diff --git a/app/controllers/accounts_controller.rb b/app/controllers/accounts_controller.rb
index 2a075f1e1..b6f7bf3ef 100644
--- a/app/controllers/accounts_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/accounts_controller.rb
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ class AccountsController < ApplicationController
       format.rss do
         expires_in 1.minute, public: true
 
+        if @account&.user&.setting_norss == true
+          @statuses = []
+          next
+        end
+
         limit     = params[:limit].present? ? [params[:limit].to_i, PAGE_SIZE_MAX].min : PAGE_SIZE
         @statuses = filtered_statuses.without_reblogs.without_local_only.limit(limit)
         @statuses = cache_collection(@statuses, Status)
diff --git a/app/controllers/settings/preferences_controller.rb b/app/controllers/settings/preferences_controller.rb
index 6d9a46502..3aea517a8 100644
--- a/app/controllers/settings/preferences_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/settings/preferences_controller.rb
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ class Settings::PreferencesController < Settings::BaseController
       :setting_disable_swiping,
       :setting_system_font_ui,
       :setting_noindex,
+      :setting_norss,
       :setting_theme,
       :setting_aggregate_reblogs,
       :setting_show_application,
diff --git a/app/controllers/statuses_cleanup_controller.rb b/app/controllers/statuses_cleanup_controller.rb
index be234cdcb..74c5676ce 100644
--- a/app/controllers/statuses_cleanup_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/statuses_cleanup_controller.rb
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class StatusesCleanupController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def resource_params
-    params.require(:account_statuses_cleanup_policy).permit(:enabled, :min_status_age, :keep_direct, :keep_pinned, :keep_polls, :keep_media, :keep_self_fav, :keep_self_bookmark, :min_favs, :min_reblogs)
+    params.require(:account_statuses_cleanup_policy).permit(:enabled, :min_status_age, :keep_direct, :keep_pinned, :keep_polls, :keep_media, :keep_self_fav, :keep_local, :keep_self_bookmark, :min_favs, :min_reblogs)
   end
 
   def set_body_classes
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/components/status.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/components/status.js
index 4712c2e50..02f1472f5 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/components/status.js
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/components/status.js
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ class Status extends ImmutablePureComponent {
               onCollapsedToggle={this.handleCollapsedToggle}
             />
 
-            {media}
+            {status.get('activity_pub_type') === 'Article' ? null : media}
 
             <StatusActionBar scrollKey={scrollKey} status={status} account={account} onFilter={matchedFilters ? this.handleFilterClick : null} {...other} />
           </div>
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/components/status_content.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/components/status_content.js
index 9d1367536..03ec7d9a0 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/components/status_content.js
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/components/status_content.js
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ class StatusContent extends React.PureComponent {
 
           {mentionsPlaceholder}
 
-          <div tabIndex={!hidden ? 0 : null} className={`status__content__text ${!hidden ? 'status__content__text--visible' : ''} translate`} lang={lang} dangerouslySetInnerHTML={content} />
+          <div tabIndex={!hidden ? 0 : null} className={`status__content__text ${!hidden ? 'status__content__text--visible' : ''} ${status.get('activity_pub_type') === 'Article' ? 'article-type' : ''} translate`} lang={lang} dangerouslySetInnerHTML={content} />
           {!hidden && poll}
           {!hidden && translateButton}
         </div>
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/poll_form.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/poll_form.js
index ede29b8a0..695ee4888 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/poll_form.js
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/poll_form.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import ImmutablePropTypes from 'react-immutable-proptypes';
 import ImmutablePureComponent from 'react-immutable-pure-component';
 import { defineMessages, injectIntl, FormattedMessage } from 'react-intl';
+import Toggle from 'react-toggle';
 import IconButton from 'mastodon/components/icon_button';
 import Icon from 'mastodon/components/icon';
 import AutosuggestInput from 'mastodon/components/autosuggest_input';
@@ -155,6 +156,12 @@ class PollForm extends ImmutablePureComponent {
         <ul>
           {options.map((title, i) => <Option title={title} key={i} index={i} onChange={onChangeOption} onRemove={onRemoveOption} isPollMultiple={isMultiple} onToggleMultiple={this.handleToggleMultiple} autoFocus={i === autoFocusIndex} {...other} />)}
         </ul>
+        <div className='is-multiple-toggle'>
+          <Toggle className='is-multiple-checkbox' checked={isMultiple} onChange={this.handleToggleMultiple}/>
+          <span className='is-multiple-toggle__label'>
+            <FormattedMessage id='poll.is_multiple' defaultMessage='Multiple choice' />
+          </span>
+        </div>
 
