Elyssa Tappero | Waves and Witchery
@disasterqueer.bsky.social
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.
https://onlyfragments.com
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.
https://onlyfragments.com
Pinned
Perennial "pinned" post until we actually have those here!
Here's stuff I like thinking/talking about:
🌊 natural hazards
🏳️🌈 queerness & identity
⚠️ emergency management
🕯️ paganism & spirituality
💀 death & mortality
🍄 environmentalism
📚 reading & writing
🎃 spooky witchy shit
Here's stuff I like thinking/talking about:
🌊 natural hazards
🏳️🌈 queerness & identity
⚠️ emergency management
🕯️ paganism & spirituality
💀 death & mortality
🍄 environmentalism
📚 reading & writing
🎃 spooky witchy shit
Stop sharing AI images, even to mock Trump. They're not funny. They're ugly and pointless. Stop it. You're using the weapons of the enemy.
January 18, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Stop sharing AI images, even to mock Trump. They're not funny. They're ugly and pointless. Stop it. You're using the weapons of the enemy.
You know, it's a shame I never saw Deep Impact as a kid. I would have loved the hell out of this movie as a 10-year-old. What do you mean a bunch of the main characters die? And the comet still hits Earth?? The happy ending is ONLY the eastern seaboard of the US is destroyed?? THAT'S AWESOME.
January 18, 2026 at 9:11 PM
You know, it's a shame I never saw Deep Impact as a kid. I would have loved the hell out of this movie as a 10-year-old. What do you mean a bunch of the main characters die? And the comet still hits Earth?? The happy ending is ONLY the eastern seaboard of the US is destroyed?? THAT'S AWESOME.
The fascists running our country claim their god is a god of war & this justifies their violence. As someone who actually DOES worship gods of war, I beg to differ. Here's something I wrote recently about what it really means to worship war gods:
onlyfragments.com/2025/07/12/2772/
onlyfragments.com/2025/07/12/2772/
#2772
In a time of increasing human violence and global instability, it is natural to wonder who to call upon for guidance. Who can shepherd us through such chaos? Who can help us fight for a just and pe…
onlyfragments.com
January 17, 2026 at 7:08 PM
The fascists running our country claim their god is a god of war & this justifies their violence. As someone who actually DOES worship gods of war, I beg to differ. Here's something I wrote recently about what it really means to worship war gods:
onlyfragments.com/2025/07/12/2772/
onlyfragments.com/2025/07/12/2772/
If I eat this entire bag of corn nuts in one sitting and get a stomach ache, I'm blaming the Democrats.
January 17, 2026 at 1:23 AM
If I eat this entire bag of corn nuts in one sitting and get a stomach ache, I'm blaming the Democrats.
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If you haven’t already, take the AGO’s AI labor impact survey to make your voice heard.
Help us build a balanced future for our workforce: https://tinyurl.com/ysxevt8n
Help us build a balanced future for our workforce: https://tinyurl.com/ysxevt8n
January 16, 2026 at 4:00 PM
If you haven’t already, take the AGO’s AI labor impact survey to make your voice heard.
Help us build a balanced future for our workforce: https://tinyurl.com/ysxevt8n
Help us build a balanced future for our workforce: https://tinyurl.com/ysxevt8n
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Excited to see Dr. Bryan Black's research using dendrochronology to establish an exact date (and season!) of the Electron Mudflow in the Puget Sound/Tacoma/Seattle region featured in the NY Times today! 'If the Volcanic Eruption Doesn’t Scare You, the Mudflow Should' www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/s...
If the Volcanic Eruption Doesn’t Scare You, the Mudflow Should
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Excited to see Dr. Bryan Black's research using dendrochronology to establish an exact date (and season!) of the Electron Mudflow in the Puget Sound/Tacoma/Seattle region featured in the NY Times today! 'If the Volcanic Eruption Doesn’t Scare You, the Mudflow Should' www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/s...
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Friendly reminder that if there is text in your image, your alt text ought to be a word for word transcription of it. If that text was important enpugh for you to screengrab, it's important enough to make it available to everyone.
ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE A JOURNALIST.
ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE A JOURNALIST.
January 16, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Friendly reminder that if there is text in your image, your alt text ought to be a word for word transcription of it. If that text was important enpugh for you to screengrab, it's important enough to make it available to everyone.
ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE A JOURNALIST.
ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE A JOURNALIST.
