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@goldenstater1 year ago
"Elon Musk’s elimination of verified check marks on Twitter quickly resulted in at least 11 new accounts impersonating the Los Angeles Police Department."

Tweets Become Harder to Believe as Labels Change Meaning

In the 24 hours after Twitter last week eliminated the blue check mark that historically served as a means of identifying public agencies, at least 11 new accounts began impersonating the Los Angeles Police Department.More than 20 purported to be various agencies of the federal government.Someone pretending to be the mayor of New York City promised to create a Department of Traffic and Parking Enforcement and slash police funding by 70 percent.
 @goldenstater1 year ago
San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan:

“I will say emphatically that San Jose will not become San Francisco. I think everyone deserves to live in a safe and clean environment.”

San Jose businesses face violent encounters, repeated property crimes

Stephanie Slocum and her husband have owned a bicycle shop in San Jose for just over a year and during most of that time, it's been a game of financial whack-a-mole.They've replaced five smashed windows and lost two bikes to theft.The total cost for repairs and replacements for Upshift Cycles on The Alameda? $20,000.
 @goldenstater1 year ago
"San Francisco is home to much in the way of visible public misery, unnerving street behavior and overt drug use. ... But the city’s violent crime rate is at a near-historic low, and is lower than most mid-to-large-sized cities."

Arrest made in SF killing of Bob Lee - tech exec's alleged killer also worked in tech

Mission Local is informed that the San Francisco Police Department early this morning made an arrest in the April 4 killing of tech executive Bob Lee, following an operation undertaken outside the city's borders.The alleged killer also works in tech and is a man Lee purportedly knew.We are told that police today were dispatched to Emeryville with a warrant to arrest a man named Nima Momeni.
 @goldenstater1 year ago
RT @davidfolkenflik: NPR quits Twitter after it questions the network’s editorial independence - my story:

NPR quits Twitter after being falsely labeled as 'state-affiliated media'

NPR announced it would cease posting to Twitter after the social media platform labeled the nonprofit "Government-funded Media."Charles Dharapak/AP NPR will no longer post fresh content to its 52 official Twitter feeds, becoming the first major news organization to go silent on the social media platform.
 @goldenstater1 year ago
Dear New York Times,
Bohemian Grove does not belong to Harlan Crow.

https://t.co/zhi9Gi8nXz

Lawmakers Call for Tighter Ethics Rules After Revelations About Justice Thomas

WASHINGTON Democratic lawmakers reiterated calls on Thursday to tighten ethics rules for the Supreme Court after a report shed light on gifts and favors Justice Clarence Thomas accepted from a major conservative donor for nearly 20 years.An investigation by ProPublica revealed that Justice Thomas accompanied the donor, Harlan Crow, a real estate billionaire, on a series of luxury vacations almost every year without disclosing them.
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