         <div className='poll__footer'>
           <button type='button' disabled={options.size >= 4} className='button button-secondary' onClick={this.handleAddOption}><Icon id='plus' /> <FormattedMessage {...messages.add_option} /></button>
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/report/category.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/report/category.js
index c6c0a506f..c319e9242 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/report/category.js
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/report/category.js
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class Category extends React.PureComponent {
 
     switch(category) {
     case 'dislike':
-      onNextStep('thanks');
+      onNextStep('statuses');
       break;
     case 'violation':
       onNextStep('rules');
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/status/components/detailed_status.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/status/components/detailed_status.js
index 2332c0eb0..43b4da498 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/status/components/detailed_status.js
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/status/components/detailed_status.js
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ class DetailedStatus extends ImmutablePureComponent {
             onTranslate={this.handleTranslate}
           />
 
-          {media}
+          {status.get('activity_pub_type') === 'Article' ? null : media}
 
           <div className='detailed-status__meta'>
             <a className='detailed-status__datetime' href={`/@${status.getIn(['account', 'acct'])}\/${status.get('id')}`} target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer'>
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/ui/components/link_footer.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/ui/components/link_footer.js
index 7d0db7bae..8b007ba08 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/ui/components/link_footer.js
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/ui/components/link_footer.js
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ class LinkFooter extends React.PureComponent {
           <Link to='/keyboard-shortcuts'><FormattedMessage id='footer.keyboard_shortcuts' defaultMessage='Keyboard shortcuts' /></Link>
           {' · '}
           <a href={source_url} rel='noopener noreferrer' target='_blank'><FormattedMessage id='footer.source_code' defaultMessage='View source code' /></a>
-          {' · '}
         </p>
       </div>
     );
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/locales/en.json b/app/javascript/mastodon/locales/en.json
index 4f12b051b..ebaba42e5 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/locales/en.json
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/locales/en.json
@@ -449,6 +449,7 @@
   "poll.vote": "Vote",
   "poll.voted": "You voted for this answer",
   "poll.votes": "{votes, plural, one {# vote} other {# votes}}",
+  "poll.is_multiple": "Multiple choice",
   "poll_button.add_poll": "Add a poll",
   "poll_button.remove_poll": "Remove poll",
   "privacy.change": "Change post privacy",
diff --git a/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/components.scss b/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/components.scss
index 94fcca6f9..3ffe7afb6 100644
--- a/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/components.scss
+++ b/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/components.scss
@@ -980,6 +980,11 @@
     }
   }
 
+  .article-type {
+    display: inline-block;
+    margin-top: 10px;
+  }
+
   .article-type img {
     max-width: 95%;
   }
@@ -4215,6 +4220,21 @@ a.status-card.compact:hover {
   }
 }
 
