diff --git a/src/pockexport/dal.py b/src/pockexport/dal.py
index 38f68cb..83efd4b 100755
--- a/src/pockexport/dal.py
+++ b/src/pockexport/dal.py
@@ -1,28 +1,43 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 import json
-from datetime import datetime
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Any, Iterator, NamedTuple, Sequence
+from typing import Iterator, NamedTuple, Sequence
 
 from .exporthelpers import dal_helper
-from .exporthelpers.dal_helper import Json, PathIsh, pathify
+from .exporthelpers.dal_helper import (
+    Json,
+    PathIsh,
+    datetime_aware,
+    fromisoformat,
+    pathify,
+)
 
-# TODO FIXME are times in utc? not mentioned anywhere...
 
 class Highlight(NamedTuple):
-    json: Any
+    json: Json
 
     @property
     def text(self) -> str:
         return self.json['quote']
 
     @property
-    def created(self) -> datetime:
-        return datetime.strptime(self.json['created_at'], '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
+    def created(self) -> datetime_aware:
+        created_at_s = self.json['created_at']
+        if created_at_s.endswith('Z'):
+            # FIXME not convinced timestamp is correct here?
+            # tested with item highlighted at 2024-09-30 at 00:53 UTC and it appeared as 2024-09-29T19:53:35.000Z in export??
+            return fromisoformat(created_at_s)
+        else:
+            # older format (pre September 2024)
+            dt = datetime.strptime(self.json['created_at'], '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
+            return dt.replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc)
 
 
 class Article(NamedTuple):
-    json: Any
+    json: Json
 
     @property
     def url(self) -> str:
@@ -41,8 +56,8 @@ def pocket_link(self) -> str:
         return 'https://app.getpocket.com/read/' + self.json['item_id']
 
     @property
-    def added(self) -> datetime:
-        return datetime.fromtimestamp(int(self.json['time_added']))
+    def added(self) -> datetime_aware:
+        return datetime.fromtimestamp(int(self.json['time_added']), tz=timezone.utc)
 
     @property
     def highlights(self) -> Sequence[Highlight]:
@@ -64,7 +79,12 @@ def raw(self) -> Json:
         return json.loads(last.read_text())
 
     def articles(self) -> Iterator[Article]:
-        yield from map(Article, self.raw()['list'].values())
+        for j in self.raw()['list'].values():
+            # means "item should be deleted" according to api?? https://getpocket.com/developer/docs/v3/retrieve
+            # started happening around September 2024... in this case there is no data inside except item id
+            if j['status'] == '2':
+                continue
+            yield Article(j)
 
 
 def _get_test_sources() -> Sequence[PathIsh]:
@@ -79,10 +99,10 @@ def test() -> None:
     articles = list(dal.articles())
     assert len(articles) == 10
     for a in articles:
-        assert a.url         is not None
-        assert a.title       is not None
+        assert a.url is not None
+        assert a.title is not None
         assert a.pocket_link is not None
-        assert a.added       is not None
+        assert a.added is not None
         for h in a.highlights:
             h.text  # noqa: B018
             h.created  # noqa: B018
diff --git a/src/pockexport/export.py b/src/pockexport/export.py
index 4fdc645..d90db6d 100755
--- a/src/pockexport/export.py
+++ b/src/pockexport/export.py
@@ -1,8 +1,20 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 import json
 
 import pocket  # type: ignore
 
+from .exporthelpers.export_helper import Json
+from .exporthelpers.logging_helper import make_logger
+
+## useful for debugging
+# from http.client import HTTPConnection
+# HTTPConnection.debuglevel = 1
+###
+
+logger = make_logger(__name__, level='debug')
+
 
 class Exporter:
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs) -> None:
@@ -15,25 +27,47 @@ def export_json(self):
         def get(self, **kwargs):
             pass
 
-        # apparently no pagination?
-        res = get(
-            self.api,
-            images=1,
-            videos=1,
-            tags=1,
-            rediscovery=1,
-            annotations=1,
-            authors=1,
-            itemOptics=1,
-            meta=1,
-            posts=1,
-            total=1,
-            forceaccount=1,
-            state='all',
-            sort='newest',
-            detailType='complete',
-        )
-        return res[0]
+        all_items: dict[str, Json] = {}
+
+        first_res: Json | None = None
+        total: int | None = None
+
+        while True:
+            offset = len(all_items)
+            logger.debug(f'retrieving from {offset=} (expected {total=})')
+            res, _headers = get(
+                self.api,
+                images=1,
+                videos=1,
+                tags=1,
+                rediscovery=1,
+                annotations=1,
+                authors=1,
+                itemOptics=1,
+                meta=1,
+                posts=1,
+                total=1,
+                forceaccount=1,
+                offset=offset,
+                count=30,  # max count per request according to api docs
+                state='all',
+                sort='newest',
+                detailType='complete',
+            )
+            if first_res is None:
+                first_res = res
+
+            assert res.get('error') is None, res  # just in case
+            total = int(res['total'])
+
+            new_items: dict[str, Json] = res['list']
+            if len(new_items) == 0:
+                break
+
+            all_items.update(new_items)
+
+        first_res['list'] = all_items  # eh, hacky, but not sure what's a better way
+        return first_res
 
 
 def get_json(**params):
@@ -54,13 +88,15 @@ def main() -> None:
 
 def make_parser():
     from .exporthelpers.export_helper import Parser, setup_parser
+
     parser = Parser('Export your personal Pocket data, *including highlights* as JSON.')
     setup_parser(
         parser=parser,
         params=['consumer_key', 'access_token'],
         extra_usage='''
 You can also import ~pockexport.export~ as a module and call ~get_json~ function directly to get raw JSON.
-''')
+''',
+    )
     return parser
 
 
diff --git a/src/pockexport/exporthelpers b/src/pockexport/exporthelpers
index e907539..96b6cdf 160000
--- a/src/pockexport/exporthelpers
+++ b/src/pockexport/exporthelpers
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit e907539f4512a297a6a777794ec9988bc361da2d
+Subproject commit 96b6cdf231ed11a1b12983037137f93aa20562df