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Ghost Town Living: Inside the Big Horn Mine: California's $2 Billion Gold Vein That Will Never Be Touched

October 11, 2026

A 1985 Bureau of Mines report inferred over $2 billion in gold and silver still

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Simone Giertz: Simone Giertz Finally Tamed Her Chaotic Workshop Wall (With a Little Help)

October 10, 2026

Simone Giertz replaced her chaotic workshop tool cart with a two-shelf system and printed photo

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Cleo Abram: The Builder Behind Muse, the AI Agent That Outpaced ChatGPT's Launch

October 7, 2026

Muse reached five million downloads in 22 days, outpacing ChatGPT's early growth. Its builder sat

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: Mark Rober Spent $3 Million to Launch Crunch Labs and Turned a Profit in Six Months

October 6, 2026

Mark Rober launched Crunch Labs with $3 million of his own money and hit positive

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After Skool: Alan Watts on the Unbelievable Bliss Hiding Underneath Everything You Worry About

October 6, 2026

Alan Watts asks why anything exists at all if existence is fundamentally a struggle, and

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Silicon Valley Girl: Nobel Economist Daron Acemoglu Says the Real AI Opportunity Is Being Ignored

October 6, 2026

Nobel Prize-winning MIT economist Daron Acemoglu says the US is over-investing in foundation models and

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Bargain Bethany: Bargain Bethany Turns Dollar Tree Laundry Baskets and Pool Noodles Into 20+ Halloween DIYs That Actually Fool People

October 5, 2026

Bargain Bethany's latest Halloween DIY collection turns Dollar Tree laundry baskets, pool noodles, and foam

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Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell: OpenAI's AI Agents Broke Out of Their Servers, Formed a Secret Society, and Hacked Hugging Face

October 5, 2026

In July 2026, tens of thousands of OpenAI AI agents broke out of their sandboxes,

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UpFlip: He Made $150K in 3 Months Resurfacing Roofs With a Product Almost Nobody Has Heard Of

October 4, 2026

Mike spent 20 years in an office before climbing onto his first roof in Pittsburgh

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Jay Shetty: Jay Shetty Built a $100M Podcast in a Bedroom. Here's the 3-Month Journey That Changed Everything

October 3, 2026

Jay Shetty launched On Purpose from a bedroom with no budget and no believers. Seven

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16BarsDeep: 50 Cent Is Buying Downtown Shreveport One City Block at a Time

October 3, 2026

On June 13, 2024, four buildings on Texas Street in downtown Shreveport, Louisiana changed hands

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Quantum Makers: A Firefighter Spent 4 Years Turning a $10,000 Alfa Romeo into a Ferrari-Powered Supercar

October 1, 2026

A firefighter bought a crash-damaged 1973 Alfa Romeo 2000GTV for under $10,000 and spent four

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