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@RoryDoesPhonics

Politics reporter . Need me? 559-441-6015 or rappleton@fresnobee.com.

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    20 Dec 2018

    I want to thank everyone, particularly my fellow journalists, for all the nice things they've said since the story. This seems like a good time to recap a year in which I did my best to bring political coverage and its discourse back to the (thread):

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  2. Retweeted
    Jan 4

    I noticed something interesting about the area I grew up in: clusters of homes are abandoning grass lawns in favor of something else entirely. Most everyone I talked to agrees this is good news.

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  3. Jan 4

    Check out 's excellent piece in 's today on how the draught altered the landscape(ing) in some of Fresno's more affluent areas.

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  4. Jan 3

    "Curses! We would have gotten away with this whole 'shutting down the U.S. government' thing if it weren't for those meddling journalists doing their jobs!"

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  5. Jan 3

    66 degrees and falling in the newsroom today. Let the cold come. If they freeze, they freeze.

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  6. Jan 3

    ICYMI (and almost all of you did): "That is 12 people working while we were seeing 240-270 cars per hour coming into (the) south entrance. Let that sink in. TWELVE people. In a park the size of Rhode Island."

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  7. Jan 2

    *shut down

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  8. Jan 2

    Update: will down completely at 6 p.m.

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  9. Jan 2

    Settle in for a long one, folks: I went to and spoke to various folks working at/with Yosemite and during the . There's an uplifting volunteer effort, but the financial impacts are considerable.

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    Jan 2

    In 2019, I hope all my friends have health insurance and start a retirement fund.

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  11. Jan 2

    In 2019, I won't stop typing "Thanks!" at the end of my work emails. I know the hate that flows toward exclamation points, but I am having none of it. You get my full, enthusiastic thanks no matter what. Deal with it.

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  12. 30 Dec 2018

    A little Sunday afternoon league for you kids.

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  13. 28 Dec 2018

    Hey Netflix Subscriber, are you seeking interactivity AND plot? Well you're in luck, because video games have existed for 40 years! ... the beginning of which is ironically touched on in Bandersnatch of all things.

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  14. 28 Dec 2018

    Bandersnatch Review: Nah. Got too cute with it. The interactivity is the car, but it has to go somewhere. At least one of the stories needs to be compelling. Plus allowing quick do-overs takes the sting out of the choices.

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  15. Retweeted
    27 Dec 2018

    Arambula keeps Assembly chairmanship, committee positions after arrest

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    27 Dec 2018

    For my 2018 wrap, I'm going to share just one story, plus the lovely things that came about after it:

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    27 Dec 2018

    Watch me do laundry in the sink for a split second in my application for the 52 Places journalist position 🙇‍♀️

    We're just a couple of weeks away from announcing our 52 Places Traveler for 2019. But first, we thought you'd like to meet some of the candidates.
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  18. Retweeted
    26 Dec 2018

    BREAKING: Killing of Fresno County farmer unresolved, as jury fails to reach verdict

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    24 Dec 2018

    I have come to the realization my favorite Christmas movie tradition is watching Love Actually. What in the name of adulting is this?

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    23 Dec 2018

    A story by 's about "The and the War on Local News" made this week's list of Top 5 . Includes interviews with and :

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    22 Dec 2018

    What an incredible story about the staff. I see a lot of the journalists I know reflected in this account.

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