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.
A retired British primary school teacher with a British passport and a valid visa was shackled, chained and detained for six weeks by ICE in the US while on holiday.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/21/karen-newton-valid-visa-detained-ice
No, opposing LLMs isn't "purity culture." I've seen this now from quite a few different people, and I disagree vehemently. It is good, actually, to have moral principles and hold to them, even when people with more money than you find said principles annoying.
Two babies
📷 #leicam3 #summicron DR #50mm
🎞 #kodakvision500t
#analog #analogphotography #filmphotography #filmisnotdead #catsOfMastodon #cat #leica #m3 #kodak #vision3 #500t
My "No, your use-case does not negate all of the horrifying externalities" t-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by the shirt
What you working on there?
#Plushtodon is here to keep me motivated on a Friday afternoon. 💜🐘
#plushtodon is the newest addition to my desk, alongside slowpoke and Kevin the wizard
If I was meant to respond to them they would have been called YEStifications.
It had come to that. #grickledoodle #duck #shame #consensus #cartoon #art #drawing #funny #humor
Once you realize it’s not “age verification”, but actually “identity verification”, then it’s easy to understand that the real goal is “papers, please” for the entire internet.
How am I supposed to get anything done? #catsofmastodon
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 @dopatwo. "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
The third in our blog post series is by @haubles - sharing our work and ideas around how to grow and nurture the community, for everyone. #Mastodon #Fediverse #SocialWeb
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/02/mastodon-is-for-the-people/
