diff --git a/src/components/chrome/SiteHeader.svelte b/src/components/chrome/SiteHeader.svelte
index 5614221..7de29f5 100644
--- a/src/components/chrome/SiteHeader.svelte
+++ b/src/components/chrome/SiteHeader.svelte
@@ -74,9 +74,7 @@
     </form>
 
     <p class="site-account-links">
-      <a href="#/settings">Settings</a>
       {#if session.signedIn}
-        <span aria-hidden="true">|</span>
         <button
           type="button"
           class="link-button site-header-logout"
@@ -85,7 +83,6 @@
           LogOut
         </button>
       {:else}
-        <span aria-hidden="true">|</span>
         <a href="#/login">LogIn</a>
       {/if}
     </p>
diff --git a/src/components/chrome/SiteHeader.test.ts b/src/components/chrome/SiteHeader.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..70d0d66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/chrome/SiteHeader.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import { render } from '@testing-library/svelte'
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { APP_SERVICES } from '$lib/app-services'
+import { account, session, testServices } from '$test/fixtures'
+import SiteHeader from './SiteHeader.svelte'
+
+describe('SiteHeader account controls', () => {
+  it('shows one visible logout control and leaves Settings to the main navigation', () => {
+    const services = testServices({
+      session: session({ signedIn: true, token: 'token', me: account() }),
+    })
+    const view = render(SiteHeader, {
+      context: new Map([[APP_SERVICES, services]]),
+    })
+
+    expect(view.getByRole('button', { name: 'LogOut' })).toHaveClass('site-header-logout')
+    expect(view.queryByRole('link', { name: 'Settings' })).not.toBeInTheDocument()
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/components/profile/TopEightSpace.svelte b/src/components/profile/TopEightSpace.svelte
index 1be8d17..0380330 100644
--- a/src/components/profile/TopEightSpace.svelte
+++ b/src/components/profile/TopEightSpace.svelte
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
     ownerName: string
     ownerEmojis?: CustomEmoji[]
     accounts: Account[]
-    viewAllHref: string
     missing?: string[]
     loading?: boolean
   }
@@ -18,7 +17,6 @@
     ownerName,
     ownerEmojis,
     accounts,
-    viewAllHref,
     missing = [],
     loading = false,
   }: Props = $props()
@@ -45,7 +43,4 @@
     {/if}
   {/if}
 
-  <p class="top-eight-view-all">
-    <a href={viewAllHref}>View All of <EmojiText text={ownerName} emojis={ownerEmojis} />'s Friends</a>
-  </p>
 </Module>
diff --git a/src/routes/Home.svelte b/src/routes/Home.svelte
index c3d394e..6f47d16 100644
--- a/src/routes/Home.svelte
+++ b/src/routes/Home.svelte
@@ -200,6 +200,12 @@
     return fallbackMood(status.account.id)
   }
 
+  /** The compact home row otherwise has no output for a media-only status. */
+  function imagePreviewFor(status: Status) {
+    if (toPlainText(status.spoiler_text || status.content)) return null
+    return status.media_attachments.find((attachment) => attachment.type === 'image') ?? null
+  }
+
   function messageOf(cause: unknown): string {
     return cause instanceof Error ? cause.message : 'Could not load that.'
   }
@@ -332,6 +338,7 @@
               {#each friendStatus as status (status.id)}
                 {@const entry = status.reblog ?? status}
                 {@const author = accountForStatus(entry, preferences.heleneposting)}
+                {@const imagePreview = imagePreviewFor(entry)}
                 <li class="status-line" data-account={entry.account.acct}>
                   <Avatar account={author} />
                   <div class="status-line-body">
@@ -345,6 +352,22 @@
                       tags={entry.tags}
                       inline
                     />
+                    {#if imagePreview}
+                      <a
+                        class="status-line-media"
+                        data-sensitive={entry.sensitive ? 'true' : 'false'}
+                        href={`#/blog/${entry.id}`}
+                        aria-label={imagePreview.description || 'View image post'}
+                      >
+                        <img
+                          class="status-line-media-image"
+                          src={imagePreview.preview_url ?? imagePreview.url}
+                          alt={imagePreview.description ?? ''}
+                          loading="lazy"
+                          decoding="async"
+                        />
+                      </a>
+                    {/if}
                     <a class="status-line-time" href={`#/blog/${entry.id}`}>
                       {relativeTime(entry.created_at)}
                     </a>
diff --git a/src/routes/Home.test.ts b/src/routes/Home.test.ts
index b947386..1ba36c5 100644
--- a/src/routes/Home.test.ts
+++ b/src/routes/Home.test.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { render, waitFor } from '@testing-library/svelte'
 import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
 import { APP_SERVICES } from '$lib/app-services'
 import { TIMELINE_REFRESH, TimelineRefreshController } from '$lib/timeline-refresh'
-import { account, session, testServices } from '$test/fixtures'
+import { account, session, status, testServices } from '$test/fixtures'
 import Home from './Home.svelte'
 
