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See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna

Just so all of you know I’m not posting/reblogging any homestuck content until 413 2024 except for lovin you Wednesday which will stay because it makes me happy. I am scheduling all hs posts to 413 2024 so I can have a YEARS worth all in one day. You have all been warned.

Pinned Post i don't have many followers but I have like 15 dedicated ones people who I regularly see in my notifications it makes my happy maybe someday ill do a shout out post cause i appreciate yall most of you have been consistently liking/reblogging for years i <3 yall even if i never talk to you directly my post save homestuck save post
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msterdoctorman

I want the writer’s strike to last until they get everything they demand and more. I want the SAG strike to last until AI is entirely forbidden across the board in the entire industry. I want CGI artists to unionize and strike. I want animators to strike. I want composers and directors and designers and VAs and techies and producers and stage hands and game devs and programmers and recording artists to strike.

I want every aspect of the entertainment industry brought to a grinding halt for months or even years to take it from the corps and put it back in the hands of the artists.

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thatdemonbish

What's happening to AO3 right now?

As you may have noticed already, Archive of Our Own is currently down. This is temporary, but unfortunately we now know that this is much deeper than we thought.

AO3 is currently the victim of a DDoS* attack orchestrated by "Anonymous Sudan"

A message from “Anonymous Sudan,” translated from what appears to be Arabic, reading, “The reason for our attack is simple: It's part of our campaign targeting companies registered in the United States. The operators of this site is "Organization for Transformative Works (OTW)" who are registered in the United States. In addition to that, we are against all forms of degeneracy and the site is full of disgusting smuts and other LGBTQ+ and NSFW things. We bring you the good news that we will continue attacking for hours on end.”ALT
A message from “Anonymous Sudan” reading, “The reason of our attack is simple: It's part of our campaign targeting companies registered in the United States. The operators of this site is "Organization for Transformative Works (OTW)" who are registered in the United States. In addition to that, we are against all forms of degeneracy and the site is full of disgusting smuts and other LGBTQ+ and NSFW things. We bring you the good news that we will continue attacking for hours on end.”  A following message from “Anonymous Sudan,” translated from what looks like Arabic, reads, “The attack will continue for another 5-24 hours.”ALT

*Distributed Denial-of-Service Attack is a cyber-attack in which the attacker strives to make a machine or network resource unavailable to its intended users by temporarily or indefinitely disrupting services of a host connected to a network

Why? Because AO3 is home to thousands of LGBTQIA+ content and lots of NSFW content.

They're doing this as an Anti-LGBTQ+ attack. If they're doing this for or from America specifically, we're not sure. But this is what AO3 is facing at this time.

What can we do?

Spread the word. Spread the fucking word.

And PLEASE, whatever you do...

Stop using the Archive of Our Own website at this time.

The moderators, showrunners, and service providers all need to repair the damage done by this group. The amount of data flooding in from people trying to log in will cause more problems.

Keep yourselves off of the website.

Yes, the site is accessible but PLEASE do not use the site until they give the all clear.

They're still trying to fight off this DDoS attack. If you overwhelm the servers with your requests (ie. next chapter, opening bookmarks, etc.), it will be harder for them to get it done.


For anyone that needs further confirmation:

A post from the AO3 subreddit reads, “It’s confirmed to be a ddos attack. Keep breathing, go drink some water, let the volunteers do what they do.” The post also features a screenshot of a tweet from the official AO3 status twitter account which reads, “It looks like the Archive is under a DDoS attack causing the servers to fall over. Our volunteer sysadmins are working on countermeasures. Please be patient with us, we'll be back!”ALT

Please make sure you check the date and time of posts like this, too.

As far as I am currently aware, AO3 officials have not yet given the all clear.

(Posted July 10, 2023, 6:50pm CST)

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hellenhighwater

may i offer you a gift basket in these trying times

hellenhighwater

it is full of Malice

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New basket for the new year

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It is Finally February. Survive February, and here, for your troubles:

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It is March and Malice is three! She is having an acceptable birthday.

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It is April and Vice is three! He is having a tolerable birthday.

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It is May and Malice is experiencing nature. Horrifying stuff.

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It is June and Malice is beset by infants.

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It is July and Malice is in prison. I offer her fresh infants but she cares not.

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