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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While browsing news websites, you may have seen a pop-up like this: That's one form of how "Pay or Okay" can look like. The model was first introduced by newspapers in Austria and Germany in 2018, but in 2023, Meta adopted it for...
I recently felt like I couldn't trust my own judgment anymore about how much time I put into things. I could sit on my desk for 8 hours, but did I really study that much? Work that much? Volunteer that much? Blog that much? What about my...
Nowadays, exercising really always saves me without fail. I realized that today, after again feeling absolutely terrible but then dragging myself out of bed to at least walk on my foldable treadmill. I started wondering when this change...
It’s already been over 2 years since you have left us. You still leave an incredible hole in our home and our hearts. Only toward the end of last year, I finally got rid of your old medication and your food. I haven’t taken down the sign...
As I said before, I’m a lazy listener. I don’t listen to a lot of music; I often just like one song of an artist, and I tend to listen to single songs and playlists instead of albums. But recently, I finally checked out the new album of...
In Mina Le's latest video, she quotes Adam Aleksic about quitting or severely reducing social media and phone use: "For one, it's the equivalent of sticking your head in the sand and pretending like the algorithm doesn't exist. Whether...
Welcome to a little series I'm starting, where I ask people working in the privacy field 7 questions about their work! This includes Data Protection Officers, Managers and Consultants, and other members of Privacy & Compliance teams. I...
Welcome to a little series I'm starting, where I ask people working in the privacy field 7 questions about their work! This includes Data Protection Officers, Managers and Consultants, and other members of Privacy & Compliance teams. I...
Feeling like sharing some of my recent finds. I've been checking up on Mochii's channel for quite a while now. She always inspires me to stay weird, silly and creative, and reminds me that you are still cherished and admired when you are...
In January, I wrote about doing a month without caffeine and gave an update one week in. In the original post, I wrote about realizing I was using it to override exhaustion rather than addressing it. I had been relying on matcha, black...
In ‘small thoughts’ posts, I’m posting a collection of short thoughts and opinions that don’t warrant their own post. :) ☁️☁️☁️ Seeing parallels between my mother and me. She used to throw herself into work, regardless of anything....
In the Bearblog Carnival February 2026, Winther asks: Are you ever bored, what do you do when you are feeling bored or are we even capable of feeling bored in this age of limitless digital entertainment? What comes to mind about the...
I have almost 200 hours in Hello Kitty: Island Adventure now, and my wife gifted me the first DLC for it: Wheatflour Wonderland in December. I’ve already written some tips about HKIA in general, but also wanted to put down my thoughts...
img { display: inline-block; } rose Enjoying so much snow :) has been amazing to see. It hasn't snowed this often or much in the last few years, if not a decade; at least that's what it feels like to me. Going on weekly walks with my...
Came across a response by Randomly Short today. Appreciate the reply, and I thought I'd go more in-depth about some of it. The author writes: "Unfortunately that type of work is not what free plans are designed to do. That type of work...