@sindarina @cafechatnoir House dressing — which I assume is what we call house staging here — is extremely common in my part of the world. Real estate agents remove the owner's stuff and replace it with furniture and accessories that make the house look as appealing to as many people as possible. Nothing political or religious, neutral colors, no overstuffed furniture or rooms. Zero clutter.Sure, it's kind of a fantasy and it can be sightly misleading, but in fairly obvious ways. It doesn't really bother me. The minute you start figuring how your stuff would fit in the rooms, the fantasy fades away. But the AI stuff does bother me. Seriously misleading. And I hate almost all AI just on principle.

@ErickaSimone I DO love this, but for the purposes of accuracy, I need to point out that this UBI benefit is for 2000 ELIGIBLE artists in three-year cycles, and not ALL artists as is often being claimed in posts about this.I wish it were for all artists at all times; I'd move there ASAP.

@aral Sadly, people who aren't paying attention or aren't willing to drop their pride for even a second are the ones making the decision to vacay in a fascist country.

@mpjgregoire I wouldn't buy into that too deeply. I'd pin it on the laundries, abuse scandals, and the church being too close to the state.