It's alive! Well, sort of, added a -p flag to post, be warned, thar be spam in them thar outputs.

ratatoskr.sh

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ get_oauth_token() {
 
 # Post music with -M flag
 post_music() {
-    curl -vS --oauth2-bearer "${oauth_token}" \
+    curl -sS --oauth2-bearer "${oauth_token}" \
         -d "$(playerctl metadata -f 'album={{album}}')" \
         -d "$(playerctl metadata -f 'artist={{artist}}')" \
         -d "$(playerctl metadata -f 'title={{title}}')" \
@@ -71,6 +71,16 @@ post_music() {
 }
 
 
+# Post status with -p flag, command line.
+post_status() {
+    curl -sS --oauth2-bearer "${oauth_token}" \
+        -d "content=${content_type:-text/markdown}" \
+        -d "status=${@}" \
+        "${instanceURL}/api/v1/statuses"
+    exit 0
+}
+
+
 # Variable initialization
 configPath="${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/ratatoskr" # Path for settings, usually ~/.config/ratatoskr
 configFile="default.conf" # The default config file, eventually will support multiple accounts.
@@ -87,6 +97,7 @@ declare -A command=(
     [C]="Recreate default configuration file. Acquire new oauth token."
     [h]="Help, show usage information for ${0##*/}."
     [M]="Post the currently playing music track, requires playerctl."
+    [p:]="Post from the command line, e.g. ${0##*/} -p \"hello world\""
 )
 
 # if the default file doesn't exist, create it
@@ -106,6 +117,7 @@ while getopts "${args}" i ; do
         C) get_oauth_token;;
         h) help;;
         M) post_music;;
+        p) post_status "${OPTARG}";;
     esac
 done