Daniel Rück
@danrueck.bsky.social
Historian of settler colonialism, sacred land and ruination, law and order, trees and rivers, theft and restitution. University of Ottawa, settler, he/him, www.danrueck.com
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One of the things about people showing up to protest for the first time, that many, many armchair theorists don't grasp, is the effect of seeing what happens with your own eyes, then seeing how media covers it, and what is said ABOUT YOU by media and political personalities/office holders.
January 15, 2026 at 7:27 PM
One of the things about people showing up to protest for the first time, that many, many armchair theorists don't grasp, is the effect of seeing what happens with your own eyes, then seeing how media covers it, and what is said ABOUT YOU by media and political personalities/office holders.
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Native Americans are being swept up by ICE in Minneapolis, tribes say www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Native Americans are being swept up by ICE in Minneapolis, tribes say
Tribal leaders say Indigenous people have been stopped, questioned, harassed and, in some cases, detained solely on the basis of their skin color or names.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Native Americans are being swept up by ICE in Minneapolis, tribes say www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Hard to imagine anywhere else where the occupying power kills a child a day during peace time.
UNICEF: a child has been killed every day in Gaza by Israel since the start of the 'ceasefire.'
“These children are killed from airstrikes, drone strikes, including suicide drones. They’re killed from tank shelling, they’re killed from live ammunition, they’re killed from quadcopters.”
“These children are killed from airstrikes, drone strikes, including suicide drones. They’re killed from tank shelling, they’re killed from live ammunition, they’re killed from quadcopters.”
![“That’s roughly a girl or a boy killed here every day during a ceasefire,” UNICEF spokesperson James Elder told reporters in Geneva.
“These children are killed from airstrikes, drone strikes, including suicide drones,” he said, speaking from Gaza City. “They’re killed from tank shelling, they’re killed from live ammunition, they’re killed from [remote-controlled] quadcopters.”
Mr. Elder pointed out that more children have also died of hypothermia in the last few days, as harsh winter conditions expose the most vulnerable Gazans.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tgw3d4hvw3x5ijrxax7lg26u/bafkreib6livc74oika3odkcvfixms7precw2zcn2wlkwsng4wy62lcp574@jpeg)
January 15, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Hard to imagine anywhere else where the occupying power kills a child a day during peace time.
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UNICEF: a child has been killed every day in Gaza by Israel since the start of the 'ceasefire.'
“These children are killed from airstrikes, drone strikes, including suicide drones. They’re killed from tank shelling, they’re killed from live ammunition, they’re killed from quadcopters.”
“These children are killed from airstrikes, drone strikes, including suicide drones. They’re killed from tank shelling, they’re killed from live ammunition, they’re killed from quadcopters.”
January 15, 2026 at 1:36 PM
UNICEF: a child has been killed every day in Gaza by Israel since the start of the 'ceasefire.'
“These children are killed from airstrikes, drone strikes, including suicide drones. They’re killed from tank shelling, they’re killed from live ammunition, they’re killed from quadcopters.”
“These children are killed from airstrikes, drone strikes, including suicide drones. They’re killed from tank shelling, they’re killed from live ammunition, they’re killed from quadcopters.”
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This is how far you have to scroll on the NYTimes homepage to get any coverage of what's going on day-to-day in an occupied American city where schools are closing because the government is checking the papers of all brown or Asian people then brutalizing, imprisoning or killing them.
January 15, 2026 at 12:58 AM
This is how far you have to scroll on the NYTimes homepage to get any coverage of what's going on day-to-day in an occupied American city where schools are closing because the government is checking the papers of all brown or Asian people then brutalizing, imprisoning or killing them.
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Trump’s veto “makes absolutely no sense other than the interest in vengeance.”
Out of spite, Trump used veto Power to punish Florida tribe that opposed "Alligator Alcatraz"
The move quashed a bipartisan bid to transfer 30 acres of the Everglades to the Miccosukee.
www.motherjones.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Trump’s veto “makes absolutely no sense other than the interest in vengeance.”
What's even the point of having an EPA? The businesses can calculate their costs and decide on how much to pollute.
Breaking News: The EPA will stop considering lives saved when setting pollution limits and instead calculate only the cost to businesses.
E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved by Limiting Air Pollution
In a reversal, the agency plans to calculate only the cost to industry when setting pollution limits, and not the monetary value of saving human lives, documents show.
nyti.ms
January 12, 2026 at 8:11 PM
What's even the point of having an EPA? The businesses can calculate their costs and decide on how much to pollute.
"precisely because the evidence doesn’t support the self-defense narrative, MAGA is trying to shore up support by portraying Good as someone who deserved to die. This defamation of a murdered woman itself is proof of the moral depravity of MAGA."
