#locust plague

[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

[amarkofcain]

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 💖

[hungerpunch]

the way that the oscar-winning 2017 film, call me by your name, launched timothay chalamay from relative obscurity to a leading man & household name and would have propelled the chronically-mediocre armie hammer to new heights had he not been exposed as a cannibal

versus

how no such thing happened for the leads of the oscar-winning 2016 film, moonlight (ashton sanders, trevante rhodes, jharrel jerome, andré holland), who have all toiled for small parts or infrequent leads in the years since their accolades.

i truly hate society.

[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))

[geddyqueer]

harvested a 510g/1 lb 2 oz tomato today lads

[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

[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"

[gangrel-pride]

Travis Tate: now if nature is so important, why not let nature take its course? Extinction— that’s natural

ah, yes, the harbingers of a completely natural extinction event—

Out-of-control life-consuming unhackable war bots

[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

[drs3x]

god and all his angels have been hard at work in the forge crafting a new kind of body that can fuck up just about anything

[imaginaryanon]

presses my forehead against the bark of my favourite tree and she tells me that i'm gonna be okay and the world will be too