My FOM Tote Bag is Coming Home for Christmas

How I upgraded to Medium’s new membership tier and bagged a tote along the way

Rui Alves
ENGAGE
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4 min readDec 19, 2023

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A Christmas postcard in tones of green with the Medium limited-edition tote bag in the limelight.
Art by Rui Alves on Canva | Tote bag design by Medium

My riveting saga to become a “Friend Of Medium” has just had a surprising plot twist.

Sheesh, I didn’t see this one coming.

On December 1, I wrote my requiem for a tote bag:

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Rui Alves
ENGAGE
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I'm a language teacher, linguist and published author (who joined the Army and worked for the EU). A publisher, digital ronin, musician and alchemist of sound.