Thistle Violet (biologist)

jeff the shark in pumpkin costume smiling

so uh, I've been busy studying for my qualifying exams (grad school stuff). Here's a free to use (with credit!) Jeff the Landshark emote! It's his new halloween rivals costume 👀

OKAY this link should work now: drive.google.com/drive/folder...

Silver the hedgehog and his OC son

Charmander with a metal detector

Did a little doodle request stream, got asked to draw a Charmander with a metal detector, and silver with an oc! It was a very fun stream!

Hunter from rain world is lying on the ground in the classic Family Guy Death Pose meme.

Made a new emote but I'm out of slots... so have a free to use (with credit!) emote of rain world's Hunter! I have a link in the reply of my "free emote pngs" google drive. Hoping to add more eventually!!
(If you use it on twitch please do the emote credits. I'm also putting it on 7TV soon!)

Friendly reminder to those with vtuber or pngtuber models: BACK THEM UP! And try to save it in at least TWO WAYS!
I have mine saved in 3 ways juuuust to be safe #indievtuber

YouTube video by Thistle Violet Can MINECRAFT be educational?? Should it be? Science in MC!

New video up! Checking out "Conservation Quest," an educational minecraft experience! youtu.be/Qr0QMnj0clo

Aww thank you so much 💙 he is a silly little guy

drive.google.com/file/d/1upEX... This is a link to it as a google drive file so you can get it with a transparent background!

A purple slug cat with a white outline and eyes. It is just the head peeking up from the bottom of the frame, just watching you as the Watcher scug does. The background is transparent, and it is in the cartoony style of a standard twitch emote!

Free to use (with credit Watcher) slugcat twitch emote!
It's a "lurk" emote but feel free to name it whatever. Rain World has become such a comfort game, especially lately, so I wanted to draw something to any other scug enthusiasts! #rainworld #watcher #rainworldwatcher

2.5 hours into the Watcher and wow this slugcat is so cool and AHHHHHHHH

10/10 Rain World DLC already

Slug cat "survivor" from rain world. It is their head, and they are happy with stars in their eyes.

To those who haven't played it, rain world and the downpour dlc are on sale fyi!
Im so excited for the Watcher dlc this Friday you have no idea

The Formicary - Conversations in Science — SciAnts

For #WomensHistoryMonth, we launched a special series on @twitch highlighting incredible women in STEM. Missed out on any episode? Have no fear, the first ten interviews are in podcast form!

They and can be found at sciantsmedia.com/the-formicary

#scicomm #twitch #sciants #science

This is how I learned that DST happened, guess my phone auto-updates the time so I didn't see lmao

Update: the supplies I ordered were on my lab bench when I got in today what the heck

im happy it didnt take 6 months but wtf was that shipping time estimate??

Me: orders supplies for next month's experiments, all arrive within a week but one = happy Thistle 😄

Also me: sees the missing supply has a SIX MONTH SHIPPING TIME = crashout Thistle 🙃

I love doing science 🫠 shoutout to having no expected shipping time on before buying, love that so much /s

YouTube video by Thistle Violet /j #hopecore #indievtuber

Me rn: youtube.com/shorts/D4RZa...
old meme but a good meme

As someone who was literally just thinking about trying out writing little opinion/local science articles, this resource is amazing!

It is so cool seeing more biologists on bluesky! Anyone got any good recs for nontraditional scientific communication type people to follow?
I'm trying to improve my irl scicomm skills, especially when talking to science skeptics....

this fills me with such joy thank you

Taking a break from most online things rn. Streams and shorts should continue as usual!

I'm okay, just trying to avoid stressing while things are unknown with NSF grant funding. My lab, like most in the USA, is very gov funded...

and I am a GRFP candidate this cycle.......

Thistle holding a pink heart. It is in a twitch emote style, and Thistle has white hair with front bangs, and two side streaks of blue hair. She has white squirrel ears with yellow inner fur. Her skin is white with blue freckles, and her eyes and mouth are closed in a happy manner. She has a slight blush. She is wearing a labcoat and mustard yellow shirt.

Friendly reminder to try and take time to destress and recharge! Whether you need to take time for hobbies, turn off certain news notifications, or just have a quiet coffee time each morning before work, please remember to be kind to yourself. Burnout prevention is important to keep functional!

A twitch starting soon screen. There is a cartoon woman with white and cyan hair and squirrel ears in a white lab coat, black shorts, mustard yellow shirt, and fuzzy blue socks in a desk chair. She has one leg up, and is resting her head on a hand. Her eyes are closed, her mouth is open in a snoozing way, and she has a slight blush. Behind her, there is a desktop computer screen, empty picture frames, and to her right a pet bed with a rain world slug cat (blue). The words "Starting Soon" are written on the wall. The overall colors are purple blue ish in the wall.

Decided to invest some time in drawing myself a starting soon screen for twitch! I've had my vtuber model almost a year now, it's about time lol
also yes that is Blueberry a rainworld slug cat in the pet bed
also also I need to add my keyboard lol
#smallstreamers

Bluesky: nothing really lol, I just like to see what current trends are, view art, and see what other similar type creators are doing 👀

IRL: do research, finish classes, write papers 🫠

My 2025 goals:
Youtube: 2x weekly educational shorts, at least 4 full vids (including the rain world biodiversity one!), hit 1k subs.

Twitch: gaming collab, research paper reading collab, survive my minecraft hardcore world at least until feb, finish my starting soon screen, hit 200 followers.

In the Miami airport. Oohh… Aahhh.

a pixel art drawing of a statue of liberty with a gray background . Alt: Saint from rain world head bopping, they look happy. Solid gray background.

Happy holidays to all! I'm taking a tiny bit of time off of the internet to relax and recharge!

I'm so excited for the new year :D

a bunch of rabbits are sitting on a wire in a pixel art Alt: All of Rain World's slug cats standing and dancing on a wire. Gourmand is in the middle and is not moving much.

Not only did I beat Rain World this week (Survivor, Monk, Hunter, Gourmand, Arti, Rivulet, Spearmaster, and Saint), but I ALSO just sent in my last final early! Gonna sleep for a few days lol, shorts will resume Monday I'm tired.

I'm giving myself permission to FINALLY view the wiki lore for rw :D

same image as above

idk why its so pixelated sorry

I just submitted one of my final papers early so I can focus on my other! To celebrate, I took a break last night and made a rivulet
#rainworld
emote. It's kiiiiinda cursed... might edit it idk lmao

...and back to the finals/research grind lol

Millepedehood is a spectrum