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Margaret Killjoy

@margaret.bsky.social

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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This will only be possible by creating networks of cooperation and convergence with a complete refusal of the tools of authority and obedience in the customs and traditions of anarchism.

Long live anarchy
Long live freedom

01.03.2026 03:24 β€” πŸ‘ 57    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We need to do what we can to protect our loved ones and put an end to the Islamic Republic at the earliest opportunity, while at the same time preventing the seizure of the revolution by foreign forces and their servants.

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If they had not intervened and divided the people's struggles with their servants like Reza Pahlavi to seize the revolution, we might have seen this day sooner.

Israel and America are not the saviors of the people in Iran.

01.03.2026 03:24 β€” πŸ‘ 58    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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We congratulate everyone on the death of Khamenei.

The bitter taste about this is the fact that these actions were carried out by the fascist governments of Israel and America.

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"The Islamists oppose women getting an education," I mutter, as I aim my missile at the girls school

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Too often left out of the conversation

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Different laws

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(Kansas invalidating 1500 trans peoples drivers licenses overnight. Prison system forcing detransition on prisoners)

27.02.2026 18:58 β€” πŸ‘ 309    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1

So, I dunno. Be nice to a trans person today. And don't forget trans men as part of all of this.

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I feel like usually bad news rolls off me easier than most of the people I know. I tend towards stoicism in the face of this or that new terrible bill. But the news out of Kansas and the prison system are rattling me more than usual, which I'm guessing means other folks are more rattled still.

27.02.2026 18:58 β€” πŸ‘ 706    πŸ” 61    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 0
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To celebrate the Green Party winning a by-election last night, here are three fantastic books that feature positive leftist societies:

- A Country of Ghosts by @margaret.bsky.social
- A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
- Rainbow Islands by Devin Harnois
πŸ“šπŸ’™ πŸ“šπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ

27.02.2026 15:55 β€” πŸ‘ 64    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Keep fucking going.

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now we've got deny, defend, depose

26.02.2026 15:18 β€” πŸ‘ 370    πŸ” 46    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Margaret continues her talk with Courtney Kocak about the potentially million-strong alliance of Black farmers who built up a cooperative economics in the post-war American South

@margaret.bsky.social @courtneykocak.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social 

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-cool-people-who-did-cool-96003360/episode/part-two-the-colored-farmers-alliance-and-early-black-cooperativism-in-the-us-324719930

Margaret continues her talk with Courtney Kocak about the potentially million-strong alliance of Black farmers who built up a cooperative economics in the post-war American South @margaret.bsky.social @courtneykocak.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-cool-people-who-did-cool-96003360/episode/part-two-the-colored-farmers-alliance-and-early-black-cooperativism-in-the-us-324719930

Margaret continues her talk with Courtney Kocak about the potentially million-strong alliance of Black farmers who built up a cooperative economics in the post-war American South

@margaret.bsky.social @courtneykocak.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social

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

25.02.2026 20:41 β€” πŸ‘ 57    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Luigi Galleani - Wikipedia

To be honest I'm not a huge fan of the guy, but:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_G...

25.02.2026 14:23 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh yup that doesn't surprise me. Damn.

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What a treat to have my book Mutual Aid read by @margaret.bsky.social on her podcast Cool Zone Media Book Club. Check out both episodes anywhere you get your podcasts!

An updated version of Mutual Aid is coming out March 31st from Verso Books.

24.02.2026 21:54 β€” πŸ‘ 66    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Revolutionen basieren auf Scheitern | Gold Mirror – Analysen, Kommentare, Perspektiven

Wer sich fΓΌr Antifaschismus, Klimagerechtigkeit oder sonstige Grundrechte einsetzt, kommt am Scheitern kaum vorbei.
Wie gut, dass Scheitern uns den Weg ebnet.
Hier die deutsche Übersetzung des Textes "revolutions are built on failure" von @margaret.bsky.social
goldmirror.noblogs.org/2026/02/12/r...

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I feel like this sums up the relationship between police and the public.

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New Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff πŸ§‘πŸΏβ€πŸŒΎ

Margaret talks to @courtneykocak.bsky.social about the potentially million-strong alliance of Black farmers who built up a cooperative economics in the post-war American South

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

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

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CZM Book Club: The Clover Still Grows Wild in Wawanosh, by Kelly Rose Pflug-Back

I am very pleased to hear Margaret read my friend Kelly Rose Pflug-Back’s story. @margaret.bsky.social

open.spotify.com/episode/30oB...

