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If you’re expecting not to like this email, you probably won’t

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👋 Welcome back to the Medium NewsletterIssue #188: hot sauce, getting older, and titrating your news...
👋 Welcome back to the Medium NewsletterIssue #188: hot sauce, getting older, and titrating your news intakeBy Harris SockelBe honest… what did you expect when you opened this email?Information? Entertainment? Controversial opinions? Obvious ones? All of the above? None??Whatever your expectations, they’re shaping yo...
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An Asheville resident on life after Helene

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👋 We’ve returned with the Medium NewsletterIssue #187: analyzing tech layoffs and observing without absorbingBy Harris...
👋 We’ve returned with the Medium NewsletterIssue #187: analyzing tech layoffs and observing without absorbingBy Harris Sockel“I awoke about 2 a.m. the night of the storm to the sound of small explosions in the street,” writes Asheville resident Doug Brown in a story about life after Hurricane Helene. “My room kept l...
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Why this might be the “immigration election”

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🗳️ We’ve got 20 days until the U.S. presidential electionIssue #186: untangling presidential immigration policy, and...
🗳️ We’ve got 20 days until the U.S. presidential electionIssue #186: untangling presidential immigration policy, and planning v. doingBy Harris SockelIf you live in the U.S., in just about three weeks you’ll know who your next president is. So much (too much?) has been said about this election. It’s the vibes electi...
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“Nature is a blindfolded gambler playing with a deck of shuffled genes”

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⌛ There are 77 days remaining in 2024 (!)Issue #185: the Nobel Prize in chemistry, dealing...
⌛ There are 77 days remaining in 2024 (!)Issue #185: the Nobel Prize in chemistry, dealing with bad bosses, and living with envyBy Harris SockelSomething I love about Medium, and the internet generally: You’ll always find a perspective that complicates what you thought you knew.Sílvia PM, PhD— a paleontologist and f...
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Every 40 days, a language dies

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👋 Welcome back to the Medium NewsletterIssue #184: using your past to help your community, and...
👋 Welcome back to the Medium NewsletterIssue #184: using your past to help your community, and replacing “what ifs” with “even ifs”By Carly Rose GillisThere are at least 7,000 languages people use to communicate in the world, but it’s estimated that 50% of them will be extinct by 2100 due to migration, discriminatio...
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It happened on Medium: September 2024 roundup

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Howdy, friends! I’ve worked at Medium for over a year now, but I’ve been on the...
Howdy, friends! I’ve worked at Medium for over a year now, but I’ve been on the platform since 2012 — and I’ve really loved watching what this company and community have become over that intervening decade plus.I enjoy Medium because I always feel good after I spend some time perusing my home feed. We’ve heard from ...

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How to make your weekends feel twice as long

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🎉 It’s that day again, you know the one!Issue #183: creativity tips from Tony Soprano and...
🎉 It’s that day again, you know the one!Issue #183: creativity tips from Tony Soprano and what to do when you feel misunderstoodBy Harris SockelI thought I’d take a hard left out of what we’ve covered in this newsletter lately — WordPress drama, hurricanes, the worst Michelin-starred restaurant on Earth — to plunder...

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Why this year’s hurricane season is worse than most

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👋 Welcome back to the Medium NewsletterIssue #182: figs, namedropping, and ASMRBy Harris SockelHurricane Milton made...
👋 Welcome back to the Medium NewsletterIssue #182: figs, namedropping, and ASMRBy Harris SockelHurricane Milton made landfall as a Category 3 hurricane last night. It’s the third-fastest intensifying Atlantic storm ever, and the first major hurricane to hit Tampa in over a century.If you’re in Florida, I hope you’re...

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Like, literally, and the rise of filler words

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👋 Hello again!Issue #181: how inspiration works, indigenous languages, and doing it rightBy Harris SockelI was...
👋 Hello again!Issue #181: how inspiration works, indigenous languages, and doing it rightBy Harris SockelI was watching a recording of myself in a Zoom meeting recently and realized I say “like” too much. Every remark I made was riddled with “like,” “uh,” or “um.” It was embarrassing, though the most embarrassing pa...
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Four essential categories to use when planning your week

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Three tips for your work week, and de-hyping AI

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👋 Welcome back to the Medium NewsletterIssue #179: the top highlight on Medium last week +...
👋 Welcome back to the Medium NewsletterIssue #179: the top highlight on Medium last week + a clear-eyed perspective on AIBy Harris SockelHere are three pieces of wisdom to carry with you this week.One of the toughest skills for me (and many people!) is asking for help. I’m great at gritting my teeth to finish someth...

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Duolingo’s “emotional blackmail”

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🎉 It’s Friday, at last—and welcome back to the Medium NewsletterIssue #178: turning your schedule upside-down...
🎉 It’s Friday, at last—and welcome back to the Medium NewsletterIssue #178: turning your schedule upside-down and learning from solitudeBy Harris SockelHallo! Kaffe und milch, bitte. Danke!That’s one of the only things I can say in German. I started learning the basics a few weeks ago because I love the word “versch...

