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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A new report found that Venezuelans shipped to El Salvador were beaten almost every day.
The men sent to CECOT by the Trump administration used their own blood to write “we are migrants, not terrorists” on a bed sheet.
The men sent to CECOT by the Trump administration used their own blood to write “we are migrants, not terrorists” on a bed sheet.
Trump sent men to torture in El Salvador, report confirms
Human Rights Watch found that Venezuelans shipped to El Salvador by the United States were beaten almost every day.
www.motherjones.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
A new report found that Venezuelans shipped to El Salvador were beaten almost every day.
The men sent to CECOT by the Trump administration used their own blood to write “we are migrants, not terrorists” on a bed sheet.
The men sent to CECOT by the Trump administration used their own blood to write “we are migrants, not terrorists” on a bed sheet.
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We argue in this peer-reviewed article that 'athleticide' is a modality of cultural genocide, in turn part of a larger genocidal project of eradication, and has been a feature of the US-NATO-funded Israeli state’s genocide of Palestinians in Gaza since October 2023.
November 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
We argue in this peer-reviewed article that 'athleticide' is a modality of cultural genocide, in turn part of a larger genocidal project of eradication, and has been a feature of the US-NATO-funded Israeli state’s genocide of Palestinians in Gaza since October 2023.
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22 authors in a new OA peer-reviewed article in Soc of Sport Journal:
Israel is committing *athleticide* in Gaza, "an indispensable component of the overall genocidal campaign enforced by the Israeli settler colonial regime and bankrolled by the US."
journals.humankinetics.com/view/journal...
Israel is committing *athleticide* in Gaza, "an indispensable component of the overall genocidal campaign enforced by the Israeli settler colonial regime and bankrolled by the US."
journals.humankinetics.com/view/journal...
November 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
22 authors in a new OA peer-reviewed article in Soc of Sport Journal:
Israel is committing *athleticide* in Gaza, "an indispensable component of the overall genocidal campaign enforced by the Israeli settler colonial regime and bankrolled by the US."
journals.humankinetics.com/view/journal...
Israel is committing *athleticide* in Gaza, "an indispensable component of the overall genocidal campaign enforced by the Israeli settler colonial regime and bankrolled by the US."
journals.humankinetics.com/view/journal...
Canada's annual military spending goes from $39B to $63B in one year. At least not everyone just shrugs.
Great to see a full-page ad in Le Devoir condemning Canada's military spending.
November 8, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Canada's annual military spending goes from $39B to $63B in one year. At least not everyone just shrugs.
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Great to see a full-page ad in Le Devoir condemning Canada's military spending.
November 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Great to see a full-page ad in Le Devoir condemning Canada's military spending.
“Critics say” is the tell, and does it ever go on telling.
I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 8, 2025 at 6:52 PM
“Critics say” is the tell, and does it ever go on telling.
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"Western media is largely ignoring that Kyiv has to rip young men off the streets amid recruitment shortages and desertions"
Ukraine's 'Busification' — forced conscription — is tip of the iceberg
Western media is largely ignoring that Kyiv has to rip young men off the streets amid recruitment shortages and desertions
responsiblestatecraft.org
November 8, 2025 at 6:39 PM
"Western media is largely ignoring that Kyiv has to rip young men off the streets amid recruitment shortages and desertions"
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@nytimes.com has been so disappointing for so long, this piece explains it well. My hope is that the growing movement that Mamdani represents will reveal to mainstream ‘liberal’ readers how it’s so problematic
I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:31 PM
@nytimes.com has been so disappointing for so long, this piece explains it well. My hope is that the growing movement that Mamdani represents will reveal to mainstream ‘liberal’ readers how it’s so problematic
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I am older than gender markers on passports! How do you regulate gender? By making it a form of government ID. It has nothing to do with state security, only regulation
November 7, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I am older than gender markers on passports! How do you regulate gender? By making it a form of government ID. It has nothing to do with state security, only regulation
Here's a reminder that there's people out there who hold extreme views.
November 7, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Here's a reminder that there's people out there who hold extreme views.
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Barack Obama congratulated Democrats generally. Bill and Hillary Clinton congratulated Zohran Mamdani specifically.
