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Partner Program Payment … Same As It Ever Was

It’s not data science

Michael Burg, MD (Satire Sommelier) 😬
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3 min readJan 26, 2025

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Flying the equal flag. Photo by Matt Popovich on Unsplash

Letting the days go by!
Let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by!
Water flowing underground
Into the blue again

After the money’s gone

Once in a lifetime!
Water flowing underground

Lyrics above from https://genius.com/Talking-heads-once-in-a-lifetime-lyrics

Guess which line this story will focus on.

Money talks, bullshit walks.

Or is it?

Data science pays, Medium meta decays.

If you’re wondering where this is coming from …

… Rumor has it that data science stories will be Medium’s new cash cow. And, just as exciting, Medium will soon, or has already, defunded Medium meta stories.

Disappointing on two fronts.

The silver lining in all this … the little rhyme shown below 👇

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Michael Burg, MD (Satire Sommelier) 😬
Michael Burg, MD (Satire Sommelier) 😬

Written by Michael Burg, MD (Satire Sommelier) 😬

The “MD” & “um” in Medium, and the “er” in wisenheimer | Doctor Funny editor/czar | Sultan of satire | Party Pooper - Mostly on Trump's party

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