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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In the past, I have complained about some aspects of my work here and there. As I continue to grow, get more qualifications, visit conferences, and apply to interesting positions, I've put more effort into transforming the place where...
Following up to my agentic consent piece, a reader (Shugo Nozaki) shared with me some interesting perspective around human consent (both by email and post) that I felt like was worth exploring and discussing! He pointed out that while...
When I think something is bad, immoral, unethical, harmful, evil - or whatever may apply - I neither do it in private or in public. I don’t just adhere to this rule of not doing it when I’m by myself, I also don’t do it when I’m with...
Today, I attended a protest for the visibility of ME/CFS sufferers. ME/CFS is short for Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome; it is a chronic illness characterized by extreme fatigue that doesn't improve with rest, along...
Most people in my life still use big social media platforms. My wife, for example, is on Tumblr. As someone who has been off of these platforms for quite a while, some of the things people share with me sound extremely odd to me; weird...
I have made slow adjustments to my feed reader every other day now to exclude some empty negativity from my online space, and also to no longer click on some YouTube frontpage stuff. Don't get me wrong: There is still plenty of...
An update to this. All this time, I either tried to find a good time to do it and delayed it, or told myself I could make it work for the rest of her life. It could get better, we have good times sometimes, and I could deal with seeing...
I really like The Devil Wears Prada. I saw it in the cinema when it came out, and I've rewatched it two or three years ago with my wife, who had missed out on it and the cultural impact it had. It surprised me so much when the second...
For Kami's Carnival "Bear Blog Carnival: Your favorite ____ in your niche hobby", I'm writing about what my favorite General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) article is. Initially, this came up in our Matrix server. I wrote: "If you ask...
Celebrated our first wedding anniversary by hanging out with some friends who were here for my wife's birthday the previous day, then visited a botanical garden, walked through beautiful parts of a city, and had a sushi dinner date. Also...
In ‘small thoughts’ posts, I’m posting a collection of short thoughts and opinions that don’t warrant their own post. :) It's been a while! ☁️☁️☁️ I have a hard time finding the words, but I am sad that so much of our inventions seem to...
A few days ago, I wrote a reply to an email by my friend Cris, keeping each other updated about our lives after a few months of not hearing from another. Writing it really helped me realize some good changes and upcoming things to look...
I’ve played a lot of games that get slapped with the “cozy” tag - the big ones like Stardew Valley, Coral Island, Palia, Sims, ACNH, HKIA, Fields of Mistria, Cozy Grove, House Flipper, as well as smaller gems like Coffee Talk, Kind...
img { display: inline-block; } rose Went on vacation with friends :) Had a fun time in some museum exhibitions! I've been putting effort into getting ready for working from home a similar way to how I get ready when I go to the office,...
I struggle with how humiliating it feels to talk about and point out misogyny; how the general regression into conservative values makes addressing misogyny come across as a last resort card you can pull out to make yourself look like a...