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Why I Didn’t Read Your Story
Why I Didn’t Read Your Story
A 30-second listicle of temporary insanity
Debdutta Pal
Dec 9
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Yes, We’ve Noticed Your Conversations Are Full of Code Words
Yes, We’ve Noticed Your Conversations Are Full of Code Words
We’re onto you. Or should we say, Agent X?
Shaqib Akram
Dec 12
How to Glow in The Firmament of The Medium
How to Glow in The Firmament of The Medium
In honor of the great mystery that is the internet Muse
Boots Davidovitch
Dec 12
How to Permanently Remove Negative Thoughts?
How to Permanently Remove Negative Thoughts?
It starts with 3 days.
Alma
Dec 12
Only 2% of People Can See Why A Squirrel Attacked Annie Trevaskis
Only 2% of People Can See Why A Squirrel Attacked Annie Trevaskis
Annie’s test was squirrely — Alan Beano’s mom shows why
Lizzie Lizard Brain
Dec 10
How Beaujolais Became One of the World’s Most Disgusting Wines
How Beaujolais Became One of the World’s Most Disgusting Wines
Marketing, baby. It’s always marketing.
Smillew Rahcuef
Dec 5
Democrats Follow Up Kamala Harris’s Loss by Changing Their Party Animal to Robert F Kennedy Jr
Democrats Follow Up Kamala Harris’s Loss by Changing Their Party An...
Lord of the Lies
Ellie Salvaje
Dec 5
Making $$$ Writing for Medium
Making $$$ Writing for Medium
I just earned my first $1.83 in the Partnership Program!
thekempster
Dec 4
Top 10 Gift Ideas for the Obsessive-Compulsive Who Has Everything
Top 10 Gift Ideas for the Obsessive-Compulsive Who Has Everything
This might turn into 11 ideas. Or 12. Okay, I’ll stop. 13
John Corten
Dec 4
From The Pit Of Gratitude
From The Pit Of Gratitude
Ain’t it the grudging truth
Jurgen Manuel
Nov 28
We Should Not Have Left the Park Today
We Should Not Have Left the Park Today
I take full responsibility for the events that transpired. ~ Lucy Goose
Ann James
Nov 28
It’s Hard Out Here For A Poet!
It’s Hard Out Here For A Poet!
Welcome to the Thunderdome of creativity!
Boots Davidovitch
Nov 27
Getting Older — The Good News and the Bad News
Getting Older — The Good News and the Bad News
But first, a horribly sexist insensitive good-news/bad-news doctor joke you’re sure to enjoy
Michael Burg, MD (Satire Sommelier) 😬
Nov 25
Five Powerful Lessons I Learned From Doing That Thing
Five Powerful Lessons I Learned From Doing That Thing
Now, YOU can benefit from my knowledge and experience
R. Klemek
Nov 24
Athletic Life Over 27? What’s the Point?
Athletic Life Over 27? What’s the Point?
Coaches say that as a sportsman, you’re all done
Geo Snelling
Nov 23
Flash Fiction — Horror Poetry Prompts
Flash Fiction — Horror Poetry Prompts
Horror images and the poems they prompted
Monica G
Nov 22
Lies, Damned Lies, and Crime Statistics
Lies, Damned Lies, and Crime Statistics
The ABC of lying with numbers
Matthew Clapham
Nov 21
Ron DeSantis Vows to Arrest Hurricane Milton for Entering Florida Illegally
Ron DeSantis Vows to Arrest Hurricane Milton for Entering Florida I...
Alternative Science
Ellie Salvaje
Nov 21
How Do You Clean a Dirty Cloud?
How Do You Clean a Dirty Cloud?
You, me and 11 thousand data centres
Nichola Scurry
Nov 17
What’s Wrong With That Boy?
What’s Wrong With That Boy?
Another intentionally gratuitous piece of…
Jurgen Manuel
Nov 17
A Beginner Writer Emailed Me for Writing Advice. Here’s What I Told Him
A Beginner Writer Emailed Me for Writing Advice. Here’s What I Told...
He didn’t expect that!
Smillew Rahcuef
Nov 16
Q-Anon’s Ringling & Barnum’s Trumpian Three-Ring Circus
Q-Anon’s Ringling & Barnum’s Trumpian Three-Ring Circus
Now known as once again President Chump and his Oompa-Loompa’s in the Cabinet of the United States
Marcus aka Gregory Maidman
Nov 15
Drops in The Ocean
Drops in The Ocean
They were a strong community until they left, one by one — a short story
Sabrina Kay
Nov 14
Donald Trump’s 12 Crypto Promises
Donald Trump’s 12 Crypto Promises
Now that Donald Trump has been elected, will the “crypto president” stay true to his word? Here is what he promised to the Bitcoin and…
Jason Glynn
Nov 8
Have You Ever Named Your Cock?
Have You Ever Named Your Cock?
The Low-Brow Department — Not for guys only
Jurgen Manuel
Nov 5
Blocked is the New Black
Blocked is the New Black
It would be a better planet if I understood what the comments are about
Natasha MH
Nov 5
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