All of my hosted sites were down for a couple of hours today, and it was my oversight. The credit card I was on file to pay my server company was expired and I didn’t realize it. When they tried to process my renewal, it was denied, so they shut everything down.
It’s obviously back up now. My apologies to those hosted sites who lost connection today. It was entirely my oversight.
By the by- it costs me quite a bit more to run this site and the blogs that share it. I am operating it at a significant loss (the money I am charging my fellow sites doesn’t even cover half of the cost of maintaining it). Call it my dedication to free speech, which is why this entire server came into being. I know little about running websites or servers, so I am not great at the tech stuff, but I am dedicated to keeping unpopular speech alive as long as I can.
This website and the others I host cost me a couple of thousand dollars a year to maintain.
If you can see your way into helping us do that, there is a Patreon and donations are accepted there.
6 Comments
Slow Joe Crow · August 30, 2026 at 4:14 pm
You’re not alone in this. I’ve had clients go offline because their card for paying hosting or domain registration expired. expired. Fortunately for the reputation of the MSP I work for we have scheduled tickets to check our payment cards on file
Exile1981 · August 30, 2026 at 5:33 pm
When a couple blogs i like all go dark i figured its either a host issue on your end since you host them all, or something more concerning. Glad it turned out this way
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Will · August 30, 2026 at 7:28 pm
As an advocate for free speak, I suggest you let us know which blogs you are hosting so we can take a look. Let us judge.
Joe Blow · August 31, 2026 at 5:51 am
I’ll cook ya a steak if you ever come to Knoxvegas!
Thanks for all you do. From one Asshole to another!
Earl · September 2, 2026 at 1:03 pm
Methinks I sent you 60 bucks. I read you daily.
Thanks for posting.
Divemedic · September 2, 2026 at 1:10 pm
Appreciated.
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