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Honey bees across the country are under attack from tiny, eight-legged parasitic mites. These mites burrow between the segments of the bees’ adult bodies or invade their larvae and infect them with viruses. cal.news/3HOuOCC
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Breaking: Russia freed wrongly convicted WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich as part of the largest and most complex East-West prisoner swap since the Cold War on.wsj.com/4cheS5q
Congrats to the @CNPAservices nominees and winners and very honored that @CalMatters' WhatMatters won for best newsletter! Wild. 🏆🥇🥹 Check out our other awards: calmatters.org/inside-the-ne…
Went on a brief walk around the block during work and just randomly snagged a lifer (white-throated swift) at the Sac convention center. Life's cool sometimes.
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$27.6 billion: the projected remaining deficit in next year's budget
$13.7 billion: proposed ongoing cuts
$0: "I'm not prepared to increase taxes."
Here are some of the key numbers in @GavinNewsom's revised spending plan: calmatters.org/politics/2024…
Wholesale prices of crude oil can be swung by global events. But while those prices typically rise in tandem with retail prices, they don't fall together. When wholesale prices drop, pump prices are often slow to follow: "Up like a rocket but down like a feather" says @CalEnergy
The state’s average price at the pump is up 55 cents from a year ago as the more expensive summer blend kicks in, with a gas tax hike starting July 1. Legislators want to know what a new watchdog is doing to help consumers. cal.news/4bejOIA
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Using new @CalMatters AI, grieving moms discover how California lawmakers killed a popular fentanyl bill by *not* ​voting
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A recent bill in the California Legislature would urge schools to consider students' mental health and be more intentional about homework assignments. @lynnlaaa @CalMatters
Will less homework stress make California students happier?
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Some big news 🚨:
CalMatters announces the acquisition of @themarkup, a nonprofit newsroom that specializes in covering technology and its impact on our lives.
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ALT A powerful next-stage journalism venture: CalMatters acquires The Markup
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The physical and emotional abuse @ParisHilton says she experienced at youth treatment centers in California, Utah and Montana has led her on a personal crusade against institutional abuse in the “troubled teen industry.” cal.news/3vVspAh
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FYI, San Jose:
• Spent millions of $$ on homelessness, but can't say where it went
• Extended an $8M homelessness prevention contract on inflated data
• Hasn’t calculated how many new homes it needs
• Has about the same homeless population as SD but half the # of housing beds
Exactly how much is California spending to combat homelessness — and is it working?
It turns out, no one knows. That’s the result of a much-anticipated statewide audit released Tuesday. cal.news/3VNJGpG
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CalMatters Digital Democracy has officially launched! Poke around, search the databases and use these tools to keep your California lawmakers accountable. ✌️
CalMatters is proud to introduce Digital Democracy, a powerful and unprecedented new AI tool that tracks every word spoken by legislators in public hearings, every dollar donated to politicians, every bill introduced, every vote cast and more.
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ALT Hed: CalMatters’ Digital Democracy offers unprecedented access to the Capitol’s inner workings Illustration: An AI-generated image based on a description of CalMatters’ Digital Democracy via Adobe.
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Public biographies of Gov. Gavin Newsom have long touted his baseball career, including that he played at Santa Clara University. But he was never on the roster, among other misperceptions of his accomplishments. Newsom has not corrected the record.
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The botched Yuri on Ice movie being called out by... *checks notes* Duolingo?!
this is the closest we'll get to a yuri on ice movie
#DuolingoOnIce #YuriOnIce
ALT Duo's, the green owl mascot of Duolingo, face photoshopped onto characters from the popular figure skating anime Yuri!! On Ice.
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Breaking: Gov. Gavin Newsom said today he supports President Biden’s call for a ceasefire in Gaza, citing the “ongoing and horrific loss of innocent civilian life.” cal.news/3IPK2UU
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Oh, this is excellent. And read the context here in @CalMatters' newsletter: calmatters.org/newsletter/ca…
This energy but... outside.
It may not be long until Californians can order a beer at a bar to go, walk it straight out the door and drink it outside. cal.news/4bgaUdS
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As per @RA_Becks AND the @latimes stories on this: "California will be following Colorado, which already has regulations, and Texas, where the nation’s first direct potable reuse plant was built a decade ago. Rules are in development in Florida and Arizona, as well."
Civilization continues to collapse in CA. Sacramento Democrats want you and your family to drink toilet water! This isn’t a joke.
This is completely unnecessary. Republicans have been pushing to build desalination plants on the coast which would provide more than enough water. Every country in the dessert does this. Have you ever heard of a drought in Dubai?
When you go to vote, remember a vote for a (D)emocrat is a vote to Drink toilet water.
Anyway, don't take my single tweet on this — everyone please go read @RA_Becks' stellar piece:
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