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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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
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Rubio is claiming that they did not need Congress permission because it was a law enforcement mission. The US is behaving as a global police state, extending its own arbitrary legal decisions to the whole world.
This is not a problem just for Venezuela.
This is not a problem just for Venezuela.
January 3, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Rubio is claiming that they did not need Congress permission because it was a law enforcement mission. The US is behaving as a global police state, extending its own arbitrary legal decisions to the whole world.
This is not a problem just for Venezuela.
This is not a problem just for Venezuela.
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Disgusting.
And there ya have it…
Officials from top Wall Street firms will be traveling to Venezuela to investigate “investment prospects” of the country. “The trip will feature about 20 officials from the finance, energy and defense sectors.”
Officials from top Wall Street firms will be traveling to Venezuela to investigate “investment prospects” of the country. “The trip will feature about 20 officials from the finance, energy and defense sectors.”
Finance Industry Eyes Investment Opportunities in Venezuela
Some on Wall Street are already considering possible investment opportunities in Venezuela following the capture of Nicolás Maduro, according to Charles Myers, chairman of consulting firm Signum Globa...
www.wsj.com
January 3, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Disgusting.
I take Frum at his word here, that he wants more respectable, more educated Nazis. He's affirming that the US government is fascist, and his only complaint is their historical illiteracy. It might be funny coming from someone else.
Best Twitter riposte of the day. And Washington met his payroll for the Continental Army with money furnished by the Spanish Crown, too.
January 2, 2026 at 3:08 PM
I take Frum at his word here, that he wants more respectable, more educated Nazis. He's affirming that the US government is fascist, and his only complaint is their historical illiteracy. It might be funny coming from someone else.
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Cover reveal. It's about how & why colonies/states controlled international & domestic migration until 1888, why in the late 19th c the feds took over, & what it was like for politically disfavored groups to live under that arrangement of power. You can't understand voluntary migration history 1/
January 2, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Cover reveal. It's about how & why colonies/states controlled international & domestic migration until 1888, why in the late 19th c the feds took over, & what it was like for politically disfavored groups to live under that arrangement of power. You can't understand voluntary migration history 1/
Fascists in power are telling us that the real villains are those who are willing to give up high salaries and comfort to do something that benefits those who need it most, those who care about things other than hoarding wealth. Happy New Year.
January 2, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Fascists in power are telling us that the real villains are those who are willing to give up high salaries and comfort to do something that benefits those who need it most, those who care about things other than hoarding wealth. Happy New Year.
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Out of curiosity, I just ran a few paragraphs from The Butchering Art through an AI checker and it got flagged: 88% AI. This book was released in 2017, and AI machines were subsequently trained off it. How many writers are getting flagged for AI because of the literal theft of their work(s)? Insane.
OMG - f*ck AI for ruining the em-dash for writers. I use them all the time. Of course, what a shock that AI uses them since they were trained off my voice and other authors' voices.
I'm a writer who has specifically been directed *not* to use em-dashes because "they mean it was written by AI." I can detect AI writing, but it is not simply a matter of the punctuation used.
December 30, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Out of curiosity, I just ran a few paragraphs from The Butchering Art through an AI checker and it got flagged: 88% AI. This book was released in 2017, and AI machines were subsequently trained off it. How many writers are getting flagged for AI because of the literal theft of their work(s)? Insane.
There is no ceasefire. The war against Gaza continues.
WHY AM I NOT SURPRISED? ... includes Doctors Without Borders, Norwegian Refugee Council, CARE International, the International Rescue Committee, and divisions of major charities such as Oxfam and Caritas
apnews.com/article/gaza...
apnews.com/article/gaza...
Israel says it will halt operations of several humanitarian organizations in Gaza starting in 2026
Israel says it will suspend several humanitarian organizations for failing to meet its new rules to vet international organizations working in Gaza.
apnews.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:54 PM
There is no ceasefire. The war against Gaza continues.
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I think there is value in building a big political tent against fascism in America. But I’ve always been uneasy with Frum. This is further evidence he isn’t a serious thinker and hasn’t interrogated/revised his own illiberal views.
The Atlantic has updated their article to correct some of Frum's mistakes. However they didn't correct his denialist stuff. I work 50 meters from a lab where they recently identified a body recovered from a GPR search. A child who died at residential school, and was finally returned to their family.
