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disasterqueer.bsky.social
Elyssa Tappero | Waves and Witchery
@disasterqueer.bsky.social
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In a toxic relationship with the Cascadia Subduction Zone. 🌋🌊

Emergency management professional in WA State with a focus on tsunamis. Polytheist pagan, witch, writer. Agender, asexual, queer AF. She/they. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Views are my own.

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Thanks to @reportersteven.bsky.social, to whom I now owe a life debt, I finally have my grubby mitts on the new Master and Commander 4k ultra HD edition! 😍💖
A photo of the steel book dvd case of the movie Master and Commander.
November 8, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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A trip to Long Beach, Washington obviously isn't complete without visiting my lifelong friend, Jake the Alligator Man! 🐊❤️ He lives at Marsh's Free Museum, one of our most foundational cultural institutions in the country.
A selfie taken in front of a glass display case. Inside is a small mummified creature that appears to be half man, half alligator.
November 7, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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I had the distinct pleasure to spend World #TsunamiDay in Long Beach, WA yesterday, including a VERY windy visit to North Head Lighthouse. I visited this light so often with my parents as a child and it features in my memorial tattoo for my father. It's always an honor to be in its presence!
A photo of the North Head lighthouse in southern Washington State. A paved path leads to the lighthouse; to the left is three Pacific Ocean. Overhead tall clouds build in a cold blue sky.
November 6, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Anacostia motherfucking Quartermaine
Demetria McKinney as Anacostia Quartermaine from Motherland Fort Salem.
October 28, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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This guy looked unfortunate for... several reasons. #FungiFriends 🍄
A photo of a bolete mushroom taken from the side. It's completely white from a bolete mold, and also looks like a sadly squished penis.
October 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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More amanitas because they are my 💖 favorites 💖 and I usually never see them! #FungiFriends 🍄
A photo taken from above of a small round amanita mushroom. It's a bright red color, and covered in white crackling that is slowly breaking apart into its characteristic white spots. A photo taken from the side of a small round amanita mushroom. It's a pale orange red color, and covered in white crackling that is slowly breaking apart into its characteristic white spots.
October 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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#FungiFriends 🍄 I would live under this mushroom if I could.
A photo taken from the side of a large flat amanita mushroom rising up out of the leaf litter. Its a pale orange yellow color and covered in big chunky white spots.
October 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Spots!! #FungiFriends 🍄
A photo taken from slightly above of a large flat amanita mushroom. Its an orangy red color, and covered in big chunky white spots. A photo taken from above of a large flat amanita mushroom. Its a pale orange yellow color, and covered in big chunky white spots that converge into an unbroken shell in the center.
October 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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#FungiFriends 🍄 I love amanitas so much. 😭💖
A photo of someone holding a small round fly agaric mushroom. It's a pale red with chunky white spots. A photo of someone holding a small round fly agaric mushroom. It's a pale red with chunky white spots and about three inches tall.
October 24, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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A thread of some of the absolutely fantastic #FungiFriends I saw this week! 🍄
A photo taken from above of a large flat amanita mushroom. Its a pale yellow on the outside darkening to a reddish orange toward its center, and covered in chunky white spots.
October 24, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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For one of my seminary classes I had to make a vision board of how I imagine my future ministry. I'm not a fan of vision boards bc they're never aesthetically pleasing, so I made this collage. It represents the influence of the gods, ancestors, and deep time on my spirituality. #WitchSky #Chaplaincy
An art collage. In the background is a starry night sky filled with moons and planets. Beneath it is an ancient stone temple framed by white crystals. In the foreground is a leopard and a rattlesnake. A huge raven looms over all and stares directly at the viewer.
October 12, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Here's your happy for the day. This lil guy came to us from a bad situation and is very scared of humans. However, he was so jealous of his brother getting cuddles that he overcame his fear and let me put him in my lap. He even fell asleep! #CatsOfBluesky 🥺😭❤️
A photo of an orange tabby kitten asleep in someone's lap.
October 8, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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I'm reconfiguring my altar space, which means everything had to go somewhere in the in-between, and thus I currently have a sort of pagan-themed I-Spy vibe going. I kinda like it. 😂🤷 #WitchSky
A photo of the top of a bookshelf absolutely covered in various pagan and witchy paraphernalia like statues, crystals, bones, shells, feathers, fossils, candles, and rocks.
October 5, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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Aced it. 😎💀 #agender #nonbinary

www.idrlabs.com/7-identities...
A screenshot of the 7 Identities Test showing percentages for cisgender, genderfluid, non-binary, transgender, genderqueer, intersex, and agender. The person who took the test scored 100% for agender.
October 1, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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Tsunami averted! 🌊🫷😎
A selfie of a white person smiling and giving the camera a thumbs up. They are wearing a yellow cardigan and glasses.
September 19, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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Painting at the house means pets trapped in my office, and the opportunity for a very well-timed photo.

#ShakeOut #Tsunami #CatsOfBluesky #PetsOfBkuesky
A photo of a closed bedroom door and a small calico cat staring up at the posters taped to the door. One is a tsunami hazard zone sign and the other is for the great Washington shakeout.
September 16, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Some #FungiFriends collages! 🍄 #art #collage
A photo collage of a woman in lingerie walking down an elaborate staircase surrounded by gigantic mushrooms. A photo collage of a woman standing in front of a large mirror, elegantly pulling her hair back at the nape of her neck. In the mirror reflection are large mushrooms instead of the woman's reflection.
September 15, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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At an outreach event, so of course I have my requisite multiple queer person drinks.
A photo of a huge Stanley style mug decorated with flowers and bees next to a water bottle covered in stickers. A smiling non-binary person standing in front of a booth in a parking lot. They look awkward.
September 6, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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My mom said we could run away into the forest and never be seen again if it's okay with your mom.
A photo from Olympic National Park showing evergreen trees on a hillside and a fallen, rotten trunk that seems to be leading through the wood and into a green clearing.
September 3, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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Being the ✨ best witch of all ✨ can be very tiring!

#kittens #CatsOfBlueSky #wicked #WitchSky
A photo of a tortoiseshell kitten sleeping curled up with a pink Wicked bookmark that says "the best witch of all" on it.
September 2, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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[ insert Chronicles of Amber reference here ]
A photo of a stone labyrinth surrounded by trees and small boulders.
September 2, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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Said hello to Cascadia today. She responded by giving my legs a good soaking.
A photo of a stretch of dark, sandy beach and white foaming waves beneath a gray sky.
August 26, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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Had this exact experience and had to capture it in meme form. #WitchSky will understand.
A meme made out of an xkcd comic featuring two people having a conversation. The first person says polytheism is second nature to us pagans, so it's easy to forget that the average person probably only knows the entire Egyptian pantheon and one or two Greek gods. And Inanna, of course. The second person says of course. The caption at the bottom reads even when they're trying to compensate for it, experts in anything wildly overestimate the average person's familiarity with their field.
August 20, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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I'm really heartbroken and full of rage at our world right now, so I'm consciously setting it aside to share something joyful with you. Our current foster kittens are Cabbage and Gulliver. They just met and were both singlets before....
A photo of two kittens. The one on the left is a fat little black and white kitten named Gulliver. The one on the right is a long haired tortoiseshell named Cabbage. They both look very doofy. A photo of a long haired tortoiseshell kitten curled up on a dark blue blanket next to a lump. The lump is a kitten named Gulliver.
August 19, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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Y'all gonna be hella jealous of the new patch on my work bag. 😎
A photo of a round embroidered patch featuring the HMS Surprise from Patrick O'Brien's popular Master and Commander novel series.
August 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM