Eugen Rochko
Executive Strategy & Product Advisor, Founder of @Mastodon. Film photography, prog metal, Dota 2. Likes all things analog.
Executive Strategy & Product Advisor, Founder of @Mastodon. Film photography, prog metal, Dota 2. Likes all things analog.
Another week, another story of the callousness of the British state; the already failing e-Visa system seems to be corrupting & dismissing people's right to stay in the UK, has this week halted a mother's return to be with her child, while stranding her in Germany with another.
As so often the Home Office is quick to make mistakes but slow to rectify them with (seemingly) no regard to the human costs.
The state's runs rough shod over normal people (again).
#politics
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/17/woman-dusseldorf-uk-home-office-return-flight-blocked
New babies!! So soft 🥰 #FosterKittens #cats #Caturday #CatsOfMastodon
#Akyo and #Plushtodon brewed delicious coffee while taking in the view of our blooming cherry tree 🌸 :blobcatcoffee:
#Sakura #Cherryblossoms #Sky #Mastodon #coffee #bloomscrolling #Photography #Fotografie #あきょぬい
I'm working with @dopatwo on a 10th anniversary Mastodon merch design and the sketch he sent me is so good. I usually don't even talk about these things until they're done but it's so exciting I just have to vent it.
True art lover. #grickledoodle #vampire #farmersmarket #cartoon #horror #art #drawing #funny #humor
#NEWSFLASH: Iran says Strait of #Hormuz open for business.
The move, in response to yesterday's Israel-Lebanon #ceasefire, immediately sent crude prices down. https://www.iranwar.news/p/iran-says-strait-of-hormuz-open-for
Zohran Mamdani: "If you are a Mario Kart fan, government is Yoshi and philanthropy is the Golden Mushroom, that edge we need to beat Bowser on the Rainbow Road. To belabor this metaphor even further, Bowser is corporate greed in this scenario."
"Age verification is is inherently a right-wing effort. While these laws are being supported globally by those on the political right and left, they are very much a right wing effort to suppress disliked speech."
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/04/16/the-right-wing-origins-age-verification-laws-dont-disappear-just-because-theyre-going-bipartisan/
