Tue. 03/30 - Zombie Brain Cells Keep Going After We Die

The medieval version of the millennial avocado craze––if avocados were only eaten when rotten and commonly referred to with a sexual nickname, anyways. Turns out that after we die, certain “zombie cells” go into overdrive. And the super popular Twitch stream of… a stop sign. Just thousands of people watching a live feed of stop sign that cars never seem to pay attention to. Sponsors: Ladder, ladderlife.com/kottke Gabi Insurance, gabi.com/kottke Links: The forgotten medieval fruit with a vulgar name (BBC) There are zombie cells in your brain that go into overdrive after death (Syfy Wire) 'Zombie' genes? Research shows some genes come to life in the brain after death: Post-mortem changes may shed light on important brain studies (Science Daily) Twitch's hottest new stream is just a stop sign nobody stops at (A/V Club) Twitch Stop Sign Stream Temporarily Stops After Address Leaks, Neighbors Receive Pizzas (Kotaku) stopsigncam (Twitch) 11 foot 8 bridge (yovo68, YouTube) That Gibberish Tweet From US Strategic Command Came From A Child (The Daily Dot) Kottke.Org Jackson Bird on Twitter See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices