So I figured out something odd in Federated Timeline.
I just had a 2 day old Toot show up in my federated timeline... it appears that someone replied to that toot about 3 minutes ago (where it should appear). But for some reason the federated timeline showed me the original, 2 day old toot, not the 2 minute old reply toot.
@butlermatt Ahhh, interesting. That is a plausible explanation for some of the chronological weirdness.
@cc @Crackmacs Unfortunately, it doesn't explain _why_ the original toot was displayed rather than the individual's reply to it.
@butlermatt maybe ask @Gargron
@butlermatt wish I had that kind of super power. Can barely even do html these days thanks to CMS's lol