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Nvidia plans $3B Meta investment, expands Muse partnership
Tech
— Oct 27, 2026
Nvidia will invest $3B in Meta's $97.5B equity offering and expand their Muse AI partnership.
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Nicole Hardy
This partnership looks like a smart move for scaling AI performance without either company overextending alone.
Twyla Tharp makes creativity a daily habit anyone can build
Books
— Oct 27, 2026
Artists, writers, and managers tired of waiting for a muse get a blunt playbook for ritual, collection, and sustained output.
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John Legend Releases Pharrell Collaboration Album ‘Muse’
John Legend
— Oct 20, 2026
John Legend has released Muse, a 16-track album produced and co-written entirely with longtime collaborator Pharrell Williams. The project pushes Legend beyond his signature ballads with more conversational vocals and blends multiple musical styles; Clipse appear on “Bodies On The Floor.”
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Name resistance, turn pro, then leave room for the muse
Books
— Oct 16, 2026
Anyone quietly abandoning a book or business gets a tactical map for self-sabotage—and Pressfield's closing bet that discipline earns mystical help he refuses to explain.
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Blue State Residents Balk At NFL Owner’s $16 Billion Data Center Project That Could Cut Their Property Taxes
Simon August · 6 min · 7h
Meta Raises AI Spending, Plans Nonvoting Shares
Mark Zuckerberg
— Oct 19, 2026
Morgan Stanley reiterated its Overweight rating on Meta and raised its price target to $820, while noting that Muse’s downloads have not yet translated into strong user retention. StoneX remained cautious ahead of Meta’s third-quarter results, expecting higher expense and capital-spending guidance as AI investment and other costs weigh on the outlook.
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Most Influential Women in World History
Yourlist
— Ranking
From ancient queens who ruled empires to modern activists who changed laws, these women left indelible marks on politics, science, and culture. Vote for who you think shaped history most profoundly.
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Arts Venues, Shops Expand Across US Cities
Lifestyle
— Oct 13, 2026
Creative spaces are drawing attention through an immersive Scottsdale projection-art exhibition, an entertaining-focused museum-shop pop-up, and San Francisco’s expanded nonprofit creative-reuse store. In downtown Phoenix, Just Blaze has also opened a street-art-focused retail shop, bringing art supplies, fashion and custom-design pieces to Roosevelt Row.
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US Museums Offer Oddities, Mummies, Military History
Lifestyle
— Oct 15, 2026
Illinois offers several unusual museum outings, from Alton’s collection of eerie curiosities to the free Illinois State Museum in Springfield and the University of Chicago’s ancient-cultures museum. The articles also highlight a free Oklahoma college museum with an Egyptian mummy and a Tucson museum where visitors can explore military vehicles and ride in an army truck.
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Across U.S., Museums Preserve Ancient Art, Oddities
Lifestyle
— Oct 26, 2026
The articles spotlight distinctive museums and collections across the U.S., from ancient Egyptian artifacts and Old Master paintings in South Carolina to Seattle oddities, Michigan folklore displays, and hands-on family exhibits in Rockford. They also highlight the free Spurlock Museum in Urbana, while noting that Bob Jones University’s main museum building has been closed to the public since 2017.
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Bend Children’s Museum Plans 2027 Opening
Bend, Oregon
— Oct 14, 2026
The Children’s Museum of Central Oregon has secured an approximately 8,000-square-foot site in Bend and is rebranding as Ruckus: A Children’s Science Museum, after two years of mobile pop-up programs. The nonprofit is raising funds to build hands-on exhibits and hopes to open the permanent museum in 2027, though no date is set.
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Ireland Crowd Hurls Insults, Object at Biden
Former President Joe Biden did not receive a warm reception Tuesday during his visit to Ireland alongside former first lady Jill Biden. A crowd of anti-Israel agitators hurled ins… — by Sandra Rhodes
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Harlem Museum Set to Spotlight Northern Civil Rights History
Politics
— 3d
The National Urban League is opening the Urban Civil Rights Museum in Harlem, billed as New York City’s first museum focused on the North’s often-overlooked civil rights history. Its exhibits connect stories of resistance and community leadership to the present, encouraging visitors to see themselves as participants in advancing justice and democracy.
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Michigan Voters Renew Zoo, Museum Millages
Politics
— Nov 4, 2026
Voters renewed property-tax funding for the Detroit Zoo across Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties, and approved a separate millage for Detroit-area museums. Kent County voters also renewed a 10-year levy supporting John Ball Zoo and the Grand Rapids Public Museum, funding animal and artifact care, facilities and educational programs.
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New York Pizza vs Chicago Deep Dish
Yourlist
— VS Battle
The foldable slice versus the fork-and-knife casserole — America's longest-running food fight.
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Art Thefts Spur Security Reviews at Europe's Smaller Museums
World
— Oct 31, 2026
A rapid €9 million theft of Cézanne, Renoir and Matisse works near Parma—later recovered—has intensified concern about a wave of museum thefts across Europe and the vulnerability of smaller institutions. Museums are tightening security, but surveys and experts point to gaps in surveillance, emergency planning and resources, especially outside major cities.
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Jared Kim
Smaller museums deserve the same basic alarm systems as the big ones before more paintings disappear.
