So a Mastodon instance (minor) is closing down because the registar is now owned by the talibans and they're shutting them down.
I see people blaming the instance for getting a sketchy TLD (queer.af=Afghanistan) but the real issue there is that ActivityPub does NOT allow you to change your instance name once you created it.
This has always been a huge hole in the protocol, and it really could happen to a lot of instances for many different reasons.
https://www.404media.co/taliban-shuts-down-queer-af-domain-breaking-mastodon-instance/
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2024-02-12 22:15:39
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2024-02-12 22:15:39Event JSON
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