#aside: the only line that is currently accurate and therefore needed is
DISABLE_FETCH_PREVIEWS=true
this change supersedes the previous setting, and I will take note of that in the tldr below. #server #asca #mastodon
Quelle: Mastodon
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August 18, 2025 at 04:57PM
@annaxmalina And sometimes, these #design experiments create something unexpected while looking for a certain effect. I enjoy these ambiguous graphics, don’t you? #glitch #asca #seemslike #remindsmeof #documentscanner #iriscan https://x.com/MarioBreskic/status/1957456920685502901
Quelle: Twitter
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August 18, 2025 at 04:26PM
I am exploring the amount of glitches I can cause using a really slow memory card, a document scanner and a sheet of aluminium foil, inspired by a recent post by @annaxmalina #asca
Quelle: Twitter
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August 18, 2025 at 04:23PM
Buying a cheap document scanner I can carry around in a bag has created far more opportunities for building #graphicdesigns than buying and using a camera ever did. The camera is overburdened with meaning, instead of being a texture scanner at a distance. #asca
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August 18, 2025 at 02:32PM
#aside and #tldr
Running a solo Mastodon instance? Here's how to keep it clean and #gdpr compliant:
– Disable link previews: DISABLE_FETCH_PREVIEWS=true
– Disable embeds: DISABLE_EMBED_PREVIEW=true
– Purge old PreviewCards via Rails console
– Avoid federated content
– Self-author everything
– Host locally, anonymize IPs
Respectful publishing, no third-party hosting
#asca #server #mastodon #selfhosted #germanyQuelle: Mastodon
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August 18, 2025 at 02:17PM
And from there, I delete all #PreviewCards in #mastodon by using these commands:
1. docker compose exec web bash
2. RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rails console
And then I run this in the console: PreviewCard.destroy_allThis will run for a while but it should remove all stored preview cards from my mastodon server, for all posts.
And it worked. Just climb back up to my prompt by punching in “exit” until I am back home, and that issue has been fixed as well. #server #asca #mastodon #gdprQuelle: Mastodon
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August 18, 2025 at 02:05PM
Adding these lines to my application.env covered this issue
# do not fetch external resources
DISABLE_FETCH_PREVIEWS=true
DISABLE_EMBED_PREVIEW=trueI will need to go through my own feed next to ensure that there are no embeds left over. This is in addition to my recent purging of boosts: https://mastodon.mariobreskic.de/@mario/114982417840616548
Quelle: Mastodon
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August 18, 2025 at 01:50PM
Next thing I need to do is to turn off the mastodon-native “cards” for links, because I am future-proofing my self-hosted services against issues with the law here in Germany, especially regarding what is called “framing” here.
In short, I better not EVER have a picture anywhere on anything I self-host I have not explicitly acquired the rights to, or have made myself.
There is a whole gray market in Germany for suing the people for that. Fixing this next.
#asca #server
#mastodon #gdprQuelle: Mastodon
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August 18, 2025 at 01:45PM
Aside: you can read how to do this here https://doc.wallabag.org/user/configuration/rss/
Copy the #RSS link #wallabag puts out and add it as a source in #FreshRSS. And to my surprise, it actually links to the proper article instead of linking to the internal wallabag URL. I would’ve fixed it by parsing it in #huginn though, should it’ve behaved the way I expected it to #asca #server #asideQuelle: Mastodon
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August 18, 2025 at 01:41PM
To continue: I am also running a #wallabag server which I use to store bookmarks and interesting reading material for myself. And while working in public on a social platform, my partner recommended that I use my wallabag favorites to add to our informational feed. And the process for outputting #RSS from wallabag is very easy: I just had to generate a token for that, and then I plugged in the output RSS into our #FreshRSS backend. #server #asca
Quelle: Mastodon
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