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Study says Gen Z are ‘job hopping’ and ‘income stacking’ to avoid risk
While our parents may have willingly climbed the corporate ladder, Gen Z evidently feels safer by having multiple paid gigs on the go at once. Much is made of the terms ‘slow quitting’ and ‘task masking’, but attempting to look busy in the workplace while your investment ebbs away certainly isn’t exclusively Gen Z behaviour. Just look at the faces of everyone on the tube ride home tonight. However, what the...
Why is there a Gen Z activism stan war going on?
Stan culture isn’t limited purely to the world of music, but this might just be the most peculiar beef fictionalised by the internet to date. Pick a side and get to tweeting your non-sensical argument immediately. The latest internet beef based on precisely nothing, and with absolutely no influence from either party, is the Greta Thunberg vs Malala Yousafzai squabble for title of ‘best Gen Z activist.’ Late last month, Malala appeared...
Coca-Cola misses the mark with AI-generated Christmas ad again
After last year’s debacle, Coca-Cola has doubled down on its use of generative AI for its annually anticipated Christmas ad. The public reaction is even worse this time around. ‘Tis the season, it’s always the real thing’… except for when it’s not. Halloween is officially over, and Guy Fawkes Night will have been and gone before you can sing a Katy Perry chorus. Next up for a lot of us comes...
Opinion – TV’s serial killer continuum has stooped to new lows
When themes are explored and executed this tenuously, can we finally admit that TV’s fascination with serial killers is carried by morbid curiosity and nothing more sophisticated than that? Our minds are in the gutter, let’s just admit it. We can pretend the modern obsession with the macabre is about something deeper, but the uncomfortable truth is that people want to be titillated with grizzly details. It’s about time folks are...
UN chief says humanity has missed 1.5C climate target
United Nations head Antonio Guterres says ‘devastating consequences’ are now inevitable following humanity’s failure to achieve the 1.5C terms of the Paris Agreement, in a lone interview before COP30. Who doesn’t love an existential crisis on a Tuesday afternoon? The world’s eyes are currently fixed on the Caribbean, as Hurricane Melissa threatens to heap unfounded levels of destruction on the region. And if UN head Antonio Guterres is correct, this could...
Study says Gen Z is all about sober sex
A ZipHealth survey suggests that Gen Z greatly prefer sober sex to drunken hookups. The stats give us an inkling as to why. Even the most extroverted among us have had extremely awkward post-coitus mornings. But the majority of Gen Zers are reportedly keen to do away with Dutch courage, and experience all aspects of the ‘hookup’ authentically and with all their faculties. A survey conducted by ZipHealth, including 500...
University tuition fees to rise with inflation every year in UK
The UK government has drawn yet more backlash from young people, with the news that university tuition fees are due to increase in line with inflation from 2026 onwards. We hate to be the bearer of bad news, but things aren’t getting any easier for students in England. Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has confirmed rumblings that university tuition fees are set to rise in line with inflation. From 2026 onwards,...
Report says right to protest is under attack in the west
A study by the International Federation for Human Rights states that right to protest is under sustained attack in the west. Specifically, it highlights an uptick in counter-terror laws being tenuously ‘weaponised’ against pro-Palestine groups. Freedom of speech is a seriously contentious topic in the UK at the moment, and the latest reports will only heap fuel on the fire. A study by the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) says...
Renewables overtake coal as biggest source of global electricity
Renewable energy overtook coal as the world’s leading source of electricity in the first half of 2025, according to global energy think tank Ember. The headline doesn’t tell the full story, however.
We’ve just hit a global environmental milestone. Well, sort of.
For the first time in history, renewable energy has reportedly produced more of the world’s electricity than coal, according to recent figures from global energy think tank
Does the Game Pass price hike signal the end of accessible gaming?
Microsoft is about to hike Game Pass up again, with the price of Ultimate tier increasing by 50%. Many subscribers are ditching the service altogether, but Xbox is doubling down. It felt a little too good to be true, didn’t it? Game Pass has ensured, amid a lingering cost-of-living crisis, that gamers have remained well fed and on budget. For the reasonable price of £14.99 a month, we’ve had access to...
