Day 1

I’m going to start writing, as often as possible, about the things I see happening. This is mostly for myself. I want a record of what happened, so that when they attempt to gaslight me, I’ll be able to look back at my own experiences. I’m doing so in a blog because it might be useful for someone else.

Today they did exactly what they said they would do if they took power. Two hundred executive orders on a wide range of topics. Several attacks on trans people in one big executive order. It’s horrifying. Trans women in federal prison will be transferred to to men’s prisons. Medicaid and Veterans Admin health care recipients will likely have their gender affirming care no longer covered. Federal funds will be withheld from any organization promoting “gender ideology.” Federal agencies are instructed to only recognize sex assigned at birth.

And tomorrow, the ICE raids begin. According to various sources it will start in Chicago, but “phase 2” will see them extend to San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, Miami, Seattle, Portland, and Austin.

Oh, and Elon Musk threw up a nazi salute. Twice. The media has done it’s absolute best to pretend that isn’t what happened, but it’s clear as day.

Yesterday felt like the end of something. It’s going to get worse from here. The only thing we can do is fight like hell.

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Microsoft loves e-waste

Shocking absolutely no one, Microsoft wants a bunch of perfectly good computers thrown in the trash.

https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/microsoft-openly-promotes-tossing-your-lapto…

Honestly, I think we’ve hit a point where a computer made a decade ago is performant enough for most people and how they use computers. The high requirements for windows 11 are another example of the industry trying to force everyone to replace every device they own regularly, so that sales can keep up, consequences be damned.

In some ways, the “AI” hype is a tool to sell new hardware as well. Surely you want all the best in your new “AI PC” which is just a normal computer but newer, with some software that will claim to be helpful but will actually be spewing bullshit.

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