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@thistle-and-thorn.bsky.social
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they/them, fka murphyslawyer22.

witchy weirdo with himbo hound and more mouth than manners. definitely not one of the "nice" canadians. prone to sudden bursts of french. all opinions mine, you can't have them. header by @caitgreer.bsky.social
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thistle-and-thorn.bsky.social
Bestest hounds. I humbly share my himbo hound, because how do you not smile at a dog named Flip Flop?
Photo of a large black and brown hound dog lying in a fluffy black bed. His paws are crossed and he looks very fancy, but don't be fooled, he's not smart. Photo of black and brown hound dog mix lying in a round fluffy dog bed with his head tipped back to look at the photographer.
November 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
thistle-and-thorn.bsky.social
This fuzzy criminal's government name is Flip Elizabeth Flop.

Flipperton J. Flops the Third, Esq-Why-Are-You-Like-This is his longest and most ridiculous nickname.
Slightly blurry pic of a hound dog's grey face turned toward the photographer looking hopeful. There are kitchen cabinets and a jean-clad person's leg visible behind him, because Flip Flop was being a freaking mooch when this was taken.
November 18, 2025 at 12:32 AM
thistle-and-thorn.bsky.social
Flip Flop spent 4 years in a Louisiana rescue before being sent up to Canada, and I made a 5 hour trip one way just to go meet him knowing full well I might have to do it again.

My willingness to do that + past experience with hounds were big parts of why they let me take him home that weekend.
Photo of a floppy eared black and brown hound dog mix sitting on a light kitchen floor, his tail a waggy blur. Closeup of a large black and brown hound dog mix with a grey face. He's standing in a home entryway with a shoe rack and coats in the background, and you can see his head and half his body. He has his head angled up and back, displaying his Halloween bandana.
November 16, 2025 at 10:13 PM
thistle-and-thorn.bsky.social
As a Canadian, I feel like telling New Yorkers what to do probably works about as well as telling Quebecers what to do up here.
Screenshot of news headline with pictures of Trump and Mamdani. Headline reads "Trump threatened to cut funding if New Yorkers voted for Mamdani. They did it anyway."
November 6, 2025 at 2:28 AM
thistle-and-thorn.bsky.social
Be serious. Screenshots are Davies's comments before and after the budget with "tentative support."

Blanchet (not Buchard) is pissed because he wanted healthcare $ and got none.

May is pissed because they're continuing not to take climate change seriously.

It's not about "being asked for advice."
Screenshot of CBC article. Text: While he hasn't spelled out specific demands, interim NDP Leader Don Davies has said his party wants targeted investments that "support working families squeezed by high prices," "good jobs," affordable homes, and investments to "strengthen public health care." Davies has also signalled his party won't support an "austerity" budget that includes deep cuts, but said he wants to actually see the document before making a firm decision. Meanwhile, the Bloc Québécois said it would like to see higher pension payouts for seniors and more health-care spending which are unlikely, given the Carney government's pledge to rein in spending. Screenshot from CBC budget updates. Text: I'm Cat Tunney, a senior reporter with CBC's parliamentary bureau. Davies, the interim leader of the seven-member NDP, called it a "critical budget, and it comes at a critical time for our country" and showed tentative support. "It would appear on first review that there are measures in this budget that we welcome and indeed have advocated for," he said in a statement, referring to additional infrastructure funding tied to union jobs, a commitment to co-op housing and references to an east-west electricity grid. However, he said there are also measures New Democrats believe are a step in the wrong direction, including cutting public sector workers. Davies said his party will now begin the work of judging whether the budget "meets the needs of Canadians."
November 5, 2025 at 12:00 AM
thistle-and-thorn.bsky.social
This one will wag his tail.. and then also burp.
Photo against an entryway (shoe rack visible in background) of a large black and brown hound dog mix. His head is angled up so you see his snoot very well and he looks immensely pleased with himself and his Halloween bandana around his neck.
November 4, 2025 at 5:11 PM
thistle-and-thorn.bsky.social
good vibes aplenty! flip flop says good luck from one old man to another ❤️
Photo of a large black and brown hound dog with a grey face. He's standing on some grass with a leash in and he's real happy to be there, based on the big dumb doggy grin with his mouth open.
October 23, 2025 at 1:59 PM
thistle-and-thorn.bsky.social
Stolen from @blueheronfarm.bsky.social: post a book you'd rather read than this.

Look, I failed English class over not being able or willing to make myself read this shitty book, AND STILL--
Book cover image of Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead, a steel building structure done in red and white with the author's name in black.
October 15, 2025 at 4:11 AM
thistle-and-thorn.bsky.social
it's just a small caffeine, see? nothing to worry about
Coffee mug sitting on a kitchen counter. The mug says "WORD NERD" in big letters and then underneath in smaller ones, "Kicking adverbs. Taking names."
October 14, 2025 at 12:26 AM
thistle-and-thorn.bsky.social
Get a hound dog, they said. It'll be fun, they said.

I did that.

Enter Flip Flop.

Now this is what happens when the walk has to pause so we can pick up his poops. #DogSky
October 11, 2025 at 1:15 AM
thistle-and-thorn.bsky.social
Flip Flop says happy birthday! He turned 13 last month (ish) himself!
Large black and brown floppy eared hound dog standing on grass next to paved laneway, head flung back on an awoo
October 10, 2025 at 11:40 PM
thistle-and-thorn.bsky.social
... My boyfriend had to text me that he saw us leaving on a walk as he came back with his pup, because the himbo hound was hollering and I wouldn't have heard him. 😂

Flip Flop has a lot of opinions, okay??
A large black and brown hound dog mix standing on a lawn next to paved driveway. His head is flung back mid awoo.
October 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
thistle-and-thorn.bsky.social
As if this dog didn't have enough nicknames..

