Mat Defiler
@auntiematter.bsky.social
Rad queer, science fi nerd, nurse.
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After the death of Charlie Kirk Wall Street Journal ran with an unverified law enforcement bulletin and amplified a right-wing narrative.
I wrote about what they did wrong and why it matters for @objectivejournos.bsky.social.
objectivejournalism.org/2025/09/wall...
I wrote about what they did wrong and why it matters for @objectivejournos.bsky.social.
objectivejournalism.org/2025/09/wall...
Wall Street Journal shirks apology for anti-trans misinformation
As right-wing efforts to connect trans people with violence escalate, journalists must be rigorous when covering anti-trans rhetoric.
objectivejournalism.org
September 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM
After the death of Charlie Kirk Wall Street Journal ran with an unverified law enforcement bulletin and amplified a right-wing narrative.
I wrote about what they did wrong and why it matters for @objectivejournos.bsky.social.
objectivejournalism.org/2025/09/wall...
I wrote about what they did wrong and why it matters for @objectivejournos.bsky.social.
objectivejournalism.org/2025/09/wall...
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"Society runs on violence, and no aspect of society can function without it."
It's easy to ask if violence is ever justified. It's a lot harder to confront the ways we all accept violence as part of our daily lives. I keep writing about this.
My latest newsletter:
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
It's easy to ask if violence is ever justified. It's a lot harder to confront the ways we all accept violence as part of our daily lives. I keep writing about this.
My latest newsletter:
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
I Can't Stop Writing About Violence
Hi! My book Lessons in Magic and Disaster has been out for a month, and I’ve been blown away by the response so far. So many people have told me that my...
buttondown.com
September 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
"Society runs on violence, and no aspect of society can function without it."
It's easy to ask if violence is ever justified. It's a lot harder to confront the ways we all accept violence as part of our daily lives. I keep writing about this.
My latest newsletter:
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
It's easy to ask if violence is ever justified. It's a lot harder to confront the ways we all accept violence as part of our daily lives. I keep writing about this.
My latest newsletter:
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
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“The illegal alien was pronounced dead,” is just a fucking monstrous thing to write.
His name was Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez.
His name was Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez.
September 12, 2025 at 11:02 PM
“The illegal alien was pronounced dead,” is just a fucking monstrous thing to write.
His name was Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez.
His name was Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez.
Annihilation, I mean I kind of feel like we're already there.
saw this on twitter & i had to know yall answers too 😂
August 14, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Annihilation, I mean I kind of feel like we're already there.
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All I think about when I hear people say that it’s bad taste to dance on Hulk Hogan’s grave is that Emmett Till’s monument had to be replaced with a 500lb steel bulletproof monument because white people simply won’t stop riddling it with bullets. So now it just has tons of dents. From bullets.
July 28, 2025 at 1:12 AM
All I think about when I hear people say that it’s bad taste to dance on Hulk Hogan’s grave is that Emmett Till’s monument had to be replaced with a 500lb steel bulletproof monument because white people simply won’t stop riddling it with bullets. So now it just has tons of dents. From bullets.
Woke up from a dream with this song in my head. youtu.be/2CUQu5K8lp8?.... Never gets old.
Chumbawamba - On the day the nazi died
YouTube video by punkmusiclovers
youtu.be
February 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Woke up from a dream with this song in my head. youtu.be/2CUQu5K8lp8?.... Never gets old.
Saw the Birdheart performance of the Chicago Puppet Fest, the use of materials and stylistics was so stunning, made me think of my beloved old friend HA!, who could make a ballgown out of trash paper. chicagopuppetfest.org/event/julian...
Julian Crouch & Saskia Lane: Birdheart - Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival %
Instituto Cervantes of Chicago & Chicago Puppet Fest present Julian Crouch & Saskia Lane.
chicagopuppetfest.org
January 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Saw the Birdheart performance of the Chicago Puppet Fest, the use of materials and stylistics was so stunning, made me think of my beloved old friend HA!, who could make a ballgown out of trash paper. chicagopuppetfest.org/event/julian...
Our new president had his crony literally seig heiling him on inauguration day and this alder-block of my city is still waving anti-semitic accusations on folks criticizing isreali's government for literal genocide. Priorities, anyone???!! www.wbez.org/city-hall/20...
City Council majority demands removal of artwork at Cultural Center that it calls antisemitic
The display, titled U.S.-Israel War Machine, includes one puppet branded “Uncle Sam” with blood on his face. Another puppet depicts Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with blood on his hands.
www.wbez.org
January 23, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Our new president had his crony literally seig heiling him on inauguration day and this alder-block of my city is still waving anti-semitic accusations on folks criticizing isreali's government for literal genocide. Priorities, anyone???!! www.wbez.org/city-hall/20...
Too cold and exhausted (from swing shift) to lean into the responses I was planning today, so I'm cooking soup.
