CURATING A CITY PINTEREST1 Gillian Rose, University of Oxford
Hi Sili. Are you on? Just record mode, okay? So I went to an inauguration rally today, for something called the Y Combinator. It was really cool. Well, there were a few people who were hustled out because they got a bit shouty, and that felt mean. But everyone else was really excited about breaking things and starting again with a clean slate and not having any hassle any more ever. Ever! Like, no more icky stuff under your fingernails when you eat. I mean, that would be so great—I’d never have to clean my fingers before Instagramming a meal again. Though now I’m thinking about it, a bottle of green solvent doesn’t sound like it would get many likes on Instagram. Solvent, solyent. Soylent? Pause.
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Record. Just back from Pinterest. Wow, Soylent Green was a thing in a really ancient film with this guy (he looked even older than Harrison Ford!!!) which was like food in a can made from plankton and maybe dead
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