diff --git a/apps/roam/src/utils/getAllDiscourseNodesSince.ts b/apps/roam/src/utils/getAllDiscourseNodesSince.ts
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+import getDiscourseNodes from "./getDiscourseNodes";
+import findDiscourseNode from "./findDiscourseNode";
+
+type RoamDiscourseNodeData = {
+  author_local_id: string;
+  source_local_id: string;
+  created: string;
+  last_modified: string;
+  author_name: string;
+  text: string;
+};
+
+type ISODateString = string;
+
+export const getAllDiscourseNodesSince = async (
+  since: ISODateString,
+): Promise<RoamDiscourseNodeData[]> => {
+  const sinceMs = new Date(since).getTime();
+
+  const query = `[:find ?uid ?create-time ?edit-time ?user-uuid ?username ?title
+     :keys  source_local_id created last_modified author_local_id author_name text 
+     :in $ ?since 
+     :where
+      [?e :node/title ?title]
+      [?e :block/uid ?uid] 
+      [?e :create/user ?user-id]
+      [?user-id :user/uid ?user-uuid]
+      [?user-id :user/display-name ?username]
+      [?e :create/time ?create-time]
+      [?e :edit/time ?edit-time]
+      [(> ?edit-time ?since)]]`;
+
+  // @ts-ignore - backend to be added to roamjs-components
+  const result = (await window.roamAlphaAPI.data.backend.q(
+    query,
+    sinceMs,
+  )) as unknown[][] as RoamDiscourseNodeData[];
+
+  const discourseNodes = getDiscourseNodes();
+
+  return result.filter((entity) => {
+    if (!entity.source_local_id) return false;
+    const node = findDiscourseNode(entity.source_local_id, discourseNodes);
+    if (!node) return false;
+    if (node.backedBy === "default") return false;
+    return Boolean(entity.text && entity.text.trim() !== "");
+  });
+};