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squidge.org @squidge.org · 14/09/2026
The Whole Squidge Images Debacle - A Post Morteml. With apologies to the users I caused undo problems. You can read it on the Squidge Blog here: blog.squidge.org/archives/471
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The Whole Squidge Images Debacle, A Post-Mortem – Squidge.org WebBlog
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squidge.org @squidge.org · 14/09/2026
After my apology and explanation is posted, I will be deleting previous consent screen skeets, etc. so that everyone is on the same page.
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squidge.org @squidge.org · 13/09/2026
The move back into our little datacenter is complete, and things seem to be stable. As always, log a ticket if you see oddities.
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squidge.org @squidge.org · 12/09/2026
Short Squidge.org downtime Sunday AM for most Squidge services. Details here: blog.squidge.org/archives/459
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squidge.org @squidge.org · 09/09/2026
@perclexed.bsky.social Hey - I think IRC is up? Can you let me know, please? :)
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squidge.org @squidge.org · 08/09/2026
Sympa/Mailing Lists Up and Running On top of all other items that are once again running, all Sympa/Mailing lists are now populated and running. You can send messages and have them go out just like before. That said, our mail backup service (which holds email until it can be delivered to Squidge)…
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Sympa/Mailing Lists Up and Running
On top of all other items that are once again running, all Sympa/Mailing lists are now populated and running. You can send messages and have them go out just like before. That said, our mail backup service (which holds email until it can be delivered to Squidge) is most likely caught up. So if you sent a message to the mailing list server and didn't see it come through, you'll probably want to resend it.
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squidge.org @squidge.org · 08/09/2026
Squidge Upgrade: Status The Squidge.org upgrade is mostly complete. For most people, you have access to what you need, from Squidge Image, the Jinjurly Archive, and other web services. Here's a list of what I'm still working on, and why: Mailing lists: There are two parts to this that need…
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Squidge Upgrade: Status
The Squidge.org upgrade is mostly complete. For most people, you have access to what you need, from Squidge Image, the Jinjurly Archive, and other web services. Here's a list of what I'm still working on, and why: Mailing lists: There are two parts to this that need attention and they are Mailing lists themselves: Email is being accepted by the system, but it is not being distributed to mailing list participants.
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squidge.org @squidge.org · 08/09/2026
Huzzah - one more package fixed the sendmail problem, so that's done. Sympa (Mailing Lists) remain down, including the web interface. If I'm not mistaken, that might be the last thing (other than old sites needing PHP < v8) needed. Let us know if you find breakage.
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squidge.org @squidge.org · 07/09/2026
ALL Webservices on Squidge.org (homepages, archives, etc) have been made available. But please note that some older sites that are dependent on lower versions of PHP may not be working. Sympa (and the list interface) remains down for the time being.
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squidge.org @squidge.org · 07/09/2026
Support is up, but I'm not 100% sure it will be sending emails so we're checking. support.squidge.org
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squidge.org @squidge.org · 07/09/2026
For those that use Squidge for email: 1) You can download/accept email from Squidge.org 2) For some reason sending of email is bombing. I'm working on it. 3) Sympa mailing lists software is NOT up yet. That's next
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squidge.org @squidge.org · 07/09/2026
And now Jinjurly Audiofic Archive is up.
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squidge.org @squidge.org · 07/09/2026
Squidge Images is back up. BUT, it's the first service back up post upgrade so please let me know here or on Discord if you see issues.
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squidge.org @squidge.org · 07/09/2026
All RAID structures are complete; just have to wait while it's internal journal finishes behind the scenes. The machine is online but disconnected from everything as I finish the configuration of ::waves hands:: EVERYTHING. Hopeful ETA is 12Noon Pacific Time. Cross your fingers!
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squidge.org @squidge.org · 06/09/2026
Update: Images are complete. But the Jinjurly archive is massive, so it's going to take some time to move 2.7Tb of data from one hdd to another (yes, hard drives not SSDs as we're not made of money!). Hopefully it finishes tonight and we'll be able to finish setup tomorrow. ::crosses fingers::
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squidge.org @squidge.org · 06/09/2026
Squidge.org Move Progress: New machine up and running, but it would not recognize the disks for image hosting. This means we have to transfer the data from one machine to another, reformat/recreate the RAID, and then move it back. Will definitely be at least 24 hours more.
