Curated Collection and Daily Updates
Look What Aiden Found Today — Episode #68
Favorite stories I read plus community-nominated pieces tailored for avid readers of ILLUMINATION Publications on Medium

Dear readers and writers, thank you for your engagement in the previous collections. Today I found many great stories that you may enjoy. I’m pleased that top guns of ILLUMINATION cleared the publishing Q and allowed me to prepare this collection to create visibility of many great pieces. We also added many new writers who you met via this bulletin.
My key update today is featuring our recent 18 boosted stories in the last 10 days. I also added the previous one and believe you will find great piece on this new collection.
Talking of boosting, my personal update is that yesterday my story reflecting my loneliness and grief when I was 17 years old was boosted. It was my grandfather’s mortality anniversary yesterday. If you are interested to read it, here is the link:
Yesterday, I updated this piece which aims to inspire writers to post their bios as our readers love them as they keep asking me more personal stories like in this collection.
Last week I published our recently boosted stories. Today our hardworking and caring editor shared the links of all boosted stories he read, shared his learning and also provide links to 100+ boosted stories from ILLUMINATION publications. I believe all writers and readers will enjoy this treasure trove.
ILLUMINATION-Curators create a new collection for our Reading Club. It is full of engaging stories.
Every share can increase our collective chance. Please don’t underestimate the power of your shares. The goal of my collections is to increase reading times for these stories. So please choose a few pieces that are interesting to you and support these writers.
Today Dr Mehmet Yildiz interviewed another amazing writer, Gill McCulloch. You may learn about the background of Gill and understand why her stories are so educative and inspiring.
A few days ago Dr Yildiz also interviewed Adelia Ritchie, PhD. She has a remarkable background. I see her as a source of inspiration for me as she is both a scientist and artist.
As mentioned before, he also interviews one of my favorite writers, Dr. Lutz Kraushaar, who is contributing to our publications. He’s a longevity expert. You may check this conversation and explore his stories. Dr Kraushaar also became a Friend of Medium and wrote a story about it.
For new writers, here’s an interview with popular writer Tim Denning. You may enjoy what Tim said in this interesting interview. He is a source of inspiration for fellow writers and thousands of readers. Last year, I wrote a story about Tim as part of an AI project. I believe you will love what AI thinks about Tim.
You may check more interviews from this collection if you are interested.
I hope many more avid readers upgrade their subscriptions like him. He has good reasons like me. If you are an avid reader like me, Dr Kraushaar or Dr, Broadly and can afford to consider upgrading your subscription by taking the plunge like many early adopters whom I introduced you to in this story.
ILLUMINATION editors interviewed Dr Yildiz on how Friends of Medium can share links on out tailored social media platforms. I tried them, and sharing these stories took only 10 minutes. I hope they bring many new readers to Medium. We all need to attract more readers to make this platform more vibrant and sustainable.
You may also check out the recent collection of Mike Broadly, DHSc, an avid reader and a proud FoM contributing to the earnings of our writers.
Our editors and curators also explained how we promote non-boosted stories, which are more than 99%, so I take a significant role in this process to create visibility for such stories. Thanks, everyone, for the support that keeps me trucking on this fabulous journey.
Today, I was busy as it was the last public holiday in Australia. I helped with onboarding around 100 new writers, so I was able to find around 60 great pieces and listed them.
As I grappled with the hedonistic treadmill pursuing money and fame, which eventually led to burnout, Dr. Yildiz’s a story deeply resonated with me. It offers valuable insights that can shift perspectives on material possessions and money, perhaps even making it easier to integrate money effortlessly into our lives.
The cloning machine struck again, attempting to cast its shady duplicates in my blockbuster movie. But let me clarify — even if they get down on their knees and beg, these scammers won’t be snagging a role in my soon-to-be award-winning cinematic masterpiece. Yay, I Was Cloned Again but I Know the Scammer Will Kick the Bucket Soon.