I give to you Señor Floppy Ears

(His government name is still Flip Elizabeth Flop, though.)
Photo of a large, floppy eared, black and brown hound dog mix standing against a pale linoleum floor, with his head up, eyes bright and alert, snoot to the sky. He's a happy boy, even though he's brainless. Probably because he's brainless, tbh.
October 9, 2025 at 4:48 AM
thistle-and-thorn.bsky.social
Breaking News: Walk Paused for Poop Collection, Local Himbo Outraged

Hoomin says he made the poop in the first place, threw fit anyways
A large floppy eared black and brown hound dog on a paved walking/cycling path. He's wearing a grey harness and a blue plaid collar and leash. He's also on his tiptoes with his head up, yelling about the injustice of holding still to allow for his poops to be picked up.
October 8, 2025 at 3:32 PM
thistle-and-thorn.bsky.social
this is why it's important to have weirdos who like you on your marketing team, so they can catch this stuff and tell you about it instead of just snickering behind their hands.

thanks for the laugh, via, i needed that.

still not paying $110 for 90 minutes on the train, though. <3
Screenshot of Via Rail's homepage advertising "new discount cards for frequent railers" which sounds. Real dirty.
October 4, 2025 at 11:09 PM
thistle-and-thorn.bsky.social
The stinky bastard men are so good at injuring themselves, regardless of form. Isn't that right, Mr "I broke a tooth below the gum line and then followed it up with pancreatitis?"
Photo of a large black and brown hound dog mix lying in a grey armchair. He's got his head cranked back to look over his shoulder at the camera like he's innocent, but he's NOT.
September 30, 2025 at 2:05 AM
thistle-and-thorn.bsky.social
we have coned the pittie for licking her foot too much.

you could say she's displeased.
Closeup of a cream and white pittie mix wearing a cone made of fabric and plastic panes for eyesight. She's staring off into the middle distance looking very put out, as if she's wondering what led her to this.
September 26, 2025 at 5:04 AM
thistle-and-thorn.bsky.social
context:
Screenshot showing Mara Wilson as having liked my post in which I replied to her about animal names. My post was: "I get to call on behalf of Flip Flop, which is pretty great. He's the local celebrity and absolutely adores the vet, lol!"
September 24, 2025 at 8:16 PM
thistle-and-thorn.bsky.social
Oh, is it "hounds are super attractive and dignified dogs, PFFFT yeah right" time? Flip Flop says HI.
Photo of a black and brown hound dog mix on a yoga mat and blanket against a brown floor in a vet clinic exam room. Flip Flop had been given a slow feeder full of wow butter to distract him while he got his shots, and it shows. His tongue is doing the most and his eyes are bugging out. His nose is also very prominent. He looks goofy as all get out.
September 16, 2025 at 6:02 AM
thistle-and-thorn.bsky.social
Flip Flop (13) feels the same about his sister Mindy (5, boyface's dog). Both seen as blurs in the first picture because Mindy is chaos and likes to bonk her brother with her brick head til noise falls out, aka he tells her to fuck off. 😂
Blurry photo of two dogs. One is a black and brown hound dog mix lying in a round black dog bed on the floor, turning to look at the photographer for help. On his other side on the floor is a cream and white pitbull mix, in a blurry play bow trying to get him to engage with her. Better photo of the hound dog from the first picture. He's sitting on grass with his head angled up, looking almost like he's smiling, and wearing a leash and harness. Better picture of the cream and white husky pitbull mix from the first photo. Here she has her face resting on the end of a couch so she can stare at the camera with one blue eye and one brown eye.
September 10, 2025 at 9:14 PM
thistle-and-thorn.bsky.social
This goober must've been a horse or other animal that could walk and poop in a past life, cause he refuses to hold still for it now lol
A large floppy eared black and brown dog lying on the corner of a blue couch with a blue plaid shawl tossed over him.
September 8, 2025 at 3:44 AM
thistle-and-thorn.bsky.social
here are pupper pics to come back to, it's not much but hopefully it gives you a smile 💜
Photo of a large black and brown hound dog lying on a grey chair. He was facing away but cranked his head back to look at me, so he's looking just a touch ridiculous. Photo of a large black and brown hound dog with a grey old face, lying in an armchair. One of his ears is bent up weird by the pillow next to him and he's looking at the camera like he doesn't get how that happened, either. Photo of large black and brown hound dog with grey face on the armchair again. This time he's in the middle of whipping his head back to look at me so his ears are flying. Photo of a cream and white husky mix dog lying on a bed. She's on her back, head angled toward the camera, paws up because Mindy needs belly rubs 25/8. Her tongue is out and in the middle of licking her nose. She's very cute.
September 3, 2025 at 8:59 PM
thistle-and-thorn.bsky.social
in a move i'm absolutely sure could never backfire, i have begun teaching my opinionated hound dog to sass me on command.

this boy right here is full of sass and also frass. but he's cute so he's allowed.
Photo of a large grey faced hound dog mix lying on a dark grey chair facing away from the camera, except he's got his head cranked backwards to look at me, and it's making his ears flap out oh so majestically behind him. He's adorkable and very silly.
September 2, 2025 at 3:49 AM
thistle-and-thorn.bsky.social
This fuzzy butthead tried to steal a blueberry muffin right out of my dad's hand the other day. Flip Flop regrets nothing.
Picture of a large floppy eared black and brown hound dog mix with a grey old man face sitting on a kitchen floor. His tail is a waggy blur and he looks very pleased with himself.
August 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
thistle-and-thorn.bsky.social
Gif from animated movie The Iron Giant. Hogarth, a young boy in swim trunks, is on top of a rock cropping and saying "This one's for professionals only!" while posturing comically
August 10, 2025 at 11:01 PM