Excited to see our collaborative work on the Middle Branch continuing! Mahan Rykiel Field Operations kofi boone Toole Design

"By ghost-writing an executive order to make classicism the default style for federal architecture, you and your organization have shown that your goal is no longer diversity, but domination."

This was a weird year, and I read a lot more to try to understand the world we are living in. Here’s my top five books for helping me figure out the precedent for an unprecedented year:

If you don't know the difference between people protesting police brutality/hundreds of years of racism and people storming the Capitol of the United States to disrupt the certification of an election b/c of a conspiracy theory the PRESIDENT OF THE US created, I can't help you

Antifa straw man. Time to say goodbye to the big, orange, cowardly lion. google.com/amp/s/mobile.r…

This account, from D.C. police who spoke to Peter Hermann, is the closest thing I've read to what I remember from 1/6: “We weren’t battling 50 or 60 rioters in this tunnel... We were battling 15,000 people. It looked like a medieval battle scene.” washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/…

You have to watch this piece.

After Trump pulled out of Paris Climate Accord using the same dumb line, the city of Pittsburgh announced it would be keeping to its Paris climate pledges/targets.

The difference between the current and previous administration. v.redd.it/09etqbnf0uc61

Really, NY Times, really? We've just had the tackiest president in history flaunting fictional wealth and you pick on his watch? Is That a Rolex on Biden’s Wrist? nytimes.com/2021/01/22/fas…

The rise in hate crimes against Asian-Americans is recent since the start of COVID, but the marginalization is embedded in this country’s history

How endangered is American democracy? I talked to Mike Duncan, the genius behind the Revolutions and History of Rome podcasts, about how likely it is that the Jan. 6 Capitol riots marked the peak of danger for American democracy—or just the beginning. vice.com/en/article/7k9…

The Onion has absolutely had it with America’s bullshit today

Dr. Oz hosting Jeopardy is great if the categories are BOGUS TREATMENTS, PSEUDOSCIENCE, BAD COVID TAKES, and MIRACLE CURES.

‘Jeopardy!’ Guest Host Dr. Oz Under Fire For Claims He Could Have Cured Alex Trebek With These 3 Tips bit.ly/31oNfp3

I'm a few episodes behind and just got hit with this Dr. Oz nonsense and I. Have. Thoughts.

Benjamin Boyd, president of the Maryland ASLA and a landscape architect at Mahan Rykiel Associates, says Covid inspired "ambitious steps" by cities to create more open public spaces. #architecture #landscape #design #Maryland bizjournals.com/baltimore/news…

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