Thistle
@thistleburr.bsky.social
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！
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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"Keep ICE out of our communities"
Sticker spotted in Somerville, Massachusetts
Sticker spotted in Somerville, Massachusetts
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
"Keep ICE out of our communities"
Sticker spotted in Somerville, Massachusetts
Sticker spotted in Somerville, Massachusetts
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November 26, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Never date people who "hate small talk." That's someone trying to gatekeep you from one of life's most pleasurable exchanges:
"I saw a bug."
"Can I see the bug?"
"Yes, let's see the bug together."
"I'm glad we saw the bug. Thank you."
"I saw a bug."
"Can I see the bug?"
"Yes, let's see the bug together."
"I'm glad we saw the bug. Thank you."
November 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Never date people who "hate small talk." That's someone trying to gatekeep you from one of life's most pleasurable exchanges:
"I saw a bug."
"Can I see the bug?"
"Yes, let's see the bug together."
"I'm glad we saw the bug. Thank you."
"I saw a bug."
"Can I see the bug?"
"Yes, let's see the bug together."
"I'm glad we saw the bug. Thank you."
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
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all stanning of popes is necessarily conditional, the Church is the Church, but the man said AI won't stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God's creation so with all our conditions intact yes we stan
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
all stanning of popes is necessarily conditional, the Church is the Church, but the man said AI won't stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God's creation so with all our conditions intact yes we stan
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Everyone *loves* Hannah!
She’s a sweetheart senior who just wants someone to cheer her on while she eats.
No, really — you have to sit with her & pet her and tell her she’s amazing & THEN she will finally start eating 🥹
She’s a sweetheart senior who just wants someone to cheer her on while she eats.
No, really — you have to sit with her & pet her and tell her she’s amazing & THEN she will finally start eating 🥹
November 26, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Everyone *loves* Hannah!
She’s a sweetheart senior who just wants someone to cheer her on while she eats.
No, really — you have to sit with her & pet her and tell her she’s amazing & THEN she will finally start eating 🥹
She’s a sweetheart senior who just wants someone to cheer her on while she eats.
No, really — you have to sit with her & pet her and tell her she’s amazing & THEN she will finally start eating 🥹
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The only way to save humanity and unite the people is more Sword & Sorcery paintings on the side of vans.
November 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The only way to save humanity and unite the people is more Sword & Sorcery paintings on the side of vans.
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Just calling the pope the antichrist and encouraging others to disobey Rome, the way totally real and not at all fake-ass Catholics do
you're telling me a right-wing catholic convert is just a protestant in disguise? shocked
In newly leaked audio, Peter Thiel admits he urged JD Vance to ignore Pope Leo XIV on moral questions — including the ethical development of AI.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
November 26, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Just calling the pope the antichrist and encouraging others to disobey Rome, the way totally real and not at all fake-ass Catholics do
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![If I became Prime Minister, I would get killed like Abe Shinzo [sic].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wptdund6nuvdzug3bgccb2a6/bafkreicakicyutwrwal32dqym52h2oyu47ixy7dyx5ppkhqpjsmrso3vki@jpeg)
I was obsessed with that last one as a kid, for obvious reasons
I have said before and will say again that it is such a loss that we no longer get covers of this caliber for fantasy books.
This art is by Jean-Léon Huens. These covers are for the Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander. They lit my imagination on fire as a kid.
This art is by Jean-Léon Huens. These covers are for the Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander. They lit my imagination on fire as a kid.
November 25, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I was obsessed with that last one as a kid, for obvious reasons
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I have said before and will say again that it is such a loss that we no longer get covers of this caliber for fantasy books.
This art is by Jean-Léon Huens. These covers are for the Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander. They lit my imagination on fire as a kid.
This art is by Jean-Léon Huens. These covers are for the Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander. They lit my imagination on fire as a kid.
November 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
I have said before and will say again that it is such a loss that we no longer get covers of this caliber for fantasy books.
