Just as a quick one for the #MedMastodon folks that have already found new homes that they wish to use as their new primary account.

You can still move your follower / following relationships from MedMastodon to your new instance (Or if you want to make MedMastodon your primary account again it will work the other way around as well) and there's a really good @FediTips guide here on how it works and how to move your relationships - https://fedi.tips/transferring-your-mastodon-account-to-another-server/

There is also the ability thanks to @oli to export your posts to a static website meaning you can share your old posts permanently for reference on a website of your own, something that might be valuable if you don't plan to return to your account in the future - https://posty.1sland.social/

Just as a quick one for the #MedMastodon folks that have already found new homes that they wish to use as their new primary account.

You can still move your follower / following relationships from MedMastodon to your new instance (Or if you want to make MedMastodon your primary account again it will work the other way around as well) and there's a really good @FediTips guide here on how it works and how to move your relationships - https://fedi.tips/transferring-your-mastodon-account-to-another-server/

There is also the ability thanks to @oli to export your posts to a static website meaning you can share your old posts permanently for reference on a website of your own, something that might be valuable if you don't plan to return to your account in the future - https://posty.1sland.social/

And what can you expect. $20 per month for a dedicated, always available medical resource vs paying for health insurance that might cover your needs, but most likely not, in the U.S.

#ChatGPT #Healthcare #MedMastodon

The scary thing is that unofficial GPTs claiming to be medical professionals (like PAs and NPs) has been around for a few years already.

Thousands asking questions daily. Some created by official medical orgs and associations, but mostly not. And no way to tell the difference.

https://www.axios.com/2026/01/07/chatgpt-health-tab-apple-fitness-apps

#ChatGPT #Healthcare #MedMastodon

The scary thing is that unofficial GPTs claiming to be medical professionals (like PAs and NPs) has been around for a few years already.

Thousands asking questions daily. Some created by official medical orgs and associations, but mostly not. And no way to tell the difference.

https://www.axios.com/2026/01/07/chatgpt-health-tab-apple-fitness-apps

#ChatGPT #Healthcare #MedMastodon

We're going ahead and adding `miniwa.moe` to our list of suspended servers across #MastodonAppUK #Universeodon and #MedMastodon as there appears to be no active moderation taking place and reports of transphobic behaviour have been ignored by their moderators.

I'm not expecting this to impact the vast majority of folks across our instances but you might see a follower / following drop by 1 or 2.

#Fediblock

We're going ahead and adding `miniwa.moe` to our list of suspended servers across #MastodonAppUK #Universeodon and #MedMastodon as there appears to be no active moderation taking place and reports of transphobic behaviour have been ignored by their moderators.

I'm not expecting this to impact the vast majority of folks across our instances but you might see a follower / following drop by 1 or 2.

#Fediblock

Okay #MedMastodon folks - The instance is now back up and running I'm pleased to share. Things might take a moment to catch-up and I have sent out an announcement so hopefully anyone that had accounts that doesn't see this will get the e-mail ping letting them know everything is currently back online.

I will post a bit more about the plan in the near future but the long story short is nothing is planned to change that folks will see, the main goal for me is to get the site up and running, catch up on the activities that look to be outstanding and get a plan together for migrating everything onto new infrastructure.

Also a huge shoutout to @mastohost who have been excellent at keeping the server "Paused" effectively without deleting data even when there was no confirmed migration path and a real big thanks to Nick for being willing to transfer the server and keep the community running!

As a bit of a different one, I have just had an e-mail from Nick who founded and setup #MedMastodon after I offered to take over the site following it's short notice closure just before the new year, he has come back now to confirm he's happy for me to take on the running the maintenance of the site and has looped in the team from Masto.Host to progress this.

I'm hoping that means we can get the site back up and running in the not too distant future and I'll look to get it migrated over to the same infrastructure that we use for MastodonApp.UK and Universeodon.com to hopefully give some better flexibility for growth and benefit from the existing work and scale in place.

I'll keep folks updated as and when I hear more and as we progress getting the site back online.

#MastoAdmin

Just as a quick note as well for #MedMastodon folks - The instance is going to be staying up longer term, I have no intention to just shut the instance down after the current subscription expires at the end of the month.

The transfer ended up happening a bit quicker than I had expected (A great thing in this case) but it did mean I was mid way through cooking dinner and working on a customer project when everything started to progress so I haven't quite gotten around to writing something more detailed up in terms of the future of the site but do want to confirm the plan is for it to be sticking around long term now no matter what :)

Hi!

Jennifer Hamilton here, formerly of med-mastodon.com. That server shut down suddenly. If you followed me before for my toots about #vaccines, #PublicHealth, #FamilyMedicine, my gripes about #ElectronicMedicalRecords #EMR, or even just a few #caturday pictures and chats about bicycling, I'm on mstdn.science now.

The old #MedMastodon went down suddenly, so I don't have a list of my old followers. Please boost this so they can find me!

For those that would like some more info, I've gone ahead and written up a blog post with a few bits that might be useful for the #MedMastodon community to know including a bit about who has taken over the site and what the future holds (TLDR it's not a lot that is interesting, just keeping the site stable and working nicely!) you can find the blog here - https://blog.atlas-media.co.uk/2026/01/05/med-mastodon-the-future/

For those that would like some more info, I've gone ahead and written up a blog post with a few bits that might be useful for the #MedMastodon community to know including a bit about who has taken over the site and what the future holds (TLDR it's not a lot that is interesting, just keeping the site stable and working nicely!) you can find the blog here - https://blog.atlas-media.co.uk/2026/01/05/med-mastodon-the-future/

Ottimo aggiornamento: MedMastodon è di nuovo online e i suoi utenti dovrebbero poter accedere ai propri dati. Il post di @wild1145

@fediverso

Ok, gente di #MedMastodon : l'istanza è di nuovo attiva e funzionante, sono lieto di condividerlo. Potrebbe volerci un po' di tempo per aggiornarsi e ho inviato un annuncio, quindi spero che chiunque avesse un account e non lo vedesse riceva un'e-mail che lo informi che tutto è di nuovo online.
Pubblicherò maggiori informazioni sul piano nel prossimo futuro, ma per farla breve non è previsto alcun cambiamento che la gente vedrà; il mio obiettivo principale è quello di rendere il sito operativo, recuperare le attività che sembrano essere in sospeso e mettere a punto un piano per migrare tutto sulla nuova infrastruttura.
Un ringraziamento speciale anche a @mastohost che è stato bravissimo a mantenere il server "in pausa" in modo efficace senza eliminare dati, anche quando non c'era un percorso di migrazione confermato, e un grande ringraziamento a Nick per essere stato disponibile a trasferire il server e a mantenere attiva la community!

https://mastodonapp.uk/users/wild1145/statuses/115844028613413319