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How do you decide what’s true? In “How to Use the Socratic Method in Your Own Life,” @johnpolonis.bsky.social reaches way, way back in time for the “best method for discovering truth and stimulating critical thinking.” Get ready to ask some questions. medium.com/thought-thin...

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Sophie Lucido Johnson was seized by the desire to draw every bird in North America. It took over 200 hours. Don't miss her story about it. sophielucidojohnson.medium.com/heres-what-i...

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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?

"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 williamfleitch.medium.com/its-the-theo...

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." medium.com/@jsteier_292...

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. medium.com/@mfh334/why-...

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!

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

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...

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: caroline-writes.medium.com/i-tried-step...

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!

A difficult, sobering take on life in the United States for far too many: medium.com/ash-ink/when...

What's your favorite sentence you've recently written?

Behavioral scientist Dr. Maria Keckler wanted to share a story without the lengthy holdups of traditional publishing. So, she turned to Medium: medium.com/medium-handb...

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

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At just 23, writer Sarah Olson had to make a heavy decision. As a result, she learned a thing or two about impossible choices. medium.com/lovingletter...

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.

“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 medium.com/mastering-th...

Rich Gibson had some things to say: medium.com/@richgibson/...

While it may at times feel that way, tending to yourself isn’t selfish. It’s survival. medium.com/wise-well/ho...

Anaïs Nin said it best: "We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect."

This is your sign (and guide) to make yourself a delicious dinner tonight: medium.tastyble.com/four-cooking...

“The first draft is just you telling yourself the story” ― Terry Pratchett

A fun thought experiment can help you find an important answer: medium.com/@drjaywilkin...

“Jealousy, when harvested, isn’t a curse. It’s a flare — a map back to yourself. It reveals what you’re starved for.” — Felicia C. Sullivan, on the pains of writing and writers’ envy. medium.com/mastering-th...

"Labels rarely reflect the truth about children, yet they powerfully determine what happens to them." — Nir Eyal medium.com/behavior-des...

Rest, Ice(?), Compression, Elevation bradyholmer.medium.com/heat-but-not...

What’s an essay idea that’s been haunting you but you haven’t written yet?

“Every living thing participates in wholeness, because, by definition, wholeness excludes nothing. Exclusion takes place in the human mind, which adopts beliefs, habits, and conditioning on behalf of the ego’s agenda.” —Deepak Chopra deepakchopra.medium.com/discovering-...

Tuesday tip for writers from @stephenking.bsky.social's "On Writing: A Memoir of a Craft:" "The scariest moment is always just before you start. After that, things can only get better."

Fascinating! Fascinante! Faszinierend! Affascinante! 迷人的! 매혹적인! 魅惑的な! medium.com/babel/all-la...

“A couple of years ago, it hit me like a train that I had nobody. My mental health took a hike, I felt like sh*t, depressed. No longer did I believe that we should be independent of all people as to not be a codependent leech.” medium.com/zenite/the-i...

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Medium vs Substack: debate as old as time. And we're weighing in. We wrote up a quick feature, comparing the two platforms to help you decide which one is best suited for your writing needs, depending on what you’re looking to accomplish: medium.com/blog/medium-...

No more em dashes? What’s next, no more friendship? No more love? No more joy?

“Writing is good for us. Writing is human. There is nothing that makes someone a writer and someone else not a writer other than the act of writing.” - Sarah Olson

“Let me tell you from experience, there is so much going on right under our noses. There are clubs and people wanting friends, groups, sports teams waiting for you to join them!” medium.com/zenite/the-i...

A small, five-minute tweak could land your stories in front of a bigger audience! medium.com/medium-handb...

​​“For God’s sake write and don’t worry about what the people will say nor whether it will be a masterpiece.” — Ernest Hemingway medium.com/@mentalgarde...