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I'm a kinky melomaniacal anarchist hillbilly testing littleOne with the hope of someday running my own littleFedi instance.

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mosspiglet
@pluvialgeist
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For any business out there, big or small:

I'll be your company's CEO and do the work of coordinating the people who do the actual work that makes your company a thing for a salary equivalent to the salary of your lowest paid employee.

You read that right.

I'll be so chiefy and very executive, and I'll be happy that everyone else gets paid the same as or more than me.

Give your current CEO the chop and see why I'm rated as the Chiefiest and Most Executive by Very Serious People.

Unlimited time offer.

mosspiglet
@pluvialgeist
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Stepping Up to Self-Hosting

I got into Android at the beginning, with a pre-order of the T-Mobile G1, because I never liked the proprietary-everything ecosystem Apple built with the iPhone. I was geniunely excited about the potential of an open-source mobile OS, even if it was coming from a billionaire-owned tech giant. I rooted my Android phones and flashed custom ROMs to them for years. It was a blast. Then Google and Samsung started closing out that scene, and I lost the excitement that had drawn me in at the beginning. That sense of potential evaporated.

Years later, I found myself drawn back to open-source stuffs when I stumbled into the Fediverse. I love the sense of possiblity that pervades the Fediverse and FOSS projects in general. I've been hopping around for a few years now, trying different instaces running different software, and it's this Fedi project—littleFedi—that made me feel like now is the time for me to try my hand at hosting my own stuff. I know the code isn't ready for me yet, but that's okay because I need time to research self-hosting options. I'm hoping the Fedi can help with some of that.

I'm not a programmer or a techie—perhaps call me an advanced user. From my reading, I feel confident that I could manage self-hosting from a VPS. Honestly, though, I'd prefer my own hardware at home. The problem is that there are a lot of options, and I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed. I thought I'd share what I want from my hardware, at minimum, and see if some helpful Fedizens have suggestions. So here's what I want:

  • A Nextcloud instance for file storage. I have hundreds of gigabytes of music, videos, and photos, and I want a place to store all of that in the cloud.
  • A chat client. Maybe Nextcloud Talk, but I'm also thinking about a Matrix server. Just haven't read much about self-hosting Matrix yet.
  • A Fediverse client. I had been thinking of WordPress with the ActivityPub plugin because I like having the option to write long blog posts as well as short status posts; however, I'm now thinking that I'll run a littleFedi instance once the code is published.
  • Email. Because if I'm going to be hosting my own cloud storage, chat, and social media, I might as well take care of my own email as well. EDIT 2026-08-12: After both @schmic@hessen.social and @deach@hachyderm.io left helpful comments in reply to this post, and then reading more about self-hosting email, I've decided against this one.

I have limited physical space in my cabin out here in Bumblefuck, so I've been looking at mini PCs. I see that Nextcloud even sells some with Nextcloud preconfigured, but I'm not sure any of those are for me. I prefer Linux, but I'm comfortable with installing Linux on a machine that ships with Windows. (Done that with several of my old laptops.) I'll consider a Mac mini if y'all recommend one, but it's been a decade-plus since I've messed around with macOS.

EDIT 2026-08-12: I'll need 2 TB of storage space, minimum, to start. I'd like a machine that I can easily upgrade with an additional SSD when the time comes for more storage.

I won't be making a quick decision here, so as long as this blog is still published without an update, I'm still looking for options and I would still appreciate tips, suggestions, and stories about your own self-hosting adventures.

Be good to yourself, and be good to others 🫶

@homelab@fedigroups.social
#Selfhosting #Homelab #AskFedi

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Flicky Licky🔞
@flickylicky @mastodon.art
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Artwork of a threesome. Lydia is standing and leaning over a couch with one leg on it, while Beto is fucking her doggystyle. They are sweating and Lydia is moaning in ecstasy. Underneath Lydia sits Abby, staring avidly at the penetration, tucking her hair behind her ear and about to start eating Lydia out.
Artwork of a threesome. Lydia is standing and leaning over a couch with one leg on it, while Beto is fucking her doggystyle. They are sweating and Lydia is moaning in ecstasy. Underneath Lydia sits Abby, staring avidly at the penetration, tucking her hair behind her ear and about to start eating Lydia out.

