Today in The Medium Newsletter, featured stories include:
• Responses to CEO @coachtony on how #writers can use #AI to tell human stories
• Blind photographer Lawrence Lazare on #photography challenges and workarounds
• #HBOMax #ProductDesign VP @mmcwatters on #prototyping and #VibeDesign
• Ruchama on how her dad’s fabricated stories shaped her
• Pavel Samsonov on strategy for #writing online
https://medium.com/blog/what-medium-writers-think-about-ai-tools-1d8cb03c21f6
Nobody ever says I met a straight man who was an abuser, therefore all straight men are abusers.
https://medium.com/prismnpen/we-are-not-responsible-for-the-only-queer-person-youve-ever-met-397c3288df45?sk=c607572b094532c67911bc86ca606bf9
In this new episode of the Smart in Public Pod #podcast, Medium CEO @coachtony speaks with hosts Katie Boysen and Katie Dufficy about authenticity and vulnerability in #leadership, long-form content, #AI strategy, and more.
By now, it's quite possible you've heard that walking is good for you. Plenty of research also finds that more vigorous activity-this sort that really gets you huffing and puffing-can be even better for health, or offer similar benefits in less time. All that thinking is behind a new study that finds walking a little faster offers notable benefits for older people. And we're talking about just a few extra steps per minute.
Targeted Conservation Efforts Help Restore Crashing Biodiversity
"A major review of over 67,000 animal species has found that with greater resource allocation, conservation can halt and reverse biodiversity loss."
#biodiversity #conservation #WildlifeConservation #EndangeredSpecies #Extinction https://medium.com/grrlscientist/targeted-conservation-efforts-help-restore-crashing-biodiversity-eea5645484a8
On Medium, a huge number of publications are open to submissions. This new post by Zulie explains how you can – and why you should – submit your stories to them:
https://medium.com/medium-handbook/how-and-why-to-submit-to-a-medium-publication-b44d35ea3c41
A video version is also available:
Hot off the presses: President @barackobama has posted his annual summer #ReadingList:
https://barackobama.medium.com/my-2025-summer-reading-list-bb25331e761b
What Nobody Tells You About Rejections By Book Editors: The reasons are often more complex and less rational than writer think.
At @medium, I write about a few of the misunderstood reasons for rejections of books and how to respond to them, based on my experience as a journalist who's known a lot of editors:
One of the biggest miracles of our nature is reproducing and giving birth to new life. It’s a miracle in terms of how inspiring, exciting, and lovely it is, but from the scientific point of view there’s nothing miraculous — these processes are well known and studied.
https://medium.com/prismnpen/hormone-therapy-and-fertility-the-science-for-trans-women-ce431ba42324?sk=917a36da55f9abfee08a33c0175d21f9
Decades after treatments for #ADHD entered the marketplace, you'd think doctors, psychiatrists and other experts would agree on which meds work and how best to use them. You'd be so, so wrong. Serious misconceptions involve everything from whether stimulants can cure ADHD to what drugs even qualify as stimulants. This neurologist/psychiatrists sorts fact from fiction and explains why so much confusion.
'Auguste Rodin & Balzac, Approaching the Gates of Hell'
pondering Rodin’s radical statues that were inspired by #literature & changed the trajectory of Modern #sculpture...
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The first time I saw men hold hands this easily, I was in a war zone. Back then, the air smelled of dust and diesel; now I rest in my hammock between trees, thick, humid green.
https://medium.com/prismnpen/how-being-gay-and-armenian-shaped-my-tour-of-duty-in-afghanistan-ca87494a98b3?sk=7d2bdd9031fbd0233a65859420ca0f8c