I am of the growing opinion that AI will very quickly devolve the entire internet into an unusable overgrowth of digitally generated, popover infested slop and AI agent simul-babble.

Amidst this tangled wasteland there will, however, remain some beacons of hope for the online creativity and connectedness of mankind. That hope is The IndieWeb.

The IndieWeb is a community of independent and personal websites based on the principles of owning your domain and using it as your primary online identity,publishing on your own site first (optionally elsewhere), and owning your content.

–Indieweb.org.

People like you and me creating online nooks of creation and personal expression without fear or favour. Here is one cool example of a space where you can find them. Here is another.

Pursuant of this…

The nopes:

1. No. I am not on Facebook.
2. No. I am not on X
3. No. I am not on Instagram.
4. No. I won’t tell you to get the hell off these platforms. Honestly, I think you are doing just fine without my 10 cents worth.
5. No. I don’t do AI. Not even a bit.

The yeps:

1. Yes. I have an RSS feed (huh…a what?): Grab it here… https://shojiwax.com/feed/
2. Yes. I will be waiting here for you to just browse back for a visit if when you remember to.
   Old-school eh?…..I like it.
3. Yes. I am active on Mastodon and Bluesky. Although Bluesky is just hanging in there with me.
4. Yes. The quickest way to check out my photography is to scroll my Pixelfed feed: https://pixelfed.social/shojiwax
5. Yes. I am available for public speaking engagements, covert psi ops, National Geographic shoots, wedding planning, bake offs, karaoke singing, wilderness avoidance camps, AI interventions, movie cameos, corporate creative freelancing, and life drawing modelling.
   Rates are negotiable….email me.