m2usenet barfing

Error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/m2usenet/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/socks.py", line 809, in connect
negotiate(self, dest_addr, dest_port)
File "/home/m2usenet/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/socks.py", line 443, in _negotiate_SOCKS5
self.proxy_peername, self.proxy_sockname = self._SOCKS5_request(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/m2usenet/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/socks.py", line 533, in _SOCKS5_request
raise SOCKS5Error("{:#04x}: {}".format(status, error))
socks.SOCKS5Error: 0x01: General SOCKS server failure

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/m2usenet/m2usenet.py", line 179, in <module>
main()
File "/home/m2usenet/m2usenet.py", line 165, in main
success = send_via_tor(NNTP_SERVER, NNTP_PORT, usenet_post, message_id)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/m2usenet/m2usenet.py", line 49, in send_via_tor
s.connect((server, port))
File "/home/m2usenet/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/socks.py", line 47, in wrapper
return function(*args, **kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/m2usenet/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/socks.py", line 814, in connect
raise GeneralProxyError("Socket error", error)
socks.GeneralProxyError: Socket error: 0x01: General SOCKS server failure