Is BlogSpot Back?

This might be a fluke, but maybe not. I think somebody just turned BlogSpot back on.

It didn't work an hour ago, when I tried to read Granite Studio and came up empty, as I have for more than a week. But I was on Yellow Wings just now, where Mersault was venting his frustrations with the blocked internet, when I realized that no proxy was running. Tor was off. I didn't go through PK Blogs. Nothing.

According to Great Firewall of China—itself blocked—that shouldn't happen. Everything is still blocked, the test site says.

And yet, Granite Studio loaded like it should. So did my old site. LiveJournal and free Wordpress blogs still appear blacklisted, but BlogSpot is loading.

What happened?

The timing is ironic: I was just writing a post here about China's censorship, and why it needs to stop. Maybe someone got my telepathic message.

Super quick update: It looks like it's not just Dalian. Reports from Beijing and Guangzhou say BlogSpot is working there, too.

Before: Intel is coming to Dalian | After: Three Language Daze