diff --git a/actions/all.php b/actions/all.php
index 20aea76686..3d3d1c3563 100644
--- a/actions/all.php
+++ b/actions/all.php
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class AllAction extends StreamAction {
 						   array($this, 'show_header'), $user,
 						   array($this, 'show_top'));
 
-		$this->show_notices($profile);
+		$this->show_notices($user);
 
 		common_show_footer();
 	}
@@ -71,23 +71,19 @@ class AllAction extends StreamAction {
 		$this->views_menu();
 	}
 
-	function show_notices($profile) {
-
-		$notice = DB_DataObject::factory('notice');
-
-		# XXX: chokety and bad
-
-		$notice->whereAdd('EXISTS (SELECT subscribed from subscription where subscriber = '.$profile->id.' and subscribed = notice.profile_id)', 'OR');
-		$notice->whereAdd('profile_id = ' . $profile->id, 'OR');
-
-		$notice->orderBy('created DESC, notice.id DESC');
-
-		$page = ($this->arg('page')) ? ($this->arg('page')+0) : 1;
+	function show_notices($user) {
 
+		$page = $this->trimmed('page');
+		if (!$page) {
+			$page = 1;
+		}
+		
+		$notice = $user->noticesWithFriends($page);
+		# XXX: revisit constant scope
+		
 		$notice->limit((($page-1)*NOTICES_PER_PAGE), NOTICES_PER_PAGE + 1);
-
-		$cnt = $notice->find();
-
+		
+		
 		if ($cnt > 0) {
 			common_element_start('ul', array('id' => 'notices'));
 			for ($i = 0; $i < min($cnt, NOTICES_PER_PAGE); $i++) {
diff --git a/actions/allrss.php b/actions/allrss.php
index 26e3f5241e..a64b476414 100644
--- a/actions/allrss.php
+++ b/actions/allrss.php
@@ -42,17 +42,13 @@ class AllrssAction extends Rss10Action {
 	function get_notices($limit=0) {
 
 		$user = $this->user;
-		$notices = array();
-
-		$notice = DB_DataObject::factory('notice');
-
-		$notice->whereAdd('EXISTS (SELECT subscribed from subscription where subscriber = '.$user->id.' and subscribed = notice.profile_id)', 'OR');
-		$notice->whereAdd('profile_id = ' . $user->id, 'OR');
-
-		$notice->orderBy('created DESC, notice.id DESC');
+		
+		$notice = $user->noticesWithFriends();
+		
 		if ($limit != 0) {
 			$notice->limit(0, $limit);
 		}
+		
 		$notice->find();
 
 		while ($notice->fetch()) {
diff --git a/actions/twitapistatuses.php b/actions/twitapistatuses.php
index 47e3ffcd97..749f2f0849 100644
--- a/actions/twitapistatuses.php
+++ b/actions/twitapistatuses.php
@@ -223,18 +223,8 @@ class TwitapistatusesAction extends TwitterapiAction {
 		$link = common_local_url('all', array('nickname' => $user->nickname));
 		$subtitle = sprintf(_("Updates from %s and friends on %s!"), $user->nickname, $sitename);
 
-		$notice = new Notice();
-
-		# XXX: chokety and bad
-
-		$notice->whereAdd('EXISTS (SELECT subscribed from subscription where subscriber = '.$profile->id.' and subscribed = notice.profile_id)', 'OR');
-		$notice->whereAdd('profile_id = ' . $profile->id, 'OR');
-
-		# XXX: since
-		# XXX: since_id
+		$notice->$user->noticesWithFriends();
 		
-		$notice->orderBy('created DESC, notice.id DESC');
-
 		$notice->limit((($page-1)*20), $count);
 
 		$cnt = $notice->find();
diff --git a/classes/User.php b/classes/User.php
index e4928eb34a..1772b82e0e 100644
--- a/classes/User.php
+++ b/classes/User.php
@@ -128,4 +128,23 @@ class User extends DB_DataObject
 		
 		return true;
 	}
+	
+	function noticesWithFriends() {
+		
+		$notice = new Notice();
+		
+		$notice->selectAs();
+		
+		$subscription = new Subscription();
+		
+		$subscription->subscriber = $this->id;
+		
+		$notice->joinAdd($subscription);
+		$notice->whereAdd('notice.profile_id = subscription.subscribed');
+		$notice->selectAs($subscription, 'sub_%');
+		
+		$notice->orderBy('created DESC, notice.id DESC');
+
+		return $notice;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/classes/stoica.links.ini b/classes/stoica.links.ini
index 7e4e3613cd..bb849cbf2f 100644
--- a/classes/stoica.links.ini
+++ b/classes/stoica.links.ini
@@ -34,3 +34,6 @@ user_id = user:id
 [queue_item]
 notice_id = notice:id
 
+[subscription]
+subscriber = profile:id
+subscribed = profile:id
diff --git a/lib/common.php b/lib/common.php
index e7d69303c8..ca668d8c28 100644
--- a/lib/common.php
+++ b/lib/common.php
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ define('AVATAR_STREAM_SIZE', 48);
 define('AVATAR_MINI_SIZE', 24);
 define('MAX_AVATAR_SIZE', 256 * 1024);
 
+define('NOTICES_PER_PAGE', 20);
+
 define_syslog_variables();
 
 # global configuration object
diff --git a/lib/stream.php b/lib/stream.php
index ad65e2d2a2..a595958e44 100644
--- a/lib/stream.php
+++ b/lib/stream.php
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 
 if (!defined('LACONICA')) { exit(1); }
 
-define('NOTICES_PER_PAGE', 20);
-
 class StreamAction extends Action {
 
 	function handle($args) {