Movie's over!
An idea for a future animation (when I have the time) 🫠
Originally posted as a Patreon / Substar exclusive
patreon.com/FlickyLicky
subscribestar.adult/flickylicky

#nsfwart #cutesmut #threesome

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Carolannie
@carolannie @c.im
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It's that time of year again (in the northern hemisphere) ! Leave the leaves on your plant beds. Let your dry decorative grass stems stand. A very tidy garden is a sterile gatden.
#Gardening #LeaveTheLeaves

xerces.org/leave-the-leaves

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Alexander S. Kunz
@alexskunz @mas.to
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A color landscape photo showing mountain ridges disappearing into haze.
A color landscape photo showing mountain ridges disappearing into haze.

#MountainMonday

Ridges of Sonntagshorn and Dürrnbachhorn groups towards Wilder Kaiser (in Austria), disappearing in an autumnal haze; seen from Zwiesel, Bavaria, Germany.

#Mountains #LandscapePhotography #Bavaria #Hiking #Germany #Landscape #Photography #Alps #Wandern #Berge #Bayern #Landschaft

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Michael Russell
@michaelrussell @mas.to
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Black and white photograph of a pointy, almost triangle shaped, mountain peak with a bit of fresh snow on the peak and sides. The foreground is a ridge of trees and the sky is cloudy, with clouds/fog rolling around the peak and covering one side, including the rest of the massif this peak is a part of.
Black and white photograph of a pointy, almost triangle shaped, mountain peak with a bit of fresh snow on the peak and sides. The foreground is a ridge of trees and the sky is cloudy, with clouds/fog rolling around the peak and covering one side, including the rest of the massif this peak is a part of.

For #MountainMonday: Clouds clearing from Atwell Peak, part of the Mount Garibaldi Massif (Nch'ḵay̓) in the Garibaldi Ranges of British Columbia. Atwell Peak has an elevation of 2,655 m (8,711 ft) which is the second highest peak on Garibaldi. Photographed from Alice Lake in Alice Lake Provincial Park, Squamish, British Columbia, Canada.

#Landscape #LandscapePhotography #Mountains #Squamish #BritishColumbia #Canada #LPW #Monochrome #MonochromeMonday

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A.R. Moxon, Verified Duck 🦆
@JuliusGoat @mastodon.social
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"The story is about how the Terrible Things, which usually happen to the people who deserve Terrible Things, somehow happened to one of the people who do not deserve Terrible Things, according to one of the sorts of people who get to decide which people deserve what."
www.the-reframe.com/this-is-us/

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Simple Sabotage Field Manual
@simple_sabotage @mastodon.social
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Slashing tires, draining fuel tanks, starting fires, starting arguments, acting stupidly, short-circuiting electric systems, abrading machine parts will waste materials, man power, and time.

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hawaiianeye797 (Craig F)
@hawaiianeye797 @mastodon.online
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A large red sea slug, the length of a finger and two fingers in breadth, crawls over an ocean reef. Its rear end is shown covered by its yellowish gills.
A large red sea slug, the length of a finger and two fingers in breadth, crawls over an ocean reef. Its rear end is shown covered by its yellowish gills.

Spanish Dancer Nudibranch, aka Pāpā, shows off its frilly gills at an ocean reef. Your #sealife #photooftheday

Prints available - DM me. #frills #slug #Sunday #creature #ocean #sea #marinelife #animals #nature #wildlife #environment #earth #photo #photography #underwater #AIFreePhoto #Oahu #Hawaii #reef

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Elena Rossini 🌈
@_elena @mastodon.social
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I'm feeling IMMENSE gratitude towards you, the people of the Fediverse, today and every day.

