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Chelsea Whyte

@chelswhyte.bsky.social
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Senior Editor at New Scientist. Co-host of Dead Planets Society podcast

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Chelsea Whyte @chelswhyte.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
another yessss for this bit
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Chelsea Whyte @chelswhyte.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
I must ask you this question. For years it has plagued me. I even asked the Librarians of Congress (see screenshots). Did I hallucinate, or do minions have some connection to Air Bud? The recent revelation that minions are eternal and undying has brought it back up. please help 😭
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Chelsea Whyte @chelswhyte.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
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Chelsea Whyte @chelswhyte.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
this is part of my job. did you know jobs could do this
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Chelsea Whyte @chelswhyte.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
17776 was my selection for New Scientist's list of the best science fiction of all time, and what I wrote about it then feels like it applies even more now: www.newscientist.com/article/2433...
"The spacecraft characters are where the heart lies in the story. Yes, they watch football. But they also contemplate the nature of loss in a world where nothing dies. They wrestle with the boredom that comes with immortality. They make jokes and poke fun at the humans below. They ponder what existence means, and the things that matter, even when you’re floating alone through the stars: grief, joy, friendship and the delight of mystery. Overall, 17776 paints a surprisingly hopeful picture of the future, one that is much needed these days. It’s heart-warming and weird and funny enough that it made me laugh out loud."
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Chelsea Whyte @chelswhyte.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Today is maybe a good day to spend a while reading the entirety of @jonbois.bsky.social's masterpiece: 17776. I remember the original link sending you to SB Nation and then the page devolving into something totally strange, but I can't find that. So start here: www.sbnation.com/a/17776-foot...
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Chelsea Whyte @chelswhyte.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Indeed, among roughly two dozen workers and regulars interviewed this week at Rome’s three Waffle House locations, none said they were aware of anyone traveling to the 24-hour restaurants by paranormal means, despite their reputation as powerful magnets for the sort of idiosyncratic characters who tend to surf the psychic fringes of the American South.
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Chelsea Whyte @chelswhyte.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
My local industrial gas supplier also wanted people to know this recently
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Chelsea Whyte @chelswhyte.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
The Willamette
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Chelsea Whyte @chelswhyte.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
wow it was so ugly, thank you for this knowledge
An image of the earliest mollusk, which probably looked like a spiky slug. This guy is really ugly
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Chelsea Whyte @chelswhyte.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
I chuckled at this intro. I think it just might be about me:
Does your workday ever include picking fights about whether empty space is actually empty or whether time is an illusion? Has a co-worker ever told you that you’ve caused them emotional pain by discussing concepts from quantum field theory? Welcome to the life of a New Scientist physics reporter.
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Chelsea Whyte @chelswhyte.bsky.social · 08/05/2023
This is Yul Brynner (goes by Yulie), who was very angry at me for taking this picture
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Chelsea Whyte @chelswhyte.bsky.social · 04/05/2023
"So let it be written, so let it [sweet dreamin'] be done"
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Chelsea Whyte @chelswhyte.bsky.social · 04/05/2023
Here's a little peek at Yul Brynner dreaming hard
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