My kind of people

Of course, the first thing the HR guy did when he came to greet me was shake my hand.



(Later, he apologized for not shaking my hand as I was leaving, because he was feeling sick. I told him it was too late, so he offered me some hand sanitizer.)

Holy crap and a half

Have you guys heard about Cordyceps? It's a parasitic fungus that invades insects, hijacks their brain, and then uses their bodies to reproduce. It's freaky as hell, and yet I can't look away:

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Don't be lulled into a false sense of security that something like this can't happen to you just because you're not an insect. Humans too can be invaded and have their brains hijacked (long article, but totally worth a read).