Dolomite Mick
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Dolomite Mick
@DolomiteMick
American, Italian, love to travel. 🇺🇸🇮🇹🏳️🌈
انضم Haziran 2022
189 يتبع368 المتابعون
@DolomiteMick That or bringing back the images of lung damage.
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I get the intent, but laws like this will just create a black market for anyone in Gen Alpha who finds themselves addicted to nicotine. Most people who do smoke began smoking before they were old enough to purchase tobacco legally.
Pop Crave@PopCrave
The UK has passed the Tobacco and Vapes Bill, banning anyone born after January 1, 2009 from ever purchasing tobacco products.
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@ThomasJPinkCain Tobacco vape products need to be marketed and sold as quit aids, and not as cool and trendy products for young non-smokers.
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@ThomasJPinkCain Another thing that helps is plain packaging laws. Plain packaging makes the cigarette cartons look boring and prevents tobacco companies from using branding to make their products more appealing.
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Dolomite Mick أُعيد تغريده
Gerrymandering is undemocratic and evil.
And it's essential the party that has repeatedly tried to ban it keeps doing it until the party that historically abused it gets curb stomped so badly they cry uncle and agree to the ban.
These are not contradictory positions to hold.
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the way the white far left in California unironically coalesce around the billionaire Steyer
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This isn’t going to work.
Pop Base@PopBase
The UK will ban anyone 17 and under from ever buying cigarettes after the Tobacco and Vapes Bill cleared Parliament. Anyone born after January 1, 2009 will never be able to legally purchase tobacco, aiming to create a smoke-free generation. (bbc.com/news/articles/…)
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@Krissa_Kray_ If you have the cash lying around then sure, but then you probably wouldn’t have taken out a mortgage in the first place.
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Can someone explain like I’m 5 why you shouldn’t pay off your home early if the rate is low?
I have no idea why continuing to owe on something you can own outright is the “right strategy” - it’s interest you don’t have to pay in the long run… no matter how low the rate? Right?
The Money Cruncher, CPA@money_cruncher
My coworker has a 1.99% mortgage. That is something you should NEVER pay off early. Inflation is at least 3%/yr. Why would anyone pay that off aggressively? It makes absolutely 0 sense.
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@ElleAbismo The bar association should review Todd Blanche’s law license.
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Most popular saying in law: A grand jury would indict a ham sandwich. This is an allegation until a court rules otherwise.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar
REPORTER: I just want to make sure I understand. You're alleging that the Southern Poverty Law Center was paying the leaders of KKK and other groups? BLANCHE: I'm not alleging it. The grand jury returned an indictment that says that
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@ThomasJPinkCain It’s legal for adults to buy tobacco not because it’s good for their health, but because if it wasn’t legal they’d just buy it on the black market and it would be a bonanza for organized crime, and organized crime causes a lot of well known social problems.
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@ThomasJPinkCain The truth is that most smokers smoked their first cigarette well before they turned 18, when it was illegal for them to buy tobacco anyway. Most people who make it to 18 never having smoked a cigarette won’t start smoking once they’re adults.
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@JustJoshinNH They need to do the work if they want us to trust them.
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“They apologized for voting for him why won’t you accept that?” Did they say they’d vote blue from now on? Did they renounce the bigotry, misogyny, bullying, ugliness, the crass venality, and an insurrection? No? Well then no. I don’t accept their grubby little apology.
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@DolomiteMick If it's a no tobacco ever for people born after that date it's a poorly written bill.
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@ThomasJPinkCain People born in 2009 still won’t be able to buy tobacco products after they turn 18 next year.
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@sillyrabbittn @BrendanCarrFCC @JohnDeere Maybe Brendan should have been clearer in his communication.
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@BrendanCarrFCC @DolomiteMick Someone needs to speak with John Deere. They’ve outsourced their IT dept to I’m guessing India, could barely understand them and them me. Frustrating when so many are doing this. The issue was never resolved due to language. @JohnDeere
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I think the free market already ensures that American call center employees speak English. Purely from a business perspective, hiring non-English speakers to support English-speaking customers over the phone is a complete waste of money and a stupid business decision.
Brendan Carr@BrendanCarrFCC
The National Retail Federation says they oppose the FCC’s call center proposal. The FCC’s proposal would require operators to speak English and disclose the country they’re located in while onshoring call center jobs. They say this will cost overseas jobs. What do you think ?
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@GoldenChoiceX @BrendanCarrFCC I used to work at a call center that handled their delinquent billing!
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@BrendanCarrFCC @DolomiteMick Exactly. There’s a difference between speaking English and being able to understand what the hell they’re saying. Comcast is the worst.
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@PamelaSedmak What does having call center employees who literally speak no English accomplish? They might as well just not have a call center - that would be cheaper.
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@DolomiteMick What are you - deaf blind and dumb? Good grief
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@RonSnyder9681 @BrendanCarrFCC The tweet was about people who literally don’t speak English. People who speak English as a second language speak English.
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@BrendanCarrFCC @DolomiteMick He has not often, if at all. Apple is the best at having English as a first language for customer service reps. Probably above 95% in my experience.
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Dolomite Mick أُعيد تغريده
Ban the pervert glasses. Ban the pervert glasses. Ban the pervert glasses. Ban the pervert glasses. Ban the pervert glasses. Ban the pervert glasses. Ban the pervert glasses. Ban the pervert glasses. Ban the pervert glasses. Ban the pervert glasses. Ban the pervert glasses.
WIRED@WIRED
More than 70 organizations, including the ACLU, EPIC, and Fight for the Future, say the AI smart glasses feature would endanger abuse victims, immigrants, and LGBTQ+ people. wired.com/story/meta-ray…
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@BrendanCarrFCC I haven't run into that problem. A problem I did recently run into was calling my apartment building's leasing office and speaking to an AI system that refused to connect me to a maintenance person.
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@DolomiteMick Have you made a call to customer service recently ?
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