Add blog post about .org

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       "author_handle": "iHiD",
       "marketing_copy": "Our community is hard at work building Exercism v3, which means mentoring is quite a bit slower than normal. Read to learn more",
       "youtube_id": "XiV_vYn1Ea8"
+    },
+    {
+      "uuid": "3aa1037d-ea5f-4346-9a07-fee4c09b6397",
+      "slug": "exercism-io-is-now-exercism-org",
+      "category": "updates",
+      "published_at": "2021-08-29 01:00",
+      "title": "Exercism has moved to exercism.org",
+      "author_handle": "iHiD",
+      "marketing_copy": "Exercism has a new home! With the launch of v3 we've moved from exercism.io to exercism.lol. Read on to learn more!"
     }
   ]
 }

posts/exercism-io-is-now-exercism-org.md

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+# Exercism has moved to exercism.org
+
+Exercism has a new home at exercism.org!
+
+For the last 8 years Exercism has lived at exercism.io and we decided it was time for a change!
+
+If you're interested, here are a few of the reasons we made the decision.
+
+Primarily, we feel that the `.org` domain better represents what Exercism is. 
+Most startups begin with finding whatever domain is available, and `.io` was a nice fit as it's often associated with I/O, but as we've grown and evolved, and become a larger platform, we've felt for a while that it was time to change to a more "official" seeming domain.
+We own `exercism.com`, `exercism.net`, and a few others, but we feel that `exercism.org` best represents our not-for-profit mission and gives the best first impression.
+As we also look to raise donations from both our community and from organisations, we felt that the more professional `.org` also offers more trust, especially as our name can sometimes give a slightly jarring first impression…
+
+Secondly, being on an `io` domain gives a little less safety than using one of the original TLDs. 
+Back in 2017 the [io authoritative nameservers were compromised](https://thehackerblog.com/the-io-error-taking-control-of-all-io-domains-with-a-targeted-registration/) using a pretty trivial method, and while mistakes happen and things were quickly rectified, this isn't the sort of thing that's going to happen to `.org` domains.
+We've also had sporadic issues with DNS resolving, which people being unable to access the site. 
+We've never been able to track this exactly down, but our best understanding is that something occasionally goes wrong at the `.io` level, rather than the AWS level.
+
+There's also some questions about the ongoing ownership of the `io` TLD, and the potential consequences of that, which derive from the origins of the `.io` TLD and who benefits from it.
+If you're interested in reading more on that [this article](https://gigaom.com/2014/06/30/the-dark-side-of-io-how-the-u-k-is-making-web-domain-profits-from-a-shady-cold-war-land-deal/) outlines some of the information.
+
+All pieced together, and moving to `.org` feels like the right step for us. 
+It's something we've been planning for a couple of years now, and felt that with the upheaval of launching v3, the time was right to do it.
+If you hate all of these reasons, feel that we've betrayed our roots, have no principles, and have sold out, sorry for spoiling your day.
+To everyone else, I hope you enjoy our new home!