Duchess Van Hoof
@duchess-van-hoof.bsky.social
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.
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.
Pinned
"It's blasphemy!"
"That's what people say when the voiceless speak."
Samuel Vimes, what a man...
"That's what people say when the voiceless speak."
Samuel Vimes, what a man...
I can recommend it, overall it has aged remarkably well and has only gotten more relevant as time went on.
February 13, 2026 at 8:17 PM
I can recommend it, overall it has aged remarkably well and has only gotten more relevant as time went on.
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I’ve literally been saying this since I was a teenager:
February 13, 2026 at 5:13 PM
I’ve literally been saying this since I was a teenager:
Ah, when the Rapture happens.
I’m sure the mass of dissatisfied transitioners will appear once the mass of COVID vaccine deaths show up.
February 13, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Ah, when the Rapture happens.
You forget, cis people are worth more than trans people.
We're subhuman.
So the equation of a single detransitioner vs a thousand happy trans people is considered horrifying to them.
Our wellbeing never enters the equation, nor our agency, our autonomy nor human rights.
We're subhuman.
So the equation of a single detransitioner vs a thousand happy trans people is considered horrifying to them.
Our wellbeing never enters the equation, nor our agency, our autonomy nor human rights.
February 13, 2026 at 5:14 PM
You forget, cis people are worth more than trans people.
We're subhuman.
So the equation of a single detransitioner vs a thousand happy trans people is considered horrifying to them.
Our wellbeing never enters the equation, nor our agency, our autonomy nor human rights.
We're subhuman.
So the equation of a single detransitioner vs a thousand happy trans people is considered horrifying to them.
Our wellbeing never enters the equation, nor our agency, our autonomy nor human rights.
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This entire 'debate' is so maddening. We have been promised that a groundswell of rushed, dissatisfied detransitioners was about to emerge for nearly a decade.
Not only have they never materialized, but academic research continues to show small numbers, long assessments and miniscule regret rates.
Not only have they never materialized, but academic research continues to show small numbers, long assessments and miniscule regret rates.
February 13, 2026 at 3:54 PM
This entire 'debate' is so maddening. We have been promised that a groundswell of rushed, dissatisfied detransitioners was about to emerge for nearly a decade.
Not only have they never materialized, but academic research continues to show small numbers, long assessments and miniscule regret rates.
Not only have they never materialized, but academic research continues to show small numbers, long assessments and miniscule regret rates.
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.000666...% complaint rate over ten years. less than one a year. they shut down a whole clinic over something that has orders of magnitude less regret than knee replacement surgery
a clinic that provided services to 12,000 people being closed on the basis of 8 complaints perfectly captures the nature of the uk 'trans-debate'
www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/n...
www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/n...
NHS closed Tavistock over care complaints – there were only eight
An eye-opening FOI report has revealed that just eight people complained about the Tavistock gender clinic's care provision in 10 years.
www.thepinknews.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:57 PM
.000666...% complaint rate over ten years. less than one a year. they shut down a whole clinic over something that has orders of magnitude less regret than knee replacement surgery
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Life of Brian voice: "But what has biomedical research *really* done for us??" Uh..."immunotherapies for cancer? Minimally invasive surgery? GLP-1 drugs?" Oh, shut up!
February 13, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Life of Brian voice: "But what has biomedical research *really* done for us??" Uh..."immunotherapies for cancer? Minimally invasive surgery? GLP-1 drugs?" Oh, shut up!
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In the 1800's this was identified as the Urinary Leash bc there were very few public toilets made for women at the time for reasons of "protection and decency"
It served to trap women by keeping them out of public life and dependent
Limiting bathroom access has always been a tool of oppression
It served to trap women by keeping them out of public life and dependent
Limiting bathroom access has always been a tool of oppression
The end result of this is not that you don't get to use your choice of bathroom - it's that you don't get to use the bathroom at all.
Suddenly, you have to plan every trip with this in mind. Where are the toilets you know are safe? How long can you go without needing to use one?
Suddenly, you have to plan every trip with this in mind. Where are the toilets you know are safe? How long can you go without needing to use one?
