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= Solution

Normal-normal conjugacy gives
$$
M_s\mid M_0,\tau^2,D_s
\sim N\left(
\frac{\tau^2D_s+\sigma^2M_0}{\tau^2+\sigma^2},
\frac{\tau^2\sigma^2}{\tau^2+\sigma^2}\right).
$$
With $b=\tau^2/(\tau^2+\sigma^2)$,
$$
\widetilde M_s=bD_s+(1-b)M_0,
\qquad
\operatorname{Var}(M_s\mid D_s)=b\sigma^2.
$$

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