Eugen Rochko

Executive Strategy & Product Advisor, Founder of Mastodon (npub163h…mv0n). Film photography, prog metal, Dota 2. Likes all things analog.

GitHub: https://github.com/Gargron
Portfolio: https://eugenrochko.com
Mastodon Merch: https://shop.joinmastodon.org

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2026-05-14 14:36:25 UTC

A street, somewhere in Tuscany.
📷️️ Pentax 6x7
🎞️ Kodak Portra 400
🔭 Super Takumar 105mm/2.4
⚗ Spieker Film Lab
#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #MediumFormat
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/573/417/405/470/854/original/34cfbce8756e39e5.jpg

2026-05-10 14:46:21 UTC

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I feel like the user you're replying to might be a bot. It says the app they posted from is "alice" and they didn't even mention you in the text. I'll report them to the staff.

2026-04-27 14:55:26 UTC

Male fragrance sections at shops are always so sad. Would you like to smell like you just downed a bottle of gin, like a leather couch, or like you were sitting on the wrong side of a campfire? Women get all the nice fruits and flowers. This stuff shouldn’t be gendered anyway like most things.

2026-04-16 20:30:31 UTC

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I'm going to go even further: e-waste is a much bigger problem than MacBook theft. Right to repair should be universal.

2026-04-09 09:10:24 UTC

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#Plushtodon
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/373/979/404/003/507/original/7ea7084790e69bea.mp4

2026-04-09 09:06:21 UTC

今年分のMastodonぬいぐるみの販売のために、日本で倉庫を借りるのが現実的か知りたいです。20cmのMastodonぬいぐるみが5000円+国内送料だとしたら買いますか？回答ありがとう!! #plushtodon

2026-04-07 14:17:12 UTC

Normally I'd be more excited about a moon mission, but I'd vastly prefer if any other nation was doing it. Can't really care about it when the US is bombing civilian bridges in Iran and then bombing the first responders (and as of today, apparently announcing genocide. Not their first time, I guess).

2026-04-05 17:29:33 UTC

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I’m not head of Mastodon! Have a good day.

2026-04-05 15:30:29 UTC

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I’m not interested in following any “AI people”. That doesn’t make it an echo chamber. We don’t need equal amounts of people who love puppies and want to kill puppies, not everything needs to be equally represented.

2026-04-04 13:35:22 UTC

RE: https://mastodon.social/@pojntfx/116345677794218793
This is not acceptable, plain and simple.
#note1z7s…xv4t

2026-04-02 16:43:15 UTC

RE: https://flipboard.social/@surf/116336026699518351
Congrats on the launch @npub17fe…w0a6!
#note1mam…rcwm

2026-03-28 10:49:22 UTC

The duality of cat. My handsome boy.
#CatsOfMastodon #Caturday
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/306/403/304/835/459/original/e6af35b563ec71da.jpeg
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/306/403/143/660/900/original/33ab8f503c8c4542.jpeg

2026-03-27 10:21:22 UTC

She looks so fluffy in this picture. She is actually quite small and lean.
#CatsOfMastodon #Caturday
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/300/630/209/013/329/original/cd64a1eb87ae492a.jpeg

2026-03-23 23:33:40 UTC

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I guess someone saw the domain was available and saw an opportunity to do a crypto scam. What can one even do if "fediverse" isn't a trademark?

2026-03-16 05:50:33 UTC

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/1
10 years today.
#note1n0j…jx7c

2026-03-15 21:17:10 UTC

RE: https://frogs.lgbt/@alyx/116232623564098477
Anyone in #BelieveInFilm interested?
#note1uj3…ksr0

2026-03-15 02:35:49 UTC

I know 100% that people will argue with me over this, but I miss when movies were professionally lit, when actors were intentionally blocked, and when more than teal, orange and beige were allowed to be on the screen. The medium has something to do with it--film made a lot of these things fundamentally necessary--but I think it's more complex than just that. The last few years' movies are just not pleasant to look at, with very few exceptions, and the change occurred sometime around 2015.

