Edit: The frontpage indeed got nuked. You can find out what happened in the comments below.

The Petrov Day Red Button.

Just after midnight last night, 270 LessWrong users received the following email.

Subject Line: Honoring Petrov Day: I am trusting you with the launch codes Hello {username}, On Petrov Day, we celebrate and practice not destroying the world. It's difficult to know who can be trusted, but today I have selected a group of (270) LessWrong users who I think I can rely on in this way. You've all been given the opportunity to not destroy LessWrong. This Petrov Day, if you, {username}, ente

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