 +130,14 @@ export function CommentItem(props: CommentItemProps): ReactElement {
           </Row>
         </Author>
       </Row>
-      <GraphContentWide
+      <GraphContent
         borderRadius="1"
         p="1"
         mb="1"
         backgroundColor={highlighted ? 'washedBlue' : 'white'}
         transcluded={0}
         api={api}
-        post={post}
+        contents={post.contents}
         showOurContact
       />
     </Box>
diff --git a/pkg/interface/src/views/landscape/components/Graph/GraphContent.tsx b/pkg/interface/src/views/landscape/components/Graph/GraphContent.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..614f85d2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/interface/src/views/landscape/components/Graph/GraphContent.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,395 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import _ from 'lodash';
+import { Post, Content, ReferenceContent } from '@urbit/api';
+import {
+  Box,
+  Text,
+  Anchor,
+  H1,
+  H2,
+  H3,
+  H4,
+  Row,
+  Col,
+} from '@tlon/indigo-react';
+
+import GlobalApi from '~/logic/api/global';
+import TextContent from './content/text';
+import CodeContent from './content/code';
+import RemoteContent from '~/views/components/RemoteContent';
+import { Mention } from '~/views/components/MentionText';
+import { PermalinkEmbed } from '~/views/apps/permalinks/embed';
+import { referenceToPermalink } from '~/logic/lib/permalinks';
+import { GraphContentWide } from './GraphContentWide';
+import { PropFunc } from '~/types';
+import fromMarkdown from 'mdast-util-from-markdown';
+import Dot from '~/views/components/Dot';
+import {
+  Root,
+  Parent,
+  Content as AstContent,
+  BlockContent,
+} from '@types/mdast';
+import { parseTall, parseWide } from './parse';
+
+type StitchMode = 'merge' | 'block' | 'inline';
+
+// XX make better
+type GraphAstNode = any;
+
+interface GraphMentionNode {
+  type: 'graph-mention';
+  ship: string;
+}
+interface GraphRefereceNode {
+  type: 'graph-reference';
+  reference: ReferenceContent;
+}
+
+interface GraphUrl {
+  type: 'graph-url';
+  url: string;
+}
+const codeToMdAst = (content: CodeContent) => {
+  return {
+    type: 'root',
+    children: [
+      {
+        type: 'code',
+        value: content.code.expression
+      },
+      {
+        type: 'code',
+        value: (content.code.output || []).join('\n')
+      }
+    ]
+  };
+      
+
+}
+
+const contentToMdAst = (tall: boolean) => (
+  content: Content
+): [StitchMode, any] => {
+  if ('text' in content) {
+    return ['merge', tall ? parseTall(content.text) : parseWide(content.text)] as [StitchMode, any];
+  } else if ('code' in content) {
+    return [
+      'block',
+      codeToMdAst(content)
+    ];
+  } else if ('reference' in content) {
+    return [
+      'block',
+      {
+        type: 'root',
+        children: [
+          {
+            type: 'graph-reference',
+            reference: content.reference,
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+    ];
+  } else if ('url' in content) {
+    return [
+      'block',
+      {
+        type: 'root',
+        children: [
+          {
+            type: 'graph-url',
+            url: content.url,
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+    ];
+  } else if ('mention' in content) {
+    return [
+      'inline',
+      {
+        type: 'root',
+        children: [
+          {
+            type: 'graph-mention',
+            ship: content.mention,
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+    ];
+  }
+  return [
+    'inline',
+    {
+      type: 'root',
+      children: [],
+    },
+  ];
+};
+
+function stitchInline(a: any, b: any) {
+  if (!a?.children) {
+    throw new Error('Bad stitchInline call: missing root');
+  }
+  const lastParaIdx = a.children.length - 1;
+  const last = a.children[lastParaIdx];
+  if (last?.children) {
+    const ros = {
+      ...a,
+      children: [
