La Chelle Dame Sans Merci

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Chelle Starr. Head journalist at ScienceAlert. Bugs, books, black holes, and mayhem

A hardcover book titled "Round the Moon"
A black greyhound hoeing into a cartilage dog treat
A drink bottle with a holographic sticker of a rollerskating werewolf
a positive covid rapid antigen test
A petrol pump with the amount $55.55
A video of a greyhound with chattering teeth, a sign of contentment
A greyhound laying on a rug like she never wants to get up again. It's a lie. She will.
James Earl Jones as villain Thulsa Doom in 1982's Conan the Barbarian. His bangs are barely longer than his hairline
A small knitted pouch in the shape of an acorn
A copy of Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito on a bookcase
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 wildlife
A tiny jumping spider on the rim of a tape dispenser. It is just a few dispenser teeth in size
a cute knitted frog sitting on a worn wooden table with plants and candles
A black greyhound laying on a couch, looking straight at the camera with her tongue poking out
A black greyhound laying on a pale blue couch, her long snooty head in the foreground
A brown cuckoo-dove sitting on a kitchen windowsill looking alert
A grown-ass dweeboid wearing bat ears. It is me, I am the dweeboid.
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"
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
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.
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!
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
The winsome, melancholy face of a black greyhound who has done an puke and is now laying on the floor regretting her entire life
A copy of The Wood at Midwinter by Susanna Clarke
A packet of curly bucati pasta
a rare green "greengrocer" morph of the cicada species Cyclochila australasiae resting on a doorframe
a ladybug on a leaf tip
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"
a holographic sticker of a cicada with a skull on its thorax
A spilled Ikea cube of puffy knitted hexagons in gold and purple tones
A pile of crumpled knitted hexagons in purple and teal
A masked devil morph of the Australian cicada Cyclochila australasiae sitting on a fence paling
A 1977 Taplinger hardcover edition of The Best of C.L. Moore edited by Lester del Rey
A person's torso wearing a black fuzzy cardigan with four cicada shells stuck on
A picture of a rising Moon over water. The Moon is blurry.
a paperback copy of Jirel of Joiry by C.L. Moore
vegan turkey style roast
a riotously flowering cactus in a teacup
a bowl of mushroom makhani with rice
A picture of Donald Trump with Australian billionaire Anthony Pratt. The headline reads "Donald Trump calls billionaire Anthony Pratt ‘red haired weirdo from Australia’ as he denies discussing submarines"
two kookaburras on a TV aerial
a galah, a magpie, and a sulfur-crested cockatoo looking hungry
a sulfur-crested cockatoo sitting on a clothesline
a pot of pasta precariously balanced between two small electric stove elements
a pan with tofu, carrot, onion, and broccolini