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Monogamy is overrated (at work)

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👋 We’ve returned with another Medium NewsletterIssue #177: letters to the editor and nothing is as...
👋 We’ve returned with another Medium NewsletterIssue #177: letters to the editor and nothing is as urgent as you thinkBy Harris SockelJessica Zwaan, an HR expert on Medium, published a story this summer that got me thinking differently about the way I work. It’s called “What Tech failed to learn from Hollywood,” and...
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“You don’t own a community; you influence, co-create and curate it.”

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✌️ Hello again, it is I, your friendly newsletter purveyor, here with yet another high-calorie info...
✌️ Hello again, it is I, your friendly newsletter purveyor, here with yet another high-calorie info snack*Issue #176: goat herding, job hunting, and zooming outBy Harris SockelThe internet is a story of people using things in ways their inventors didn’t intend. Take the early internet, which was a private network of...

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The 10-year-old Medium story that turned into a book deal

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Getting a book deal is a dream for many writers. Getting a book deal on a...
Getting a book deal is a dream for many writers. Getting a book deal on a story you first published a decade ago feels even more magical. But that’s exactly what happened to Ximena Vengoechea, writer, illustrator, and user researcher.The short version of Vengoechea’s story is this: in 2014, she came up with a cool, ...

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Instead of finding your dream job, craft your “dream day”

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👋 Welcome back to the Medium NewsletterIssue #175: honest classical music performances, what to do in...
👋 Welcome back to the Medium NewsletterIssue #175: honest classical music performances, what to do in Scotland, and finally throwing away all those morning pagesBy Carly Rose GillisWhen I was a little girl, I dreamed of how one day I’d finally become… a Content Operations Lead.Of course, this is a lie. It’s a common...
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Moo Deng, or: how memes work

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👋 It’s Monday, and we’re back with the Medium NewsletterIssue #174: fake vulnerability, “publish or perish,”...
👋 It’s Monday, and we’re back with the Medium NewsletterIssue #174: fake vulnerability, “publish or perish,” and universal needsBy Harris SockelI am an adult human man, yet I feel a fierce kinship with a two-month-old hippopotamus whose name (Moo Deng) translates to “bouncy pork.” She is a thick lump of hippo who so...
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We asked, you answered: What’s your favorite writing advice?

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🎂 It’s September 27, which means happy birthday to Carrie Brownstein, Gwyneth Paltrow, Lil Wayne, Avril...
🎂 It’s September 27, which means happy birthday to Carrie Brownstein, Gwyneth Paltrow, Lil Wayne, Avril Lavigne, and many other fascinating people!Issue #172: Vitalik Buterin demystifies “decentralization,” and process v. resultsBy Harris SockelTwo days ago, in a distant land called Wednesday, we asked you to share ...

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How to burn your resume and build a new career

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📺 On this day 64 years ago, JFK faced off with Nixon in the first-ever televised...
📺 On this day 64 years ago, JFK faced off with Nixon in the first-ever televised presidential debate. JFK agreed to wear makeup at the last minute; Nixon (who was getting over a knee injury) didn’t. Most viewers agree Nixon looked haggard; he later lost the election by 0.17%.Issue #172: don’t call it “aging,” yodeli...
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Tell us your favorite piece of writing wisdom

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📰 On this day 334 years ago, the first newspaper published in the U.S. (then still...
📰 On this day 334 years ago, the first newspaper published in the U.S. (then still a British colony) came out, a four-page publication called Publick Occurrences. It was banned within a few days, and the colonies would not see another newspaper published for 50 years.Issue #171: writing advice, skydiving while pregn...

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The worst Michelin-starred restaurant in the world?

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🗡️💪🛡️ It’s Tuesday, or Tyr’s Day in Norse Mythology — Tyr being the one-handed Norse god...
🗡️💪🛡️ It’s Tuesday, or Tyr’s Day in Norse Mythology — Tyr being the one-handed Norse god of war, bravery, and justice who got into a rough altercation with a wolf (that’s how he lost his other hand)Issue #170: an email from 9/11, a journaling trick, and saying goodbyeBy Harris Sockel“We are given a belly button and ...

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Find opportunity in what other people undervalue

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🦊 22 years ago today, Mozilla — a community of developers making free software — launched...
🦊 22 years ago today, Mozilla — a community of developers making free software — launched v1 of Firefox, the world’s most popular open-source web browser.Issue #169: verschlimmbesserung and clay potsBy Harris SockelOne of my favorite Medium genres is what I’d call “I’ve Been Through Some Stuff, And Here’s What I Wis...

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What shattering both of your legs feels like — and more weekend reads

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🍂 On Sunday, we’ll all experience equal amounts of day and night thanks to our friend...
🍂 On Sunday, we’ll all experience equal amounts of day and night thanks to our friend the September equinox — and if you’re in the Northern Hemisphere like me, happy first day of fallIssue #168: contested elections and bad habitsBy Harris SockelWe found a few weekend reads you might be interested in…#1. How the U.S....

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Why Covid is (and isn’t) like the flu

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📅 It’s been 1,650 days since Covid became an ever-present part of our lives (I’m using...
📅 It’s been 1,650 days since Covid became an ever-present part of our lives (I’m using March 13, 2020 as the turning point here, though you could obviously go back further)Issue #167: the best job in the military, dinosaur descendants, and passive choicesBy Harris SockelI’m flying next month, and for the first time ...
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