December 29, 2025 at 1:37 AM
I think there is value in building a big political tent against fascism in America. But I’ve always been uneasy with Frum. This is further evidence he isn’t a serious thinker and hasn’t interrogated/revised his own illiberal views.
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The Atlantic has updated their article to correct some of Frum's mistakes. However they didn't correct his denialist stuff. I work 50 meters from a lab where they recently identified a body recovered from a GPR search. A child who died at residential school, and was finally returned to their family.
December 29, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The Atlantic has updated their article to correct some of Frum's mistakes. However they didn't correct his denialist stuff. I work 50 meters from a lab where they recently identified a body recovered from a GPR search. A child who died at residential school, and was finally returned to their family.
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David Frum's latest anti-Native rights piece in the Atlantic is so misinformed, so carelessly put together that he confused the band number with the population. Kwikwetlem is band code 560 - an administrative number from ISC. The population is 153. 1
December 27, 2025 at 7:06 PM
David Frum's latest anti-Native rights piece in the Atlantic is so misinformed, so carelessly put together that he confused the band number with the population. Kwikwetlem is band code 560 - an administrative number from ISC. The population is 153. 1
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"She frequently decried the influx of immigrants into France, especially Muslims.
She was convicted and fined five times in French courts of inciting racial hatred . . ."
She was convicted and fined five times in French courts of inciting racial hatred . . ."
BREAKING: Brigitte Bardot, the French 1960s screen sex symbol turned militant animal rights activist, dies at age 91.
Brigitte Bardot, 1960s sultry sex symbol turned militant animal rights activist dies at 91
Brigitte Bardot, the French 1960s sex symbol who became one of the greatest screen sirens of the 20th century and later a militant animal rights activist, has died.
bit.ly
December 28, 2025 at 2:05 PM
"She frequently decried the influx of immigrants into France, especially Muslims.
She was convicted and fined five times in French courts of inciting racial hatred . . ."
She was convicted and fined five times in French courts of inciting racial hatred . . ."
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Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
December 27, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
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Say her name, Heba Al‑Abadla. I remember when she was killed, her whole family slaughtered, to stop her work as a journalist: she was a host of the local Al-Azhar radio station, owned by Al-Azhar University in Gaza, and the co-founder of the Social Media Club-Palestine. It took 2 years to bury her.
December 26, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Say her name, Heba Al‑Abadla. I remember when she was killed, her whole family slaughtered, to stop her work as a journalist: she was a host of the local Al-Azhar radio station, owned by Al-Azhar University in Gaza, and the co-founder of the Social Media Club-Palestine. It took 2 years to bury her.
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If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd
Oklahoma instructor removed from teaching for failing a Bible-based gender essay | CNN
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.”
cnn.it
December 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
This is an ominous message from militarized parts of the US government for anyone not a Christian. But you'll hear the same Christian-supremacist message in the Christmas carols blaring in shopping malls and grocery stores all over the western world this time of year.
Here’s the U.S. government being officially religious in a country with no official religion.
December 25, 2025 at 6:22 PM
This is an ominous message from militarized parts of the US government for anyone not a Christian. But you'll hear the same Christian-supremacist message in the Christmas carols blaring in shopping malls and grocery stores all over the western world this time of year.
Algeria's parliament approves law declaring France's colonisation a crime - demanding reparations. share.google/SssCmFzmviE8...
Algeria's parliament approves law declaring France's colonisation a crime
Lawmakers unanimously approve a law, which demands an apology and reparations from the former colonial power.
share.google
December 25, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Algeria's parliament approves law declaring France's colonisation a crime - demanding reparations. share.google/SssCmFzmviE8...
19 new illegal settlements on stolen land www.bbc.com/news/article...
Israel approves 19 new settlements in occupied West Bank
Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said the move was about blocking the establishment of a Palestinian state.
www.bbc.com
December 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
19 new illegal settlements on stolen land www.bbc.com/news/article...
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another example of AI as tracer dye, exposing an already existing problem (and, of course, significantly worsening it)
I think this post nails the actual problem, for researchers at least—AI hallucinations would simply not be a problem in academic work if we’d not normalized citation-as-signaling rather than actual engagement—you can only cite a fake paper if you’re not in the habit of reading the papers you cite
Do not cite an academic paper unless you’ve read it
December 21, 2025 at 7:11 AM
another example of AI as tracer dye, exposing an already existing problem (and, of course, significantly worsening it)