I learned that scammers targeted Mike’s beautiful curated collections again after 5th time spamming all the readers pretending to be him. But this time, they used sophisticated methods that Mike revealed in a masterpiece. I think those scammers have no clue that Mike is a seasoned professional and will not allow them to win. That dubious writing club might kick the bucket soon. Battling Scams: My Heartfelt Struggle Against 5 Medium Attacks in a Week, Unveiling Their Latest Tricks
One of our consulting editors, David B. Grinberg 🇺🇸, wrote an interesting story about the critically important reasons why Medium should be more transparent with users about these phishing scams. Why Medium Should Be Transparent about Clone Phishing Attacks.
During our conversations, I gained a deeper understanding of Dr Yildiz’s challenges, and I hope those who sometimes take our volunteer service for granted read this story. Running these Medium publications is no walk in the park. I believe that it’s not all roses and rainbows in the editorial team.
As I curated these gems, I encountered numerous “aha” moments — some inducing fits of laughter, others coaxing tears, all painting my journey with vivid emotions. I’m excited to pass on these emotional roller coasters to you, hoping they’ll add a sprinkle of joy or even a smidgen of uncontrollable giggles to your day. Enjoy the ride.
ILLUMINATION editors created an important bulletin for increasing spam, scam, and bot accounts, contaminating the platform and causing grief to writers and readers. Please be careful as I was cloned and felt bad about it.
I read an interesting story from Dr Yildiz related to Mike’s story and his findings from the spammy topics pages. Rather than sharing his remarkable story on Medium, Dr Yildiz chose to publish it on NewsBreak because he got tired of spam affecting the performance of our stories. He explained the reasons in a post.
Those who missed my Vocal saga can read it from this link. But I highly recommend the story of Dr Yildiz as it is concerning for new writers like me trying to make Medium our home.
Our newsletter for Illumination informing of our progress and plans was released on both Medium and on Substack. I link both so you can share with your relevant audience. Sharing is a wonderful community trait. Here’s the Substack version.
ILLUMINATION-Curators compiled and published the collection of boosted stories from ILLUMINATION-Curated. I believe you will find amazing stories from that collection. It is a labor of love between writers, editors, nominators, and Medium curators to delight our readers.
December 2023 was an excellent month for me. In addition, a story near and dear to my heart got a boost. Many thanks for the comments on this story: Gaming, Fun, and Humor: The Lifelines That Rescued Me From Social Media’s Grip on My Life.
I recently self-curated my monthly stories for my loyal readers and as a sample for fellow writers. I look forward the same success this month so I keep working hard.
Please also check our strategic approach for 2024, which is aligned with Medium’s direction articulated by Dr Mehmet Yildiz, our chief editor.
He also mentioned that only 5% of his stories performed well in 2023 and other 95% hardly got any views.
Dr Yildiz also added many new writers during his holidays.
Announcement of New Writers for ILLUMINATION #31 ILLUMINATION
Daily List for Sharing — Volume 67
I volunteered to create a list of this collection. So you can easily share this collection on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Reddit, or Quora. You can find all our sharing platforms from this story link by Dr Yildiz.
Let’s all engage in this list please and at least tweet it so that more readers can find these stories. It is the purpose of these curated lists. We appreciate your wonderful support for these writers who pour their hearts and souls into these stories to delight you. Here are the nominated stories from avid readers today.
Chosen Stories from ILLUMINATION Writers Today
As we mentioned before, “these stories are a combination of what I enjoyed and those which nominated by volunteering editors (also writers and readers) on this platform, so the stories in this collection reflect their collective tastes. As a publication, ILLUMINATION keeps a neutral position for all published stories, and it is impossible to feature over one million published stories. But we will do our best to amplify as many great stories as possible almost daily from now on based on the availability of our volunteers.”
Here are our wonderful and nominated stories today! I believe you will find something that will satisfy your reading needs.
