At JSTOR Daily, Amelia Soth writes about fashionable Victorians and their insect jewelry. “The wing-cases of gold-enameled weevils hung from necklaces; muslin gowns were embroidered with the iridescent green elytra of jewel beetles. Tiny golden scarabs were glued to the petals of artificial flowers. Delicate moths were perched […]
Gather round, my friends, and hear the tale of “The Great Flamingo Uprising,” when the flamingos fought back against the horrible geese at the zoo. (Thanks, Mike!)
Halloween looms, my dreadful darlings, have you considered your seasonal reading? Perhaps in your secret heart, not the one in your chest, but the one you have sealed in a cast glass jar and hidden high on a shelf in a cobwebbed attic or buried beneath the gelid […]
Daniel Lavery has been inspired by “Untitled Goose Game” from House House. His goose monologue is excellent. “I am the horrible creeping bag of sound that is the most worst to you! I will use my beak to mischief you and I will press B. I wobble my […]
Audobon has a piece about about bird-watching in Red Dead Redemption 2. “Birds change with habitat: Roseate Spoonbills and Great Egrets feed in the bayous of Saint Denis. Laughing Gulls and Red-footed Boobies roost along the coast, while eagles and condors soar over mountain peaks. Each of these […]
Larp Legion shares a gallery of cats drawn as RPG characters. They are adorable and rad af. (Thanks, Mike!)
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