Hamster holiday!
The samizdata server hamsters will be on holiday on Jan 2nd as they sleep off their hangovers. We hope they will be back on their treadmills at some point on the 3rd.
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Just a reminder…
We will be off-line tomorrow whilst our server hamsters catch up on some unfinished business…
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Delays continue…
As a key aspect of the samizdata interface is still far from Samizdata HQ, and the local internet is powered by small but very noisy frogs on a bamboo treadmill, rather than the usual industrious...
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Possible delays in unsmiting
The samizdata smitebot interface is well and truly out of London, drinking nice wine and eating mighty food, so there may be delays in unsmiting comments that get moderated by the dreaded samizdata...
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Samizdata meat interface componant has been repositioned
I am away from HQ for a few days and looking out over the horizon I see this… Where am I*? This may cause a delay in un-smiting legit comments that get smitten/smote/smitted by the samizdata Smite-Bot....
View ArticleExperimenting with user comment editing
We are trying out a plug-in that lets people edit their comments on Samizdata for five minutes after posting them… no more eye watering typos, right? This is just an experiment to see if this causes...
View ArticleAn experiment with Samizdata comments
I have enabled ‘nested’ comments for a while as an experiment, thus you will see a ‘reply’ option on each comments that may be used if you seek to reply to that remark specifically, rather than to the...
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Smitebot on the rampage…
Smitebot seems to be yielding an unusual number of false positives lately, so if your innocuous comment got ‘smited’ and does not appear after half a day or so, feel free to send an email to...
View ArticleTruly awful WordPress update broke many things…
Until we can figure out how to fix WordPress’ “helpful” update that over-rides CSS, Samizdata will be looking a bit weird… sorry folks. And hey WordPress… fuck you. Maybe time to start looking for an...
View ArticleSite Renovation
We’re performing some long-needed maintenance on the site. If we did things right, you should not have noticed most of our work, but there will be a few user-visible changes. First, you may have...
View ArticleSpin off site: The Great Realignment
Samizdata is a site that writes about things from a primarily libertarian perspective (which means different things to different people, of course). But the issue firmly wedged in the minds of many...
View ArticleHow the quality of mercy is strained
Prosecutorial discretion is a power jealously protected by prosecutors, who will tell stories about forgoing prosecution of 18-year-old guys for “rape” of their 17-year-old girlfriends, of not...
View ArticleTechnical issues
We are experiencing some technical issues with the commenting system… working on it! Update 14th August 07:30 UTC: comments are now working. Service may be spotty while we investigate the underlying...
View ArticleWordPress plugins…
Which WordPress plugins are recommended for adding posts to Parler (which will be back) & Gab? I have axed the previous buttons for linking to Twitter & Facebook (basically fuck ’em).
View ArticleThe Brian Micklethwait Archive
Our very own Brian has written an awful lot over the years; his writings have influenced, encouraged and advised many of us Samizdatistas and other libertarians. When I heard that he was trying to find...
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Server about to explode
Our server is having a near-death experience. We will vanish for a while at some point, back in a bit
View ArticleBrian’s Friday – Zoom
The Life of Brian: A Reception to Celebrate the Life of Brian Micklethwait event at the Institute of Economic Affairs tomorrow will be available on Zoom for anyone who cannot attend. Link here.
View ArticleThe big guy takes a big percentage
Back when Vice-President Joe Biden was in charge of US policy for the Ukraine, he weaponised his power over US aid. Later, he boasted of it. “I said, I’m telling you, you’re not getting the billion...
View ArticleShields 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...
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