diff --git a/apps/browser-extension/utils/twitter-expand-text.test.ts b/apps/browser-extension/utils/twitter-expand-text.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..721abbf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/browser-extension/utils/twitter-expand-text.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "bun:test"
+import { expandTweetText } from "./twitter-utils"
+
+const link = (url: string, expanded_url: string, display_url: string) => ({
+	url,
+	expanded_url,
+	display_url,
+	indices: [0, url.length] as [number, number],
+})
+
+describe("expandTweetText", () => {
+	it("returns the text unchanged when there are no url entities", () => {
+		expect(expandTweetText("just text", undefined)).toBe("just text")
+		expect(expandTweetText("just text", [])).toBe("just text")
+	})
+
+	it("replaces a t.co shortlink with a markdown link to the expanded url", () => {
+		const text = "check this https://t.co/abc123 out"
+		const urls = [
+			link(
+				"https://t.co/abc123",
+				"https://example.com/article",
+				"example.com/article",
+			),
+		]
+		expect(expandTweetText(text, urls)).toBe(
+			"check this [example.com/article](https://example.com/article) out",
+		)
+	})
+
+	it("expands multiple shortlinks including repeats", () => {
+		const text = "a https://t.co/aaa b https://t.co/bbb c https://t.co/aaa"
+		const urls = [
+			link("https://t.co/aaa", "https://a.com", "a.com"),
+			link("https://t.co/bbb", "https://b.com", "b.com"),
+		]
+		expect(expandTweetText(text, urls)).toBe(
+			"a [a.com](https://a.com) b [b.com](https://b.com) c [a.com](https://a.com)",
+		)
+	})
+
+	it("falls back to the expanded url as label when display_url is empty", () => {
+		const text = "see https://t.co/xyz"
+		const urls = [link("https://t.co/xyz", "https://long.example.com/path", "")]
+		expect(expandTweetText(text, urls)).toBe(
+			"see [https://long.example.com/path](https://long.example.com/path)",
+		)
+	})
+
+	it("skips entries missing a url or expanded_url", () => {
+		const text = "keep https://t.co/keep here"
+		const urls = [
+			link("", "https://nope.com", "nope.com"),
+			link("https://t.co/keep", "", "keep.com"),
+		]
+		expect(expandTweetText(text, urls)).toBe("keep https://t.co/keep here")
+	})
+})
diff --git a/apps/browser-extension/utils/twitter-utils.ts b/apps/browser-extension/utils/twitter-utils.ts
index 2682e6ed..c3295db4 100644
--- a/apps/browser-extension/utils/twitter-utils.ts
+++ b/apps/browser-extension/utils/twitter-utils.ts
@@ -399,6 +399,27 @@ export function extractNextCursor(
 	return null
 }
 
+/**
+ * Tweet `full_text` embeds links as opaque `t.co` shortlinks, while
+ * `entities.urls` carries the real destination. Replace each shortlink with a
+ * markdown link to its expanded URL (labelled with the human-readable
+ * display_url) so imported tweets keep working, searchable links instead of
+ * `https://t.co/xxxx`.
+ */
+export function expandTweetText(
+	text: string,
+	urls: Tweet["entities"]["urls"],
+): string {
+	if (!urls || urls.length === 0) return text
+	let expanded = text
+	for (const link of urls) {
+		if (!link?.url || !link.expanded_url) continue
+		const label = link.display_url || link.expanded_url
+		expanded = expanded.split(link.url).join(`[${label}](${link.expanded_url})`)
+	}
+	return expanded
+}
+
 /**
  * Convert Tweet object to markdown format for storage
  */
@@ -412,8 +433,8 @@ export function tweetToMarkdown(tweet: Tweet): string {
 	markdown += `**Date:** ${date} ${time}\n`
 	markdown += `**Likes:** ${tweet.favorite_count} | **Retweets:** ${tweet.retweet_count || 0} | **Replies:** ${tweet.reply_count || 0}\n\n`
 
-	// Add tweet text
-	markdown += `${tweet.text}\n\n`
+	// Add tweet text with t.co shortlinks expanded to their real destinations
+	markdown += `${expandTweetText(tweet.text, tweet.entities.urls)}\n\n`
 
 	// Add media if present
 	if (tweet.photos && tweet.photos.length > 0) {