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squidge.org @squidge.org · 05/09/2026
Squidge.org Extra Downtime + Reminder In anticipation of tomorrow's big downtime, I need to swap out a drive case so that we're better situated for tomorrow's upgrade. To do so, I'll be taking down Squidge.org for a 15-30 minutes downtime today at 3pm Pacific Time. Doing this will make the…
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Squidge.org Extra Downtime + Reminder
In anticipation of tomorrow's big downtime, I need to swap out a drive case so that we're better situated for tomorrow's upgrade. To do so, I'll be taking down Squidge.org for a 15-30 minutes downtime today at 3pm Pacific Time. Doing this will make the preparation and build out of the new machine go faster ::knock wood::. It will affect all services hosted on Squidge.org including Jinjurly, Image Hosting, email and mailing lists, and others. As always, let me know if you have questions.
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squidge.org @squidge.org · 05/09/2026
Oh yeah - Totally escaped me that Squidge.org is officially 32 years old this month! While our origins began in 1992, it wasn't official until we registered the domain in September, 1994. Here's to many more years in fandom!
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squidge.org @squidge.org · 04/09/2026
REMINDER! Squidge.org, along with Squidge Images, Jinjurly Podfic Hosting, Personal Webpages, Email, and Sympa Mailing List Server will ALL BE DOWN starting Sunday Sept 6th, 2026 starting at 6am Pacific Time for up to 24 hours (longer if things go pear shaped).
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Squidge.org, a Space for Fandom because Fandom deserves a Space
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squidge.org @squidge.org · 30/08/2026
Squidge.org Upgrade: DOWNTIME We will be underaking some big changes while we switch hardware for Squidge.org and various other homepages and such. In order to do so, the following servers will be down ALL of Sunday, September 6th, 2026. Here's a list of what WILL be down: squidge.org's main…
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Squidge.org Upgrade: DOWNTIME
We will be underaking some big changes while we switch hardware for Squidge.org and various other homepages and such. In order to do so, the following servers will be down ALL of Sunday, September 6th, 2026. Here's a list of what WILL be down: squidge.org's main webserver, including all personal homepages Squidge Image Hosting Squidge IRC (Discord, naturally, will remain up)
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squidge.org @squidge.org · 17/08/2026
Remember, if you sign up for Squidge Images for your free image hosting and then start charging people to see them, a la Patreon and such, you WILL BE BANNED. People making money off of a non-profit's services jeopardize that non-profit's status. Go rip off some mega-corporation. Not us.
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squidge.org @squidge.org · 15/08/2026
Post Dump to Dreamwidth? Yeah, we're curious about as to how it happened as well. Something must have triggered it accidentally, perhaps a plugin update or something. But for whatever reason if you're on Dreamwidth and the SquidgeStatus Blog (a mirror of this blog hosted on Squidge.org) dumped a…
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Post Dump to Dreamwidth?
Yeah, we're curious about as to how it happened as well. Something must have triggered it accidentally, perhaps a plugin update or something. But for whatever reason if you're on Dreamwidth and the SquidgeStatus Blog (a mirror of this blog hosted on Squidge.org) dumped a bunch of duplicate posts, I can't tell you why. Because I don't know why. Ain't automation fun?
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squidge.org @squidge.org · 25/07/2026
Squidge Weekend News So let's get the good and the really good news out of the way first. Good news that should have been brought up a few months back, but because things were so crazy we didn't get a chance: FenRecs.com is back! If you were part of FenRecs.com, you'll know that we went down in…
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Squidge Weekend News
So let's get the good and the really good news out of the way first. Good news that should have been brought up a few months back, but because things were so crazy we didn't get a chance: FenRecs.com is back! If you were part of FenRecs.com, you'll know that we went down in mid January due to our old service provider going out of business.
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squidge.org @squidge.org · 17/07/2026
Squidge Image Hosting Please note that Squidge Image Hosting is currently working, but there is no way to currently sign up. Do not send in requests. Do not open trouble tickets. Do not attempt to sign up. We are having performance issues and cannot guarantee your request won't get lost in the…
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Squidge Image Hosting
Please note that Squidge Image Hosting is currently working, but there is no way to currently sign up. Do not send in requests. Do not open trouble tickets. Do not attempt to sign up. We are having performance issues and cannot guarantee your request won't get lost in the shuffle. Let us work out the performance issues, and we'll be back.
