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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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disasterqueer.bsky.social
No new pictures where are you at mentally
A photo of someone almost being run down by a skeleton riding a moped saying "beep beep you sad fuck." The caption overhead says "my depression coming to greet me unexpectedly on a decent day."
January 7, 2026 at 3:03 PM
disasterqueer.bsky.social
Uh, DUH Pinterest, what do you think I'm trying to do? #depression #MentalHealth
A screenshot from the Pinterest app. The user typed "depression memes" in the search box and below it popped up an automatic box that says "if you're feeling sad or stressed, here are some resources that may help improve your mood"
January 5, 2026 at 5:33 AM
disasterqueer.bsky.social
Obligatory holiday book haul photo, including Black Wave by @danielaldrich.bsky.social and Water Always Wins by @ericagies.bsky.social. 😎
A close up photo of a stack of books, including Underland by Robert McFarlane, Black Wave by Daniel Aldrich, Disaster Memorials and Monuments by Kjell Brataas, A Blueprint for Coastal Adaptation by Kouskey, Fleming, and Berger, Water Always Wins by Erica Gies, The Lives We Actually Have by Kate Bowler and Jessica Richie, and F C Lee's Avatar duologies.
December 26, 2025 at 7:01 AM
disasterqueer.bsky.social
Lotta bad stuff on the timeline, so here's my himbo cat posing on my tsunami bookshelf. #CatsOfBluesky #Pets #Pride
A photo of a brown tabby cat sitting on a line of vertically stacked books. Behind him hangs a progress pride flag.
December 23, 2025 at 5:07 AM
disasterqueer.bsky.social
#LifeGoals
A photo of a panel from the manga A Man and His Cat with a word bubble that says "The called her a witch at first, but somewhere along the way she was promoted to demon King."
December 7, 2025 at 3:34 AM
disasterqueer.bsky.social
I did the thing! And now it's over and I'm going to sleep for a million years.
A screenshot from a zoom meeting showing the a live view of the presenter on the left-hand side sitting before the Washington State legislature and their PowerPoint slides on the right-hand side.
December 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
disasterqueer.bsky.social
Hey, at least tsunami is a more frequently used word than any of the swears. Though not by much.

😂💀
A screenshot from anisota.net's BlueSky wrapped feature showing a cluster of this users most used emojis. The largest ones are the crying, laughing, heart, and fire emojis. A screenshot from anisota.net's BlueSky wrapped feature showing a cluster of this users most used words. The largest are tsunami, state, and fuck.
December 4, 2025 at 5:25 PM
disasterqueer.bsky.social
Definitely a fairy rave going on under this guy. #FungiFriends 🍄
A photo of a brownish white field mushroom sticking up out of a thick layer of pine needles and pine cones. The sun coming through the foliage at the upper left corner of the photo has caused a lens flare that casts a rainbow onto one side of the mushroom, making it look like there's a secret party happening beneath it.
December 1, 2025 at 6:08 PM
disasterqueer.bsky.social
Therapist: pick your battles

Me:
The opening screen text from the movie Master and Commander, which says April 1805. Napoleon is master of Europe. Only the British fleet stands before him. Oceans are now battlefields.
November 23, 2025 at 8:36 PM
disasterqueer.bsky.social
Actually, THIS is Francisco d'Anconia
A photo of a brown dog curled up on a couch.
November 23, 2025 at 2:03 AM
disasterqueer.bsky.social
No more doomscrolling! Look at the king of our neighborhood. Rolls up out of the forest every autumn to pick up the ladies, then disappears again. He puts all the younger bucks around here to total shame. #nature #deer
A photo of a six point mule deer buck eating grass in a residential yard. He's thick af.
November 16, 2025 at 6:12 PM
disasterqueer.bsky.social
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
disasterqueer.bsky.social
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
disasterqueer.bsky.social
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
disasterqueer.bsky.social
Anacostia motherfucking Quartermaine
Demetria McKinney as Anacostia Quartermaine from Motherland Fort Salem.
October 28, 2025 at 12:05 AM
disasterqueer.bsky.social
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
disasterqueer.bsky.social
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
disasterqueer.bsky.social
#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
disasterqueer.bsky.social
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
disasterqueer.bsky.social
#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
disasterqueer.bsky.social
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
disasterqueer.bsky.social
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
disasterqueer.bsky.social
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
disasterqueer.bsky.social
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
disasterqueer.bsky.social
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