Blithe Spirit

2022-03-19T03:53:39Z

“It’s discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty, and how few by deceit.”

Noël Coward
Blithe Spirit

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Why I moved here from Lj

2022-03-18T20:54:07Z

There are two major problems at LJ:

* They are owned and hosted by a Russian company. So when I write, in all honesty, that I believe the war in Ukraine will do nothing but hurt Russia, leading to a guerrilla war similar to Chechnya, but against an adversary with a 30x larger population and 30x more land… well, it’s unclear if writing that exposes me to punishment under the most recent Russian law that would sentence me to 15 years in prison and a Rbs30,000 ($280) fine. Oh, sure, it’d be tough to enforce, but who needs that hanging over you?

* Given LJs popularity in Russia, could the government just pull the plug? That would mean those archives — which I value a great deal, and have never figured out a different way to backup — would just go {poof!}. I really didn’t want that.

So. Here I am. Who knows, maybe I’ll start writing again.

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Ch- ch- ch- chamges

2022-03-17T19:51:50Z

I have now imported my LJ to Dreamwidth, and as has been reported before, it was both smooth and seemingly complete. (Can’t imagine why I don’t want to be hosted by a Russian company. {cough})

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Hal O'Brien

Blithe Spirit

Why I moved here from Lj

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