3 Major Reasons Why Vitamin K2 Is Extra Vital for the Older Adults Dr Mehmet Yildiz
How to Beat Depression With Exercise Dr. Lutz Kraushaar
Cellular Responses to Ketosis: Can Cancer Cells Listen and Behave? Mike Broadly, DHSc
An Editor’s Advice — The Dos And Don’ts — Here’s The Word; My Candid Reflections On The… The Doctor - Joanie Adams
Should Age Politically Disqualify Biden for a Second Term? (Part 2) David B. Grinberg 🇺🇸
Self-Care Day vs. Borrowed Credit Card Day Bev Benyamin
The Beginning of the World Pernoste & Dahl
Mountain, Monastery, and MetropolisThe One Alternative View The One Alternative View
Jesus is sad and ashamedMuhammad Fakharuddin Muhammad Fakharuddin
8 Things I Learned (or Was Reminded) About Life From a Foster PuppyJulia Byrd Julia Byrd
7 Signs You Have Abandonment Issues2bebetter 2bebetter
You Gotta Fight…For Your Right…To Be Frumpy!Ossiana Tepfenhart Ossiana Tepfenhart
Medium Category Makeover Using Lists and Kicker TitlesGregg Zambrovitz Gregg Zambrovitz
The Top 10 Leadership SkillsQaiser Khan Qaiser Khan
Interview with Gill McCullochDr Mehmet Yildiz Dr Mehmet Yildiz
History of the Super BowlBill Petro Bill Petro
Never Take the Breath of Life for GrantedJust Wandering Just Wandering
Echoes of Existence: A Journey Through LifeDuane Michael Duane Michael
5 Timeless Chess Principles You Can Apply to Become a Strategic LeaderGaurav Jain Gaurav Jain
Don’t Tell Your Readers What To Do!Paul Is Positive Paul Is Positive
What Does Google Not Know?Emerzi Emerzi
I Just Discovered How To Live Without Regrets.Nonso Emetoh Nonso Emetoh
How I Learned To Control My EmotionsKai Wenzel Kai Wenzel
How Smells Awaken Our MemoryLeonid Hass Leonid Hass
Logitech G and Tencent Games Announces Handheld Cloud Gaming Console Aiden (Illumination Gaming)
The Unsolved Murders: Interesting Facts About Baron Inn MurdersAK WRITES AK WRITES
Disney Is Working With Epic Games on an “Entertainment Universe” In FortniteAiden (Illumination Gaming) Aiden (Illumination Gaming)
I’m Proud to Admit it — I Voted for Donald TrumpBrett Anderson — I do writing and business stuff Brett Anderson - I do writing and business stuff
Our System of Government is BROKENVeritas Civis Veritas Civis
BARE: Uncensored PoetryNaomi Knight Naomi Knight
Watching SunsetsAmanda Clark-Rudolph Amanda Clark-Rudolph
Three Quotes on Obstacles that Will Inspire You to Deal With ItIpshita Bose Ipshita Bose
Gain A 40% Uplift In Your Blog Engagement In 3 MonthsAli Waseem Ali Waseem
The Beauty of Being Cared ForMahnoor shafiq Mahnoor shafiq
How to Overcome Self-Doubt and End Negative Thought-PatternsAlec Zaffiro Alec Zaffiro
Keep Your Wallet Closed: Smart Financial Strategies for New EntrepreneursCarmel Cayouf Carmel Cayouf
The Narrative That Intelligence Will Lead to Success is a LieCelia Fidalgo, PhD Celia Fidalgo, PhD
Gen Z Will Struggle With Technology As SeniorsGeorge “Ace” Acevedo George “Ace” Acevedo
Ten States Will Tax Social Security In 2024Floyd Mori Floyd Mori
How To Turn Loathsome Small Talk Into Exciting ConversationsThe Modern Scholastic The Modern Scholastic
Look What Aiden Found Today — Episode #67Aiden (Illumination Gaming) Aiden (Illumination Gaming)
Announcement of New Writers for ILLUMINATION #34ILLUMINATION ILLUMINATION
Why I’m Skeptical About ChatGPT and AIs in GeneralAleena Aleena
How To Recreate Wonders Using AI?Dennis Dennis
Disfluency, How We Infect Our Conversation & Writing with Verbal VirusesHenya Drescher Henya Drescher
I Took A Cold Shower Every Morning For 35 Days & This Is What HappenedSufyan Maan, M.Eng Sufyan Maan, M.Eng
EloquenceVictoria Ponte Victoria Ponte
Want People To Respect You? Focus On This One Thing!Anouk Uragoda Anouk Uragoda
The Peanut Butter BomberWilliam (Dollar Bill) Mersey William (Dollar Bill) Mersey
The Cure to Perfectionism: a Pottery TaleMajeedat_abdul Majeedat_abdul
How Serious Is the Current Housing Epidemic Sweeping Across Our Cities?Martin Paquet Martin Paquet
The Little He KnewKiall Hildred Kiall Hildred
3 Short PoemsColtraneWrites ColtraneWrites
The Spider’s CanvasTom Kane Tom Kane