The last posts on the X accounts of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are ones expressing grief about the death of Dick Cheney.
In case anyone was wondering.
The last posts on the X accounts of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are ones expressing grief about the death of Dick Cheney.
In case anyone was wondering.
November 5, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Barack Obama congratulated Democrats generally. Bill and Hillary Clinton congratulated Zohran Mamdani specifically.
The last posts on the X accounts of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are ones expressing grief about the death of Dick Cheney.
In case anyone was wondering.
The last posts on the X accounts of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are ones expressing grief about the death of Dick Cheney.
In case anyone was wondering.
Ceasefires mean nothing to the Israeli government. And our media is silent. www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
Israeli air attacks, shelling and demolition campaign hit southern Gaza
Southern Gaza witnesses raids, intensive artillery shelling as Israel continues its attacks, violating the ceasefire.
www.aljazeera.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Ceasefires mean nothing to the Israeli government. And our media is silent. www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
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Rather beautifully, Professor Mahmood Mamdani's dedication in "Neither Settler Nor Native" is to his trail-blazing son, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social.
He quotes the revolutionary Chinese writer Lu Xun's famous concluding lines in "Hometown":
「其實地上本沒有路，走的人多了，也便成了路。」
-魯迅，故鄉
#everynightapoem
He quotes the revolutionary Chinese writer Lu Xun's famous concluding lines in "Hometown":
「其實地上本沒有路，走的人多了，也便成了路。」
-魯迅，故鄉
#everynightapoem
June 26, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Rather beautifully, Professor Mahmood Mamdani's dedication in "Neither Settler Nor Native" is to his trail-blazing son, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social.
He quotes the revolutionary Chinese writer Lu Xun's famous concluding lines in "Hometown":
「其實地上本沒有路，走的人多了，也便成了路。」
-魯迅，故鄉
#everynightapoem
He quotes the revolutionary Chinese writer Lu Xun's famous concluding lines in "Hometown":
「其實地上本沒有路，走的人多了，也便成了路。」
-魯迅，故鄉
#everynightapoem
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Here @picardonhealth.bsky.social rightfully takes on Parliament’s attacks on academic research in Canada.
November 4, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Here @picardonhealth.bsky.social rightfully takes on Parliament’s attacks on academic research in Canada.
Congratulations to our progressive municipal option in Gatineau, Action Gatineau, for a decisive win last night, and to Maude Marquis-Bissonnette elected mayor on the heels of a positive campaign focused on environment, transit, and housing.
Marquis-Bissonnette réélue et Action Gatineau majoritaire. #municipales2025
www.ledroit.com/actualites/a...
www.ledroit.com/actualites/a...
Marquis-Bissonnette réélue et Action Gatineau majoritaire
La cheffe d’Action Gatineau, Maude Marquis-Bissonnette, a défait Mario Aubé au terme d'une soirée électorale qui a confirmé un clivage entre l'est et l'ouest de la ville.
www.ledroit.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Congratulations to our progressive municipal option in Gatineau, Action Gatineau, for a decisive win last night, and to Maude Marquis-Bissonnette elected mayor on the heels of a positive campaign focused on environment, transit, and housing.
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*Radical Histories of Palestine and Palestinians* – A new Call for Proposals from Radical History Review. Abstract proposals due November 30, 2025: www.radicalhistoryreview.org/radical-hist...
November 3, 2025 at 3:15 PM
*Radical Histories of Palestine and Palestinians* – A new Call for Proposals from Radical History Review. Abstract proposals due November 30, 2025: www.radicalhistoryreview.org/radical-hist...
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For all the (lack of) coverage it's received, you could be forgiven for not knowing that Israel invaded Syria, occupied several hundred square miles, and is now deploying its West Bank tactics to cut Syrian villages off from each other.
Syria: for the first time, Israeli troops closed a road between 2 villages in Quneitra province with an -unmanned - iron barrier, along the border fence with the Golan
November 2, 2025 at 1:13 PM
For all the (lack of) coverage it's received, you could be forgiven for not knowing that Israel invaded Syria, occupied several hundred square miles, and is now deploying its West Bank tactics to cut Syrian villages off from each other.
