diff --git a/cmd/mavend/actions_query.go b/cmd/mavend/actions_query.go
index 13b33be..6918283 100644
--- a/cmd/mavend/actions_query.go
+++ b/cmd/mavend/actions_query.go
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ func (h *reactiveHandler) queryHabits(ctx context.Context, t *queryTurn) (string
 	return profile.FormatOverallRU(), true
 }
 
-// feedNoteWindow — how many recent notes are scanned for feed items, and
+// feedNoteWindow — how many recent FEED notes are scanned, and
 // feedReadOut — how many headlines she actually reads back. She summarises the
 // top of the pile, she does not recite a river.
 const (
@@ -231,16 +231,16 @@ func (h *reactiveHandler) queryFeeds(ctx context.Context, t *queryTurn) (string,
 		// news bulletin.
 		return "я пока не читаю ленты — они не настроены.", true
 	}
-	notes, err := h.api.RecentNotes(ctx, feedNoteWindow)
+	// By source, not the last 200 notes of any kind: a busy day of voice notes
+	// used to push the newest headline out of the window, and she answered "в
+	// лентах пока ничего нового" while the poller was working fine.
+	notes, err := h.api.RecentNotesFromSource(ctx, rss.SourcePrefix, feedNoteWindow)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Printf("voice: feeds: recent notes: %v", err)
 		return "не получилось посмотреть ленты.", true
 	}
 	var picked []string
 	for _, n := range notes {
-		if !strings.HasPrefix(n.Source, rss.SourcePrefix) {
-			continue
-		}
 		if !router.CategoryMatches(rss.NoteCategory(n.Text), q.Category) {
 			continue
 		}
diff --git a/cmd/mavend/feeds_test.go b/cmd/mavend/feeds_test.go
index 50783b0..0759c50 100644
--- a/cmd/mavend/feeds_test.go
+++ b/cmd/mavend/feeds_test.go
@@ -88,12 +88,12 @@ func TestQueryFeedsByCategory(t *testing.T) {
 // answered by the model inventing a bulletin.
 func TestQueryFeedsOffAndEmptyDiffer(t *testing.T) {
 	off := buildFeedHandler(t, false)
-	reply, ok := askFeeds(t, off, "что нового?")
+	reply, ok := askFeeds(t, off, "что нового в лентах?")
 	if !ok || !strings.Contains(reply, "не настроены") {
 		t.Fatalf("feeds off: reply = %q, ok = %v", reply, ok)
 	}
 	on := buildFeedHandler(t, true)
-	reply, ok = askFeeds(t, on, "что нового?")
+	reply, ok = askFeeds(t, on, "что нового в лентах?")
 	if !ok || !strings.Contains(reply, "ничего нового") {
 		t.Fatalf("feeds on but empty: reply = %q, ok = %v", reply, ok)
 	}
@@ -104,6 +104,25 @@ func TestQueryFeedsPassesOnANonFeedQuestion(t *testing.T) {
 	if reply, ok := askFeeds(t, h, "напомни полить цветы"); ok {
 		t.Fatalf("claimed an unrelated question with %q", reply)
 	}
+	// The bare greeting is not a request for headlines. It used to be answered
+	// with a configuration status.
+	if reply, ok := askFeeds(t, h, "что нового?"); ok {
+		t.Fatalf("claimed a greeting with %q", reply)
+	}
+}
+
+// A busy day of his own notes must not push the newest headline out of the
+// window the feed answer scans.
+func TestQueryFeedsIsNotCrowdedOutByHisOwnNotes(t *testing.T) {
+	notes := []ipc.Note{{Text: "Релиз ядра [технологии]", Source: "rss:habr"}}
+	for i := 0; i < feedNoteWindow+10; i++ {
+		notes = append(notes, ipc.Note{Text: "мысль вслух", Source: "tap:voice"})
+	}
+	h := buildFeedHandler(t, true, notes...)
+	reply, ok := askFeeds(t, h, "что нового в лентах?")
+	if !ok || !strings.Contains(reply, "ядра") {
+		t.Fatalf("reply = %q, ok = %v; the headline fell out of the window", reply, ok)
+	}
 }
 
