#locust plague

[kit-screams-into-the-future]

drawing your favorite guys being silly is very effective at keeping The Horrors at bay

bonus doc from a different canvas:

[cuties-in-codices]

the locusts from the abyss

illustration from an anglo-norman prose apocalypse, england, c. 1315–25

source: Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Selden supra 38, fol. 69r

[fromthecrypt]

my latest obsession is invoking the 8th plague of egypt. someone annoys me? LOCUST PLAGUE. minor inconvenience? LOCUST PLAGUE. awkward silence? LOCUST PLAGUE.

[bowowark]

My favorite anthropomorphized wads of playdoh

[nemfrog]

"Plague of locust scorpions, October 24, 1897, to March 20, 1898." 15 predicted events from 1892 until the end of this age on April 11, 1901. 1887.

Internet Archive

[date-a-jew-suggestions]

Hello all. If you haven’t read about this, do yourself a favor. It’s a feel good story

TL;DR, trans rights activists dumped thousands of live crickets into a transphobic conference. It was awesome. (And they were crickets, not roaches, TERFs are just bad at identifying bugs ig)

I’ve seen some bad faith actors claim that this was an act of animal cruelty. As an insect keeper and reptile owner, I vehemently disagree. (My mantids beetles millipedes and bearded dragon say hi)

Those bags of crickets were almost definitely purchased from a pet store, meaning they are FEEDER CRICKETS. Bred for the explicit and sole purpose of feeding to reptiles and occasionally other insects (mantids and beardy say hi again)

This means that actually, by releasing them into a TERF conference, more of those crickets are going to live full little cricket lives than they would have if they’d been purchased by someone intending to feed them to a pet. Even tho many were squished, many of them also escaped into the Westminster streets!

And, hot take, this actually may be a better use for crickets than as feeders. Dubia roaches are better feeders in every conceivable way (easier to manage, can’t jump out of tanks, more nutritious)

And at least some of the talks got cancelled so. It works! We should keep at it 💖

[pierrotwrites-hc]

dispatch from the fire zone

things are not great in LA right now, fam.

my husband and I got lucky: we didn't have to evacuate. however, we are currently sheltering a friend (+ their cats) who did, and the helplessness and dislocation they are experiencing is wrenching to witness. their parents may lose their house; fires are still burning on their street. my mother-in-law is staying with her sister. every day we receive news about people we know, and people we don't, who lost everything.

some resources for those also in the zone or who want to help:

track the fire here

donate to United Way LA here

donate to the Emergency Network of Los Angeles here

donate to the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank here

donate to the Wildfire Recovery Fund here

donate to the Pasadena Humane Society here

here is a centralized directory of GoFundMe's for those affected by the fire

stay safe. xox

** in response to the "where are you?" questions in my inbox...I try to spend as little time on the internet as possible for ADHD management/the mitigation of existential dread. tumblr is my only form of social media and I check it rarely. this isn't because I don't care about my readers and appreciate the incredibly kind, thoughtful, and brilliantly incisive asks I receive: I cherish them. it's simply that internet avoidance + executive dysfunction = extreme slowness to respond. thank you for your understanding and your patience, now and always.

[davidaugust]

[mr-kayser]

Parsee-centric post because in a Facebook group I saw somebody saying she's one of the most forgettable/forgotten Touhous and it made me boil in rage so I'm making a special place because i support women full of anger (non cute ((she's one of my favs))

[gothicspork]

Old OC art (2019) but I never collected them in one post. They’re called Plague Freaks ’cause they’re based on the 10 plagues… At least these are the most developed ones.

Left to Right: The Baroness, The Frog Princess, Boils, Gnat, Locust, Llorona

[atomic87]

walter & 621 slowly invading my sketchbook day by day

[puckpocketed]

crossroads demon henry thrun is actually so compelling to me i may just rotate it in my mind forever

[rageorg]

Mischaracterisation so egregious you gotta hit the

[thekimspoblog]

You finish watching a season of "The Righteous Gemstones" and you're like, "Is this supposed to be a happy ending? I'm pretty sure the bad guys won, but the music and cinematography is telling me to celebrate anyway"

[lamardeuse]

oh god please let Gerrard be like the cruise ship, fucking sunk to the bottom of the ocean by the third episode

[witchblade]

my perfect package has been in california for a week can one of yall Just grab it for me