Ava Aum

Spirituallly incorrect mystic. Helping people master the integrated path to true freedom

Founder @_ikitao

[Ava Aum @avaaum]

It has been said:

“If you don’t pay for it, you won’t value it.”

Time is payment.
Effort is payment.
Attention is payment.

What costs you little, you hold lightly.

What costs you deeply, you hold dearly.

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I have known men to hazard their fortunes, go long journeys halfway about the world, forget friendship, even lie, cheat, and steal, all for the gain of a book.

— A. S. W. Rosenbach, Books and Bidders

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Mine just shipped. Can't wait to get it set up in the rolling command center. They say good things come in small packages, and she's a beast.

Have a look.

Bluetti Elite 300 the real off grid test
https://t.co/8FxiwuoKCN

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Power station sorted!

I went with the BLUETTI Elite 300 portable power station. Could not be more excited about it.

It has 3,014Wh of capacity and 2,400W of output in a pretty compact package, which matters when you're trying to fit everything into a Corolla Cross.

Should be able to fit it in the passenger-side floorboard.

It uses LiFePO₄ batteries, is rated for more than 6,000 cycles, and gives me four standard 120V AC outlets, a 140W USB-C port, a 100W USB-C port, USB-A, 12V DC and a dedicated TT-30 RV outlet.

I'll be running the BLUETTI Charger 1 DC-to-DC charger while I'm driving, so I can recharge it directly from the Corolla Cross while I'm on the road. I can also plug solar into it when I'm parked.

It can also function as a UPS or backup power system at home.

But for me, this is the power system for the rolling command center.

It'll run the refrigerator, portable AC, laptops, internet, homelab, phones and the rest of the electronics I'll be depending on while living and working from the road.

This is what makes the whole setup work.

It'll be here in a few days. :)

YT
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[moxie @_moxiecat]

Moxie girl 💜 vs blinds :)

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[Ava Aum @avaaum]

The spiritual life is the real life; all else is illusion and deception. All who act upon their highest motivations become a power for good. Know that every right thing you do, every good word you say, every positive thought you think, has good effect.

— Peace Pilgrim

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There is a well-worn road which is pleasing to the senses and gratifies worldly desires, but leads to nowhere. And there is the less traveled path, which requires purifications and relinquishments, but results in untold spiritual blessings.

— Peace Pilgrim

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[Ava Aum @avaaum]

Difficulties are opportunities for inner growth, and the greater the difficulty, the greater the opportunity for growth.

— Peace Pilgrim

#IKITAO #PeacePilgrim

[Ava Aum @avaaum]

The spiritual life is the real life; all else is illusion and deception. All who act upon their highest motivations become a power for good. Know that every right thing you do, every good word you say, every positive thought you think, has good effect.

— Peace Pilgrim

#IKITAO #PeacePilgrim

[Ava Aum @avaaum]

There is a well-worn road which is pleasing to the senses and gratifies worldly desires, but leads to nowhere. And there is the less traveled path, which requires purifications and relinquishments, but results in untold spiritual blessings.

— Peace Pilgrim

#IKITAO #PeacePilgrim

[Ava Aum @avaaum]

Difficulties are opportunities for inner growth, and the greater the difficulty, the greater the opportunity for growth.

— Peace Pilgrim

#IKITAO #PeacePilgrim

[Ava Aum @avaaum]

Atlantic Starr - Always

YT
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Deleted my Pubky today.

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Set up Google Drive app credentials for rclone and connected the Synology directly to Google Drive.

I also got everything configured in the terminal so I can access the encrypted Google Drive backup from my ThinkPad in Dolphin and from mobile through Termux.

Then I set up an unattended scheduled task on the Synology so the transfer keeps running without me babysitting it.

At the current pace, it’ll take about two weeks. When it’s finished, all of my files will be backed up directly from the Synology to Google Drive, encrypted through rclone crypt.

[Ava Aum @avaaum]

Rebuilding my homelab for life on the road.

Thinking about selling my Synology DS923+ 4-bay NAS and keeping the 22 TB Seagate IronWolf Pro drive.

At this point, every dollar I can free up goes straight back into the rolling command center.

The Synology is great for storage, but its Ryzen R1600 has no integrated GPU or Intel Quick Sync.

Meanwhile, the Protectli VP2420 I’ve been using as a hardware firewall is actually a pretty competent little machine.

Obviously, keeping the firewall and server on separate hardware would be cleaner, but I have to economize space.

VP2420 = 4-core Intel / 32 GB RAM / 120 GB M.2 SATA SSD / Intel UHD GPU + Quick Sync / 4×2.5GbE / fanless / virtualization support

I also have a Lifetime Plex Pass, so hardware-accelerated transcoding is already unlocked. Moving Plex over to the Protectli would let it use Intel Quick Sync.

The plan:

Export OPNsense → install Proxmox → OPNsense VM → restore config → add Plex/rclone containers.

Firewall + server + Plex + storage on one little fanless box.

I’m trimming the digital fat along with everything else. The goal is to get everything I actually want to keep—media, photo backups, all of it—under 10 TB.

Just upgraded Google Drive to 10 TB. I’ll encrypt the backup client-side with rclone crypt and keep the 22 TB drive as my local copy.

Initially, I’ll just put the drive in a powered USB enclosure:

22 TB HDD → powered USB enclosure → Protectli

Then later:

4-bay DAS → 22 TB HDD + future drives → Protectli

The DS923+ was recently discontinued, but it’s still fully supported and selling really well used right now.

Looks like I can get $400–$500 for it used.

If I can put a couple hundred into a good DAS later, carry less hardware, and still come out ahead, it’s hard to see the downside here.

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Faith No More - Ashes to Ashes
https://t.co/WrLZ5OnR85

#FaithNoMore #Music

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Better Oblivion Community Center - Dylan Thomas
https://t.co/JrhlvRR3Iy

#BetterOblivionCommunityCenter #Music

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Keane - Somewhere Only We Know
https://t.co/WkIUeCeZzL

#Keane #Music

[Ava Aum @avaaum]

Nailed it.

[moxie @_moxiecat]

Moxie girl 💜

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TOOL - Vicarious
https://t.co/gdc4ZSviGq

#Tool #Music