What this site sets
A theme preference — light, dark or system — stored in your browser's own storage and never sent anywhere.
A consent record, if you are shown a consent prompt, so you are not asked on every page.
A session cookie, only if you sign in to write for the site. Readers never get one. It is required for the editing tools to work, lasts at most seven days, and is not readable by scripts.
What this site does not set
No analytics cookie of its own. Page views are counted without one, as the privacy policy describes.
Google, when switched on and consented to
When advertising or Google Analytics is enabled, and — where the law requires it — only after you consent:
Google Analytics sets
_gaand_ga_<ID>to recognize a returning
browser, each lasting up to two years.
Google AdSense sets cookies such as
__gadsand__gpi, and cookies
on Google's own domains, to choose and measure advertisements. Google's current list is in its cookie documentation.
You can change or withdraw your choice at any time from the consent control in the footer, and your browser's settings can clear or block any of these.