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George Washington taking the oath of office, painted by Ramon Elorriaga

The Life of George Washington: Vol 4

From Benedict Arnold’s treason and the southern campaign through Yorktown to Washington’s emotional inauguration — Irving’s fourth volume covers the Revolution’s darkest hours and its triumph.

Matt Damon as Odysseus in The Odyssey (2026)

The Odyssey Casting

Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of Homer’s epic has sparked controversy over casting that injects diversity into a foundational Western story—and why the same standards never apply in reverse.

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Adding a local model in Msty on a home AI server

Building a Local AI Server

A walkthrough of building a home Ollama server on Ubuntu 26.04 with an Intel Arc B580—from spare-parts hardware and BIOS headaches to setup commands, local chat tools, and an honest comparison of what local models can (and cannot) do versus cloud services like Cursor.