Wes Pinkle

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Occasionally based posting dilettante. Present Day Sausage King of Chicago. Pizza enthusiast. Sometime air person. Impending wife guy. he/him Not an official anything, yada yada yada

I'm in the airline lounge because my flight is delayed, which is really making me question the wisdom of saving 1 day of paid time off by not flying directly from San Diego to Atlanta...

White plate with pasta, cheese, squash and meatballs

Stepping outside my usual Imaginerding content for something personal. My son just launched Minds Uncharted, a life coaching practice for neurodivergent people. He's neurodivergent himself, and he built this because he believes real understanding comes from lived experience. www.mindsuncharted.com

Home | Minds Uncharted: Neurodivergent Life Coaching

Minds Uncharted offers practical, judgment-free life coaching for neurodivergent teens and adults — by coaches who share the experience.

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This No Cap soda says for best results consume two a day, but the only thing resembling claims of any kind of results is the cartoon iconography. I hope my brain doesn't grow arms and that my stomach doesn't get a face.

Icee Cherry cola flavor no cap soda pop canCan art with Icee bear with a brain with arms pointing at his head, a heart with a check mark in it, pointing at his chest and a smiley face pointing at his stomach No Cap! For best results enjoy 2 servings daily

SynthID is actually a good idea, but it's toothless if not legally required and if every social media platform doesn't integrate checking for it in every image posted. & deliberately removing it (not as easy as removing an Olan Mills watermark) should be a criminal offense and result in account bans

Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · 5d ago

Google's statement that it includes a watermark that can identify them as AI-generated is completely braindead as to how disinformation works. You think people spending literally three seconds to derail a discussion give a shit about that? This is so easy to abuse www.404media.co/google-earth...

Asked for comment, Google pointed 404 Media to a tweet the company posted on Thursday. “We take misinformation seriously – every image created with Nano Banana in Google Earth includes the SynthID digital watermark, so if someone is unsure about an image, they can ask the Gemini app or use Lens in Search to see if the image was AI-generated. In addition, we prevent image creation on harmful topics and are continually updating our protections,” it read. 
This of course ignores the very obvious fact that plenty of people do not bother to verify themselves if an image is real or not. People spreading misinformation also often don’t care about eventually getting caught; they can cause a massive amount of damage to a certain conversation very quickly before anyone calls them out for their bullshit.

It's that time of year again - I'm raising money for Thrive Survivor Support Center for their Walk A Mile campaign Here's how it works: You give: Money to support survivors of domestic violence, sexual violence, and human trafficking You get: Cute pictures of me walking in heels down Main St 1/2

WAM 2026

Join Thrive Survivor Support Center for our 11th Annual Walk a Mile in Their Shoes on Wednesday, October 7, 2026, in downtown Concord. This year, we’re asking you to Walk with Us in solidarity with su...

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I was going to make a highball but had to settle for a gin and ginger beer because both orange juices in my fridge had a "best by" date back in March...

Told my (temporary acting) boss we couldn't do ~7 [arbitrary job specific units of work that would require 20+ additional people being available and aren't 100% essential] He said, we need to do all of those. "Ask [10 people that have their own workload] if they can help and get it figured out." 🤦

do you think a single woman who has ever accused a prominent man of sexual assault has had it improve their lives? it is a tremendously brave action precisely because coming forward usually ruins your life instead go fuck yourselves

Surprisingly good take from conservative guy in the office on his Greek wife's Odyssey casting complaint: The guy that played Superman - not from Krypton. The guy that played the T1000 - not a T1000. "It's called acting."