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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 · 6h
Episode 5 of the old Patlabor anine is beat for beat Ghost in the Shell S.A.C. episode 2. Runaway multilegged armoured tank goes AWOL, approaches city on major roads. The protagonists are tasked with stopping it with inadequate resources. The exact same plot.
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Duchess Van Hoof @duchess-van-hoof.bsky.social · 6h
I think I can see why the Batwoman comics never quite broke top selling numbers. This weird DIALOGUE where random WORDS are BOLDED for no reason. Add blatant edginess, an underwhelming motivation, and a questionable plot. She's a redhead lesbian Batman, how difficult can this be?
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Duchess Van Hoof @duchess-van-hoof.bsky.social · 7h
"If you want to hold a baby, why don't you make your own?" Milia, still struggling to adapt to human societal norms. Macross is a wild show.
Catch!
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Duchess Van Hoof @duchess-van-hoof.bsky.social · 14h
Huh, JLU did a story on the Patriot Act, where the US military literally injects itself with fascism to stop an inaginary threat. Got to find this show sonewhere.
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Patriot Act Seems Quaint Now | Justice League Unlimited
YouTube video by Serum Lake
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Duchess Van Hoof @duchess-van-hoof.bsky.social · 18h
I discovered the miss Marple mini-series; Joan Hickson has the nosiness & sassiness down expertly. Just missing a pair of reading glasses to fit my mental image of her. Bonus: the show is a bit more explicitly queer than the books were.
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Duchess Van Hoof @duchess-van-hoof.bsky.social · 18h
Got to love when the description of a show is just a series of celebrity names; no genre, no plot. Or when a book is just a bunch of quotes that is a really good book, nothing about the plot. I will simply not bother, if they can't be arsed to explain what it even is
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Duchess Van Hoof @duchess-van-hoof.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Spirit of the Law calculating the cost of units not in resources, but in total labour time. Just my kind of analytical nonsense; hm... is there a video on Aragorn's tax policy somewhere?
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The most valuable resource in each age (AoE2)
YouTube video by Spirit Of The Law
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Duchess Van Hoof @duchess-van-hoof.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Discovered this tiny corner restaurant next to my street; they have a tiny menu. Chicken, falafel, schawarma, in a roll, in samoon or with fries; and a "hamburger". Quite cheap, and absolutely everything was brimming with taste, definitely 10/10. Even had a great soda selection.
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Duchess Van Hoof @duchess-van-hoof.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Oh, I like thid one.
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Duchess Van Hoof @duchess-van-hoof.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
When we moved to the family farm, it had 5 bedrooms for 7 people; three generations in one house. This was at the turn of the millennium. The nuclear family is a recent invention, coinciding with the destruction of communal living in industrial society. The purpose of a system is what it does.
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Trans Revolutionary Anarchist @traexecutive.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Decided to check in on my former friend who got radicalised into being a massive transphobe during lockdown. ... Yep, he's a racist now too. What a shock!
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jordan @jordantyranny.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I AM PISSED THAT HUMANS KILLED ALL THE MOA BIRDS!!!
An illustration depicting three extinct species of moa from New Zealand standing side-by-side next to the gray silhouette of an adult human for scale comparison. On the far left, the small Little Bush Moa (Anomalopteryx didiformis) stands roughly waist-high to the human. In the center, the chunkier Eastern Moa (Emeus crassus) reaches up to the human's chest. On the right, the massive South Island Moa (Dinornis robustus) towers significantly over the human, showing its exceptionally long neck and large, brown-feathered body. The birds are set against a soft, misty forest background.
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Outbursts Of Everett True @everetttrue.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The Morning Star Rockford Illinois August 05,1915
P1- EVERETT SEES A HORSE LEFT OUT IN THE HOT SUN BY ITS OWNER 
P2-EVERETT LOCATED THE OWNER 
EVERETT : IF YOU'D HITCH THAT CRITTER A FEW STEPS FORWARD IT WOULD BE OUT OF THE BROILING SUN-SO AND DO IT YOU LAZY GALOOT!!!

EVERETT THROWS THE OWNER TOWARDS THE STREET WHERE HE LEFT HIS HORSE
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ICE must be destroyed 🏳️‍⚧️🏴 @miawong.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Jesus fucking christ Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
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Benjamin @benjaminschneider.ch · 01/10/2026
just came across this incredible picture of Terry Pratchett
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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 01/10/2026
Emma Goldman once said that if voting changed anything, it would be illegal. But the necessary corollary to that is the most important votes ARE the ones they try to make illegal. Those are the votes that most matter - because they CAN change things.
