If anyone else uses NordVPN and finds that they can't connect to Threads, add these to your split tunnel. I found these doing a simple network traffic inspection while experiencing the issue:
Here's the example of how it looks in my set up.
The usual disclaimer is that this worked for me.
 By Dave for Personal Blog.
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