My point is that many social media audiences are attached to the performances of authenticity perfected by influencers, and reject the performances of authenticity accomplished through gen AI

Definitely, influencing may seem like “posting pictures” for uninterested outsiders, but it is a much more complicated set of social practices

Influencers often get these trips for free/with a discount, and the costs of being exposed for faking photos can be much higher than a bill for a fancy dinner, so I doubt gen AI will meaningfully “disrupt” this business. Stock photography on the other hand…

bsky.app/profile/drag...

They skipped Poland??? Must have missed it in all the fuss around repeated (and sometimes successful) sabotage attempts

Piketty: hold my glass of wine

*ponders*

The majority of people also do not cosplay online, or produce content on an industrial scale. I think it's fascinating that the incentives provided by social media platforms (ability to game algos + revenue sharing) resulted in the global south becoming a main source of viral right-wing content

This is also a reaction to the grilling Sikorski gave him in the Sejm, pointing out that Nawrocki didn't speak out against Russia, only against the EU, in his Independence Day speech

„Folks, I saw the deep state and it's in shambles, they couldn't have done any of these things”

Piękny prolog opowieści o wygranej Wielkiej Zjednoczonej Lewicy w 2027

The first thing that comes to my mind when I hear this phrase bsky.app/profile/jecz...

The name is a bit silly, but I admit that I'm cautiously optimistic about the idea: building ties between distant member states (for example, Poznań, where I live, will cooperate with Moldova) and making access to chips bought for "factories" more of a common good sounds interesting in principle