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squidge.org @squidge.org · 07/07/2026
SquidgeWorld Discussion And Fundraising Update Let's get the fun stuff out of the way first. With thanks to the 53 distinct donors so far, Squidge's Hot Fic Summer Fundraiser is nearly there!  So far we have raised $2,269.82 out of our goal of $2,500. Hitting our goal means keeping the lights on…
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SquidgeWorld Discussion And Fundraising Update
Let's get the fun stuff out of the way first. With thanks to the 53 distinct donors so far, Squidge's Hot Fic Summer Fundraiser is nearly there!  So far we have raised $2,269.82 out of our goal of $2,500. Hitting our goal means keeping the lights on for another year. So if you've been sitting on the fence about donating and can spare a few dollars, it would be awesome if you could donate.
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squidge.org @squidge.org · 03/07/2026
Overnight Outage Sometime during the middle of the night, there was a power blurp here in the Pacific Northwest that took out our little datacenter. Things started coming back up around 5am Pacific Time (12:00 UTC) and all services but SquidgeWorld are now up. SquidgeWorld takes about 2 hours to…
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Overnight Outage
Sometime during the middle of the night, there was a power blurp here in the Pacific Northwest that took out our little datacenter. Things started coming back up around 5am Pacific Time (12:00 UTC) and all services but SquidgeWorld are now up. SquidgeWorld takes about 2 hours to process everything and finish coming up, so we anticipate everything to be operational around 7:30am (14:30 UTC). If you have questions, please let us know. And if you see any service that's down, also let us know.  Thanks!
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squidge.org @squidge.org · 03/07/2026
Power blurp overnight took out most Squidge services. We're coming back up now!
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squidge.org @squidge.org · 24/06/2026
Fundraising, Squidge Images, Commission Spammers, and Maintenance Let's Catch Up! We often find ourselves answering the same questions over and over again - so let's post this for everyone to read. First off, it's been way too long since we've given everyone an update on our fundraising. We…
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Fundraising, Squidge Images, Commission Spammers, and Maintenance
Let's Catch Up! We often find ourselves answering the same questions over and over again - so let's post this for everyone to read. First off, it's been way too long since we've given everyone an update on our fundraising. We started at the beginning of June, 2026, for our "Hot Fic Summer" fundraiser, and we have raised $1,600.97 out of our $2,500 goal - or 64%!
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squidge.org @squidge.org · 13/06/2026
Configuration Change Coming to SquidgeWorld Archive Which Should Help Dealing With Commission Spammers. Details: www.squidge.org/blog/archive...
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SqWA Default Configuration Change – Squidge.org WebBlog
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squidge.org @squidge.org · 05/06/2026
Squidge’s Summer Fundraiser Is Here! It's finally June - okay, a few days into it - and here in the Northern Hemisphere we're all about Summer! School is getting out, summer schedules are coming into play, and so it's time for Squidge's yearly fundraising push. What is the theme this year? Hot Fic…
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Squidge’s Summer Fundraiser Is Here!
It's finally June - okay, a few days into it - and here in the Northern Hemisphere we're all about Summer! School is getting out, summer schedules are coming into play, and so it's time for Squidge's yearly fundraising push. What is the theme this year? Hot Fic Summer! And if you needed to see our fundraising image, here you go:
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squidge.org @squidge.org · 02/06/2026
The urge to re-read the amazing A Farm in Iowa series comes and goes, but never goes below like 5%.
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squidge.org @squidge.org · 17/05/2026
Image Hosting Changes Upcoming Please note & share about upcoming changes to Squidge Image Hosting Image hosting will go down for approximately 30 minutes at 12Noon Pacific time today. This means everything - you cannot sign up, you cannot upload images, you cannot look at an image URL. Images…
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Image Hosting Changes Upcoming
Please note &amp; share about upcoming changes to Squidge Image Hosting Image hosting will go down for approximately 30 minutes at 12Noon Pacific time today. This means everything - you cannot sign up, you cannot upload images, you cannot look at an image URL. Images that are embedded elsewhere like AO3 or SqWA will not work during this timeperiod. When Image Hosting comes back up, there should be no changes to the end-users.
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squidge.org @squidge.org · 29/04/2026
Overnight Update + TOS Clarification First, our little datacenter went down with a power issue overnight. We were down about 6 hours total, but things should be back up and running.  If you see any issues, please don't hesitate to contact us. That said, it's a good time to address something in our…
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Overnight Update + TOS Clarification
First, our little datacenter went down with a power issue overnight. We were down about 6 hours total, but things should be back up and running.  If you see any issues, please don't hesitate to contact us. That said, it's a good time to address something in our Terms of Service. We invite you to use all of our services, and even suggest more services that we might be able to bring to the community.
