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How are Gen Z coping with climate anxiety?

How are Gen Z coping with climate anxiety?

With constant news coverage surrounding our hot summers and the collective failure to reach climate carbon targets, how are young people dealing with the uncertainty that surrounds their future? The climate crisis is back in the headlines this week. Experts now believe we have only two years left of our carbon budget if we’ve any hope of keeping global warming below 1.5C. That means countries have to drastically start scaling back...

By Bristol, UK
beyond labubu + why there’s porn on spotify now

beyond labubu + why there’s porn on spotify now

you want it? you got it Hey everyone! ☀️ Feels like so long since I last wrote to you. Dare I say… I missed you? Last week the thred team attended Cannes Lions Festival in the south of France. We met some incredible people from all over the world, sat in on some insightful talks – Kai Cenat, Amelia Dimoldenberg, and Charlie Puth among them – and even found a bit of time...

By London, UK
Why Gen Z gravitate toward niche social apps and communities

Why Gen Z gravitate toward niche social apps and communities

While young people use mainstream platforms like Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok, there is a growing appetite for smaller, niche communities. What’s drawing Gen Z to these smaller spaces? If you’re an older millennial, you’ll no doubt remember the days when Instagram, Twitter and Facebook first launched, promising novelty connections with friends and family. Since those early years, social media platforms have evolved into highly-addictive, complex, corporate spaces, where an increasing percentage...

By Bristol, UK
clash of the tyrants + tracking internet trolls

clash of the tyrants + tracking internet trolls

you’ll never see this face again Hey you. Half of the office are currently sunning it up in Cannes at a certain globally renowned festival - check our Insta stories - but us lanyardless members still have our noses to the grindstone. We’re not bitter or anything. But less of that and more of what you came for. Welcome back to the Common Thred newsletter. You’re here for a roundup of...

By London, UK