February 13, 2026 at 4:06 PM
In the 1800's this was identified as the Urinary Leash bc there were very few public toilets made for women at the time for reasons of "protection and decency"
It served to trap women by keeping them out of public life and dependent
Limiting bathroom access has always been a tool of oppression
It served to trap women by keeping them out of public life and dependent
Limiting bathroom access has always been a tool of oppression
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I've said this before but we have more and better reason to believe that plants are conscious than we have to believe LLMs are, and the only reason why people take for granted that plants aren't but 'ai could be' is because their chatbots produce text that looks like communication and plants don't.
I'm pretty sure I know. They aren't. We're not going to really be able to make a lot of progress in dealing with the implications of this tech unless and until we get rid of all this "woo-woo" talk about LLMs. Anthropic pushing this line is PR, unserious.
February 13, 2026 at 3:53 PM
I've said this before but we have more and better reason to believe that plants are conscious than we have to believe LLMs are, and the only reason why people take for granted that plants aren't but 'ai could be' is because their chatbots produce text that looks like communication and plants don't.
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"'She is dead,'" Officer Auderer told Officer Solan, before bursting out laughing.
"'No, it’s a regular person,' Officer Auderer said, adding: 'Yeah, just write a check — $11,000. She was 26, anyway. She had limited value.'"
"'No, it’s a regular person,' Officer Auderer said, adding: 'Yeah, just write a check — $11,000. She was 26, anyway. She had limited value.'"
Seattle to Pay $29 Million to Family of Woman Fatally Struck by Police S.U.V.
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:28 PM
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Alsvid, you are the reason why Gold Ship is the one Uma Musume I knew of, when my discord friends discussed the anime.
February 13, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Alsvid, you are the reason why Gold Ship is the one Uma Musume I knew of, when my discord friends discussed the anime.
I didn't read the fine text of the picture.
February 13, 2026 at 3:23 PM
I didn't read the fine text of the picture.
Reminds me of the blog I read by one elderly assimilationist trans woman.
"Only a slut would wear white panties underneath white trousers!"
Babe, please stop bring complicit in your own oppression.
It is embarassing.
"Only a slut would wear white panties underneath white trousers!"
Babe, please stop bring complicit in your own oppression.
It is embarassing.
February 13, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Reminds me of the blog I read by one elderly assimilationist trans woman.
"Only a slut would wear white panties underneath white trousers!"
Babe, please stop bring complicit in your own oppression.
It is embarassing.
"Only a slut would wear white panties underneath white trousers!"
Babe, please stop bring complicit in your own oppression.
It is embarassing.
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Not only do we have the largest prisoner population in Europe and the 3rd largest per capita, it costs £54k per year for each one. If you spent half that much money on mental health, housing and drug addiction services you could empty many of the prisons.
We already have the third highest rate of imprisonment per capita across the whole continent and the largest absolute prison population full stop. And they want to lock up more people than that.
childrenofprisoners.eu/facts_and_fi...
childrenofprisoners.eu/facts_and_fi...
Prison population total - Children of prisoners
Prison population in European Union countries, Norway, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, including pre-trial detainees and remand prisoners. Source: Aebi, M. F., Cocco, E., Molnar, L. & Tiago, M. M....
childrenofprisoners.eu
February 13, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Not only do we have the largest prisoner population in Europe and the 3rd largest per capita, it costs £54k per year for each one. If you spent half that much money on mental health, housing and drug addiction services you could empty many of the prisons.
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hi, cis folks!
if you’re in kansas, please call & tell your state senator & representative that revoking trans people’s documents & setting bounties on trans folks using the bathroom is fucked. tell them to support a veto—yes, even republicans.
contact info: reps.fyi
find talking points in the QP
if you’re in kansas, please call & tell your state senator & representative that revoking trans people’s documents & setting bounties on trans folks using the bathroom is fucked. tell them to support a veto—yes, even republicans.
contact info: reps.fyi
find talking points in the QP
The Kansas State Legislature just passed SB 244, an extremist bill which cruelly targets trans people and their access to restrooms and accurate identity documents.