23.02.2026 22:58 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Some of the people that I have met in the community since this began are the most competent, focused, passionate workers I've ever seen. This idea that anarchists/decentralized movements would be like herding cats falls apart immediately in this real world example.

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Just buried under work so haven't finished recording them yet. They're in progress! I think only the first one is out. But you can hear me read the first two on Book Club

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My dad can't sing for shit but him singing me songs at bedtime is in competition for my happiest memories

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whoa! where at?

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a country of ghosts by margaret killjoy.

a country of ghosts by margaret killjoy.

fourth book of the year finished.

if you’re looking for something to read right now, i highly recommend this book. an extraordinary gritty utopian novel about what is possible in the midst of imperial opposition.

thank you, @margaret.bsky.social

18.02.2026 20:12 β€” πŸ‘ 128    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1
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The Punk Rock Good Life: A Guide to an Aesthetic Life - Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff | iHeart <p>Margaret reads you an essay about how to live a beautiful life</p><p>See <a href='https://omnystudio.com/listener'>omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>

From now on I'll be re-listening to this essay by @margaret.bsky.social whenever I'm having a bad day: www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...

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A LOVE LETTER TO THE PEOPLE OF THE TWIN CITIES. FROM THE ORGANIZERS OF THE β€œMELT THE ICE” WEEK OF ACTION. We write this to you as a loose collective of organizers and neighbors who have been by your side doing rapid response, dispatch shifts, and mutual aid. We are now working hard to convene a Week of Action, February 25 to March 1, that brings together people from near and far to learn, practice, and grow in the skills and commitments that will be required to not just force ICE out of our home, but to abolish ICE altogether.

A LOVE LETTER TO THE PEOPLE OF THE TWIN CITIES. FROM THE ORGANIZERS OF THE β€œMELT THE ICE” WEEK OF ACTION. We write this to you as a loose collective of organizers and neighbors who have been by your side doing rapid response, dispatch shifts, and mutual aid. We are now working hard to convene a Week of Action, February 25 to March 1, that brings together people from near and far to learn, practice, and grow in the skills and commitments that will be required to not just force ICE out of our home, but to abolish ICE altogether.

We see it as our responsibility now to spread the skills, tactics, and revolutionary love that have defined the anti-ICE movement here to people across the country. We must continue to build the movement against ICE, and that means extending a welcoming hand.

We also know that there are so many beautiful corners of this movement locally that we have not been able to reach yet, as our personal networks only extend so far. If you have something to offer the Week of Action, we want it to happen! We invite individuals, affinity groups, and organizations to use the Week of Action as an umbrella for their own anti-ICE projects and calls to action.

We see it as our responsibility now to spread the skills, tactics, and revolutionary love that have defined the anti-ICE movement here to people across the country. We must continue to build the movement against ICE, and that means extending a welcoming hand. We also know that there are so many beautiful corners of this movement locally that we have not been able to reach yet, as our personal networks only extend so far. If you have something to offer the Week of Action, we want it to happen! We invite individuals, affinity groups, and organizations to use the Week of Action as an umbrella for their own anti-ICE projects and calls to action.

If you want to host an action, workshop, training, or other event between February 25 and March 1, and you want more people to know about it, please let us know at info@melttheicemn.com. We will be sharing daily schedules of anti-ICE events we know about from across this diverse movement with everybody on our contact lists. Find more ways to get involved on our website.

Minnesota has already inspired the world with our commitment to resisting federal siege. Now it's time to do what we can to build a sustained movement that will follow ICE wherever they go and won't stop until the entire institution is abolished.

If you want to host an action, workshop, training, or other event between February 25 and March 1, and you want more people to know about it, please let us know at info@melttheicemn.com. We will be sharing daily schedules of anti-ICE events we know about from across this diverse movement with everybody on our contact lists. Find more ways to get involved on our website. Minnesota has already inspired the world with our commitment to resisting federal siege. Now it's time to do what we can to build a sustained movement that will follow ICE wherever they go and won't stop until the entire institution is abolished.

We're inviting our incredible neighbors to a week of action Feb 25th- March 1st. We need your energy, experience, and enthusiasm to abolish ICE. Find out more on our site melttheicemn.com✊πŸ”₯❀

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Arson attack on equipment at the Artificial Intelligence Campus construction site at the Equinix data center (Meudon, France, November 23, 2025)

Arson attack on equipment at the Artificial Intelligence Campus construction site at the Equinix data center (Meudon, France, November 23, 2025)

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