If you follow me on Instagram, you might want to know that I no longer have control of my art/craft themed account. It has been decoupled from the writing one for no apparent reason. I’m still trying to regain access but, now that I know this can happen, I will delete it once I’m able to. If I am ever able to.

I wasn’t using Instagram much due to the explosion of ads, and stopped posting art once I heard about AI. Now I’ve learned – not directly from Meta of course – that users will have to opt out of having their work used for AI training, which is a real faff or else impossible to do (like regaining access to an Instagram account), and once source says Australian users won’t be able to opt out at all.

I do miss following artists on Insta, so when I heard of a new social media called Cara I had a look and was delighted to find some of the people I followed are over there. I’ve signed up and will be lurking for a bit, but once I have a feel for it – and some time – I’ll try posting some art.