This art is by Jean-Léon Huens. These covers are for the Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander. They lit my imagination on fire as a kid.
This art is by Jean-Léon Huens. These covers are for the Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander. They lit my imagination on fire as a kid.
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ICYMI! Online presale for F.I.S.T. Of The Northstar is officially LIVE! 🚨Thanks to early-bird buyers at our last event and last night’s online rush, FRONT ROW IS ALREADY SOLD OUT! Rows 2–5 are still available grab your seats before they’re gone!
🎟️ powerprolucha.com
🎟️ powerprolucha.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
ICYMI! Online presale for F.I.S.T. Of The Northstar is officially LIVE! 🚨Thanks to early-bird buyers at our last event and last night’s online rush, FRONT ROW IS ALREADY SOLD OUT! Rows 2–5 are still available grab your seats before they’re gone!
🎟️ powerprolucha.com
🎟️ powerprolucha.com
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Really wild situation here: a celebrated and well-regarded indie dev and publisher is facing shutdown because Valve banned their game from Steam and won't talk to them about it, at all.
www.ign.com/articles/uns...
www.ign.com/articles/uns...
Unsettling Horror Game Horses Banned From Steam, Leaving Studio With 'High Risk' of Closure - IGN
Indie horror game Horses is preparing to launch on December 2, on the Epic Games Store, GOG, Itch.io, and the Humble Store. But one place it won't be is on Steam, because Steam has banned the game for...
www.ign.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Really wild situation here: a celebrated and well-regarded indie dev and publisher is facing shutdown because Valve banned their game from Steam and won't talk to them about it, at all.
www.ign.com/articles/uns...
www.ign.com/articles/uns...
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Masterpiece. Now's a great time to watch it, if you haven't ever before.
As every year at Christmas, some Japanese theaters will screen "Tokyo Godfathers" ;o;
www.shin-bungeiza.com/schedule#d20...
www.shin-bungeiza.com/schedule#d20...
November 25, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Masterpiece. Now's a great time to watch it, if you haven't ever before.
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No one has ever been more right than this woman
November 25, 2025 at 9:55 AM
No one has ever been more right than this woman
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November 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Let's all learn how to draw. Doesn't matter how good it looks as long as we're having fun making lines.
November 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Let's all learn how to draw. Doesn't matter how good it looks as long as we're having fun making lines.
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Leaves on your lawn? Good. Leaf them alone. 🍂
Leave the Leaves!
One of the most valuable ways to support pollinators and other invertebrates is to provide them with the shelter they need to survive the winter. Thankfully, all you need to do is do less yard work.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Leaves on your lawn? Good. Leaf them alone. 🍂
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Yesterday my partner and I counted all the ads along Chicago's Brown Line for "Friend," a company selling an AI chatbot pendant, and tallied how many of those ads were defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
November 23, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Yesterday my partner and I counted all the ads along Chicago's Brown Line for "Friend," a company selling an AI chatbot pendant, and tallied how many of those ads were defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
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Seeing how much of the right-wing on Twitter is just bot farms, kinda lays bare how much hate and hatred is a project that needs to be constantly maintained, a fire that needs to be fed all the time lest it go out for a moment, so much time, effort, and resources to keep people angry and hateful.
November 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Seeing how much of the right-wing on Twitter is just bot farms, kinda lays bare how much hate and hatred is a project that needs to be constantly maintained, a fire that needs to be fed all the time lest it go out for a moment, so much time, effort, and resources to keep people angry and hateful.
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If you have a GOP rep and you’ve been holding off on contacting them because what difference will it make, you could be the reason the funniest thing happens
PUNCHBOWL: “.. GOP members messaged us over the weekend saying that they, too, are considering retiring in the middle of the term. Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:
@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
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November 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM
If you have a GOP rep and you’ve been holding off on contacting them because what difference will it make, you could be the reason the funniest thing happens