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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci

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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 tossed the mushrooms with salt and smoked paprika, they were just the right crunchy-salty-smoky
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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 · 26/09/2026
Whoa I don't think I ever saw that... Crazy! I haven't seen a bogong migration like this for a while, hopefully it means their numbers are up a bit 🙏
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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci @chelleraiser.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It's bogong season, and we're currently inundated with these magnificent little navigators www.sciencealert.com/tiny-moth-se...
sciencealert.com
Tiny Moth Seen Navigating by The Stars in Scientific First
Every year, the bogong moth makes an epic journey across Australia.
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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 · 19/09/2026
Oh thank you! 😁
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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 · 25/06/2026
Honestly they can get stupidly weird sometimes
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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci @chelleraiser.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Disclaimer: You may have to scrag fight for the title of Chelle's Work Bestie
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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci @chelleraiser.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Ever wanted to be my WORK BESTIE? ScienceAlert is hiring for a new MANAGING EDITOR. Details below! 👇 Feel free to DM me if you have any questions 😄 www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/44...
linkedin.com
ScienceAlert (Top 50 US Publisher) hiring Managing Editor (Fully Remote) in United States | LinkedIn
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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
I'm trying to tell myself that at least she didn't have to go through prolonged suffering, but it's not much comfort.
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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 · 03/11/2025
Here you go! cmps.ok.ubc.ca/about/contac...
cmps.ok.ubc.ca
Mir Faizal
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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci @chelleraiser.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Humans are still primates 😱
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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci @chelleraiser.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
"I think we have the evidence that we can say, okay, no, rationality in its fundamental form is not uniquely human." 🧪🧠
sciencealert.com
Chimps Can Revise Their Beliefs When Shown New Evidence, Study Finds
Chimpanzees can change their minds when the facts no longer support their previous beliefs – a rational level of thinking that was once considered uniquely human.
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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci @chelleraiser.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
I bet you won't tho 😂
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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci @chelleraiser.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
OMG I LOVED THOSE GUYS SO MUCH
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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci @chelleraiser.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
whoops link didn't work www.sciencealert.com/fish-butthol...
sciencealert.com
Fish Buttholes May Be The Reason We Now Have Fingers, Study Finds
The reason we humans have fingers today may all be thanks to a fish's clacker.
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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 · 14/09/2025
Can someone explain to me the science of spring cleaning? A few daffodils and suddenly I'm scrubbing the top of the range hood, what gives
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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci @chelleraiser.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Thank you, we've fixed it now!
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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 · 24/06/2025
🤷‍♀️ no idea where it came from
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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci @chelleraiser.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
my dreams last night featured Worm Hair Barbie, the fashion doll with worms for hair. thanks, brain!
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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci @chelleraiser.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
media.tenor.com
a cartoon dog is laughing and biting its nails .
ALT: a cartoon dog is laughing and biting its nails .
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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
🤪
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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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🐧 Tāwhaki the Penguin God 🐧 @penguinoverlord.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
@chelleraiser.bsky.social The truth is out there. Hail Derek!
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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci @chelleraiser.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
probably the safest choice 😂
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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci @chelleraiser.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
it's a bit nsfw, maybe just read the transcript (although the bit where she brings the bed onto the stage to have them re-enact the whole sordid business is a trip)
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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci @chelleraiser.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
"seem" please enjoy one of the most unhinged things ever seen on television www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2IB...
youtube.com
Sally Jessy Raphael TV 1992 the Snedeker family Haunting in Connecticut
YouTube video by Xhauntings
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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci @chelleraiser.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
she usually loves feta! and I usually can't unwrap any cheese without a little goblin-eared greyhound popping up at my elbow hoping for a morsel. Cheese is her fave ☺️
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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci @chelleraiser.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
The best blep
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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
we can all relax - she managed to get herself up to steal cat food
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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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Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Space is for white men now. You don't have to pretend any more.
theguardian.com
Nasa drops plan to land first woman and first person of color on the moon
Promise was central plank to space agency’s Artemis program, which is scheduled to return humans to the lunar surface in 2027
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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 · 14/03/2025
🪦 <---- me thank you 😅
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La Chelle Dame Sans Merci @chelleraiser.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Pattern! www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
ravelry.com
Mini Acorn Pouch pattern by Yun Jeong
Full of autumn vibes.
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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 · 03/03/2025
luckily there is plenty of it that's real!
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