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GOP chairman in California makes rare apology over election fraud claims sfgate.com/politics/article/…
ALT GOP chairman in California makes rare apology over election fraud claims
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San Francisco city leaders announced in April the city’s first death from cychlorphine, a drug 10 times more potent than fentanyl.
It turns out the person who died was a 16-year-old boy, and his mother found him in his bedroom. She shared her story with me to spread awareness.
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New #study finds evidence #cannabis could treat #obesity, #diabetes sfgate.com/cannabis/article/… via @SFGate
@leddder @UCRiverside @UCRSoM #marijuana
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This is the best cannabis reporting I've read in a long while. Kudos to @leddder!
Hunting for the world's most mythical cannabis: Big Sur Holy Weed
sfgate.com/cannabis/article/… via @SFGate
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"Locals escaped the cold inside Wild Cherries Coffee House, an unofficial town square of Truckee. Most conversations were quiet attempts to process what had just happened."
Tremendous read from @leddder for @SFGate:
sfgate.com/renotahoe/article…
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"Half a century had passed between the monk supposedly growing pot in the monastery garden and Fratis getting these seeds. Back to square one."—@leddder for @SFGate #longreads
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As a person with a complicated relationship to weed, I found this @leddder deep-dive into the myth and foggy future of California cannabis' "holy grail" strain to be FASCINATING
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"I just don't know what they were thinking." sfgate.com/cannabis/article/…
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Many news outlets have used a single podcast remark as an indicator ICE agents would be “throughout Levi’s” and have a “major, visible” presence, but SFGATE reached out to 6 law enforcement agencies who haven't heard anything to that effect.
via @leddder sfgate.com/bayarea/article/s…
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"That people can manipulate chatbots to get more information—regardless of how dangerous that information may be—is a hallmark of recent tragedies tied to AI chatbots." —@leddder, @stephencouncil for @SFGate #longreads
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"It sends a message that cruelty and mockery are tactics in their enforcement culture." sfgate.com/la/article/la-fed…
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LA's staggering cannabis problem could cost the city $400M
"California's largest legal cannabis market is facing widespread collapse."
@leddder
@SFGate
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18yo: “Within three months, he had spent over $5,000 on 7-OH”
35yo: “At first, he was taking 15 milligram pills, but within days, he noticed he needed to take an entire package of tablets and consume 200 milligrams at a time “just to chase that high again.” Eventually, he was talking 2,000 milligrams a day. He spent $10,000 on the drug within just six months”
This Bay Area teen was set to go to college. Then he discovered ‘gas station heroin.'
sfgate.com/bayarea/article/s… via @SFGate
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Legal cannabis promised generational wealth and righting the drug war's wrongs. Legalization did neither - but in San Francisco, a politically connected team figured out how to work a system intended for POC and stand to walk away with millions. by me 🗞️👇 sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti…
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"Everybody wants to stop off in Weed and buy weed." sfgate.com/cannabis/article/…
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UPDATE: New York officials have ordered hundreds of batches of vapes and pre-rolls sold under brands like Stiiizy and Mfused to be quarantined, according to documents, emails and multiple people close to the investigation.
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Do you or someone you know work for Southwest at @FlySJC and was part of this job shift? If so, I'd like to chat. Our hunch is the airline just laid off a bunch of people under the guise of a reshuffle. Email in bio:
sfgate.com/travel/article/so…
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If you don't want to see me again after reading this review, I will understand sfgate.com/sf-culture/articl…
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Recently took ESTA from Mammoth to Bishop then back to Mammoth days later. Really the best govt service I've seen anywhere in rural California. Not mentioned is how a lot of service workers & Mammoth employees live outside Mammoth, ride daily. @leddder
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I'm a big fan of NYC Subway Takes, and not to rip them off, but I very much welcome some #FREELANCEWRITER #PITCHES that are (educated/nuanced/fun) rants on Bay Area issues big/small. Rates = $300. Writers plz RT, and hit me on the email @IWWFJU @FreelanceWJ @studyhallxyz