Curated Collection — Nostalgia Series

Mike’s Favorite Stories on ILLUMINATION Publications — #70

Featuring engaging stories that you may enjoy as well

Dear avid readers and fellow Friends of Medium! My curation goal is to find valuable stories buried under the dust for your enjoyment. So far, I compiled 70 collections, giving you different reading options. Please consider engaging and sharing the stories read. My goal in creating these collections is to increase views and the engagement rate.

We loved the Oscars, and Oppenheimer did well. Yesterday, Aiden wrote a juicy story about it with his predictions. I enjoyed it very much. He said he would write about the results tomorrow. I look forward to it.

He also featured our new boosted stories today.

Yesterday, I wrote a story about my thoughts on bulk suspensions. You might have heard that Medium suspended many accounts. We wrote a short piece about it if you want to learn about the details.

Then I read a special testimonial from Dr Yildiz which touched my heart as we lost a supportive editor. Why I Firmly Believe Lanu Pitan Is Not a Fraud But an Avid Reader and Valuable Community Member

He also shared his perspectives by looking at the issue from both sides. His story made me more compassionate about both victims and Medium. As my account was suspended a few weeks ago, I know how painful it can feel. But the platform needs to remove useless leeches.

In a special episode, I shared some boosted stories I read. Some readers enjoy exceptional pieces so I add it here.

Aiden covers the new ones, and I focus on older stories to give readers a nostalgic experience. I add a few news ones, too, from my daily reading, or sometimes editors ping me to add exceptional stories. Each story is a gem worth your time. You may dive in, engage, and spread the word on social media so these stories can reach more readers. I tried to follow most writers I hadn’t met before, but the system stopped me after a while. I learned that I could follow only 150 writers a day, so I will try another day.

Aiden’s Collections

Here is his latest one with my friend’s link for anyone to read it. He has already created 94 collections, always finding gems from hidden corners.

We added new writers today. I will add them to the end of this so you can easily follow them if you wish. You may start exploring their profiles and connect with them if they resonate with you. Collaboration is a great thing here.

Now another great editor The Sturg joined the curation team and he posted his first well-designed collection. He put lots of effort into creating this. I know how challenging and time-consuming it is to create these collections. So please engage in his collection and share it on your socials.

Update on Boosting

If you are into boosting things, recently, Dr Yildiz answered frequently asked questions from writers and readers about the boost program on Medium, which gave me a few surprises as a writer and editor. I wish I had read something like this a year ago. No wonder none of my stories got boosted, causing me to pause writing, but he shows us hope.

ILLUMINATION-Curators compiled our boosted stories in February, 2024. You may find exceptional stories from this.

They also created a new Reader’s Club post with many great stories.

New Interviews

Recently Dr Mehmet Yildiz interviewed another famous writer Genius Turner. He is a gem, and you might enjoy this story as much as I did. I am now following Genius to learn from his insights.

Here’s an interview with Shirley Willett. She is my senior so I send her my respect. I also featured one of Shirley’s story today about 6th dimension.

Meet another experienced writer David Mokotoff, MD. You can learn about his interesting background. I love David’s informative and humorous stories.

I found interesting interviews with writers and added them to a post so that you may find them easily. They are captivating and full of life lessons.

Aiden’s Boost Education

Aiden compiled our boosted stories. It is full of gems.

He introduced the boosted stories of Jozsef Kovacs as part of his boost education. I remember he did a few more before, possibly at the end of his last one.

The day before he introduced the boosted stories of Dr Joan Naidorf

Newsletter

One quick highlight is that our new newsletter is now ready on Medium. It was also posted on Substack for our subscribers. Monthly Updates from ILLUMINATION Editorial Team: February 2024

Influencing Non-Members

You may check this open letter from Dr Mehmet Yildiz to non-members. He observed that a large number of readers and writers are non-members who do not contribute to the platform’s growth. I believe you will find his points valuable and relatable.

To influence non-members, I listed all the boosted stories I read last month and provided my thoughts, including some common patterns in these exceptional stories. You will love them. There is something for everyone, as these exceptionally well-written stories cover many topics and different writing styles.

I also wrote two short stories recently to keep my brain active.

Her Son Saw Her in the Shower, and The Sky Was Falling Down

A New Scientific Link Between Smoking and ALS

You can find them in this list if you missed the previous collection.

Enjoy My favorite stories and Some Nominated Ones from ILLUMINATION publications today.

You will find relevant and enjoyable pieces from this collection.

