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Duchess Van Hoof

@duchess-van-hoof.bsky.social

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She/They Hobbies include books, history, video games, writing and a bit of witchcraft; am rather fond of cafés, forests, libraries and ruins. Let's try to make things better for a change; we deserve and can do better than this. PFP by Art of Jexion.

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Duchess Van Hoof @duchess-van-hoof.bsky.social · Aug 6

"It's blasphemy!"

"That's what people say when the voiceless speak."

Samuel Vimes, what a man...

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Norin 🦈 🔜 Twitchcon @mahoukarp.com · 4h

Im just a shark
#art #sharks

illustration of a shark working on a laptop. Second image is them crying on their desk

Text: "Why do cute people (me) have to suffer so much"

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Duchess Van Hoof @duchess-van-hoof.bsky.social · 1h

I have lost the source alas, but the basic pattern is self-evident.

1. A fascist murders people.
2. Liberals cry "we must stop political violence!"
3. Cops get extra funding.
4. Cops target leftists & minorities.
5. A fascist murders people...

The "lone wolf" narrative exists to keep you ignorant.

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Wren Wrabbit 🐇 @wrenwrabbit.bunnyboy.live · 13h

where's that one report on anarchists that boiled down to "we can't stop their income, it's just some guys"

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Duchess Van Hoof @duchess-van-hoof.bsky.social · 1h

I want full comic album of this.

Erika Unraptured ⚧️ @erikavalentine.bsky.social · 10h

TinTin fan art by Lian Milanesa depicting TinTin in various feminine outfits. In the background, Captain Haddock seated in an easy chair looks up from his newspaper to say, 'What goes on, TinTin? You only needed to disguise yourself as a lady once, but this is the third time you've gone out like that!'

Duchess Van Hoof @duchess-van-hoof.bsky.social · 1h

The thing about Cointelpro was that it was a secret, not announced out in the open.

Which reminds me, has the US ever been a democracy?

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 14h

1. AG Ken Paxton of Texas has announced undercover operations into left leaning groups, citing "transgenderism" and "antifa."

It is the latest in a series of moves that indicates LGBTQ+ people and left-leaning orgs may be targets for domestic surveillance.

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Texas AG Ken Paxton Announces Undercover Operations Into "Antifa," Citing "Transgenderism"

The announcement comes after a flurry of reports that Trump would weaponize the FBI against groups supporting LGBTQ+ people.

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Felipe De La Hoz @felipedlh.bsky.social · 14h

You cannot be fucking serious

SCOOP: Apple Quietly Made ICE Agents a Protected Class

Internal emails show tech giant used anti-hate-speech rules meant for minorities to block an app documenting immigration enforcement.

migrantinsider.com

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 9h

Mutual aid and community care are the most effective things you can do right now. Seriously. Sharing other people's fundraisers, making sure people have food and transportation, protecting your immigrant and racialized and trans neighbors, wearing a mask.

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Duchess Van Hoof @duchess-van-hoof.bsky.social · 2h

Literally a dictatorship of Capital, in the modern meaning of the word "dictatorship".

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strigix @sovereignbeast.bsky.social · 5h

Oh so they just aren't trying to hide the connection between capitalism and state power anymore, huh

Greylace @greylace.bsky.social · 1d

The recent ICE raid which emptied an entire apartment building was apparently at the request of Wells Fargo, which is trying to foreclose on the building.

flipinidaho @flipinidaho.bsky.social · 1d

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

The building is in a 27 million dollar foreclosure filed by Wells Fargo. The next day, Wells Fargo filed an emergency motion for receivership. The fascist regime kindly emptied the building for donor Wells Fargo.

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🎃 public HELLth guy 🎃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 22h

hams??

a tux cat with huge hungry eyes looking at the camera

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Scary Corpse @damselindystopia.bsky.social · 10h

Cis liberals spend so much time telling trans people they consider us acceptable sacrifices and still imagine we are bound in some kind of social contract with them.

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Alexander (Artist) ⚔️ @okaydrawboy.bsky.social · 12h

𝐀𝐱𝐞𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟖𝐭𝐡
"Pollaxe" (alt version)

#art #drawing #history #axe #axetober

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Null convention @nullconvention.bsky.social · 3h

so when the leftists said - hey, defund the police - and when blm said hey, defund the fucking police - you know how we were all told to eat shit and we are supposed to love the police and the police are good and we need to give them MORE money and now they're siding with trump...

how'd that go?

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Evil Orc Heart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 9h

Not to mention Cole admits she still suffers from gender dysphoria. Choosing not to treat your own headaches doesn't mean you get to ban Tylenol.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 9h

“The existence of even one ex gay dismantles the central lie of homosexuality, that it is an innate characteristic from birth and therefore should have human rights awarded to it.”

Same shit different era.

Chloe Cole: The existence of even one detransitioner dismantles the central lie of transgenderism, that it is an innate characteristic from birth and therefore should have human rights awarded to it.

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Duchess Van Hoof @duchess-van-hoof.bsky.social · 3h

Resentment & confusion, they see someone doing good, and can't imagine themselves in the same place. So they assume she's in it for the internet fame.

Evil can't comprehend good.

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Odd Kelvin @ok616.bsky.social · 4h

And here I thought human rights came free with being a fucking human being. It's weird and deceitful to frame this as if trans people are demanding some special unique privileges everyone else doesn't have, too

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Keith Edwards @kedwards.bsky.social · 18h

The thing about the Nazis is they were sadistic as hell, but went to great lengths to portray themselves in their propaganda as wholesome defenders of virtue. MAGA revel in their sadism. They want us to fear them show off their atrocities. This isn’t going to end well for any ICE thugs or admin.

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A Monster Mullins in Texas @amullinstx.bsky.social · 20h

There isn’t a national antifa organization, but if you wanted to create one, sending your Sardaukar to subdue all the major cities would be a great way to kick it off.

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Chongo (Professional Dingus) @chongosky.bsky.social · 14h

“Hey we’re having a baby and bringing a new life into the world”

Family: “WOW CONGRATULATIONS AMAZING 🥳🥳🥳”

“Hey I’m choosing to live my life as a different gender now and finally be happy with who I am!”

Family: “Are you sure about that? :( Have you thought of The Consequences? :(“

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Duchess Van Hoof @duchess-van-hoof.bsky.social · 15h

Like a punk rock gal.

Duchess Van Hoof @duchess-van-hoof.bsky.social · 15h

The "sequel" is a game I got to try, but maybe not the DOS version.

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 1d

"Where there is spice and spice mining, there are always worms."

📺: Dune, Cryo Interactive, 1992 (Amiga version)

A crt TV screenie of a pixel artwork Arrakis worm rising out of the sands, maw open

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Duchess Van Hoof @duchess-van-hoof.bsky.social · 15h

You know, that's somehow even worse.

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May “Bunny” Peterson 🦄 (Mostly Updates ) @goddessblade.bsky.social · 16h

IMO the most egregious thing about AGP theory is how deeply FAKE the whole panic is based on the evidence.

If gendered self-arousal as a trait exists, SO WHAT? There’s no evidence linking it to any kind of bad behavior—the connection is entirely engineered by conjecture and transmisogyny!

Alice In Wunderland @aliceinwunderl3.bsky.social · 2d

I also just do not think that being aroused by the idea of a being a woman is a murderous arousal and the only reason for that connection is a patriarchal obsession with elevating manhood, as the fuckor and never the fuckee, as the greatest state any human can achieve.

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Duchess Van Hoof @duchess-van-hoof.bsky.social · 15h

That reminds me, I should update my youtube playlist; a few videos seem to have been deleted.

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