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Not moving out just because the landlord is awful. Staying to be a good neighbour. But also have a holiday home at @ashley@toot.community.

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Our systemic use of AI ashleytan.wordpress.com/2026…

Our systemic use of AI

Video source Hannah Fry and Michael Stevens dived into OpenAI’s claim that it had solved the Navier-Stokes problem, one of the most difficult and unsolved questions in mathematics. Fry’s answer: Pe…

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Lessons on AI literacy ashleytan.wordpress.com/2026…

Lessons on AI literacy

Photo by Markus Winkler on Pexels.com Anyone building on the artificial intelligence (AI) primer I recommended earlier might watch these videos on AI literacy. First, confidence does not equal accu…

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The Most Likely Place to Find Aliens (Cleo Abram interviews Dr Sara Seager) youtu.be/YkEwyFpxWFc [YouTube]

The Most Likely Place to Find Aliens

Aliens are out there. But where exactly?Discover the science behin...

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Libby-ration ashleytan.wordpress.com/2026…

Libby-ration

I use the Libby app to read e-books and found out that it has new settings. Instagram source If you do not want any books, narration, illustration, or translation from artificial intelligence (AI),…

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35 countries now generate 80% of their electricity from renewables! informationisbeautiful.net/b…

35 countries now generate 80% of their electricity from renewables! — Beautiful News

Thirty-four countries. Over 80% renewable. Every one of them proof that a clean grid isn’t a pipe dream.Each found its own route. Kenya taps geothermal…

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A decent primer on AI ashleytan.wordpress.com/2026…

A decent primer on AI

Instagram source If I had to recommend just one primer on artificial intelligence (AI), it might be this one. Spencer Kelly countered the AI-will-us-all rhetoric. He started by explaining how AI is…

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One in four cars sold worldwide in 2025 was an electric vehicle informationisbeautiful.net/b…

One in four cars sold worldwide in 2025 was an electric vehicle — Beautiful News

The electric car has zoomed from niche to mainstream at remarkable speed. Better batteries have extended driving ranges. Prices have fallen. Charging…

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Foto fallback Friday 115 ashleytan.wordpress.com/2026…

Foto fallback Friday 115

I used the same method as last week to select photos to share this week. I used the search word “October” in my Google Photos archive. The first was a farewell photo that student teachers requested…

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More Girls Are Enrolling in Secondary School Worldwide informationisbeautiful.net/b…

More Girls Are Enrolling in Secondary School Worldwide — Beautiful News

It’s hard to believe. But in 1998, only *half* of the world's girls went to secondary school. Today it's over 75%. That’s over 100 million more girls…

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Hazey tech ashleytan.wordpress.com/2026…

Hazey tech

The transboundary haze got quite bad yesterday. This was the PM2.5 report at 3pm in my part of the world. Video source I had only one air filter at home in a bedroom, so I wore an N95 mask indoors …

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Enable This Secret iOS 27 Feature to Help Protect Against Scams - CNET cnet.com/tech/services-and-s…
How to enable Impersonation Risk Detection 1. Open Settings. 2. Tap Privacy & Security. 3. Tap Impersonation Risk Detection. 4. Enable the Share with App Developers toggle.

ALT How to enable Impersonation Risk Detection 1. Open Settings. 2. Tap Privacy & Security. 3. Tap Impersonation Risk Detection. 4. Enable the Share with App Developers toggle.

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Focusing on the positive takes work ashleytan.wordpress.com/2026…

Focusing on the positive takes work

Video source I enjoy watching YouTubers like Sean (aka Midlife Stockman) who clean up the yards of people in need. Most people appreciate his efforts, but there are rare and unfortunate exceptions …

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Just 5 years in, interactive chatbot platform Character.AI files for bankruptcy techcrunch.com/2026/10/13/ju…

character.ai | AI Chat, Reimagined–Your Words. Your World.

Chat with millions of AI Characters on the #1 AI chat app. Where will your next adventure take you?

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Nerdy tinkering ashleytan.wordpress.com/2026…

Nerdy tinkering

Video source  This video made me search my storage boxes for old tech. I was trying to look for an old iPod that I might revive with this kit.  Doing so is almost pointless. I only listen to p…

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Prompting a GenAI reflection ashleytan.wordpress.com/2026…

Prompting a GenAI reflection

Instagram source I wonder what proponents of “prompt engineering” think about this reel. Spencer Kelly explained why he thinks that users should not need to elaborate on prompts like “Turn this bla…

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Buying quiet space ashleytan.wordpress.com/2026…

Buying quiet space

Instagram source The reel reminded me that my right to quiet was not quite right. I still remember returning to Singapore 20 years ago and feeling how noisy it was. It was so quiet in the college t…

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We can't help treating AI like it's human. But should we? techcrunch.com/2026/10/09/we…

We can't help treating AI like it's human. But should we? | TechCrunch

"When we are drawn into even the most primitive exchanges with a relational artifact, we believe it cares for us," Dr. Sherry Turkle writes. "And we are wired to care for it in return."

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Robot perspective ashleytan.wordpress.com/2026…

Robot perspective

Instagram source This Instagrammer has a point. Kind of. Robots are already doing thankless, dangerous, or repetitive work. Many do not know about these robots because they are not press-worthy or …

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ChatGPT for Teens Has Special Safeguards. A Watchdog Group Finds Most Don’t Work ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2026/…

ChatGPT for Teens Has Special Safeguards. A Watchdog Group Finds Most Don't Work | KQED

A study from Common Sense Media says most safeguards in ChatGPT for Teens failed. The chatbot talks to teens like a friend and doesn't alert parents when users talk about self-harm and suicide.

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Foto fallback Friday 114 ashleytan.wordpress.com/2026…

Foto fallback Friday 114

I searched my Google Photos for something to share using the keyword “October”. Among the many returns were these two shots. I had delivered a keynote in October 2016 about not playing games with g…

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