 // The mark is what stops a restart from re-noting yesterday's headlines, so the
diff --git a/deploy/README.md b/deploy/README.md
index d57942f..a1d2cb1 100644
--- a/deploy/README.md
+++ b/deploy/README.md
@@ -65,7 +65,13 @@ What it does and does not do:
   response at 2 MiB and redirects at 3, and makes at most one request per host
   per second. See `internal/webfetch`;
 - how far each feed was read is stored as a config fact `rss:latest:<name>`, so
-  a restart does not re-note yesterday's headlines.
+  a restart does not re-note yesterday's headlines. A feed whose items carry no
+  dates gets the same mark, and the first poll after a restart takes those items
+  as already read rather than writing them all again;
+- `max_items` paces, it does not drop: a burst larger than the cap arrives over
+  the following polls, oldest first;
+- feed notes are **not** part of recall. "что я говорил про X" searches what he
+  said; headlines are read back only by asking about the feeds.
 
 ### Reading a page (`crawl`, also off by default)
 
@@ -95,7 +101,10 @@ switched:
   refusal she says out loud. `Crawl-delay` is honoured;
 - same guarded fetcher as the feeds: allowlist/denylist, no private addresses,
   size cap, redirect cap, timeout, one request per host per second;
-- dedup state is the config fact `crawl:hash:<name>`.
+- dedup state is the config fact `crawl:hash:<name>`;
+- like feed notes, watch notes are kept out of recall (`store.ReadSourcePrefixes`).
+  Text from someone else's page is not something he said, so it must not come
+  back as an answer to a question about him. Watch notes are visible on `/dash`.
 
 ## Not yet verified / host-dependent
 
diff --git a/internal/ipc/api.go b/internal/ipc/api.go
index 711c2aa..b6a276d 100644
--- a/internal/ipc/api.go
+++ b/internal/ipc/api.go
@@ -454,6 +454,10 @@ type outcomesReq struct {
 type nReq struct {
 	N int `json:"n"`
 }
+type sourceNReq struct {
+	Prefix string `json:"prefix"`
+	N      int    `json:"n"`
+}
 type calendarEventsReq struct {
 	From time.Time `json:"from"`
 	To   time.Time `json:"to"`
@@ -606,6 +610,11 @@ type CoreAPI interface {
 	WriteNote(ctx context.Context, ts time.Time, text string, embedding []float32, source string) (int64, error)
 	QueryNotes(ctx context.Context, embedding []float32, k int) ([]Note, error)
 	RecentNotes(ctx context.Context, n int) ([]Note, error)
+	// RecentNotesFromSource — the newest n notes whose source starts with
+	// prefix. Notes Maven read rather than heard (rss:, crawl:) are excluded
+	// from recall, so this is the only way to reach them, and it keeps the feed
+	// answer from being crowded out of a fixed window by his own notes.
+	RecentNotesFromSource(ctx context.Context, prefix string, n int) ([]Note, error)
 
 	// ProposeTool drafts an inert 'proposed' tool scaffold (maven-callable);
 	// returns whether a new proposal was written. EnableTool fills cmd +
diff --git a/internal/ipc/client.go b/internal/ipc/client.go
index 1009e58..e5c2617 100644
--- a/internal/ipc/client.go
+++ b/internal/ipc/client.go
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ var readOnlyMethods = map[Method]bool{
 	MethodRecentNudges:         true,
 	MethodQueryNotes:           true,
 	MethodRecentNotes:          true,
+	MethodRecentNotesFromSource: true,
 	MethodLookupTool:           true,
 	MethodListTools:            true,
 	MethodListProposedRoutines: true,
@@ -375,6 +376,14 @@ func (c *Client) RecentNotes(ctx context.Context, n int) ([]Note, error) {
 	return out, nil
 }
 
+func (c *Client) RecentNotesFromSource(ctx context.Context, prefix string, n int) ([]Note, error) {
+	var out []Note
+	if err := c.call(ctx, MethodRecentNotesFromSource, sourceNReq{Prefix: prefix, N: n}, &out); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return out, nil
+}
+
 func (c *Client) ProposeTool(ctx context.Context, name, utterance, scope string, ts time.Time) (bool, error) {
 	var r proposeToolResp
 	if err := c.call(ctx, MethodProposeTool, proposeToolReq{Name: name, Scope: scope, Utterance: utterance, Ts: ts}, &r); err != nil {
diff --git a/internal/ipc/server.go b/internal/ipc/server.go
index 772012d..42e34d9 100644
--- a/internal/ipc/server.go
+++ b/internal/ipc/server.go
@@ -161,6 +161,18 @@ func (a *storeAPI) QueryNotes(ctx context.Context, embedding []float32, k int) (
 	return out, nil
 }
 
