Site slow downs

The site's been wonky the last couple of days. I'm working to isolate the problem. No, I don't think it's anything nefarious.

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then site shut down "contact administrator", also 500 error.

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Noting nefarious? At the same time they're meeting in Davos? That's how they do it, man. Make you think nothing nefarious is going on because they're out partying and wham! Just like that.

Another site I go to almost every day was down yesterday and they also thought it was nothing nefarious. Every time I tried accessing the site it was all in French.

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@Big Al

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A truth of the nuclear age/climate change: we can no longer have endless war and survive on this planet. Oh sh*t.

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@Big Al @JtC
french in slow motion ...

I think I know what it was all about.

The Germans have introduced the Trojaner on my your cell phone(s).

German federal police use Trojan virus to evade phone encryption
A report in German media has said that the BKA accesses data before it is encrypted and inaccessible. While police argue the tool is essential for investigations, critics have warned of a state invasion of privacy.
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Germany's Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) is using a Trojan virus as a tool to access data of suspected individuals on their smartphones before the information becomes encrypted by apps such as Telegram and WhatsApp, according to a report by German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung and public broadcasters WDR and NDR.

The BKA uses the controversial software, which it refers to as "source telecommunication surveillance," to take advantage of security gaps that exist unbeknownst to the public.

The BKA maintains that using the virus allows them to more effectively investigate digital communication, but security experts say that the tool could be used by criminals. In addition, anti-surveillance activists argue that its use is an invasion of personal security by the state — a sensitive subject in Germany given the country's history of surveillance, both under the Nazi regime and by the state police in communist East Germany.

See, only the French could tell you the truth about those Germans.

This comment was brought to you courtesy of a commentator registered as an agent of a foreign government. /s /ducking/ Jtc I am retired... life is too short to be more serious.

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https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=wonky

Top definition
wonky
weird, whacked out, messed up, not working for no definable reason. Usually applied to technology.
"Dude, you have the wonkiest computer in the world. I walked through the room and it crashed."
by Starla July 09, 2002

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A truth of the nuclear age/climate change: we can no longer have endless war and survive on this planet. Oh sh*t.

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is nefarious is that last night the site was moving like a snail on quaaludes and this morning I awoke to discover said molassesing had spread throughout the entirety of my tubes. ; /

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Site is back to normal. Thanks, JtC.

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until you mentioned it, JtC. Twice or more I have been rudely kicked off FB for unknown reasons other than reading too fast. Somewhat like TOP. Best to hide in the middle 40% to avoid waves? I rather like wave-making.

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Hey! my dear friends or soon-to-be's, JtC could use the donations to keep this site functioning for those of us who can still see the life preserver or flotsam in the water.

@riverlover the political activist from early 70's? I think he used catchup on his fries.

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@QMS at the Kate Wolf Festival this year, he's involved next door at Camp WinnaRainbow and Mic Checks on occasion.

Stop These Fucking Wars

peace

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Ya got to be a Spirit, cain't be no Ghost. . .

Explain Bldg #7. . . still waiting. . .

If you’ve ever wondered whether you would have complied in 1930’s Germany,
Now you know. . .
sign at protest march

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The slowdown was fairly pronounced but logging on to other sites (only as a test you understand) was a breeze. Even Breitbart came right up.
It's all good now though.
Thanks for being on it , Jtc.

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Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.