https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/04/in-depth-with-windows-11-recall-and-what-microsoft-has-and-hasnt-fixed/

I'm noticing that recall's auth methods via Microsoft Hello are all things you can be compelled to give up.

• biometrics
• PIN

STOP making fun of CHAT APPS

• discord WORKS
• signal WORKS
• irc is RETRO and RUNS EVERYWHERE
• xmpp POWERS A SURPRISING AMOUNT OF OTHER CHAT APPS
• matrix

"Cutting congressionally-mandated departments? Illegal. Firing federal workers without cause? Illegal. Kidnapping people off the streets and sending them to torture prisons without due process? Illegal. Asserting emergency powers to raise tariffs? Illegal. Siccing the IRS on political enemies? Illegal. Extorting research universities because they respect diversity? Illegal. Denying government access to law firms he doesn’t like? Illegal. Violating court orders? Illegal.

I could go on.

The obvious conclusion is that the Trump/Musk regime is a criminal enterprise. Therefore, everything it does should be covered in that context.

And yet news articles that routinely inform us about Trump’s individual acts, and the ensuing court battles, treat each like a one-off. They describe them as controversial, sure, and sometimes quote critics calling them illegal. But they don’t explain how so much of what he’s doing is illegal that it’s basically his standard operating procedure." #journalism #media https://presswatchers.org/2025/04/the-trump-regime-should-be-covered-as-a-criminal-enterprise/

Hey remember when that German guy on here told me I was catastrophizing by saying that some American autistics self-diagnose and don't get an "official" record because they are worried about the government monitoring them?

I blocked him but if anyone's still in touch please pass this along:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-autism-study-medical-records/

#CW: talk of abuse, control, and food.

This morning at breakfast my partner apologized for leaving the heel* of the bread loaf for me, and I was reminded of how much my ex used to control my eating.

*there was another loaf thawing, so I could have easily eaten that instead of the heel.

I used to get a "talking-to" for:
- eating the last of anything my ex might want.
- not eating the last of anything my ex didn't want.
- asking for things I wanted (like Swiss cheese**).
- cooking something for myself that they liked.
- cooking something for myself they didn't like.
- not cooking things just the way they liked.
- eating "too much".
- being "too thin".

**earlier in my relationship with my current partner, while we were at the grocery store, they asked if there was any cheese I wanted. I said "I like Swiss" as I broke down crying, following up with "but I'm not really allowed to get it".

My current partner is amazing, and my ex is my ex for a lot of good reasons, and I'm happy-sad crying a bit this morning, and I just want anyone who this list resonates with to know they aren't alone—that's abuse, plain and simple—and you can get out too.

Here's some info on coercive control (just ignore the ad for BetterHelp, because fuck them):

https://psychcentral.com/health/coercive-control

#Abuse #AbuseSurvivors #CoerciveControl #EatingDisorders #MentalHealth