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Lauren Ireland @laurenireland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The September Lurid Things is live! It’s a free monthly newsletter, available at the link in my bio. Make sure to like and subscribe…O̴̥̠̪͏̳҉̴̥̗̦̰͓͆́̀r̷̪̫̭̺ͩ̒ͭͣ͐̌̓̎͑͗̂ ̨̣̋͏̜͆ͣ̂̀͜͢͠͡҉̸̒e̴̡̛̗̖̝̫̜͉ͮ̋̈́̚͟͠͞l̶̨̢̨͚͇͉͈ͧ̒͗̓ͩͥ͘͝ş͙̫̹̭̝͚̬͋ͧ́̀̌̕͜͡e…

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Thomas Cullen @thomascullen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

With all the news of museums being closed and/or defunded, I feel the message of our paper on the importance of natural history research (and the collections housing those specimens) is just as relevant (or more) today as it was when it was published. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Lauren Ireland @laurenireland.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Experiencing not-buyer’s remorse over this lil beaded radish brooch that I saw out and about this past weekend. How are strangers supposed to know now that I have a whimsical heart AND that I love the natural world?!? HOW 🌱 #nature

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 09/09/2026

Not to brag, but our product has been foldable since 1828.

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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: 18-Year-Old Mia Heller From Virginia, USA, Invents a Water Filter That Eliminates 96% of Microplastics From Drinking Water

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Lauren Ireland @laurenireland.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The August Lurid Things Newsletter is live! 👹💀 It’s a free monthly newsletter, available on Substack or Ghost👻 Make sure to like and subscribe…O̴̥̠̪͏̳҉̴̥̗̦̰͓͆́̀r̷̪̫̭̺ͩ̒ͭͣ͐̌̓̎͑͗̂ ̨̣̋͏̜͆ͣ̂̀͜͢͠͡҉̸̒e̴̡̛̗̖̝̫̜͉ͮ̋̈́̚͟͠͞l̶̨̢̨͚͇͉͈ͧ̒͗̓ͩͥ͘͝ş͙̫̹̭̝͚̬͋ͧ́̀̌̕͜͡e… thelaurenireland.substack.com/p/the-august...

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Lauren Ireland @laurenireland.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

That feeling when you’ve read far too many UK authors and now it’s showing up in your spelling…

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Space Telescope Science Institute @stsci.edu · 24/08/2026

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has been enclosed inside the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket’s fairing in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida: go.nasa.gov/4xZRgNM #NASARoman 🔭 🧪

The image shows two individuals in blue protective suits observing the Roman Space Telescope inside a facility. The observatory is positioned between two sections of a payload fairing, which are held by large blue structures. The scene is set in a clean room environment, with a white floor and walls.

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Lauren Ireland @laurenireland.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Mood: It was blood spatter analysis but she had a good point

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Lauren Ireland @laurenireland.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

It’s that time of the month again 👹The July Lurid Things is live. It’s a free monthly newsletter, available now on Substack or Ghost. Make sure you like and subscribe… O̴̥̠̪͏̳҉̴̥̗̦̰͓͆́̀r̷̪̫̭̺ͩ̒ͭͣ͐̌̓̎͑͗̂ ̨̣̋͏̜͆ͣ̂̀͜͢͠͡҉̸̒e̴̡̛̗̖̝̫̜͉ͮ̋̈́̚͟͠͞l̶̨̢̨͚͇͉͈ͧ̒͗̓ͩͥ͘͝ş͙̫̹̭̝͚̬͋ͧ́̀̌̕͜͡e! 😈 thelaurenireland.substack.com/p/the-july-2...

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Lauren Ireland @laurenireland.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

I’ll fight you with my teeth to write this horror

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 15/07/2026

Please avoid all salads, including word.

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Lauren Ireland @laurenireland.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

The June Lurid Things is live👹🏳️‍🌈 It’s a free monthly newsletter, available now on Substack or Ghost 👻 😈 thelaurenireland.substack.com/p/the-june-2...

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Lauren Ireland @laurenireland.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

“Don’t be pure. I hate pure…It’s a bad habit.“ Kim Stanley Robinson in conversation with @jannalevinastro.bsky.social 🪐🔭 @pioneerwork.bsky.social

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Lauren Ireland @laurenireland.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

The Earth is queer! Happy Pride 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️🌱💚🍀

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Rachel Lense is Professionally Curious @rachellense.bsky.social · 14/06/2024

I made this Pride flag using only NASA images and our team thought it would be cool to share on social (I work on the NASA heliophysics communications team), but it's getting all sorts of hate on the bird app and Fbook. Thought y'all might be more appreciative of it here. ☺️🏳️‍🌈💖

A pride flag with every color band represented by a NASA image. White is Earth clouds, pink is aurora, blue is the Sun in a specific wavelength, brown is Jupiter clouds, black is the Hubble deep field, red is the top of sprites, orange is a Mars crater, yellow is the surface of Io, green is a lake with algae, blue is Neptune, and purple is the Crab Nebula in a specific wavelength.