Thank you for caring about:

💜 privacy
❤️ alt text / accessibility
🧡 digital sovereignty / self-hosting
💛 the indie web
💚 human creativity
🩵 the environment

and also for:
💙 rebelling against Big Tech

Here I feel like I found a community of like-minded people... Thank you for making me feel part of a great mission.

#GratefulForYou

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Bob Henry
@bobhenryphotos @mas.to
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An American white pelican with black wingtips flies low over calm, dark water.
An American white pelican with black wingtips flies low over calm, dark water.

#SilentSunday #Photography

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Antoinne Sterk
@antoinnesterk @cyberplace.social
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A low-angle shot looking directly up through the canopy of a coniferous forest toward the sky. Their dark trunks and silhouetted branches reach inward toward the center, creating a natural window. The open center reveals a bright blue sky filled with soft, light wisps of white clouds.
A low-angle shot looking directly up through the canopy of a coniferous forest toward the sky. Their dark trunks and silhouetted branches reach inward toward the center, creating a natural window. The open center reveals a bright blue sky filled with soft, light wisps of white clouds.

2026/38 #ImWald

#52WochenFotoChallenge #Photography

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A.R. Moxon, Verified Duck 🦆
@JuliusGoat @mastodon.social
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I wrote about the regrets of a Trump supporter whose fiancée was abducted by ICE, the ways these stories reinforce the exact spirit of supremacist exceptionalism that caused them in the first place, and the better, more honest, stories we might tell instead.

the-reframe.com/this-is-us/

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Kevin Freitas, Professional Generalist
@KevinFreitas @mastodon.social
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A misty landscape featuring a mountain silhouette in the background, bordered by dense forest at the base. The scene conveys a serene and atmospheric quality, with soft lighting and fog creating a dreamy ambiance.
A misty landscape featuring a mountain silhouette in the background, bordered by dense forest at the base. The scene conveys a serene and atmospheric quality, with soft lighting and fog creating a dreamy ambiance.

#SilentSunday #Tahoma #MtRainier #PNW #Photography #TahomaToday

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Jason Coward
@drumshaman @mas.to
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A sunlit autumn forest of slender aspen trees, their golden leaves glowing against darker evergreens and shadowed woodland. Warm light filters through the trunks onto grasses and fallen leaves covering the forest floor.
A sunlit autumn forest of slender aspen trees, their golden leaves glowing against darker evergreens and shadowed woodland. Warm light filters through the trunks onto grasses and fallen leaves covering the forest floor.

#SilentSunday

#Photography #Landscape #Nature #Outdoors #Colorado #Fallorado #AspenLeaves #AspenGold #AutumnVibes #FallColors

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Carl Prothman | Photography
@carlprothman @hachyderm.io
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Mount Rainier rises above Little Tipsoo Lake at sunset, framed by dark evergreen trees on both sides. A tall evergreen stands left of center near the shoreline. Behind the mountain, a bright glowing cloud spreads across the sky where the sun has just dropped behind Rainier, creating a luminous halo above the summit. The same bright cloud, mountain shape, and dark tree line are reflected in the calm lake below, forming a nearly symmetrical vertical composition. Warm light in the cloud contrasts with the cooler blue-gray mountain and water. The scene feels brief, luminous, and almost unreal.
Mount Rainier rises above Little Tipsoo Lake at sunset, framed by dark evergreen trees on both sides. A tall evergreen stands left of center near the shoreline. Behind the mountain, a bright glowing cloud spreads across the sky where the sun has just dropped behind Rainier, creating a luminous halo above the summit. The same bright cloud, mountain shape, and dark tree line are reflected in the calm lake below, forming a nearly symmetrical vertical composition. Warm light in the cloud contrasts with the cooler blue-gray mountain and water. The scene feels brief, luminous, and almost unreal.

Thursday evening at Little Tipsoo Lake.

