Same thing happened to my wife. My phone was fine but she was worried something had happened to hers as it was SOS only. I had her go to the Verizon store which is where they told her about the outage.
I’ve more recently have gotten into competition shooting and it is definitely something to be aware of because it can easily slip into concerning exposure levels. A Reddit group I’m in just had a guy find out he was over exposed. Here’s the post:
Congratulations on getting into competition! I started competing and intentionally practicing to get better about 4 years ago after a long time of being a safe but casual shooter. In the last year I have won some major Glock-sponsored GSSF matches - 1st place Amateur out of 140 at their national championship Talladega, AL. One more win and they are going to bump me to master class. I do not reload my own ammo so I have less lead exposure there. I am very careful with my range routine though. I have dedicated cross trainer shoes as my range shoes that I put in a plastic bag in the trunk of the car on the way home. I wash my hands with the dlead soap right away (have wipes in my bag for outdoor use). Finally, I put my clothes directly in the wash when I get home to reduce tracking anything inside particularly since I have small children at home.
Only partially. This is Scambodia. The plot of The Beekeeper is US-based, and the head of that operation is the son of the President (or candidate? can't remember exactly anymore).
Why did it take so long for the FTC to go after the PBMs? They’ve been responsible for the lack of healthcare pricing transparency and shady incentives for years.
* July 2021: FTC relaxes its restrictions on using its compulsory investigation powers (subpoena-like) to conduct detailed investigations
* Mid 2021 to mid 2022: laundry list of enforcement actions against monopolization in dialysis clinics, gas stations, veterinarian services, and PE-rollups of critical medical services like anasthesia; multiple suits against repair restrictions (right-to-repair) imposed by e.g. Harley-Davidson.
* June 2022: Announced inquiry into PBMs
* September 2024: Files suit against PBMs
Seems like they've been pretty busy since day one.
FTC has been extremely active since the administration booted up. Within the first 6 months of the administration they had expanded their compulsory orders (subpoena-like powers) in seven specific sectors. They launched their investigation into PBMs using these new powers by June of 2022. Do you actually think these things come together in the order of months?
Always useful to have cynics discard meaningful efforts toward improvement though! Nothing like lazy fatalism to get people motivated to fix big, complex problems.