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Lauren Ireland @laurenireland.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

It’s gonna be…May! 👹🔭👽 The May Lurid Things Newsletter is live on Substack or Ghost, whichever you prefer 👻 just make sure to like and subscribe… O̴̥̠̪͏̳҉̴̥̗̦̰͓͆́̀r̷̪̫̭̺ͩ̒ͭͣ͐̌̓̎͑͗̂ ̨̣̋͏̜͆ͣ̂̀͜͢͠͡҉̸̒e̴̡̛̗̖̝̫̜͉ͮ̋̈́̚͟͠͞l̶̨̢̨͚͇͉͈ͧ̒͗̓ͩͥ͘͝ş͙̫̹̭̝͚̬͋ͧ́̀̌̕͜͡e!

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Lauren Ireland @laurenireland.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

A fun little memory game that I often play is: “Are books, movies, or albums italicized in MLA?” Each time I play, I realize I’ve forgotten, so I laugh and laugh and laugh until I google the answer and then I realize it’s the next month and I decide to try a fun little memory game that I often play—

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Lauren Ireland @laurenireland.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

DO NOT allow children to ⚠️⚠️⚠️BACON⚠️⚠️⚠️

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Lauren Ireland @laurenireland.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

HOT OFF THE PRESS! 🪐🔭👽It’s the April Lurid Things! 👹 Link in bio to either Ghost or Substack, whichever you prefer 🛰️…just make sure to like and subscribe 😈 laurens-lurid-things.ghost.io/the-april-20... thelaurenireland.substack.com/p/the-april-...

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Robert "The Bobby Yaga" McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

The Hubble Space Telescope was launched #OTD in 1990. Happy 36th birthday! One of my favorite Hubble images shows the former spiral galaxies NGC 4038 and NGC 4039. The Antennae Galaxies are a few hundred million years into a merger that will produce a single elliptical galaxy. 🧪 🔭 Image: NASA, ESA

Hubble's image of the merging galaxies NGC 4038 and 4038. The topmost galaxy still shows remnants of its spiral structure, while the remains of the galaxy in the bottom half of the image is smeared out. Dusty blue gas is punctuated by intense red-violet starburst regions where new stars are rapidly being formed.

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Lauren Ireland @laurenireland.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Modern uniformity in architecture is a fascism indicator. In this essay, I will-

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ACLU @aclu.org · 14/04/2026

The Constitution and a court order both say that the Everglades detention facility must allow people access to their attorneys. Instead of complying, guards are cutting off people’s phone access and beating people who speak up.

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Alligator Alcatraz phones were cut off. Then the beatings began, court docs say

Attorneys say the Trump and DeSantis administrations are disregarding a court order requiring access to phones and attorneys for detainees.

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Absolutely remarkable statement from Pope Leo today. One for the history books www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

NASA plans to launch a wildly ambitious nuclear-powered octocopter to Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, in 2028: www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasa...

Headline: NASA's Dragonfly will explore the air, land and seas of Titan, Saturn's most mysterious moon. Over an artist's rendition of a drone flying over sand dunes.

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John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

NASA’s Earth photos from Artemis inspired me to put this on today… 🙂 Getting lots of positive comments on it as I run errands…

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Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astrojaz.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

jupiter wishes you a very happy trans day of visibility 🏳️‍⚧️

The planet Jupiter with its cloud bands seen in shades of pink, rusty red, blue, and purple. The Great Red Spot is a deep navy blue, surrounded by bands and swirls of pink, and light blue.

Hubble's ultraviolet view of Jupiter shows the planet in hues of pink and blue.

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De-Katie and Cat-Boo!-ger @katieandcatburger.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Happy Trans Day of Visibility ❤️🏳️‍⚧️❤️

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Lauren Ireland @laurenireland.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

LURID❗️On the dance floor ❗️👹 This month I cover @quicunquevult.bsky.social ‘s new sci-fi, Valencia Grace’s new album, Szilveszter Makó & Abodi Transylvania, Stamford’s new mucosal vaccine, and Netflix’s The Residence 😈 Hop on over to Substack…if you dare thelaurenireland.substack.com/p/the-march-...

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Robert "The Bobby Yaga" McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Physicist David Mermin was born #OTD in 1935. He made contributions to condensed matter physics and quantum mechanics, coined the phrase "shut up and calculate," and is a prolific writer of and about science. My favorite sly Merminisms are these index entries from his Solid State textbook. 🧪 ⚛️

An index entry that reads "Cart, before horse, 92"

An index entry that reads "Horse, after cart, 92"

An index entry that reads "Prose, page of unrelieved, 627"

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Lauren Ireland @laurenireland.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

me at 16, chin tucked to a winter’s gale, The Brothers Karamazov clutched to my chest like I’ve spent the very last of my rubles on bread

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ACLU @aclu.org · 24/03/2026

NEW: We filed a motion to stop the U.S. Department of Justice from accessing Oklahoma voters' personal data. This is the 24th state, plus DC, where we've taken action to protect voters' privacy ahead of the midterm elections.

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Lauren Ireland @laurenireland.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

With all the internet sheen and gloss you tend to forget that we’re all squirmy, bleating creatures. This essay is so beautiful it cracked open my onion skin like a goddamn Outback Blooming Onion ™ (apologies for the cross-brand pollination, for it is spring and also roughly lunch time)

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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 20/03/2026

It’s amazing how quickly Black women have been targeted by these laws and doubly so how little this factors into the analysis around the sexual and gender politics of this movement.

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Lauren Ireland @laurenireland.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Girl wait until you get to the humanoid worm part that tries to live forever

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