The sun was setting right over Mount Rainier, so the contrast was really difficult while I was waiting for the light to improve.

Then the sun slipped behind Rainier and, for just a few minutes, this incredible glow appeared in the clouds above the mountain and in the lake reflection. It became unbelievably bright.

Everyone around the lake was saying, “Wow, look at that light!”

Then, almost as quickly as it appeared, it was gone.

#MountRainier #LittleTipsooLake #LandscapePhotography #CarlProthmanPhotography #SonyAlpha

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Catherine Babault
@CatherineBabault @mastodon.social
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A sea otter floats on its back while holding a crustacean with its front paws and eating it. The sea looks calm and dark green due to the reflection of the coastal forest.
A sea otter floats on its back while holding a crustacean with its front paws and eating it. The sea looks calm and dark green due to the reflection of the coastal forest.

#SilentSunday #photography #VancouverIslandWildlife

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Bob Tregilus
@elaterite @mastoart.social
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A color portrait photo of a canyon. The canyon is deep with tall vertical walls of a brown-red sandstone. There are bushes and small trees in the relatively flat bottom of the canyon. A dirt road winds along the bottom. The canyon makes a backwards "S" shape. In the foreground and a fin shaped rock about half of the height of the canyon. It stands separate from the cliff on the far right as a gap is seen at the base.
A color portrait photo of a canyon. The canyon is deep with tall vertical walls of a brown-red sandstone. There are bushes and small trees in the relatively flat bottom of the canyon. A dirt road winds along the bottom. The canyon makes a backwards "S" shape. In the foreground and a fin shaped rock about half of the height of the canyon. It stands separate from the cliff on the far right as a gap is seen at the base.

Canyon De Chelly a couple of days ago.

#Travel #RoadTrip #Landscape #Desert #Canyon #Photography #Darktable

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mosspiglet
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@francois thanks! I had been looking, and it's a bit overwhelming, but I'm hoping that it'll make more sense to me when I get my hands on the thing, you know? My original post here was an expression of excitement for the upcoming release of the code. Can't wait to start poking around, figuring it out, getting my instance up and running. Excited! A bit anxious about the technical bits, yeah, but excited.

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Nympho Stim Toy
@nymphostimtoy @kinkycats.org
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Smut

Just barely remembered before going to sleep! This time last year: really getting into someone's head 😈

nymphostimtoy.neocities.org/bl

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Catherine Babault
@CatherineBabault @mastodon.social
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A black bear comes out of a river with a salmon in its mouth. Water drips from its fur as it walks on a rocky shoreline. Some rocks have barnacles and yellow kelp. The bear heads to the right of the image.
A black bear comes out of a river with a salmon in its mouth. Water drips from its fur as it walks on a rocky shoreline. Some rocks have barnacles and yellow kelp. The bear heads to the right of the image.

After catching a salmon in a river, bears walk to the forest to eat it. They eat the fatty parts of the fish such as the brain, skin and eggs. The rest of the fish feeds birds, insects, invertebrates, and trees.

#photography #nature #wildlife #bears #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #Canada #VancouverIslandWildlife

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Bob Henry
@bobhenryphotos @mas.to
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View from within a narrow rock passage surrounded by tall sandstone cliffs with fallen leaves scattered along the dirt path below a blue sky.
View from within a narrow rock passage surrounded by tall sandstone cliffs with fallen leaves scattered along the dirt path below a blue sky.
Color-inverted view inside a narrow canyon with textured rock walls in vibrant blue and purple tones beneath a dark red sky.
Color-inverted view inside a narrow canyon with textured rock walls in vibrant blue and purple tones beneath a dark red sky.

I was playing around with Photoshop one day, and I saw an "Invert" option in the menu. I wasn't sure what it did, so I tried it on this image. I thought the result was stunning and surreal. It reminded me of something one might find at Disney World.

The left image is the original. The right image is the result of using Photoshop's Invert command.

#Photography #Photo #Landscape #LandscapePhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography

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