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Is This Thing On?

by WaterGirl|  January 6, 20204:35 am| 13 Comments

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Such a quiet overnight at Balloon Juice!  If you had issues with the site after the one I’m aware of at around 10pm, please chime in here.

Open thread.

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  1. 1.

    Ben Cisco

    January 6, 2020 at 4:50 am

    No site issues, just sleep issues.

    As in lack of, one each.

    This is going to be a long day.

  2. 2.

    prostratedragon

    January 6, 2020 at 4:54 am

    Oddly enough, I just finished a Twin Peaks marathon.

  3. 3.

    Dog Mom

    January 6, 2020 at 5:07 am

    I woke up at 4:00. First thought was to look for my dog. Unfortunately, she joined my Angel pack on Saturday. She had not been well and dx’ed with cancer on Christmas eve.  I am without dogs for the first time in nearly 22 years – I am unsettled to say the least.

  4. 4.

    Basilisc

    January 6, 2020 at 5:17 am

    Not sure if you’re responsible for the RSS feed, or if anyone besides me still uses a newsreader anyway instead of just scrolling Twitter, but every BJ post on my reader (Feedly) starts with a big photo of Cole’s cat staring at me. Can this be fixed?

  5. 5.

    Steeplejack (phone)

    January 6, 2020 at 6:26 am

    @Dog Mom:

    I’m sorry to hear that. My condolences to you. ?

  6. 6.

    Mousebumples

    January 6, 2020 at 6:26 am

    Strangely, I opened 3 threads on my laptop on my RSS – the first 2 gave cloudfare errors, but the last one loaded fine. Tried to refresh the first two to no avail – around 9 EST, though, I do believe.

    And I just got a 502 cloudfare error when I tried to submit this comment the first time….

    And the second time, I got Ray ID: 550d3497ab52e1ca

    Not sure if that’s helpful but a different web admin, at a different website (years ago), found that cloudfare detail useful. And I’m on my phone now, if that also impacts your determination (note – I got a rayid with each error but only copied it down once)

  7. 7.

    Mousebumples

    January 6, 2020 at 6:30 am

    @Basilisc: I also use feedly, and I don’t see Tunch every post. Only on every post without a different image (e.g. A political cartoon) , which I think is working as designed from what I’ve read in other Watergirl posts. I see the same image on feedly that pushes to Cole’s Twitter feed for each post.

  8. 8.

    Dog Mom

    January 6, 2020 at 6:52 am

    @Steeplejack (phone): Thank you.

  9. 9.

    Basilisc

    January 6, 2020 at 7:22 am

    @Mousebumples: OK, that’s right. Not every post for me either. But many of them.

  10. 10.

    Quinerly

    January 6, 2020 at 9:38 am

    @Dog Mom: just seeing this. I am so sorry to hear this. My Poco was diagnosed with cancer on Christmas Eve too. Just called the vet and left a message that we need to pick a date to bring him in. It will be the first time I have been without a dog since 1993. Sending hugs to you. Hope to catch you on another thread.

  11. 11.

    Joy in FL

    January 6, 2020 at 9:45 am

    A few minutes ago, about 9:30ish, I tried to read BJ on my iPhone X. I got only a blank page. I tried twice and then moved to my laptop, where I found a normal BJ blog. Just FYI.

  12. 12.

    Jackie

    January 6, 2020 at 9:59 am

    About 7 am PT got a 502 error. Prior to that it was fine. Refreshed and got a blank page with only the BJ logo showing.

  13. 13.

    Steeplejack (phone)

    January 6, 2020 at 10:55 am

    @Quinerly:

    You are in my thoughts as you go through this tough time. ?

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