The app hasn't been updated in a while, and the server changes are breaking up features. So unless the dev comes back and update the app, this stuff will remain broken.
Eventually we Canadians won't even have to boycott American agricultural products, they just won't be able to sell them to us because they won't pass our safety requirements.
FYI bridging with Mastodon doesn't require a Mastodon account on your end, it will make your account accessible to be followed by Mastodon users, and even recieve replies from Mastodon users if they also bridged their accounts.