Okay That Whole Post Is A Wild Ride, But I Think An Awesome Story About Success, Which People Think Is

Okay that whole post is a wild ride, but I think an awesome story about success, which people think is linear, means not failing, but if that guy gave up and stopped trying because he failed, he'd have never won gold. Perseverance for the win!

despite staff's recent changes, we're... winning??????

Just sos you knows, AO3 is down under a DDOS attack right now. They’ve been coming back in little blips and then disappearing again. It’s been several hours. (For reference, it’s currently 3 p.m. eastern, July 10, 2023.)

https://twitter.com/AO3_Status/status/1678468065070030856

The culprit (as with a few other DDOS attacks recently) is Anonymous Sudan, a group that is likely Russian, not Sudanese. The ‘reason’ they gave–that AO3 is “full of disgusting smuts and other LGBTQ+ and NSFW things,” is thin and probably not completely legit, though still legitimately concerning.

The AS claim: https://twitter.com/FalconFeedsio/status/1678397195039526912

Reporting on AS: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-06-28/anonymous-sudan-does-group-behind-microsoft-cyberattack-have-ties-to-russia (you can use archive.ph to get this one, 12ft doesn’t seem to work)

As noted here, https://twitter.com/honeyskeleton/status/1678449598703050769:

DDOS protection is expensive especially for a high traffic site like ao3. And it’s uniquely vulnerable as an independent site without ads or other corporate support. SPECIFICALLY targeted bc of its queer works and yet ppl will still complain every time they ask for donations lmao 

So, again, when AO3 comes back online, please don’t go hard with refreshing all your tabs. Please do remember to download fics you love early and often as  you continue in your whole ~reading journey~. And please do support AO3 through a dono or becoming a donating member, if it is possible for you to do so.

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!

3 Days…

Until the 1st round of TW Anchor Down officially begins! If you’re still scrambling or need to additional inspiration to get those creative juices flowing, you can always combine TWAD prompts with other challenges or events from this handy events directory. Some challenges and events to highlight that are happening between July, August and September of 2023 are: >> July Break Bingo (request cards by July 13th) >> Scisaac Week (July 2-8) >> Teen Wolf Rarepair Week (July 10-17) >> Steter Week (July 23-29) >> Sterek Bingo (ongoing) >> Sterek Weekly (ongoing) >> Sterek Prompt Meme (ongoing) >> AU-gust (multi-fandom Aug. daily prompts themed around AUs) >> Sciles Week (September) >> The Reverse Prompt Challenge (updated quarterly) >> Horrific Bingo (ongoing) >> Warm and Fluffy Bingo Cards (ongoing for all the fluff) >> Sapphic September (multi-fandom WLW Sept. daily prompts) >> Sicktember (multi-fandom Sept. daily prompts themed around hurt/comfort) >> Sintember (multi-fandom Sept. daily prompts for everything dark and sinful) >> Smutember (multi-fandom Sept. daily prompts themed around smut) >> Spanktember (multi-fandom Sept. daily prompts themed around spanking or discipline) If you know about other challenges that should be added to this list, send an ask. :) Get excited, like Allison!

Lingering Regrets..

Hello hello and welcome to this week’s six sentence story, where the word of the week is replay. I had a lot of ways to go with this one and I went with the replay of a memory, and well I will admit, I don’t think this one is my best work, but I am short on time this week, so I will not be rewriting it. I couldn’t believe the words that had left my mouth, even though they had been on my mind for…

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