Interesting Links for 04-01-2022

[andrewducker]

I, for one, welcome our new goldfish overlords

(tags:fish robots cybernetics video )

If you keep wondering why The Guardian keep giving space to disgraced plagiarist Johann Hari, here's an explanation

(tags:fraud plagiarism guardian journalism OhForFucksSake )

Homeless people are being told to sleep on street if they want housing help

(tags:homelessness UK OhForFucksSake )

Tesla opens its first showroom in the middle of a genocide and slavery zone

(tags:Tesla genocide slavery OhForFucksSake China )

Things I Won't Work With: Dioxygen Difluoride

(tags:chemistry safety )

Chronic stress and obesity: a new view of "comfort food"

(tags:food stress obesity psychology )

Comments

[dewline]

2. *facepalm*

3. What the actual Hell???

4. Good thing I can't afford a car of any kind anyway, let alone an EV. And, of course, guys like Musk like to make it difficult for people to shop ethically anyway, right?

6. Need to look at this later, but not expecting surprises.

[calimac]

I just want to say that if a word as long and unfamiliar as "adrenocorticotropin" appears in the first sentence, I'm unlikely to read any further.

[andrewducker]

Totally fair. The important bit is:
"We propose that people eat comfort food in an attempt to reduce the activity in the chronic stress-response network with its attendant anxiety"

[jack]

"We propose that people eat comfort food in an attempt to reduce the activity in the chronic stress-response network with its attendant anxiety"

Yes, let's do it! :)

[mdlbear]

Unfortunately the new version of Derek Lowe's blog does not support tags, so it's no longer possible to selectively read all the "Things I Won't Work With" entries. They're all fun, and I remember FOOF as one of the better ones.

[darkoshi]

The goldfish videos are impressive; I never expected to see that, although it shouldn't be surprising since fish can swim long distances when not in a tank.

Reminds me of tales of space stations with many different kinds of aliens; those who normally live in liquid environments could have mobile liquid tanks like that to move around in.

[andrewducker]

Oh yeah - I do remember things like that.

I'm sure our goldfish diplomats will be totally up for that.