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Friday Night

by John Cole|  May 31, 20199:14 pm| 24 Comments

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Apparently a bunch of you are being redirected to some secksy time websites. We think it is a bad plugin that hackers have exploited and are working on it.

I am so sick of this fucking shit. The rebuild can not be here soon enough.

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24Comments

  1. 1.

    Baud

    May 31, 2019 at 9:17 pm

    This is what happens when you say “we are so fucked” too often.

  2. 2.

    NotMax

    May 31, 2019 at 9:19 pm

    The rebuild is for design, it will still use the WP platform, AFAIK.

    On a happier note, WaPo looks over Rainbow.

  3. 3.

    jl

    May 31, 2019 at 9:19 pm

    ” redirected to some secksy time websites. ”
    Not me. I never got it. What the heck. This is supposed to be a full service blog. I guess I have send an ALL CAPS email complaint to Cole asap.

  4. 4.

    lamh36

    May 31, 2019 at 9:22 pm

    @jl: same here…no re-direct either.

    What gives Cole…am I not good enough for “secksy time” re-directs…smh

  5. 5.

    Smedley Darlington Prunebanks (formerly Mumphrey, et al.)

    May 31, 2019 at 9:22 pm

    @jl:
    I too have been cheated out of all the sexytime sites, and I too feel aggrieved.

  6. 6.

    SiubhanDuinne

    May 31, 2019 at 9:22 pm

    Thank you, John. This unpleasantness has popped up for me [counts on fingers] at least half a dozen* times today. Even when I’m alone in the room (not at work, not in public), it is beyond disconcerting.

    Again, if you need to put up a fundraiser site so we can get rid of this prønographic menace, I’m in for a donation.

    *EDIT: seven times

  7. 7.

    The Pale Scot

    May 31, 2019 at 9:23 pm

    So that’s what the kangaroo in lingerie was doing there

  8. 8.

    MobiusKlein

    May 31, 2019 at 9:25 pm

    Balloon Juice is secksy for some of us

    XXX OOO

  9. 9.

    Martin

    May 31, 2019 at 9:26 pm

    I too feel left out.

  10. 10.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    May 31, 2019 at 9:26 pm

    No sexytime for me either. Not like that’s news.

  11. 11.

    Ruckus

    May 31, 2019 at 9:27 pm

    Not getting the crappy redirect but also the site is not refreshing well at all. 6-8 refreshes and the front page will not show up properly and same when on a post. Never seen it this bad before.

  12. 12.

    jl

    May 31, 2019 at 9:30 pm

    @lamh36: Clearly some class system here at this supposedly egalitarian miserable lefty blog. Right now I got some goofy sunscreen swim shirts, i don’t even understand what they are. Baldness remedy (I have plenty of hair on my head), and some boost prostate health pills (closest thing to sexy time this damn blog’s ad service ever sends my way). And cheap mortgage crap.

  13. 13.

    Ohio Mom

    May 31, 2019 at 9:33 pm

    Oh, so THAT’S what happened. I could not figure out where that page came from, it seemed to come out of nowhere. It was very discombobulating, to say the least.

    Thanks for clearing it all up for me.

  14. 14.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    May 31, 2019 at 9:36 pm

    @jl:

    Baldness remedy (I have plenty of hair on my head), and some boost prostate health pills

    You know it just picks up on stuff you’ve searched for or are browsing.

  15. 15.

    Ohio Mom

    May 31, 2019 at 9:37 pm

    @jl: @lamh36: @Smedley Darlington Prunebanks (formerly Mumphrey, et al.): @Martin: @?BillinGlendaleCA: @Ruckus: @jl: I believe I can fish the site out of my history. I might be able to figure out how to post a link for all you deprived souls.

  16. 16.

    jl

    May 31, 2019 at 9:45 pm

    @?BillinGlendaleCA: I’m always searching for when a Baud 2020! campaign rally will come nearby. I never get a Baud 2020! ad.

  17. 17.

    Omnes Omnibus

    May 31, 2019 at 9:47 pm

    @jl: @Smedley Darlington Prunebanks (formerly Mumphrey, et al.): I unfortunately did get it. It was really quite vile stuff. Oddly, I blocked the two websites that it was sending me to and it seemed to do the trick for now.

  18. 18.

    BRyan

    May 31, 2019 at 9:54 pm

    I’m delighted to report that I’ve never had any problems with the blog, including the latest reported annoyance. (inaccess BJ almost exclusively on my iPad, FWIW). I almost feel left out. Then again, I figure when the rebuild makes its debut, no doubt that’s when my access will go haywire. It’d be only fair.

  19. 19.

    Adam L Silverman

    May 31, 2019 at 9:55 pm

    I just heard from Alain, he’s working on the fix right now and expects it’ll be done in about 5 minutes!

  20. 20.

    dlwchico

    May 31, 2019 at 9:56 pm

    It’s not a bug, it’s a feature?

  21. 21.

    Aleta

    May 31, 2019 at 10:03 pm

    @Adam L Silverman: We know what you did Adam. //

  22. 22.

    AnotherBruce

    May 31, 2019 at 11:02 pm

    Were midgets involved?

  23. 23.

    Smedley Darlington Prunebanks (formerly Mumphrey, et al.)

    May 31, 2019 at 11:06 pm

    I got some alcohol rehab clinic ads, so that’s nice. I don’t really drink. Maybe a glass of wine a month.

    Still waiting for the sexytime ads, damn it.

  24. 24.

    RedDirtGirl

    May 31, 2019 at 11:33 pm

    Did any of you see Ted Cruz there?

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