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A Truth or Two About Writing on Medium and Not Banging Your Head Against the Wall
A Truth or Two About Writing on Medium and Not Banging Your Head Against the Wall
A few nuggets that I’ve picked up along the way lately about all this
Scott-Ryan Abt
Jun 12
Latest
Why Choose Conflict When You Can Choose Clarity?
Why Choose Conflict When You Can Choose Clarity?
Don’t let anger affect your relationships with people you love
Charline Hendrickx
Jun 11
What No One Tells You About Pelvic Exams
What No One Tells You About Pelvic Exams
Having a condom-draped speculum inserted inside your orifice is hard
Seema Virani Kholiya.
Jun 9
Are You Looking for a Bear in Finance?
Are You Looking for a Bear in Finance?
Salmon Farm, 9'5", Honey Eyes
PC Hubbard
Jun 9
I Tried To Be a Graceful Wedding Crasher
I Tried To Be a Graceful Wedding Crasher
How I became an unintentional wedding crasher
Rosalie Berg
Jun 7
10 Boring Things To Do
10 Boring Things To Do
I’m a black belt in boring
Smillew Rahcuef
Jun 7
AI is Kicking Me in the Butt
AI is Kicking Me in the Butt
And I can’t let that happen
Charline Hendrickx
Jun 4
Anti-LGBTQ Protester Shocked to Learn That Him Sleeping with Dying Old Man Is a Crime
Anti-LGBTQ Protester Shocked to Learn That Him Sleeping with Dying ...
Dead Underlay
Ellie Salvaje
Jun 3
Do You Even Like Writing? — Let’s Spice It Up!
Do You Even Like Writing? — Let’s Spice It Up!
Type like no one’s watching!
Adam Robinson
May 31
Split Vision
Split Vision
When dreaming is part of the design
Debdutta Pal
May 31
Thanks for Petsitting Our Goblin! She’s So Loving and Sets Only the Teeny-Weeniest Of Fires!
Thanks for Petsitting Our Goblin! She’s So Loving and Sets Only the...
The fire extinguisher is next to the umbrella stand!
Kelly Sheehan-Heath
May 30
The Party Boy Lifestyle Ended in Tokyo For Me
The Party Boy Lifestyle Ended in Tokyo For Me
That night, I listened to a weird Canadian guy’s ramblings and turned around my life
Smillew Rahcuef
May 30
Power Dynamics and Who Can Make You Look and Why
Power Dynamics and Who Can Make You Look and Why
Art, free will, respect, and wonder
Boots Davidovitch
May 30
The Therapists on Social Media Keeping Me Alive
The Therapists on Social Media Keeping Me Alive
As dramatic as it sounds, memes and postings can substitute as the therapy you didn’t realize you needed
Natasha MH
May 28
How Bad is “Subscribing Spam” on Substack?
How Bad is “Subscribing Spam” on Substack?
It’s 23% bad, which is quite decent actually
Smillew Rahcuef
May 24
“I’m Not Scarlet Johansson.”
“I’m Not Scarlet Johansson.”
Is your AI Assistant lying to you?
Oscar Rhea
May 24
Never Make Things Up if You Want to Make It as a Blogger
Never Make Things Up if You Want to Make It as a Blogger
It’s uncouth
Smillew Rahcuef
May 22
I Love Substack, But it’s Pissing Me Off
I Love Substack, But it’s Pissing Me Off
Are they stealing my money?
Manali Jarząbkiewicz
May 20
Our Town Has Been Taken Over by Dump Trucks
Our Town Has Been Taken Over by Dump Trucks
And I’m just trying to stay out of their way…
Alex Praytor
May 20
Manchester City Docked 700 Points Despite Premier League Title
Manchester City Docked 700 Points Despite Premier League Title
Next opponent Sandbach United
Philip Ogley
May 20
Are you on Couch Potato (Sweet Potato/Potato/X Winner)?
Are you on Couch Potato (Sweet Potato/Potato/X Winner)?
My honest review of this winner social media platform
Mark Tey 🦊
May 19
I Judged a Writing Competition and Was Shocked by the Quality
I Judged a Writing Competition and Was Shocked by the Quality
It’s not good news
Grandma Smillew
May 18
Where the Hell is Boots Davidovitch and Why Isn’t She Applauding Your Stories?
Where the Hell is Boots Davidovitch and Why Isn’t She Applauding Yo...
Ebb and flow — come and go
Boots Davidovitch
May 18
Okay, but Hear Me Out!
Okay, but Hear Me Out!
Either someone invents the hearing device that I need or I do it, myself. I won’t settle
Sir Charles
May 17
Are you on Sweet Potato (Potato/X/Bluesky Disruptor)?
Are you on Sweet Potato (Potato/X/Bluesky Disruptor)?
My honest review of this disruptive social media platform
Victor Cardenas
May 17
Are You On Potato (The Latest Twitter/X Alternative)?
Are You On Potato (The Latest Twitter/X Alternative)?
My honest review of this platform that paid me to write a review
Smillew Rahcuef
May 16
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