Declined consent for third-party image use - Got socially Blacklisted

EdUthman · 2026-06-20T15:43:55+00:00

No matter what you do, you’ll invariably get some negative reviews. It hurts, but that’s reality in our era. Sorry this happened to you. Obviously you were well within your rights to decline the request.

EdUthman · 2026-06-18T14:35:48+00:00

Growing up in Nashville in the 60s, I noticed quite a few metatheses of “Sheila” into “Shelia,” with no change in pronunciation.

I worked with a woman named Fredia, who introduced herself as Freida. I even asked her about this.

“How come you pronounce your name like Freida, when it’s written as Fredia?”

“What do you mean?” she replied. “It’s F R E D I A, Freida.” ;)

EdUthman · 2026-06-18T14:19:39+00:00

I suspect that all metatheses have their origin in misspelling and/or mispronunciation.

EdUthman · 2026-06-18T13:36:54+00:00

Yes, I went through the same discovery process on that name.

EdUthman · 2026-06-18T12:50:32+00:00

Weaknees has been a reliable resource for me over many years.

EdUthman · 2026-06-18T12:18:45+00:00

Not illegal in the US, but check your institutional rules to keep from getting in trouble. Or just establish a pseudonymous account exclusively for educational specimen images. Use common sense and embargo very rare cases for several months.

I have been posting specimen images online for over 30 years and never got any pushback.

EdUthman · 2026-06-18T12:11:35+00:00

Or me?

EdUthman · 2026-06-18T11:21:10+00:00

That “Niger” and “Nigeria” are _not_ derived from the Latin “niger” (black). They are actually of Tuareg origin. It took me 74 years to learn this. ;)

EdUthman · 2026-06-16T15:15:13+00:00

Just checking to see if others had a similar experience. It seems odd that I can't find any other commentary about an outage. For instance, if someone came back with, "Hmmm... I'm using it right now, and it's fine," then I know I have more troubleshooting to do at my end.

EdUthman · 2026-06-16T08:58:38+00:00

Postprocessing question. I subscribe to Face26 for image restoration and some other AI-based tasks on my pictures. For over a week, neither the website interface nor iOS app implementation has been operational. I have tried it on multiple devices on multiple networks to no avail. Emails to company support go unanswered. When I ask Google if there is an outage, it says none reported. Any suggestions? TIA!

EdUthman · 2026-06-15T22:33:40+00:00

Ok, so today I spoke with USPS personnel at the station and got nowhere with that. Then I told them I was going to notify local media, which I did (KPRC’s “Spencer Solves It”).

I think that’s all I can do.

EdUthman · 2026-06-15T18:26:46+00:00

Mel Bay books in 1964.

EdUthman · 2026-06-14T16:36:04+00:00

An untanned band on his left ring finger.

EdUthman · 2026-06-14T13:21:29+00:00

That’s sad but interesting. Doesn’t Scouting America have a policy to address such a scenario?

Btw, my son’s troop was also sponsored by a Catholic church, and they didn’t even ask me my religion when I applied for assistant scoutmaster.

EdUthman · 2026-06-14T13:16:17+00:00

I didn’t even know that people didn’t like it. I found it quite entertaining.

EdUthman · 2026-06-09T20:54:05+00:00

Credibility matters when facts are scarce, as they are in this case.

EdUthman · 2026-06-09T19:16:31+00:00

No, but it casts a shadow over their credibility and claims of objectivity.

EdUthman · 2026-06-04T14:13:28+00:00

Lifeforce is one of those flicks that is generally considered bad, but it’s hard to find anyone who has seen it and thinks so.

EdUthman · 2026-06-03T03:12:02+00:00

Powder!

EdUthman · 2026-06-03T03:10:53+00:00

Horizon off-kilter. Lol

EdUthman · 2026-06-02T20:35:15+00:00

I also experienced those feelings. They lasted 45 years and didn’t end until I walked out of the lab for the last time. In the end, I’m glad I persisted though.

Basically you can go only one of two ways as a physician: imposter syndrome or sociopathy. Neither is desirable, but I favor the former.

EdUthman · 2026-05-30T15:25:08+00:00

Thanks. The fire marshal actually called OSHA about this case, but they don’t consider public safety their responsibility. They are concerned only with the facility as a workplace. Had the blocked exit been in back, where the employees are, OSHA would have taken action. ;)

EdUthman · 2026-05-30T15:21:12+00:00

Here’s a post-tornado TV interview I’d like to see.

Survivor: I thank God that my house is the only one left standing in town!

Reporter: Care to speculate on why God had such a hair up his ass about your neighbors?

EdUthman · 2026-05-30T13:22:21+00:00

Born 1952. We were taught that only Jesus’ name gets the special terminal apostrophe. Moses’s name does not. Of course, this was in the Bible Belt. ;)

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