+// Hometown: Styling for toggle for multiple choice polls
+.is-multiple-toggle {
+  display: block;
+  line-height: 24px;
+  padding-left: 10px;
+}
+
+.is-multiple-toggle__label {
+  color: $inverted-text-color;
+  display: inline-block;
+  margin-bottom: 14px;
+  margin-left: 8px;
+  vertical-align: middle;
+}
+
 .setting-toggle {
   display: block;
   line-height: 24px;
diff --git a/app/lib/activitypub/activity/create.rb b/app/lib/activitypub/activity/create.rb
index 2658405e4..25d3e809f 100644
--- a/app/lib/activitypub/activity/create.rb
+++ b/app/lib/activitypub/activity/create.rb
@@ -165,6 +165,15 @@ class ActivityPub::Activity::Create < ActivityPub::Activity
     handler = Handler.new(proc)
     Ox.sax_parse(handler, @object['content'])
     handler.srcs.each do |src|
+      # Handle images where the src is formatted as "/foo/bar.png"
+      # we assume that the `url` field is populated which lets us infer
+      # the protocol and domain of the _original_ article, as though
+      # we were looking at it via a web browser
+      if src[0] == '/' && !@object['url'].nil?
+        site = Addressable::URI.parse(@object['url']).site
+        src = site + src
+      end
+
       if skip_download?
         @object['content'].gsub!(src, '')
         next
diff --git a/app/lib/settings/scoped_settings.rb b/app/lib/settings/scoped_settings.rb
index 1e18d6d46..4eeb8ed8c 100644
--- a/app/lib/settings/scoped_settings.rb
+++ b/app/lib/settings/scoped_settings.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ module Settings
     DEFAULTING_TO_UNSCOPED = %w(
       theme
       noindex
+      norss
     ).freeze
 
     def initialize(object)
diff --git a/app/lib/user_settings_decorator.rb b/app/lib/user_settings_decorator.rb
index 70f9bc81d..d529de5a9 100644
--- a/app/lib/user_settings_decorator.rb
+++ b/app/lib/user_settings_decorator.rb
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ class UserSettingsDecorator
     user.settings['disable_swiping']     = disable_swiping_preference if change?('setting_disable_swiping')
     user.settings['system_font_ui']      = system_font_ui_preference if change?('setting_system_font_ui')
     user.settings['noindex']             = noindex_preference if change?('setting_noindex')
+    user.settings['norss']               = norss_preference if change?('setting_norss')
     user.settings['theme']               = theme_preference if change?('setting_theme')
     user.settings['aggregate_reblogs']   = aggregate_reblogs_preference if change?('setting_aggregate_reblogs')
     user.settings['show_application']    = show_application_preference if change?('setting_show_application')
@@ -102,6 +103,10 @@ class UserSettingsDecorator
     boolean_cast_setting 'setting_noindex'
   end
 
+  def norss_preference
+    boolean_cast_setting 'setting_norss'
+  end
+
   def show_application_preference
     boolean_cast_setting 'setting_show_application'
   end
diff --git a/app/models/account_statuses_cleanup_policy.rb b/app/models/account_statuses_cleanup_policy.rb
index 49adc6ad0..088388002 100644
--- a/app/models/account_statuses_cleanup_policy.rb
+++ b/app/models/account_statuses_cleanup_policy.rb
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #  keep_media         :boolean          default(FALSE), not null
 #  keep_self_fav      :boolean          default(TRUE), not null
 #  keep_self_bookmark :boolean          default(TRUE), not null
+#  keep_local         :boolean          default(TRUE), not null
 #  min_favs           :integer
 #  min_reblogs        :integer
 #  created_at         :datetime         not null
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ class AccountStatusesCleanupPolicy < ApplicationRecord
     scope.merge!(without_poll_scope) if keep_polls?
     scope.merge!(without_media_scope) if keep_media?
     scope.merge!(without_self_fav_scope) if keep_self_fav?
+    scope.merge!(without_local_scope) if keep_local?
     scope.merge!(without_self_bookmark_scope) if keep_self_bookmark?
 
     scope.reorder(id: :asc).limit(limit)
@@ -148,6 +150,10 @@ class AccountStatusesCleanupPolicy < ApplicationRecord
     Status.where(Status.arel_table[:id].lteq(max_id))
   end
 
