suing all of ad tech The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has been a mixed bag, but at its core is an exemplary and indisputable principle: you can’t give informed consent for activities you don’t understand. Since the dawn of online commercial surveillance, ad-tech sector maintained the obvious fiction that we agreed to allow it to nonconsensually suck in our private information, either by clicking “I Agree” on a garbage novella of unreadable legalese, or just by using a service. GDPR exposes this “consent theater” for a sham. It says, “Look, if you think users are cool with all … Continue reading →

Were Biden’s first 100 days a mirage?

I’ve been reading the reports about the election in Peru. It is still touch and go close. I hope the Lefty wins. Our Nest is Open. 🐋☮️😊👍 Whew, that Peruvian race is close! Unfortunately, the two candidates sound all too familiar here. 🙄 Hope everyone is staying healthy and well! 😊

Let’s start the weekend with an article by David Sirota about Bernie and Big Pharma.