they not like us + the riviera of the middle east
imagine being more annoyed by sports entertainment than actual injustice
Welcome back to another Tuesday newsletter! 
This week is filled with interesting stories, from the rightβs reaction to Kendrick Lamarβs Super Bowl performance to the debate over whether Emilia Perez should have her Oscar nominations rescinded after some offensive tweets...
Current in The Common Thred
scrapping Michelin guides + parenting while high
you're in for a wild ride Beyonce finally won album of the year. Sabrina Carpenterβs stage presence is insane considering she is so smol. Chappell Roan criticised the head hunchos of the music industry while accepting her first major award from them. The future of the entertainment world β...
winning OnlyFans + the AI-powered revolution
the future is now (?) Well, hello there. Tech seems to be the topic on everyoneβs minds this week, with Chinaβs new AI bot DeepSeek surpassing the speed, cost, and efficiency of popular models created in the US. Meanwhile, TikTok may potentially be up for grabs (at least 50 percent of...
on nazi salutes + βprotectingβ your peace
Well, hello everyone. This weekβs edition is especially long, not because thereβs been a lot of insanity taking place around the world, but because I felt compelled to deliver on a vast and balanced range of topics in light of that. Variety is the spice of life, as they say. With...
tiktok refugees + anti-intellectualism
if you're only learning mandarin because you can't live without tiktok... i'm judging you A day late and not a slay shortβ¦ Iβm finally writing to you from the Thred office in London. It feels great to be back with the team. The year has already started off with a bang,...
new year + new trends
didn't see this one coming Happy new year to each and every one of you! Iβve been in Bermuda the last few weeks, spending the holidays with family and friends, which is why you mightβve noticed these e-mails coming in later than usual. The next time I write to you, Iβll...
not your average ins + outs list
Here we areβ¦ the final day of the 2024. In the middle of this year, the Thred writers decided to embark on our Substack journey. We had no idea what we were getting into, nor did we anticipate how much weβd love it, but each of these unpredictable factors made it all the more exciting. Through our Tuesday newsletter and weekend Wildcard posts, weβve been able to show you a different,...
this is not a gift + guide
uninterested in boxing myself in (pun fully intended) Hello my winter sunshine, my hot cocoa by the fire. Itβs around that time where we all start breaking up for the holidays and I donβt know about you, but the prospect of that feels both exciting and much-needed! Hopefully youβve all got some lovely plans to look forward to in the coming weeks. To carry us over until then, this weekly newsletter is...
βvβ is for vigilante + vendetta
the internet is not-so-divided over this murderous ivy leaguer
Hello to all of you wonderful people 
Global news during this last week has been especially wild, from the murder of a healthcare companyβs CEO in NYC, to intense rebel activity in Syria, and ongoing political instability in South Korea.
With the latest edition of our newsletter, I hope to shed a little bit of light on your week. This week...
perfume snobs + streetwearβs end
styling and profiling to start the month
Happy December to you all!
Weβre starting this month off strong with a newsletter touching on tech nostalgia, climate change consequences, and the death of streetwear. As usual, thereβs more than than that to come.
Letβs dive in!
Tech talk
Weβre all suffering from βqualitynesiaβ now β financial times
In simplifying the way we consume media with the aim of improving convenience (streaming literally everything) weβve...
