Interesting Links for 20-10-2025

1. Leading OpenAI researcher announced a GPT-5 math breakthrough that never happened

(tags:maths AI )

2. Something from "space" may have just struck a United Airlines flight over Utah

(tags:airplanes space )

3. Eastern Australian humpback whale population now well above pre-whaling levels (from 150 to 50,000)

(tags:whales Australia GoodNews )

4. 10% more people support the UK railways being "publicly owned" than support them being "run by the government"

(tags:polls language trains )

5. Take an elevator to space and see what you can see

(tags:space earth )

Photo cross-post

Feeding the ducks
Original is here on Pixelfed.scot.

Life with two kids: bus trip entertainment

Gideon, climbing on to Sophia's lap: "I'll be Alexa."
Sophia: "Alexa, play Soda Pop"
Gideon: sings Soda Pop
Sophia: joins in

Life with two kids: A short attention span

Sophia: "So mummy took a year off from her job when I was born and then she went back?

Incredulously: "And they remembered who she was?"

Life with two kids: Their every move

Through the power of (very basic) smart home automation I now get a notification whenever the kids open the back door, and can then remotely check if they've left it open.

Many parents throughout history would be jealous.