trump’s mission to destroy late-night TV + why students are ditching laptops
Hey hey hey! 👋 Welcome back to another newsletter from the common thred. Hope you’re all hanging in there this week, because we’ve got a chonky selection of stories on the agenda ahead. We’ll be discussing Trump’s war on late night TV, why science has never really been objective, unprecedented calls for a global...
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Gen Z are getting stingy with their data
Gen Zers are making incremental life changes to ensure less private online data is handed out willy-nilly. It seems we take a ‘soft’ approach to rejecting everything now, and this is no different. It’s far from a generation-wide movement, but there are several big indicators that young people are getting...
a dress sewn around the world + new and dangerous kinds of fame
it's crazy out there! Well, hello there 👋 What a week it’s been since we last spoke! It’s sort of hard not to feel like the world and all its inhabitants are ripping themselves apart, huh? One thing about them tables, though… they always turn. That means some good stuff must be on...
Gen Z is all about the National Trust in 2025
Why is Gen Z’s love of the National Trust everywhere in the media? It actually makes a lot of sense. As Gen Z largely veers away from nights on the lash, why are flapjacks in a tupperware box fast becoming the alternative to jagerbombs? The cohort is spending weekends, and I...
banksy’s back + bots are booming
it's brazy out here Welcome back to another newsletter from us at the common thred 😊 Where to begin? Well, if you’re in London, hopefully you’ve succeeded in avoiding the chaos caused by tube strikes this week. It looks hectic out there, so shout out to our boss for letting me write this...
Why are Gen Z suddenly so invested in stocks?
Gen Z are trying to tame the volatile world of stocks to gain some agency over their own finances. Weirdly, it makes a lot of sense. Remember when ‘buying stocks’ was something your mate’s dad did after three pints and a shit week at the bookies? Well Gen Z has...
enough with ultra-rich TV characters + italian dockworkers stand with Gaza
'we will shut all of europe down' Summer’s officially over (unless you’re in the Southern hemisphere, you lucky duck), so I’m here to brighten up your inbox with a little Tuesday newsletter. From vegan restaurants adding meat to the menu, to why everything on TV is so unrelatable right now, new scams by fake scientific journals, the drag of tracking all our hobbies via digital apps, and Italian dockworkers threatening to...
reinventing your self-image (and growing up a little too)
Throwing away the ideals of your teenage years and accepting the realities of ageing can be a difficult process. It’s scary, but sometimes reinvention can be fun. When I was a teenager, I had excessively long hair. It was a cross between an early Beatles look and the iconic late-noughties swoop of Justin Bieber’s bowl trim. Like many kids at the time, I wanted to replicate what I’d seen in music...
Why are Gen Z craving a return to the office?
A new survey suggests that 45% of young people are considering looking for jobs with ‘more social interaction.’ As the novelty of virtual meetings and home offices subsides, are Gen Z missing out on a crucial part of their personal and professional development? New research this week has suggested that nearly half of all young people are yearning for jobs that provide more social interaction, office time, and in-person events. According...
understanding when it’s right to say ‘no’
In our hypercompetitive, individualised world, it can seem like endlessly bettering ourselves is the only viable life path, but there is value in walking away from something that doesn’t work. Have you ever agreed to do something and later felt it was totally the wrong decision? In our competitive, career-orientated world, there is a lot of pressure to have things figured out; a thriving job, stable relationship, savings aplenty, with a...
