Brynn Mechem

Storyteller | @bsudailynews alumna | Musician, hiker, photographer, traveler and dog lover.

[Brynn Mechem @BrynnMechem]

"If BSU is not drawing the line at murder, where are they drawing it?”

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[Matt Somerstein @MPSomerstein]

can we get some a.i. to pick plastic out of the ocean or do all the robots need to be screenwriters?

[U.S. Department of Education @usedgov]

BREAKING NEWS: The Department of Education will provide up to $20,000 in targeted student debt cancellation to borrowers with loans held by the Department, ensuring that borrowers are not worse off financially due to the pandemic. https://t.co/N4xOnieOaN [🧵 1/7 ]

[The Associated Press @AP]

BREAKING: The Biden administration is telling hospitals that they must provide abortion services if the life of the mother is at risk.

It says federal law preempts state laws in jurisdictions that now ban the procedure without any exceptions. https://t.co/SbLT07oW3F

[Brynn Mechem @BrynnMechem]

@GDGrissom @DrakeGatsby Maybe if someone would start the dishwasher when it's loaded 👀👀

[Brynn Mechem @BrynnMechem]

"Women with children reduced housework from 18 to 14 hours a week as they went from earning zero to half of the household income. But after passing her husband’s salary, a woman’s home tasks increased to nearly 16 hours a week."

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[Brynn Mechem @BrynnMechem]

So proud to have been a small part of the @bsudailynews' 100-year history.

Congrats to the current staff on a stellar celebratory issue. Give it a read!

https://t.co/T8eUdUslXm via @issuu

[NBC News @NBCNews]

SPECIAL REPORT: Hundreds of books have been pulled from Texas libraries for review, sometimes over the objections of school librarians, several of whom told @NBCNews they face mounting pressure to pre-emptively pull books that might draw complaints.

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[Brynn Mechem @BrynnMechem]

"First days of school, christenings, graduation days: They were soaked with rain. Award ceremonies, first communions, Christmas mornings: They rose higher, passing cars and insulation and kids’ toys and bed quilts in the swirling, howling night."

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[Los Angeles Times @latimes]

The Biden administration has turned its three migrant family detention centers into facilities for single adults, appearing to halt for now the practice of detaining parents with their children. https://t.co/MAjbxO2l7D

[The Times and Sunday Times @thetimes]

BREAKING: Fresh Covid rules are being considered by ministers after they were told that two vaccine doses offer little protection against catching the Omicron variant https://t.co/RvHp1CZhng

[Beverly Press @BeverlyPress]

West Hollywood is taking the first steps toward the creation of a reparations program to give restitution to residents who have historically been negatively affected by discriminatory policies.

https://t.co/vUFfEpPX2c

#westhollywood #weho #Reparations

[Beverly Press @BeverlyPress]

Over the last 50,000 years, the earth below @labreatarpits has been adapting to fit the environment around it, and now so too will the museum.

https://t.co/X4K2yMy3Uf

#labreatarpits #fossils #miraclemile

[NPR @NPR]

Tom Daley endeared fans with his habit of knitting between events at the Tokyo Olympics.

Now, he's converted that hobby into a business — selling knitting kits for sweaters, blankets and accessories.
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[Brian Schwartz @schwartzbWSJ]

NEW: CNN host Chris Cuomo used his sources to get info on brother Andrew Cuomo's accusers. He also engaged with sources to get a read on upcoming stories that took aim at his brother.

"I have a lead on the wedding girl," Cuomo told Melissa DeRosa.
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[Los Angeles Times @latimes]

Serena Shi collected $23 million. The project never broke ground.

Shi, who ran a Beijing real estate firm with an office in Beverly Hills, confessed to siphoning money to cover lavish personal expenses an FBI agent detailed in a court filing.
https://t.co/48uuUPUQq7

[Los Angeles Times @latimes]

In 2018, animal rights lawyer Matthew Strugar received a postcard from a whale.

The postcards came sporadically, always from different places.

Who, he wondered, was sending them? Someone who knew him? Someone who didn’t? Which scenario was weirder? https://t.co/BHOekn7B8U

[CNN @CNN]

Here's what we've learned from the Kyle Rittenhouse trial https://t.co/l6Eqmua72Y

[Brynn Mechem @BrynnMechem]

“This just sends the message that [the council] doesn’t care about small businesses,” one business owner said. “It’s really a ploy to undermine businesses and they’re going to regret it. Businesses will suffer, employees will suffer and the community will suffer.”

[Beverly Press @BeverlyPress]

The West Hollywood City Council approved a draft ordinance on Nov. 3 that would boost citywide pay to the highest hourly rate in the country as soon as January.

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@wehocity @JErickson85 @BOASteakhouse @SepiShyne #westhollywood #minimumwage

[The Associated Press @AP]

In Tanzania, Mt. Kilimanjaro has lost 90% of its glacial ice to melting and to sublimation.
It's just one of the rapidly melting glaciers that will hinder the ability to make electricity, draw visitors and uphold ancient spiritual traditions.
https://t.co/YpoQGvxNsQ

[Los Angeles Times @latimes]

Beverly Hills is being sued over allegations that its Police Department illegally targeted Black people in 2020 and 2021, arresting them at disproportionate rates and using excessive force for minor infractions. https://t.co/pA6tqf5YGW