Lori Ross

Designer, Developer, Geek, Dreamer, Optimistic Realist

[Lori Ross @LARossDC]

@kdlafrance Parmigiana-Reggiano. Specifically in my sourdough discard pan bread that’s also sprinkled with smoked paprika, garlic and Kirkland real bacon bits. It’s rolled up like a stuffed bread and fried on low temp. Bliss!

[Lori Ross @LARossDC]

@kdlafrance This boomer never bought that bs. Still following my professional passions, plenty of changes, trauma and healing too. Not all boomers are bad. 😎

[Lori Ross @LARossDC]

@soundslikecanoe Having worked extensively in both, I wouldn’t put UI below UX as though it’s less important. True, the map of function (UX) is laid out first. Good design (UI) then works like GPS — highlighting the route and making it clear. Not just pretty.

[Charles A. Gardner, PhD @ChaunceyGardner]

37% of US teens drink. 16% report binge drinking in the past 2 weeks. This causes 3,500 deaths every year.

Significantly more teens drink flavored alcohol than vape 'flavored' ecigs... which cause no deaths. Where is the logic in our current #MoralPanic over teen vaping?

[Gregory Conley @GregTHR]

USC's Jon-Patrick Allem complains about music videos featuring vape brands.

Of the two brands cited, one was a dry herb vaporizer (Bad Bunny) and the other was a company that also clearly markets their products for THC use (DJ Khaled with KandyPens).

https://t.co/Jq0wiOHwMn

[StefanDidak @StefanDidak]

A federal court has prevented the city of Philadelphia from implementing its ban on flavored tobacco products.

https://t.co/BWoKxGKcPQ

[American Vapor Manufacturers @VaporAmerican]

“A new vaping industry trade association launched Monday, with the goal of representing small businesses trying to navigate the FDA’s complex regulatory pathway for vaping products.” ⁦@whycherrywhy⁩ https://t.co/ShG5vZdY31

[Charles A. Gardner, PhD @ChaunceyGardner]

NEW ZEALAND
@PouTepou writes: "Nicotine addiction cannot be eradicated, but its harms can be reduced by giving people safer options and refusing to make the perfect the enemy of the good." Wise words.
https://t.co/ol0khzFDPO

[Pippa Starr - Let's Improve Vaping Education! 🇦🇺 @LivePippas]

Now that the "teen gateway effect" has gone up in smoke! There are no excuses to not support adults vaping with nicotine for harm reduction. @smokefreetas @SanchiaAranda @GregHuntMP @ama_media @ChrisZappala @Lungfoundation @SimonChapman6 https://t.co/hVuUcjFL60

[michelleminton @michelleminton]

Why do people in power keep expecting prohibition to work even though it has failed for literally all of human history? Is it A. optimism, B. hubris, or C. stupidity? Trick question: it's secret answer D. they know it won't work, but don't care...so long as they look good.

[Tobacco Harm Reduction 101 @thr101org]

Banning flavors in e-cigarettes and/or banning tobacco harm reduction products criminalizes the million of American adults that have used these products to quit smoking.
#SayYesToTHR #tobaccoharmreduction #thr101 #vapingsaveslives #vapingavedmylife

[Dimitris 🇬🇷 🇺🇸 @VapinGreek]

I long for the day public health officials embrace tobacco harm reduction and end the cigarette smoking pandemic

#worldvapeday
#sayyestothr
#vapingsavedmylife

[michelleminton @michelleminton]

Cannabis legalization folks: be afraid. If Tobacco Control moguls come for your industry (as it seems they will) they'll use the same pseudoscience + fear mongering to restrict, ban, & tax you to death to keep their hustle funded. Prepare & start fighting the quacktivism now.

[American Vaping Assn @AVABoard]

AVA President @GregTHR in Fox News. Read the full story: https://t.co/sB3dGjagSp

[K. Farsalinos @FarsalinosK]

I am not surprised that common sense prevails. But it is shocking that we need to fight in order to prevail over irrational arguments that dominate the e-cigarette debate.
https://t.co/nHSYcvJg07

[michelleminton @michelleminton]

Great job Bloomberg, @TobaccoFreeKids @FDATobacco Stanton Glantz, et al. You did it; you got what you wanted: Americans are smoking again. Congratulations. https://t.co/rt7TBVbVuT

[G. Karl Snæ MD ✤ @KalliSnae]

Still consider is as "miraculous" @JoodiG. Since 2017 kids smoking eradicated <1%. Plunged ~95% since 2001. 18-34yo 3%, >18yo 6% - Total smoking 15-85yo⬇︎ to 4-5%. Snus or Vaping not burning tobacco - ~harmless comparison - Death rate smoke <100 deaths /year/100k.

[Kristin Noll-Marsh @Noll_Marsh]

Why are teens "victims" of addiction, but adults "choose" addiction, are ostracized & left to "quit or die?" We shut down the country to protect our elderly from COVID-19, but will let 480k elderly die every year to "protect" (mostly smoking) teens from far safer alternatives?

[Phil @phil_w888]

COMMENTARY: E-cig panic made things worse https://t.co/xan4poygPC via @thetandd

[Phil @phil_w888]

OPINION | First peer-reviewed study to show nicotine offers potential protection against Covid-19 https://t.co/CnBX9XV65X via @News24