New t-shirts, pins, and posters

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+title: "New t-shirts, pins and posters"
+description: "We've just released two new t-shirt designs, and a printable poster design for your real life events and venues. We have other cool merch, too!"
+date: 2026-04-08
+categories:
+- News
+tags:
+- merch
+- mastodon
+author: gargron
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+We’ve just released two new t-shirts on our [shop](https://shop.joinmastodon.org), based on slogan suggestions from the community, and featuring lovely artwork from our artist [Dopatwo](https://mastodon.social/@dopatwo). One is “My friends are not for sale”, and the other is “I write ALT text”. We’ve chosen quality over quantity, as we often do, by screen printing the designs on high-quality, organic cotton. As someone who’s bought a lot of band merch over the years, I can tell you - they feel good to the touch.
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+Our merch is not a big money maker for us compared to [direct donations](https://joinmastodon.org/sponsors#donate) (remember, Mastodon is crowdfunded by the community — there’s no venture capital or investors, no ads or monetization), but it is fun and it helps bring awareness to the platform. We also try to create bespoke, high quality items in limited runs. If we can sell these t-shirts it will allow us to make more cool things in the future, from more cool t-shirt designs, to beanies, hoodies, and more.
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+We’ve also restocked on our enamel pins (have you seen how shiny and glittery the “Live, laugh, federate” pin is?), and there’s some leftover stock of various other items as well. Take a look around the [store](https://shop.joinmastodon.org)!
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+On a related note, if you’d like to help spread awareness of Mastodon in real life, **we now offer [printable poster designs](https://joinmastodon.org/branding) in multiple languages**. Check it out!
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