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malicemanaged:writernotwaiting:nuggsmum:angryschnauzer:prudenceevenstar:7-percent:shiplocks-of-love:atlinmerrick:paintedwarpony:ao3org:Behold, the Archive of Our Own!After moving our little collection of servers to their own rack close to six years ago, and then expanding to a second rack in August 2018, your donations have now paid for three racks total! (The pictures were taken in December, while work on the third rack was happening, which explains the extra cables and things.) We now maintain over 30 servers just to power the Archive, and we’re sure we’ll be adding more soon. BLESSED IMAGEI feel like I’ve literally stumbled into a fairy ring holy land legandary place-type deal.Because I have.Hundreds of thousands of souls, beautifully housed in steel and wireI got a little misty-eyed, ngl…The power contained inside these metal boxes, circuits, microchips and wires - the content provided by all those authors being read by all those readers -is beyond all reckoning. All Hail, Ao3!!!But what is in that tupperware box?Rice. The box is called Anne.@angryschnauzer wins the internet. Now I know what happiness looks likeThe box is called Anne I’m deceased but why would they have- OH it’s to absorb moisture from the air, that makes sense -- source link