Category: Link Blog
Links to interesting articles I’ve come across.
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How to Build Your Own AI Writing Pipeline (No Paid Tools)
I’m always fascinated by how other professionals are using AI, especially in the content field.
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On the matter of Greek erasure in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey
Nolan’s Odyssey isn’t just a movie—it’s the latest act in a 200-year-old tradition of appropriating Greek culture while denying that Greeks should have control of their own heritage.
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Linkblog: Dwelling on the Internet
My compendium of links to stuff that I found interesting on the web. This week the focus is about “Being on the Internet”.
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Linkblog March 12, 2026: Platform blues
In this issue I share Chinese culture, technology and how it impacts society.
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Linkblog Feb 26, 2026: The Chinese issue
China’s attitudes towards AI, and how China, Chinese culture continues to fascinate.
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Hong Kong Wang Fuk Court Fire: Thoughts & links
On 26 November 2025, a deadly fire broke out at the Wang Fuk Court apartment complex in Tai Po, Hong Kong. My thoughts and links to various articles, social media posts from China, and videos about this tragedy.
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The cognitive debt of using AI to write essays
The way you use AI to write essays could change your brain. Simply put: It could make you more stupid.
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Are you a loudcaster?
So, there’s a name for the phenomenon I hate so much: Loud casting. “So how do we react when we experience others listening to their phones and other devices in public? About half of people maintain a British stiff upper lip and do nothing. The most common reaction for those who take action (cited by…
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Tsunami ghosts, anti-LinkedIn post, digital gardens, Obsidian discoveries, NPCs and more
A collection of fun posts about various stuff I found on the Internet. Some tech, some birbs, nerdy PKM Obsidian shares, and a dash of weirdo stuff. I always aim to make you smile, and promise not to share stuff about politics. There’s enough of that goin’ around!
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What’s happening in Britain?
Documenting my efforts to find a more nuanced point of view about the British riots. Consuming news has become so hard, honestly.
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The reason why you’re so tired at work: Context switching
Cal Newport says that knowledge workers end up mentally exhausted because of the constant context switching at work, but how do we actually fix this?
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A secret Pentagon campaign to spread vaccine disinformation has come to light
No, really, this is not some conspiracy theory Youtuber reporting this. Reuters broke the story. Here’s how the world is reacting to the news.
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Comprehensible input and creating my own Mandarin-learning curriculum
Adventures in learning Mandarin. As a heritage speaker, I have to learn Mandarin differently. It has been a frustrating and fun journey so far. Fortunately, lots of content from language learning experts, and I found one that is the clearest one yet!
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I think I read a racist thing from Canada this morning
Rather than demand articles such as these to be stripped off the Internet, perhaps we need to resist the impulse to label groups of people and understand the reason behind the hatred and anger.
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Thoughts on Tucker Carlson’s interview with Vladmir Putin
My thoughts about the two-hour Tucker Carlson interview with Russian president Vladmir Putin.
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Is the Internet really broken?
My thoughts about The Verge’s article, The people who ruined the Internet and Danny Sullivan’s response, and the conversation swirling around SEO and the suckiness of the Internet.
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Racism, bias in entertainment
Can we agree on one thing? Racism, bias and cringe-worthy depictions of foreign nations is not unique to Chinese entertainment.
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You can now turn your wordpress.com blog into a Fediverse instance
Wordpress.com has finally enabled ActivityPub integration with the Fediverse. This means that this blog of mine can essentially act as a Fediverse instance or account if I want it to.
Elizabeth Tai 