List: Medium Favourites | Curated by Eta George

Oct 10, 2024
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Medium Favourites
Paul Ryburn, M.Sc.
What to Do When Someone Spreads Lies About YouA magic phrase that discredits the person talking behind your back
Aug 13, 2024
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Aug 13, 2024
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Picture Palace
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Loren Kantor
I Was Fired by Chevy ChaseIn 1991, I worked on the movie Memoirs of an Invisible Man. I was a lowly production assistant accruing hours toward a career as an…
Nov 6, 2023
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Nov 6, 2023
32
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History of Women
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Carlyn Beccia
Essential Household Items That Could Have Only Been Invented by a WomanIf you hate housework, you would hate it much more without these ladies.
Sep 26, 2023
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Sep 26, 2023
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Better Marketing
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Melissa Gouty
How to Market Literacy: Cool Lessons from Jay-Z and the Brooklyn Public LibraryPop culture, art, and celebrity
Sep 8, 2023
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Sep 8, 2023
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Loren Kantor
My Schoolyard BullyEddie Bunion was good at his job. I estimate he borrowed $12.75 from me that first year. I call it “borrowed” because that’s what he called…
Aug 3, 2023
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Aug 3, 2023
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An Injustice!
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Sam Young
We Can Fix CrimeHere’s what we can learn from Japan, Switzerland, and Singapore
Jul 31, 2023
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Jul 31, 2023
32
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The Writing Cooperative
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Philip S. Naudus
How Leo Tolstoy Rekindled His Passion for WritingFrom “terribly disgusting” to one of the greatest novels of all time
Jul 25, 2023
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Jul 25, 2023
6
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The Fiction Writer’s Den
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Jay C Wells
Swedish Study Highlights Writers to FollowProfessor Svedberg: “Don’t call it a May Pole!”
Jun 1, 2023
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Jun 1, 2023
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Andrew Martin
The Restaurant That Might Have Defeated McDonalds If Americans Weren’t So Bad At MathAn early fast food war didn’t go as expected because many Americans aren’t so good at fractions
Feb 22, 2023
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Feb 22, 2023
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Sean Kernan
Please, Please — Stop Buying These Get Rich Quick CoursesA look at what should be obvious.
May 4, 2023
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May 4, 2023
39
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History of Women
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Janice Harayda
The Heroic Women Of The Italian ResistanceMen thought they were too dumb to pull off remarkable feats of sabotage. Ada Gobetti and others proved them wrong
Apr 11, 2023
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Apr 11, 2023
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ILLUMINATION
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Elizabeth Silleck La Rue
Almost Getting Abducted from Burger King Taught Me Self-Doubt is DangerousLearning to trust your gut and speak up
Feb 16, 2023
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Feb 16, 2023
26
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Heroes of History
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C.S. Voll
Victorian Prison Photos of Hard LivesThe Tyne & Wear Archives’ photos show faces etched with stories
Mar 9, 2023
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Mar 9, 2023
5
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The Startup
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Aaron Dinin, PhD
I Was Scammed on Amazon, and it Was a Masterclass in Understanding Consumer Buying HabitsEvery entrepreneur should understand the consumer purchasing process as well as scammers
Jan 12, 2023
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Jan 12, 2023
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Tracey Folly
The Neighbor Sprayed My Mom With Water From His Garden Hose While She Read Her Newspaper on the…With neighbors like these, who needs enemies?
Oct 10, 2022
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Oct 10, 2022
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The Writing Cooperative
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Philip S. Naudus
Are You a Nobody? This is Your Greatest AdvantageCreativity grows fastest when nobody knows who you are
Dec 6, 2022
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Dec 6, 2022
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Multi-Passionate Success
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D'Ana Joi
The Next Time Someone Calls You a “Jack of All Trades Master of None,” Tell Them That’s Not the…Then blow their mind with this.
Jul 28, 2022
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Jul 28, 2022
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Yard Couch
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Isaiah McCall
‘Greatest Lie Ever Sold:’ Candace Owen’s New DocumentaryDoes BLM help Black people?
Oct 17, 2022
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Oct 17, 2022
87
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Predict
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Will Lockett
The Simple Way To Remove A Trillion Tonnes of Carbon DioxideScientists have discovered the holy grail of carbon capture, but is it enough to save the planet?
Sep 2, 2022
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Sep 2, 2022
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