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Maybe what you’re feeling is “automation anxiety”
🤖 I swear to God a human wrote thisIssue #250: foraging, pickling, and dead husbands who...
The “nine-word problem” of civil rights discourse
🇺🇸 It’s MLK Jr. Day and Inauguration Day today here in the U.S. — so we’re...
What the end of Meta’s moderation means
📆 Today is Friday, January 17th. There’s only one other Friday the 17th in 2025, happening...
Why TikTokers are flocking to Xiaohongshu
📱 One of my lightly held 2025 resolutions is to stop picking up my phone when...
The inevitable future of self-driving cars
🚗 Hello and welcome backIssue #251: wildfires, knives, and lesser-known reading recsLate last year, I was...
You can teach others how to respect your time
👋 Somehow, we’re (almost) halfway through JanuaryIssue #246: making a mobile game, empathy v. accountability, and...
Join us for an Academics Hour
On Wednesday, January 29th from 12–1pm ET (9–10am PT), we’re holding a free webinar for anyone...
A dispatch from Los Angeles
☀️ We’re back with the Medium NewsletterIssue #244: Louise Bourgeois, imperfect information, and the best outdoor...
Listening to someone is not the same as agreeing with them
✌️ Be safe this weekendIssue #243: literary rejections, good storytelling, and unconscious envyI’m guessing some of...
Why we’ve suspended Partner Program accounts this week
Image created by Jason CombsAs we’ve written here before, part of being a platform is dealing...
Don’t wait until you lose everything to appreciate what you have
👋 Hello againIssue #242: wildfire policy, vibe curators, and optimizing for understandingI’m writing this one day...
You can’t change one behavior without changing another
👋 It’s Wednesday, and we’re 2% of our way through 2025Issue #241: salt, Jimmy Carter, and...
Creativity is the art of making mistakes
🙂 Welcome back to the Medium Newsletter (it’s so good to be back!)Issue #240: who the...
4 expert tips for writing more in 2025
😎 We’re back and better-rested than everIssue #239: jungle gym careers, Billie Holiday, and questioning your...
The top Medium stories of 2024 by reads and shares
🎁 It’s our last issue of 2024. If you’ve been reading since January, thank you!Issue #238:...
A few notable writers who made their Medium debut in 2024
🤫 It’s my favorite time of year: Dead Week, the no man’s land between Xmas and...
Publications that made Medium great in 2024
🕎 🧑🎄 Today gives us a wonderful two-for-one holiday deal: Merry Christmas AND Happy Hanukkah!Issue #236:...
The Medium responses that got you talking (and reading) this year
✌️ Welcome backIssue #235: why Spotify wrapped hits different this year + reversible decisionsIt’s an age-old...
The most-highlighted sentences of 2024
🙏 The highlight of my year? Working on this newsletter. Thank you to the hundreds of...
A Tale of Two Offsites, 2024
Instead of having our offsite work sessions in a basement conference center with no light and...
We sent you 233 emails this year; here are your faves
🥳 It’s the Friday-est Friday of the yearIssue #233: ambiguity, art, and tab lifeWe’re about to...
It happened on Medium in 2024
Image created by Jason Combs, featuring images from the stories in this roundup.“Showing up. Showing up...
It’s not (always) insomnia, it’s segmented sleep
⏳ It’s Thursday, and we’ve got just 3.46% of the year left to go!Issue #232: a...
Fluoride: a chemical byproduct with a complicated past (and future)
👋 Welcome back to the Medium NewsletterIssue #231: 2024’s video game of the year, a history...
Aging makes you more yourself
☀️ We’re back with the Medium NewsletterIssue #230: silly days, weird color combos, and the “fundamental...
How to publish your academic writing on Medium
Image created by Jason CombsMedium is a great home for academic writers. It’s easy to write...
How to take stock of the year that was
📅 As we mentioned way back in February, the future’s coming sooner than you think.Issue #229:...
Media manipulation, lookalike contests, and fabricated outrage
☁️ My goal for this weekend is to last one whole day without looking at a...
Bluesky is considering ads; here’s why that might not be a bad thing
🔢 Please join me in savoring the happy numerical roundness of today’s date: 12 + 12...
ChatGPT’s favorite words & punctuation
👋 20 more days until 2025Issue #226: Nikki Giovanni. Sora. Luigi.Following up on last week’s issue...
The second Gilded Age: Why the 2020s feel like the 1890s
👋 Welcome back to the Medium NewsletterIssue #225: an ode to details + the Three-Round Rule...
Best gifts for writers, according to the Medium community
I’m going to assume some of you are reading this at the very last minute as...
Don’t fear failure. Fear ignorance.
👋 Welcome back to the Medium NewsletterIssue #224: your thoughts on the Great Barrington Declaration, and...
The Great Barrington Declaration and how polarized we are
🥂 Happy Friday, y’allIssue #223: legislating social media + “the ceiling of your inputs”Last week, Trump...
Untangling the “male loneliness epidemic”
☀️ Morning. Three more Thursdays until 2025.Issue #222: subway mosquitoes + good opinionsIs there an epidemic...
An introduction to academic writing on Medium
The basics: Medium is a home for human stories and ideas. We’re an open publishing platform...
The two-year anniversary of ChatGPT
✌️ Welcome backIssue #221: your thoughts on AI-generated writing + a tour of Parisian bookstoresChatGPT is...
Why a banana sold for $6.2 million
🍌 This banana emoji is not for saleIssue #220: friends v. fans + the value of...
“A world divided into writes and write-nots is more dangerous than it sounds”
⏳ We’ve got… 9% of 2024 left to live. Let’s make it count.Issue #219: why books...
Making better decisions, part II
🤑 The phrase “Black Friday” has its roots in Philadelphia: During the 1960s, police there used...
The two-word trick to small talk: I’m curious
✈️🚆 Happy pre-Thanksgiving travel day to all who celebrateIssue #216: podcasting is video now, design ethics,...
How Jaguar’s logo lost its roar
🤏 [this is where we hold space]Issue #215: Dorothy’s silver slippers and your win binJaguar just...
How to make imperfect decisions
👋 It’s Monday! And we’re back.Issue #214: aging in bursts + avoiding needinessThe hardest decisions have...
Why is everyone talking about Bluesky right now?
😎 Weekend plans? LMK in the responses. I am taking Slack off my phone.Issue #213: there’s...
The battle between Gen Z and Gen X
🙌 Thursday! This week is whooshing by.Issue #212: lowercase diary entries, Angular’s latest update, and the...
Deepening understanding about transmisogyny
👋 Welcome back to the Medium NewsletterIssue #211: your thoughts on raw milk + how to...
Why a wildfire broke out in NYC
👋 We’re back!Issue #210: wildfires in unlikely places, insights from an ER triage nurse, and your...
Raw milk is about to have its culture war moment
☀️ Happy Monday y’all. Let’s do this.Issue #209: Milktalk, the NYC marathon-as-party, a simple explanation of...
