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End of the road for LiveJournal
I've got some very bad news about LiveJournal. Please feel free to link to this post or otherwise spread the information, but I'd appreciate it if you don't mention my real name.
There have been rumors about LiveJournal servers moving to Russia. Most of the solid information seems to be on Russian-language sites, which I can't read. However, we ( Read more... ) -
Comrade!
LiveJournal has moved its servers to Russia. Or at least so I've read; I'm still looking for reliable confirmation. I'm seriously thinking it's time to bail out and move entirely over to Dreamwidth. If the servers are in Russia, we have no privacy from Putin's goons. If you're in Russia, those goons can put you in jail for posting.As Brooke said, ( Read more... ) -
A sad trend on Facebook
Recent years have seen a huge move away from openness and willingness to face ideas that are different. It's not just the left; the election of Trump wasn't a defeat for political correctness, but an affirmation of the Republican brand of intolerance ( Read more... ) -
Breitscheidplatz
My sympathies to all affected by the Breitscheidplatz deaths in Berlin, whether it was a deliberate attack or a horrible accident. -
The dark time
The daytime keeps getting shorter, the weather has gotten cold (though with New England caprices like 50° F between two freezing days), and we all have our ways of dealing with it. Winter observations turn into a time to put up lights and express a hope for warmer days to come. This has nothing to do with any particular religion, though religions ( Read more... ) -
Techno-liberty
I need to start a new Project. Mad File Format Science is still going, but it's getting stale since I've been away from active software development. I'm putting together a new idea and could use some feedback ( Read more... ) -
Cause for concern
It looks as if the person who broke into the UK Filk Archive and posted a false notice of my death is getting more deranged. Based on an email I got, he's now trying to intimidate the hosts of a West Coast filksing. He has software to put together fragments of people's voices, and has used it in the past to threaten people and make it appear that I ( Read more... ) -
Dispelling a rumor
It just occurred to me that I ought to mention this in a public post. The person who broke into the UK filk archive claimed to have taken control over my email account. To the best of my knowledge, my own email hasn't been compromised. -
Please do not "Like" my posts
Argh. LJ, convinced that the best way to keep the people who prefer it to Facebook is to make it like Facebook, has added a "like" button. I just got an email saying someone has "like"d one of my posts. I don't know who. It doesn't even show up on the post. I don't see any setting in the notifications to turn that email off. The FAQ gives the ( Read more... ) -
New userpic
Here's my newest userpic. Feel free to use or adapt it.
For those with visual issues, it's a picture of Donald Trump's face with the word "THUG" superimposed.
I'm intentionally making this post public. LJ is known to invent reasons for terminating accounts, so I know there's some risk, but speaking out is more important right now.