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Kewanee Voice: Guinness names 11-year-old Cambridge resident world’s youngest museum curator. “Anderson Taylor of Cambridge, Ill., has officially been recognized by Guinness World Records as the youngest museum curator in the world. Now 11, Taylor was just 9 years old when he opened the Cambridge Natural History Museum on August 10, 2024.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/17/kewanee-voice-guinness-names-11-year-old-cambridge-resident-worlds-youngest-museum-curator/

Kewanee Voice: Guinness names 11-year-old Cambridge resident world’s youngest museum curator

Kewanee Voice: Guinness names 11-year-old Cambridge resident world’s youngest museum curator. “Anderson Taylor of Cambridge, Ill., has officially been recognized by Guinness World Records as …

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Econopass May 12

Handpicked treasures from across our content universe! These aren't just favorites—they're rare finds that made us stop scrolling, insights that sparked new thinking, and exceptional content that deserves the spotlight. #flipboard #curation #econopass

Posted into Spotlighted Articles 💎 @spotlighted-articles-Econopass

ResearchBuzz: Firehose May 12

Artnet: A New Landmark Survey Aims to Bring Transparency to Museum Collecting Practices. “Next week, the Penn Cultural Heritage Center (PennCHC) at the University of Pennsylvania‘s Penn Museum will launch a first-of-its-kind survey exploring the collecting practices in place at museums and libraries across America.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/12/artnet-a-new-landmark-survey-aims-to-bring-transparency-to-museum-collecting-practices/

Artnet: A New Landmark Survey Aims to Bring Transparency to Museum Collecting Practices

Artnet: A New Landmark Survey Aims to Bring Transparency to Museum Collecting Practices. “Next week, the Penn Cultural Heritage Center (PennCHC) at the University of Pennsylvania‘s Penn Museu…

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Longreads May 8

Become a Longreads member if you aren’t already to receive our Top 5 in your inbox on Fridays, plus some additional member perks we're cooking up now.

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#Longreads #WeeklyTop5 #EditorsPicks #Curation

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Nico Cost May 6

Medium wants to reward editors with 25% of story earnings. Sounds great. But here are 13 risks they didn't mention — including a "discerning" criterion that means whatever they want it to mean.
My early analysis → https://medium.com/@nicocost33/early-criticism-of-the-editor-partner-program-c24b9dffaa13
#Medium #WritingCommunity #Curation

Early Criticism of the Editor Partner Program

Medium is innovating — and that’s a good thing. But what are the possible pros and cons?

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The Fulcrum (backup)May 2

Consider this Ethical Publishing Stack and Workflow for your Site, Blog, or Newsletter

This article originally appeared on The Fulcrum.

I published an article on Symfony Station (now sunset) years ago, titled Need a Writing Stack and Workflow for a Tech Newsletter or Blog?.

It did not concern Symfony or PHP directly. However, it was still related. We wanted to be the best source for news on the two topics. But, for that to happen, people other than us needed to produce items […]

https://newsletter.mobileatom.net/consider-this-ethical-publishing-stack-and-workflow-for-your-site-blog-or-newsletter/ #Blogging #curation #fediverse #Newsletters #publishing #RSS #websites #Writing

Matthew Skelton May 2

The physics of AGI: "Curation matters more than quantity. A smaller dataset of high-quality, diverse, authentic human output beats a massive synthetic pile every time. Quality over quantity isn’t just a vibe – it’s thermodynamically correct."

https://smsk.dev/2026/04/26/ai-cannot-self-improve-and-math-behind-proves-it/

#AI #curation

AI Cannot Self Improve and Math behind PROVES IT! - devsimsek's Blog

A new arXiv paper formally proves that recursive self-improvement in LLMs is mathematically impossible - the mechanism everyone believed would lead to superintelligence is actually a one-way ticket to model collapse. Let's unpack it.

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Doug Belshaw Apr 30

Not sure how long it's been a thing, but in updating to the latest version of Fedora, I came across GNOME Circle:

> GNOME Circle champions the great software that is available for the GNOME platform. Not only do we showcase the best apps and libraries for GNOME, but we also support independent developers who are using GNOME technologies.

One of the things I both love and hate about browsing app stores on Linux and Android is the sheer number of apps. Curation is important, so long as you trust the curator.

https://circle.gnome.org

#Linux #GNOME #curation #apps

GNOME Circle

Applications and libraries extending the GNOME ecosystem.

Beanface42 Apr 28

Si vous voulez soumettre votre site web, blog, curation pour être publié dans l'Internet Phone Book, c'est par ici (sur le bouton jaune):

internetphonebook.net/

Une chouette initiative pour le "Smolnet" et un objet original.

PS: Essayez le "dial-a-site" en bas de page, c'est cool.

#smolnet #smolweb #curation

Internet Phone Book – Back in stock!

An annual publication for exploring the vast poetic web, featuring essays, musings and a directory with the personal websites of hundreds of designers, developers, writers, curators, and educators. Published since 2025.

Internet Phone Book