The Noel Marshall madness of 1981Jibril Yusuf Jibril Yusuf
The One Reason You Are Not Living To Your PotentialRob Gibbons Rob Gibbons
My Mind: Time felt So HollowEarnie Samuel Ngalo Earnie Samuel Ngalo
20 Before It’s Too Late Reminders You Must Read !Ayesha Ayesha
This Morning, I Woke Up To Claritybluesapphire bluesapphire
Trauma and Healing After the Death of a Beloved HealingLivMama
A Hidden Truth in the Lie of the Land Ian Vince
What If A Woman Led Russia Ilam Padmanabhan
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The Sizzling Hammer of Social Justice Improv Cowboy
How The Major Players In The Universe Work With & Through Me To Transform Our World Infiniti 🦋
“Urolithin A” Supplementation Might Improve Mitochondrial Health, Muscle Strength, and Longevity. Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Living and Writing on a Boat James Marinero
Where Did All The Hippies Go? Jerry Pompilio
The Truth Behind Russia’s Ukraine Invasion Jose Luis Ontanon Nunez
Six Important Nutrients We Can’t Get from Vegetables or Fruits Adequately Dr Mehmet Yildiz
How Can I Be Happy When the World is Suffering? Kat OM
Tips and Tricks for Night Shift Workers Katie Churchward
The Destruction of Uniting Passion kristin schuhknecht
We Need Mystery and Magic in Our Lives Laura Mohsene
Why Do Confrontations Have to Escalate? Lawson Wallace
One Small Stroke of Paint Can Make a Painting Complete! Marsha Hamby Savage
How To Make Visualisation Work Mukundarajan V N
Rant Nasar Karim
Here’s How to Get Your Cold DM’s Read and Responded To Nick Nolan
The State of Your Flow and How It Transfers to Others Nishith Goyal
My Favorite Goal-Setting Exercise Noran Azmy
Writing And Making Money With Medium Publications By Offering Solutions! Deon Christie
Will Putin Stop? Øivind H. Solheim
Don’t Try to Be Creative Patricia Haddock
This Body RBGraham
Are Your Deceptive Desires Slowly Killing You Rick Bartrand
A World Book Day Prayer Robin Emery
You Are Not A Polaroid, Don’t Let Your Past Define Your Present Self Roxy Wright
How to be Yourself in a World that Wants to Change You Sandra Di Francesco
One nutrient your brain urgently needs to guard against Alzheimer’s Sapna M
How Do You Recover from a Bad Run? Scott-Ryan Abt
Work-life Balance, 7 Tips to Keep Your Life Under Control Shi Su
100 Followers In 10 Easy Steps Sreese
If You Don’t Program Your Life, Someone Else Will Steven Gallagher
Longevity Secrets From Japan’s Oldest People — Live a Long and Healthy Life Sufyan Maan, M.Eng
Thought Explosives Suntonu Bhadra
How Education May Be Changing for the Better Tavian Jean-Pierre
Here’s How I Initiate Mitophagy and Make My Mitochondria Denser in 7 Steps Dr Mehmet Yildiz
The Path From Average To Exceptional Tom C
Exploring Context in Deleuze’s Philosophy Tomas Byrne
Be Happy If Law of Attraction Is Giving You What You Don’t Want! You, Me and Happiness
Hand-Picked Articles from SYNERGY — Volume 1 ILLUMINATION Amplifier
How To Trash Your Business With One Decision Julia E Hubbel
Why Should You Turn Household Chores into Fun Games? Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
The Rise and Fear of Autocracy Stories From the Mountain
Anatomy of a Political Cartoon John Emmerling
How I Tamed A Wild Cat Jennifer Friebely
6 Plain and Simple Reasons Why I Choose to be “Not Fancy” Jill Reid
Those employed in essential services put on a brave face but are fearful of what it will mean for… Penofgold
Touch Starved janny’s heart
6 Most Important Things to Regain Competitive Advantage Dr Michael Heng
Amidst The Chaos Nicole Linke
Just Be More Relaxed!? Florian Hoffmann
To Tag Or Not To Tag Other Writers In Your Story? Tina Viju
Gaia’s Heart Martine Weber
5 Most Entertaining Books I Read in 2020 Anita Durairaj
The Flaw In The Pandemic Helen Cassidy Page
How to Write a Great Story Even if Your Idea Sucks Dayton Parks
Why You Will Never Become a Legend Ahsan Chaudhry
Here’s How David Reversed Fatty Liver Disease After 65 with Lifestyle Changes. Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Thank you for reading these beautiful stories.
