# gold rush (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 8 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover gold rush. Page: Feed: --- ## [Eastbourne UK bandstand and pleasure pier](http://melbourneblogger.blogspot.com/2021/01/eastbourne-bandstand-and-pleasure-pier.html) _2026-08-21 · Hels · Art and Architecture, mainly_ entertainment facilities on Eastbourne Pier Like other coastal towns, Eastbourne began to grow rapidly as the medicinal and leisure benefits of sea air and sea bathing became well known. Locals scrambled to provide a wide variety of facilities and amusements for the thousands who flocked to Eastbourne each summer. My favourite would have been Devonshire Park which was first designed in 1874 with… ## [I Asked 3 AI Models to Build the Same Website. The Results Were Very Different.](https://aigoldrushh.substack.com/p/i-asked-3-ai-models-to-build-the) _2026-08-20 · RB · AI Gold Rush_ AI Agents Can Now Trade Crypto Directly Through Binance ## [Why Do AI Chatbots Keep Choosing the Same Names?](https://aigoldrushh.substack.com/p/why-do-ai-chatbots-keep-choosing) _2026-08-18 · RB · AI Gold Rush_ ChatGPT Can Now Remember What You Do on Your Mac ## [fine Coimbra University Library, Portugal](http://melbourneblogger.blogspot.com/2026/09/stunning-coimbra-university-library-port.html) _2026-08-18 · Hels · Art and Architecture, mainly_ facade of Joanine Library, University of Coimbra established 1717 Wiki One of the primary functions of libraries was to protect books from the physical effects of climate, theft, vandalism, and bugs. And the role of library historians is about art history, buildings, science, technology, culture, religion and education. Thank you Dr J Campbell . I chose the Biblioteca Joanina, a baroque library in… ## [Reducing injections for US children :(](http://melbourneblogger.blogspot.com/2026/08/ive-cited-kat-lay-s-what-effect-will.html) _2026-08-14 · Hels · Art and Architecture, mainly_ I’ve cited Kat Lay ’s “ What effect will Donald Trump’s childhood vaccine recommendations have in the US and beyond ?” Since appointed in 2025, Secretary Health & Human Services Robert Kennedy Jr sought to loosen vaccine regulations. Kennedy is a leading vaccination sceptic who has for years increa-sed dishonesty about vaccines. A study found he was the top super-spreader of Covid-19 vaccine… ## [Companies Are Building AI Faster Than Customers Can Use It](https://aigoldrushh.substack.com/p/companies-are-building-ai-faster) _2026-08-13 · RB · AI Gold Rush_ Anthropic Is Hiding Watermarks Inside Everything Claude Writes ## [The Ugly Shoe With Beautiful Numbers](https://nicholasvardy.substack.com/p/the-ugly-shoe-with-beautiful-numbers) _2026-08-12 · The Global Guru · The Global Guru_ One of the market’s most explosive setups could be hiding inside a shoe millions love to hate. ## [5,500x Oversubscribed: China’s Robot Mania Has Officially Arrived](https://nicholasvardy.substack.com/p/5500x-oversubscribed-chinas-robot) _2026-08-12 · The Global Guru · The Global Guru_ There are bubbles ## [The Subsea Grid & The Transcontinental Power Arbitrage](https://solarkitties.substack.com/p/the-subsea-grid-the-transcontinental) _2026-08-11 · Solar Kitties Alt Investments · Solar Kitties | Energy & Longevity_ High-voltage direct current subsea cables are rewriting the geography of energy. It is the engineering reality underwriting the largest capital expenditure wave in transmission history... ## [AI Drones Are Hunting for Sharks Before They Reach Swimmers](https://aigoldrushh.substack.com/p/ai-drones-are-hunting-for-sharks) _2026-08-11 · RB · AI Gold Rush_ Spotify Is Putting AI Labels on Artists for the First Time ## [8.1% APY Plus Free Stock (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/HzgzWRJPdNuy) _2026-08-11 · **Sponsored**_ Claim 8.1% APY and up to $1,030 in SK hynix and Nvidia stock. ## [My favourite books 2006 Vs now](http://melbourneblogger.blogspot.com/2026/08/my-favourite-books-2006-vs-now.html) _2026-08-11 · Hels · Art and Architecture, mainly_ I can remember nearly every novel set by English