Daniel Sailofsky
@dansailofsky.bsky.social
Assistant professor, University of Toronto | Studying violence and harm, labour, gender and sport | Basketball obsessive, book reader | he/him
To pre-order Playing Through Pain: https://www.uncpress.org/book/9781469685878/playing-through-pain/
To pre-order Playing Through Pain: https://www.uncpress.org/book/9781469685878/playing-through-pain/
Oh man seeing it in print is something else!
April 2, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Oh man seeing it in print is something else!
every time I think a new level of depravity has been reached, they sink lower.
go to Google maps and search Beit Hanoun, and you can see the Israeli branding on Gaza. won’t be long till Google removes it I imagine, but it’s still there now.
go to Google maps and search Beit Hanoun, and you can see the Israeli branding on Gaza. won’t be long till Google removes it I imagine, but it’s still there now.
January 25, 2025 at 2:55 PM
every time I think a new level of depravity has been reached, they sink lower.
go to Google maps and search Beit Hanoun, and you can see the Israeli branding on Gaza. won’t be long till Google removes it I imagine, but it’s still there now.
go to Google maps and search Beit Hanoun, and you can see the Israeli branding on Gaza. won’t be long till Google removes it I imagine, but it’s still there now.
no mention in headlines in the Western press that the Palestinian prisoners were all women and CHILDREN
and of course no questioning why Israel holds children in detention
and of course no questioning why Israel holds children in detention
January 21, 2025 at 2:47 PM
no mention in headlines in the Western press that the Palestinian prisoners were all women and CHILDREN
and of course no questioning why Israel holds children in detention
and of course no questioning why Israel holds children in detention
though there was finally a ceasefire last week, the occupation and our fight against it is far from over.
proud to see this out in print, open-access, based on our panel last year on sport and Palestine in a time of crisis.
journals.humankinetics.com/view/journal...
January 20, 2025 at 10:03 PM
though there was finally a ceasefire last week, the occupation and our fight against it is far from over.
proud to see this out in print, open-access, based on our panel last year on sport and Palestine in a time of crisis.
journals.humankinetics.com/view/journal...
really cool and important piece on shoes and sustainability by @bwd.bsky.social, on the difficulties of making truly sustainable consumer products in a hyper competitive capitalist marketplace
www.espn.com/espn/feature...
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Can basketball sneakers make the world a better place?
NBA stars are known to break out special-edition shoes when playing on Christmas Day. While many undoubtedly will be rocking red and green colorways, several are also pondering how their signature lin...
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January 9, 2025 at 2:05 PM
really cool and important piece on shoes and sustainability by @bwd.bsky.social, on the difficulties of making truly sustainable consumer products in a hyper competitive capitalist marketplace
www.espn.com/espn/feature...
www.espn.com/espn/feature...
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Say it with me: elite sports are structured in a way that encourages violence and harm. One more time, in unison 📢
Galleys! @dansailofsky.bsky.social
Galleys! @dansailofsky.bsky.social
December 19, 2024 at 12:37 PM
😍😍😍😍😍
why can’t I watch Syla Swords against #10 Oklahoma tonight on any Canadian sports network smh
December 17, 2024 at 3:37 PM
why can’t I watch Syla Swords against #10 Oklahoma tonight on any Canadian sports network smh
classic case of 'I wish I wrote this' - this sums up my feelings almost exactly
Yeah that's where we're at. Via Sam Adler-Bell for @nymag.com:
December 12, 2024 at 6:00 PM
classic case of 'I wish I wrote this' - this sums up my feelings almost exactly
pretty surreal to see this in print!
we’re talking about all violence and harm here - physical, psychological, structural, political
thanks to the people at @uncpress.bsky.social for trusting the vision!
we’re talking about all violence and harm here - physical, psychological, structural, political
thanks to the people at @uncpress.bsky.social for trusting the vision!
Say it with me: elite sports are structured in a way that encourages violence and harm. One more time, in unison 📢
Galleys! @dansailofsky.bsky.social
Galleys! @dansailofsky.bsky.social
December 12, 2024 at 3:16 PM
pretty surreal to see this in print!
we’re talking about all violence and harm here - physical, psychological, structural, political
thanks to the people at @uncpress.bsky.social for trusting the vision!
we’re talking about all violence and harm here - physical, psychological, structural, political
thanks to the people at @uncpress.bsky.social for trusting the vision!
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Here’s my pitch for why you should read this book: it’s not about what Derek and I have to say, tho I think we make a persuasive case; it’s the stunning and riveting and never-before-heard testimony of former players. Their stories are *still* shocking to me.
uncpress.org/book/9781469...
uncpress.org/book/9781469...
December 6, 2024 at 1:34 PM
Here’s my pitch for why you should read this book: it’s not about what Derek and I have to say, tho I think we make a persuasive case; it’s the stunning and riveting and never-before-heard testimony of former players. Their stories are *still* shocking to me.
uncpress.org/book/9781469...
uncpress.org/book/9781469...
Based on the discourse the last few days, it seems like everyday working people understand structural violence/social murder, but ruling elites and the media class that represents their interests don’t, or don’t want to
funny how that works
funny how that works
a propos of nothing in particular, Engels wrote a great little section on social murder that I cite in my book to help explain structural violence
www.marxists.org/archive/marx...
www.marxists.org/archive/marx...