+        ...a.children.slice(0, lastParaIdx),
+        stitchInline(last, b),
+        ...a.children.slice(lastParaIdx + 1),
+      ],
+    };
+    return ros;
+  }
+  const res = { ...a, children: [...a.children, ...b] };
+  return res;
+}
+
+function last<T>(arr: T[]) {
+  return arr[arr.length - 1];
+}
+
+function getChildren<T extends {}>(node: T): AstContent[] {
+  if ('children' in node) {
+    // @ts-ignore
+    return node.children;
+  }
+  return [];
+}
+
+export function asParent<T extends BlockContent>(node: T): Parent | undefined {
+  return ['paragraph', 'heading', 'list', 'listItem', 'table'].includes(
+    node.type
+  )
+    ? (node as Parent)
+    : undefined;
+}
+
+function stitchMerge(a: Root, b: Root) {
+  const aChildren = a.children;
+  const bChildren = b.children;
+  if (last(aChildren)?.type === bChildren[0]?.type) {
+    const aGrandchild = getChildren(last(aChildren));
+    const bGrandchild = getChildren(bChildren[0]);
+    const mergedPara = {
+      ...last(aChildren),
+      children: [...aGrandchild, ...bGrandchild],
+    };
+    return {
+      ...a,
+      children: [...aChildren.slice(0, -1), mergedPara, ...bChildren.slice(1)],
+    };
+  }
+  return { ...a, children: [...aChildren, ...bChildren] };
+}
+
+function stitchBlock(a: Root, b: AstContent[]) {
+  return { ...a, children: [...a.children, ...b] };
+}
+
+function stitchInlineAfterBlock(a: Root, b: GraphMentionNode[]) {
+  return {
+    ...a,
+    children: [...a.children, { type: 'paragraph', children: b }],
+  };
+}
+
+function stitchAsts(asts: [StitchMode, GraphAstNode][]) {
+  return _.reduce(
+    asts.slice(1),
+    ([prevMode, ast], [mode, val]): [StitchMode, GraphAstNode] => {
+      if (prevMode === 'block') {
+        if (mode === 'inline') {
+          return [mode, stitchInlineAfterBlock(ast, val?.children ?? [])];
+        }
+        if (mode === 'merge') {
+          return [mode, stitchBlock(ast, val?.children ?? [])];
+        }
+        if (mode === 'block') {
+          return [mode, stitchBlock(ast, val?.children ?? [])];
+        }
+      }
+      if (mode === 'inline') {
+        return [mode, stitchInline(ast, val?.children ?? [])];
+      }
+      if (mode === 'merge') {
+        return [mode, stitchMerge(ast, val)];
+      }
+      if (mode === 'block') {
+        return [mode, stitchBlock(ast, val?.children ?? [])];
+      }
+      return [mode, ast];
+    },
+    asts[0]
+  );
+}
+const header = ({ children, depth, ...rest }) => {
+  const level = depth;
+  const inner =
+    level === 1 ? (
+      <H1>{children}</H1>
+    ) : level === 2 ? (
+      <H2>{children}</H2>
+    ) : level === 3 ? (
+      <H3>{children}</H3>
+    ) : (
+      <H4>{children}</H4>
+    );
+  return (
+    <Box {...rest} mt="2" mb="4">
+      {inner}
+    </Box>
+  );
+};
+
+const renderers = {
+  heading: header,
+  inlineCode: ({ language, value }) => {
+    return (
+      <Text
+        mono
+        p="1"
+        backgroundColor="washedGray"
+        fontSize="0"
+        style={{ whiteSpace: 'pre-wrap' }}
+      >
+        {value}
+      </Text>
+    );
+  },
+
+  blockquote: ({ children, tall, ...rest }) => {
+    return (
+      <Text
+        lineHeight="20px"
+        display="block"
+        borderLeft="1px solid"
+        color="black"
+        paddingLeft={2}
+        py="1"
+      >
+        {children}
+      </Text>
+    );
+  },
+  paragraph: ({ children }) => {
+    return (
+      <Text fontSize="1" lineHeight={'20px'}>
+        {children}
+      </Text>
+    );
+  },
+  listItem: ({ children }) => {
+    return (
+      <Box position="relative" alignItems="center">
+        <Dot
+          top="7px"
+          position="absolute"
+          left="0px"
+          mr="1"
+          height="20px"
+          width="20px"
+        />
+        <Box ml="2">{children}</Box>
+      </Box>
+    );
+  },
+
+  code: ({ language, tall, value, ...rest }) => {
+    console.log(rest);
