Steven Perez

"Scientists now have an idea of just how the H1N1 virus may be so deadly, and what makes it different from earlier viruses from the same family. Hint: It's where it goes inside your body that counts." - Steven Perez via Bookmarklet

"Virtually every tactic which the article describes the Iranians as using has been used by the U.S. during the War on Terror, while several tactics authorized by Bush officials (waterboarding, placing detainees in coffin-like boxes, hypothermia) aren't among those the article claims are used by the Iranians. Nonetheless, "torture" appears to be a perfectly fine term for The New York Times to use to describe what the Iranians do, but one that is explicitly banned to describe what the U.S. did. Despite its claimed policy, the NYT has also recently demonstrated its eagerness to use the word "torture" to describe these same tactics . . . when used by the Chinese against an American detainee." - Steven Perez via Bookmarklet

"Double standards are OK when we use them." - Andrew C

Congrats, wingnuts. You're now the DFHs of the 21 century. - Steven Perez

I want that van. - MicahBear78

"Rather than having their cellular clocks fully reset and reverting to an embryonic state, cells in the salamanders’ stumps became slightly less mature versions of the cells they’d been before. The findings could inspire research into human tissue regeneration. “The cells don’t have to step as far back as we thought they had to, in order to regenerate a complicated thing like a limb,” said study co-author Elly Tanaka, a Max Planck Institute cell biologist. “There’s a higher chance that human or mammalian cells can be induced into doing the same thing.”" - Steven Perez via Bookmarklet

Go for a job interview and get a lil over zealous in your handshake... don't worry it'll grow back. Don't call us, we'll call you. - MicahBear78

They even mentioned you - CW™

No, there was a shout out at the end to your podcast. - CW™

Let me count the ways I hate you, RR: the 35 MPH zones you guys drop on your 4-lane thoroughfares, the winding roads with no access to the freeway except by the two major roads previously mentioned, the positioning of your one major sports arena IN THE MIDDLE OF FREAKING NOWHERE. Oh, and did I mention that Dick Cheney loves visiting your city? And I haven't even mentioned the Teabaggers yet. - Steven Perez

Oh wait - I forgot about Gnaw Bone, Indiana. Oh yes! - Katy S

"As the United States celebrates its Independence Day, it's worth considering just how easily it could have never happened at all. Here now is a rundown of alternate history stories and essays where the American Revolution turned out very differently." - Steven Perez via Bookmarklet

the way our current situation turns out may be very similar to those essays. we may be in a seemingly alternate reality very soon. - Echo Streamer

"crunchysocks: fake sausage, grilled tomatoes + red onions, sliced avocado w/salt and pepper and some sprigs of fresh cilantro i am a genius! IF YOU ARE A GENIUS THEN I AM GOD. I AM THE ENTIRE COSMOS. YOUR MEAL IS BUT ONE ATOM IN MY CLOCKWORK BODY. YOU ARE ALL A PART OF ME. SOME OF YOU ARE EYELASHES. SOME OF YOU ARE PUBES, FRAMING MY DONG, WHICH IS ALSO AN ACTUARIAL TABLE. EATING CILANTRO MAKES YOUR BODIES VIBRATE IN A WAY THAT PLEASES ME. EAT CILANTRO AND BE BLESSED." - Steven Perez via Bookmarklet

"(via lamanda) i just picture myself tearing at this and dropping cascading fistfuls of green into my mouth while i wail ecstatically, face turned towards the heavens, tears streaming down the sides of my head. that’s normal, right? that’s what you see too?" - Steven Perez via Bookmarklet

"Never mind the Asteroids movie... there just may be a movie being worked on that comes from an even less likely toy origin. Are they really making a movie based on Viewmaster?" - Steven Perez via Bookmarklet

