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Be ruthless with your schedule
📫 On July 26th, 1775, Benjamin Franklin was named the first Postmaster General of the newly...
CrowdStrike: a root cause analysis
🥇 Tomorrow is the opening ceremony of the 33rd Olympic Games. Paris last hosted the Olympics...
A security expert breaks down the Trump assassination attempt
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Why AI won’t kill software engineering jobs
🎓 There are more computer science majors today than at any point in history — so...
A single footnote and a masterclass in constitutional law
🗳️ Joe Biden dropped out of the U.S. presidential race yesterday and Obama posted on Medium...
“For nearly a decade I tried to tell people I was kidnapped…”
👋 Medium Day is coming soon — join us on August 17 for a can’t-miss free,...
Get more out of the books you read
🎉🥳 Happy World Emoji Day! To celebrate, check out this past issue of our Medium Newsletter...
It’s not all slop: how to overcome AI’s problems
🤖 OpenAI released ChatGPT to the general public 595 days agoIssue #121: the definition of AI...
Correlation is not causation, or: the story of vitamin D
📖 73 years ago today, J.D. Salinger published the 10th bestselling book of all time (~65...
On good, bad, and confusing communication
🕜 70% of people say they’ve personally wasted time due to communication issues at workIssue #119:...
How can we get people to trust what they read again?
🎤 Medium is hosting a free, live, online conference on August 17th — and we hope...
Why no one can predict how hot it might get
🥵 Las Vegas broke its 1937 heat record on Sunday, when temps rose to a 120...
It happened on Medium: June Roundup
Image created by Zulie @ Medium using the gorgeous Nasa on the Commons photographyHow do you...
How being irrational helps us cooperate and survive
⌛ It’s Wednesday, and it’s also… the Wednesday of the year? We’re officially 52.46% of our...
How tactical voting led to upsets in the UK and France
👋 Welcome back to the Medium NewsletterIssue #115: mythical monsters, judging AI, and how to grow...
A winning argument for convincing someone to vote
🗳 Voter turnout has gone up in the U.S. over the last decade, but it still...
What writers are reading
🎆 Thomas Jefferson shared an early draft of the Declaration of Independence with Congress on July...
Lessons from the birth, death, and resurrection of Clippy
📎 Bill Gates called Clippy and other AI assistants “clowns” in early meetings and demos, e.g....
Debates don’t change minds, they change feelings
🎤 Last Thursday’s U.S. presidential debate was the first without a studio audience since 1960, when...
How to be happier: sleep, gratitude, and usefulness
👋 Welcome back to the Medium NewsletterIssue #109: an antidote to America’s all-or-nothing car culture, website...
History is not inevitable
🍾 Hello! Today is Friday, and we’re officially 49% of our way through 2024.Issue #108: a...
A handy guide to making more of your limited time
🆗 The simple word “OK” (also “ok” or “okay”) has hidden depths — it’s an interjection,...
A better internet, together
We’re building a better internet. But we can’t do it alone. So join us on August...
Everything is a decision, even if it doesn’t feel like it
⚖️ You make somewhere between 122 and 35,000 decisions per dayIssue #106: speaking with an accent...
A human perspective on U.S. immigration policy
🏳️🌈 On this day in 1978, the rainbow Pride flag was flown for the first time....
If you’re not paying, are you the product?
⌨️🎉 The exact birthdate of Johannes Gutenberg, the inventor of the moveable type printing press, isn’t...
Which self-eating brain type are you?
⏰ As of today, we’re 47.08% of our way through 2024Issue #103: let your kid chill...
How to add pronouns to your Medium profile
Image designed by Jason CombsEditor’s note: As we launch pronouns on Medium profiles, we wanted someone...
Humanity’s ongoing quest for the perfect calendar
☀️ Today is the summer solstice (AKA the longest day of the year and the first...
Juneteenth is about family, unity, and liberation
📚 Ralph Ellison’s Juneteenth, published posthumously in 1999, was a novel in progress when Ellison died...
Better icebreakers for remote meetings
💯 Today marks the Medium Newsletter’s 100th issue (!). A few crowd favorites so far: the...
How to (actually) save the bees
🐝 Did you know it takes bees 2 million flower visits to make one pound of...
Blogs for my father
👔 Over 111 countries celebrate a version of Father’s Day, most of them on the third...
Objectivity and the media industry
👋 Welcome back to the Medium NewsletterIssue #97: 50 contradictory truths, gardening flubs, and building a...
Forget steps. Let’s measure moods.
💛 Today is Loving Day in the U.S., the 57th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision...
Be part of a better internet
This is an ode to paying to get what you want, an explanation of how Medium’s...
A better way of thinking about attention
📱 Multiple studies have found that most of us check our phones at least once every...
It Happened on Medium: May 2024 roundup
Success comes from failure. Nobody likes to hear this, much less experience it — wouldn’t it...
The underrated rewards of cold-calling
🌙 It’s Monday, or in Old English mōndæg (“moon’s day”). In fact, several languages have a...
Perspectives on Pride
“My Act Up Days Show Me Queer Pride Can Look Both Backwards and Ahead” by Jean...
How to become a marine biologist
🐙 It’s not just you: No one knows what the correct plural for octopus is. But...
Go small and go home
🌑 Tonight is a new moon, meaning it’s effectively invisible to us because we’re facing its...
New stats for publication editors
Hello 👋 I’m Jacob, one of the software engineers here at Medium. Our team works on...
Ironically, AI can help us be more human
👋 Welcome back to the Medium NewsletterIssue #91: emotional ads, the democratization of design, and how...
What Donald Trump’s conviction says about our two-tiered justice system
🗳️ 105 years ago today, the U.S. Senate passed the 19th Amendment, giving women the right...
To grow your career, think like an owner
🌈 It’s Pride Month in the U.S., a celebration that began with a series of riots...
Google’s AI search is a window into its culture
🔎 Google’s original name was, and I kid you not, BackRub. From the beginning, it analyzed...
What you can do with Medium
All images created by Jason CombsWelcome to Medium! Medium is a place for reading, writing, and...
Why avoiding temptation is better than resisting it
☀️ It’s Thursday, and we’re 41.07% of our way through 2024Issue #87: ignoring experts, wine snobbery,...
