The post was a simple GIF showing tumbleweeds blow by in the desert, presumably a comment on the blog, which still remains online. It was the first thing to appear on the site after the famous blogger shut it down in back in February.

Around noon ET, the blog's old Twitter account @dishfeed, which used to automatically share any new piece published on the site, tweeted the untitled post.

Was it a gag by Sullivan?

Not at all, according to him: In an email to TPM on Monday, Sullivan said that the site had been hijacked.

"We were hacked," Sullivan wrote. "Taken down now. all passwords changed."

Former executive editor Chris Bodenner made reference to the now-deleted post on Twitter, sending out an image of a tumbleweed on fire.

@pareene pic.twitter.com/f3IYolbkJJ

— Chris Bodenner (@chrisbodenner) June 15, 2015

Here's a screenshot of the post:

Ed. Note: The writer of this post, Brendan James, previously worked for Sullivan at The Dish as an intern.