This is a post about running your own streaming media server, and why you might want to do that. I will discuss some surface-level strategies for how you might go about it, and how you might source media to fill it with, but this is not a step-by-step guide. It’s a “why to”, rather than a “how to” So hop in, and let’s talk about streaming media in 2025, and what you can do to take back control.

This post is a guide to using some independent streaming platforms. It’s part of a series I’m working on about leaving the control of massive corporations. I will follow it up in a few days with a post about running a personal Video on Demand platform, and a couple of ways you can set up personal IPTV stations, and why you might want to do that. Until then, this is an article about leaving HULU+DISNEY+HBO+MAX+DISCOVER+FLIX in the bin, and what you might find instead.

The wait is over. Expedition Sasquatch Episode 20, “Betrayed by Mothman,” is now available. This episode serves as the direct conclusion to the cliffhanger from Episode 19, “Bugs and Such.”

It is a peculiar kind of tragedy to watch the thing you love be dismantled for parts, sold off as scrap, and then have the very people doing the dismantling throw up their hands and ask who could have possibly let this happen. The web I fell in love with is fading, and I think we all know who is holding the smoking gun.

The Following is a Guest Post from Jackson QRST Sinclair, the acclaimed Cryptid Hunter, and star of the hit podcast Expedition Sasquatch. (Yes, Jack is a fictional character that I write. Yes. This is just a blog post I wrote announcing the return of the Expedition Sasquatch podcast. If you’re not a fan of my fiction, skip this one.)