To defend killing Renee Good, MAGA is doubling down on misogyny www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Renee Good’s Killing Has Unleashed MAGA's Misogyny
To defend the indefensible, the right is going after white women as race traitors.
www.thenation.com
January 12, 2026 at 3:50 PM
"precisely because the evidence doesn’t support the self-defense narrative, MAGA is trying to shore up support by portraying Good as someone who deserved to die. This defamation of a murdered woman itself is proof of the moral depravity of MAGA."
Israeli finance minister: “Those in the world trying to recognise a Palestinian state will get an answer from us on the ground...Not through documents, not through decisions or declarations, but through facts." www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Israel pushes ahead with vast illegal settlement in heart of West Bank
Exclusive: Tender posted for construction of 3,401 homes in settlement designed to ‘bury idea of a Palestinian state’
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Israeli finance minister: “Those in the world trying to recognise a Palestinian state will get an answer from us on the ground...Not through documents, not through decisions or declarations, but through facts." www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
"People think it’s the oil companies that are pushing Trump to take over Venezuela. They’re not. That’s not the story. It’s about how Trump sees Venezuela as a resource that he can then distribute across his allies."
Fantastic conversation w/ @inaeoh.bsky.social from @motherjones.com on neo-royalism and what it means for world politcs.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
A new theory explains why Trump keeps threatening global takeovers
Neo-royalism challenges us to look beyond a century-old paradigm and see the hierarchical lens through which Trump justifies domination.
www.motherjones.com
January 7, 2026 at 2:38 PM
"People think it’s the oil companies that are pushing Trump to take over Venezuela. They’re not. That’s not the story. It’s about how Trump sees Venezuela as a resource that he can then distribute across his allies."
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Thinking about the delta in the Venn Diagram of people who think five year olds in Gaza had it coming and people who probably have a very elaborate explanation for why they aren't responsible for the actions of their president even as adult citizens in a democracy...
January 7, 2026 at 6:24 AM
Thinking about the delta in the Venn Diagram of people who think five year olds in Gaza had it coming and people who probably have a very elaborate explanation for why they aren't responsible for the actions of their president even as adult citizens in a democracy...
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empire wants a war,
drop those elbows to the floor
drop those elbows to the floor
January 3, 2026 at 10:19 PM
empire wants a war,
drop those elbows to the floor
drop those elbows to the floor
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Israeli forces raided Birzeit University in the occupied West Bank, firing live ammunition to disperse students during a protest and film screening. At least three students were injured as troops entered the campusand classrooms.
January 6, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Israeli forces raided Birzeit University in the occupied West Bank, firing live ammunition to disperse students during a protest and film screening. At least three students were injured as troops entered the campusand classrooms.
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It should be fairly clear by now that our ruling class is banking on an oligarchy hardening into place and all of them will do whatever depraved shit the admin asks for to have a seat when the music stops
Hilton said it is breaking from a franchise that was accused of canceling ICE agents' reservations at its Minneapolis-area location
Hilton To Break From Franchise Hotel Accused Of Canceling ICE Agents' Bookings
www.huffpost.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:21 PM
It should be fairly clear by now that our ruling class is banking on an oligarchy hardening into place and all of them will do whatever depraved shit the admin asks for to have a seat when the music stops
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In case you hadn't heard, The Narwhal is suing the RCMP for arresting photojournalist Amber Bracken on assignment in northern B.C. It’s an effort to protect press freedom — and the rights of all Canadians — and the trial begins next week. thenarwhal.ca/rcmp-trial-u...
The Narwhal's trial is a week away | The Narwhal
We’re suing the RCMP for arresting a journalist on assignment for The Narwhal. It’s an effort to protect press freedom — and the rights of all Canadians
thenarwhal.ca
January 6, 2026 at 5:05 PM
In case you hadn't heard, The Narwhal is suing the RCMP for arresting photojournalist Amber Bracken on assignment in northern B.C. It’s an effort to protect press freedom — and the rights of all Canadians — and the trial begins next week. thenarwhal.ca/rcmp-trial-u...
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Missing in action - Canada.
Greenland: new statement from France, Germany, Spain, UK, Poland, Denmark.
January 6, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Missing in action - Canada.
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How much do you want to bet the Mercator projection is fully to blame for Trump’s obsession with Greenland?
January 6, 2026 at 12:41 PM
How much do you want to bet the Mercator projection is fully to blame for Trump’s obsession with Greenland?