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Yes! Contact them and sign this petition here —it’s not just about EDI data! So much personally identifying information for applicants and reviewers will not be protected!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Open Letter to Protect Tri-Council EDI Data
Why do we need urgent action to protect our data?
The mandate of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Science and Research is to review and report on topics relating to science and research in ...
docs.google.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Yes! Contact them and sign this petition here —it’s not just about EDI data! So much personally identifying information for applicants and reviewers will not be protected!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Canadian researchers should be aware the there is a motion before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Research to force Tricouncils to hand over disaggregated peer review data on all applications:
Applicant names, profiles, demographics
Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores
Applicant names, profiles, demographics
Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores
October 30, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Canadian researchers should be aware the there is a motion before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Research to force Tricouncils to hand over disaggregated peer review data on all applications:
Applicant names, profiles, demographics
Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores
Applicant names, profiles, demographics
Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores
The United Nations reports the 1,001st Palestinian death in the West Bank since October 2023. That’s hundreds more civilians Israel has killed in the *West Bank* than Israeli civilians Hamas killed on Oct 7, 2024.
Since the “ceasefire,” Israeli military has killed more than 100 Palestinians, including a 9 year old Palestinian child in the West Bank, shooting him in the head.
Netanyahu’s new strikes in Gaza killed 104 Palestinians, including 46 children.
This is genocide.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/israel-exe...
Netanyahu’s new strikes in Gaza killed 104 Palestinians, including 46 children.
This is genocide.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/israel-exe...
Israel Executes 9-year-old Palestinian Child in West Bank, Netanyahu Resumes Bombing Gaza
The Israeli military has killed more than 100 Palestinians since the "ceasefire" and still faces no accountability while western media remains largely silent
www.qasimrashid.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The United Nations reports the 1,001st Palestinian death in the West Bank since October 2023. That’s hundreds more civilians Israel has killed in the *West Bank* than Israeli civilians Hamas killed on Oct 7, 2024.
"Climate change is supercharging poison ivy, and the plant likes to cohabitate with humans."
I really think we should do a whole series about facts like this:
Have you noticed that poison ivy seems worse and itchier?
It's not your imagination. It's Climate Change.
grist.org/climate/clim...
Have you noticed that poison ivy seems worse and itchier?
It's not your imagination. It's Climate Change.
grist.org/climate/clim...
October 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
"Climate change is supercharging poison ivy, and the plant likes to cohabitate with humans."
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Fantasy opportunity! Open to scholars studying any region or period.
Our department is hiring! Assistant Professor and Ruby Heap Professorship in Women’s History universityaffairs.ca/search-job/?...
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universityaffairs.ca
October 27, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Fantasy opportunity! Open to scholars studying any region or period.
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Montreal parks department horticultural team using e-bike/big-trailer combo.
October 26, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Montreal parks department horticultural team using e-bike/big-trailer combo.
Free screening of the documentary "The Encampments" at uOttawa on Nov 5, 7pm! www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-encamp...
The Encampments | Free Screening - Les campements | Projection gratuite
An urgent look at America’s student movement, sparked at Columbia University, as students protested ties to the genocide in Gaza.
www.eventbrite.ca
October 26, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Free screening of the documentary "The Encampments" at uOttawa on Nov 5, 7pm! www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-encamp...
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"We are the only species to exhibit homophobia."
This isn't new, but it deserves loud and proud public airing: the rigid binary approach to gender and sexuality is unnatural.
www.cbc.ca/documentarie...
This isn't new, but it deserves loud and proud public airing: the rigid binary approach to gender and sexuality is unnatural.
www.cbc.ca/documentarie...
Reports on the homosexual behaviour of penguins in Antarctica were hidden for over 100 years | CBC Documentaries
It’s just one example of how research on queer animal behaviour has been buried, ignored and dismissed
www.cbc.ca
October 23, 2025 at 12:20 PM
"We are the only species to exhibit homophobia."
This isn't new, but it deserves loud and proud public airing: the rigid binary approach to gender and sexuality is unnatural.
www.cbc.ca/documentarie...
This isn't new, but it deserves loud and proud public airing: the rigid binary approach to gender and sexuality is unnatural.
www.cbc.ca/documentarie...