+    const inner = (
+      <Text
+        p="1"
+        className="clamp-message"
+        display="block"
+        borderRadius="1"
+        mono
+        fontSize="0"
+        backgroundColor="washedGray"
+        overflowX="auto"
+        style={{ whiteSpace: 'pre' }}
+      >
+        {value}
+      </Text>
+    );
+    return tall ? <Box mb="2">{inner}</Box> : inner;
+  },
+  link: (props) => {
+    return (
+      <Anchor href={props.href} borderBottom="1" color="black">
+        {props.children}
+      </Anchor>
+    );
+  },
+  list: ({ depth, children }) => {
+    return (
+      <Col ml="3" gapY="2" my="2">
+        {children}
+      </Col>
+    );
+  },
+  'graph-mention': ({ ship }) => <Mention api={{} as any} ship={ship} />,
+  'graph-url': ({ url }) => (
+    <Box my="2" flexShrink={0}>
+      <RemoteContent key={url} url={url} />
+    </Box>
+  ),
+  'graph-reference': ({ api, reference }) => {
+    const { link } = referenceToPermalink({ reference });
+    return (
+      <PermalinkEmbed api={api} link={link} transcluded={0} showOurContact />
+    );
+  },
+  root: ({ children }) => <Col gapY="2">{children}</Col>,
+  text: ({ value }) => value,
+};
+
+export function Graphdown<T extends {} = {}>(
+  props: {
+    ast: GraphAstNode;
+    tall?: boolean;
+    depth?: number;
+  } & T
+) {
+  const { ast, depth = 0, ...rest } = props;
+  const { type, children = [], ...nodeRest } = ast;
+  const Renderer = renderers[ast.type] ?? (() => `unknown element: ${type}`);
+
+  return (
+    <Renderer depth={depth} {...rest} {...nodeRest}>
+      {children.map((c) => (
+        <Graphdown depth={depth+1} {...rest} ast={c} />
+      ))}
+    </Renderer>
+  );
+}
+
+export const GraphContent = React.memo(function GraphContent(
+  props: {
+    tall?: boolean;
+    transcluded?: number;
+    contents: Content[];
+    api: GlobalApi;
+    showOurContact: boolean;
+  } & PropFunc<typeof Box>
+) {
+  const {
+    post,
+    contents,
+    tall = false,
+    transcluded = 0,
+    showOurContact,
+    api,
+    ...rest
+  } = props;
+  const [,ast] = stitchAsts(contents.map(contentToMdAst(tall)));
+  return (
+    <Box {...rest}>
+      <Graphdown api={api} ast={ast} />
+    </Box>
+  );
+});
+
diff --git a/pkg/interface/src/views/landscape/components/Graph/GraphContentWide.tsx b/pkg/interface/src/views/landscape/components/Graph/GraphContentWide.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 81af94905..000000000
--- a/pkg/interface/src/views/landscape/components/Graph/GraphContentWide.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,81 +0,0 @@
-import { Box } from '@tlon/indigo-react';
-import { Content, Post, ReferenceContent } from '@urbit/api';
-import React from 'react';
-import GlobalApi from '~/logic/api/global';
-import { referenceToPermalink } from '~/logic/lib/permalinks';
-import { PropFunc } from '~/types';
-import { PermalinkEmbed } from '~/views/apps/permalinks/embed';
-import { Mention } from '~/views/components/MentionText';
-import RemoteContent from '~/views/components/RemoteContent';
-import CodeContent from './content/code';
-import TextContent from './content/text';
-
-function GraphContentWideInner(
-  props: {
-    transcluded?: number;
-    post: Post;
-    api: GlobalApi;
-    showOurContact: boolean;
-  } & PropFunc<typeof Box>
-) {
-  const { post, transcluded = 0, showOurContact, api, ...rest } = props;
-
-  return (
-    <Box {...rest}>
-      {post.contents.map((content: Content, i) => {
-        if ('text' in content) {
-          return (
-            <TextContent
-              key={i}
-              api={api}
-              fontSize={1}
-              lineHeight={'20px'}
-              content={content}
-            />
-          );
-        } else if ('code' in content) {
-          return <CodeContent key={i} content={content} />;
-        } else if ('reference' in content) {
-          const { link } = referenceToPermalink(content as ReferenceContent);
