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Mastodon’s flagship server is down due to maintenance.

“The original server operated by the Mastodon gGmbH non-profit,” mastodon.social is unreachable at the moment, but not because of DNS problems (for once) or Instagram Threads.

It’s actually undergoing maintenance that’s only supposed to cause twenty minutes or so of downtime.

Update: And right on schedule, it’s back up!

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