Kansans: The time to act is NOW. 🚨
Contact your legislators and urge them to SUPPORT the veto of SB 244: tinyurl.com/2m77hbkk
Kansans: The time to act is NOW. 🚨
Contact your legislators and urge them to SUPPORT the veto of SB 244: tinyurl.com/2m77hbkk
February 13, 2026 at 3:44 AM
hi, cis folks!
if you’re in kansas, please call & tell your state senator & representative that revoking trans people’s documents & setting bounties on trans folks using the bathroom is fucked. tell them to support a veto—yes, even republicans.
contact info: reps.fyi
find talking points in the QP
if you’re in kansas, please call & tell your state senator & representative that revoking trans people’s documents & setting bounties on trans folks using the bathroom is fucked. tell them to support a veto—yes, even republicans.
contact info: reps.fyi
find talking points in the QP
It is just sad.
February 13, 2026 at 3:19 PM
It is just sad.
"What are you talking about?"
I know some diehard Marxists can be a bit thickheaded at times, but that is nothing compared with this.
The utter confusion when people tell him that he deserves better.
Honestly, there are conservatives with a stronger class consciousness than thidäs.
I know some diehard Marxists can be a bit thickheaded at times, but that is nothing compared with this.
The utter confusion when people tell him that he deserves better.
Honestly, there are conservatives with a stronger class consciousness than thidäs.
February 13, 2026 at 3:18 PM
"What are you talking about?"
I know some diehard Marxists can be a bit thickheaded at times, but that is nothing compared with this.
The utter confusion when people tell him that he deserves better.
Honestly, there are conservatives with a stronger class consciousness than thidäs.
I know some diehard Marxists can be a bit thickheaded at times, but that is nothing compared with this.
The utter confusion when people tell him that he deserves better.
Honestly, there are conservatives with a stronger class consciousness than thidäs.
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Trans people in the UK would be well-advised to get accessible toilet keys. Get them from us and you can:
A) get them for free if you need one
B) pay and keep your money within a community initiative that's doing vital work to build the support framework the trans community desperately needs.
A) get them for free if you need one
B) pay and keep your money within a community initiative that's doing vital work to build the support framework the trans community desperately needs.
February 13, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Trans people in the UK would be well-advised to get accessible toilet keys. Get them from us and you can:
A) get them for free if you need one
B) pay and keep your money within a community initiative that's doing vital work to build the support framework the trans community desperately needs.
A) get them for free if you need one
B) pay and keep your money within a community initiative that's doing vital work to build the support framework the trans community desperately needs.
Staten o kapitalet sitter i samma båt...
Discord lied.
they’re now sending scanned IDs to persona, a third party company.
“facial scans will never leave your device” -discord lmao.
they’re now sending scanned IDs to persona, a third party company.
“facial scans will never leave your device” -discord lmao.
February 13, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Staten o kapitalet sitter i samma båt...
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The contradictions within liberalism have clearly reached critical levels.
Meltdown imminent.
Meltdown imminent.
February 13, 2026 at 2:01 PM
The contradictions within liberalism have clearly reached critical levels.
Meltdown imminent.
Meltdown imminent.
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There's now a steady stream of new research on exactly how Cass has caused harm. One of the most important is Cal Horton's article “The worst thing I’ve ever experienced”. This is the first study to look at patient experiences in England's new post-Cass Children and Young People’s Gender Service.
“The worst thing I’ve ever experienced” – comparing experiences of affirmative and non-affirmative healthcare provision for trans adolescents in the UK
Within trans youth healthcare two fundamentally different models of care persist, with a significant difference between affirmative and non-affirmative healthcare services. To date there has been l...
www.tandfonline.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:09 PM
There's now a steady stream of new research on exactly how Cass has caused harm. One of the most important is Cal Horton's article “The worst thing I’ve ever experienced”. This is the first study to look at patient experiences in England's new post-Cass Children and Young People’s Gender Service.
No, just a simple, wooden beech cane.
A bit battered, I drop it a lot.
A bit battered, I drop it a lot.
February 13, 2026 at 1:48 PM
No, just a simple, wooden beech cane.
A bit battered, I drop it a lot.
A bit battered, I drop it a lot.
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I do not trust anybody that sees disabled people as a problem to be solved.
February 12, 2026 at 11:41 PM
I do not trust anybody that sees disabled people as a problem to be solved.
This is an interesting subject relating to the Federation, I appreciate it being mentioned.
February 13, 2026 at 1:44 PM
This is an interesting subject relating to the Federation, I appreciate it being mentioned.