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@briancmoses.com

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I'm a multi-category geek; sports, cars, computers, etc... I'm also an occasional blogger and a Coloradan captured by the state of Texas.

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briancmoses @briancmoses.com · Nov 26

The #DIY #NAS: 2025 Edition is here! It has an Intel N100 CPU, 32GB DDR5 RAM, 10GbE networking, #TrueNAS #SCALE, and 92TB of total storage and it cost me under $1,750 to build!

You might be able to buy it even cheaper than that, too! Check out the blog for details:

DIY NAS: 2025 Edition

A diminuitive, TrueNAS SCALE machine featuring: 92TB of storage (90TB of HDD, 2TB of SSD), an Intel N100 CPU, 32GB of DDR5 RAM, and 10Gbps networking for under $1,750!

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🎄Peter Nickeas 🎅🏻 @peternickeas.bsky.social · 2d

Here's a short video of an Edison Park man confronting border patrol. You can hear others in the background. #chicago

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Michael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · 3d

I've seen so many people online using the government shutdown as an opportunity to demonize people who receive SNAP benefits, WIC and any kind of government assistance.

Here's the thing:

I agree with those people.

We need to end the WHITE welfare state

BECAUSE welfare works.

A thread:

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briancmoses @briancmoses.com · 3d

Can we wear our Halloween costumes to early voting in Texas tomorrow?

Brian's inflatable frog costume packaging.

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Steven DeGennaro @stevendegennaro.bsky.social · 3d

So… we’re putting them on trains and sending them to camps now?

dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: ICE is planning to build a shadow deportation network in Texas. A proposal outlines a 24/7 transport operation run by armed contractors—turning Texas into the logistical backbone of an industrialized deportation machine.

My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...

Early planning documents reviewed by WIRED describe a statewide transport grid designed for steady detainee transfers across Texas, with ICE estimating each trip to average 100 miles. Every county would have its own small, around-the-clock team of contractors collecting immigrants from local authorities deputized by ICE. It is a subtle transfer of the physical custody process into the hands of a private security firm—authorized to carry firearms and perform transport duties “in any and all local, county, state, and ICE locations.”

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briancmoses @briancmoses.com · 4d

This is wildly disappointing. SMART tests' execution and management are a core feature that you'd expect from a storage appliance.

I worry about all the new users who'll never set up any kind of SMART tests on their own.

briancmoses @briancmoses.com · 4d

PSA: The scheduling, execution, and monitoring of SMART tests has been deprecated in TrueNAS 25.10.

If you upgrade, your existing scheduled SMART tests are migrated into cron jobs. But new users are on their own figuring out how to implement something equivalent.

www.truenas.com/docs/scale/2...

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briancmoses @briancmoses.com · 7d

I updated the prices on the #DIY #NAS: 2025 Edition and it's a bummer. The motherboard is cheaper, but everything seems to be more expensive--especially the storage (HDDs, NVMe SSD, and SATA SSD)

You think that they lied to us when they said inflation was over?

blog.briancmoses.com/2024/11/diy-...

DIY NAS: 2025 Edition

A diminuitive, TrueNAS SCALE machine featuring: 92TB of storage (90TB of HDD, 2TB of SSD), an Intel N100 CPU, 32GB of DDR5 RAM, and 10Gbps networking for under $2,000.

blog.briancmoses.com

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briancmoses @briancmoses.com · 7d

I lowered Topton N18 motherboards' prices on eBay: www.ebay.com/itm/12701456...

- N150 CPU is now $219.99 (-$35)
- N305 CPU is now $399.99 (-$20)

There's a chance this is the last batch of these motherboards (for me). If you've been waiting for a sign to start your #DIY #NAS build, this is it!

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 8d

Trump’s govt shutdown is another reminder
•We dont have an energy shortage
•Or insulin shortage
•Or housing shortage
•Or teacher shortage
•Or labor shortage
•Or food shortage

We have billionaire excess who buy politicians to deny human rights. We dont suffer from scarcity—but from billionaire greed

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Andy Kostrub @andrewkostrub.bsky.social · 11d

Updating my LEGO White House

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Josh Renaud @kirkman.bsky.social · 12d

My daughter Jadzia, who died in 2020, had Marfan Syndrome, a connective tissue disorder which affected her heart.

For this 5th anniversary, we're raising money for the Marfan Foundation in Jadzia's honor. Would you support us?
give.marfan.org/team/777133

We have raised $660 — can we break $1,000?

