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  1. Comment on Jet Lag Season 17: Taiwan Rail Rush | Trailer in ~hobbies

  2. Comment on Tom Scott: England — Official teaser for Nebula in ~travel

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    Episode 7 - If you found candy with my name in it, here's why Nebula YouTube

    Episode 7 - If you found candy with my name in it, here's why

    At the John Bull Rock Factory outside Bridlington, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, I watch as boiling sugar becomes an enormous amount of rock. Also, there's 1990s Dutch happy hardcore.

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    6 votes

  3. Comment on Taskmaster Season 21, Episode 1 - 'Cube is good.' | Full episode in ~tv

  4. Comment on Taskmaster Season 21, Episode 1 - 'Cube is good.' | Full episode in ~tv

  5. Comment on Babylon 5 S01E10: "Believers" - Episode Discussion in ~tv

  6. Comment on Jet Lag Season 17: Taiwan Rail Rush | Trailer in ~hobbies

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    No worries. I've just been posting them on the YouTube timeline since that's how I watch them (even though I have Nebula). But if you or anyone else who primarily watches on Nebula wants to post...

    No worries. I've just been posting them on the YouTube timeline since that's how I watch them (even though I have Nebula). But if you or anyone else who primarily watches on Nebula wants to post first, by all means, go for it. :)

    3 votes

  7. Comment on Taskmaster Season 21, Episode 1 - 'Cube is good.' | Full episode in ~tv

  8. Comment on Tales from the Crypt now streaming on AMC+ and Shudder in ~tv

  9. Comment on Jet Lag Season 17: Taiwan Rail Rush | Trailer in ~hobbies

  10. Comment on Trying to find other uses of a specific sample in ~music

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    I found that same mp3 file on the NASA historical sounds page and it's definitely the sample being used: Mercury 9: Astronaut Cooper Comments cc: @IsildursBane I also found a video with a longer...

    I found that same mp3 file on the NASA historical sounds page and it's definitely the sample being used:

    Mercury 9: Astronaut Cooper Comments

    cc: @IsildursBane

    I also found a video with a longer excerpt from the same speech by Gordon Cooper, but I still can't identify exactly which speech it's from nor find the whole speech anywhere: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBO5r6CYvF8#t=1m22s

    3 votes

  11. Comment on Weekly thread for casual chat and photos of pets in ~life.pets

  12. Comment on Tom Scott: England — Official teaser for Nebula in ~travel

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    Episode 6 - I finally got to drive Yorkshire’s tiny boats Nebula YouTube

    Episode 6 - I finally got to drive Yorkshire’s tiny boats

    At Peasholm Park in Scarborough, in the North Riding of Yorkshire, I visit the Naval Warfare, ride with the world's smallest crewed navy, and scare at least two seagulls.

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    5 votes

  13. Comment on Scientists gave cocaine to salmon and you will absolutely believe what happened next in ~science

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    Yeah, ditto. I totally understand that frustration too since I also often feel the same way about pop-science reporting as well. It's why I almost always hunt down the studies that an article is...

    But I get the frustration at the state of things too

    Yeah, ditto. I totally understand that frustration too since I also often feel the same way about pop-science reporting as well. It's why I almost always hunt down the studies that an article is based on and read them directly, because I genuinely don't trust the scientific literacy and results interpretation skills of most journalists (especially the editorial teams who write the headlines).

    6 votes

  14. Comment on Scientists gave cocaine to salmon and you will absolutely believe what happened next in ~science

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    Eh, agree to disagree, I guess. I personally don't see this headline as being particularly misleading, nor do I feel like it trivializes the science by being pithy and focusing on the cocaine......

    Eh, agree to disagree, I guess. I personally don't see this headline as being particularly misleading, nor do I feel like it trivializes the science by being pithy and focusing on the cocaine... especially when the lede makes it clear that they also tested the cocaine metabolite too.

    5 votes

  15. Comment on Weekly thread for casual chat and photos of pets in ~life.pets

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    LOL, yeah, corgis aren't exactly known for their jumping height. :P Although despite their stubby little legs, they can still be surprisingly fast+agile!