Why Should We Care About Fungi As Much As Bacteria or Viruses Dr Mehmet Yildiz

How Can We Distinguish Ourselves as Leaders in Our Fields? Dr Mehmet Yildiz

Cellular Responses to Ketosis: Can Cancer Cells Listen and Behave?Mike Broadly, DHSc

A Movie Makers Oscar Predictions Aiden (Illumination Gaming)

AI Can Now Create Photorealistic Videos From Just a Text Prompt

If You Have One Income Stream, You’ll Always Be Struggling Tim Denning

I Wonder As I Wander About New Year’s Resolutions Mark Armstrong

Are You Getting Enough Essential Vitamins in Your Diet? Dr. K P Vasudeva Rao

An Artist Survey — was I biting off more than I could chew? Lorwen Harris Nagle, PhD

7 Unusual Habits of Highly Creative Minds Tom Kane

Vanilla Cuttings. Dr John Frederick Rose

Does Your Academic Performance Determine the Rest of Your Life? Clarissa Ai Ling Lee, PhD

Growing Up With Your Inner Child Alive And Well Rebecca Romanelli

Thought of Today: We All Are Just Little Strings Vibrating Alina Pitt

5 Ways to Engage or Elude Monster Managers (Part 4) David B. Grinberg 🇺🇸

Let’s Talk About Knowing Versus Believing Marcus aka Gregory Maidman

Unveiling Western Medicine’s Blind Spots Zoë Van Noppen

AI Writes Prize-Winning Sci-Fi Novel In Chinese: 人工智慧用中文寫獲獎科幻小說 James Marinero, MSc, MBA

The Magic of Marvin Jill Ebstein

A Year-End Message to All Artists Seda Anbarcı

I Haven’t Understood A Bar Of Music In My Life But I Have Felt It* Brian Dickens Barrabee

100+ Insightful Life Lessons from My Circles for the Last 50+ Years Dr Mehmet Yildiz

When Overcommunication Becomes The Enemy: 4 Signs You Are Suffering From It Lysandros Lysandrou

Life’s Flight Philip Writes

How Improving My Relationship With My Mother Helped Me Become A Better Man Eric LaShun

Why It’s so Hard to Answer the Question: Where Are the Ozarks? Evan Crosby

The Four Horsemen of the Social Media Apocalypse Frank Bouc

Toastmasters Table Topics Collection #1 | 10 Table Topics tarun bhatt

The Interplay of Physical Health and Mental Well-being Marta Henriques

Anything Is Possible for Those Who Are Grateful 🌀 Marko Eickholt 🌀

Explore the Fascinating World of Japanese Raccoon Dogs! Freda Savahl

What To Do if It’s a Brand New Year But The Same Old You George “Ace” Acevedo

The Most Insane Conspiracy Theory I have Ever Encountered Ian Writes

How to be Spiritual in Your Daily Life Ipshita Bose

Beyond Resolutions: The New Year Feeling JANICE BROWN

I’m a Shameless Plagiarist Joseph Yossarian

Google’s AI Improving Diversity in the Fitting Room — Or Just a Wolf in Sheep’s clothing? Karol Skupien

“Why Girls Chronically Rock Proclamation Day is a Big Deal for All of Us” Keisha Greaves

Rock Concerts and Charismatic Church Services Have a Lot in Common Lawson Wallace

Structuring Your Ideas: A Guide for Aspiring Writers Leonid Hass 👨‍🎨

How to Organize Your Life and Get Things Done. Luisa Santos

A Life in 170 Beats Michael M. Brownstein

The ‘Voices’ in my head Utkarsha Malkar

This Preposterous Week. Ian Francis

Sweet Liberation: A Guide to Conquering Sugar Addiction Naturally Michael Schneider

Pause All New Year’s Resolutions Until you Read This! Mind Morphine

Foods That May Be Popular in Japan in 2024 Miyabi’s Movie Diary

Life in 2023: Navigating the Global Impact of COVID-19, Digitalization, Climate Change, and Social… Mr Momoh

2023 Is Finally Over Ms Fischer

How I Burnt Out Writing in One Niche. Nadia Seaver

Why New Year’s Resolutions Are Terrible And What To Do Instead Nathaniel Davies

Here Are 5 Lessons I’ve learned About The Unintended Consequences Of Raising The Minimum Wage Nikita Ponomarenko

2024 Brought Higher Fuel Prices Raza Javed

2024 Pre-mortem Rochelle Deans

Let’s All Improve Our Little Corner Of The World Now James Boylan

Sometimes, We Just Have to Let Our Friends Fuck Up Azja Delana

Bringing the old to new Seb Writes

9 promises that need make today to make lasting, life-changing habits Sonali Yadav

All My Fathers Sins Tisha Dee✨

Unveiling Spirituality Philip M — I

These 5 Habits Will Fix 90% of Your Life Problems Ranvijay

Part 2 of Chapter 13: My Way or the Higher Ways writingelk

My 5 Goals For 2024: Zach Breiner

Molasses Crinkles Diane Gillespie

The Magic You Need to Navigate the American Healthcare Landscape Paul Coogan

Christianity and Christians, Trivia, Marketing, Newsjacking, History, and More Jacquelyn Lynn

What If Microsoft Had Stayed In Albuquerque? Arthur Keith

Chapter 1 — Why I Am A Zionist Julian Cosky

You’ve Got No Chance Becoming a Top Writer if you Suffer From This One Thing Ange Dim

Every Day Is A Blessing — An Opportunity And An Invitation From Our Lord To Start Anew: S.a.n.a.h

One year in the blink of an eye tim8888

Stop Being Ignorant to the Insanity of Normality Eduard Sebastian

Breaking Ties — Poetry Jade Willow

Meet Michael Nagy ILLUMINATION

Meet Joe Luca ILLUMINATION

Meet Aamir Kamal ILLUMINATION

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