teachers in high school (1960-65) . But when I recently found a 2006 newspaper article discussing my reading preferences, I couldn't remember the era when my children still lived at home. This newspaper article covered the books I most loved in the decades from 1975-2005. Book column Australian Jewish News Melbourne March 2006 The Women's Room is… ## [Forget What Congress Is Buying. Watch What Washington Is Buying.](https://nicholasvardy.substack.com/p/forget-what-congress-is-buying-watch) _2026-08-10 · The Global Guru · The Global Guru_ There is an entire cottage industry devoted to tracking the stock trades of politicians. ## [How Epigenetic Reprogramming Just Crossed the Most Important Line in Biotech History...](https://solarkitties.substack.com/p/how-epigenetic-reprogramming-just) _2026-08-09 · Solar Kitties Alt Investments · Solar Kitties | Energy & Longevity_ The consensus says longevity biotech is still science fiction. The consensus is wrong. In the first eight months of 2026, three separate milestones collapsed the distance between laboratory theory... ## [Kroyer's loveliest art in France & Denmark](http://melbourneblogger.blogspot.com/2021/07/my-all-time-favourite-painting-hip-hip.html) _2026-08-07 · Hels · Art and Architecture, mainly_ Kroyer, Hip, Hip, Hurrah! 1888, Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden Impressionism was at first a French art movement, starting in the second half of the C19th. Impressionist techniques included visible, thick brush strokes of pure colour, creating a vibrant effect, and capturing the essence of the subject matter rather than focusing on minute details. Impressionists often painted outdoors to capture… ## [The "Marshmallow Prompt" That Makes ChatGPT Stop Sugarcoating Everything](https://aigoldrushh.substack.com/p/the-marshmallow-prompt-that-makes) _2026-08-06 · RB · AI Gold Rush_ Why Today’s AI Still Can’t Think Like Einstein ## [Small-Cap Biotech Outperformance: Rare Disease Innovation Fuels M&A Targets](https://solarkitties.substack.com/p/small-cap-biotech-outperformance) _2026-08-06 · Solar Kitties Alt Investments · Solar Kitties | Energy & Longevity_ The market’s obsession with pharmaceutical giants is obscuring a more interesting story. The real action - the kind that generates 10x returns, not 10% dividends... ## [The New Rules of Bubble Investing](https://nicholasvardy.substack.com/p/the-new-rules-of-bubble-investing) _2026-08-05 · The Global Guru · The Global Guru_ The Age of the Mini-Bubble ## [The Regulatory Fast Lane: How the FDA's Streamlined Pathways Are Unlocking In Vivo Gene Editing](https://solarkitties.substack.com/p/the-regulatory-fast-lane-how-the) _2026-08-05 · Solar Kitties Alt Investments · Solar Kitties | Energy & Longevity_ The FDA just rewrote the rules for gene editing approvals. The companies that understand what changed — and which ones don't — will determine who wins the next decade of biotech. ## [The Rise of the AI Solo Founder: How One Person Can Now Build Like a Team](https://aigoldrushh.substack.com/p/the-rise-of-the-ai-solo-founder-how) _2026-08-04 · RB · AI Gold Rush_ AI Is Helping Students. It May Also Be Holding Them Back. ## [Old Parliament House Canberra & museum](http://melbourneblogger.blogspot.com/2026/08/old-parliament-house-canberra-museum.html) _2026-08-04 · Hels · Art and Architecture, mainly_ Duke and Duchess of York opened Parliament House May 1927. The need for a national capital city arose when the colonies united to form the Comm­onwealth of Australia in 1901 . The constitution provided that a new national capital should be built half way between Melbourne and Sydney, to avoid jealousy and conflict. The new Australian capital city of Can­berra was fixed in 1908 and the area was… ## [profullstack on Ko‑fi (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/raqCfjGo3grI) _2026-08-04 · **Sponsored**_ Open the creator's Ko‑fi page. ## [The Difference Between Being Right and Staying Alive](https://nicholasvardy.substack.com/p/title) _2026-08-03 · The Global Guru · The Global Guru_ In September 1998, the smartest men on