In late November, someone insinuated that I was being unreasonable for being concerned about AO3 being based in the U.S. and having its data hosted there too.
"Told ya so" is becoming cold comfort with everything else going on. (Note: I'm not presently aware of any direct threats relating to AO3. I don't have confidence that will remain true and neither should you.)
In other news, if you work or consult for a government, it's time to show them this:
https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/you-can-no-longer-base-your-government-and-society-on-us-clouds/
The last possible moment anyone had plausible reason to believe these fuckers wouldn't do exactly what they say they would was ...
The precise moment before Roe v. Wade was overturned.
These jackals tell you what their plan is. They're doing exactly what they said they would. Continue to ignore them at our peril.
@EveHasWords I'm a native-born US citizen and other than the ones in my basement I haven't been willing to run a server out of the US since...well, since before I was old enough to buy one! Even before all this that was a pretty bad idea...