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- The Know Daily - Friday 24th March 2023
The Know Daily - Friday 24th March 2023
🌸 An alternative approach to spring cleaning
Friday Edition ∙ Read in 5m 18s ∙ Listening to Amy Winehouse
Dear readers,
Spring officially started on Monday! And while it may not feel like it thanks to the drizzle and greyish skies, branches are beginning to blossom and temperatures are slowly rising.
If you hadn’t already guessed, we’re very excited about the change of season here at The Know. But during a recent chat, we realised that a lot of discussions around spring - and particularly the idea of spring cleaning - centre on the external (think: overhauling your wardrobe or dusting your home).
So for this week’s edition, we decided to offer up an alternative approach to spring cleaning: one that leaves us refreshed, rejuvenated and the best versions of ourselves - not in terms of our appearance, but how we feel inside.
Have a great weekend,
Esther x
Staff Writer
150m: The number of TikTok users in the US - up from 100m a year ago - according to CEO Shou Zi Chew who was questioned by US lawmakers on Thursday.
4.25%: The rate the Bank of England raised the UK’s interest rate to - the highest in 14 years - in an attempt to slow the soaring cost of living.
1.05m: The record-breaking number of people Canada’s population expanded by in 2022, with immigration accounting for 96% of the growth.
$300k: The amount that actor Gwyneth Paltrow is being sued for by retired optometrist Terry Sanderson over a 2016 ski collision.
POLITICS & GLOBAL AFFAIRS
🚰 The UN opened its first water conference in almost half a century in New York on Wednesday, calling on countries to work together to provide safe drinking water for all.
🗳️ Wednesday was a busy day in Westminster: former PM Boris Johnson was questioned by a committee over lockdown-era parties, the government won a Brexit deal vote, and PM Rishi Sunak published long-awaited details about his taxes.
📝 A report published this week by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) delivered a “final warning” on the climate crisis - here are five key takeaways.
CULTURE
💏 A state-sponsored matchmaking app has been launched in the Chinese city of Guixi, as part of a province-wide initiative to boost the nation’s marriage rate.
🛫 Premier League clubs have come under fire for their use of short-haul flights for away games, with BBC research showing that there were 81 individual domestic flights to and from 100 games.
🎮 Netflix announced that it plans to launch 40 games this year and has a further 70 in development, as the streaming service seeks to expand its games portfolio.
WORK & INNOVATION
🇫🇷 French president Emmanuel Macron has insisted that he will not back down over controversial plans to raise the pension age, despite ongoing nationwide protests and strikes.
🧫 A second cultivated meat product - GOOD Meat’s lab-grown chicken - has been cleared for human consumption by the US food safety regulator.
🔬 A new technique to select a baby’s sex appears to be safe and about 80% effective, according to a new study. The research has reignited concerns over the ethics of such a process.
UPLIFTING STUFF
👏 The first woman to be given a stem cell transplant to treat her HIV is still virus-free more than five years later, researchers have reported.
🚉 Switzerland is set to roll out solar panels between railway tracks in a world-first. Swiss start-up Sun-Ways will begin installing the panels in May, pending government sign-off.
🇧🇷 Brazil has evicted almost all illegal gold miners from the Yanomami territory, its largest indigenous reservation, according to the head of the new environmental crimes division.
😲 STRANGER THAN FICTION
Shoppers have expressed anger following the news that Tesco is cutting the value of its Clubcard rewards scheme.
From 14 June, Tesco Clubcard holders will only be able to double the value of their Clubcard points (rather than triple them, which is what the current policy is) when they cash them in for a voucher to spend on a restaurant meal, cinema tickets or day trip.
The supermarket first introduced Clubcard - which has 20 million users - 28 years ago. But what many people don’t know is the reward scheme’s barmy origin story.
According to a report in The Herald in 1995, Tesco initially piloted its Clubcard following a £250,000 blackmail bid by a man called Frank Riolfo who was later jailed for eight years. Read the full story here.
🌸 An alternative approach to spring cleaning
When we talk about spring cleaning, what often comes to mind is the physical act: packing away winter jumpers, dusting surfaces and throwing windows open to let in air and light.
This time of year often sees us Marie Kondo-ing our items and surroundings, with an emphasis on the external. But it is just as important to apply this approach to the internal, taking time to think about what to carry with us mentally into the next season - and what to leave behind.
Intrigued? Our latest blog post is a guide to spring cleaning with your mental health in mind.
❣️ Check out: Our very own stylish and ethically-made sweatshirts and t-shirts. All items are designed by us and produced by the female-founded fashion brand Black & Beech, who use Fairwear-certified organic cotton in a climate-neutral factory in the UK. We hope you love our sweatshirts and tees as much as we do - shop our store here.
📰 Read: This laugh-out-loud article which puts ten picky eaters to the test, making them face their biggest food fears from taramasalata to shepherd’s pie. Anyone with an irrational food fussiness will definitely relate (for Esther, our staff writer, that’s carrots - what’s yours?).
🎧 Listen to: Pop Culture with Chanté Joseph. The Guardian podcast is back for its second season, looking at everything from Oscars fatigue to pop culture’s portrayal of neurodiversity. New episodes drop every Thursday, and it’s a must-listen for anyone who loves internet culture and thinking about the way it impacts our lives.
🎥 Watch: The Five Devils (out in cinemas now), Succession S4 (Now TV), Phoenix Rise (BBC iPlayer), My Kind of Country (Apple TV+).
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FEATURED JOBS
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