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Margaret Killjoy

@margaret.bsky.social

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host of Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff. Co-owner of Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness. Latest book is The Immortal Choir Holds Every Voice. she/they

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Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · May 4

I must not discourse.
Discourse is the mind-killer.
Discourse is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face the discourse.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 11h

Our plane to Spain is in the air!

🙌🙌

Thank you so much to the countless people supporting us in every way and in particular all of the Rutgers students and faculty who have supported us every step of the way.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 17h

Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis

CAIRO—As part of a historic ceasefire agreement with Hamas following two years of war, the Israeli government reportedly agreed Thursday to go back to killing Palestinians on a less frequent basis. “I...

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Reed Hawley 🏳️‍⚧️ @pumpkinspicewd40.bsky.social · 20h

Here are some screenshots for the US citizens (the insta post has more). Senators: Marsha Blackburn, Bill Hagerty, Rick Scott, Ashley Moody, Ted Budd, Thom Tillis. Other officials also listed. Sorry for sloppy alt text.

Image of Kyle Matthew Kaptain with text "abducted from international waters." Contact
US Rep Valerie Foushier, North Carolina governor John Stein, US Senator Ted Budd, US Senator Thom Tillis

Photo of Egan Louise Moore, abducted from international waters.
Contact: US Rep Laurel Lee, US Senator Rick Scott, US Senator Ashley Moody, Florida governor Ron Desantis

Photo of Cammi Lee Morgan, abducted from international waters.
Contact: US Senator Marsha Blackburn, US Senator Bill Hagerty, Tennessee governor Bill Lee, US Rep Kelly Keisling

Photo of Ryouko Sasha Iwamoto, abducted from international waters.
Contact: US Senator Marsha Blackburn, US Senator Bill Hagerty, Tennessee governor Bill Lee, US rep Kelly Keisling

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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 20h

“I’ll kill you in front of your students.”

This is just one of the death threats that has driven @mark-bray.bsky.social to try and flee the US.

But at the airport last night, after checking in and clearing security, his booking mysteriously disappeared

www.wired.com/story/mark-b...

He Wrote a Book About Antifa. Death Threats Are Driving Him Out of the US

Rutgers historian Mark Bray is trying to flee to Spain after after an online campaign from far-right influencers was followed by death threats. He was turned back at the airport on his first attempt.

www.wired.com

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Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 20h

thank you!

Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 21h

i have never been a "call your senator" type of activist, if I'm being honest. But it would mean a lot to me personally if you helped put pressure on US lawmakers to help their constituents that are in Israeli captivity as part of the aid flotilla.

www.instagram.com/p/DPlSCGYgBjT/

Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.

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Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 1d

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CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 1d

Right now, Donald Trump, Kash Patel, Kristi Noem, and other officials are participating in a panel about "Antifa," threatening to "destroy the entire organization [sic] from top to bottom."

This is a good time to revisit our guide to preparing for repression:

crimethinc.com/Safeguarding

President Trump Participates in a Roundtable on Antifa

President Trump holds a roundtable meeting on Antifa.

www.c-span.org

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Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 1d

fuck. yeah, i believe it. thanks for telling me though!

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Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness @tangledwilderness.bsky.social · 1d

We're not in the business of giving advice to nation states but here goes:

Hey, Germany? No one was asking for you to declare yourself the world authority on defining antisemitism.

Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 1d

I wrote a post about Palestine and then got an angry email from someone in Germany about it. Least surprising development of the day. Oh antideutsch, keep disappointing everyone.

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Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 1d

what happened?

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Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 1d

so far I've only lost six subscribers since posting it, which means I've been doing an alright job of making sure people know what I'm about, I suppose.

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Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 1d

this week's post is about palestine, the history of zionism, and anecdotes about israeli anarchist friends of mine from years ago who were living in exile to avoid joining the IDF

margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/77-years-a...

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Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 1d

if you live under a rock that I wish I was also under, anti-deutsch is the "anti-german" movement in Germany that is about the most german thing in the world, where they feel so guilty about WWII that ostensible antifascists have been waving israeli and US flags at demos for decades.

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Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 1d

I wrote a post about Palestine and then got an angry email from someone in Germany about it. Least surprising development of the day. Oh antideutsch, keep disappointing everyone.

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 2d

war, war never changes.