2026-03-10 22:29:21 UTC

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Technology is not inevitable. We've decided not to have asbestos in our walls, lead in our pipes, or carginogenic chemicals in our food. (If you're going to argue that it's not everywhere, where would you rather live?) We could just not do LLMs. It's allowed.

2026-03-10 22:24:54 UTC

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From what I've observed, people who claim that LLMs can replace artists don't understand art, people who claim that they can replace musicians don't understand music, people who claim that they can replace writers don't understand literature, and people who claim they can replace translators don't rely on translations. If I had a button that would erase LLMs from the world but it would take machine translations away (which is a false dichotomy anyway), I would absolutely still press it.

2026-03-10 20:59:50 UTC

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I have the impression that primarily anglophone people don't read as much translated literature, because so much good literature already exists in their language, so this issue may not be as familiar within that demographic. As someone who did not grow up anglophone, I can tell you there is a world of difference between a good and a bad translation even when done by humans. Machine translations are not even on the scale.

2026-03-10 20:56:31 UTC

Machine translations are often brought up as a gotcha whenever I criticize LLMs. It's worth pointing out two things: Machine translations existed decades before LLMs, and yes, machine translations are useful. However: I would never in my life read a machine translated book. Understanding what a social media post is talking about in rough terms? Sure. Literature? Absolutely not. Hell, have you ever seen machine translated subtitles? It's absolute garbage.

2026-03-10 07:49:39 UTC

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Congrats and happy birthday!

2026-03-10 07:35:02 UTC

RE: https://mastodon.social/@paulrickards/116076611382717131
This is what they took from us.
#note1ly8…5uy0

2026-03-06 16:40:58 UTC

I feel like in the last couple media interviews I’ve done after stepping down as CEO I’ve done a much better job communicating the vision and importance of the fediverse than I’ve ever done before, which is ironic but maybe logical? Brain work better when less pressure?

2026-03-05 17:30:30 UTC

We now have two t-shirt designs on our merch shop! Both are unisex, high quality 100% organic cotton, with screen prints of @npub1r4v…snxk's awesome illustrations. You voted for these slogans! "I write alt text" and "My friends are not for sale". We offer free shipping over a certain threshold, shipping from Germany.
https://shop.joinmastodon.org/products/mastodon-i-write-alt-text-unisex-t-shirt-copy
#Merchtodon #Mastodon
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/177/718/511/439/398/original/a6debc6f83c92503.jpg
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/177/719/328/618/575/original/0372fa2d07f1ed3b.jpg
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/177/720/050/851/912/original/3929f6f046b840b2.jpg

2026-03-05 05:56:50 UTC

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So it’s an adjective now? “How fediverse is this platform”—“oh, it’s reasonably fediverse, but it could be fediverser.”

2026-03-04 03:53:15 UTC

I love this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYLBjScgb7o

2026-02-27 18:54:34 UTC

Handdrawn 2D animation! I repeat, handdrawn 2D animation! This is what they took from us. #Gorillaz - The Mountain, The Moon Cave and The Sad God
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucRulNQsuYQ
#NP #NowPlaying

2026-02-26 21:27:29 UTC

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JavaScript

2026-02-26 21:19:18 UTC

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Would you buy this fisherman beanie if it was on our shop? (The materials are 95% certified organic cotton, 5% elastane)

2026-02-26 21:18:15 UTC

Some folks at #FOSDEM tried to buy the makeshift hats one of our team members brought, so I arranged for this prototype of an official hat to be made. It's a fisherman beanie with our logo embroidered. I'm trying to gauge interest here. Is this something you'd buy? (Poll in follow-up post)
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/138/987/822/403/894/original/acdaafff50a9458f.jpg
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/138/988/473/960/464/original/6de3b37c4e8e887f.jpg

2026-02-26 15:36:01 UTC

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I didn't see any domains in usernames on the screenshots. I think Mastodon-style may just mean microblogging, like we used to say Twitter-style.

