After the End Times
“Who were you talking to, Shaun?” she asked.
“What?”
“I heard voices; who were you talking to?”
“Uh…no one. You must be hearing things.”
”
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The Tweet That Begins the Zombie Apocalypse
This is not the kind of Tweet you want to see from a feed that describes itself as “an automated Twitter feed provided by the Illini-Alert System” that is “not actively monitored by a human being.” In essence, we have a robot reporting to us that some kind of hazardous material — what, we don’t know and can’t discover — has been released within a biotechnology research center.The Institute for Genomic Biology has a wide variety of research programs including stuff like “host-microbe systems.”
For 52 minutes, that was all the information that was available. Then, two tweets came in fairly quick succession. The first said that the “spill” was “contained within the building.” The second said that the building had been safely evacuated and “The fire department is on scene.”[…]
This really sounds like the opening line of an updated version of the post-apocalyptic novel World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War or a plot point in Colson Whitehead’s Zone One. There’s something chilling about, “Escape area if able to do so.” Escape? From what? And why wouldn’t I be able to? WHATS HAPPENING?!?!
Ok, sorry. Carry on. I’m sure zombies aren’t closing in on Chicago or anywhere else.
All clear, everybody. Put those bug-out bags away.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4se5bDq6w1qcokc4o1_500.jpg)
The Tweet That Begins the Zombie Apocalypse
This is not the kind of Tweet you want to see from a feed that describes itself as “an automated Twitter feed provided by the Illini-Alert System” that is “not actively monitored by a human being.” In essence, we have a robot reporting to us that some kind of hazardous material — what, we don’t know and can’t discover — has been released within a biotechnology research center.The Institute for Genomic Biology has a wide variety of research programs including stuff like “host-microbe systems.”
For 52 minutes, that was all the information that was available. Then, two tweets came in fairly quick succession. The first said that the “spill” was “contained within the building.” The second said that the building had been safely evacuated and “The fire department is on scene.”[…]
This really sounds like the opening line of an updated version of the post-apocalyptic novel World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War or a plot point in Colson Whitehead’s Zone One. There’s something chilling about, “Escape area if able to do so.” Escape? From what? And why wouldn’t I be able to? WHATS HAPPENING?!?!
Ok, sorry. Carry on. I’m sure zombies aren’t closing in on Chicago or anywhere else.
All clear, everybody. Put those bug-out bags away.
194 notes (via dduane & theatlantic)
Either it hadn’t been a fully-fledged assassination attempt, or it was an incredibly poorly managed one
It was Shaun who first identified the assassination attempt as poorly-managed. When the senator asked him to defend his position, he shrugged and said, “You’re alive, aren’t you?” It wasn’t a comforting point, but it was a good one.
bemyselfloudly answered your question: If you had the licenses and resources to go…
Yellowstone, hell to the yeah! /shaun
Yellowstone would be hella fun, lots of wild, pretty location and a good chance of deer, elk and bear.
My drawing of Shaun and George :D
Have I mentioned how much I love these two? Seriously, they should win a “Favorite Couple” award or something.
If you had the licenses and resources to go anywhere in the world and poke the undead with sticks, where would you go?
(Source: nationalpark-adventures.com)
