A whole bunch of Etsy sellers went on strike this week and here's why
We’d also want to take some time off Twitter if Adam Brandt ever used us as a scathing assessment of how journalists are covering elections
Holy moly, giving birth in the US is crazy expensive
Utterly totally obsessed wth Scrubstack, a portal to random Substacks and THE most delightful time waster
Yes, we should all be angry about the cost of living crisis
The TV adaptation of Sally Rooney‘s Conversations With Friends drops on May 16 and here's a dreamy sneak peak
No matter what a moment in time means to you, you can never go back, and maybe that’s a good thing
Sage advice for a woman who loves her kids – but wishes she wasn't a mother
This week we learnt about the existence of 'Are we sharing boyfriends' groups on Facebook, where "women post photos of the people they’re dating, either because they have a hunch that their partners might be cheating, or because they want the inside scoop on the person if the relationship is new" 🤯
A must-read for all true-crime fans
How Serena Williams saved her own life
We’ll be keeping our eye on this new tech called DALL-E 2, an AI engine that can build images from just a short phrase. Honestly, you need to watch this; your mouth will drop open
The importance of creating workplaces that make space for sadness ("Evidence indicates that as long as managers respect personal and professional boundaries, they can acknowledge that sorrow is inevitable, make space for workers to express it, and instil the value of responding to one another with compassion.")
And our favourite threads, videos and time wasters of the week: The perfect egg preparation methods according to Twitter, if you were honest in your weekly standup, not telling the client when someone quits, how to cut Michelin Star onions (apparently we've been doing it allll wrong), obsessed with this crazy Christian movie review, can't stop watching these vlogs of two friends who moved to London and loveto complain, how Ukrainians are saving art during the war, a map-based quiz game that tests your knowledge of local roads, we love an Architectural Digest celebrity home tour and Kacey Musgrave’s Nashville divorce-house-but-not-a-divorce-house is pretty amazing, the appeal of offline partners, a retirement home for millennials, Joseph Gordon-Levitt revisits iconic scenes from his movies from 10 Things I Hate About You to 500 Days of Summer and more (yes, the nostalgia levels are high), and 15 great tips for pairing wine with food. It’s always good to know the rules before you break them, right? 🍷😝
