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-You can follow the restic project on Twitter [@resticbackup](https://twitter.com/resticbackup) or by subscribing to
+You can follow the restic project on Mastodon [@resticbackup](https://fosstodon.org/@restic) or by subscribing to
 the [project blog](https://restic.net/blog/).
 
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