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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci

@chelleraiser.bsky.social
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Chelle Starr. Head journalist at ScienceAlert. Bugs, books, black holes, and mayhem

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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci @chelleraiser.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I may be a genius. BLT-style sandwich with baked shiitake mushrooms instead of bacon. So good 😋😋😋😋😋
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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci @chelleraiser.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I feel I should probably mention that I am egregiously bad at social media. I feel nervous about interacting with strangers and find being in the public sphere likewise uncomfortable. So I'm here and a real human, just social-media inept. Please enjoy this picture of Poppet giving side-tongue.
A greyhound with her tongue poking out the side of her mouth
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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci @chelleraiser.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This is Poppet. She is Baby.
A very lanky greyhound snoozing on a couch
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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci @chelleraiser.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
A hardcover book titled "Round the Moon"The title page of the same book. It reads "Round the Moon, a sequel to From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne"
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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci @chelleraiser.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Last week, after a normal day of frolicking, napping, and enjoying snacks, Spooky the greyhound suddenly collapsed. She never got up again. Official cause of death was cardiac tamponade, probably as a result of hemangiosarcoma. I miss her more than I could have imagined. 💔
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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci @chelleraiser.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Happy 11th birthday, Spooky the Greyhound ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
A black greyhound hoeing into a cartilage dog treat
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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci @chelleraiser.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
I love my job 😂♥️🧪https://www.sciencealert.com/fish-buttholes-may-be-the-reason-we-now-have-fingers-study-finds
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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci @chelleraiser.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Great. Had to explain OwO to someone and now they're making fun of my knitting pattern
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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci @chelleraiser.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
obsessed with my new drink bottle sticker
A drink bottle with a holographic sticker of a rollerskating werewolf
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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci @chelleraiser.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
still sucks hey
a positive covid rapid antigen test
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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci @chelleraiser.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Spooky the Greyhound has Sunday down to a fine art
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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci @chelleraiser.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
as someone who is well versed in dodging tourist traffic and the giant buses that dump their tourist cargo in Leura, the notion that it's "hidden" is hilarious
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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci @chelleraiser.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
gosh the hardcover edition of Abercrombie's The Devils is quite pretty
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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci @chelleraiser.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Look what I did at the petrol station.
A petrol pump with the amount $55.55
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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci @chelleraiser.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
happy greyhound chatters (not pictured: butt scratches)
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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci @chelleraiser.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
walked this dog so good she couldn't even bring herself to stir when I unwrapped a block of feta
A greyhound laying on a rug like she never wants to get up again. It's a lie. She will.
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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci @chelleraiser.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
got a cute lil bonus teabag in my order from @yarntrader.bsky.social 💕🧶🍵
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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci @chelleraiser.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Soooooo apposite of nothing, when are Thulsa Doom bangs coming into fashion? Asking for a friend, who totally didn't have a self-inflicted hair-related mishap
James Earl Jones as villain Thulsa Doom in 1982's Conan the Barbarian. His bangs are barely longer than his hairline
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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci @chelleraiser.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
a tiny goblin pouch for tiny goblin treasures
A small knitted pouch in the shape of an acorn
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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci @chelleraiser.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
I don't know whether to be flattered that someone thinks my byline is reputable enough to make them look good, or offended that they used such terrible writing to impersonate me This article is 100 percent fake, btw. ScienceAlert uses a capitalised headline style, and we don't have on-page teasers
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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci @chelleraiser.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
going to make my horror book club read this mwahaha
A copy of Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito on a bookcase
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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci @chelleraiser.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
went into a rainforest, saw frogs and glowing fungus, picked up a leech (not pictured but it was gross)
A giant barred frog (Mixophyes iteratus) sitting on a log on a forest floor at night. The image is bathed in red light to avoid alarming the wildlifeA glowing mushroom in a dark scene, species unknown
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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci @chelleraiser.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
today's excitement: a visiting little tiny baby jumping spider!
A tiny jumping spider on the rim of a tape dispenser. It is just a few dispenser teeth in size
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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci @chelleraiser.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
knat an frog
a cute knitted frog sitting on a worn wooden table with plants and candles
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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci @chelleraiser.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
A black greyhound laying on a couch, looking straight at the camera with her tongue poking out
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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci @chelleraiser.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
merry snootmas and to all a good snoot
A black greyhound laying on a pale blue couch, her long snooty head in the foreground
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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci @chelleraiser.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Help! Dora's staging a coo!
A brown cuckoo-dove sitting on a kitchen windowsill looking alert
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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci @chelleraiser.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Guess which grown-ass dweeboid answered the door to the delivery man wearing bat ears
A grown-ass dweeboid wearing bat ears. It is me, I am the dweeboid.