-          return (
-            <PermalinkEmbed
-              link={link}
-              api={api}
-              transcluded={transcluded}
-              showOurContact={showOurContact}
-            />
-          );
-        } else if ('url' in content) {
-          return (
-          <Box
-            key={i}
-            flexShrink={0}
-            fontSize={1}
-            lineHeight="20px"
-            color="black"
-            width="fit-content"
-            maxWidth="min(500px, 100%)"
-          >
-            <RemoteContent
-              key={content.url}
-              // @ts-ignore Invalid prop detection due to double with() export
-              url={content.url}
-              transcluded={transcluded}
-            />
-          </Box>
-          );
-        } else if ('mention' in content) {
-          const first = i => i === 0;
-          return (<Mention
-            key={i}
-            first={first(i)}
-            ship={content.mention}
-            api={api}
-                  />);
-        }
-      })}
-    </Box>
-  );
-}
-
-export const GraphContentWide = React.memo(GraphContentWideInner);
diff --git a/pkg/interface/src/views/landscape/components/Graph/content/text.js b/pkg/interface/src/views/landscape/components/Graph/content/text.js
index d492ecad8..23dc375a0 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/src/views/landscape/components/Graph/content/text.js
+++ b/pkg/interface/src/views/landscape/components/Graph/content/text.js
@@ -75,21 +75,39 @@ const renderers = {
     );
   },
   link: (props) => {
-    return <Anchor src={props.href} borderBottom="1" color="black">{props.children}</Anchor>;
+    return <Anchor src={props.href} borderBottom="1" color="black">{props.children}</Anchor>
+  },
+  list: ({depth, children}) => {
+    return <Text my='2' display='block' fontSize='1' ml={depth ? (2 * depth) : 0} lineHeight={'20px'}>{children}</Text>
   }
 };
 
 const MessageMarkdown = React.memo((props) => {
-  const { source, ...rest } = props;
+  const { source, allowHeaders, allowLists, ...rest } = props;
   const blockCode = source.split('```');
-  const codeLines = blockCode.map(codes => codes.split('\n'));
-  const lines = codeLines.reduce((acc, val, i) => {
-    if (i % 2 === 1) {
-      return [...acc, `\`\`\`${val.join('\n')}\`\`\``];
-    } else {
-      return [...acc, ...val];
+  const codeLines = blockCode.map((codes) => codes.split('\n'));
+  let lines = [];
+  if (allowLists) {
+    lines.push(source);
+  } else {
+    lines = codeLines.reduce((acc, val, i) => {
+        if (i % 2 === 1) {
+          return [...acc, `\`\`\`${val.join('\n')}\`\`\``];
+        } else {
+          return [...acc, ...val];
+        }
+      }, []);
+  }
+
+  const modifiedBlockTokens = DISABLED_BLOCK_TOKENS.filter(e => {
+    if (allowHeaders && allowLists) {
+      return (e in ["setextHeading", "atxHeading", "list"])
+    } else if (allowHeaders) {
+      return (e in ["setextHeading", "atxHeading"])
+    } else if (allowLists) {
+      return (e  === "list")
     }
-  }, []);
+  })
 
   return lines.map((line, i) => (
     <React.Fragment key={i}>
@@ -118,7 +136,7 @@ const MessageMarkdown = React.memo((props) => {
           [
             RemarkDisableTokenizers,
             {
-              block: DISABLED_BLOCK_TOKENS,
+              block: modifiedBlockTokens,
               inline: DISABLED_INLINE_TOKENS
             }
           ]
@@ -130,23 +148,26 @@ const MessageMarkdown = React.memo((props) => {
 
 export default function TextContent(props) {
   const content = props.content;
+  const allowHeaders = props.allowHeaders;
+  const allowLists = props.allowLists;
 
-  const group = content.text.match(
+  const group = content.text.trim().match(
     /([~][/])?(~[a-z]{3,6})(-[a-z]{6})?([/])(([a-z0-9-])+([/-])?)+/
   );
   const isGroupLink =
     group !== null && // matched possible chatroom
     group[2].length > 2 && // possible ship?
