> while he was very fast to welcome Ilya back

Was he? I must have missed that in all this chaos.

Can anyone explain why when I go to https://twitter.com/sama I don't see the linked tweet, but if I navigate to https://twitter.com/sama/status/1726594398098780570 I can? Is this a nuance of like tweets being privatable? Or deleted tweets remaining directly navigable? Sorry probably something basic about how twitter functions.

You're logged out -- by default for logged out users, account pages will show "top tweets" not "recent tweets"

Are you logged in? The logged out view I've seen has been wildly varying, sometimes missing months of updates.

Twitter doesn't really work at all when logged out. Try logged in or using something like nitter.net

It's there. There are 3 posts (not tweets anymore) and then there's that one.

Does it require being logged in to see?

Probably - (as of recentlyish) you only get the linked tweet or on profile/home a selection of 'top' or whatever tweets. Or Xs.

Thanks!

That's meaningless; he would welcome Ilya back as a defector no matter what. What happens to Ilya later, after he is no longer a board member or in a position of power, will be much more informative.