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  • @RA_Becks
    @RA_Becks
    @RA_Becks
    Environment reporter @CALmatters. Lapsed immunology lab rat. Former science journalist for @verge. Tweets mine, RTs & likes≠endorsements. Pronouns: She/her
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  • Rebecca Sohn
    @RebeccaSohn2
    2 hours ago
    What do you do with a group of symptoms in categorical limbo? For the past few months, I've taken a deep dive into research on what some say could be a new psychological disorder - sluggish cognitive tempo. So excited to present my latest for @statnews. https://t.co/0jQCIEEJjP
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    Despite critics, researchers investigate possible new mental health disorder

    Many researchers say the study of sluggish cognitive tempo, which is still in its early stages, can’t yet support a formal diagnosis.

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  • Roxanne Khamsi
    @rkhamsi
    3 hours ago
    Look at this stat on multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children 👀 https://t.co/qEhBTCJY1m
    Dr. Lisa Iannattone
    @lisa_iannattone
    4 hours ago
    150 cases of MIS-C in Quebec to date. That’s 1 in every 433 confirmed covid cases in 0-19 year olds resulting in MIS-C. To me, that’s not something I’d qualify as “rare”. https://t.co/T1jxkS1CsG
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  • Roxanne Khamsi
    @rkhamsi
    3 hours ago
    Important resource for med students and doctors. Please share. h/t @HelenBranswell https://t.co/7xuxUwU9JO
    Dr. Mona Masood, DO
    @ShrinkRapping
    5 days ago
    @darakass As the founder of Physician Support Line, I just want to gently remind my med student and doctor colleagues that we are here to vent, grieve, cry, debrief on any subject. Does not have to be a crisis at all. We are just docs supporting docs & report to no one. https://t.co/lNyBSzu2mu
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  • Sammy Roth
    @Sammy_Roth
    4 days ago
    Progress continues to be extremely slow at the Salton Sea, but at least there is some progress to report. Story by ⁦@MarkOlalde⁩: https://t.co/50yM6cW42y
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    California spends $12.8M more on the Salton Sea, finally appoints analyst to study seawater...

    The California Natural Resources Agency said the University of California, Santa Cruz, will study how water can be imported into the Salton Sea.

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  • Jeremy B. White
    @JeremyBWhite
    4 days ago
    "Fire season's already started," @GavinNewsom says, notes there are already 2X as many acres burned this year as same time last year.
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  • Jeremy B. White
    @JeremyBWhite
    4 days ago
    “We are not prepared” to declare drought State of Emergency “at this moment” @GavinNewsom says, tho Central Valley lawmakers have pushed him to do so
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  • Ariel Wittenberg
    @ArielWittenberg
    4 days ago
    Sometimes being a mom makes my reporting better. Sometimes my reporting makes me a mom. Both are the case in this story about how FDA allows the first food I fed my kid to be way more toxic than other foods. My latest for @EENewsUpdates https://t.co/i6EiIaxZJl
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    TOXICS: FDA rules for baby food guided by feasibility, not safety

    The Food and Drug Administration allows 10 times as much arsenic and other toxic chemicals in baby foods as it does in some other products -- limits based not on health and safety for young develop...

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  • Debra Kahn
    @debra_kahn
    4 days ago
    Proud to have contributed a blurb for @MikeMendezPhD's book on environmental justice and California climate policy. I'll say it again, those who seek to form a durable — or any — consensus on national climate policy would be advised to read this book. https://t.co/SYhpVVLkbL https://t.co/ecXBJrdXdX
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    Michael Méndez
    @MikeMendezPhD
    4 days ago
    Honored "Climate Change From the Streets" won the Sprout Award for best book in int'll environmental studies/politics from the International Studies Association @isanet My book shows climate politics are racialized at local & global scales.
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  • Ryan Sabalow
    @RyanSabalow
    4 days ago
    No one expected Newsom to veto a bill that would have allowed dumps to continue accepting treated lumber like railroad ties, fence posts and decking materials. It threw the waste management world into disarray. Reporting w/ @dakasler https://t.co/ucxRSgGg7F
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    How a surprising Newsom veto threw California’s garbage, building industries into chaos

    The governor effectively banned dumps and landfills from accepting treated wood. It didn’t go well.

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  • Amy Maxmen, PhD
    @amymaxmen
    4 days ago
    A NYT reporter was admonished by Exxon for tweeting about oil industry ties to white supremacy. They deleted the tweet. But @KendraWrites fleshes out the connection 👇🏼 https://t.co/YMUs430w24
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    Understanding the Fossil Fuel Industry's Legacy of White Supremacy - Toward Freedom

    Last October, reporter Hiroko Tabuchi tweeted that she’d “been thinking a lot about fossil fuels and white supremacy recently,” noting that nearly every oil industry official she’d encountered as a...

