I know, I says to myself, I'll have a quick peek at Mastodon for the first time in ages. I fire up phanpy.social and ...

I know, I says to myself, I'll have a quick peek at Mastodon for the first time in ages. I fire up phanpy.social and I'm greeted with "unable to load posts". Cool! Looks like the Mastodon instance I joined years ago is down. Nice! How long has it been down? Is it perma down? Does anyone still use Mastodon any longer? Who knows?