+func (a *storeAPI) RecentNotesFromSource(ctx context.Context, prefix string, n int) ([]Note, error) {
+	ns, err := a.s.RecentNotesFromSource(ctx, prefix, n)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, mapErr(err)
+	}
+	out := make([]Note, len(ns))
+	for i, note := range ns {
+		out[i] = toNote(note)
+	}
+	return out, nil
+}
+
 func (a *storeAPI) RecentNotes(ctx context.Context, n int) ([]Note, error) {
 	ns, err := a.s.RecentNotes(ctx, n)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -803,6 +815,16 @@ var methodTable = map[Method]handlerFunc{
 		}
 		return out, nil
 	}),
+	MethodRecentNotesFromSource: withParams(func(ctx context.Context, api CoreAPI, p sourceNReq) ([]Note, error) {
+		out, err := api.RecentNotesFromSource(ctx, p.Prefix, p.N)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		if out == nil {
+			out = []Note{}
+		}
+		return out, nil
+	}),
 	MethodRecentNotes: withParams(func(ctx context.Context, api CoreAPI, p nReq) ([]Note, error) {
 		out, err := api.RecentNotes(ctx, p.N)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/internal/ipc/unimplemented.go b/internal/ipc/unimplemented.go
index 20e1b9f..b29d7ec 100644
--- a/internal/ipc/unimplemented.go
+++ b/internal/ipc/unimplemented.go
@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@ func (UnimplementedCoreAPI) WriteNote(ctx context.Context, ts time.Time, text st
 func (UnimplementedCoreAPI) QueryNotes(ctx context.Context, embedding []float32, k int) ([]Note, error) {
 	return nil, ErrNotImplemented
 }
+func (UnimplementedCoreAPI) RecentNotesFromSource(ctx context.Context, prefix string, n int) ([]Note, error) {
+	return nil, ErrUnknownMethod
+}
+
 func (UnimplementedCoreAPI) RecentNotes(ctx context.Context, n int) ([]Note, error) {
 	return nil, ErrNotImplemented
 }
diff --git a/internal/ipc/wire.go b/internal/ipc/wire.go
index d9eea80..e63dfb0 100644
--- a/internal/ipc/wire.go
+++ b/internal/ipc/wire.go
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ const (
 	MethodWriteNote              Method = "write_note"
 	MethodQueryNotes             Method = "query_notes"
 	MethodRecentNotes            Method = "recent_notes"
+	MethodRecentNotesFromSource  Method = "recent_notes_source"
 	MethodProposeTool            Method = "propose_tool"
 	MethodEnableTool             Method = "enable_tool"
 	MethodDisableTool            Method = "disable_tool"
diff --git a/internal/store/notes.go b/internal/store/notes.go
index b2b4179..114b82e 100644
--- a/internal/store/notes.go
+++ b/internal/store/notes.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"math"
 	"sort"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 )
 
@@ -42,7 +43,8 @@ func (s *Store) WriteNote(ctx context.Context, ts time.Time, text string, embedd
 // or an ANN index only when note count or latency actually bites — at personal
 // scale (hundreds–thousands) a full scan is sub-millisecond.
 func (s *Store) QueryNotes(ctx context.Context, embedding []float32, k int) ([]Note, error) {
-	rows, err := s.db.QueryContext(ctx, `SELECT id, ts, text, embedding, source FROM notes`)
+	rows, err := s.db.QueryContext(ctx,
+		`SELECT id, ts, text, embedding, source FROM notes WHERE `+notHisWordsSQL)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("query notes: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -76,6 +78,61 @@ func (s *Store) QueryNotes(ctx context.Context, embedding []float32, k int) ([]N
 	return out, nil
 }
 