Wall Street ran out of money. ## [The Dragon Sheds Its Skin: Vietnam's Semiconductor Gambit Moves From Assembly Line to Sovereign Strategy](https://solarkitties.substack.com/p/the-dragon-sheds-its-skin-vietnams) _2026-08-03 · Solar Kitties Alt Investments · Solar Kitties | Energy & Longevity_ Vietnam is no longer just the world’s low-cost assembly floor — it is executing the most ambitious industrial upgrade in Southeast Asia.... ## [St Louis' epic Union Station Missouri 1894-\>](http://melbourneblogger.blogspot.com/2026/08/st-louis-epic-union-station-missouri.html) _2026-08-02 · Hels · Art and Architecture, mainly_ Built in 1892-4, this Romanesque Revival project was designed by arch­itect Theodore Link for the Terminal Railroad Associat­ion of St Louis Mo . It was to serve as a Union Station for the multiple railroads that off­ered passenger services back then. The first train pul­led into Union St­ation in Sept 1894, ushering in a new and exciting time for the city, known as The Gateway To The West .… ## [Are We Already Living Through the AI Singularity?](https://aigoldrushh.substack.com/p/are-we-already-living-through-the) _2026-07-30 · RB · AI Gold Rush_ Meta's AI Chief Says Startups Can Finally Compete With Tech Giants ## [Silicon's Fragile Spine: How the Earthquake, the Bottleneck, and the AI Arms Race Just Created the Best Entry in Semiconductor Equipment in 18 Months](https://solarkitties.substack.com/p/silicons-fragile-spine-how-the-earthquake) _2026-07-30 · Solar Kitties Alt Investments · Solar Kitties | Energy & Longevity_ At 11:31 PM on July 28, 2026, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake shook Kumamoto, Japan—and the semiconductor supply chain held its breath. It was right to notice, and catastrophically wrong about what to do. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209067070/c0deb5ebd2c799de761eb35f08255fac.mp3) ## [The 100-Year-Old Tech Turnaround Wall Street Still Hasn’t Priced In](https://nicholasvardy.substack.com/p/the-100-year-old-tech-turnaround) _2026-07-29 · The Global Guru · The Global Guru_ Forget the tired image of postage meters. ## [The Red Menace Trade: Positioning for Europe’s Fightback Against China](https://nicholasvardy.substack.com/p/the-red-menace-trade-positioning) _2026-07-29 · The Global Guru · The Global Guru_ I landed at Budapest Airport last month and looked up at the control tower. ## [The Ledger's New Anchor: How Tokenized Treasuries Are Quietly Rewriting Institutional Finance](https://solarkitties.substack.com/p/the-ledgers-new-anchor-how-tokenized) _2026-07-29 · Solar Kitties Alt Investments · Solar Kitties | Energy & Longevity_ Listen now | Blockchain rails are replacing 1970s settlement infrastructure — and $133 trillion in global bonds is about to move through a fundamentally different pipe [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/206263251/eb93ca6bd0a7eae839ab080553069d57.mp3) ## [The Gut-Brain Highway: How Fecal Transplants, Microbiome Therapeutics, and a Psychedelic Compound Are Converging on a $1 Billion Neurological Frontier](https://solarkitties.substack.com/p/the-gut-brain-highway-how-fecal-transplants) _2026-07-28 · Solar Kitties Alt Investments · Solar Kitties | Energy & Longevity_ Ninety-five percent of the serotonin in your body is made in your gut. The brain didn't get the memo that it was supposed to be in charge... ## [How to Use ChatGPT as Your Personal Career Strategist](https://aigoldrushh.substack.com/p/how-to-use-chatgpt-as-your-personal) _2026-07-28 · RB · AI Gold Rush_ Thousands of Claude Chats Became Searchable Online by Accident ## [Follow Releases, Get Reminders (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/r4G5vGy6q3HN) _2026-07-28 · **Sponsored**_ Follow a genre or a name and receive reminders on release day — free. ## [40 Objects 40 Years display, Freud Museum](http://melbourneblogger.blogspot.com/2026/07/in-his-essay-civilisation-its.html) _2026-07-28 · Hels · Art and Architecture, mainly_ In his essay Civilisation & its Discont­ents 1929, Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) had