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Did you know on January 15, 2022, an underwater volcano on the other side of the world created a tsunami in the Pacific Ocean, including here in Washington state? 🌋🌊
youtube.com/shorts/yXTOl...
youtube.com/shorts/yXTOl...
Did you know an underwater volcano created a tsunami back in 2022?
YouTube video by EMDPrepare
youtube.com
January 15, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Did you know on January 15, 2022, an underwater volcano on the other side of the world created a tsunami in the Pacific Ocean, including here in Washington state? 🌋🌊
youtube.com/shorts/yXTOl...
youtube.com/shorts/yXTOl...
Finally some GOOD FUCKING NEWS
In 1928, Uwajimaya founders Fujimatsu and Sadako Moriguchi opened their first Japanese grocery store in Tacoma. Now, the company their granddaughter runs is returning to the city where Uwajimaya got its start. Plans are in the works to open a new Tacoma store in 2027.
After 100 years, a Northwest symbol of Japanese culture returns to Tacoma
In 1928, Uwajimaya founders Fujimatsu and Sadako Moriguchi opened their first Japanese grocery store in Tacoma. Now, the company their granddaughter runs is returning to the city where Uwajimaya got i...
www.kuow.org
January 15, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Finally some GOOD FUCKING NEWS
I gotta say, all the stuff about "wine mom" activists right now feels reeeaally misogynistic. Seems like it's a label being slapped on any normie looking younger woman seen at a protest, as if to say someone like that could never be politically intelligent or care about their community. It's gross.
January 15, 2026 at 4:04 PM
I gotta say, all the stuff about "wine mom" activists right now feels reeeaally misogynistic. Seems like it's a label being slapped on any normie looking younger woman seen at a protest, as if to say someone like that could never be politically intelligent or care about their community. It's gross.
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ENLIGHTENMENT (2006)
Oil on Panel - 36” x 24”
In the Portals paintings, enlightenment is found only when one gets beyond the architecture of established formal belief systems. 1/2
Oil on Panel - 36” x 24”
In the Portals paintings, enlightenment is found only when one gets beyond the architecture of established formal belief systems. 1/2
January 15, 2026 at 1:38 PM
ENLIGHTENMENT (2006)
Oil on Panel - 36” x 24”
In the Portals paintings, enlightenment is found only when one gets beyond the architecture of established formal belief systems. 1/2
Oil on Panel - 36” x 24”
In the Portals paintings, enlightenment is found only when one gets beyond the architecture of established formal belief systems. 1/2
Facebook is WILD, y'all. I just saw someone say "when I was in school, our PE teacher always watched us shower!" as a defense of genital exams for girls who want to play sports.
January 14, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Facebook is WILD, y'all. I just saw someone say "when I was in school, our PE teacher always watched us shower!" as a defense of genital exams for girls who want to play sports.
And to take your sick leave!
Brought to you by triggering my agency's sick leave buy back option because I have *cough* 554 hours *cough of sick leave I haven't used. 😶
Brought to you by triggering my agency's sick leave buy back option because I have *cough* 554 hours *cough of sick leave I haven't used. 😶
Gentle reminder to schedule that doctor's appointment that you've been putting off.
Brought to you by being in and out of my sleep center appointment in under an hour to get my sleep apnea officially diagnosed.
We've got to take care of ourselves, for each other's sake.
Brought to you by being in and out of my sleep center appointment in under an hour to get my sleep apnea officially diagnosed.
We've got to take care of ourselves, for each other's sake.
January 13, 2026 at 8:04 PM
And to take your sick leave!
Brought to you by triggering my agency's sick leave buy back option because I have *cough* 554 hours *cough of sick leave I haven't used. 😶
Brought to you by triggering my agency's sick leave buy back option because I have *cough* 554 hours *cough of sick leave I haven't used. 😶
A very timely but depressing (at least if you live in WA) thread:
1/ Ever wonder how a rumor in MN becomes a physical confrontation in WA in 72 hours? It’s a new model: Participatory Disinformation. WA's digital ecosystem is perfectly primed for these outbreaks. 🧵
January 12, 2026 at 11:52 PM
A very timely but depressing (at least if you live in WA) thread:
First iNaturalist and now Libby? I expect my social media apps to be bootlicker POS, but not my nice educational apps. When will companies recognize their users DON'T WANT THIS?
Here’s Libby’s statement with alt text. Because the statement itself apparently wasn’t disappointing enough, so they decided to also forego alt text, thereby excluding a lot of disabled people from being able to read it 🙄
January 12, 2026 at 9:01 PM
First iNaturalist and now Libby? I expect my social media apps to be bootlicker POS, but not my nice educational apps. When will companies recognize their users DON'T WANT THIS?