+  def without_local_scope
+    Status.where(local_only: false)
+  end
+
   def without_self_fav_scope
     Status.where('NOT EXISTS (SELECT * FROM favourites fav WHERE fav.account_id = statuses.account_id AND fav.status_id = statuses.id)')
   end
diff --git a/app/models/form/admin_settings.rb b/app/models/form/admin_settings.rb
index 431d33bcd..06835312f 100644
--- a/app/models/form/admin_settings.rb
+++ b/app/models/form/admin_settings.rb
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ class Form::AdminSettings
     show_domain_blocks
     show_domain_blocks_rationale
     noindex
+    norss
     require_invite_text
     media_cache_retention_period
     content_cache_retention_period
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ class Form::AdminSettings
     trends
     trendable_by_default
     noindex
+    norss
     require_invite_text
   ).freeze
 
diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index 56b72b098..29aff60ec 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ class User < ApplicationRecord
   has_many :session_activations, dependent: :destroy
 
   delegate :auto_play_gif, :default_sensitive, :unfollow_modal, :boost_modal, :delete_modal,
-           :reduce_motion, :system_font_ui, :noindex, :theme, :display_media,
+           :reduce_motion, :system_font_ui, :noindex, :norss, :theme, :display_media,
            :expand_spoilers, :default_language, :aggregate_reblogs, :show_application,
            :advanced_layout, :use_blurhash, :use_pending_items, :trends, :crop_images,
            :disable_swiping, :default_federation, :always_send_emails,
diff --git a/app/serializers/rest/preferences_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/rest/preferences_serializer.rb
index 874bd990d..e8f719716 100644
--- a/app/serializers/rest/preferences_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/rest/preferences_serializer.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ class REST::PreferencesSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
   attribute :posting_default_privacy, key: 'posting:default:visibility'
   attribute :posting_default_sensitive, key: 'posting:default:sensitive'
   attribute :posting_default_language, key: 'posting:default:language'
+  attribute :posting_default_federation, key: 'posting:default:federation'
 
   attribute :reading_default_sensitive_media, key: 'reading:expand:media'
   attribute :reading_default_sensitive_text, key: 'reading:expand:spoilers'
@@ -27,4 +28,8 @@ class REST::PreferencesSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
   def reading_default_sensitive_text
     object.user.setting_expand_spoilers
   end
+
+  def posting_default_federation
+    object.user.setting_default_federation
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/views/accounts/show.html.haml b/app/views/accounts/show.html.haml
index e8fd27e10..f19a7878b 100644
--- a/app/views/accounts/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/accounts/show.html.haml
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
   - if @account.user_prefers_noindex?
     %meta{ name: 'robots', content: 'noindex, noarchive' }/
 
-  %link{ rel: 'alternate', type: 'application/rss+xml', href: @rss_url }/
+  - if !@account.user&.setting_norss
+    %link{ rel: 'alternate', type: 'application/rss+xml', href: @rss_url }/
   %link{ rel: 'alternate', type: 'application/activity+json', href: ActivityPub::TagManager.instance.uri_for(@account) }/
 
   - @account.fields.select(&:verifiable?).each do |field|
diff --git a/app/views/settings/preferences/other/show.html.haml b/app/views/settings/preferences/other/show.html.haml
index 086308594..92734ec7d 100644
--- a/app/views/settings/preferences/other/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/settings/preferences/other/show.html.haml
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
   .fields-group
     = f.input :setting_noindex, as: :boolean, wrapper: :with_label
 
+  .fields-group
+    = f.input :setting_norss, as: :boolean, wrapper: :with_label
+
   .fields-group
     = f.input :setting_aggregate_reblogs, as: :boolean, wrapper: :with_label, recommended: true
 
diff --git a/app/views/statuses_cleanup/show.html.haml b/app/views/statuses_cleanup/show.html.haml
index 59de4b5aa..07b1071ba 100644
--- a/app/views/statuses_cleanup/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/statuses_cleanup/show.html.haml
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@
     .fields-row__column.fields-row__column-6.fields-group
       = f.input :keep_media, wrapper: :with_label, label: t('statuses_cleanup.keep_media'), hint: t('statuses_cleanup.keep_media_hint')
 
+  .fields-row
+    .fields-row__column.fields-row__column-6.fields-group
+      = f.input :keep_local, wrapper: :with_label, label: t('statuses_cleanup.keep_local'), hint: t('statuses_cleanup.keep_local_hint')
+
   %h4= t('statuses_cleanup.interaction_exceptions')
 