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Holidays are over, and I'm motivating myself through the marking and emails by sharing the cover for Claiming Land, Claiming Water: Borders and the People Who Crossed Them in the Early Modern Atlantic with @pennpress.bsky.social. Please indulge me! www.pennpress.org/978151282925... #skystorians
January 5, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Holidays are over, and I'm motivating myself through the marking and emails by sharing the cover for Claiming Land, Claiming Water: Borders and the People Who Crossed Them in the Early Modern Atlantic with @pennpress.bsky.social. Please indulge me! www.pennpress.org/978151282925... #skystorians
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Horrifying stuff.
![Trump tells reporters on Air Force One:
—“We’re in charge” of Venezuela. “We’re gonna run it. Fix it. We’ll have elections at the right time.”
—“If they don’t behave we’ll do a second strike.”
—“Venezuela, it’s very sick. Columbia is very sick too.”
—On Iran protests: “If they start killing people like they have in the past, I think they’re gonna get hit very hard by the U.S.”
—“We need Greenland from a national security situation… To boost up security in Greenland, they [Denmark] added one more dog sled.”
—“Cuba is ready to fall.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tgw3d4hvw3x5ijrxax7lg26u/bafkreicnmjufbogcopddl7jzi4tfxj45fv6okda2yq3fcktyqrcl4zgymy@jpeg)
January 5, 2026 at 2:38 AM
Horrifying stuff.
USA needs to invade Venezuela, says same guy who wrote big book on why British imperialism and colonialism were awesome. There's a reason why fascists' first moves are to target anticolonial scholars and activists.
In 2001, Niall Ferguson made a similar “I told you so” assertion, making the same case for a new American imperialism inspired by the British Empire & surmising that it would be easy to occupy and govern Afghanistan in the West’s interests.
www.theguardian.com/world/2001/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2001/o...
January 4, 2026 at 11:49 AM
USA needs to invade Venezuela, says same guy who wrote big book on why British imperialism and colonialism were awesome. There's a reason why fascists' first moves are to target anticolonial scholars and activists.
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This is a dangerous and irresponsible response.
Cheering the illegal abduction of a foreign head of state and celebrating U.S. control over another country is wrong.
Canada cannot pick & choose when international law applies. If the rules only matter when it’s convenient, they don’t protect anyone
Cheering the illegal abduction of a foreign head of state and celebrating U.S. control over another country is wrong.
Canada cannot pick & choose when international law applies. If the rules only matter when it’s convenient, they don’t protect anyone
January 3, 2026 at 6:10 PM
This is a dangerous and irresponsible response.
Cheering the illegal abduction of a foreign head of state and celebrating U.S. control over another country is wrong.
Canada cannot pick & choose when international law applies. If the rules only matter when it’s convenient, they don’t protect anyone
Cheering the illegal abduction of a foreign head of state and celebrating U.S. control over another country is wrong.
Canada cannot pick & choose when international law applies. If the rules only matter when it’s convenient, they don’t protect anyone
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So it's appropriate to arrest a world leader if you consider them criminal? You can just go get them? Just asking questions here.
January 3, 2026 at 5:18 PM
So it's appropriate to arrest a world leader if you consider them criminal? You can just go get them? Just asking questions here.
The thing about Trump is that he frequently says what he really means. I wish people would believe him when he says he's going to annex/occupy Greenland, Mexico, Cuba, Canada...
Been offline for a bit, has there been any "walk back" from the White House on Trump's "we're going to run it" comments?
Rep. Seth Moulton comes on CNN and starts by saying: "Is anyone going to just stop for a second and be honest? This is insane. What the hell are we doing? We've got a lot of problems in America today, and invading / occupying / running Venezuela does not solve any of them."
January 3, 2026 at 9:53 PM
The thing about Trump is that he frequently says what he really means. I wish people would believe him when he says he's going to annex/occupy Greenland, Mexico, Cuba, Canada...
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Not giving any kudos to Marine Le Pen, but it’s fascinating to contrast the statement of the far-right French leader saying allowing the US to violate Venezuelan sovereignty “would be to accept our own enslavement tomorrow” with the childish, cheerleading of Canada’s extreme right-wing Poilievre.
January 3, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Not giving any kudos to Marine Le Pen, but it’s fascinating to contrast the statement of the far-right French leader saying allowing the US to violate Venezuelan sovereignty “would be to accept our own enslavement tomorrow” with the childish, cheerleading of Canada’s extreme right-wing Poilievre.
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kinda miss the times when people asked me why the study of colonialism / imperialism was relevant tbh
Uh
*TRUMP SAYS US WILL 'RUN' VENEZUELA UNTIL TRANSITION POSSIBLE
*TRUMP SAYS US WILL 'RUN' VENEZUELA UNTIL TRANSITION POSSIBLE
January 3, 2026 at 5:37 PM
kinda miss the times when people asked me why the study of colonialism / imperialism was relevant tbh