James Stout
@jamesstout.bsky.social
I write stories about conflict and borders and the people they impact. Working on a book about anarchists at war, already wrote one about the anti fascist Olympics. Para todos,todo✌️
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Against the State (Preorder)
www.akpress.org
I realized That I do not have a pinned post about my book! It can seem like a dark time right now, but if you’d like to learn about how people have built a beautiful life for themselves amidst the horrors of war, you can pre order my book! www.akpress.org/against-the-...
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Very cool documentary project about my friends' race.
Watch and contribute if you can
youtu.be/TN4xQ3V6Ro4?...
Watch and contribute if you can
youtu.be/TN4xQ3V6Ro4?...
The Stagecoach 400 — A Community-Driven Documentary Series (Pitch Video)
YouTube video by Sandstone Pictures
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February 4, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Very cool documentary project about my friends' race.
Watch and contribute if you can
youtu.be/TN4xQ3V6Ro4?...
Watch and contribute if you can
youtu.be/TN4xQ3V6Ro4?...
Ppl seem shocked by this because they think BYU is not “woke”. But that’s a puerile understanding of politics. Lots of LDS people have done missions abroad and they have tended not to be as bigoted toward migrants as one might believe if they thought all politics was a choice between 1 of 2 buckets
UPDATE: Students at BYU are also protesting Border Patrol’s presence at a job fair on campus at their university tomorrow.
Update: Border Patrol plans to recruit at UVU and BYU’s job fairs. Students and faculty are pushing back.
The inclusion of U.S. Customs and Border Protection on the list of employers who plan to recruit at both UVU and BYU's job fairs this week has drawn major attention online.
www.sltrib.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Ppl seem shocked by this because they think BYU is not “woke”. But that’s a puerile understanding of politics. Lots of LDS people have done missions abroad and they have tended not to be as bigoted toward migrants as one might believe if they thought all politics was a choice between 1 of 2 buckets
Locally produced interceptor drones in Myanmar
February 5, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Locally produced interceptor drones in Myanmar
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It cost me $66.70 to get this transcript. Money well spent. I don't need anyone to reimburse me.
But, if you got something out of this transcript, please consider making a $66.70 donation, or even $6.67, to the Midwest Immigration Bond Fund, which posts bond for immigration detainees.
mibfc.org
But, if you got something out of this transcript, please consider making a $66.70 donation, or even $6.67, to the Midwest Immigration Bond Fund, which posts bond for immigration detainees.
mibfc.org
February 4, 2026 at 10:49 PM
It cost me $66.70 to get this transcript. Money well spent. I don't need anyone to reimburse me.
But, if you got something out of this transcript, please consider making a $66.70 donation, or even $6.67, to the Midwest Immigration Bond Fund, which posts bond for immigration detainees.
mibfc.org
But, if you got something out of this transcript, please consider making a $66.70 donation, or even $6.67, to the Midwest Immigration Bond Fund, which posts bond for immigration detainees.
mibfc.org
how did they find the one photo where I look like a cult leader?
February 4, 2026 at 9:17 PM
how did they find the one photo where I look like a cult leader?
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New Hood Politics w/ @prophiphop.bsky.social
Actually, These Are Very Precedented Times: @jamesstout.bsky.social and Social Revolutions Everywhere, Pt. 1
www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
Actually, These Are Very Precedented Times: @jamesstout.bsky.social and Social Revolutions Everywhere, Pt. 1
www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
February 4, 2026 at 7:45 PM
New Hood Politics w/ @prophiphop.bsky.social
Actually, These Are Very Precedented Times: @jamesstout.bsky.social and Social Revolutions Everywhere, Pt. 1
www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
Actually, These Are Very Precedented Times: @jamesstout.bsky.social and Social Revolutions Everywhere, Pt. 1
www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
cool to see more info on these two young people we ran into in Minneapolis.
I think @jamesstout.bsky.social on It Could Happen Here mentioned these two. It’s an interesting story
These young brothers sacrifice normal teenage life to be full-time ICE watchers in Minneapolis — and say they won’t regret it
www.cnn.com/2026/02/02/u...
www.cnn.com/2026/02/02/u...
February 4, 2026 at 7:35 PM
cool to see more info on these two young people we ran into in Minneapolis.
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Very excited to dive into Against the State by @jamesstout.bsky.social after I finish Abolitionist Intimacies by El Jones. Also grabbed some excellent stickers from my local radical bookshop @wildfiresbookshop.bsky.social
February 1, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Very excited to dive into Against the State by @jamesstout.bsky.social after I finish Abolitionist Intimacies by El Jones. Also grabbed some excellent stickers from my local radical bookshop @wildfiresbookshop.bsky.social
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"The sine qua non of anarchism, to me, is the creation of systems that allow people to care for one another without reinforcing systems that allow people to control one another."
- @jamesstout.bsky.social
- @jamesstout.bsky.social
February 1, 2026 at 5:19 PM
"The sine qua non of anarchism, to me, is the creation of systems that allow people to care for one another without reinforcing systems that allow people to control one another."
- @jamesstout.bsky.social
- @jamesstout.bsky.social
Huh. I’ll ask, worst case there’s always the e book but I know it’s not quite the same. Perhaps a group order with some Friends would reduce the postage burden?
