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@thistleburr

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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the strategy the british state are using with trans care is the exact same as with disability benefits; overwhelm undesirables in bureaucracy then definitively remove any positive outcomes, leading to excess death statistics visible from space

09.03.2026 16:17 👍 345 🔁 127 💬 2 📌 0

Oh hey, it's my current project 😎

09.03.2026 14:00 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Illustrator Sushio presents the TJPW × Super Sentai collaboration visual!

⚜️ Shoko Nakajima, Yuki Aino & Haru Kazashiro (with Ninja Red, Geki Red & Go-On Red)
vs
Aja Kong, Max the Impaler & Pom Harajuku

This world…
goes beyond imagination!!

#tjpw #tjpwGP26

09.03.2026 02:08 👍 210 🔁 101 💬 1 📌 11
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青春してくれ〜🍎🍆🌸

#Deltarune

08.03.2026 21:42 👍 47 🔁 12 💬 0 📌 0
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09.03.2026 04:33 👍 343 🔁 53 💬 0 📌 0
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ねこスケッチ
#イラスト

09.03.2026 00:52 👍 46 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 0

(blood cw) HOP👏ON👏DDT

08.03.2026 20:52 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

When this game was released, my entire circle of friends all had NGPCs and played this against each other constantly. It was some of the most fun I have ever had playing video games.

08.03.2026 20:17 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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SNK vs Capcom Card Fighters’ Clash: Nobody believed… but you see… IT’S TRUE This is the perfect portable card game. Nobody did it better before this, and nobody’s done better since. It’s more a party than a game, really; a joyous celebration of everything SNK a…

"The atmosphere is less 'deadly serious card tournament' and more just people just hanging out in fun SNK/Capcom themed places and maybe playing a card game if both sides are in the mood for a match."

kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2024/03/04/4...

08.03.2026 05:35 👍 77 🔁 22 💬 0 📌 2
A sidewalk sign. It reads: RISO EXPO PHILLY - arts comics zines prints posters books - FREE! phillysoapbox.org

A sidewalk sign. It reads: RISO EXPO PHILLY - arts comics zines prints posters books - FREE! phillysoapbox.org

Two riso ink prints made with a machine that was constructed of garbage. The prints are Gritty giving two peace signs above the text NO WAR BUT CLASS WAR

Two riso ink prints made with a machine that was constructed of garbage. The prints are Gritty giving two peace signs above the text NO WAR BUT CLASS WAR

Had a great time at the second annual Riso Expo Philly! Thanks Philly Soapbox!

08.03.2026 19:46 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Game Bar for Gaming | Microsoft Windows Explore Windows 11 gaming with Game Bar. Access widgets that let you chat with Xbox friends across different devices and screen share without leaving your game.

I use the windows gamer mode or whatever

www.microsoft.com/en-us/window...

08.03.2026 18:48 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

happy women's day to trans women especially you all should get free bazookas

08.03.2026 14:44 👍 523 🔁 146 💬 11 📌 3
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happy international women's day

08.03.2026 16:15 👍 3996 🔁 1324 💬 18 📌 6

i am asking yet again how it is legal for a company to send me a letter saying "sorry somebody stole all your personal information from us and now they have all of your personal information. sucks to be you! bye!" and then they receive no consequences and it happens again a week later

08.03.2026 15:27 👍 3424 🔁 553 💬 49 📌 37

"don't wear a band's shirt to their show!!" why in the world not. are you that afraid of people seeing you being enthusiastic about something. grow a soul

08.03.2026 05:29 👍 378 🔁 44 💬 23 📌 1
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Official Trailer for "Dorohedoro" Season 2.
>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQSz...

08.03.2026 09:14 👍 2054 🔁 900 💬 20 📌 220
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枝垂れ梅は枝垂れてなんぼ

06.03.2026 08:57 👍 43 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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こんばんわ♪
今日は晴れてたけど肌寒かったですニャ∼。。。
明日も、こんな陽気かなぁ…
#僕らの居場所は言わにゃいで #D500

08.03.2026 10:57 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

The angry part of Bluesky remembered KOSA (now under the Kids Internet and Digital Safety Act, or H.R. 7757) exists but rather yell at you I'll say:

If you have REALLY bad anxiety (like me!), you can call your reps after hours! Voicemail counts! The site 5Calls give you a script to read off of:

06.03.2026 14:07 👍 1821 🔁 1856 💬 12 📌 9
A list of identical ink tests, on cold press watercolor paper.

For each test, I let the fountain pen ink dry for roughly 24 hours before applying watercolor paint. I painted over the words "ink test" with plain water, and then applied identical paint to everything else.

