Making Light: Further installment

teresa nielsen hayden explains how to deal with it if someone mails you anthrax spores.

And here’s the basic deal: Say you open an envelope and find weird powder in it. What do you do? You start by knowing that anthrax spores are heavier than air, and that anthrax is not the easiest infection in the world to catch. It’s just relatively easy to prepare usable powdered anthrax for use as a weapon. That’s lucky for you. You also know that anthrax-bits tend to be electrostatically active, so watch out for that.

lots more at the link, including news about a new postal regulation and some thoughts on the upcoming election.