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[ID: a screenshot showing instructions on how to remove the Windows Recall & Snapshots]

"Some good news. 1, it’s being slow rolled out at the moment. 2, it’s reportedly really easy to turn off.

Click the Windows button on your keyboard

Open the Settings app and go to Privacy & Security > Recall & Snapshots

Disable the Save Snapshots option

If you already have snapshots taken, you can delete them by clicking the Delete Snapshots

But it's enabled by fucking default. That's IMPORTANT.

And it's a really awful feature.

And it will be used to enforce domestic violence.

I support sharing info about how to turn it off, but people are not wrong to be worried about this.

By all means put the library IN the rec centre! Public Third Spaces are important, and having a library in the same building as hockey or the Y just makes it more accessible. Imagine dropping one kid at practice and taking the other across the hall to read while you wait. Imagine picking up books after you have your workout. Imagine studying for a few hours and then going for a swim before you head home.

This is the John Harper branch of the Waterloo Public Library. I wrote a book and did job applications on the left, and then went up to that gym on the right to walk around the indoor track. Parking was free. The library was free. The YMCA had subsidized rates.

Public spaces are the dream.

my favorite thing about this post is that a handful of people have gone "oh wait! this is tangible proof that i don't need to be embarrassed about leaving a lot of comments!! i'll stop being so ashamed!" YES!! ao3 authors basically universally will die for people who comment spam. we love to see it and we do not find you weird or annoying At All.

think about it this way: we ourselves are weird enough to have spent several hours, days, or Months writing down this story. we are weird enough about the content to do that! why on Earth would we be mean and judgmental toward people who care enough to get excited about reading it?? we shared it Specifically For You To Get Excited About!

the best thing about seeing someone work their way through your list of works (or a subset thereof) is it's like... if someone kudos/comments on one work, then maybe they just like that pairing/prompt/trope/setup. but if they're clearly reading ALL of your works, then that means they must like my style! they like ME!!!!

I have trouble responding to them but comments truly do make my entire week. I am shamelessly refreshing my browser multiple times a day (hour) in hopes someone left another one.