No longer do we choose, select or pick anything........

Baggs

Buzz words can be ignored.

Absolutely 😁 and I shall be ignoring the curate one.

Hello Oreo - I agree (again)

I thought 'curate' referred to clothes, furniture and so on, going round Sainsburys is 'sourcing' food isn't it, a bit like Hugh Fernley Whittonstall in the hedgerows. We're all hunter gatherers these days, sourcing everywhere.

I think we're supposed to curate our possessions on our shelves so we can take "shelfies" to post on social media. Not something I'll be doing.

Curating items of beauty just to please seems OK to me.
I spent a whole day in between various jobs "curating" some photos I'd bought years ago...

They are six large black and white ones taken by the same photographer and I moved them into different configurations maybe 20 or more times to see which way showed them each off to their best.
They look lovely - as near perfect as likely to be - and give me such a lot of pleasure every day when I look at them.

If this is curating (like items on a shelf) I do understand this slight shift in meaning.

AI
To "curate" something means to select, organize, and present items (like art, information, or products) to create a specific effect or convey a particular message, often with an emphasis on expertise and insight.

I curate my shopping with an emphasis on expertise and insight, to create a specific effect at mealtimes or to convey, via the bill, a particular message to DH about rising prices.

The process involves gathering content, choosing the most relevant pieces, and arranging them thoughtfully for an audience.

It would be helpful if the contents of links could be curated (copied and pasted) and arranged so posters without subscriptions could read them.

I curate my shopping with an emphasis on expertise and insight, to create a specific effect at mealtimes or to convey, via the bill, a particular message to DH about rising prices.

Ha ha Mollygo
Excellent.
(I'm assuming that you wrote this, MG)

Oh I see that was AI
🙄

Only the I curate . . . rising prices. and thé last paragraph is mine. The 1st and 3rd were AI.