2026-02-26 15:30:30 UTC

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Does it use ActivityPub?

2026-02-25 00:05:06 UTC

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Huh? You don’t need an LLM to translate something. We had DeepL and Google Translate a decade before LLM was a concept. And what does it have to do with scraping? You just paste text into it or use a browser plugin.

2026-02-19 15:04:38 UTC

You voted for this slogan and now it's here! We have a new batch of super nice t-shirts (they're 100% organic cotton with a thick, soft feel) with a cute screen printed design from @npub1r4v…snxk. "My friends are not for sale"—because your connections to other people are more than a bargaining chip for big tech companies to keep you from leaving them.
https://shop.joinmastodon.org/products/mastodon-my-friends-are-not-for-sale-unisex-t-shirt
#Merchtodon
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/097/870/415/694/361/original/f273757870b924cd.jpg
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/097/887/130/449/749/original/d776ab65890baa82.jpg

2026-02-18 17:43:10 UTC

Have you enclosed your horse today?

2026-02-13 14:27:03 UTC

I posted this earlier today, but realized it was not a reasonable time for US folks. So here goes: The big #plushtodon is now on sale, 20% off. Only available in the US, shipping locally. There are 87 left and we will likely never make one of this size again. I have some cool new things planned and clearing them out would be a big help. Thanks!
https://shop.joinmastodon.org/products/mastodon-plushie

2026-02-13 10:49:12 UTC

The big #plushtodon is on sale! $34.99 instead of $49.99. There are only 94 left in stock, and we will likely never make one of this size again--help me clear them out to make space for some cool new stuff this year! (This item is available in the US only)
https://shop.joinmastodon.org/products/mastodon-plushie

2026-02-10 19:02:52 UTC

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What do you mean?

2026-02-10 08:55:40 UTC

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I know it's a long shot but if someone who sees this found their way to Mastodon through one of the leaflets we distributed at #FOSDEM, I want to hear from you--what did you think of the leaflet? I need to generalize those for other events.

2026-02-09 19:36:51 UTC

Someone at #FOSDEM asked us to put some promotional materials on our website that they could print for an event. There is now a section for that on the Branding page with our first poster:
https://joinmastodon.org/branding

2026-02-09 15:35:32 UTC

RE: https://mastodon.social/@verge/116041069446538092
We’ve moved our internal communications from Discord to Zulip at Mastodon, and I think there are plans to do the same for our Patreon community. The harder part will be untangling my gaming communities from this…
#note1w8j…n9tz

2026-02-06 12:32:06 UTC

Amelia and I got to visit the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Brussels--specifically the old masters collection--and it was fascinating. Didn't have nearly enough time to see everything, only a couple of rooms before closing time. They don't prepare you for how large these paintings are in real life.

2026-02-04 07:28:41 UTC

This video is so depressing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8dcFhF0Dlk

2026-02-01 06:38:55 UTC

Our free stickers went like hot cakes yesterday at #FOSDEM. The new "My friends are not for sale" ones are all gone, they were an experimental last-minute print of a new design (which is coming soon as a t-shirt, by the way!). The less stuff for us to carry back home, the better. I wish people would grab the leaflets too!

2026-01-31 23:19:09 UTC

It is @npub1d49…6zn5’s birthday! 🎂

2026-01-31 12:20:03 UTC

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Indeed, that’s me.

2026-01-30 00:13:32 UTC

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Is this mainstream? I have not heard of this website before.

2026-01-29 18:32:27 UTC

RE: https://mastodon.social/@STPo/115977879479030822
Excusez-moi?! I'm still on Mastodon, still working on Mastodon--I love it here. Seems like the journalist has now removed the paragraph from the article, but has not published a retraction, and the false statement is still in the audio version. Where did they get this idea from?
#note1x0j…pxq2

2026-01-26 20:09:55 UTC

I'm looking forward to #FOSDEM. We're bringing some easy to carry merch, loads of stickers, and even leaflets I designed. Definitely come by Mastodon's stand if you're there ☺️ We're going to be in building F this time.

