Fri. 05/21 - The Cicadas Are Turning Into Dismembered, Zombie Sex Fiends

The Brood X cicadas have reemerged and are losing their butts due to a zombie-inducing fungus. Bald eagles are reemerging from the brink of extinction, causing a new trend in puppy fashion: incredibly punk spiky vests. And one of the best fictional bands, Mouse Rat, has reemerged from the Pit to produce an actual real album coming later this summer.

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A Fungus Is Pushing Cicada Sex Into Hyperdrive And Leaving Them Dismembered (NPR) Cicadas tripping thread (Tara Golshan, Twitter)  A fungus could turn some cicadas into sex-crazed ‘salt shakers of death’ (Washington Post) Brood X Cicadas Are Here! We Got Up Close So You Don't Have To (Wired)  What Are Cicadas, and Why Are They So Strange? | Science (Smithsonian Magazine)  Brood X Cicadas Have an Existential Problem (The Atlantic) Brood X Bird Feast Protocol Cicada Safari  Bald Eagles Are Back. And They Want to Eat Your Pets. (Wall Street Journal) Parks And Recreation Band Mouse Rat Announce Debut Album (Stereogum) Chris Pratt's 'Parks and Recreation' band Mouse Rat are releasing a real album (Entertainment Weekly) Cool teen to have her cool Hannibal fan art displayed in U.S. Capitol building (A/V Club) Kottke.Org Jackson Bird on Twitter