Thanks, that’s a very good observation.
The meaning of “DPA” is clear to everyone participating in discussions about GDPR, though. It is a pretty big deal in the EU.
“Industry capture,” OTOH, is a very American talking point.

Agreed. FWIW, for me personally, it was a really good year. The only close contenders so far were 2001 and 2006.
Don’t know about the world outside my bubble, though.

A real pauper, that one.

ITT: People not knowing about Nietzsche Family Circus.

The French is strong in this one.

Fisiting whom?

Credit: Sidney Harris

No need to get all caught up in society’s stipulations
You’re a member of the freak generation
They’re gonna burn, but you’ll have duration

When the pendulum swings, it cuts
When the big door swings open, it shuts
Yeah, we’ll be middle-aged children, but so what?

Yeah, the headline is wrong. There’s no discernible criticizing going on in the cartoon. It’s called a juxtaposition.

Also Plantago and some other plants…

Blue skies from pain

Surveillance capitalism is like the devil, it never enters where it hasn’t been invited to.

Wow. Very well put, indeed.
I would love to read your next book.

Motel, money, murder, madness
Change the mood from glad to sadness :-(

In this case, everything you eat tastes like the first thing you ate.

Gargamel is willing to bite the bullet for the greater good.