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2. Marovelli, B. (2019). Cooking and eating together in London: Food sharing initiatives as collective spaces of encounter. Geoforum, 99, 190–201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2018.09.006

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2. Je chie dans la Seine le 23 Juin. (n.d.). https://jechiedanslaseinele23juin.fr/ 

3. Goldblatt, D. (2016, August 4). People have always hated the Olympics. TIME. https://time.com/4419436/olympics-history-of-protests/

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(McDonough et al., 2022)

And here’s the illustration we came up with:

(Get a pet, they’re cute and make your brain age slower.)

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morning commute playlist:

Evening commute playlist:

Commute shenanigans playlist:

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