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Abigail Larson @abigaillarson.com · 02/10/2026
“I have been in love with no one, and never shall," she whispered, "unless it should be with you." 🩸 Carmilla, by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
illustration by Abigail Larson inspired by the 1872 "Carmilla" novella by J. Sheridan Le Fanu depicting Carmilla leaning into Laura whispering passionately to her. Laura looks a little concerned by what she hears.
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Duchess Van Hoof @duchess-van-hoof.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
First Putin, now the Trump regime align themselves with Rowling. Reactionaries recognize their own.
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Christopher Hudson @chrishudsonjr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Abolish the Death Penalty No government should be trusted with the power to murder you
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Simkaye 🌈 @simkaye.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
anyone else feel like this
A digital illustration of a quetzalcoatlus perched on telephone wires among a flock of crows
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Dr Hannah M. Rowland @hannahmrowland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hope your day was better than Darwin’s, on this day 165 years ago
I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody &everything.

Charles Darwin
Letter to Charles Lyell
1st October 1861
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PEAR哥 @peargor.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Will Quinn @willquinnart.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Daily bunny no.3459 is getting ready
A couple of bunnies haul a gigantic pumpkin home from a pumpkin patch, dragging it down the sidewalk in an old-fashioned red toy wagon. A third bunny rolls a smaller pumpkin sideways along the sidewalk just behind them
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Duchess Van Hoof @duchess-van-hoof.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This, too, is Shadowrun.
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers
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shaunt @shaunvids.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"biden is sooo mad at netanyahu he's going to stop funding the genocide any day now, probably" is a tactic they tried every couple of weeks while he was in office. there's no rescuing his legacy here sorry
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Duchess Van Hoof @duchess-van-hoof.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The average proponents of the death penalty use utilitarian arguments as a prop; their real motive is that they really like hurting people. Quite frequently, they let it slip out.
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Eleonor Piteira @eleonorpiteira.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Started as a little study and became another one of the 'Secret Society of Unpractical Headpieces in Space' series (that still does not exist) 🪐
Illustration by Eleonor Piteira showing a black woman with an elaborate golden headpiece. Her hair is curly and long, she's wearing a dress, and gold and blue make up on her eyes. She is framed by a circle and behind her there is a space view with a star and small planets.
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Duchess Van Hoof @duchess-van-hoof.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Foglios make a quiet solid steampunk webcomic; it has curvy ladies, great art, scientific monstrosities and jagers. Jagers are a treat.
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Girl Genius Online Comics
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Duchess Van Hoof @duchess-van-hoof.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Deus Ex is indubitably the best game ever made, flaws and all; yet there are always little things I would alter. • Add rare enemies with optic stealth camo. • Add aerial drones. • Change the flare darts. • Remove the suppressor upgrade. • Turn the 10mm handgun inro a revolver.
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Talia "ATTACK DOGS is out now!" Bhatt ⚢ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 01/10/2026
That politicians feel empowered to so brazenly assist institutions in covering up and getting away with sexual abuse is an indictment of our society and culture, and how badly they continue to fail women.
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Duchess Van Hoof @duchess-van-hoof.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I should see if I can find an old copy of Snake Eater somewhere; there's so many things in MGS3 that become obsolete in Subsistence. The the active sonar, anti-personell sensor, the binoculars, the motion detector, the level design, the pacing... And Subsistence is still a masterpiece of a game.
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The Snake Eater Camera Was Better
YouTube video by LOTO
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Duchess Van Hoof @duchess-van-hoof.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It is absurd and amusing to see US conservatives, liberals & marxists agree on the whole "everything good is communism" thing. Want a living wage? Communism. Want universal healthcare? Communism. Want an end the wars? What would you know, communism.
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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
Bro really said "other than my one dead child, measles wasn't so hard on my kids who didn't die, 5 out of 5 stars, would deny my kids medical care again"
texastribune.org
Parents of Texas child who died of measles stand by decision to not vaccinate
The measles vaccine has been proven to be safe and effective against the disease, which is highly contagious and can be life threatening.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
See what I mean when I say the system is rigged?
