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Feb 6, 2025
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I vouch for the quality of these stories
S. Bear Bergman
What you can do, right now, for your trans and nonbinary friends, family, students and colleagues.It’s very reasonable to be worried and trying to understand how to help. Here are some actionable suggestions for the short and medium…
Feb 2
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Feb 2
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The Coding Diaries
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The Coding Diaries
How to Treat Your Software Engineering Job Like a Video GameSoftware engineers: hear my plea.
Nov 29, 2024
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Nov 29, 2024
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UX Collective
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Rita Kind-Envy
Before Times New Roman, there was something betterMeet 46 times “great” grandfather of TYN, the first most readable font and your next aesthetic obsession.
Nov 25, 2024
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Nov 25, 2024
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Cory Doctorow
Bluesky and enshittificationNo one is the enshittifier of their own story.
Nov 2, 2024
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Nov 2, 2024
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Jacob Bennett
Personal reflections on two years at MediumAn engineer’s perspective on Medium, the world, and ladders
Oct 25, 2024
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Oct 25, 2024
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I Love Charts
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Tautvydas Gylys
Pair Designing Our RelationshipHow we applied UX principles for knowing each other better
Apr 15, 2014
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Apr 15, 2014
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Ximena Vengoechea
How and Why to do a Life AuditArchitecting a life in 100 post-its & 1 Saturday Afternoon
Jun 17, 2014
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Jun 17, 2014
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Cantor’s Paradise
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Jodie Lee
Three Ways to Mathematically Construct a Chromatic ScaleUsing mathematics to uncover the hidden secrets of music.
Sep 13, 2024
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Sep 13, 2024
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The Medium Blog
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The Medium Newsletter
Tonic masculinity, an antidote to the toxic kindIssue #154: writing with a day job and learning to ignore what doesn’t matter
Sep 2, 2024
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Sep 2, 2024
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Books Are Our Superpower
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Niklas Göke
The 365 Most Famous Quotes of All TimeA study of humanity’s most brilliant, collected wisdom in 27 categories, backed by data and with real sources
Aug 23, 2024
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Aug 23, 2024
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Starts With A Bang!
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Ethan Siegel
Our cosmic home is typical for stars, but not for galaxiesMost stars in the Universe are located in big, massive, Milky Way-like galaxies. But most galaxies aren’t like ours at all.
Aug 19, 2024
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Aug 19, 2024
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Barack Obama
My Statement on President Biden’s AnnouncementJoe Biden has been one of America’s most consequential presidents, as well as a dear friend and partner to me. Today, we’ve also been…
Jul 21, 2024
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Jul 21, 2024
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UX Collective
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Pavel Samsonov
Nike’s $25B blunder shows us the limits of “data-driven”The illusion of data as “objective” conceals that it rarely shows you the whole picture. Making decisions based on the easiest data to…
Jan 29
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Jan 29
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Scott Lamb
What to do when the Bad Thing happensA guide, of sorts, for when life turns difficult
Apr 25, 2024
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Apr 25, 2024
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ILLUMINATION
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The One Alternative View
What If We Did Away With the Concept of Species?Temporarily
Jun 13, 2024
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Jun 13, 2024
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Robert Roy Britt
The No-AI Logo: Standing for Human-Generated WritingAs a publisher and writer on Medium, I’m making a visible commitment to real stories by real writers with this public-domain logo
Jun 12, 2024
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Jun 12, 2024
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Barack Obama
My Statement on the Middle EastToday, President Biden put forward a clear, realistic and just plan to establish an immediate ceasefire and end the war in Gaza — a plan…
May 31, 2024
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May 31, 2024
108
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The Medium Blog
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Zulie @ Medium
What you can do with MediumAn interactive guide
May 30, 2024
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May 30, 2024
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Chaz Hutton
Doodle a Droodle Today.It’s harder than it looks!
May 21, 2024
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May 21, 2024
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Science Spectrum
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Cole Frederick
The Strange World of Penrose TilingOften, math can lead us to beautiful visuals and even more startling discoveries!
Apr 21, 2024
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Apr 21, 2024
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