ava's blog
ava's blog
Ava
I’m Ava and I'm writing about my thoughts on tech, data protection law, my health and little creative projects.
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Both my wife and I are going through the annoying process of trying to search for new jobs. I’m still at my current one, but I want to see if something better is out there in the region we wanna move to. But it is absolutely nuts. How...
Content warning: Brief mentions of disordered eating habits. Whenever I am deeply and actively involved in my passion topic (data protection law), I don’t care about the superficial stuff anymore. Writing, researching, talking to others...
'Freaks' is used affectionately here to describe all kinds of creatives, weirdos, misfits, outcasts, alternative individuals, leftists, queers, furries and all that in a loving way. Where I live, law has a reputation to be dry, boring,...
During my decoupling from almost all online services and apps I had (2016-2018), I was prone to looking at the people around me with concern and judgment about their digital consumption. It was the typical sort of short-term...
On the 30th of October, I officially finished my data protection law certificate! I'm a bit late to post this because I was so busy and still needed to wait for the actual paper to arrive plus getting a frame and all. :) The certificate...
A while ago, the European Commission launched a Digital Package on Simplification. The goal was to focus on regulatory and administrative issues in the digital law space ('digital acquis'): Reducing burdens on businesses and citizens,...
At the end of October 2024, I cut all my hair off, and let my wife shave it off to 9mm. I wrote about that here. I did it because various illness and medication effects made me a lose a lot of hair. In November that year, I shaved it...
I am scared of the point in disability when you are seemingly just living for other people, not yourself. The point where all of your personal goals and dreams have been shattered, developing a new identity is gatekept by your abilities...
You've slain me. On your quest to rise up the Bearblog Trending mountain, you had to go past me. As your final hit rains down on me and my HP bar depletes, my body pulsates on the floor and slowly evaporates. What I leave behind are the...
Small update! I am halfway through my really full weeks :) I was at my first data protection law conference last week. Even with the reduced entry fee, it is still too expensive in my opinion... but I still loved that I signed up and...
At a conference I was at, two companies talked about implementing AI into all areas and layers of their company. For the talk, they specifically zeroed in on AI in the hiring process. They began to describe that their goal (which they...
A while ago, I reflected on my troubles during my commute with other autistic people I know, and it helped put things into words that are difficult to talk about. It also helped to realize that they experience it too. My commute via tram...
I don’t know if you’ve felt that way too, but I certainly have hundreds of times: Looking at others around you who are really knowledgeable on specific topics and you wonder: How do they manage to learn so much about that and keep on top...
Allow me to crash out for a second. Since roughly a month, I’m experiencing a flareup in my spondyloarthritis (Ankylosing Spondylitis or Bechterew’s disease…). This is a type of arthritis that primarily affects the spine and usually some...