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Talia "ATTACK DOGS is out now!" Bhatt ⚢ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 01/10/2026
I'm sorry that your groupchat called you a bad feminist for getting your legs waxed but sooner or later you're going to have to accept that that's not the same thing as the pervasive, all-encompassing pressure on all women to marry a man and raise kids.
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CZEdwards @czedwards.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Good job, California. 15 states to go. No child should marry. A child who marries isn’t emancipated, her (and it’s usually a girl) new spouse becomes her guardian. If he abuses her, she cannot go to a domestic violence shelter. She cannot initiate a divorce. She can’t have her own money.
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California bans child marriage, even with parental permission
Supporters hail ban on child marriage and companion bill to address forced marriages as “most comprehensive framework” in the U.S.
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Talia "ATTACK DOGS is out now!" Bhatt ⚢ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 30/09/2026
Observing public arguments between conservatives having an election panic and liberals trying to decide whether or not burying minorities is good has convinced me that "leftist infighting" is a complete meme and we actually agree with each other way more than other political tendencies tbh
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Perry “Bastard Pac-AckAckAckAckAck You Outta Know By Now” Normal @perrynormal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Transphobes: “trans people are all gross freaks and everyone hates them” Also transphobes: “we need the government to step in to protect us from trans people who are too pretty and popular.”
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 30/09/2026
Transgender girls have a biological advantage at... winning homecoming queen? That's apparently what Clayton County Public Schools in Georgia believes. They have blocked a transgender girl from running for homecoming queen in her high school Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Georgia School Blocks Trans Homecoming Queen, Citing Title IX
A Georgia school district is saying Trump’s Title IX crackdowns means only cisgender women can run for Homecoming Queen.
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Ed Lynch @goatburgler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Batman says transphobes GTFO. 🏳️‍⚧️
Batman (Bruce Wayne) to Galaxy (Taylor Barzelay): “THERE WAS NO JUST CAUSE FOR YOU TO HAVE BEEN SINGLED OUT. IF SOMEONE IS MADE UNCOMFORTABLE BY YOUR PRESENCE ALONE, THEN IT'S THEM WHO NEEDS TO LEAVE, NOT YOU.”

Justice League: Dream Girls #4
Writers: Nicole Maines and Jadzia Axelrod
Artists (Pencil & Ink): Ted Brandt, Ro Stein, and Rosi Kämpe
Colorists: Dearbhla Kelly and Triona Farrell
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Melissa DuVant @melissaduvant.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
so much of the AI techboro stuff is *deeply* solipsistic and highly creepy - "the entire world must be made for me, and anything not specifically for me is bad and wrong"
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Duchess Van Hoof @duchess-van-hoof.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A core part of art is to broaden your horizons, as you get to glimpse the world through the eyes of another. Quality art challenges and changes you.
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HolBat(Commission open on November) @kholbatar.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Francine, the Protheus fashion designer ✨️ #artsky #ocsky #scifi #cyberpunk
A cyborg lady with white skin and a black half-mask in a long dress
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Zuul Nightingale🚪 @danaenight.northsky.social · 30/09/2026
Autistic woman discovers that making a "meow" sound is actually an effective way of releasing psychological tension then realizes that she's done it during a work meeting with her mic un-muted They were all going to hear it eventually anyway
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Eternal Skies TCG RPG @eternalskies.neocities.org · 30/09/2026
I hate the assumption that video games should revolve around a "core gameplay loop". I even hate the phrase "core gameplay loop" I don't want a highly polished loop, I want to play an erratic adventure through the wilderness. I want to feel like the game and I are just winging it together balls out
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Sam Perin @zebotc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Dawn Angel ✨
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Duchess Van Hoof @duchess-van-hoof.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It is a grim irony that the U.S.S.R. persecuted queers with the logic that gay=fascist; at the same time that fascist states aggressively persecuted queers as well. I guess that is what happens when a paranoid madman performs a coup, regardless of which society it is. Projection & all that.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 30/09/2026
A new poll from The 19th News shows faltering Republican support for gender-affirming care bans for trans youth. It also shows that anti-trans ads might be backfiring, with respondents increasingly saying Republicans are talking about trans people too much. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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New Poll From The 19th News Shows Public Turning Against Republican Anti-Trans Healthcare Bans
The poll even shows faltering Republican support for such bans.
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