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beccamess

  1. Fareed Zarakria's Harvard commencement speech is worth a listen, if you're sick of thinking the world sucks: bit.ly/KM5eGg 11:33 AM May 25th via web
  2. Marathon interview day for @JohnsHopkins/ @mica_news Baltimore Scholars doc twitter.com/beccamess/stat… 1:46 PM May 22nd via Twitter for iPhone from Baltimore, MD  
  3. Missed last night's screening of Olmsted and America's Urban Parks? Watch @SnagFilms: snagfilms.com/films/title/ol… @sidewalkperspec @brandon_weigel 9:25 AM May 21st via web
  4. Great night to watch a film about Frederick Law Olmsted in Patterson Park! twitter.com/beccamess/stat… 4:48 PM May 20th via Twitter for iPhone from Baltimore, MD  
  5. Olmsted and America's Urban Parks screening tonight in Patterson Park! @city_paper thinks you should go: bit.ly/MxptM2 8:32 AM May 20th via Mobile Web
  6. Sick cover @guttermagazine @bjornmeansbear twitter.com/beccamess/stat… 7:30 AM May 18th via Twitter for iPhone from Elizabeth, NJ  
  7. "People will follow me into a different world." The @CoryBooker guide to Twitter bit.ly/LXnLRi in @buzzfeed 11:17 AM May 17th via web
  8. MT @CParksAlliance So lucky to have @MajoraCarter at Greater&Greener. Discussing equitable provision of green space. : bit.ly/x9arpW 8:10 AM May 17th via web
  9. This is not "GOOP" and my name isn't The Guy Who Wants to Hear Gwyneth Paltrow Be Like "Kale! Keen-Wa! Burbloop!" gaw.kr/JhSr2P 7:09 PM May 16th via web
  10. Fox News thinks Mario Battali's food stamp challenge makes him look like an Ahole @TheBraiser: bit.ly/KmNxN2 Do they miss the point? 12:58 PM May 16th via web
  11. RT @grist Power in numbers: Crowd purchasing brings clean energy within reach bit.ly/LSROcY 12:00 PM May 16th via web
  12. @RWhelanWSJ yay thanks Robs! 11:20 AM May 16th via web in reply to RWhelanWSJ
  13. @brandon_weigel what does it all MEAN?? 9:17 AM May 16th via web in reply to brandon_weigel
  14. These lists are stupid, but so is our "City That Reads" slogan: MT @ElectricLit The 10 most well-read cities in America j.mp/JvH3zY 9:14 AM May 16th via web
  15. I think I enjoy reading about #Girls more than I enjoy watching it. Am I representative of my generation? via @nybooks: bit.ly/LSv7Wg 9:10 AM May 16th via web
  16. Hey y'all, I am one half of the fledgling band the Happy Hours. Listen to songs we recorded in my parents' barn in PA: bit.ly/JgHP41 8:17 AM May 16th via web
  • Name Rebecca Messner
  • Location Baltimore, MD
  • Web http://www.urbani...
  • Bio Assistant Editor at Urbanite magazine. Olmsted is my co-pilot.
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