@kharijohnson

Citizen, human, tech reporter @calmatters and @themarkup, formerly @wired @venturebeat, on Bluesky https://xitter.cf/t.co/vROf1HJZAu

 Oakland, CA
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Joined September 2008
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It’s out! I started work on my first and last WIRED feature three years ago. It’s about space law, satellite constellations, colonization, and a team of young women from Zimbabwe wired.com/story/two-nations-…

Two Nations, a Horrible Accident, and the Urgent Need to Understand the Laws of Space

Welcome to the world’s foremost training ground for saving space from disasters, disputes, and—perhaps one day—colonizers named Musk.

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CalMatters@CalMatters18 Feb 2025
A spate of new bills in California and other states would protect consumers from electricity rate hikes that subsidize data centers. cal.news/4k3Gujm 📝 Khari Johnson

Crackdown on power-guzzling data centers may soon come online in California

Legislators propose regulations to keep California electricity rates from spiking due to costs from new data centers.

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Hey friends hey! For all those making the migration you can find me at khari.bsky.social
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CalMatters@CalMatters8 Nov 2024
California’s state Senate will be at least 50% women for the first time in history and, depending on a few undecided races, the state Legislature overall could reach gender parity for the first time. cal.news/4hJcQyT 📝 @sameeakamal

The California Legislature set a record for women in office and could see historic gender parity

California’s state Senate will be at least 50% women for the first time in history, and, depending on a few undecided races, could reach overall gender parity.

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Leon Yin@LeonYin10 Oct 2024
NEW INVESTIGATION: Uber and Lyft locked drivers out of work to game a NYC minimum wage law. We crowdsourced screenshots, monitored surge pricing and ran financial models to reveal the devastating impact on drivers. w/ @natlungfy @A_W_Gordon @DeniseDSLu bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-…

How Uber and Lyft Used a Loophole to Deny NYC Drivers Millions in Pay

Uber and Lyft locked drivers out of their apps to game a NYC wage law, denying drivers millions in pay

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Mar Hicks@histoftech8 Oct 2024
Prof. Alondra Nelson (@alondra) speaking at @UVA @uvadatascience about integrating tech and social policy. Dr. Nelson is concerned that academia will be caught doing the “clean up work” for industry, which is rushing untested and poorly understood AI products to market.
Three people on stage

ALT Three people on stage

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For the past six months, I’ve been trying to figure out why the tech industry – and in particular crypto – have been pouring so much money into political races. The answer is bigger, and much more wide-ranging, than we think, and it appears in the New Yorker today. newyorker.com/magazine/2024/…
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I met @emdrums when we sat at the same table at a wedding a year ago, and I'm so glad that we did. Good things lie ahead for sure. Congrats!
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Emily Bloch was sworn in as the 108th president of the Society. "It was the in-person trainings and programming @SPJFla hosted that first inspired me to get involved...and helped mold my career into what it is today," said @emdrums. Congratulations Emily! spj.org/news.asp?REF=3039
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CalMatters@CalMatters28 Sep 2024
✅ Most tortillas and corn masa products sold in California will soon have to include an additional ingredient — one considered key during pregnancy. The goal? Increase folic acid intake among Latinas of reproductive age. cal.news/47Hjpxb 📝 @ab_ibarra 📸 @newspartakid
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CalMatters@CalMatters29 Sep 2024
❌ Breaking: Gov. Newsom vetoed the legislature's most ambitious (and contentious) bill this year to regulate A.I. It would have required testing of A.I. models before companies could deploy them, to assess their risk to society. cal.news/3Y3a7IC 📝 @kharijohnson

Why Gavin Newsom vetoed California’s bold bid to regulate AI

The CA legislation would have required companies to test AI models for critical harms they could cause to society.

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Rev. Barber ain’t even opened his mouth yet and he already tired of Mark Robinson 😂
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CalMatters@CalMatters25 Sep 2024
.@VP Kamala Harris pledges to build 3 million affordable homes and apartments in her first term as president, but Gov. Newsom has fallen short on a similar campaign promise in California. What lessons can she learn? cal.news/3XZSybp 📝 @akoseff

Gavin Newsom has not solved California's housing crisis. Three lessons for Kamala Harris

Kamala Harris pledges to build 3 million affordable homes, but Gov. Newsom has fallen short on a similar campaign promise in California.

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California es el séptimo estado de Estados Unidos en adoptar licencias de conducir móviles para iPhones, parte de un esfuerzo creciente por parte de empresas y gobiernos para hacer que las identificaciones digitales sean algo común. cal.news/3Bf2i9T 📝 @kharijohnson
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Luca Bertuzzi@BertuzLuca23 Sep 2024
What does Thierry Breton's departure mean for European Tech Regulation? And what can we expect from the next European Commission regarding digital policy? I tried replying to these burning questions with the great @justinhendrix of @techpolicypress. techpolicy.press/thierry-bre…

Thierry Breton Resigns- What Does it Mean for European Tech Regulation?

A conversation with Luca Bertuzzi, Senior AI Correspondent at MLex.

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CalMatters@CalMatters19 Sep 2024
California is the seventh U.S. state to adopt mobile driver’s licenses for iPhones, part of a growing push by businesses and governments to make digital IDs commonplace. cal.news/3zpwluV 📝 @kharijohnson

California drivers can get mobile licenses on their iPhones — but they need physical ones too

CA is the seventh U.S. state to adopt mobile driver’s licenses for iPhones, part of a growing push by businesses and governments to make digital IDs commonplace.

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I’ve always been a proud California girl and now I’m delighted to share that I am officially a fellow @collegebeatCA ! Please feel free to message me via DM for any story tips! ✉️ 📸#2: Cristian Gonzalez
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CalMatters@CalMatters17 Sep 2024
✅✅✅ Gov. Newsom signed three bills intended to protect voters from deepfakes — deceptive forms of audio, images and video generated by artificial intelligence. cal.news/3XPOytZ 📝 @kharijohnson 📷 Jeff Chiu, AP Photo
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This is my first lawsuit as a reporter. Many govenment agencies deny records, knowing most newsrooms don’t have the resources to fight it. Wish us luck! Story: calmatters.org/housing/homel… #publicrecords #news #journalism
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CalMatters@CalMatters16 Sep 2024
In total, according to CalMatters’ analysis of state records, 56 hospitals have stopped delivering babies since 2012 — that’s 16% of all general acute care hospitals in the state. The list: cal.news/3Bhr3lB 📝 Kristen Hwang, @ericayee_ & @ab_ibarra
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