We are aware of connectivity issues with Linode, out hosting provider:
Linode Status Page [statuspage.io]:
Investigating - We are aware of connectivity issues affecting Linodes in our Dallas data center and are currently investigating. We will continue to provide additional updates as this incident develops.
May 8, 20:07 UTC
From what I could see, IRC dropped for a while as did access to our main page.
We are monitoring the situation and will update when we know more.