Brooke Becher
@brookebecher
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Journalist powered by punk ethos | Staff Reporter @BuiltIn | MA War Reporting + Int. Human Rights | Tips to [email protected]
Long Beach, CA
Joined January 2010
Finally taking the time to announce my new position as a staff writer for the features team at @BuiltIn, a community-focused platform uniting people in tech.
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As trade tensions heat up, locking down a steady, diversified supply of rare earth metals isn’t just an economic priority — it’s a matter of national security. Built In reporter @brookebecher tells us why. https://t.co/O4go0qRUwA
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Rare earth metals are a group of 17 soft, heavy, silvery-white elements that are essential to the production of advanced technologies for a variety of industries.
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The rules of global trade have changed. Built In’s @brookebecher explains how tech’s top hardware manufacturers are pivoting.
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Trump’s tariffs on global imports are wreaking havoc on supply chains for tech hardware giants like Apple, Samsung, Microsoft and Nvidia. Here’s how top companies are adapting.
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Both Interpol, the organisation, and Interpol the band are going to be in Glasgow tomorrow, and that's scratching a part of my brain that I didn't know needed scratched
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A massive earthquake to punish Los Angeles for using Long Beach as the fake backdrop for the 2028 games. I understand.
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Great overview of #airships by @brookebecher of @BuiltIn (with a great punny title)! Covers airship types; construction, operations, and history; and the revival of the sector by companies inc. @AirVehicles and @_FLYING_WHALES_! https://t.co/ZwPTvAxc9U
#AirshipAssociation
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An airship (such as a blimp or zeppelin) is a lighter-than-air aircraft that uses buoyant gasses to float and steer across the skies under its own power.
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What is microfluidics? @brookebecher gives a great overview in @BuiltI, which includes Wyss work developing multiple organs-on-chips, including lung, intestine, kidney, and bone marrow. #OrganChips #Microfluidics
https://t.co/YMJ9ZVIvMT
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Happy to be featured, talking next-generation BCIs in @BuiltIn today :) https://t.co/UYmfyBfnQd
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A brain-computer interface (BCI) is a device that lets the human brain communicate with and control external software or hardware, like a computer, mobile device or robotic limb.
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here’s looking at you, #engineer s, #neuroscience, #neuroscientist s, #researcher s and #biotech ies.
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#journorequest seeking a BCI — brain-computer interface — expert to speak on an explainer piece entitled “What Is Neuralink?” for @BuiltIn. Let me know if you’re available for quick turnaround commentary! RTs appreciated 😉✨
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NPR as an organization quit Twitter, thanks to the Chief Twit's capricious handling of labels on our main account. I'll still be active here. But this is a blow to journalists who built their brands and spread word about great work w/autonomy. DETAILS:
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NPR's official Twitter feeds have gone silent. The news organization cites the social media platform's decision to question NPR's editorial independence through a series of inaccurate labels.
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Really great commentary on this one, Alan. Thanks again for contributing to this piece.
Alan Lipton, SVP, Engineering says,“ #Biometric systems use algorithms, or digital recipes, to reduce your biometric sample to a sort of #digitalsignature that captures the essential essence of what it means to be you.” by @brookebecher at @BuiltIn
https://t.co/e61R9vyKCw
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Going to the desert in a few weeks! 🌴I’ve been invited to @coachella on behalf of a program called Accessible Plus. The program by @goldenvoice is for BIPOC folks with disabilities to participate in the festival , network and discuss accessibility in live entertainment. STOKED!
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A tentative agreement has been reached to end the protracted contract dispute that shut down Los Angeles public schools for three days, with the lowest-wage workers winning a raise of 30% or more, officials announced Friday afternoon
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The agreement comes after L.A. Mayor Karen Bass intervened to mediate the protracted dispute that led to a three-day strike and LAUSD school closures.
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Robert Smith gets Ticketmaster to lower service fees for Cure tickets https://t.co/UWMDIMFKrO
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I miss when I was chaotic on here more often.
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The Cure's Robert Smith comments on Ticketmaster services fees: "I am as sickened as you" https://t.co/8lBtzMMT5I
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"Unfortunately, despite our desire to protect our low ticket prices for fans, the states of NY, IL and CO make this very difficult," @thecure write. "They actually have laws in place that protect scalpers!"
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The Cure say that to discourage scalpers, tickets for their North American tour will be non-transferable, but you “will be able resell it on a face value ticket exchange“
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“There will be no ‘platinum’ or ‘dynamically priced’ tickets on this tour,” Robert Smith and company pledge of 30-date trek.
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The whole system revolves around the idea that the majority can be made to believe 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠, so long as it is repeated loudly and often. And it works.
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This is after YEARS of filing complaints on harassment, MURDERING their livestock, threatening his family, etc. Now, after years of him filing a complaint, he’s been arrested for some fake ass charges. Livid https://t.co/2gCIRegnFq
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Couple says that an officer’s “lies” led to husband’s arrest for a warrant issued after they called for his termination.
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