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Samizdata, derived from Samizdat /n. - a system of clandestine publication of banned literature in the USSR [Russ.,= self-publishing house]

Grinding slow

Server still being attacked, so expect lags & comment posting problems.

Spamski spamski

The lads from Ulitsa Savushkina have been poking the blog hard & smitebot’s algorithm has become cantankerous once again.

спам, спам, спам

Blog is getting hit hard with spam so the anti-spam defences have become a bit less discriminating. If your comment fails to appear, it might be because we think you are a blogroach, but far more likely it’s the algorithm taking umbrage rather than us.

 
 
 

23 years today

…and the surviving Samizdatistas are still staring blankly into the static hiss of the internet.

Sorry, been too preoccupied to blog

We have way too much stuff

El Preste Juan lucha (Prester John fights) – abolishing INADI in Argentina

Over the seas and far away, President Milei of Argentina has abolished a government function, that of INADI, the purpose of which was easily comprehensible from its name in Spanish, the Instituto Nacional contra la Discriminación, la Xenofobia y el Racismo the newspaper La Nación has this report, and I quote.
“Disolvimos el INADI. Ente ideológico de uso político partidario. Despedimos a los empleados y devolvimos el edificio. Nuestra gestión se concentra en achicar el Estado y cerrar los organismos innecesarios. No creemos en la utopía del Estado eficiente. Vamos por más, mucho más”, escribió el ministro de Justicia.

‘We have dissolved the INADI. An ideological entity of partisan political use. We are dismissing the staff and are taking back the premises. Our management will focus on shrinking the State and closing unnecessary organs. We do not believe in the utopia of the efficient State. We will be doing more, much more.’, wrote the Ministry of Justice.”

Looks like he means what he says. On one YT video (in Spanish) I saw a comment to the effect of ‘If there isn’t a government Department for Breathing, will we all be asphyxiated?’.

 

 

Site issues

Some people have reported difficulty posting comments, which might (or might not) be related to waves of Russian traffic hitting the server.

Jamie wishes our readers a splendid Christmas

Blog kinda sorta exploded…

Sorry for the disturbance in the force, the mystic code gods are working out how to unfuck the blog 😀

That’ll teach me to press the “update” button

Possible hiccups

Some work is going on under the hood, so Samizdata may be a bit dyspeptic for a while until things get sorted. Here are some cat pictures to make you less sad.

Return of the Bird…

The social media link buttons to Twitter and certain IM platforms have returned. I wonder why? 😀

Shields up…

Due to the uptick in Russian Troll Factory turds inbound, things are a bit more likely to get caught by the moderation system, so try not to take it personally if your legit comments take a while to appear.