is anyone else feeling a little more chinese lately Hey hey everybodayyy! Welcome back to the common thred (!), a digital space we’ve carved out to cut through the intensity and overwhelm of the 24 hour news cycle. Because honestly, sometimes having news app notifications on is just TMI. We’ll touch on viral trends and...
As the eldest Gen Zers start turning 30, many have pointed out that they seem to look a lot younger than their parents did at the same age. Is it a real phenomena, or just a symptom of our youth-obsessed social media era? Are Gen Z ageing slower than their...
A third of London residents are reportedly unable to afford basic hygiene products as we enter 2026, according to stats from health charity Hygiene Bank. It’s COVID season everyone, and I know that because I currently have it for a fourth time. I can confidently state this because I’m in a...
Days after the shooting of Renée Good, ICE agents detained a five-year-old asylum seeker and fatally shot a 37-year-old healthcare professional. Local officials are calling for government intervention as fear spreads throughout the Minnesota community. In the span of a several days the situation in Minnesota has escalated as ICE...
Meta is officially trialling premier subscriptions for Instagram. Those staying on the free version are already being bombarded with ads, and many say the standard experience is being deliberately degraded. Thousands of us looking to procrastinate on Instagram this morning were halted by a new paid sign-up page. The vast majority...
The NFL chose known Bad Bunny and Greenday to perform at the Superbowl, two artists who are vehemently outspoken against Trump. Facing immense backlash from right-wing conservatives, the NFL remains unbothered. It looks an awful lot like an active stance against the Trump administration. On February 8th, Bad Bunny and...
From Meghan Markle comparisons to scathing ‘boy mum’ memes, why are we always so quick to assume that women are the problem? I was on my way home from work when Brookyln Peltz-Beckham dropped a 700-word (yes, I checked) bomb of an Instagram story this week. Frantically refreshing my Wi-Fi...
The US is co-hosting the 2026 FIFA World Cup in partnership with Canada and Mexico. Donald Trump is firm in denying millions of loyal soccer fans a chance to show support for their favourite teams, due to restrictive immigration policies and the risks of ICE raids. In 2026, the US,...
Staying motivated can be tough at work. When you’re in education there's regular feedback, fresh objectives, a higher purpose (your development) and an end in sight (graduation). You have a ready-made community (your friends) and people around you who really care about your success (teachers, lecturers, parents). All of this is...
he has rizz'en ya'll Welcome back to another newsletter from all of us at the common thred! ⚡️ If you’re just joining, we’d like to extend a warm welcome to you for the very first time. Either way, you’re here now, which means you’ve made it through another week of e-mails, group chat...
Owen Cooper‘s on screen debut on Netflix’s Adolescence had the UK transfixed and won him a Golden Globe at just 16.
A Gen Z marketing whizz with endless strings to her bow, Erifili is the founder of a global creative agency (The Z Link), an author and prolific Substacker, photographer, public speaker, and co-hosts the Espresso Epilogues podcast. She also features on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list.
Meagan Loyst, of New York, is the CEO and founder of Gen Z VCs – an active community of 27,000 investors, founders, and operators from 80 countries. She is a leading voice on upcoming tech and consumer trends and her daily content spans everything from climate change, to gaming.
Heman Bekele, a 14-year-old inventor, won the 2023 3M Young Scientist Challenge for developing a cost-effective soap that combats skin cancer by harnessing the power of sunlight to kill cancer cells during handwashing.
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