diff --git a/src/app.ts b/src/app.ts
index fadb5115..2cc24bd9 100644
--- a/src/app.ts
+++ b/src/app.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {
 } from './controllers/api/accounts.ts';
 import { appCredentialsController, createAppController } from './controllers/api/apps.ts';
 import { emptyArrayController, emptyObjectController } from './controllers/api/fallback.ts';
-import { homeController } from './controllers/api/timelines.ts';
+import { homeController, publicController } from './controllers/api/timelines.ts';
 import instanceController from './controllers/api/instance.ts';
 import { createTokenController, oauthAuthorizeController, oauthController } from './controllers/api/oauth.ts';
 import { frontendConfigController } from './controllers/api/pleroma.ts';
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ app.post('/api/v1/statuses/:id{[0-9a-f]{64}}/favourite', favouriteController);
 app.post('/api/v1/statuses', requireAuth, createStatusController);
 
 app.get('/api/v1/timelines/home', requireAuth, homeController);
+app.get('/api/v1/timelines/public', publicController);
 
 app.get('/api/v1/preferences', preferencesController);
 app.get('/api/v1/search', searchController);
@@ -92,7 +93,6 @@ app.get('/api/v1/blocks', emptyArrayController);
 app.get('/api/v1/mutes', emptyArrayController);
 app.get('/api/v1/domain_blocks', emptyArrayController);
 app.get('/api/v1/markers', emptyObjectController);
-app.get('/api/v1/timelines/public', emptyArrayController);
 app.get('/api/v1/conversations', emptyArrayController);
 app.get('/api/v1/favourites', emptyArrayController);
 app.get('/api/v1/lists', emptyArrayController);
diff --git a/src/client.ts b/src/client.ts
index b796b377..211e3c5d 100644
--- a/src/client.ts
+++ b/src/client.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { type Event, type SignedEvent } from '@/event.ts';
 
 import { Conf } from './config.ts';
 
-import { eventDateComparator, nostrNow } from './utils.ts';
+import { eventDateComparator, type PaginationParams } from './utils.ts';
 
 const db = await Deno.openKv();
 
@@ -99,9 +99,14 @@ const getEvent = async <K extends number = number>(id: string, kind?: K): Promis
 };
 
 /** Get a Nostr `set_medatadata` event for a user's pubkey. */
-const getAuthor = async (pubkey: string): Promise<SignedEvent<0> | undefined> => {
+const getAuthor = async (pubkey: string, timeout = 1000): Promise<SignedEvent<0> | undefined> => {
   const author = new Author(getPool(), Conf.poolRelays, pubkey);
-  const event: SignedEvent<0> | null = await new Promise((resolve) => author.metaData(resolve, 0));
+
+  const event: SignedEvent<0> | null = await new Promise((resolve) => {
+    setTimeout(resolve, timeout, null);
+    return author.metaData(resolve, 0);
+  });
+
   return event?.pubkey === pubkey ? event : undefined;
 };
 
@@ -119,16 +124,8 @@ const getFollows = async (pubkey: string): Promise<SignedEvent<3> | undefined> =
   }
 };
 
-interface PaginationParams {
-  since?: number;
-  until?: number;
-  limit?: number;
-}
-
 /** Get events from people the user follows. */
-async function getFeed(event3: Event<3>, params: PaginationParams = {}): Promise<SignedEvent<1>[]> {
-  const limit = Math.max(params.limit ?? 20, 40);
-
+async function getFeed(event3: Event<3>, params: PaginationParams): Promise<SignedEvent<1>[]> {
   const authors = event3.tags
     .filter((tag) => tag[0] === 'p')
     .map((tag) => tag[1]);
@@ -138,15 +135,19 @@ async function getFeed(event3: Event<3>, params: PaginationParams = {}): Promise
   const filter: Filter = {
     authors,
     kinds: [1],
-    since: params.since,
-    until: params.until ?? nostrNow(),
-    limit,
+    ...params,
   };
 
   const results = await getFilter(filter, { timeout: 5000 }) as SignedEvent<1>[];
   return results.sort(eventDateComparator);
 }
 
+/** Get a feed of all known text notes. */
+async function getPublicFeed(params: PaginationParams): Promise<SignedEvent<1>[]> {
+  const results = await getFilter({ kinds: [1], ...params }, { timeout: 5000 });
+  return results.sort(eventDateComparator);
+}
+
 async function getAncestors(event: Event<1>, result = [] as Event<1>[]): Promise<Event<1>[]> {
   if (result.length < 100) {
     const replyTag = findReplyTag(event);
@@ -179,4 +180,4 @@ function publish(event: SignedEvent, relays = Conf.publishRelays): void {
   }
 }
 
-export { getAncestors, getAuthor, getDescendants, getEvent, getFeed, getFilter, getFollows, publish };
+export { getAncestors, getAuthor, getDescendants, getEvent, getFeed, getFilter, getFollows, getPublicFeed, publish };
diff --git a/src/controllers/api/timelines.ts b/src/controllers/api/timelines.ts
index dfd3197a..4d4971c7 100644
--- a/src/controllers/api/timelines.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/api/timelines.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-import { getFeed, getFollows } from '@/client.ts';
+import { getFeed, getFollows, getPublicFeed } from '@/client.ts';
 import { toStatus } from '@/transmute.ts';
 import { buildLinkHeader, paginationSchema } from '@/utils.ts';
 
 import type { AppController } from '@/app.ts';
 
 const homeController: AppController = async (c) => {
-  const { since, until } = paginationSchema.parse(c.req.query());
+  const params = paginationSchema.parse(c.req.query());
   const pubkey = c.get('pubkey')!;
 
   const follows = await getFollows(pubkey);
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ const homeController: AppController = async (c) => {
     return c.json([]);
   }
 
-  const events = await getFeed(follows, { since, until });
+  const events = await getFeed(follows, params);
   if (!events.length) {
     return c.json([]);
   }
@@ -24,4 +24,13 @@ const homeController: AppController = async (c) => {
   return c.json(statuses, 200, link ? { link } : undefined);
 };
 
-export { homeController };
+const publicController: AppController = async (c) => {
+  const params = paginationSchema.parse(c.req.query());
+  const events = await getPublicFeed(params);
+  const statuses = (await Promise.all(events.map(toStatus))).filter(Boolean);
+  const link = buildLinkHeader(c.req.url, events);
+
+  return c.json(statuses, 200, link ? { link } : undefined);
+};
+
+export { homeController, publicController };
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index 0d2bf308..7ca64047 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -78,9 +78,12 @@ async function parseBody(req: Request): Promise<unknown> {
 
 const paginationSchema = z.object({
   since: z.coerce.number().optional().catch(undefined),
-  until: z.coerce.number().optional().catch(undefined),
+  until: z.coerce.number().catch(nostrNow()),
+  limit: z.coerce.number().min(0).max(40).catch(20),
 });
 
+type PaginationParams = z.infer<typeof paginationSchema>;
+
 function buildLinkHeader(url: string, events: Event[]): string | undefined {
   if (!events.length) return;
   const firstEvent = events[0];
@@ -103,6 +106,7 @@ export {
   lookupAccount,
   type Nip05,
   nostrNow,
+  type PaginationParams,
   paginationSchema,
   parseBody,
   parseNip05,