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I recommend all local users follow it to receive announcements of planned server outages (hopefully few and short) or issues that may affect them.

Remote follows are also fine.

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I've had to take HubCat (#TootCat's Hubzilla instance) down temporarily to make room on the server (different server from the one that runs Mastodon).

I'll be resurrecting it as soon as other stuff is fixed (the server upgrade broke all the WordPress installs, and I didn't notice until yesterday).

-- @woozle

counter.fedi.live (Non-moderation, Soapbox instance, etc.)

-Xenon

Belatedly blocked glindr.org, instance belonging to noted transphobe Graham Linehan
-- @woozle

fedi.gealdor.space (Racism, harassment, kinmisia, run by the former cryptids.online admin [skeleton/socialskeleton])

mastodon.org.uk (COVID-19 conspiracies, racism, nationalism, etc.)

jojo.singleuser.club (Racism, ableism, etc.)

social.tinfoil-hat.net (Racism, nazi symbolism [Pepe], etc.)

-Xenon

I have unblocked inex.rocks, mainly because the original block was poorly documented and I therefore can't confirm whether the conditions which led to it are still applicable.

More details here: https://mew.toot.cat/mw/Pub/toot.cat/block_list/inex.rocks

If anyone has trouble with that site, please feel free to use the reporting feature or contact me directly.

Thank you!
-- @woozle

videos.lukesmith.xyz (Fascism, slurs, etc.)

boseburo.ddns.net ("This instance stands for Freedom of Speech...This instance stands against politically correctness and censorship in any form")

scrapist.xyz (Reports of scraping by r000t again)

www.canberrasocial.net ("...we do not censor based on ideas or political views," racism, queermisia, etc.)

cawfee.club (Queermisia, kinmisia, etc.)

kartoffel.cafe (Praising FSE for being "What gab.com wishes it could be," along with listing itself with fascist instances and instances containing sexual imagery of minors)

7td.org (Nazism, fascism, slurs, etc.)

-Xenon

Does anyone have an opinion on whether we should block mastodon.etalab.gouv.fr?

It is technically a state-run instance, but it appears to be of educational or informational intent -- and we haven't made a habit of blocking instances originating from US public universities as far as I know.

There's a line in there somewhere, between education and surveillance, but I don't know if this crosses it.

Here's the agency's web page, translated to English.

Thanks,

-- @woozle

Does anyone have any experience with https://social.inex.rocks/, positive or negative?

We're revisiting a domain-block, by request from their admin.

-- @woozle

witches.live (Racism, harassment)

didn't realize i never got this one over here, sorry

-Xenon

lor.sh (Ableist slur in /about/more, "Respect free speech, but do not abuse it.")

-Xenon

us.tv (Hosted by fascist platforming company 'Epik,' "To allow people to upload their content without censorship.")

peertube.tech (Monetized by "...the new attention economy..." cryptocurrency, financial and cryptocurrency instance)

video.nobodyhasthe.biz (Nazism, etc.)

peertube.uno ("[translated]...we are not interested in censoring you for political or philosophical opinions.")

peertube.satoshishop.de (Instance for what appears to be a cryptocurrency clothing shop/hosting company)

tube.gnous.eu ("[translated]...any type of political video is accepted regardless of political orientation...")

-Xenon

social.sphere.com.ai (Spam instance)

-Xenon

nnia.space (Pedophile instance)

icyphox.sh ("I care about freedom, both in software and speech. I police no opinion.")

wetfish.space (Hosting neckbeard.xyz admin [username: sjw])

pleroma.comfy.moe (Hosting neckbeard.xyz admin [username: sjw], abandoned with registrations open)

lets.bemoe.online (Hosting neckbeard.xyz admin [username: sjw])

-Xenon

norge.social (Racism, generally full of fascist content, etc.)

-Xenon

hitchhicker.social (Racism, TERF, etc.)

toast.cafe, honk.toast.cafe (Ableist slur, etc.)

-Xenon

springbo.cc (White supremacy, etc.)

dogeposting.social (Fascism, white supremacy, right-wing conspiracies, etc.)

social.thisisjoes.site ("Freedom of speech and association are valued here.")

pleroma.jeder.pl (Nazi imagery [Pepe], ableism, etc.)

-Xenon

pl.skyn3t.in (Fascism, queermisia, fatmisia, ableism, imagery of assault on the marginalized, slurs, nazism, etc.)

-Xenon

dickkickextremist.xyz (Fascism)

udongein.xyz (Sexual art of minors)

smugloli.net (Backup domain of smuglo.li [Sexual art of minors])

pleroma.uwah.moe (Queermisia)

-Xenon