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+status.html
+services.html
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-<!DOCTYPE html>
-<html lang="en">
-	<head>
-		<meta charset="UTF-8">
-		<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
-		<link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/main.css">
-	</head>
-	<body>
-		<h2>services</h2>
-		<p>the following is the statuses of services provided by <b>yonderly.org</b> as of Fri Feb 14 17:34:01 EST 2025. feel free to contact us for more information about an extended outage.</p>
-		<p>
-		<b><a href="https://yonderly.org">
-https://yonderly.org</a></b>: <span style="color:green">200</span><br/>		<b><a href="https://yonderly.org/mirrors/archlinux/">
-https://yonderly.org/mirrors/archlinux/</a></b>: <span style="color:green">200</span><br/>		<b><a href="https://search.yonderly.org">
-https://search.yonderly.org</a></b>: <span style="color:green">200</span><br/>		<b><a href="https://wiki.yonderly.org">
-https://wiki.yonderly.org</a></b>: <span style="color:green">200</span><br/>		<b><a href="https://cloud.yonderly.org/index.php/login">
-https://cloud.yonderly.org/index.php/login</a></b>: <span style="color:red">000</span><br/>		<b><a href="https://git.yonderly.org">
-https://git.yonderly.org</a></b>: <span style="color:green">200</span><br/>
-		</p>
-	</body>
-</html>
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-<!DOCTYPE html>
-<html lang="en">
-	<head>
-		<meta charset="UTF-8">
-		<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
-		<link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/main.css">
-	</head>
-
-	<body>
-		<h2>system status</h2>
-		<pre>
-Fri Feb 14 17:34:01 EST 2025
- 5:34PM  up 10 days, 22:29, 2 users, load averages: 1.10, 1.08, 1.02
-</pre>
-	</body>
-
-</html>