2026-01-26 02:49:45 UTC

I'm going to give #Qobuz a try as an alternative to #Tidal so there's one less subscription going to a US company. The last.fm integration seems to be working and all my music seems to be there. Wish the app icon on iOS was a bit prettier since it's going on my task bar...

2026-01-25 19:04:15 UTC

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You have received the Fediverse 2025 award.

2026-01-22 06:14:43 UTC

It is my birthday! I’m now 33.

2026-01-21 21:23:05 UTC

I put together a playlist of some of my favourite songs. Feel free to shuffle, they're in no particular order. Let me know if you discover something you like through it 👍
https://tidal.com/playlist/9edc7da7-b658-47e6-831b-7bb2939e2b0a

2026-01-17 23:14:32 UTC

I will be opting my account out of the #Bluesky bridge next week. If you follow me from Bluesky (I think there are about 3.9K of you) and want to continue seeing my posts you will need to get an account on the fediverse. Cheers.

2026-01-17 17:30:00 UTC

Whenever you see what #ICE is doing in front of cameras, you must imagine what they're doing where nobody can see them--like in the concentration camps the USA is building. It's easy to read those words and much harder to fathom what they mean; that this is happening in our day and age, in what until recently was believed to be a first world country. "Abolish ICE" doesn't go nearly far enough in my view.

2026-01-14 17:08:12 UTC

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/115737483111161917
I have to admit, the performance of a Chromium-based browser compared to Firefox is abysmal. I don't have that many tabs but it lags a lot and the browser constantly puts tabs in hibernation to save memory--something I've never needed with Firefox. So all of you Chrome users live like this? No wonder RAM is in high demand.
#note1cgm…srm8

2026-01-10 23:40:18 UTC

Ah, finally a #Plushtodon unboxing video! From @npub109m…9wwg.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGyDk5dwDNg

2026-01-07 12:28:22 UTC

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It just feels nice.

2026-01-03 08:37:26 UTC

I certainly hope the EU can put the same sanctions on the US for attacking Venezuela as they did on Russia for attacking Ukraine. This is indefensible.

2026-01-01 22:30:34 UTC

My mom asked me to help her with a problem with her WordPress (.com) site, and oh boy. It's been a while since I've seen a UI that frustrating. The new theme editor is a sluggish nightmare. It took me by surprise too, was originally trying to troubleshoot an issue with her original theme, switched to another, suddenly the theme editor is completely different, previous theme nowhere to be found.

2025-12-31 23:18:17 UTC

Happy new year! We made it!

2025-12-25 02:28:05 UTC

✨ 🎄 Merry Christmas! 🎄 ✨

2025-12-24 08:43:19 UTC

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Yes, we are cooked.

2025-12-23 12:54:11 UTC

@npub1fqx…5mj3 (self-hosted livestreaming platform that integrates with the fediverse) is looking really good right now. There's been a lot of progress since I first heard of it.

2025-12-22 06:48:58 UTC

You know, I'm still a bit mad about the picture they put on my Wikipedia article. Back at FOSDEM 2023, some guy walks up to me, asks if he can take a picture. I've been taking selfies with folks all day so I say yes. People are happy to meet me and I don't mind. He takes the picture and leaves. Then months later I find out that blurry, low light, bad hair, bad composition picture is how I will be remembered in the world's most popular encyclopedia.

2025-12-22 06:48:38 UTC

2025-12-19 08:29:49 UTC

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/115737483111161917
I'll elaborate. I believe we're in an AI bubble. AI companies are pushing the overton window on AI discourse. They want the most extreme anti-AI sentiment to be "Sure, it's an overhyped technology right now but there will be reasonable applications down the road". I want to see pushback on this. It doesn't matter if I can disable some AI feature in the settings. The fact that Mozilla is jumping on this bandwagon is deeply disappointing to me.
#note1cgm…srm8

2025-12-17 23:24:01 UTC

I've finally switched to the @npub19rt…adh9 browser. I've been using Firefox for as long as I've been on the internet, but the focus on AI means it's no longer the browser for me. Thankfully unlike Chrome, Vivaldi supports the uBlock Origin extension which is the most important extension for being able to browse the web nowadays.

