Jamie Watts

4 days ago | thred.com | Jamie Watts

Spotify has seemingly accepted that a tidal wave of explicit material is the nature of the beast when hosting user-generated content, but there is understandable concern and anger about the lack of protection for younger users. Many parents on Reddit have described having to toggle on ‘music only’ options or have unsubscribed entirely after their child pointed out what they’d stumbled upon.

1 week ago | thred.com | Jamie Watts

you’ll never see this face againHey 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.

1 week ago | thred.com | Jamie Watts

A team of scientists at Israel’s Weizmann Institute recently discovered that our nasal breathing patterns are so unique, people can be accurately identified on them alone. A study showed a success rate of 96.8%. Ready to become acutely aware of your bodily functions? Let’s get into it. As incomprehensible as it seems when you truly think about it, we’ve accepted that our fingerprints are entirely unique to each of us.

2 weeks ago | thred.com | Jamie Watts

Over the last week, a public spat has caused seemingly irreparable damage to the relationship of arguably America’s two most powerful men. Beyond dented egos, what are we dealing with here? No more octagon-side dates at the UFC for these two former chums then. As quickly as the unnerving affinity grew between Donald Trump and Elon Musk, it has ended unceremoniously and likely irreparably.

3 weeks ago | thred.com | Jamie Watts

In a joint statement, Rachel Reeves and David Lammy said: ‘The government is determined to see the proceeds from the sale of Chelsea Football Club reach humanitarian causes in Ukraine, following Russia’s illegal full-scale invasion. ‘We are deeply frustrated that it has not been possible to reach agreement on this with Mr Abramovich so far.