Read a story by legally #blind #photographer Lawrence Lazare on #Medium here:

Read a story by legally #blind #photographer Lawrence Lazare on #Medium here:
See more articles by #photographers in the Live View publication on #Medium here: https://medium.com/live-view
Photographer @DerrickStory, editor of the #photography publication Live View on #Medium, just celebrated the 1000th episode of his #podcast, “The Digital Story”. The 20 year celebration episode for the TDS Podcast includes interviews and reflections with several #photographers who have written on Medium, including Jim Kuzman, Lawrence Lazare, @RKphotographic, and Scott Houston.
https://thedigitalstory.com/2025/05/tds-photo-podcast-1000-a-20-year-celebration.html
Journalist JA Westenberg has posted an entire book on #Medium: “Permissionless”.
From the author, @Daojoan:
WHY I WROTE PERMISSIONLESS
We live in a world where progress is often throttled by those who control the gates. This book shines a light on those gates and shows how they can be bypassed. It's not breaking the rules for the sake of it—it's getting to work and making change happen.
Read “Permissionless” here: https://joanwestenberg.medium.com/permissionless-59a611d50727
Decades before #Siri and #ChatGPT, #chatbots like SmarterChild were popular with Internet users passing the time with “inane chat”. Learn more from technology historian Hanen Hsu of the Computer History Museum: https://medium.com/chmcore/smarterchild-a-chatbot-buddy-from-2001-10ca4ee03ab9
Today in The Medium Newsletter, featured stories include:
• The human threat to #insect populations, by @TheConversationUS for The New Climate
• #Font rendering on macOS vs Windows, by Kartikey Sengar for @uxdesigncc
• #Designing with soul, by Dr Urvashi Sharma for Bootcamp
• Effective #teamwork, by Vinita Bansal for Code Like A Girl
https://blog.medium.com/exploring-our-relationship-to-bugs-as-fellow-beings-a91990d1c68e
In this interview, screenwriter, author, and podcaster @colehaddon talks with fellow screenwriter, author, and podcaster John August, whose #film credits include “Big Fish”.
https://fanfare.pub/q-a-john-august-wants-to-make-things-happen-e51513afce4f
Today in The Medium Newsletter, featured stories include:
• The case for being ordinary, with Charles Black M.D.
• Five years since the killing of #GeorgeFloyd, with @williamspivey
• #Airport #ArtExhibits, with Pablo Pereyra
• Insightful #DataAnalysis, with designer Mehekk Bassi
https://blog.medium.com/ambition-is-the-decision-to-take-yourself-seriously-8fd7df0b0ced
An exploration of my love of four-letter words and other thoughts on fruity language.
https://medium.com/ellemeno/frequently-profane-but-never-vulgar-1afc5be3fbf6
There’s something to be said for allowing a little mystery in your writing. What can you imply but leave unsaid? Bring a little poetry to your analytical take. Make room for the shadows and the things that abide there. As we get more advanced in our craft, we discover that what we leave out, is just as important as what we put in.
https://medium.com/ellemeno/under-the-rocks-are-the-words-02c4a3a96390
In this month’s Writer Newsletter, Zulie @ #Medium shares alternatives to AI #images for #illustrating stories, popular story topics, #DraftDay2025 stats, a request for editor recognition, and more.
A recent design change on #Medium has led to a seven-fold increase in email subscribers. Learn more in Zulie’s post for The Medium Blog: https://blog.medium.com/how-a-design-change-is-leading-to-7x-more-email-subscribers-across-medium-19ae1d73b541
Today in The Medium Newsletter, Marian Bull embraces #boredom with @robertroybritt, examines hostile #UrbanDesign with Riley York, and explores #ColumbusPark in Manhattan’s Chinatown with Jen Louie.
Other featured stories describe surviving a #suicide attempt, facing #famine in #Gaza, and revisiting the scene of an assault.
https://blog.medium.com/why-weve-lost-the-art-of-lingering-d0bc07144e75
Today in the Medium Blog, Zulie @ Medium explains how #writers can enroll in the Medium Partner Program and earn money for their #stories.
https://blog.medium.com/how-to-enroll-in-the-medium-partner-program-728c0daa581c
A video guide is also available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8G_x2hv6DcM
Today in the Medium Newsletter, Anna Dorn looks at the evolution of self-portraits from antiquity to the age of #AI, with designer Darren Yeo and author @ediemeade.
Other featured stories explore personality changing, mineral mining, and habit tracking.
https://medium.com/blog/what-ai-selfies-tell-us-about-ourselves-44377b5093a4
Today in The Medium Newsletter, @carlyrosegillis shares the forgotten history of the first #MemorialDay in the U.S., with scholar @allyfromnola; and a #Dutch tradition of adopting the graves of U.S. soldiers, with filmmaker Rob O’Brien.
Other featured stories include a look at updates to the #AI tool #Claude, a guide to decoding research jargon, a first-person account of inspecting sweatshops for #HumanRights abuses, and tips on dealing with #ImpostorSyndrome.
https://blog.medium.com/memorial-day-and-forgotten-stories-94eeea18ecc5
Just the ordinary trials and tribulations of your not-so-friendly neighborhood narcissist, which would be me.
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ICYMI, here’s what happened this week in The Medium Newsletter:
Mon 5/19: The quest for healthier instant noodles
https://blog.medium.com/the-quest-for-healthier-instant-noodles-96b600685739
Tue 5/20: Are you trapped by “vocational awe”?
https://blog.medium.com/are-you-trapped-by-vocational-awe-0e673426c9d7
Wed 5/21: Joy is the radical belief that the world is worthy of love
https://blog.medium.com/joy-is-the-radical-belief-that-the-world-is-worthy-of-love-f81faa24e590
Thu 5/22: Why we’re yearning for nostalgia
https://blog.medium.com/why-were-yearning-for-nostalgia-7347bdcac316
Fri 5/23: How better sidewalks make better communities
https://blog.medium.com/how-better-sidewalks-make-better-communities-b94ca12f3e53
In the #Netherlands, Dutch locals have adopted the graves of American #soldiers who fought in #WorldWarII. Documentary filmmaker Rob O’Brien travels from #Margraten to #Michigan to share their stories.