We're open to cover art submissions for our next issue! 🖼

❤️ science fiction, fantasy, or supernatural horror theme
🩷 license only, non-exclusive use
💜 £50 payment
💙 no AI

Email up to 3 pieces to ourinnerworlds@protonmail.com by 31 July

https://inner-worlds.ghost.io/submission-guidelines/

#MastoArt #ArtCall

As expected, Grok is checking in with Herr Musk first.

"Grok searches for Elon Musk’s opinion before answering tough questions"
https://www.theverge.com/news/705015/grok-ai-uses-elon-musks-opinions-for-controversial-questions

Was playing with Josephine and caught this epic mlem, with bonus wink.

#Caturday

Looks like the "Verify your fedi account" scam is gaining pace, & evolving to look more real.

Your server admin will not ask you to click a link to verify your account. And no other admin from any other server will either, even if they do look like they could be part of the main Mastodon team. It's a scam.

Please report any post or DM that urges you to click any link to verify your account.

If you've any doubts about your account, now or on any other day, contact your server admin or mod team.

@thomas @SunDancer

Wow 😯
https://www.ndp.ca/news/ndp-intends-nominate-un-special-rapporteur-nobel-peace-prize

#FrancescaAlbanese #CanPoli #CdnPoli #NobelPrize

Fediverse is still the most lively social network I have ever used, since MySpace in 2003. It is better than Twitter or any commercial social media platform ever was. Absolutely love being here.

The most profound thing about it is the international coverage. After the first wave of enshittification in 2010, algorithms took over, and suddenly as a polyglot I was labeled as Finnish. No more visible international posts, people only saw the Finnish ones.

I've noticed the same effect in commercial AI. It ignores the fact that I use English online 99% of the time and still replies to me in Finnish despite all instructions. Algorithms and AI label you. They assign you a language, a status, a certain type of person. There's no changing that.

The Fediverse and Mastodon are delightfully mine, yours, and truly open source - respecting privacy. Nobody's machine can tell you, "You are this, and this is why we do that."

Fuck labelers and the fog machines. Let me be me. Here, on my own server, I can embrace my weirdness and post however I want, how often I want, whenever I want, in whatever language I choose - without constantly worrying about how my identity will be perceived by a machine.

#SocialMedia #Mastodon #Fediverse