January 20, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Too cold and exhausted (from swing shift) to lean into the responses I was planning today, so I'm cooking soup.
Dang, I'm going to have to revise the Posthumous Ball in 2025 so we can have a Le Pen effigy piñata! www.reuters.com/world/europe...
Former French far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen dies aged 96, media reports
Jean-Marie Le Pen, an unabashed nationalist and founder of the French far-right National Front (Front National) party, has died aged 96, French media said on Tuesday.
www.reuters.com
January 7, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Dang, I'm going to have to revise the Posthumous Ball in 2025 so we can have a Le Pen effigy piñata! www.reuters.com/world/europe...
Reeling this week from real life situations down stream from Health Care Industry Neglect. "Fly in the ointment" shit, makes it hard for us HC workers to sleep at night. Feel bad for my patients, not me. I'm just trying to keep my empathy intact; compassionate accountability accepted.
January 7, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Reeling this week from real life situations down stream from Health Care Industry Neglect. "Fly in the ointment" shit, makes it hard for us HC workers to sleep at night. Feel bad for my patients, not me. I'm just trying to keep my empathy intact; compassionate accountability accepted.
I pulled the fallen tower card for “final outcome” in my new Year's Eve reading. I'm not the worst ensemble character for this drama, but I was hoping it would at least start out a little less cliche.
January 1, 2025 at 5:18 AM
I pulled the fallen tower card for “final outcome” in my new Year's Eve reading. I'm not the worst ensemble character for this drama, but I was hoping it would at least start out a little less cliche.
When your sweetheart spends 3 hours shoveling a skate pretzel on the frozen pond for you to enjoy for the remaining hour and a half before it rains. That's love, folks.
December 27, 2024 at 4:37 AM
When your sweetheart spends 3 hours shoveling a skate pretzel on the frozen pond for you to enjoy for the remaining hour and a half before it rains. That's love, folks.
This, this. A thousand times.
You cannot claim to oppose fascism *and* defend the purveyors of anti-trans misinformation.
Scapegoating is a key component of fascism, and the "reasonable, just asking questions" "moderates" are vital to the fascist infrastructure.
Scapegoating is a key component of fascism, and the "reasonable, just asking questions" "moderates" are vital to the fascist infrastructure.
December 6, 2024 at 2:54 PM
This, this. A thousand times.
My thoughts about UHC CEO thing 1. We are in mafia stage capitalism. Who's shocked when a Cartel boss with one of the highest hit counts under his belt gets downed like, well, a cartel boss? 2. Wait, did The Ministry For The Future get its black ops up and running?
December 6, 2024 at 2:26 PM
My thoughts about UHC CEO thing 1. We are in mafia stage capitalism. Who's shocked when a Cartel boss with one of the highest hit counts under his belt gets downed like, well, a cartel boss? 2. Wait, did The Ministry For The Future get its black ops up and running?
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Trans folks held a dance party in the Capitol bathroom to protest the bathroom ban on there.
December 5, 2024 at 3:59 AM
Trans folks held a dance party in the Capitol bathroom to protest the bathroom ban on there.
You tube is constantly dropping me shorts of people squishing their entire loaf of fresh baked sourdough then slicing it smack through the middle. Why would ANYONE do such barbaric things to any bread, never mind a perfect fresh baked loaf???!! *shudder*
December 3, 2024 at 8:34 PM
You tube is constantly dropping me shorts of people squishing their entire loaf of fresh baked sourdough then slicing it smack through the middle. Why would ANYONE do such barbaric things to any bread, never mind a perfect fresh baked loaf???!! *shudder*
To the guy who walked through our protest screaming "FREE THE HOSTAGES". Hey, we have a common enemy, because Netenyahu sure as fuck has no interest in freeing any hostages. (Trying to find grey area between not feeding trolls and seeing myself as part of a project of inviting.)
December 1, 2024 at 3:52 PM
To the guy who walked through our protest screaming "FREE THE HOSTAGES". Hey, we have a common enemy, because Netenyahu sure as fuck has no interest in freeing any hostages. (Trying to find grey area between not feeding trolls and seeing myself as part of a project of inviting.)
Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy that isn't a selfie.
November 27, 2024 at 5:46 PM
Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy that isn't a selfie.
To anyone getting caught up in debates about whether abandoning a scapegoated minority is necessary (or in any way beneficial), I'm gonna quote the great internationalist Curtis Mayfield. "But respect for everybody's right would be really out of sight". #WildAndFree #NotDividedNotConquered
November 25, 2024 at 8:49 PM
To anyone getting caught up in debates about whether abandoning a scapegoated minority is necessary (or in any way beneficial), I'm gonna quote the great internationalist Curtis Mayfield. "But respect for everybody's right would be really out of sight". #WildAndFree #NotDividedNotConquered