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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Links:

• 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