I think I fixed the weird posting bug. Posts from within the main loop should work as expected now.

ratatoskr.sh

@@ -142,24 +142,25 @@ post_status() {
     if [[ "${1}" == "" ]]; then
         return
     fi
-    local text="$@"
-    visibility="${visibility:-public}"
-    local content_type="${content_type:-text/markdown}"
-local json="$(jq -n --arg status "$text" \
-        --arg spoiler_text "$spoiler_text" \
-        --arg visibility "$visibility" \
-        --arg content_type "$content_type" \
+    local statusText="$@"
+    local statusVisibility="${statusVisibility:-public}"
+    local statusContent_type="${statusContent_type:-text/markdown}"
+    local statusSpoiler_text=""
+    local statusJson="$(jq -n --arg status "$statusText" \
+        --arg spoiler_text "$statusSpoiler_text" \
+        --arg visibility "$statusVisibility" \
+        --arg content_type "$statusContent_type" \
         '{ status: $status, spoiler_text: $spoiler_text, visibility: $visibility, content_type: $content_type }')"
-    local result
-    result="$(curl -sS --oauth2-bearer "${oauth_token}" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-        -d "$(echo "$json" | jq 'if .spoiler_text == "" then del(.spoiler_text) else . end | if .visibility == "" then del(.visibility) else . end')" \
+    local statusResult
+    statusResult="$(curl -sS --oauth2-bearer "${oauth_token}" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+        -d "$(echo "$statusJson" | jq 'if .spoiler_text == "" then del(.spoiler_text) else . end | if .visibility == "" then del(.visibility) else . end')" \
         "${instanceURL}/api/v1/statuses")"
     if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
         echo "there was a problem contacting the server"
         play_sound error
         exit 1
     fi
-    local error="$(echo "$result" | jq -r '.error')"
+    local error="$(echo "$statusResult" | jq -r '.error')"
     if [[ "$error" != "null" ]]; then
         echo "Error: $error"
         play_sound error
@@ -170,6 +171,8 @@ local json="$(jq -n --arg status "$text" \
 }
 
 
+
+
 # Display timelines
 show_timeline() {
     result="$(curl -sS --oauth2-bearer "${oauth_token}" "${instanceURL}/api/v1/timelines/${timeline:-home}")"