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The next Unicorns should be queer 🦄
Also: Nvidia's ascent continues.
The one LGBTQ+ think tank to know about
Also: How Reddit re-engaged millennials on investing -- but not always in a good way.
Field Notes: Pride 2024's equity threat
Also: Google might buy HubSpot, and Gen Z's money dysphoria
The financial upsides to Biden's LGBTQ+ soldiers pardon
Also: Why this sponsor spotlights unsponsored Olympians.
[New PDF] 6 prompt tips for better AI writing output
Also: Why 90% productive is too much.
Introducing: Financialicious
A new weekly newsletter on business, finance and culture.
The other perks of FI culture 💰
Also: A big Google leak, and 75+ free games now on YouTube.
3 pieces of evergreen content to write
How AI is trashing feeds, and what we can do about it.
Medium's millionth member moment
How the platform's stance on AI is attracting more humans.
What we can learn from these Pride month kickoff videos
Also: Is American homeownership starting to crack?
Copywriters are babysitting the robots now
Also: Thailand becomes #38.
How an algorithm f'd up rent prices
Also: What you need to know about Project 2025.
The pink shadow ban
Also: How the ‘Harvard of Trading’ ruined people's lives.
Instagram's worst (or best?) ads yet
Also: Interview with an author on his new book about the Boy Scouts' LGBTQ reckoning.
If you're building on social media, do this too
Also: The only Prime Day cheat sheet you need.
Rocks, pebbles, sand
Also: TL;DR on AI, LGBTQ news so far this week
Medium founder's new social network
Also: How Google is changing.
How home prices are shifting wealth goals
Also: Latvia inches forward.
Medium deleted 10 million spam posts last month alone
Also: The best savings account for fun money.
The runaway credit card debt train 🚂
Also: Lambda Legal turns up the heat.
The Incredible, Edible Inverted Pyramid
SEO Practices You'll Actually Use | News Writing | Display Ad Scams
Why “attention optimism” is failing you
Also: Every literary device explained, and a hot links roundup
A Wild Weekend of Tech News
Keyword research tips | Some Cyber Monday finds
Oct. 25, 2023 | Back to (Business) Basics
Also: Hot links roundup
The Medium Partner Program Iterates Again
Medium updates | ChatGPT tingz | Hot links
How Celebrity Newsletter Consultants Think
Oct. 16, 2023 | Creativity Is a Structure Game
Also: Loom gets acquired, and a forthcoming Airtable webinar
Does Blogging Still Work?
Late adopter tips, ChatGPT's competition, writing nooks
Oct. 18, 2023 | TikTok 101 for Late Adopters
Black Mirror becoming reality, and an Airtable webinar tomorrow
Oct. 23, 2023 | 1,000 True Fans, 15 Years Later
Does Kevin Kelly's famous 2008 marketing essay still apply?
How to Edit Your Writing
Also: More Substack news, and field notes from CES this week
The Glory of the Editor's Room
Also: How to write a good story in < 800 words
Why I Scrapped My Launch
Portfolio career reflections, market shifts, hot links
I Get the ConvertBox Hype Now
Opt-in form tips | Banned books | Writer memes
An Updated Perspective on Substack Vs. Medium
Also: News writing in action
'Tis the Season to Plan Q4
The Authority Principle
Also: Writing tips, both with and without the help of AI
Bye, Hedonic Treadmill
Why “happiness set point” matters in online biz.
The Content Calendar As Coach
Also: Google's AI gets an upgrade | Vimeo's upcoming free event
If Substack and Morning Brew Mated
Also: Behind the Scenes With an Airtable Consultant
The Great Owned Media Debate
WTF Is a Funnel | Cumulative Content | The Great Owned Media Debate
The Power of Physique Pictorial
Visual Capitalism | Capitalist Activism | Mission Statement Workshopping
She's the FIRE movement, but slower
Coast FI explained, more AI use cases, and an app directory
Personal finance inspo from... baristas?
Also: MWA now open, and the coolest writing style
She's Still the Most Important Sentence
Headline Best Practices | Bond Buying Blitz | Design Infographic
Quick Tip to Write More Clearly
Also: Quarterly planning tips and Medium's new “Friends of Medium” initiative
Introducing ‘The Morning Walk’
A there-and-back-again chronic pain journey
Notion Vs. Airtable
This software debate feels like West Side Story sometimes
Hammer vs. Wrench
Why I left ActiveCampaign
Also: How to tell short stories quickly.