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  • Jeremy B. White
    @JeremyBWhite
    4 days ago
    Love this story about amorous desert toads and the humans that help them https://t.co/uRRJGjsRSD
    Louis Sahagun
    @LouisSahagun
    4 days ago
    When rare California toads get thirsty for love, this tiny college helps set the mood https://t.co/kl2yhAaByt
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    When rare California toads get thirsty for love, this tiny college helps set the mood

    When California's exceedingly rare and vulnerable black toads seek a springtime fling, Deep Springs College in Inyo County helps set the mood.

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  • Amy Maxmen, PhD
    @amymaxmen
    5 days ago
    🧐 My latest investigation looks at US' lagging surveillance for variants. “We have enough sequencers to sequence SARS-CoV-2 from every case, 100x over,” @K_G_Andersen told me. But we are sequencing just 1.5% of cases, according to @GISAID posts. https://t.co/YBHJvV1che
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    Why US coronavirus tracking can't keep up with concerning variants

    The country has an enormous virus sequencing capacity, but funding and coordination roadblocks are holding it back.

    www.nature.com
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  • Anna Louie Sussman
    @annalouiesuss
    5 days ago
    By going through three rounds of egg freezing and "forgoing the opportunity to invest those dollars in a retirement vehicle like a mutual fund, 401(k), or the stock market, I lost, by my estimates, more than $150,000 in potential investment earnings." https://t.co/2ZiyUqQyKr
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    Commentary: 'Equal pay' won't be truly equal until fertility care is covered

    Employers need to address the huge out-of-pocket costs that IVF treatments and egg-freezing impose on working women.

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  • @RA_Becks
    @RA_Becks
    5 days ago
    so excited to read this! https://t.co/PbTqzTVt91
    Alex Wellerstein
    @wellerstein
    7 days ago
    This week, my book — RESTRICTED DATA: The History of Nuclear Weapons in the United States — is officially launching! I'll be doing some online events this week, and some in early May, for those who are interested. https://t.co/TZxC20x3w3
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    Restricted Data: The History of Nuclear Secrecy in the United States — now available! | Restricted...

    A decade in the making, my first book, Restricted Data: The History of Nuclear Secrecy in the United States (University of Chicago Press, 2021), is...

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  • Ethan Edward Coston (he/him/his)
    @Ethan4Books
    5 days ago
    Completely related sidenote: if you know an outlet looking for higher ed, political, or investigative reporters who use an equity/ppl oriented lens & who have a proven track record of fighting for access to info (two PRA lawsuits so far), please lmk https://t.co/V4zuJHP4QC
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    Home | Ethan Edward Coston
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  • Elizabeth Aguilera
    @1eaguilera
    5 days ago
    If you have elderly loved ones or friends in California nursing homes you MUST read this story by @jocelynwiener. The state @CAPublicHealth has not approved licenses for the owner but allows them to continue to operate anyway. #seniorcare https://t.co/Mlct8ubvsr
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    State oversight of nursing homes called ‘befuddling,’ ‘broken’ | CalMatters

    A CalMatters investigation reveals an opaque licensing process for California nursing homes, rife with indecision and contradictions.

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  • Laura Helmuth
    @laurahelmuth
    5 days ago
    One thing good people can do to counteract all the horrible people who send abusive messages to journalists, especially female journalists, especially female journalists of color -- is to let them know you appreciate their work. (Tweeting for a friend, I'm okay)
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  • Julia Wick
    @sherlyholmes
    5 days ago
    A WILD story from @RyanSabalow https://t.co/wizTyu2DVK
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    How California snared two elite hunters posting ‘once a lifetime’ kills on social media

    Covert stakeouts, DNA evidence, aerial surveillance and vehicle tracking devices. Did state wardens go too far?

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  • Monica Vaughan
    @MonicaLVaughan
    5 days ago
    On drought and water: Let's not forget that the acreage of water-thirsty crops in the Valley INCREASED since the last drought, when domestic wells went dry and land sunk as a result of over pumping. https://t.co/OPFG79dVDY https://t.co/4Tar2gNCLb
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    Industrial farms leave water wells ‘high and dry’ despite regulations, Madera residents say

    They’re just here to make their millions and pull out and leave us high and dry… and nobody is watching this.

    www.fresnobee.com
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