 describe('Home timeline refresh', () => {
@@ -38,3 +38,41 @@ describe('Home timeline refresh', () => {
     expect(fetchNotifications).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
   })
 })
+
+describe('Home Friend Status previews', () => {
+  it('shows a small preview for an image-only post', async () => {
+    const imagePost = status({
+      id: 'image-only',
+      content: '',
+      media_attachments: [
+        {
+          id: 'photo',
+          type: 'image',
+          url: 'https://media.example/full.jpg',
+          preview_url: 'https://media.example/small.jpg',
+          description: 'A tiny cat',
+        },
+      ],
+    })
+    const fetchTimeline = vi.fn(async (_api, kind: string) => ({
+      items: kind === 'home' ? [imagePost] : [],
+      links: {},
+    }))
+    const services = testServices({
+      session: session({ token: 'token', me: account(), signedIn: true }),
+      endpoints: {
+        fetchTimeline,
+        fetchFollowing: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ items: [], links: {} }),
+        fetchNotifications: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ items: [], links: {} }),
+      },
+    })
+    const view = render(Home, {
+      context: new Map([[APP_SERVICES, services]]),
+    })
+
+    const preview = await view.findByRole('img', { name: 'A tiny cat' })
+    expect(preview).toHaveAttribute('src', 'https://media.example/small.jpg')
+    expect(preview).toHaveClass('status-line-media-image')
+    expect(preview.closest('a')).toHaveAttribute('href', '#/blog/image-only')
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/routes/Profile.svelte b/src/routes/Profile.svelte
index a3aafe1..dd7d638 100644
--- a/src/routes/Profile.svelte
+++ b/src/routes/Profile.svelte
@@ -436,7 +436,6 @@
               ownerName={firstName}
               ownerEmojis={account.emojis}
               accounts={topEightAccounts}
-              viewAllHref={`#/@${account.acct}/friends`}
               missing={topEightMissing}
               loading={topEightLoading}
             />
diff --git a/src/routes/Profile.test.ts b/src/routes/Profile.test.ts
index e02b737..331d5ea 100644
--- a/src/routes/Profile.test.ts
+++ b/src/routes/Profile.test.ts
@@ -144,10 +144,8 @@ describe('Profile', () => {
     expect(await view.findByText('Bob')).toBeInTheDocument()
     expect(await view.findByText('Carol')).toBeInTheDocument()
     expect(view.container.querySelector('.top-eight-space .friend-count')).not.toBeInTheDocument()
-    expect(view.getByRole('link', { name: "View All of Alice's Friends" })).toHaveAttribute(
-      'href',
-      '#/@alice/friends',
-    )
+    expect(view.queryByRole('link', { name: "View All of Alice's Friends" })).not.toBeInTheDocument()
+    expect(view.getByRole('link', { name: '[view all]' })).toHaveAttribute('href', '#/@alice/friends')
     expect(view.getAllByText('Hello from my profile.').length).toBeGreaterThan(0)
     expect(view.queryByText('My top 8:')).not.toBeInTheDocument()
     expect(view.queryByText('@bob@remote.test')).not.toBeInTheDocument()
diff --git a/src/styles/blog.css b/src/styles/blog.css
index df81f07..b8eb254 100644
--- a/src/styles/blog.css
+++ b/src/styles/blog.css
@@ -32,19 +32,22 @@
 }
 
 .blog-entry-header {
-  display: flex;
-  gap: 8px;
-  align-items: flex-start;
-  margin-bottom: 6px;
+  position: relative;
+  margin-bottom: 0;
 }
 
 .blog-entry-avatar {
-  flex: 0 0 auto;
+  position: absolute;
+  inset: 0 auto auto 0;
 }
 
 .blog-entry-byline {
   min-width: 0;
-  flex: 1;
+  margin-left: calc(var(--ms-avatar-size) + 8px);
+}
+
+.blog-entry[data-compact='true'] .blog-entry-byline {
+  margin-left: 0;
 }
 
 .blog-entry-author {
@@ -704,3 +707,22 @@
   color: var(--ms-muted-fg);
   font-size: var(--ms-font-size-small);
 }
+
+.status-line-media {
+  display: block;
+  width: min(96px, 100%);
+  margin: 4px 0;
+}
+
+.status-line-media-image {
+  display: block;
+  width: 100%;
+  max-height: 72px;
+  object-fit: cover;
+  border: 1px solid var(--ms-avatar-border);
+  background: var(--ms-table-stripe-bg);
+}
+
+.status-line-media[data-sensitive='true'] .status-line-media-image {
+  filter: blur(8px);
+}
diff --git a/src/styles/chrome.css b/src/styles/chrome.css
index 9bf9afd..74cdcda 100644
--- a/src/styles/chrome.css
+++ b/src/styles/chrome.css
@@ -132,6 +132,15 @@
   margin: 0;
 }
 
+/* `.link-button` normally uses the page's navy link colour. In the navy
+   utility bar that makes LogOut disappear, so mutations in this region use
+   the same high-contrast token as its anchors. */
+.site-header-logout,
+.site-header-logout:hover,
+.site-header-logout:focus-visible {
+  color: var(--ms-chrome-link);
+}
+
 /* ---------------------------------------------------------------- nav row */
 
 .site-nav {
diff --git a/src/styles/profile.css b/src/styles/profile.css
index 69de457..6507bd5 100644
--- a/src/styles/profile.css
+++ b/src/styles/profile.css
@@ -260,12 +260,6 @@
   font-size: var(--ms-font-size-small);
 }
 
-.top-eight-view-all {
-  margin: 22px 0 2px;
-  text-align: right;
-  font-weight: 700;
-}
-
 @media (max-width: 520px) {
   .top-eight-grid {
     grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(64px, 1fr));