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Sep. 1st, 2014 04:02 pmCDC Media Statement on Newly Discovered Smallpox Specimens: "[E]mployees discovered vials labeled 'variola,' commonly known as smallpox, in an unused portion of a storage room in a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) laboratory located on the NIH Bethesda campus."
Paging Severian cosplayers: Blackest is the new black: Scientists develop a material so dark that you can't see it. "It is so dark that the human eye cannot understand what it is seeing. Shapes and contours are lost, leaving nothing but an apparent abyss." (Also, insert your own Nigel Tufnel quote here.)
Adding volume markings to your kettle using a 9volt battery, a Q-tip, and vinegar and salt. (where 'kettle' appears to mean 'large metal pot.') Useful.
Breaking Out the Broken English: "The 'Asian accent' tells the story of Chinese-American assimilation in a nutshell. Our parents have the accent that white Americans perceive as the most foreign out of all the possible alternatives, so our choice is to have no accent at all."
These Are the Brave and Fluffy Cats Who Served in World War I: "An estimated 500,000 cats were dispatched to the trenches, where they killed rats and mice."
Every housing ad in Vancouver ever: "Second bedroom is actually a patio, and third bedroom is very small, tiled, and has a toilet and sink in it."
Butter and the Before Time: "Memories of Butter ... is an acceptable name for something only if dairy cows have been obliterated by whichever flavor of apocalypse comes home to roost." The comments are pretty good too: "'Our operative theory was that it was badly mistranslated from French': À la recherche du beurre perdu."
Paging Severian cosplayers: Blackest is the new black: Scientists develop a material so dark that you can't see it. "It is so dark that the human eye cannot understand what it is seeing. Shapes and contours are lost, leaving nothing but an apparent abyss." (Also, insert your own Nigel Tufnel quote here.)
Adding volume markings to your kettle using a 9volt battery, a Q-tip, and vinegar and salt. (where 'kettle' appears to mean 'large metal pot.') Useful.
Breaking Out the Broken English: "The 'Asian accent' tells the story of Chinese-American assimilation in a nutshell. Our parents have the accent that white Americans perceive as the most foreign out of all the possible alternatives, so our choice is to have no accent at all."
These Are the Brave and Fluffy Cats Who Served in World War I: "An estimated 500,000 cats were dispatched to the trenches, where they killed rats and mice."
Every housing ad in Vancouver ever: "Second bedroom is actually a patio, and third bedroom is very small, tiled, and has a toilet and sink in it."
Butter and the Before Time: "Memories of Butter ... is an acceptable name for something only if dairy cows have been obliterated by whichever flavor of apocalypse comes home to roost." The comments are pretty good too: "'Our operative theory was that it was badly mistranslated from French': À la recherche du beurre perdu."