could switch to HTTPTunnelPort in tor, that enables mint/finch/req doing https:// queries on self signed certs
made caddy self sign one and it worked, caddy trust made verification work too, but that's local
still a cool endeavour by nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqhp4m6s4h3fasxdcu46lhcqqspy6v5rnc4ny6hqd7escfsgsg4vdquamc9q