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 2d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 2d

they don’t want you to know how they treat prisoners because it will grieve you to know it, which is natural and human, and because of your normal human reaction you will want the system changed. It’s important to them that your natural aversion to how the system works not be engaged.

The News & Observer @newsobserver.com · 2d

A 2023 records request to get the Durham County Jail policy manual has spurred a years-long legal dispute.

NC nonprofit still pushing for Durham County sheriff to release jail policies

A 2023 records request to get the Durham County Jail policy manual has spurred a years-long legal dispute.

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Savika 🏳️‍⚧️ @boowriter.bsky.social · 2d

35) The Immortal Choir Holds Every Voice by @margaret.bsky.social

I'm a bit late to this one, but I finally managed to sit down for it and it is lovely. Really, really special. Margaret's prose is as good as always but the themes and stories are just... Its really something special. Worth reading~

The cover illustration of The Immortal Choir holds every Voice by Margaret Killjoy, featuring a mysterious bull illuminated by fire.

The weird magic world of Danielle Cain has only gotten better with time, but the execution is a little different from prior books in the series, where the focus had been Danielle and her small found family and their adventures. This book sees them taking a break, literally, pausing to wait out the night and sharing stories and these stories are what we are privy to.

And they are excellent; all different flavors of weird with varying levels of darkness to them. They harken back to the first novelle with specific characters but outside of that they can be enjoyed on their own if so desired.

Admittedly, they can get very unpleasant; there are some dark concepts at play here. Not just in the magical sense, but in the human sense. Without spoiling too much, the third story in particular is very, very prescient to our current political climate and paints a picture about how dangerous things can become very easily.

In a way, I appreciated that. The stories become a little educational; a little something more. And the biggest thing it gave me was hope. I'm not naive enough to think that everything will be hunky-dory is we just believe it will. If that was the case, we'd never have been in this situation to begin with. But the stories do give me strength in the idea of human will. In how similar we all are and how we all face common evils.

It really is a great book; maybe even the best in the series. Its truly special. Worth reading and cherishing for a long time to come. I hope Margaret does more in this series, I do love these characters, but if it never happens, this is a fine send off for sure.

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Cool Zone Media @coolzonemedia.bsky.social · 3d

CZM Rewind: Baba Yaga: Everyone's Favorite Witch From Folklore, Part One 🧙🏻‍♀️⏪

Margaret talks with Jamie Loftus about Baba Yaga, the Slavic legend who eats children and occasionally helps people.

@margaret.bsky.social @jamieloftus.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social

www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...

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CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 4d

Donald Trump is trying to criminalize opposition to fascism. What are the real threats—and how can people prepare for them?

We've prepared a zine version of "Make Ready: Safeguarding Our Movements against Repression."

Please print these out and distribute them widely!

crimethinc.com/MakeReadyZine

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Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness @tangledwilderness.bsky.social · 5d

This time on This Month in the Apocalypse, @margaret.bsky.social , @jamesstout.bsky.social, and Inmn talk about what happened in September, from the climate, to immigration courts, to the already not the latest executive order.
live-like-the-world-is-dying.pinecast.co/episode/6e37...

This Month in the Apocalypse: September, 2025

# Episode Summary This time on This Month in the Apocalypse, Margaret, James, and Inmn talk about everything that happened in September, from what's going on with the climate, to immigration cour...

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anUnrelatedThing @anunrelatedthing.bsky.social · 6d

Look what arrived today!

Thank you @margaret.bsky.social and @detritusbooks.bsky.social for being awesome! This order happened explicitly because of the CZM Book Club. I was entranced and had to get a copy for myself.

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Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 6d

in my experience, whenever we pressure platforms to deplatform extremism, anarchists and leftists are deplatformed more often than the right wing. I don't personally see it as remarkably different than any other compromise I make on a daily basis like letting credit card companies take a cut.

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Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 6d

this week's post is about how hard it is for us to have conversations about what's happening when we don't actually agree about how bad things are right now

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molly @bugmom.bsky.social · 8d

Every lifelong Catholic I've ever met is like
"I think we're supposed to give this food to poor people" and every adult convert is like "the Archon of Constantinople's epistle on the Pentacostine rites of the eucharist clearly states women shouldn't have driver's licenses.

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