2025-12-15 18:25:29 UTC

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You did a good thing.

2025-12-14 22:53:13 UTC

Baked some gingerbread cookies.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/720/370/145/725/786/original/734839229f1ccafa.jpeg

2025-12-13 04:14:39 UTC

From a couple months back.
📷️ Pentax KX
🎞️ Kodak Portra 400
🔭 Pentax M 50mm/1.7
👤 @npub1d49…6zn5
⚗️ Come Through Lab
#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #35mm #LakeDistrict #TheLakes #Cumbria
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/710/292/741/261/947/original/cf95602a3f6b7372.jpg

2025-12-13 03:57:22 UTC

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The plushtodons don't bully!

2025-12-13 03:54:06 UTC

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That's mean! At least we're out here contributing.

2025-12-13 03:28:50 UTC

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Dylan and Rylan.

2025-12-13 03:27:57 UTC

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My suggestion was a bit more crass with Dick and Robert.

2025-12-12 17:36:45 UTC

Here! Finally! I have my sample. The "Live laugh federate" enamel pin.
https://shop.joinmastodon.org/products/live-laugh-federate-soft-enamel-pin
#Merchtodon
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/707/796/704/694/676/original/5ad6d877b842d8e0.mp4

2025-12-11 03:03:49 UTC

Christmas time means an attrition battle between my cats and me about whether the baubles belong on the tree or not.

2025-12-11 02:36:38 UTC

I've realized we don't have a lot of time left to ship orders before Christmas, and the sample of the new "Live laugh federate" pin might take a few more days to arrive at my home for product shots, so I've put it up on the shop with the picture the manufacturer took for me. This is the last new product this year.
https://shop.joinmastodon.org/products/live-laugh-federate-soft-enamel-pin
#Merchtodon

2025-12-11 01:14:12 UTC

There are 109 peach #Plushtodon's left, 65 blue ones; winter and summer mugs are sold out; 8 cherry blossoms mugs and 89 autumn mugs left; 14 sticker sheets left (but I ordered more); and finally 131 logo enamel pins that just arrived yesterday. #Merchtodon

2025-12-10 17:58:01 UTC

#Mastodon mentioned 🎉 🍾
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2e-c9SF5nE

2025-12-09 16:23:03 UTC

Just arrived on our store: New soft enamel pins featuring the #Mastodon logo. This time, they have a copper finish. However! I have to warn you there will be another enamel pin design up on the store this week, so if there's any chance you might want an alternative design or both, you may want to hold off on making orders for now to save on shipping.
https://shop.joinmastodon.org/products/mastodon-logo-enamel-pin
#Merchtodon
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/690/542/303/605/127/original/9ee8ebcf07ed81b0.mp4

2025-12-06 17:26:02 UTC

Curves.
📷️️️️️ Canon AE-1
🎞️ Ilford HP5+ @ 800
🔭 Canon FD 50mm/2.0, yellow filter
⚗️ Come Through Lab
#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #35mm #BlackAndWhitePhotography #BlackAndWhite #MonochromePhotography
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/673/784/364/486/793/original/d2fe263ae0bcd775.jpg

2025-12-05 20:05:48 UTC

A crane in the evening.
📷️️️️ Canon AE-1
🎞️ Ilford HP5+ @ 800
🔭 Canon FD 50mm/2.0, yellow filter
⚗️ Come Through Lab
#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #35mm #BlackAndWhitePhotography #BlackAndWhite #MonochromePhotography
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/668/749/457/873/782/original/7a09a6686d3f9e0c.jpg

2025-12-04 20:42:49 UTC

RE: https://mastodon.social/@jonhicks/115662466196992390
I know #Tidal isn't perfect (and buying physical media or band merch is better, but hey, that is situational, I will only buy an album after I already like it), but this sort of thing makes me feel vindicated in choosing not to use #Spotify.
#note1dl6…uvnk

