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Thank you - we're back.
I think I handle Covid-19 better than losing DU
Thanks Admin
Baclava
(12,047 posts)malaise
(269,028 posts)I knew this was coming
Baclava
(12,047 posts)tblue37
(65,393 posts)malaise
(269,028 posts)Lulu KC
(2,566 posts)And blocked a whole bunch of sad and angry people on Twitter as I waited.
malaise
(269,028 posts)but Admin put up a notice that we were down through no fault DUs
Lulu KC
(2,566 posts)has people who visit who are mad at DU.
It was like this is a clubhouse and there are these little gangs who have clubs where all they do is complain about being kicked out of this club. It was all very childish behavior and I felt sorry for them. But they were obnoxious so blockety block block.
Bizarre experience. Glad to be back in here where people argue and correct one another etc. in a healthy way.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,010 posts)There was one guy ranting we were all a bunch of corporate Dems. Sucks to be him I guess.
Hekate
(90,709 posts)True Blue American
(17,985 posts)Are going off Facebook because of so much going on.
Will be UTube and Email. Sounded pretty fed up with Facebook.
GetRidOfThem
(869 posts)The only one I do occasionally is Linked-In, which I understand is owned by Facebook...
Did not experience the slowdown. I would have panicked! I depend on this site of my sanity...
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)mucifer
(23,548 posts)malaise
(269,028 posts)Just glad we're back
Baclava
(12,047 posts)Too soon?
malaise
(269,028 posts)Stole that from a DUer
Baclava
(12,047 posts)RVN VET71
(2,692 posts)malaise
(269,028 posts)MyOwnPeace
(16,927 posts)but I'm waiting for Ivanka or Jr. to sell me something better......
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)MyOwnPeace
(16,927 posts)Ironic, right?
malaise
(269,028 posts)DUzy
UTUSN
(70,703 posts)bluestarone
(16,970 posts)A BIG TY to all who got us back!
Butterflylady
(3,544 posts)Never knew how dependent I was!!!!
lastlib
(23,241 posts)OMG, gonna die!!!! The World is coming to an end!! Apocalypse Now!
I really am addicted to this site!
Laffy Kat
(16,382 posts)lastlib
(23,241 posts)Laffy Kat
(16,382 posts)That was really creepy.
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)I kept trying to log on, and couldn't. Talk about panic! Then the announcement was posted. Bigly relief. This is my #1 source of news with people who think like I do.
Iggo
(47,558 posts)Phew!
Stuart G
(38,428 posts)mopinko
(70,113 posts)and the whole damn thing crashes the next.
glad to see i am not under some kind of spell.
eta- i dont believe in such, but people leave some strange things on my farm.
the other day i got a bundle of pheasant feathers and some sort of soft, long straw.
true story.
malaise
(269,028 posts)mopinko
(70,113 posts)mucifer
(23,548 posts)NBachers
(17,119 posts)I just signed off and hoped for the best. I'll be interested to find out what was happening.
BlueMTexpat
(15,369 posts)I had flashbacks to Nov 8, 2016 and thought, oh, no, here we go again!
Thank heavens that I checked the DU FB site and saw the message there.
malaise
(269,028 posts)Flashed right back to Election Day 2016. That's when I knew I needed to pony up more often. DU is too important to me.
Zoonart
(11,869 posts)Laffy Kat
(16,382 posts)OMG!
hlthe2b
(102,285 posts)c-rational
(2,593 posts)a window blind look. Attempting to tun off her computer cleared that issue. I just do not Iike the feel of this. I am not a conspiracy theorist, but there is too much gaslighting going on for my comfort, too much holding up the dumpster, and too much obfuscating of the truth.
On a separate note there is a great article in the Washington Post this morning on the politicization of the supreme court (yes I will use lower case), Supreme Inequality (sorry I cannot link) that is a should read...goes back to the Powell court. I particularly liked one comment on the declaration of person hood to corporations from the Santa Clare County vs. Southern Pacific decision where this caveat was inserted into the "headnote" by a court secretary of a former railroad man.
BComplex
(8,053 posts)to quit electing republicans if this country is going to survive as a democratic republic.
