e. m. jensen

Carnivorous “death-ball” sponge among new deep-sea species - Oceanographic Scientists have confirmed 30 previously unknown deep-sea species - among them, a hook-covered carnivorous sponge dubbed the “death-ball.”

Link here:

oceanographicmagazine.com/news/carnivo...

Screenshot reads, "A Carnivorous ‘Death Ball’ Has Emerged from the Deep This newly-discovered species is being called the “death-ball sponge” for its appendages, which end in orbs and are covered in micro-hooks meant to capture prey."

Not now, carnivorous death ball

"I can't wait until January 1st, when all the memes will finally reboot."

My tween

basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.

like how little do you think of americans that “daily videos of masked men terrorizing children and tearing families apart” is an issue you don’t touch because you think you’re going to lose on it. that’s insane

A drawing of two Laufr standing on a sod house, staring at falling stars.

The liminal time is coming.

It shouldn’t be forgotten that a big piece of Mamdani’s campaign was simply “cities are cool and lots of people enjoy living in them” which in and of itself dismantles alot of rightwing talking points

Agree so much. All ads using AI images make me suspicious, tbh, like why did you need to fake it all so hard if you have a good product

If we go on strike, our union of 12,000 workers are calling on customers to NOT BUY STARBUCKS.

Sign our pledge to not cross a picket line and we'll send you local calls to action - nocontractnocoffee.org

Intense pumpkin effort! Grand result.

Oh wow. Are they BOTH hollow? Is there a candle inside?

I’ll post a clear daytime pic tomorrow but I’m just so proud of the Childe and my team pumpkin work this year, and it looks SO COOL at night.

I give you…the Jack O’Beholder!

Screenshot of the QuickTime Player app on Mac, circa 2002. It’s from Apple’s peak glossy era. The main frame of the player looks like brushed metal. The top 2/3 of the window is the video player frame, currently showing the QuickTime logo (a glossy blue capital letter Q). Beneath that is a progress bar for the video. Below that are the playback and volume controls, all of which are designed to look like water drops on the metal surface with icons inside.

We used to live in a proper society

Aluminum, resin, and teeth dummy head for studying dentistry. The majority is a featureless silvery head, while below the nose, bare metal and plastic jaws gape open. These are filled with real extracted teeth to practice upon.

Dental study heads are such a horror. #halloween

I love that the goblins also follow carcinization.

A Calvin and Hobbes strip where Calvin’s dad is going to read him a bedtime story. First panel: Calvin’s dad, scanning a bookshelf: “What story would you like tonight? We can read anything except—“ Calvin, from bed, excited: “The Voynich Manuscript!” Second panel: Calvin’s dad, deeply exasperated: “NO! No Voynich Manuscript tonight! We’ve tried to decipher that book a million times!” Calvin, yelling: “I want the Voynich Manuscript!” Third panel: Calvin’s dad, trying to reason with him: “Look, you *know* how the story goes! You’ve memorized the whole thing! It’s completely unreadable!” Calvin: “I want mysterious glyphs and sigils!” Fourth panel: Calvin, in bed and staring wide-eyed into the dark: “Wow, the story was different *that* time!” Hobbes, also in bed and staring: (a long string of incomprehensible characters).

Renaissance Faire lane where a puppet man is dressed in gold, black and red, surrounded by an entire Venetian street built inside a gondola at his waist. His conical hat is extremely tall and skinny. Actor: Gabriel Quirk.

Renaissance Faire fountain where a woman in a white cap, mantle and apron over a black dress holds up a handwritten wooden sign reading “the ALMIGHTY LOATHES” with “the RENFAIRE” on a slate hanging below. This Puritan-esque protestor will write various LOATHED items on the slate throughout the day.

Sunday: first visit to the Faire in years was a great success, and the rain drove off a good chunk of the crowd. Thank you, mysterious weather witches.

Our neighbor’s first visit, and unfortunately: immediate encounter with Creepy Baby Mime (she had a blast anyway). #renfest #MDRenFest

A digital illustration featuring a witch themed yard sale. A granny witch (on the left) shows a crystal ball to young witch customer. We see a few small dragons scattered around the painting. Two small dragons in the foreground are helping out with chores. Two small dragons resting beside each witch stare at each other curiously. We see witchy items: potions and candles with price tags on tables.

Witchy Yard Sale 🧹🧙🍂 #art

Happy Witchtober! 🍁🧡🍂 #art

A digital painting of a monochromatic yellow fall painting featuring ginkgo trees and deer. We see a woman in a kimono in the center interacting with a deer

Ginkgo Trees 💛🦌 #art

Drawtober Day 11: Bat
#drawtober #Halloweenie

Psst, hey kid. Wanna see just a little guy?

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

Pen and ink illustration depicting a darkened doorway in a stone wall. A robed scholar scrambles away from the doorway in a panic, having dropped his writing implements, as a monstrous, glowing apparition manifests in the darkness beyond. At first glance, it appears vaguely humanoid, but has the suggestion of three heads, many mouths, and an indeterminate number of limbs.

"The apparitions are getting worse. The air in the vaults feels like a thin curtain that could be ripped away at any moment. I do not know what door I opened in search of the afterlife, but I pray to all the gods it isn't the one our souls go to in the end."

A quick one for the spookiest of seasons

It isn't just Lorre. Stars like Lon Chaney, Jimmy Durante, and Frank Sinatra appear ALOT in looney tunes. Mel Blanc was a professional radio impressionist. His work is a part of American cultural shorthand. Lorre looks/sounds weird and has become synonymous with horror so he's had more staying power

Should be noted that just because rubber bullets are "non lethal," it doesn't mean you can't be severely hurt by them. This actual priest protesting in Chicago is probably going to lose his eye and he was shot by a pepper ball.

Painterly illustration of a darkly lit dirt road. A coyote is crossing and looking at the viewer with glowing eyes like an animal photographed at night, its limbs are severed at their base and replaced with human arms and legs

Illustration of a zombie and the bride of Frankenstein’s heads smooshed up against each other. The heads are floating over a white background and they both look annoyed

Black and white illustration of a snarling figure with many sets of eyes ascending on his face and spilling out into the background

Black and red illustration of a monstrous, seated figure clutching at its throat. Its bird-like head features a large, yellow eye and an open mouth of exposed bone

Have I mentioned I love drawing monsters and spooky things??

If you’d like a ghoulish commission or have any upcoming horror projects, get in touch!🔪👻

This sounds like a bit but I’m being serious: kids using chat gpt for their homework are denying themselves the invaluable experience of learning how to bullshit their way through a problem. You drink some caffeine the night before and figure it the fuck out. That’s a skill. You need it in life.