Rick Cimerman

Personal account but work @NCTAitv. Interested in communications policy, Florida Gators and more. Also a travel junkie.

[NCTA - The Internet & Television Association @NCTAitv]

Exciting News! NCTA’s docufilm #EveryLastMile just won Platinum in the Documentary category at the MarCom Awards! 🏆 The film highlights the grit and determination of crews expanding broadband to underserved communities to bridge the digital divide. Watch the inspiring story: https://t.co/GWxfvAzuwX

[Rick Cimerman @RCimerman]

@billyez2 Not sure I ever included my summer job at Fotomat. Mostly they employed Fotomates, but as a male I was a Fotomac.

[AG @AGHamilton29]

There has been a lot of discussion about whether Israel, a country w a nearly 20% Arab population with full legal rights, is an "apartheid" state.

But the accusation often comes from supporters of surrounding states and territories. So let’s look at some of those for comparison:

[Spencer Joseph @SpencerJJoseph]

1. Do you know which new countries emerged after WWI ?

Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Austria, Hungary, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan & Iraq.

[Rick Cimerman @RCimerman]

@RobShrum @EdwardLonge @RobShrum @EdwardLonge I sure hope you’re properly maximizing your points and miles!

[Rick Cimerman @RCimerman]

@JLCauvin Mmm c

[Rick Cimerman @RCimerman]

@geoffmanne @AdamThierer Better formulation rather than “familiarity with” might have been “appreciation of [as opposed to skepticism or downright hostility to]”

[Rick Cimerman @RCimerman]

@ZacharyGraves Great timing!

[Rick Cimerman @RCimerman]

Hey @parkmobile why did you change the app so I can’t just sign in. It wants my email or cell number to send a link by email or text. Which is fine. But it’s not working so I am unable to use the app. It won’t send a link.

[Rick Cimerman @RCimerman]

@jeffreywestling Going to say about 5 PM as long as there’s an intent, (stated or otherwise) to get up again before the morning.

[Devin Duke @sirDukeDevin]

Taylor Swift probably wouldn't put up with a guy banging a pornstar while she cared for their newborn. Just a hunch.

[Harris Sultan @TheHarrisSultan]

My dad, who is a moderate Muslim, finally expressed his concern and asked me, 'Why are you supporting this genocide?'

He mentioned that he's stopped looking at his phone because he can no longer bear to watch videos of Palestinian children being bombed by Israel.

I replied, 'I empathize with the suffering, and it's not easy for me either.'

Then I showed him a photo, and we both agreed on the gravity of the situation in Palestine.

I then informed him that the photo was actually of a Yemeni child pulled from the rubble resulting from a Saudi bombing in Yemen.

I pointed out that Israel has allegedly killed 7,000 Palestinians, while the Saudis have killed at least 150,000 Yemeni Muslims. Some estimates suggest upto 300,000.

How can we call the current conflict a 'genocide' when what the Saudis did is hardly even discussed by Muslims? Don’t get me started on 200,000 Muslims killed by Bashar Al Asad in Syria.

He responded that if that's the case, he also disagrees with what the Saudis did. I replied, 'How convenient. Nearly half a MILLION fellow Muslims have been killed by other Muslims, and you didn't even know about it. Yet when Israel retaliates against a terrorist organization that has killed, raped, and maimed 1,500 of its citizens, the whole Muslim world reacts?'

It seems to have less to do with preserving Muslim lives and more to do with a religious fantasy of hostility toward Jews.

[Sarah Rumpf 🇺🇸❤️🇺🇦 @rumpfshaker]

I try to keep my social media PG-13, but even PG-13 movies get one F-word. So…

Go *fuck* yourself, you weak-minded tool of Russian war criminals.

[Yoni Michanie @YoniMichanie]

The world didn't need to see images of those slaughtered by ISIS in the 2015 Paris terror attacks to believe the French government.

The world didn't need to see images of those murdered by ISIS in the 2017 Barcelona attack to believe the Spanish government.

But after 1,400 Israelis were raped, beheaded, burned, tortured, kidnapped, and murdered, Israel's government is still forced to hold a screening of raw footage of Hamas' crimes against humanity to the international press.

And in case you were wondering, even this will not be enough.

[Chris Bakke @ChrisJBakke]

A legendary statement from the President of the University of Florida:

[Daniel Lyons @ProfDanielLyons]

Since folks are referencing this old dispute in connection with @FCC's #netneutrality news, it's time to re-up this piece.

One More Time: The Verizon-Santa Clara Fire Dispute Has Nothing to Do with Net Neutrality https://t.co/pkoAkX6PtC

[Vice President Kamala Harris Archived @VP46Archive]

Extremists are pushing forward revisionist history. They insult us in an attempt to gaslight us, and we will not stand for it.

[NCTA - The Internet & Television Association @NCTAitv]

How can we connect every American to digital opportunity?

✅Prioritize projects in truly unserved areas
✅Protect against waste & fraud
✅Ensure fair competition among #broadband providers.

Read @RCimerman's op-ed in @InsideSourcesDC: https://t.co/U37PdtDewr