On September 5, The Telegraph released the article “How having a disability became cool” by Poppy Coburn. The by-line is: “Young women, nicknamed ‘sickfluencers’, are turning chronic illness into a lifestyle trend and entrenching a culture of economic inactivity” Quite venomous words already jumping out here....

A while ago, a request for a podcast appearance made me seriously consider if I am comfortable with that. While that initial invitation didn't work out (still very grateful, and maybe in the future!), it also opened me up to be on James' podcast, Wonders Of Web Weaving! My episode released today and you can find it...

Health data is my biggest interest within data protection law. If my health would permit it, I would work in a hospital or pharmacy. I even originally set out to complete my traineeship in medical documentation at a hospital! It fell through because I would have had to move to another state. Alas, now I don't work...

Haven't posted since March. These selected pages range from April to September. Published 06 Sep, 2026

I have talked to multiple people using Ring cameras and similar surveillance tech at or around their home over the last few years, usually from the US. The reasons are mostly the same: We live in an area with a high crime rate. We had a break-in before. We wanna have proof for insurance/police, or when the delivery...

img { display: inline-block; } rose I met Suliman! I'm having a good time playing FFXIV; made it to Heavensward now, excited to play more. My wife gifted me the new Hello Kitty Island Adventure DLC (Tea Garden) and it's been very sweet and calming :) We had a great date day on which we tried out a vegan kebab we had...

While I am slowly getting back up on my feet after a tough time, I am catching up on emails (will still take a bit!), my RSS feed reader, and several newsletters that have accumulated in my inbox. Here's what I picked out to read and share: This Is Capitalism: Apple's Hidden Data Workers at the Shadows of the AI...

During my break, I have also read The Ethical Slut. It's been on my list for a while, and I even had a Kindle version I just never got around to read; then I left Amazon years ago and deleted my account, and it seems like my conversion of the EPUBs via Calibre failed or I copied over the wrong files when I did my...

Currently taking stock of my social life, and throughout life, the same patterns emerge. I’ve always been a more solitary person. I’m an only child, and my parents were rather neglectful and homebodies as well; so we never really went on trips, they never took me to the playground or anything. I played in my room,...

I'm really conflicted between naming and shaming this store, and not wanting to help them with more traffic for their rancid business model. For now, I have not redacted the social media handle in the picture. In Cologne, Germany, there is a kiosk that has switched owners, and now greets you with the following...

Another book I finished in July was Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed by Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff. It argues that instead of seeing Musk as an individual or even an exceptional outlier, he should be seen as a symptom of a bigger playbook, something other forces in society brought forward and shaped. Just...

As a Mass Effect fan, and I am very grateful that my wife gifted me the (relatively new) board game Mass Effect: Priority Hagalaz :) I am completely smitten with it! You can tell so much thought and love went into it by a huge fan who knows their stuff. The gameplay was translated so well to this format, and the...