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Thistle

@thistleburr.bsky.social

330 followers 150 following 2.6K posts

Call me Thistle. I like beetles, 17th century square-rigged tall ships, and Japanese pro wrestling. 甲虫や帆船や日本のプロレスが大好き。よろしく！

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 9h

UPS says it is destroying parcels sent to US customers because the Trump administration is failing to process or clear the parcels through customs. In essence, no one can figure out what the applicable tariff rules are and how they are to be applied—amidst a deluge of contradictory tweets from Trump

UPS Admits ‘Disposing’ of Parcels as Trump Chaos Creates Backlog

The president’s tariff policy has seen countless packages getting lost in customs.

www.thedailybeast.com

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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 3d

Look at her go!
#invertebrates 🌿

Screen shot of Project Monarch app map of progress of a monarch butterfly from southern Ontario to Oklahoma.

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Thistle @thistleburr.bsky.social · 8h

Platinum carbon black!

Thistle @thistleburr.bsky.social · 12h

I can't even imagine having to do that, as if their jobs weren't bad enough already

Thistle @thistleburr.bsky.social · 13h

I don't know anything about this but you should definitely go

Thistle @thistleburr.bsky.social · 14h

Philly

A very well-drawn poster in black, white, and bright yellow, of a crowd of people holding signs. The people in the crowd look like characters from the Stone Ocean storyline of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. They're holding signs that read "THE PEOPLE DEMAND: STOP THE DEPORTATIONS!" and "EL PUEBLO UNIDO DEFENDERA A LA FAMILIAS MIGRANTES!"

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PAWS (Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society) @phillypaws.bsky.social · 15h

Wishlist request from Moo Moo!

She inspected our supply of Churu treats & Friiskies wet food & issued a stern warning about how low we are.

We can't disappoint this tiny princess, and need your help to restock! 🧵

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Thistle @thistleburr.bsky.social · 16h

Lulu is still obsessed with Dog...😭

Lulu, a fluffy tabby cat with white spotting, has her face absolutely glued to the lid of an insect enclosure as she stares fixated inside. Inside of the enclosure, right next to her, is a blue death-feigning beetle named Dog. The beetle is completely ignoring her and going about his beetle business unperturbed.

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Thistle @thistleburr.bsky.social · 16h

Somehow it didn't sink in until I read it in the exact wording in Japanese? lol

Thistle @thistleburr.bsky.social · 17h

Also I somehow only realized that this was an Mother reference when I read it in the Japanese script

The name input screen from chapter 3 of Deltarune. Kris has put in "KRI" and Tenna is saying "Well, don't "Kri" until the ending, folks!" which is a reference to the tagline in the Japanese commercials for the NES game Mother, エンディングまで泣くんじゃない

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Thistle @thistleburr.bsky.social · 17h

I had so much fun reading through the Japanese scripts! At first I just wanted more insight into some intentionally vague English lines, but I ended up getting really pulled into it. The localization of this game is amazing. It makes me want to play through the game in Japanese.

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mofusand（ぢゅの） @sharkcat.bsky.social · 18h

走り屋

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Brendan Keogh @brkeogh.bsky.social · 1d

I still think the most accurate and consistent way to think about generative AI is that, in every instance, people exclusively use it for tasks that they don't have any respect for or give a shit about.

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Thistle @thistleburr.bsky.social · 18h

猫たちの色々な性格は見える😍　かわいい〜

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しろる @shiroru.bsky.social · 1d

まだ夏空っぽい！！！　#いいテンキー

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すいか @sui-ka.bsky.social · 1d

チラつむり🐌
#チンチラ

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コミックナタリー @comic.natalie.mu · 22h

アニメ「ドロヘドロ」新シーズンは2026年春、カオスでポップな新ビジュアルも
https://natalie.mu/comic/news/643803

#ドロヘドロ

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Thistle @thistleburr.bsky.social · 19h

Exactly what we knew would happen is happening 😔 I feel bad for everyone caught up in this mess. It must be an absolute nightmare for the employees too.

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Minovsky @minovskyarticle.bsky.social · 1d

I thought this was viral marketing for a new Resident Evil, but no it's a real third-party nootropics wholesaler running with the Umbrella branding.

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 2d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Thistle @thistleburr.bsky.social · 1d

There are so many cool comics available, it makes me feel like I've gotta get over my aversion to digital

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Emily @suika.bsky.social · 2d

I have been made aware irasutoya has an official fujoshi illustration

www.irasutoya.com/2015/08/blog...

Slightly dorky looking girl with glasses and a ponytail holds up a bundle of books. The front cover of the first one has two men on it and says "BL" in the corner.

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 1d

New from 404 Media: the Discord hack is every users' worst nightmare. Yesterday the hackers started posting Discord users' selfies, identity documents, email addresses, phone numbers, more. I watched in real time. This is risk of tech storing ID for age verification
www.404media.co/the-discord-...

The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

www.404media.co

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Adrian Ashford @adrianashford.bsky.social · 1d

Want to learn more about trans Texans? We surveyed 90 of them to learn how they're dealing with an increasingly-hostile political climate. Almost everyone said they're feeling more anxious and less safe in public. @dallasnews.com www.dallasnews.com/news/politic...

We surveyed 90 trans Texans. Most said they’re living in fear and weighing a move

Respondents said anti-trans policies have complicated their sense of home in Texas and pushed them to consider leaving the state.

www.dallasnews.com

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Vincent van Gogh @vangogh.bsky.social · 1d

A Fishing Boat at Sea - 1888
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14233

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