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July 10, 2023 - (18:00 UTC)

The Archive is experiencing some issues (as many of you have noticed).

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!

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A DDoS attack is when an attacker attempts to knock a site offline by overwhelming it with requests. Data is not compromised in a DDoS attack, so there is no need to change your password at this time or worry about your works being lost.

A group presenting themselves as a collective of religiously and politically motivated hackers has claimed responsibility for the DDoS attack. This group has attacked other sites before, including those of government organizations and large corporations. However, cybersecurity experts do not believe the group is honest about their motivation, so we urge caution in believing any reasoning this group provides for targeting AO3.

As part of our efforts to help keep the site up, you might find that you get "Retry later" errors more often when searching or filtering works or bookmarks. Don't worry, just go a little slower, or try again in a few minutes! These are temporary measures. Normal use of the site is fine -- you don't have to avoid using AO3 if it's currently up for you.

Our volunteers are continuing to work hard on this issue! We appreciate your patience and support in the meantime.

Date: 22:43 UTC July 10, 2023

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We've changed our approach slightly, so you might now see error messages other than "Retry later," such as 429 (too many requests), 400 (bad request), or 503 (service unavailable).

Please do continue to access the site if it's up for you, and feel free to download some works for offline reading in case of further downtime!

We'd also like to take a moment to reiterate that cybersecurity experts believe the group claiming responsibility for the ongoing DDoS attack is lying about their affiliation and reasons for attacking websites. We strongly encourage you to be skeptical of any statements from this group.

Date: 02:16 UTC July 11, 2023

NOTHING makes me more mad than people shoving aside creepy behavior just because the person in question is neurodivergent and doesn't pick up on social skills well. there was this girl in high school who got way too touchy with me no matter how many times I told her to stop and the fucking school guidance counselor and school psychologist were like "well you can't blame her because she can't pick up on social cues well". i'm neurodivergent too but if someone begs me to stop doing something it's kind of fucking clear they don't like it???

just the way people approach neurodivergency is so infantilizing I hate it. if you ever reblog a post about how it's ableist to react angrily to someone invading your space i'll fucking kill you. half the things you guys call ableism are just straight up not, and this isn't even a tumblr thing, it's something supposed medical professionals believe.

It's no longer a social cue if someone says "stop, i don't like that" it's literally just someone verbalizing what they expect you to do. which is stop.

^^exactly

if you state your boundaries clearly and someone crosses them after that, the brain condition they have is being an asshole

INFORMATION I WAS NOT PREPARED TO LEARN. MAYBE WE *ARE* ALONE. BECAUSE WE ARE SO *EARLY*. IF THERE IS EVER GALACTIC CIVILIZATION THEY WILL NOT REMEMBER US AT ALL. BECAUSE WE ARE NOTHING. CELLS, JUST BEGINNING TO FORM LIFE. SORRY FOR SCREAMING. BUT ARE YOU LISTENING. ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT IT.

oh my god.  they were right.  they were right all along:

amogus being put down

Why are you a furry?

what

The hands. They're paws.

you know what? i dedicate this doodle sheet to you, tumblr user heliacal-paladin. you’ve won

still couldn't resist leaving some claws in

SHUT THE FUCK UP

STOP BULLYING ME

I feel like this post is gonna be a tumblr heritage post one day

oh no

It has; already appeared in 2 YouTube videos and one of my friends who has never used tumblr before knows of this post.

Roxy I’m sorry to say that I first knew you from Reddit and only discovered your Tumblr because amogus euthanasia was on every tumblr and furry subreddit

oh my god.

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I have a morbid curiosity about what furries think of this post.

hey, i’m a furry! plenty of my friends are furries! we all think this post is super funny lmao

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Well, I know you're a furry.

Look at how you draw hands.

i posted this in january

those things are supposed to be like 8 feet deep, not one foot deep and directly on a concrete convention floor

At least the Dashcon ballpit was injury-free

by the way you should know that liability waivers only waive against what is called “ordinary risk”. if you rent some dune buggies and go racing an “ordinary risk” would be “you fall out of the buggy and injure yourself”. however, it’s not a blank check for “anything bad that happens”: if your dune buggy’s engine catches fire and that injures you, that wasn’t an “ordinary risk”. that’s not the kind of risk you signed up for. especially if the engine caught fire because the owner had been negligent in its maintenance.

if you get injured, even if you signed a waiver, talk to a lawyer (consultations are usually free), see what they say. most of the time these companies bank on people not even trying to fight back.