+// ReadSourcePrefixes — note sources that are text Maven READ somewhere, not
+// text he said or wrote: RSS items (internal/rss) and crawled pages
+// (internal/crawl).
+//
+// They are notes because that is where fetched text lands, and they are kept out
+// of recall because recall answers questions about HIM. "что я говорил про
+// переезд" must not be answered out of a stranger's web page that happened to
+// land near in the vector space, and the fallback line for that is "вот что я
+// нашла: " followed by the stranger's words. Ask for them by source instead —
+// that is what RecentNotesFromSource is for.
+var ReadSourcePrefixes = []string{"rss:", "crawl:"}
+
+// notHisWordsSQL — the WHERE clause that drops the read sources. Built from the
+// list above so adding a source is one line.
+var notHisWordsSQL = buildNotHisWordsSQL()
+
+func buildNotHisWordsSQL() string {
+	var b strings.Builder
+	b.WriteString("(source IS NULL OR (")
+	for i, p := range ReadSourcePrefixes {
+		if i > 0 {
+			b.WriteString(" AND ")
+		}
+		fmt.Fprintf(&b, "source NOT LIKE '%s%%'", p)
+	}
+	b.WriteString("))")
+	return b.String()
+}
+
+// RecentNotesFromSource returns the newest n notes whose source starts with
+// prefix, newest first. The answer path for feeds and watches uses it: scanning
+// the last 200 notes of ANY source meant a busy day of voice notes pushed the
+// newest headline out of the window, and she said "в лентах пока ничего нового"
+// while the poller was working fine.
+func (s *Store) RecentNotesFromSource(ctx context.Context, prefix string, n int) ([]Note, error) {
+	rows, err := s.db.QueryContext(ctx,
+		`SELECT id, ts, text, source FROM notes WHERE source LIKE ? ORDER BY ts DESC LIMIT ?`,
+		prefix+"%", n)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("recent notes by source: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer rows.Close()
+	var out []Note
+	for rows.Next() {
+		var nt Note
+		var tsMilli int64
+		if err := rows.Scan(&nt.ID, &tsMilli, &nt.Text, &nt.Source); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		nt.Ts = time.UnixMilli(tsMilli).UTC()
+		out = append(out, nt)
+	}
+	return out, rows.Err()
+}
+
 // RecentNotes returns the newest n notes, newest first — a browse view (no
 // embedding math; Score stays 0). This is the read surface for /dash: notes
 // captured by voice are otherwise only reachable through semantic query.
diff --git a/internal/store/notes_test.go b/internal/store/notes_test.go
index 068eb40..df7efa8 100644
--- a/internal/store/notes_test.go
+++ b/internal/store/notes_test.go
@@ -36,3 +36,43 @@ func TestQueryNotesRanksByCosine(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("scores not descending: %.3f then %.3f", got[0].Score, got[1].Score)
 	}
 }
+
+// Recall answers questions about HIM. A feed item and a crawled page are text
+// Maven read somewhere, and letting them into the nearest-neighbour pool means
+// "что я говорил про переезд" can be answered with a stranger's sentence, under
+// the line "вот что я нашла: ".
+func TestQueryNotesLeavesOutWhatSheOnlyRead(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	st := newTestStore(t)
+	now := time.Now()
+	// The read sources sit exactly on the query vector; his own note is further
+	// away, so ranking alone would put them first.
+	for _, n := range []struct{ text, source string }{
+		{"переезд в новую квартиру описан тут", "rss:habr"},
+		{"страница про переезд", "crawl:changelog"},
+	} {
+		if _, err := st.WriteNote(ctx, now, n.text, []float32{1, 0, 0}, n.source); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}
+	if _, err := st.WriteNote(ctx, now, "переезд в субботу", []float32{0.8, 0.6, 0}, "tap:voice"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	got, err := st.QueryNotes(ctx, []float32{1, 0, 0}, 5)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if len(got) != 1 || got[0].Source != "tap:voice" {
+		t.Fatalf("recall returned %+v; want only what he said himself", got)
+	}
+
+	// They are still reachable, by source.
+	feed, err := st.RecentNotesFromSource(ctx, "rss:", 10)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if len(feed) != 1 || feed[0].Source != "rss:habr" {
+		t.Fatalf("RecentNotesFromSource(rss:) = %+v; want the one feed note", feed)
+	}
+}