Oh, by the way, we're not allowed to say the name...

[yakalskovich]

I had endless problems posting my last post right now, wondering whether LJ had for some reason disabled posting, until I left out the LJ user name of the Georgian blogger against whom the DDOS attacks are directed; then, it went through without a hitch.

LJ is filtering all incoming content for the LJ user tag of that one guy, probably to avoid more needless traffic.

LJ (= our new Russian overlords) is able to do that.

I don't know that I like it. I have a DreamWidth account; I'll crosspost more in the future. Also, I have some DreamWidth invites left over.

The bloke's LJ user name is C-Y-X-Y-M-U; that's a joke Latin-to-Cyrillic spelling, because as Cyrilli letters, it reads 'Sukhumi', name of a town in the region of Abkhasia that last year's mega-mega wank (with guns and tanks and dead people, but not officially called 'war') was about. He's probably based there.-

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[i-open-doors.livejournal.com]

Hmmm....I don't like that. Kinda bothers me, yes it does. *shakes fist at LJ*

[yakalskovich]

It rather bothers me as well. I see how they are protecting their infrastructure, but I am a bit allergic to censorship.

I mean, I have seen real censorship in old Eastern Germany; we had relatives there, and unlike 99% of all West Germans, I actually saw that regime in action. I mean, I smuggled books for my cousins, and was forbidden to take Teja's canon with me. We had to cringe before the Prussian comma-fuckers that controlled and questioned us at the border.

It was so good to be able to say what I wanted again when we got home. I still don't like any Russians telling me what I can or cannot say. And it seems I cannot say 'Sukhumi' in mock-Cyrillic letters, which made me shout it out loud several times in sheer orneriness.