Unfortunately, under the new regime of mandatory identity verification laws that are in force in some countries and US states, it is too risky to operate a #Mastodon instance as an #admin as there is no infrastructure in place (nor would I want to gather all of that personally identifiable info about users). So, unfortunately for users of this instance, this is the end of the road for this years-long experiment with the #fediverse. Hypno.social will shut down in 90 days on Sep 23, 2026.