slow connection and errors

hey admins, is the server under a bit of load at the moment? I've been getting a lot of network errors, posts/comments take about 10-20 seconds to load or create. even uploading images, loading my profile and stuff get me a JSON parse error as well.

I also can't upload images at all right now, hit with a JSON error. so here's an Imgur album link with examples: https://imgur.com/a/fNuf0wD