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@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ it plays well with your midi controller, wav samples, and lv2 plugins.
 [statically linked binaries](https://codeberg.org/unspeaker/tek/releases), and on the
 [aur](https://codeberg.org/unspeaker/tek#arch-linux).
 
-author is reachable via [**mastodon** `@unspeaker@mastodon.social`](https://mastodon.social/@unspeaker)
-or [**matrix** `@unspeaker:matrix.org`](https://matrix.to/#/@unspeaker:matrix.org)
+author was reachable via [**mastodon** on `@unspeaker@mastodon.social`](https://mastodon.social/@unspeaker)
+or [**matrix** on `@unspeaker:matrix.org`](https://matrix.to/#/@unspeaker:matrix.org) but then
+had a crashout and deleted those.
 
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