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Cameron Crowell @caminaction.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

I was in Oaxaca when federal agents invaded Los Angeles, where so many people from Yalalag lived or had family. A surreal week with some of the nicest people I’ve ever met, people obviously not met with the same hospitality in the States.

I can’t help feeling like the level of friendliness towards a gringo stranger feels unwarranted. That same week, Donald Trump had just sent in the National Guard to Los Angeles in an effort to quell anti-deportation protests and bolster the efforts of ICE. Protests were only escalating to combat aggressive ICE raids in early June. The majority Latino community had resisted La Migra, some throwing rocks and physically blocking ICE vehicles while the federal agents beat and even ran over protesters with their SUVs. It’s a city where nearly everyone I speak with currently has family or friends living. Multiple people tell me they have family that usually would attend this festival but are not because they are afraid they can’t return to the States after.

I chat with a handmade huarache shoemaker who sees my basketball shoes and asks if I would be willing to bring back a pair of Nikes to trade for one of his. I tell him I would try to bring some if I can make it back next year, and a guy walking by stops.

“Why are you here, gringo?” the man says.

“I wanted to learn more about your festival,” I say. “I play a lot of basketball back home and my friend wanted to show me how you all play here.”

“Well you can come here all you want, walk on our land, eat our food, and nobody stops you,” he pauses to spit. “But I can’t go to where you’re from. I’m not welcome.”

The man walks off towards the festival center without waiting for a response. The huarache maker tells me that the guy is just a crazy drunk, and apologizes profusely for him. I tell him it feels strange that more people haven’t said anything like that. He may be drunk, but he’s right.

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Cameron Crowell @caminaction.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

I went to the mountains of Oaxaca 🇲🇽 for Yalalag’s Fiesta de San Antonio de Padua and saw how basketball brings together local indigenous communities every weekend. www.derange.co/p/basketball...

View of fog on the sierra nortes and the town of Yalalag built into the mountainside

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Some children in basketball jerseys lean on each other and watch jaripeo

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Derange @derangepub.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

When parks and programs shut down, what holds a community together? Meet East Reading Fight Club--where kids trade idle streets for sparring rings, and where brotherhood is forged in breaks between rounds. Read more: www.derange.co/p/the-readin...

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The Reading Rumble

A day of amateur boxing in one of America's grittiest cities.

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Derange @derangepub.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

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The Reading Rumble

A day of amateur boxing in one of America's grittiest cities.

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Derange @derangepub.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

ICYMI: our free monthly column, with recs and mini essays from our writers. this week we’re talking about negative literary criticism, the upstart London-rapper fakemink, a cool band from Copenhagen, and much much more: www.derange.co/p/the-pulpit...

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The Pulpit: 1st Edition

Welcome to The Pulpit, a monthly newsletter from Derange. In this edition we’re talking purgatory, Fakemink, and throwing some recs your way.

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Derange @derangepub.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

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The Pulpit: 1st Edition

Welcome to The Pulpit, a monthly newsletter from Derange. In this edition we’re talking purgatory, Fakemink, and throwing some recs your way.

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Derange @derangepub.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

NEW FEATURE: Artemii Lysikov fled a war, fought a felony, and spent 10 months in ICE captivity. It's a good thing he can paint. www.derange.co/p/the-russia...

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The Russian Painter

Artemii Lysikov fled a war, fought a felony, and spent 10 months in ICE captivity. It's a good thing he can paint.

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Derange @derangepub.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

CALL FOR PITCHES: Derange is looking for literary journalism. We can pay $100 per piece, and the subject matter can be about anything. Ideally, your story will pair boots-on-the-ground reporting with narrative flair. Full details here: www.derange.co/about

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Derange @derangepub.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

NEW FEATURE: Artemii Lysikov fled a war, fought a felony, and spent 10 months in ICE captivity. It's a good thing he can paint. www.derange.co/p/the-russia...

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The Russian Painter

Artemii Lysikov fled a war, fought a felony, and spent 10 months in ICE captivity. It's a good thing he can paint.

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Derange @derangepub.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

For this week's feature we've got Martin Dolan on the rise of Shane Gillis, how his shtick has become more severe since Trump's second term, and a review of his show in Albany, NY. www.derange.co/p/shane-gill...

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MAGA's Funniest Foot Soldier

Shane Gillis is as dangerous as he is hilarious.

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Derange @derangepub.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

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MAGA's Funniest Foot Soldier

Shane Gillis is as dangerous as he is hilarious.

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Derange @derangepub.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Here is our first feature, a monster of a piece that looks at the tradition of American brutality, billionaires reverse engineering our social media algorithms, the high-rolling ways of the Nelk Boys, and much, much more. By @ocksportello.bsky.social ofc. www.derange.co/p/what-is-po...

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Gluttons for Punishment

An inside look at Power Slap, Dana White's next big bet.

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ock sportello @ocksportello.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

you've probably seen videos of power slap, the insane new venture from dana white where people take turns slapping a defenseless person in the face. last month, I got all access to power slap 14 in new orleans for @derangepub.bsky.social www.derange.co/p/what-is-po...

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Gluttons for Punishment

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Derange @derangepub.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

And we're live. Derange has been in the works for a minute now, and I can't wait to see where it goes. This is a new publication about...everything(?) Find us at the link below. #writing #substack derange.co

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