and I can't get to it on Beehaw (or lemmy.world) - is this just a time issue due to how crowded the system is at the moment or am I doing something wrong?
It could be how you're searching - I always pull the full link (https://lemmy.robotra.sh/c/springfieldil) and put that in the search. It looks like you should be able to do the same, as I was able to reach the community this way.