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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci @chelleraiser.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Do you have a moment to talk about our lord and saviour, 3D Painful Person
A screenshot of an Etsy listing for window decals depicting a crucified man, presumably the Christian figurehead, Jesus, in a stained glass style. The listing description reads "3D Painful Person"
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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci @chelleraiser.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
exactly so having been stymied in her attempt to make coffee, she decided to go Have Feelings in front of the front door
A black greyhound laying on a red rug in front of an inward-opening door, in the perfect position to emit an aggrieved glare should the door attempt to open
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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci @chelleraiser.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Rule 1 of being a greyhound: always make sure to have feelings in the most convenient way possible for the rest of the household
A black greyhound dog laying on a brown rug in front of kitchen cabinets. She is currently blocking access to the kitchen sink. Because feelings don't care about your ability to make a fresh pot of coffee.
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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci @chelleraiser.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
normalise sneaking Easter eggs into the alt text
a ringtail possum in the shrubbery outside my office window. It had been awoken by a cat named Napoleon skulking about in the shadows. Napoleon was routed, and the possum returned to its nest. I'd call the possum Wellington, but it wasn't the one who did the routing. Taking suggestions for nicknames!
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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci @chelleraiser.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
my book club is about to embark on Dracula, so I staged a little photoshoot with my Edward Gorey edition
A copy of the hardback edition of Dracula illustrated by Edward Gorey with a red velvet quarterbound cover. The book is upright on a black crushed velvet background, with a red candle, a white glass scent bottle painted with red bats, and a spilled wooden goblet of garnets in the foreground. A small bat skeleton hangs from the front cover of the book at the top right corner
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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci @chelleraiser.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
thoughts and prayers for Spooky, who has done an puke and now must wilt around the house like a TB patient with nothing but regrets for the food she hasn't digested
The winsome, melancholy face of a black greyhound who has done an puke and is now laying on the floor regretting her entire life
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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci @chelleraiser.bsky.social · 07/11/2024
Susanna Clarke is self-care
A copy of The Wood at Midwinter by Susanna Clarke
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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci @chelleraiser.bsky.social · 02/11/2024
wigglesketti
A packet of curly bucati pasta
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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci @chelleraiser.bsky.social · 19/10/2024
spotted a greengrocer! 🪲
a rare green "greengrocer" morph of the cicada species Cyclochila australasiae resting on a doorframe
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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci @chelleraiser.bsky.social · 18/10/2024
🐞
a ladybug on a leaf tip
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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci @chelleraiser.bsky.social · 03/10/2024
this article package sadly ended up on the cutting room floor
a screenshot of an article package. the headline reads "the sun just ripped a huge solar flare right at earth" and the teaser reads "uh-oh. farts"
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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci @chelleraiser.bsky.social · 03/10/2024
this is the COOLEST of the stickers
a holographic sticker of a cicada with a skull on its thorax
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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci @chelleraiser.bsky.social · 24/09/2024
And hexapuffs in Zauberball 1536. I... may have a hexaproblem...
A spilled Ikea cube of puffy knitted hexagons in gold and purple tones
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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci @chelleraiser.bsky.social · 24/09/2024
Nectargons! Obviously unblocked. Zauberball 2335
A pile of crumpled knitted hexagons in purple and tealcloseup of a knitted hexagon showing a six-pointed star pattern in the middle
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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci @chelleraiser.bsky.social · 23/09/2024
2017 was a bumper year for masked devils (Cyclochila australasiae) - looks like we're starting to see their offspring this year!
A masked devil morph of the Australian cicada Cyclochila australasiae sitting on a fence paling
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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci @chelleraiser.bsky.social · 21/09/2024
today in "it just followed me home, honest!"
A 1977 Taplinger hardcover edition of The Best of C.L. Moore edited by Lester del Rey
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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci @chelleraiser.bsky.social · 20/09/2024
if you've never collected cicada shells and worn them all over your jumper like the most precious goblin treasure, you are missing out in life
A person's torso wearing a black fuzzy cardigan with four cicada shells stuck on
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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci @chelleraiser.bsky.social · 20/09/2024
One day, engineers will design a phone that can take a decent happysnap of the Moon
A picture of a rising Moon over water. The Moon is blurry.
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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci @chelleraiser.bsky.social · 30/08/2024
blop
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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci @chelleraiser.bsky.social · 30/05/2024
v. happy right now 🥰
a paperback copy of Jirel of Joiry by C.L. Moore
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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci @chelleraiser.bsky.social · 22/04/2024
about to be reading this for ghost story book club. wish me luck...
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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci @chelleraiser.bsky.social · 13/04/2024
I need you all to look at my dog's cute lil overbite
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