February 4, 2026 at 1:26 AM
Huh. I’ll ask, worst case there’s always the e book but I know it’s not quite the same. Perhaps a group order with some Friends would reduce the postage burden?
It means the world to me to see people very much engaged with these movements enjoying the book.
My copy of @jamesstout.bsky.social "Against the state" arrived a few days ago but only got to opening it today, maybe appropriate given what day it is.
Am not far through but already it resonates by bringing seemingly disparate struggles together, show links that may not at 1st glance be obvious.
Am not far through but already it resonates by bringing seemingly disparate struggles together, show links that may not at 1st glance be obvious.
February 4, 2026 at 1:14 AM
It means the world to me to see people very much engaged with these movements enjoying the book.
I’ve been enjoying the aequilibrium hike, wider toe box than most of their stuff
February 4, 2026 at 1:10 AM
I’ve been enjoying the aequilibrium hike, wider toe box than most of their stuff
You’ll never see me matching top to bottom though! I’ve lots of Rab and OR kit, plenty of it that’s seen more miles and summits than half the whoppers on Instagram combined!
February 4, 2026 at 1:10 AM
You’ll never see me matching top to bottom though! I’ve lots of Rab and OR kit, plenty of it that’s seen more miles and summits than half the whoppers on Instagram combined!
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I am once again saying that a lot of you need to get hobbies other than posting or you're never making it out of All of This (TM) alive.
February 3, 2026 at 11:39 PM
I am once again saying that a lot of you need to get hobbies other than posting or you're never making it out of All of This (TM) alive.
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Be sure to pick up this new book from @jamesstout.bsky.social! Check it out here from @akpress.org: www.akpress.org/against-the-...
February 3, 2026 at 5:39 AM
Be sure to pick up this new book from @jamesstout.bsky.social! Check it out here from @akpress.org: www.akpress.org/against-the-...
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Apparently there was a city meeting in Hutchins, Texas, tonight. Hutchins is the location of DHS's newly announced 10,000-person concentration camp. What I've been told is that city officials were unanimously and adamantly opposed to it.
Unfortunately, I'm seeing this nowhere online.
Unfortunately, I'm seeing this nowhere online.
February 3, 2026 at 3:02 AM
Apparently there was a city meeting in Hutchins, Texas, tonight. Hutchins is the location of DHS's newly announced 10,000-person concentration camp. What I've been told is that city officials were unanimously and adamantly opposed to it.
Unfortunately, I'm seeing this nowhere online.
Unfortunately, I'm seeing this nowhere online.
There is a kind of man, who is made of straw, and it is very important that you get mad at this man.
There is a kind of left-wing discourse on indigeneity that is basically "Far-right autochthonous ethnonationalism, but make it woke." We should acknowledge past harms of colonialism and pay reparations. But we should not wind the clock back to where everyone's ancestors lived hundreds of years ago.
"no human is illegal on stolen land" is a stupid slogan because of the stolen land part. indigenous peoples, whatever that means, also don't have a right to deny the legal protections of citizenship to foreigners
February 3, 2026 at 8:25 PM
There is a kind of man, who is made of straw, and it is very important that you get mad at this man.
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The number of detainees getting put on ICE flights at MSP has been relatively low the last few days.
I believe this is not on account of ICE pulling back - they still outnumber local police in many towns - but on account of vulnerable people staying home, observer pressure, and lawyer organization.
I believe this is not on account of ICE pulling back - they still outnumber local police in many towns - but on account of vulnerable people staying home, observer pressure, and lawyer organization.
February 3, 2026 at 5:07 AM
The number of detainees getting put on ICE flights at MSP has been relatively low the last few days.
I believe this is not on account of ICE pulling back - they still outnumber local police in many towns - but on account of vulnerable people staying home, observer pressure, and lawyer organization.
I believe this is not on account of ICE pulling back - they still outnumber local police in many towns - but on account of vulnerable people staying home, observer pressure, and lawyer organization.
I think it's better in reporting to refer to them as form I-205 as they really are in no way a warrant.
February 3, 2026 at 7:40 PM
I think it's better in reporting to refer to them as form I-205 as they really are in no way a warrant.
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a distressingly common bluesky experience is posting “This is conspiratorial nonsense” and having many people respond with, essentially, “ok but I believe it”
February 3, 2026 at 7:20 PM
a distressingly common bluesky experience is posting “This is conspiratorial nonsense” and having many people respond with, essentially, “ok but I believe it”
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BREAKING: Judge Cobb has barred DHS from preventing members of Congress from visiting immigration detention facilities without notice, saying the administration's policy likely violated the law requiring their unfettered access. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 2, 2026 at 4:56 PM
BREAKING: Judge Cobb has barred DHS from preventing members of Congress from visiting immigration detention facilities without notice, saying the administration's policy likely violated the law requiring their unfettered access. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The judges are getting good at this.
Haiti’s TPS continues for now!!!!! And zowie: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.283214/gov.uscourts.dcd.283214.124.0_1.pdf
February 3, 2026 at 1:01 AM
The judges are getting good at this.