Microsoft once again delays launching Recall

Recall, if you recall, is their replay "assistant" that no one seems to particularly be asking for. It takes screen shots of your computer and stores them so that you can look back if you lose information. During the first tests of it we learned that the storage of said snapshots were not secure, so someone who'd infiltrated your computer could conceivably see banking credentials, medical records, etc.

From the article: "Originally planned for October, Recall will now be available for preview with Windows Insiders on Copilot Plus PCs by December."

and

"Earlier this week, Microsoft again clarified that Recall will not be mandatory on Copilot Plus PCs, and will be an opt-in experience that can be fully removed."

It'll be interesting to see the blowback when this thing finally deploys, especially if it isn't fully opt-in.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/31/24284572/microsoft-recall-delay-december-windows-insider-testing

What happens if the old weird felon from Florida gets elected

Or somehow forces his way into 1600 Pennsylvania?

So much depends on which party controls the House and Senate, and there's no telling what happens there until after the votes are counted, and potentially interfered with by the various courts, up to and including the unjudicial SCOTUS.

But my expectation is this. The weird guy runs rampant for about three months. We all get to see how thoroughly he's lost it for that timeframe.

Then they roll out the 25th Amendment and start demanding he be removed from office. And we get Prez J.D. The alleged sofa banger who wears too much eye-liner. Peter Thiel's acolyte.

And they start rolling Project 2025 on us. And this is after the weird guy has had a few months to try and force through his Agenda 47, which is a whole different kettle of fish from Project 2025. Lots can be accomplished by Presidential orders, outside of Congressional bills. Of course, they can also be reversed by the next occupant of the Oval Office the exact same way.

My personal hope is that President Biden employs some of that Presidential Immunity For Official Acts that the SCOTUS has vetted. He has absolutely nothing to lose. Regardless, starting Tuesday night and probably continuing for several days, it's going to be chaotic.


This election is a referendum on democracy. Either you want democracy, or you want chaos. It doesn't matter if you don't like the idea of a woman leading the country, it doesn't matter if you feel you don't know what her policies or plans are, or you don't know enough about her. It doesn't matter if you think the President was turfed and no one voted for her in the primaries. If you want democracy to continue, vote blue all the way down the ticket. And continue to do so until the RNC gets the message and gets rid of the MAGA influences and starts showing some sanity and returns to being a party of conservative ideas. I'm not saying the Dems are perfect, far from it. But they're not trying to institute a narcissistic fascist to lead the country.