Pioneer Days and Frontier Trail Events Mark Local History This Fall
Lifestyle
— Oct 28, 2026
Communities and museums are marking local history through a Masonic cemetery’s America 250 celebration, newly completed sections of the First Frontier Trail, and upcoming living-history events at Pioneer Museum of Alabama and Pioneer Acres. The museum events will feature traditional activities, exhibits and family programming.
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US Pinball Spots Span Museums, Malls; Bar Planned
Lifestyle
— Oct 24, 2026
Retro pinball and arcade experiences range from Seattle’s hands-on museum and Allentown’s unlimited-play arcade to a forthcoming quarter-operated bar arcade in Pennsylvania, while a Galena history museum also features vintage games. The appeal spans generations of play, with 1980s machines celebrated for inventive designs and memorable gameplay.
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Shrink Group Seems More Into Watching Drag Queens Dance Than Helping Patients, Scientists Allege
Libby Bandelin · 3 min · 8h
Historic Standard Oil Locomotive Returns to Casper
Business
— Oct 19, 2026
The historic Standard Oil No. 1 steam locomotive has returned to Casper after decades at a Colorado museum and is now on display at the Fort Caspar Museum. The 1920 engine once switched oil tank cars at Casper’s refinery; the museum plans to restore and preserve it as a centerpiece of the city’s railroad and oil history.
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Build a pizza and the AI guesses your age
Quizie
— Quiz
Crust to final slice, every topping is evidence. The AI guesses your age — and explains exactly which choice gave you away.
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Museums Across Five States Feature Interactive Experiences
Lifestyle
— Oct 15, 2026
Museums across the country are drawing families with interactive experiences, from robotics and science exhibits to immersive art and historic carousels. The Minnesota Children’s Museum also emphasizes play as essential to children’s well-being while working to recover from a post-pandemic attendance slump and help address childhood anxiety.
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Historic WWII Submarine Expected Back in Muskegon
World
— Oct 28, 2026
The World War II submarine USS Silversides has departed a Wisconsin shipyard and is being towed back to its museum in Muskegon, Michigan, after a $3.5 million preservation project—the first full dry-dock work in more than 50 years. It is expected to arrive Saturday, with the museum still seeking $215,000 to meet its fundraising goal.
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Fall events held, planned across museums, campuses
Lifestyle
— Oct 22, 2026
Coal-mining attractions are hosting community events and family activities, including Beckley’s annual fall festival with tours, vendors, food and live music, and Halloween and autumn programming at the National Coal Mining Museum near Wakefield. In Wonthaggi, a historical society dinner will recount how local advocates helped preserve the former mine site as a tourist attraction.
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Public sketching events span cities, museums
Lifestyle
— Oct 22, 2026
Community sketching programs are bringing people together to explore places and collections through drawing, from Sacramento’s growing urban-sketching group to workshops at museums, galleries and cafes. The sessions welcome beginners and experienced artists, offering accessible ways to build creative skills and connect with others.
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Blue State Residents Balk At NFL Owner’s $16 Billion Data Center Project That Could Cut Their Property Taxes
Residents of a Massachusetts town are fighting a data center that could slash their property taxes, a project of New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft’s company.
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Harrier, F-117 Join Museum Displays; A-12 Planned
World
— Oct 21, 2026
The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum has added F-117A Nighthawk serial 85-0818, nicknamed “The Overachiever,” to its collection and put it on display at the Udvar-Hazy Center in Virginia. The aircraft is the only F-117 documented as having flown combat missions in all four conflicts involving the stealth jet.
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Swiss Museum Opens Glacier-Melt Warning Exhibit
Environment
— Oct 21, 2026
A Lucerne museum’s “Treasury of Ice” exhibit displays artifacts—from ancient hunting tools and Roman-era objects to discarded trash—emerging from Switzerland’s melting glaciers. The exhibit also documents the glaciers’ rapid retreat, which reached a 5.5% loss this year, and warns that the ice is a disappearing archive of environmental and human history.
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Maritime Career Events Reach Hundreds of Students
Business
— Oct 20, 2026
Maritime career events are connecting students with opportunities across the industry: Maine Maritime Academy held its largest career fair in at least 20 years, while a St. Louis museum hosted hands-on demonstrations for high school students. Toledo’s National Museum of the Great Lakes is also preparing a career day for students in grades 7–12, featuring more than 30 partners across maritime-related fields.
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Paris Museums Plan Mass Closures Amid Protest Risks
World
— Oct 23, 2026
Louvre, Orsay, Picasso Museum and Grand Palais close Saturday; Art Basel Paris cancels its weekend after one public day amid protest violence fears.
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Rachel Meyers
Closing cultural sites won't calm tensions from spending cuts. Leaders need to find ways to keep venues open safely.
Peoria Museum Acquires Original 1858 Lincoln Ambrotype
Lifestyle
— Oct 20, 2026
The Peoria Riverfront Museum has acquired the original glass-plate ambrotype of Abraham Lincoln taken in the city in 1858, the only known photograph of him made there. Other Lincoln images have drawn attention as a signed 1864 portrait sold at auction for $149,020 and a National Archives archivist identified Lincoln in a damaged photograph of the Gettysburg crowd.
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Blacklisted Chinese Military University Gets Its Hands On Powerful American AI Chips
Francis Kapper · 5 min · 8h
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