analysed the aggressive cruelty that changed men into sa­vages. Aft­er Hit­ler took power in Germany in 1933 , as much as he recog­nised these trends, Freud was reluctant to apply them to Vienna. Even when the Nazis burnt all the books in 1933 by hated authors, including Freud! Yet he supported his sons Oliver… ## [The World’s Best Stock Market Is Already in a Bear Market](https://nicholasvardy.substack.com/p/the-worlds-best-stock-market-is-already) _2026-07-27 · The Global Guru · The Global Guru_ In 2000, Nokia accounted for roughly 70% of the Helsinki stock exchange. ## [Captain Eric Ravilious, WW2 art](http://melbourneblogger.blogspot.com/2026/06/london-born-eric-ravilious-1903-42.html) _2026-07-25 · Hels · Art and Architecture, mainly_ London-born Eric Ravilious (1903-42) spent his early years in Eastbourne E. Sussex and won a scholarship to attend the Eastbourne School of Art in 1919 . Later he enrolled at Royal College of Art London where he studied under Paul Nash , a War Artist in WW1. Later Ravilious worked as a painter, book illustrator and Wedgwood pottery designer . With war starting in 1939, he joined the Royal Observer… ## [I Tested Meta AI Against ChatGPT and Gemini. Here’s the Winner.](https://aigoldrushh.substack.com/p/i-tested-meta-ai-against-chatgpt) _2026-07-23 · RB · AI Gold Rush_ AI Just Matched the Best Human Mathematicians at the IMO ## [The Rust Revolution: Iron-Air Batteries and the 100-Hour Grid...](https://solarkitties.substack.com/p/the-rust-revolution-iron-air-batteries) _2026-07-23 · Solar Kitties Alt Investments · Solar Kitties | Energy & Longevity_ The cheapest metal on Earth is about to make lithium-ion look like a horse and buggy - and a $14 billion market is forming around a battery that literally breathes ## [Forget Picking the AI Winner. Own the Company Every Winner Needs.](https://nicholasvardy.substack.com/p/forget-picking-the-ai-winner-own) _2026-07-22 · The Global Guru · The Global Guru_ During the California Gold Rush, most prospectors failed to strike it rich. ## [UK's C19th model village: Saltaire](http://melbourneblogger.blogspot.com/2026/07/titus-salt-1803-76-was-born-near-leeds.html) _2026-07-22 · Hels · Art and Architecture, mainly_ Titus Salt (1803-76) was born near Leeds, educated in Wakefield and served an apprenticeship with a wool-stapler in Wakefield . He moved to Bradford in 1821 with his parents & siblings at 18. In his years in Bradford he worked with William Rouse & Son , learning textile manufacture. Titus’s father, Daniel , founded a Bradford business as a wool-stapler . In 1824, Titus joined his dad’s business,… ## [GPT-5.6 vs Claude Fable 5: Which AI Model Is Actually Better?](https://aigoldrushh.substack.com/p/gpt-56-vs-claude-fable-5-which-ai) _2026-07-21 · RB · AI Gold Rush_ Claude Has Different Personalities Depending on the Language You Speak ## [China Just Fired Another Shot at the AI Bubble](https://nicholasvardy.substack.com/p/china-just-fired-another-shot-at) _2026-07-20 · The Global Guru · The Global Guru_ Most investors assume that better artificial intelligence is automatically good for AI stocks. ## [Sam Neill, brilliant films & tv series](http://melbourneblogger.blogspot.com/2026/07/born-nigel-neill-in-1947-in-omagh-nth.html) _2026-07-17 · Hels · Art and Architecture, mainly_ Born Nigel Neill in 1947 in Omagh, Nth Ireland to an English mother and a New Zealand father serving in the British army. His family moved to Christchurch N.Z in 1954 where Sam went to school. He became Sam because there were several Nigels at school, saying “I moved more easily as a Sam”. Sam Neill and Meryl Streep as Michael & Lindy Chamberlain, Evil Angels, 1988 Sam Neill went on to study… ## [I Asked ChatGPT, Claude, And Gemini To Build The Same Chrome Extension. One Clearly Won.](https://aigoldrushh.substack.com/p/i-asked-chatgpt-claude-and-gemini) _2026-07-16 · RB · AI Gold Rush_ Researchers Found a Way to Make AI Hackers Attack Themselves ## [Anthropic Just Extended Claude Fable 5 Again. Here's How To Make The Most Of The Extra