diff --git a/bot/Cargo.toml b/bot/Cargo.toml
index c4abc70..32aefab 100644
--- a/bot/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bot/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@ anyhow = "1.0.95"
 serde = { version = "1.0.216", features = ["derive"] }
 base64 = "0.22.1"
 serde_json = "1.0.134"
-reqwest = { version = "0.12.11", features = ["json"] }
+reqwest = { version = "0.12.11", features = ["json", "multipart"] }
 chrono = "0.4.39"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bot/src/main.rs b/bot/src/main.rs
index aa37159..74da3dc 100644
--- a/bot/src/main.rs
+++ b/bot/src/main.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 use crate::bluesky::BlueSkyClient;
 use crate::cli::{CliArgs, Command};
-use crate::mastodon::api::{PartialMediaResponse, PartialPostStatusResponse, PostStatusRequest};
+use crate::mastodon::api::PostStatusRequest;
 use crate::mastodon::MastodonClient;
-use anyhow::{anyhow};
+use anyhow::anyhow;
 use clap::Parser;
 use infrastructure::RedisService;
 use log::{error, info, warn};
diff --git a/bot/src/mastodon.rs b/bot/src/mastodon.rs
index 00891e5..c460699 100644
--- a/bot/src/mastodon.rs
+++ b/bot/src/mastodon.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ impl MastodonClient {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Posts a new status to Mastodon.
     pub async fn post_status<T>(
         &mut self,
         data: T,
@@ -25,13 +26,50 @@ impl MastodonClient {
     where
         T: Into<PostStatusRequest>,
     {
-        unimplemented!()
+        let post_status_request: PostStatusRequest = data.into();
+        let json = serde_json::to_string(&post_status_request)?;
+
+        Ok(self
+            .client
+            .post("https://mastodon.social/api/v1/statuses")
+            .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
+            .header("Authorization", format!("Bearer {}", self.access_token))
+            .body(json)
+            .send()
+            .await?
+            .json()
+            .await?)
     }
 
+    /// Uploads an image to Mastodon.
     pub async fn upload_media_by_url(
         &mut self,
         image_url: &str,
     ) -> Result<PartialMediaResponse, anyhow::Error> {
-        unimplemented!()
+        let data: Vec<u8> = self
+            .client
+            .get(image_url)
+            .send()
+            .await?
+            .bytes()
+            .await?
+            .to_vec();
+
+        let file_part = reqwest::multipart::Part::bytes(data)
+            .file_name("image.jpg")
+            .mime_str("image/jpg")?;
+
+        let form = reqwest::multipart::Form::new().part("file", file_part);
+
+        Ok(self
+            .client
+            .post("https://mastodon.social/api/v2/media")
+            .header("Content-Type", "multipart/form-data")
+            .header("Authorization", format!("Bearer {}", self.access_token))
+            .multipart(form)
+            .send()
+            .await?
+            .json()
+            .await?)
     }
 }
diff --git a/bot/src/mastodon/api.rs b/bot/src/mastodon/api.rs
index 588cdd4..d22946e 100644
--- a/bot/src/mastodon/api.rs
+++ b/bot/src/mastodon/api.rs
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ impl From<NewsPost> for PostStatusRequest {
         // Push the summary
         if character_budget > 0 {
             status.push_str(summary.get(0..character_budget).unwrap_or(summary.as_str()));
-            character_budget -= summary.len() + 2;
             status.push_str("\n")
         }