2025-12-04 12:27:41 UTC

November Manchester.
📷️️ Canon AE-1
🎞️ Ilford HP5+ @ 800
🔭 Canon FD 50mm/2.0, yellow filter
⚗️ Come Through Lab
#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #35mm #BlackAndWhitePhotography #BlackAndWhite #MonochromePhotography
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/661/187/535/046/539/original/ea584afceaf312fb.jpg

2025-12-03 11:41:02 UTC

The Autumn mug is finally available! 🍵 Sorry it took so long, there were delays outside my control.
https://shop.joinmastodon.org/collections/winter-2025-drop
#Merchtodon
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/655/425/318/596/936/original/6594ba1396a079b5.jpg
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https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/655/425/026/308/113/original/8129c7a532999798.jpg

2025-12-02 14:30:54 UTC

RE: https://mastodon.social/@blequerrec/115645932214798276
"The council will decide your fate."
#note1eng…3ngc

2025-11-28 22:12:24 UTC

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It's the opposite of what I want 😅

2025-11-28 22:01:36 UTC

I think it would've been easy to throw the #Mastodon logo at some print-on-demand website and be done with it, but I've always wanted Mastodon merch to be something bespoke, something you'd genuinely want to keep for years. This is why I chose the difficult path: Manually finding suppliers, prototyping, ordering in advance and distributing through our own shop. It's a lot of work, which is why it tends to happen as individual "drops" rather than a continuous, all year round stock.

2025-11-27 15:52:18 UTC

I boost, therefore I am.

2025-11-25 23:28:40 UTC

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Blueberry!

2025-11-25 23:27:30 UTC

There have been a few requests for more serious merch items (so not "Live, laugh, federate" and "I write alt text", though those definitely have their place). @npub1d49…6zn5 and I brainstormed a few messages we could put on t-shirts and I want to see how well they resonate with folks. Again, very non-committal.

2025-11-24 15:26:21 UTC

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We have a mailing list that we put on our blog whenever we announce some new merch is being worked on. Roughly half of the plushies have been sold before we posted about it on #Mastodon, just from that mailing list (and people checking the shop manually, I guess). And those new sticker sheets got sold out fully (but are being restocked, hopefully within the week).

2025-11-24 15:16:48 UTC

You may have seen it over on @npub163h…mv0n, but in case not: The new plushies are now live on the shop, alongside restocked and new mugs. Shipping to EU, UK, Switzerland, Norway, and the US. We decided to allow orders from the US, but shipping is what it is (from Germany).
https://shop.joinmastodon.org/collections/winter-2025-drop
#Plushtodon #Merchtodon
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/605/268/919/892/290/original/c9127205af056de1.jpg
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https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/605/269/987/180/577/original/f37648fd9d8f5a25.jpg

2025-11-22 16:58:15 UTC

I’ve got stickers 👀 #Merchtodon
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/594/400/240/117/387/original/fcd3b8ca51b07280.jpeg

2025-11-22 04:28:45 UTC

This video brings me a lot of joy.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=69fgnoyBczs

2025-11-22 03:05:21 UTC

My top albums this year according to last.fm. I decided to limit this to one album per artist to fit a few more artists in.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/591/124/899/510/296/original/0ab8dbbe94227730.png

2025-11-18 08:45:08 UTC

Today I am stepping down from my role as the CEO of #Mastodon. Though this has been in the works for a while, I can't say I've fully processed how I feel about it. There is a bittersweet part to it, and I think I will miss it, but it also felt necessary. It feels like a goodbye, but it isn't—I intend to stay on and continue to advise the new leadership and contribute, because Mastodon—and the fediverse—is one of the very few beacons of hope for a better web.
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/11/my-next-chapter-with-mastodon/

2025-11-10 00:20:55 UTC

It's been a few days now. What is something you like about the latest #Mastodon 4.5 release?