Week](https://aigoldrushh.substack.com/p/anthropic-just-extended-claude-fable) _2026-07-14 · RB · AI Gold Rush_ YouTube Wants You to Stop Searching and Start Asking AI ## [Guernsey is fun but have you visited?](http://melbourneblogger.blogspot.com/2026/07/guernsey-is-fun-but-have-you-visited.html) _2026-07-14 · Hels · Art and Architecture, mainly_ Examine the legacy of the islands’ knitting industry . Started in the 1500s , the knitting industry first produced garments for commercial sale incl stockings & undergarment Guernsey frocks. Using a soft worsted wool, they supplied warmth. Their stockings were popular, worn by Queen Elizabeth I & Mary Queen of Scots! The industry was so large in the 1680s that 6,000 of the 14,000 population were… ## [Triangle Shirt Fact­ory NY fire tragedy 1911.](http://melbourneblogger.blogspot.com/feeds/5399194160299503956/comments/default) _2026-07-11 · Hels · Art and Architecture, mainly_ Shirtwaist designs, The Modern Priscilla Needlework Magazine, 1906 5 Minute History Russians Max Blanck and Isaac Harris immigrated to the U.S in the early 1890s and, like hundreds of thousands of other impoverish­ed Jew­ish im­migrants, they began working in the garment industry in sweat­shops. Har­ris became familiar with popular fashion designs while Blanck became a garment contractor. They… ## [I Accidentally Discovered A Hidden ChatGPT Feature On iPhone And Now I Use It Every Day](https://aigoldrushh.substack.com/p/i-accidentally-discovered-a-hidden) _2026-07-09 · RB · AI Gold Rush_ The New Risk of AI Agents: Uncontrolled Token Spending ## [Capt Scott & his Antarctic team](http://melbourneblogger.blogspot.com/2026/07/capt-scott-his-antarctic-team.html) _2026-07-08 · Hels · Art and Architecture, mainly_ 20th explorers on their way to Antarctica, incl­uding Ernest Shackle­ton , often vis­it­ed NZ . They used local ports and quar­antine islands, and grate­ful­ly accepted other offers of assistance. They also took on New Zeal­ander crew with them, to take part in the Antarctic trips. Capt Robert Falcon Scott 1905, Wiki Capt Robert Falcon Scott (1868–1912) was born in Devon to a sea far­ing family.… ## [Are AI Chatbots Politically Neutral? A New Study Raises Questions](https://aigoldrushh.substack.com/p/are-ai-chatbots-politically-neutral) _2026-07-07 · RB · AI Gold Rush_ McLaren Is Using AI Robots to Transform Construction ## [Chaim Soutine, great artist but disturbed?](http://melbourneblogger.blogspot.com/2028/07/chaim-soutine-great-artist-but-disturbed.html) _2026-07-07 · Hels · Art and Architecture, mainly_ Portrait of a Young Woman, 1915 Wiki Pastry Cook of Cagnes, 1922 The Guardian Grotesque self portrait, c1923 Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris. Thanks to George Prochnik for this review. From 1913, to get from Smilovichi, a shtetl in Belarus , to Paris . 20 year old artist Chaim Soutine (1893-1943) made many visits to the Louvre to study the canvas. In the mid-1920s he decided to translate it into his… ## [recent art thefts: Italian Villa Masterpieces](http://melbourneblogger.blogspot.com/2026/03/art-thefts-villa-of-masterpieces-nth.html) _2026-07-05 · Hels · Art and Architecture, mainly_ The theft discussed here was the latest in a series of robberies targeting major European museums, soon after a series of other high-profile heists. “ Poppy Flowers ” by Vincent van Gogh, stolen from Cairo's Khalil Museum in 2010 , was never found. Neither was “ Soldier on Horseback ” by Anthony van Dyck, stolen from University of Oxford in 2020. The shameless day-light robbery of precious jewels… ## [a dream city for tourists: Palermo](http://melbourneblogger.blogspot.com/2026/06/blog-post_30.html) _2026-07-03 · Hels · Art and Architecture, mainly_ A 2023 survey by Travel + Leisure invited readers to vote on the world’s most beautiful cities . Clearly the answer differed for everyone, but see their non-exhaustive list of the world’s 25 most beautiful cities. I chose Palermo. transport from Southern Italy to Sicily On Sicily 's Nth coast the sunny city is a dream for archit­ect­ure fans, right on the Mediterranean 's cross roads. Palermo…