Jadzia with her siblings stand smiling in front of a backdrop that reads "Victory is awareness. The Marfan Foundation."

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 13d

Trump is literally destroying the White House.

After promising that his absurd $250M ballroom wouldn't interfere with the existing structure, he lied and is destroying the White House.

Wealth & income inequality is at record highs in America, but glad we're spending $250M on a vanity project.

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briancmoses @briancmoses.com · 16d

When I was diagnosed with T1D in 2002 while still in college, I remember the diabetic educator telling me in the hospital that I was fortunate to have this particular incurable disease because a vial of insulin only cost about $50 over the counter.

Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 17d

It costs ~$70 to produce a year’s supply of insulin.

Yet, the average annual cost of insulin went from $2,864 in 2012 to $5,705 in 2016 to $18,000 in 2025. A 25,714% markup. That isn’t inflation or supply chain—It’s corporate greed.

Now—California will sell insulin for $11. Make this nationwide!

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 16d

White supremacy is when Republican men and women in their 20s & 30s praising Hitler, genocide, and rape are “just kids”—but 18-year-old Michael Brown was no angel, 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was a thug, 16-year-old Kalief Browder was a criminal, and 12-year-old Tamir Rice should’ve known better.😐

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briancmoses @briancmoses.com · 23d

3 of my 5 hygrometers in my AMS units were low on battery. So I figured I'd swap out all the desiccant while I'm replacing the batteries.

This is a bigger #3Dprinting maintenance task than I expected!

Several pounds of used desiccant, 20 empty desiccant containers that fit inside a filament spool, and a little bit of unused desiccant.

briancmoses @briancmoses.com · 25d

Synology: "Quick! Somebody ask AI how we can put all these worms back into their can!"

www.guru3d.com/story/synolo...

Synology Reverses Policy Banning Third-Party HDDs After NAS sales plummet

Synology has backtracked on one of its most unpopular decisions in years. After seeing NAS sales plummet in 2025, the company has decided to lift restrictions that forced users to buy its own…

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briancmoses @briancmoses.com · 26d

Check out patshead.com 's blog about this Cenmate enclosure. Between what he's written and what he's told me about it, I think it's interesting!

blog.patshead.com/2025/08/tort...

Torture Testing My Cenmate 6-Bay USB SATA Hard Disk Enclosure

I don’t know if I am really properly beating on this thing as hard as I can, but I am doing my best with the hard drives I have available! People in the homelab community tend to have an …

blog.patshead.com

briancmoses @briancmoses.com · 26d

An 84TB USB DAS can be had for $1,156 on Amazon today. It'll just take a little bit of drive shucking and *maybe* some Kapton tape on the SATA 3.3v pin.

1. 6x WD 14TB USB HDD ($169/ea) : amzn.to/4h3qqgv
2. 6 Bay Hard Drive Enclosure ($139): amzn.to/4q0qjX6

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Josh Renaud @kirkman.bsky.social · 29d

Today I will be walking with my kids in memory of my daughter Jadzia at the St. Louis Walk for Victory.

Jadzia had Marfan Syndrome, a connective tissue disorder which affected her heart.

Your gift could save lives and improve the quality of life for people like her.

give.marfan.org/team/777133

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Original Syn @original-syn.com · 29d

Appreciate all the sponsors and booths at the Texas Linux Fest, but have to give the award for most fun booths to @briancmoses.com and the Taris-esque DIY NAS and 3D-Printing setup and @frame.work for having their hardware on display. Great stuff!

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briancmoses @briancmoses.com · 29d

Here's Isaiah, the lucky winner of the #DIY #NAS: 2025 Texas Linux Fest Edition! Congratulations!

briancmoses @briancmoses.com · 29d

Everybody's gathered around the booth waiting for the announcement of the DIY NAS: 2025 Texas Edition a few moments ago at #TXLF

briancmoses @briancmoses.com · 29d

I'm neglecting my eBay store while I'm at Texas Linux Festival.

Anybody who places an order this weekend gets 10% off

briancmoses @briancmoses.com · Oct 3

Thanks for stopping by! We enjoyed talking about 3D-printing!

Original Syn @original-syn.com · Oct 3

@briancmoses.com Great chatting with you about your work on 3d Printing and seeing the cool #diy #nas at Texas Linux Fest #txlf

briancmoses @briancmoses.com · Oct 3

The booth is open! People are checking out the #DIY #NAS. And Pat's A1 Mini is cranking out some SWAG! # TXLF

The Brian Moses.com/Butter, What?! booth at Texas Linux Festival