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squidge.org @squidge.org · 23/04/2026
Action Alert! Give the FCC feedback on a proposed rule that would force labels on media that feature our Trans brothers, sisters, and nonbinary folks. Link for details: thisfinecrew.dreamwidth.org/325499.html
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Trans characters are not adult-oriented entertainment
With many thanks to S. Baum and <a href="https://www.erininthemorning.com/">Erin in the Morning</a> for their words and timely reportage:<blockquote>Today, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr <a href="https://d...
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squidge.org @squidge.org · 14/04/2026
We had a power blurp that took out our little datacenter overnight. We're back up and running now.
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squidge.org @squidge.org · 07/04/2026
At A Crossroads for Image Hosting We started doing Image Hosting, and honestly it's been quite a hit. We've had lots of use, and very little abuse. So far we're at about 550 Gb worth of images, which is incredible. Thank you to everyone for participating. In anticipation of us moving to both…
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At A Crossroads for Image Hosting
We started doing Image Hosting, and honestly it's been quite a hit. We've had lots of use, and very little abuse. So far we're at about 550 Gb worth of images, which is incredible. Thank you to everyone for participating. In anticipation of us moving to both image and video hosting, we started some research and found what we considered to be a low-cost online storage.
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squidge.org @squidge.org · 26/03/2026
I don't know this author, nor this fandom, but author? You're my favorite human being. Ever.
A tag from SquidgeWorld Archive that says, "The term chocolate starfish shows up three times in this godforsaken fic".
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squidge.org @squidge.org · 26/03/2026
Embracing Original Works First of all, I'd like to ask anyone who's gotten access to do tag wrangling here on SquidgeWorld - we're still flailing from the AO3 downtime. We've got over 10,000 tags between Characters, Relationships, and Freeform tags still yet to be wrangled. And if you're…
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Embracing Original Works
First of all, I'd like to ask anyone who's gotten access to do tag wrangling here on SquidgeWorld - we're still flailing from the AO3 downtime. We've got over 10,000 tags between Characters, Relationships, and Freeform tags still yet to be wrangled. And if you're interested in being a wrangler, let us know! Second, we know there are quite a lot of people who not only write fanfiction, but original fiction as well - fiction that is&hellip;
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squidge.org @squidge.org · 10/03/2026
“OMG YOU’RE A FASCIST” and other adventures in modding SquidgeWorld Because this is going around Tumblr, I thought I would address the issue. An assertion by an individual on Tumblr is going around calling me/Squidge/SquidgeWorld a fascist organization that deletes works with no cares or such.…
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“OMG YOU’RE A FASCIST” and other adventures in modding SquidgeWorld
Because this is going around Tumblr, I thought I would address the issue. An assertion by an individual on Tumblr is going around calling me/Squidge/SquidgeWorld a fascist organization that deletes works with no cares or such. That we're power hungry, etc.. Is there truth in this? If you know BOTH sides and not just the individual that's accusing us of this, you'll understand.
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squidge.org @squidge.org · 03/03/2026
Feel free to backup your fics and other fanworks to SquidgeWorld Archive! We're independent from the AO3/OTW but use the same software, so you're already familiar with the functionality of the Archive software. Squidgeworld.org
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squidge.org @squidge.org · 01/03/2026
Image Hosting - Now With Video Support! But, please familiarize yourself with the limitations on image and video hosting by reading here: www.squidge.org/blog/archive...
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Image Hosting + SquidgeWorld – Squidge.org WebBlog
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squidge.org @squidge.org · 01/03/2026
Image Hosting + SquidgeWorld First off, SquidgeWorld didn't fully come up this morning, but that's because we've been working on Squidge Images. Our new anti-bot software didn't start as it was supposed to, but that has been found and corrected. So SquidgeWorld is up and running now. Squidge Image…
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Image Hosting + SquidgeWorld
First off, SquidgeWorld didn't fully come up this morning, but that's because we've been working on Squidge Images. Our new anti-bot software didn't start as it was supposed to, but that has been found and corrected. So SquidgeWorld is up and running now. Squidge Image Hosting went through an upgrade this morning and everything is working - with a limitation. Image hosting is there, and works like normal under the new code.