Platinum's Chou Kuro is by far the blackest black (even more so in person) but it also sheds a lot of pigment when you apply water to it. It made a very visible grey blur from the water.

Platinum's Carbon Black is much more waterproof, but the black ink is not as dark.

Pentel's black fountain pen ink was completely unaffected by water or watercolors, but it's only available in Pentel cartridges as far as I'm aware, so it's more expensive and would be a pain to use in any non-Pentel pen.

Diamine Forever Raven ink was also completely waterproof. It's not as dark as the Chou Kuro ink but it's darker than the Platinum Carbon Black. I have experimented with this ink elsewhere and found that it also dries to a waterproof state faster than any of these other inks - in my experience, it only needs around 20 minutes.

The last test was Diamine Forever Butterscotch, a warm sienna brown. It also performed really well. The Diamine Forever inks are mixable, so this could be mixed with the Raven to make a brown-black.

Overall I think the best option is the Diamine Raven. It's darker than Carbon Black and dries faster, and it comes in a bottle so you can more easily use it in any pen.

A list of identical ink tests, on cold press watercolor paper. For each test, I let the fountain pen ink dry for roughly 24 hours before applying watercolor paint. I painted over the words "ink test" with plain water, and then applied identical paint to everything else. Platinum's Chou Kuro is by far the blackest black (even more so in person) but it also sheds a lot of pigment when you apply water to it. It made a very visible grey blur from the water. Platinum's Carbon Black is much more waterproof, but the black ink is not as dark. Pentel's black fountain pen ink was completely unaffected by water or watercolors, but it's only available in Pentel cartridges as far as I'm aware, so it's more expensive and would be a pain to use in any non-Pentel pen. Diamine Forever Raven ink was also completely waterproof. It's not as dark as the Chou Kuro ink but it's darker than the Platinum Carbon Black. I have experimented with this ink elsewhere and found that it also dries to a waterproof state faster than any of these other inks - in my experience, it only needs around 20 minutes. The last test was Diamine Forever Butterscotch, a warm sienna brown. It also performed really well. The Diamine Forever inks are mixable, so this could be mixed with the Raven to make a brown-black. Overall I think the best option is the Diamine Raven. It's darker than Carbon Black and dries faster, and it comes in a bottle so you can more easily use it in any pen.

I've been experimenting with various fountain pen inks recently, looking for the best one to use with watercolors. Here are my results! I let them all dry for about 24 hours before painting over them with watercolor. My personal overall choice for standing up to watercolor is the Diamine Raven ink.

07.03.2026 21:15 👍 33 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 1
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明日から頑張るタヌキ

07.03.2026 11:56 👍 288 🔁 91 💬 2 📌 3
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Heracross in a flower field 🍃

07.03.2026 18:28 👍 1732 🔁 781 💬 11 📌 2

I love those warm red flowers! Beautiful!

07.03.2026 17:05 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
お金(がま口財布)を首に下げたワニと肩に乗っているカニ、キャベツを食べているウニのイラスト。ワニとカニはおにぎりを手に持っている。

お金(がま口財布)を首に下げたワニと肩に乗っているカニ、キャベツを食べているウニのイラスト。ワニとカニはおにぎりを手に持っている。

🐊🦀

07.03.2026 12:59 👍 216 🔁 40 💬 0 📌 0

My main issue with New Japan right now is that I'm hesitant to let myself get emotionally invested in any of the new guys or their stories, because I feel like any of them could leave at any time. But I can't enjoy wrestling to the fullest if I'm not emotionally invested, of course...

07.03.2026 13:39 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

We're going to watch Frieren season 2 but we're saving it for later. I also want to watch Journal With Witch but haven't started it yet. There's some other stuff I want to watch too that I'm forgetting.

07.03.2026 13:33 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

SO MUCH. We just started watching the new Baki series that just came out. We also just started Gachi Akuta which took a little while to grow on me but I really like it. We're watching the last Golden Kamuy season which is as good as ever, and Fire Force, which went completely bonkers in a great way.

07.03.2026 13:27 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Recently we've been watching a lot more anime (for good reasons) and watching a lot less pro wrestling (for bad reasons) but at least the timing of that has worked out I guess

07.03.2026 13:08 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
A wooden shelf with various colored funnels, brushes, and work gloves. A small rubber duck is sitting on some equipment attached to the wall.

A wooden shelf with various colored funnels, brushes, and work gloves. A small rubber duck is sitting on some equipment attached to the wall.

@bennygesserit.bsky.social I noticed another duck yesterday

07.03.2026 11:18 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0