i have stopped using my russian owned IP address based VPNs, and magically alby is working

nostr:nprofile1qqsq2gwmj5csjm0lwqxu7sgtq8d502m9nr08uhhjck3t6ls3vqc4haspz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhszxthwden5te0wfjkccte9eekummjwsh8xmmrd9skctcpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzv9hxgtcc9dy5l is there some reason why the server is refusing to allow connections from arbitrary IP addresses?

i get it that malicious actors often use proxies to reduce the possible counter-actions but as a small actor there is plenty of large actors who are using every bit of data generated by small actors to oppress them also.