CIRCLE WITH A DOT

@Ivovanwilligen at Christmas I purchased a mini bottle of Japanese cider online as a stocking filler, something similar happened, was redirected to a third party service called verifymyage, to which I was supposed to upload my documents — they also employ "age estimation" by "analysing physical features". Of course I refused to participate in this insanity, and I eventually could do it with the supplier manually. But it's insane that this was the default and I even had to ask.

#ageverification

I muted the word "Slavic" and all variants of it several times from my IG feed (I know, it sucks to still occasionally use it). But the algorithm is desperate to show me covert pro-Russia influencers pushing "Slavic" as an identity or aesthetic (as opposed to a linguistic group or the tool of Russian imperialism & hegemony that it primarily is). It's incredibly frustrating, does anyone else keep being shown muted content?

#instagram #slav #slavic #slavicgirl #imperialism #algorithm #tech

this kitty just ... loves sun

#cats #cat #catsofmastodon #belated #caturday #voids #voidcats #blackcats #silentsunday

@cyberlyra oooooh boy does this sound all too familiar. I hope the positives generally outweigh these negative aspects for you