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Happy National Book Lovers Day #booksky! What’s one book you could read over and over again and never get tired of?

It’s the (Theoretical) End of Web Publishing (and I Feel Fine) Let’s remember why we started publishing on the Web in the first place.

"If this is what Web publishing has become, if your only response to a well-read story is to write 10 more exactly like it, perhaps it is, in fact, time for it to die." — @williamfleitch.bsky.social
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The Immunity Thief: Why Measles Is Much Worse Than a Rash How one infection can wipe out years of hard-earned immune protection

As Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. takes a hammer to mRNA vaccine development, canceling $500 million in contracts, a public health scientist writes about the importance of preventing one of the most common illnesses, and the myth of “mild measles."
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Why Men Need to Start Talking About IVF What IVF Taught Me About Masculinity, Fatherhood, and Letting Go

During the heartbreak and trauma from reproductive struggles, we often rightfully empathize with the toll it's taking on the woman going through it. But Mike Hoffman reminds men not to overlook their equally valid feelings in the process.
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Tuesday writing tip from @jodipicoult.bsky.social:

"You might not write well every day, but you can always edit a bad page. You can't edit a blank page."

Start on that piece!

Unpretty: Sydney Sweeney and the Genes of Western Imperialism The new American Eagle jean ads have inherited the racist and eugenicist genes of the US and Europe

Frances A. Chiu, Ph.D., has good thoughts. medium.com/fourth-wave/...

“While I waited for my results, a twenty-foot-yellow Ryder truck was rented in Kansas to a man who paid in cash for a one-way rental to Omaha. Instead, he drove south."

Goodnight Children On cancer, grief, and the day my hometown wept

If you read one Medium story today, let it be Krista Schumacher’s beautiful piece on tragedy, love, acceptance, and so much more:
medium.com/the-memoiris...

I Tried Stephen King’s Writing Routine — Here’s What Happened You’ve heard the legend. Stephen King.

Always meant to read "On Writing" by Stephen King, but never got around to it? Fellow writer Caroline Mitchell breaks down the book’s — and its prominent author’s — biggest lessons and tries them on for you, too:
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Florets and fixes: Updates from Medium’s internal “Hot Broccoli” Week Improving the quality of the Medium platform in small but meaningful ways

It all started when one user called our features “Cold Broccoli.”
So, we got together for a “Hot Broccoli” Week and turned that feedback into 30+ fixes, like smarter search, cleaner UI, better mobile, faster support tools, and so much more: medium.com/blog/florets...

Louder for the writers in the back!

"$1,200 for rent. (for a cheap apartment, if you’re lucky)
$300 for utilities, phone, and cable.
$600+ for food, fuel, and just trying to function.
That’s not thriving. That’s not freedom.
That’s indentured exhaustion with a 30-day billing cycle." — Derek Wood, via Medium

When Prison Sounds Like Peace A reflection on burnout, despair, and the desperate cost of trying to survive

A difficult, sobering take on life in the United States for far too many:
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What's your favorite sentence you've recently written?

How this researcher reached the world by writing on Medium An academic journal said no. Medium readers said yes.

Behavioral scientist Dr. Maria Keckler wanted to share a story without the lengthy holdups of traditional publishing.
So, she turned to Medium:
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The Why Trap: How One Simple Word Makes Anxiety Worse Why Trying to Fix the Past Keeps You From Healing in the Present

Psychiatrist, neuroscientist, and habit change expert Jud Brewer writes about a smarter way to deal with anxiety:
medium.com/@jud.brewer/...

And we’re thrilled to have you! Here’s Kat’s Medium link in case you want to follow along: medium.com/@katabughaza...

How To Make an Impossible Decision A guide for navigating the most difficult situations you’ll ever face.

At just 23, writer Sarah Olson had to make a heavy decision.
As a result, she learned a thing or two about impossible choices.
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To be a better writer, be a better reader.
Read far and read wide.
Read novels, newspapers, magazines, blog posts, booklets, instruction manuals, the room — just read.

Don't see an old woman anywhere, but do see a PUBLISHED WRITER! Congratulations, Barbara!

A beautiful reminder.

When the Writing is Burned Out and Broke — But You’re Breathing Capitalism isn’t a creative process.

“I felt broken, burned out. The ease had fled, my writing now in witness protection. But this burn, this ghosting is a sign. Maybe I wasn’t broken. Maybe the system was. Maybe I wasn’t blocked. Just done pretending.” — Felicia C. Sullivan, on writing under capitalism
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We don’t currently offer technical support via social media channels, but if you visit help.medium.com/hc/en-us and follow the steps, you will be directed to someone who’ll be able to help!

A ist is not a story (see title)

Rich Gibson had some things to say:
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How to Heal from Caregiver Burnout Caring for others takes a toll. Many of us don’t realize we’re drowning. Learning to care for myself as a priority helped me heal — here’s…

While it may at times feel that way, tending to yourself isn’t selfish. It’s survival.
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Anaïs Nin said it best:
"We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect."

Four Cooking “Facts” That Are Actually Fiction Sometimes, the things we take for granted are holding us back. And sometimes, they’re just plain wrong.

This is your sign (and guide) to make yourself a delicious dinner tonight:
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