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- The Know Daily - Friday 12 January 2024
The Know Daily - Friday 12 January 2024
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Happy Friday, readers!
It’s Calypso here, bringing you a very special edition featuring my guide to making this year your year. It’s definitely not another one of those articles pressuring you to achieve enormous things before December - instead, think of it as your invitation to prioritise whatever is going to fill you up most in 2024. 💜
Scroll for plenty of culture recs (why are there so many good movies on at the cinema at the mo?), a roundup of the week’s biggest headlines and some job roles we’re loving - including one right here at The Know!
Big love,
Calypso x
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POLITICS & GLOBAL AFFAIRS
⚖️ The UN’s International Court of Justice yesterday began hearing a case brought by South Africa, in which it accuses Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.
📮 UK Post Office workers who were wrongly convicted in the Horizon IT scandal will be “swiftly exonerated and compensated” under a new law, the PM announced on Wednesday.
🇳🇴 Norway became the first country in the world to back controversial, commercial-scale deep-sea mining, as it looks to secure the metals needed for green technologies.
CULTURE
🪩 A US entertainment company withdrew its plans to build a massive Las Vegas-style sphere in east London, saying the process had become a “political football between rival parties”.
👚 Boohoo put “Made in the UK” labels on thousands of clothes that were actually made in South Asia, a BBC Panorama investigation found.
🩲 FKA twigs accused the UK advertising regulator of “double standards”, after it banned a Calvin Klein ad for presenting the singer as a “stereotypical sexual object”.
FKA Twigs responds to the ASA following her Calvin Klein campaign being banned in the UK:
“i do not see the ‘stereotypical sexual object’ that they have labelled me. i see a beautiful strong woman of colour whose incredible body has overcome more pain than you can imagine.”
— Pop Base (@PopBase)
Jan 11, 2024
WORK & INNOVATION
🚀 Nasa delayed its plans to send humans to the moon for the first time in half a century, after delays hit its “hugely ambitious” Artemis programme.
🔬 A simple DNA test that can identify 18 early-stage cancers has been developed by scientists.
📱 Meta announced policy changes aimed at better protecting under-18s from harmful content on Instagram and Facebook.
UPLIFTING STUFF
🥕 Composting is now compulsory in France, after new rules aimed at slashing food waste came into force.
🏆 Lily Gladstone, who starred in the acclaimed Martin Scorsese drama Killers of the Flower Moon, became the first Indigenous person to win a Golden Globe award.
🐘 African elephant populations have stabilised in their southern heartlands, data analysis revealed, following huge losses over the last century.
💜 How to make this year your year
Reflect on your authentic desires for 2024 with our latest guide from Calypso, self-discovery coach extraordinaire and The Know’s resident careers expert.
In this lovely piece, Calypso offers ways to start dreaming about what you’d like your life to really look like - and how to carve out the stepping stones to take you there. 💫 Check it out. 💫
📰 Read: Amelia Tait on experiencing jealousy for the first time in her adult life. In this wonderfully candid piece for the New Statesman, Tait explores why her friend’s success suddenly made her resentful - and what it taught her about the power of dreaming.
📺 Watch: Poor Things, Priscilla and Ferrari (all out in cinemas now), Criminal Record (Apple TV+), Boy Swallows Universe (Netflix), Echo (Disney+).
🎧 Listen to: The Rest is Entertainment, a new(ish) podcast which sees hosts Richard Osman and Marina Hyde dive into the biggest pop culture stories of the week.
🍃 Do: Get out and about in nature for a hike or an amble - despite the freezing temperatures! These trainers are pretty perfect for dealing with different terrains when it’s wet.
 | On Monday, a Paris street officially took the name of which British musical icon? A) David Bowie |
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Ixta Belfrage’s recipe for sweet-and-sour celery.
Come for: A ridiculously tasty salad that’s equally suited to being eaten in front of the TV or served up at a fancy dinner party.
Stay for: Getting a whole new perspective on celery.
Recommended by Esther, who tried this salad reluctantly as she thought she hated celery (turns out, she doesn’t).
On Monday, we asked how many of you manage to get sunlight on winter mornings, after our friends over at Wild Nutrition told us all about the benefits it can bring.
The consensus was that you don’t currently manage to get much morning sunlight (understandably!!) but would like to get more - and you left us some very relatable comments on how flexible working will make this easier.
Lots of you also prioritise taking Vitamin D during these darker months, which is something we’re fans of doing too. If you’re keen to try it out, we recommend Wild Nutrition’s supplement (because it’s food-grown, it’s more effectively absorbed by the body).
Oh, and the other thing we found out this week - it turns out you readers absolutely LOVE pineapple pizza!
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LOVE it! (190)
🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ HATE it! (51)
🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ I'm ambivalent 🤷♀️ (49)
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