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Cookies and local storage
We use the smallest amount of storage that lets the site remember your settings and understand which pages readers find useful, with no advertising or cross-site tracking cookies. Everything we set is listed below.
| Name | Type | Purpose | Lasts |
|---|---|---|---|
| blr-theme | Local storage | Remembers whether you chose the dark or light theme. | Until you clear it |
| blr-reading-list | Local storage | Holds the series you have saved to read later. | Until you clear it |
| blr-dismissed-spoilers | Local storage | Remembers which spoiler warnings you have already dismissed, so you are not asked twice. | Until you clear it |
| blr-reader-level | Cookie | Records how far you have read in a series, so reference pages can hide anything past that point. Read by the server to gate spoilers before the page is sent. | Up to 1 year |
| ph_*_posthog | Cookie (PostHog) | Privacy-friendly product analytics: tells which pages get read and how people move through the site, so we can improve it. First-party, aggregate, not advertising, not sold. | Up to 1 year |
Third-party content
When you play one of our companion videos, the embedded YouTube player may set its own cookies under Google's policy. We do not set those, and they only appear if you press play. Our analytics (PostHog, listed above) is first-party and aggregate; we do not use any advertising networks or cookies that follow you across other sites.
Clearing them
You can wipe all of the above at any time from your browser's settings. The site keeps working without them; it just forgets your theme, your saved series, and how far you have read. For more on what we store server-side, see the privacy page.