    LOL, yeah, corgis aren't exactly known for their jumping height. :P Although despite their stubby little legs, they can still be surprisingly fast+agile!

    1 vote

  16. Comment on Scientists gave cocaine to salmon and you will absolutely believe what happened next in ~science

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    It actually isn't misleading since they concurrently tested the effects of both cocaine itself and its metabolite (benzoylecgonine) on different groups of salmon. From the study: And all the...

    It actually isn't misleading since they concurrently tested the effects of both cocaine itself and its metabolite (benzoylecgonine) on different groups of salmon. From the study:

    We experimentally exposed 2-year-old, hatchery-reared Atlantic salmon (hereafter referred to as “salmon”) smolts to cocaine or benzoylecgonine in the field (hereafter referred to as the “cocaine” and “metabolite” treatment groups, respectively), using previously validated slow-release chemical implants.34,35,36 Treatment groups (n = 35 fish per treatment) were administered either a cocaine or metabolite (i.e., benzoylecgonine) implant or an implant containing no drug (i.e., control implant). Following implant administration and recovery, fish were released into the southwestern region of Lake Vättern (57° 56′ 29.47″ N, 14° 7′ 35.87″ E), after which their movements were tracked using acoustic telemetry.

    And all the study's charts also show the results for the 3 different groups; Control, Cocaine, and Metabolite. E.g.

    7 votes

  17. Comment on Scientists gave cocaine to salmon and you will absolutely believe what happened next in ~science

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    Link to the study: https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(26)00315-5

    Link to the study:
    https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(26)00315-5

    Highlights
    • Cocaine metabolite benzoylecgonine increased the movement of juvenile Atlantic salmon
    • Exposed fish swam up to 1.9 times farther per week than control fish
    • Benzoylecgonine increased dispersal by up to 12.3 km
    • Cocaine-associated pollution altered salmon spatial ecology in a natural lake

    Summary

    Cocaine and its metabolites are increasingly being detected in aquatic environments worldwide. While previous research has demonstrated that these substances can affect brain function and behavior in wildlife, this research has exclusively been conducted under artificial laboratory conditions. How cocaine pollution affects animal behavior in the wild is, thus, unknown. Here, we combine slow-release chemical implants with acoustic telemetry tracking to reveal how environmentally realistic levels of cocaine and its main metabolite, benzoylecgonine, affect the movement of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) smolts in a large natural lake (Lake Vättern, Sweden). Benzoylecgonine exposure increased weekly movement rates of fish in the wild, with exposed fish swimming up to ∼1.9 times farther per week relative to controls. In addition, benzoylecgonine-exposed fish dispersed up to ∼12.3 km farther than control conspecifics. These results indicate that cocaine-derived pollutants can alter fish spatial ecology, potentially influencing habitat use, trophic interactions, and population-level dispersal patterns in natural ecosystems.

    21 votes

  18. Comment on Tildes Survey #3: What country were you born in? (Results) in ~talk

  19. Comment on Questions for ~books on self promotion in ~books

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    Echoing what others here have already said; Occasional self-promotion posts are fine so long as you're an active community member behaving in good faith. And that's official policy too, BTW:...

    Echoing what others here have already said; Occasional self-promotion posts are fine so long as you're an active community member behaving in good faith. And that's official policy too, BTW:

    Self-promotion

    If you have your own site/project/channel/etc. that you'd like to share on Tildes, that's generally fine (in moderation), but it shouldn't be the primary reason that you post on the site. Tildes is a community, not a free advertising platform. Sharing your own content is welcome as long as you're involved in the community, but don't just treat Tildes as a source of an audience.

    https://docs.tildes.net/policies/code-of-conduct#self-promotion

    7 votes

  20. Comment on Farewell, Jeeves: Ask.com shuts down in ~tech

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    Hotbot! I had totally forgotten about that site, but as soon as you mentioned their name I could immediately picture that gloriously 90s green and blue site. What a lovely trip down memory lane...

    Hotbot! I had totally forgotten about that site, but as soon as you mentioned their name I could immediately picture that gloriously 90s green and blue site. What a lovely trip down memory lane this thread has been. :P

    4 votes