Quick Updates for Highlights of Our Pubs for New Writers
ILLUMINATION-Curators introduced some recently boosted stories. I believe you will find some great stories in that collection. Collection of Boosted Stories from ILLUMINATION Publications — V2
By upgrading his main profile, Dr Yildiz inspired our readers to become Medium Friends. I hope many readers join this inspiring journey. Celebrating My Reading Anniversary with My Upgraded Subscription to New Medium Friendship
Boost Education:
Here is Episode 2 introducing boosted stories of Matt Williams-Spooner, Ph.D. Lessons Learned from Boosted Stories — Episode #2 and Lessons Learned from Boosted Stories — Episode #1. You can learn more about Matt’s background from this interview. An Interview with Matt Williams-Spooner, Ph.D.
Recently, I added several new writers. I look forward to seeing their stories in these collections soon. You can meet them from the attached post. I also added their profiles at the end of this post so you can follow them easily if you want to. I will add more writers later today. There are many applicants. Announcement of New Writers for ILLUMINATION #28 and #27
For new readers and writers, I have also joined the ranks as a Friend of Medium (FoM). From now on, stories I read from other writers will earn them four times the previous ones. Details are in the attached story. I Took the Plunge and Became a Friend of Medium (FoM) Yesterday.
Dr Yildiz also wrote about it to invite our readers to become Medium Friends and support our writers. The more FoMs the merrier. Importance and Value of Medium Friendship for Writers and Readers
But scammers spammed his beautiful story and tried to deceive our readers. Here’s his sad and important story: every writer and reader needs to understand and act cautiously. They act too realistically! Scam and Spam Accounts on Medium Are As Bad As Hate Speech and Defamation for Writers
How to Identify Them? These fraudulent accounts typically lack followers and haven’t authored any stories themselves. They are non-members with no star or heart icons in their profile names. Urgent Notice: Beware of Fake Accounts Impersonating Influential Writers
If you are into gaming, I also wrote about winners of 2023 for popular games. I will introduce some of those games in my forthcoming stories for game lovers. The Winners of The Game Awards 2023 Have Been Announced
Talking of gaming, if you plan to craft stories about these remarkable games, consider submitting them to my publication, ILLUMINATION-Gaming. I’m here to elevate your narratives, ensuring they stand out and increasing their chances of a boost. I wrote about my goals and how I can help our writers in a story titled ILLUMINATION Gaming Is Part of the Boost Program Now.
To inform new writers, our special publication, ILLUMINATION-Curated, now is a boost nominating pub You may learn about How ILLUMINATION Publications Support the BOOST Program.
I’ve bundled up all my lists into one tidy little story. It is a treasure trove of fantastic reads waiting for you. Please consider sharing the love on your socials and dive into these gems! You won’t regret it.
Shareable List Links for Curated Collections on ILLUMINATION
Dr Mehmet Yildiz introduced a writing duo known as Pernoste & Dahl. You will love this introduction as he reveals the mystery behind these interesting writers who writes inspiring and engaing content on Medium.
Meet Pernoste and Dahl: A Writing Duo of a Neuroscientist and an Artist
ILLUMINATION editors introduced a great writer, Somil Gupta. I hope you check his profile and explore his delicious stories. Meet Somil Gupta on Medium
Our team of volunteers is working through the influx of stories, aiming to review and publish each piece while welcoming new writers into our fold. It’s a labor of love that demands time and effort. Please remember that we support 25K+ writers, as mentioned in our Monthly Updates.