Derek Jacobi IS... The Viewmaster! - Dead Silence

"More than 500 employees of Keihin Electric Express Railway in Japan will be subject to "smile checks" every morning. Software will evaluate the quality of their grins, and alert them if they aren't looking happy enough." - Steven Perez via Bookmarklet

ugh. - Dead Silence

Oh my. - Dave - SustainedEuphoria

"In the mid 1920s, Bert Vaughn, a hotel owner in nearby Jacumba, built a four story tall tower in the empty Anza Borrego desert to "commemorate the pioneers and road and railroad builders who opened the area." During WWII the "hurricane deck" of the tower was used as a lookout to make sure Nazi's didn't enter the states via Mexico. Today, not far from the tower, the border patrol keeps watch to make sure illegal immigrants don't enter the states via Mexico." - Steven Perez via Bookmarklet

CILANTRO!!! - Steven Perez via Bookmarklet

BOUQUET OF BACON!!!!!!!!!! - Michael McKean

BOUQUET OF E. COLI, YOU MEAN!!!!!!! - Steven Perez

"In an annual celebration of the triumph of good over evil, hundreds of thousands of spiritual pilgrims climb the 272 stairs into the Batu Caves carrying kavadis, symbolic burdens which include elaborate body piercings. Observed each year in January or February according to the south Indian Tamil calender, the festival of Thaipasam honors the Hindu god Murugan and his victory over the demon Surapadman with his vel, or lance. Festival goers wearing yellow or orange observe traditions including shaving of the head, and carry kavadis representing the fulfillment of vows to Murugan, thanking him for favors done or in advance for future favors sought." - Steven Perez via Bookmarklet

"Will Torchwood: Children of Earth director Euros Lyn be the man in charge of the much-rumored Doctor Who movie? Rumors say yes, and also suggest that the movie is only two years away." - Steven Perez via Bookmarklet

"It's official - Little-known director Nimrod Antal is going to be directing Robert Rodriguez's sequel/reboot to Predator, Predators. But is the name a worrying omen for how much this film will echo James Cameron's Aliens? Rodriguez teases the answer." - Steven Perez via Bookmarklet

"A man who downloaded 12,591 music tracks, 426 movies and 16 full TV-series has been sentenced in France. The police searched the 55 year-old’s house in connection with an unrelated matter and stumbled across his collection. The man was sentenced to 33,000 euros ($46,200) in damages and a 2 month suspended jail sentence." - Steven Perez via Bookmarklet

"The humor website Cracked.com ran a crass article last week about the dirtiest places you encounter in a day. The “6 Items You Touch Everyday That Are Filthier Than a Toilet” article isn’t safe for work and contains some non-child-friendly language, so if you want to see the original, you’ll need to go to Cracked.com and do a search yourself (we try to be at least a wee-bit family friendly here on Unclutterer). But, the research linked to from the article is super safe (albeit disturbing), so I’ll put a few of those links into this post describing the findings from the Cracked.com article." - Steven Perez via Bookmarklet

"Despite BitTorrent being the leading file-sharing protocol for several years already, Limewire is still the most installed P2P application on the market. Even though most of Limewire’s users only use the Gnutella network, the application has completely overhauled its BitTorrent implementation." - Steven Perez via Bookmarklet

"Bored with Pearl, the cursing toddler landlord demanding rent money? Not amused by those cutesy pictures of cats with the baby-speak captions? Maybe you need some fresh sources of Internet humor. The Web is full of clever blogs and funny sites, including many that collect amusing gags from users and find comedy in real life. Click away from the cats and replenish your list of favorite bookmarks with these 10 new or lesser-known humor sites:" - Steven Perez via Bookmarklet

Are you full of chagrine? - Jason Huebel via iPhone

According to some people, I'm full of something. :D - Steven Perez via IM

Well, that too. ;-) - Jason Huebel via iPhone

You didn't know? hahaha - Shevonne

*sigh* Yes, I did. In a very evil way. :) - Steven Perez

Oh noes. - Alex Scoble

Yeah, this is going to make getting the podcast to Amber quite interesting. - Steven Perez via IM