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living in a world where the only two jobs are “gambling” and “murder” isn’t nearly as cool as Cowboy Bebop made it out to be
January 12, 2026 at 3:47 PM
living in a world where the only two jobs are “gambling” and “murder” isn’t nearly as cool as Cowboy Bebop made it out to be
Thinking about everything going on in the US, this systematic effort to turn us all against each other & eliminate the undesirable, & what this means for our resiliency. How do we build the social ties necessary for weathering the next disaster when we're so divided? When we're afraid...
January 11, 2026 at 4:08 AM
Thinking about everything going on in the US, this systematic effort to turn us all against each other & eliminate the undesirable, & what this means for our resiliency. How do we build the social ties necessary for weathering the next disaster when we're so divided? When we're afraid...
"This show is terrible" I think as I continue binge watching La Brea despite having so many better things to do.
January 10, 2026 at 11:36 PM
"This show is terrible" I think as I continue binge watching La Brea despite having so many better things to do.
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You are NOT alone. Even if you are in a rural or “red” part of the state. There are 39 counties in Washington State. Which one are you from? Pass this around. Comment. Find others near you. Come together. These are scary times. It’s okay to be scared. We CAN protect eachother. #pnw #washingtonstate
January 9, 2026 at 2:12 AM
You are NOT alone. Even if you are in a rural or “red” part of the state. There are 39 counties in Washington State. Which one are you from? Pass this around. Comment. Find others near you. Come together. These are scary times. It’s okay to be scared. We CAN protect eachother. #pnw #washingtonstate
"Asexual microlabels consider the conditions under which sexual attraction happens; theyre often thinking about the how instead of the who. It’s a way to rebuff gendered organization of orientation.
Its how we write ourselves into the narrative of human sexuality that has otherwise written us out."
Its how we write ourselves into the narrative of human sexuality that has otherwise written us out."
What happens when asexual microlabels get "allofied?"
The allofication of fictosexuality
When asexuality is removed from ace microlabels, we get harder to see.
substack.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:55 PM
"Asexual microlabels consider the conditions under which sexual attraction happens; theyre often thinking about the how instead of the who. It’s a way to rebuff gendered organization of orientation.
Its how we write ourselves into the narrative of human sexuality that has otherwise written us out."
Its how we write ourselves into the narrative of human sexuality that has otherwise written us out."
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Good morning. I don't know what will happen today, but here's a nice picture I took once.
January 8, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Good morning. I don't know what will happen today, but here's a nice picture I took once.
Covid was so traumatic for people in my field that it drove me to enter a seminary and become an interfaith chaplain, so I would at least be armed with tangible tools to support them the next time around.
there’s a thread on reddit right now called “was COVID really that bad?” and it is interesting to read people’s accounts five years out
there seems to be a collective trauma response where people (outside of healthcare workers) don’t remember how many people died
someone called it anticlimactic
there seems to be a collective trauma response where people (outside of healthcare workers) don’t remember how many people died
someone called it anticlimactic
January 7, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Covid was so traumatic for people in my field that it drove me to enter a seminary and become an interfaith chaplain, so I would at least be armed with tangible tools to support them the next time around.
Dark day on the timeline, so lighten it up by reading about my sister's ex husband's midlife crisis (IT'S A DOOZY):
Now that my divorce is over and our house has been sold, I would like to inform you that my wannabe jump-rope influencer ex-husband legally changed his name to DIZZY SKIPS. Every time someone says the name Dizzy to me, I involuntarily burst out laughing. That includes the day i was puking nonstop.
January 7, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Dark day on the timeline, so lighten it up by reading about my sister's ex husband's midlife crisis (IT'S A DOOZY):
Really not convincing me humans can be trusted with this technology.
More atomic lies: Japan's nuclear watchdog said Wednesday it is scrapping the safety screening for two reactors at the Hamaoka nuclear power plant in central Japan after the plant's operator was found to have fabricated data about earthquake risks abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
Watchdog halts nuclear plant safety review after seismic data found to be fabricated
Japan's nuclear watchdog is scrapping the safety screening for two reactors at the Hamaoka nuclear power plant
abcnews.go.com
January 7, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Really not convincing me humans can be trusted with this technology.
No new pictures where are you at mentally
January 7, 2026 at 3:03 PM
No new pictures where are you at mentally