   .fields-row
diff --git a/config/locales/en.yml b/config/locales/en.yml
index 59e8e4311..493c48f15 100644
--- a/config/locales/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -1497,6 +1497,8 @@ en:
     interaction_exceptions_explanation: Note that there is no guarantee for posts to be deleted if they go below the favourite or boost threshold after having once gone over them.
     keep_direct: Keep direct messages
     keep_direct_hint: Doesn't delete any of your direct messages
+    keep_local: Keep local-only messages
+    keep_local_hint: Doesn't delete any of your local-only posts
     keep_media: Keep posts with media attachments
     keep_media_hint: Doesn't delete any of your posts that have media attachments
     keep_pinned: Keep pinned posts
diff --git a/config/locales/simple_form.en.yml b/config/locales/simple_form.en.yml
index 2653e473e..331199c29 100644
--- a/config/locales/simple_form.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/simple_form.en.yml
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ en:
         setting_auto_play_gif: Auto-play animated GIFs
         setting_boost_modal: Show confirmation dialog before boosting
         setting_crop_images: Crop images in non-expanded posts to 16x9
-        setting_default_federation: Allow my posts to reach other instances by default
+        setting_default_federation: Allow my posts to reach other servers by default
         setting_default_language: Posting language
         setting_default_privacy: Posting privacy
         setting_default_sensitive: Always mark media as sensitive
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ en:
         setting_expand_spoilers: Always expand posts marked with content warnings
         setting_hide_network: Hide your social graph
         setting_noindex: Opt-out of search engine indexing
+        setting_norss: Opt-out of an RSS feed for your public posts
         setting_reduce_motion: Reduce motion in animations
         setting_show_application: Disclose application used to send posts
         setting_system_font_ui: Use system's default font
diff --git a/config/settings.yml b/config/settings.yml
index 653db436e..cd1de06b4 100644
--- a/config/settings.yml
+++ b/config/settings.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ defaults: &defaults
   show_application: true
   system_font_ui: false
   noindex: false
+  norss: false
   theme: 'default'
   aggregate_reblogs: true
   advanced_layout: false
diff --git a/db/migrate/20221202035831_add_keep_local_to_account_statuses_cleanup_policies.rb b/db/migrate/20221202035831_add_keep_local_to_account_statuses_cleanup_policies.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9bd268ea7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20221202035831_add_keep_local_to_account_statuses_cleanup_policies.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+class AddKeepLocalToAccountStatusesCleanupPolicies < ActiveRecord::Migration[6.1]
+  def change
+    add_column :account_statuses_cleanup_policies, :keep_local, :boolean
+    change_column_default :account_statuses_cleanup_policies, :keep_local, false
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 11559ea47..be959dff6 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2022_11_04_133904) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2022_12_02_035831) do
 
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "plpgsql"
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2022_11_04_133904) do
     t.integer "min_reblogs"
     t.datetime "created_at", precision: 6, null: false
     t.datetime "updated_at", precision: 6, null: false
+    t.boolean "keep_local", default: true, null: false
     t.index ["account_id"], name: "index_account_statuses_cleanup_policies_on_account_id"
   end
 
diff --git a/lib/mastodon/version.rb b/lib/mastodon/version.rb
index 1be61b92b..4caaa7f4c 100644
--- a/lib/mastodon/version.rb
+++ b/lib/mastodon/version.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ module Mastodon
     module_function
 
     def major
-      2
+      4
     end
 
     def minor
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ module Mastodon
     end
 
     def suffix
-      '+4.0.0'
+      '+hometown-1.1.0'
     end
 
     def to_a
diff --git a/lib/sanitize_ext/sanitize_config.rb b/lib/sanitize_ext/sanitize_config.rb
index 9cdd08d62..dd58264ed 100644
--- a/lib/sanitize_ext/sanitize_config.rb
+++ b/lib/sanitize_ext/sanitize_config.rb
@@ -86,9 +86,6 @@ class Sanitize
           'rel' => 'nofollow noopener noreferrer',
           'target' => '_blank',
         },
-        'span' => {
-          'class' => 'article-type',
-        },
       },
 
       protocols: {