NMRE
No More Republicans EVER
c-rational
(2,593 posts)BComplex
(8,053 posts)elect for president this next term. She could have written that article herself.
Bettie
(16,110 posts)Now I have my blankie...it's going to be OK.
Aristus
(66,381 posts)Auggie
(31,173 posts)C Moon
(12,213 posts)2naSalit
(86,645 posts)Appropriate for Easter, I guess.
Thanks Admin.!!!
Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)Ferrets are Cool
(21,106 posts)DemoTex
(25,397 posts)Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got
Till it's gone ..
Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi
malaise
(269,028 posts)notdarkyet
(2,226 posts)Minute I wake up.
NRaleighLiberal
(60,015 posts)thanks, admin buddies!
I did notice things acting a bit squirrely the last few days
gibraltar72
(7,506 posts)nolabear
(41,984 posts)Well I didnt quite freakI went back to sleep. But Twitter seemed down too.
Alliepoo
(2,221 posts)You said it perfectly- PHEW!!!!! Holy cow-I dont know what Id do without DU and my family here. So glad were back up and running. Wishing everyone a peaceful Easter day. Our admin ROCKS! Good job and Thank You!
malaise
(269,028 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,724 posts)marieo1
(1,402 posts)Thank You, staff at DU. Missed you!! Have a wonderful day.
secondwind
(16,903 posts)underpants
(182,826 posts)rocktivity
(44,576 posts)But what caused it -- Russian interferers
rocktivity
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)Soon we will go for our after lunch walk.
So DU was off-line, so to speak?
NoRoadUntravelled
(2,626 posts)Zoonart
(11,869 posts)Thanks Admins for getting us up and running.
Almost had a seizure this morning when I found out we were down.
Oh Happy Day, DUers.
Hekate
(90,709 posts)Thanks, Admins.
calimary
(81,304 posts)Wasn't sure I'd get to - well - HERE. I found, via iPhone, that when the "nobody here" empty screen is what came up, I couldn't hit the back-arrow and restore what I'd started to read on the screen last night.
A relief that DU is back - and that YOU ALL are back!
I'm still suspicious about why DU suddenly disappeared, though.
Happy Easter everybody! Even DU rose from the dead.
panader0
(25,816 posts)Thanks admins.
I had a homework session with the lil one but that ended and still there was no DU
dweller
(23,641 posts)sorry i guess i shut it down ?
🤔
back on again!
✌🏼
trickyguy
(769 posts)other vital services like the U.S. Postal Service. Just read a very long Facebook post
from a postal worker: a history, what it means to all of us and what we can do to keep it afloat.
He said it would take just $20 from everyone to get them out of the hole and I would gladly
pay that. Can't imagine not getting mail - especially these days. And DU is a similar situation.
When these things are gone, we realize just how much they meant to us. Thank you DU.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I didn't realize quite how addicted I was to DU.
Thank god it's back!
blueinredohio
(6,797 posts)Thanks admin for getting us back online.
Chemisse
(30,813 posts)So glad DU is back up.
backtoblue
(11,343 posts)Thank goodness you guys are all back!
I freaked for a minute.
sellitman
(11,607 posts)Thanks Admins
mshasta
(2,108 posts).....very suspicious..
Dem2theMax
(9,651 posts)Sometimes you miss scary things that happen.
True Blue American
(17,985 posts)Is having problems,too. Off and on this afternoon. Phone call, they are having technical difficulties.
At least the SunRise Sevice was nice.
Always darkest just before Dawn. I am praying for that in our Country.
Turbineguy
(37,337 posts)Along with waking up and finding out that tr.....
Nope, not going there.
LAS14
(13,783 posts)Alacritous Crier
(3,816 posts)I was going through bonafide withdrawals!
onecaliberal
(32,861 posts)safeinOhio
(32,687 posts)DU down, the return of JFKjr, 5G, new flu and Agnon.
just kidding
samsingh
(17,599 posts)Demovictory9
(32,457 posts)malaise
(269,028 posts)Demovictory9
(32,457 posts)pansypoo53219
(20,978 posts)Pepsidog
(6,254 posts)niyad
(113,327 posts)A great big, heartfelt THANK YOU to our amazing admins.
Resurrection!