     urbitOb.isValidPatp(group[2]) && // valid patp?
-    group[0] === content.text; // entire message is room name?
+    group[0] === content.text.trim(); // entire message is room name?
 
   if (isGroupLink) {
-    const resource = `/ship/${content.text}`;
+    const resource = `/ship/${content.text.trim()}`;
     return (
       <GroupLink
         resource={resource}
         api={props.api}
         pl='2'
+        my='2'
         border='1'
         borderRadius='2'
         borderColor='washedGray'
@@ -161,7 +182,7 @@ export default function TextContent(props) {
         lineHeight={props.lineHeight ? props.lineHeight : '20px'}
         style={{ overflowWrap: 'break-word' }}
       >
-        <MessageMarkdown source={content.text} />
+        <MessageMarkdown source={content.text} allowHeaders={allowHeaders} allowLists={allowLists} />
       </Text>
     );
   }
diff --git a/pkg/interface/src/views/landscape/components/Graph/parse.ts b/pkg/interface/src/views/landscape/components/Graph/parse.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9633090e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/interface/src/views/landscape/components/Graph/parse.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import remark from 'remark';
+import RemarkDisableTokenizers from 'remark-disable-tokenizers';
+
+const DISABLED_BLOCK_TOKENS = [
+  'indentedCode',
+  'atxHeading',
+  'thematicBreak',
+  'list',
+  'setextHeading',
+  'html',
+  'definition',
+  'table',
+];
+
+const DISABLED_INLINE_TOKENS = ['autoLink', 'url', 'email', 'reference'];
+
+const tallParser = remark().freeze();
+
+export const parseTall = (text: string) => tallParser.parse(text);
+
+const wideParser = remark()
+  .use([
+    [
+      RemarkDisableTokenizers,
+      {
+        block: DISABLED_BLOCK_TOKENS,
+        inline: DISABLED_INLINE_TOKENS,
+      },
+    ],
+  ])
+  .freeze();
+
+export const parseWide = (text: string) => wideParser.parse(text);
diff --git a/pkg/interface/src/views/landscape/components/Home/Post/PostItem/PostContent.tsx b/pkg/interface/src/views/landscape/components/Home/Post/PostItem/PostContent.tsx
index 6e8237769..a69501e96 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/src/views/landscape/components/Home/Post/PostItem/PostContent.tsx
+++ b/pkg/interface/src/views/landscape/components/Home/Post/PostItem/PostContent.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { Post } from '@urbit/api';
 import React, { ReactElement } from 'react';
 import styled from 'styled-components';
 import GlobalApi from '~/logic/api/global';
-import { GraphContentWide } from '~/views/landscape/components/Graph/GraphContentWide';
+import { GraphContent } from '~/views/landscape/components/Graph/GraphContent';
 
 const TruncatedBox = styled(Col)`
   display: -webkit-box;
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ const PostContent = (props: PostContentProps): ReactElement => {
       textOverflow="ellipsis"
       overflow="hidden"
     >
-      <GraphContentWide
+      <GraphContent
         transcluded={0}
-        post={post}
+        contents={post.contents}
         api={api}
         showOurContact
       />