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squidge.org @squidge.org · 01/03/2026
REMINDER: Squidge Images GOING DOWN In just under an hour from the time of this post (at 08:00 Sunday Morning Pacific Time) Squidge Images will go down for an upgrade. No official ETA on when it will be back up, but hopefully this afternoon. Need a reminder why? Read the original post.
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REMINDER: Squidge Images GOING DOWN
In just under an hour from the time of this post (at 08:00 Sunday Morning Pacific Time) Squidge Images will go down for an upgrade. No official ETA on when it will be back up, but hopefully this afternoon. Need a reminder why? Read the original post.
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squidge.org @squidge.org · 27/02/2026
A note about spammers in the archive. Link: www.tumblr.com/squidgiepdx/...
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💬 1  🔁 3  ❤️ 5 · Squidgeworld Spam ·  I get badmouthed for banning people on SquidgeWorld who violate the Terms of Service. They think I can't watch their behavior, like today. I was accused of ba…
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squidge.org @squidge.org · 26/02/2026
CONFIGURATION CHANGE: SquidgeWorld now has an anti-bot webserver plugin running that should keep bots away. You shouldn't see anything different besides maybe a pause with an "Are you human?" screen.
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squidge.org @squidge.org · 22/02/2026
Squidge Images – PLEASE READ! Two very updates for Squidge Images. The first update is we have opened up signup access for Squidge Images. Instead of having to leave us a ticket for an image hosting account, we have decided that it's been long enough, and the folks who were abusing image hosting…
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Squidge Images – PLEASE READ!
Two very updates for Squidge Images. The first update is we have opened up signup access for Squidge Images. Instead of having to leave us a ticket for an image hosting account, we have decided that it's been long enough, and the folks who were abusing image hosting have most likely moved on. So all that is done. Second, and most important, Squidge Image Hosting 
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squidge.org @squidge.org · 10/02/2026
SquidgeWorld – DOWN From what I can tell, we were subject to some sort of attack that crippled the SquidgeWorld server. As such, we've banned the offending IP addresses that were sending thousands of requests per second (designed to overwhelm the server and bring it down), and have re-started the…
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SquidgeWorld – DOWN
From what I can tell, we were subject to some sort of attack that crippled the SquidgeWorld server. As such, we've banned the offending IP addresses that were sending thousands of requests per second (designed to overwhelm the server and bring it down), and have re-started the server. We went down about 11:30am Pacific Time, and should be up by 1pm Pacific Time. Coincidentally, we got the usual "you rape fetisists and pedophiles!" abuse this morning, so more than likely the antis are behind the attack.
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squidge.org @squidge.org · 09/02/2026
Image Hosting + FenRecs.com Status In the last couple of weeks our image hosting seems to be being taken over by porn hosting and such. Everyone should know that we are here for fandom - whether that is NSFW or not. So yes, we allow nude images and such. But we seem to have been taken over by a…
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Image Hosting + FenRecs.com Status
In the last couple of weeks our image hosting seems to be being taken over by porn hosting and such. Everyone should know that we are here for fandom - whether that is NSFW or not. So yes, we allow nude images and such. But we seem to have been taken over by a few users who only post "porn for porn's sake".  
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squidge.org @squidge.org · 11/01/2026
FenRecs.com – Transition of Service For those who have been using FenRecs.com - Squidge.org's fanworks recommendation site where you can rec your favorite fandoms, stories, pairings and such - thank you!  We've been going strong and sharing recommendations, which is what's needed in the fandom…
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FenRecs.com – Transition of Service
For those who have been using FenRecs.com - Squidge.org's fanworks recommendation site where you can rec your favorite fandoms, stories, pairings and such - thank you!  We've been going strong and sharing recommendations, which is what's needed in the fandom community. Our host provider for FenRecs.com is shutting down in less than a month.  As such, we will be taking down the site and importing it into a new host.  
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squidge.org @squidge.org · 07/01/2026
SquidgeWorld Status The SquidgeWorld Archive came back up successfully a few hours ago - but I was too focused and enraged on what's going on in the world instead of sending out an "up" notice like I normally do. So my apologies if anyone was waiting for me. Basically, it was my own fault. I…
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SquidgeWorld Status
The SquidgeWorld Archive came back up successfully a few hours ago - but I was too focused and enraged on what's going on in the world instead of sending out an "up" notice like I normally do. So my apologies if anyone was waiting for me. Basically, it was my own fault. I changed a backup structure without calculating the correct space needed, and ran up against all the available disc space on the server.
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