If you missed this recent interview featuring Luay Rahil, here is a link for you. His stories can nicely surprise you. An Interview with Luay Rahil, MBA
For those who missed my Vocal saga, here is the link. I hope new writers don’t make the same mistake I made for 18 months. Here’s How I Miserably Failed Vocal Media But Have No Regrets
ILLUMINATION-Curators compiled boosted stories in December, so you might find some fascinating stories from this collection. I also chose to publish this collection on ILLUMINATION-Curated as our readers enjoy curated collections. Here is their treasure trove: Collection of Boosted Stories from ILLUMINATION-Curated
ILLUMINATION-Curators wrote about that exceptional story. I hope you will get a chance to read it and pay attention to your privacy. An Exceptional Story on Privacy Every Reader May Find Helpful
Our chief editor Dr Mehmet Yildiz, upgraded our publication accounts ILLUMINATION and ILLUMINATION-Curators, as well as his tech account Dr Mehmet Yildiz (Tech), making them Friends of Medium. Reading from these accounts will allow writers to earn four times more. While curating stories, we read many stories from these accounts, so it will be great for writers. Details are in his story by Dr Mehmet Yildiz (Tech): Why I Became a Friend of Medium
Our senior editor Mike Broadly, DHSc joined the curation team and created new collections from his favorite stories that you may adore. He has amazing taste as an avid reader and has already created seven collections in such a short time. I loved his new collection earlier today.
Mike’s Favorite Stories on ILLUMINATION Publications — #17 Mike Broadly, DHSc
Please find his collections with the associated lists and share them on your socials so we can bring more readers to Medium. Here are links to Mike’s collections: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16
Our supportive editor, famous nutritionist, Elin Melaas, created her second collection earlier. Elin also created the Invisible Series. Elin’s Chosen ILLUMINATION Stories — #2
And our lovely editor Surekha Chandrasekhar also created a collection of her delicious pub ILLUMINATION’s Nutrition which is also our virtual kitchen. 20 Curated Stories From Illumination’s Nutrition -2023
ILLUMINATION editors introduced some great writers. You may check out their profiles and explore their fabulous stories.
Meet Seda Anbarcı, Meet Dr Emmanuel Ogamdi, Meet Jozsef Kovacs, Meet Davor Katusic. Meet Thomas Allen Moon, Meet Sneha Nagre, Meet Zondra Dos Anjos, Meet Ani Vals Meet Ammara Hassan. Meet Sridhar Pai Tonse — Leadgen Coach- Tech Startups Chosen Stories from Omni Essence, Editorial Profile of InYah
Our editors enjoy stories and nominate them for these curated collections. You may check editor profiles in this collection.
I love reading writer biographies and curating them. If you write any bio story please let me know so I can add them to my collection. Meet ILLUMINATION Writers from Their Personally Penned Biographies
Dr Mehmet Yildiz reviewed an interesting book of Dr Emmanuel Ogamdi. If you are a book author, you may contact Dr Yildiz as he really does great reviews. He even wrote the foreword of my gaming book. Here is his great review today. “Nobody Will Tell You This”
As mentioned a few weeks ago, I created a Discord server for our writers to collaborate and share their story links, so you are all welcome to join. We already have great fun there. It is not as big as our Slack, but it will be one day, as Discord is a lot of fun.
Introduction to New Writers
Now, let’s welcome the new writers who joined us yesterday. Please explore their stories, and they resonate with you may connect with them. This is a great opportunity for writers and readers to meet. I followed most of you today but I couldn’t follow more than 150 profiles so I will continue the rest tomorrow.
A Special Welcome to New Writers on New Year’s Day from the Chief Editor
A Special Welcome to New Writers on Christmas Day from the Chief Editor
You may also check previously joined writers in the last two weeks from the attached onboarding packs. You never know who to meet.
Announcement of New Writers for ILLUMINATION #28
Announcement of New Writers for ILLUMINATION #27
Here is our onboarding pack covering everything you need to know.
New writers, when you need help please don’t hesitate to contact me on Slack workspace or Discord server. I introduce these services below.
I also enjoy introducing writers on YouTube. So if you are interested you may contact me on Slack or Discord.