December 6, 2024 at 2:09 PM
Based on the discourse the last few days, it seems like everyday working people understand structural violence/social murder, but ruling elites and the media class that represents their interests don’t, or don’t want to
funny how that works
funny how that works
a propos of nothing in particular, Engels wrote a great little section on social murder that I cite in my book to help explain structural violence
www.marxists.org/archive/marx...
www.marxists.org/archive/marx...
December 5, 2024 at 1:23 PM
a propos of nothing in particular, Engels wrote a great little section on social murder that I cite in my book to help explain structural violence
www.marxists.org/archive/marx...
www.marxists.org/archive/marx...
so proud of these folks
stay safe and stay loud
never again for anyone
stay safe and stay loud
never again for anyone
Over a hundred Jewish Canadians occupied the Parliamentary Building in Ottawa to call on the Canadian government to stop arming Israel and to end Israeli apartheid in Gaza.
“Arms Embargo Now!”
“Arms Embargo Now!”
December 3, 2024 at 4:44 PM
so proud of these folks
stay safe and stay loud
never again for anyone
stay safe and stay loud
never again for anyone
please, please, please listen to this episode.
we need it playing on loop across North America at this point
we need it playing on loop across North America at this point
Ep. 159: The SJSU Transphobic Clusterf*ck
@nkalamb.bsky.social is joined by @annaposbergh.bsky.social to discuss the abusive treatment of an athlete on the SJSU women's vball team, the current state of trans inclusion in sport, and political transphobia. We also talk science.
t.co/tzXsTgACQJ
@nkalamb.bsky.social is joined by @annaposbergh.bsky.social to discuss the abusive treatment of an athlete on the SJSU women's vball team, the current state of trans inclusion in sport, and political transphobia. We also talk science.
t.co/tzXsTgACQJ
December 2, 2024 at 6:05 PM
please, please, please listen to this episode.
we need it playing on loop across North America at this point
we need it playing on loop across North America at this point
a person’s opinion of Dillon Brooks as a player is my barometer for if I think you understand basketball
dude is such a gamer and does so many important things, more than making up for the occasional silliness
dude is such a gamer and does so many important things, more than making up for the occasional silliness
December 2, 2024 at 2:45 AM
a person’s opinion of Dillon Brooks as a player is my barometer for if I think you understand basketball
dude is such a gamer and does so many important things, more than making up for the occasional silliness
dude is such a gamer and does so many important things, more than making up for the occasional silliness
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What I can’t shake in all of this is that the brawl and the pepper spray and all of it is a massive story precisely because it is framed as aberrant violence.
But a HBCU player was just killed on the field in the banal violence that *is* football, and that warrants barely a footnote.
But a HBCU player was just killed on the field in the banal violence that *is* football, and that warrants barely a footnote.
Police in Columbus, Ohio appear to have used pepper spray/mace on Michigan players after the game to break up a brawl.
Universities have to be stopped from deploying police from brutalizing students.
Universities have to be stopped from deploying police from brutalizing students.
November 30, 2024 at 10:01 PM
What I can’t shake in all of this is that the brawl and the pepper spray and all of it is a massive story precisely because it is framed as aberrant violence.
But a HBCU player was just killed on the field in the banal violence that *is* football, and that warrants barely a footnote.
But a HBCU player was just killed on the field in the banal violence that *is* football, and that warrants barely a footnote.
“I will never do to anyone else what was done to me”
November 30, 2024 at 12:28 PM
“I will never do to anyone else what was done to me”
I wish all public intellectuals had the courage and conviction of Sally Rooney www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Sally Rooney: Killing in Gaza has been supported by Ireland’s ‘good friend’ in the White House
Our Government is basking in the moral glow of condemning the bombers, while preserving a cosy relationship with those supplying the bombs
www.irishtimes.com
November 27, 2024 at 1:49 PM
I wish all public intellectuals had the courage and conviction of Sally Rooney www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
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The University is proud to announce that we have hired a Chief Advancement Officer, who will be in charge of all things advancement in the area of progress.
November 26, 2024 at 12:11 PM
The University is proud to announce that we have hired a Chief Advancement Officer, who will be in charge of all things advancement in the area of progress.
“capitalism breeds innovation”
Why? Who is this meant to be good for? Nobody wants your shit AI books, never mind 8,000 in a year. Just a terrible idea and a horrible road the publishing industry is heading down.
November 25, 2024 at 3:34 PM
“capitalism breeds innovation”
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Why? Who is this meant to be good for? Nobody wants your shit AI books, never mind 8,000 in a year. Just a terrible idea and a horrible road the publishing industry is heading down.
November 25, 2024 at 9:45 AM
Why? Who is this meant to be good for? Nobody wants your shit AI books, never mind 8,000 in a year. Just a terrible idea and a horrible road the publishing industry is heading down.
from @michaelgrange.bsky.social on (ducks) X, this Raptors court for tonight looks absolutely 🔥🔥
November 21, 2024 at 5:26 PM
from @michaelgrange.bsky.social on (ducks) X, this Raptors court for tonight looks absolutely 🔥🔥
it’s here! so proud to know, work with, and call these two guys friends
@derekcrim.bsky.social @nkalamb.bsky.social
@derekcrim.bsky.social @nkalamb.bsky.social
November 20, 2024 at 11:41 PM
it’s here! so proud to know, work with, and call these two guys friends
@derekcrim.bsky.social @nkalamb.bsky.social
@derekcrim.bsky.social @nkalamb.bsky.social
beyond the fact that Israel has killed athletes, coaches, referees and administrators and used Yarmouk stadium as a detention camp, Israel’s continued inclusion in the international sport system signals that their conduct is acceptable - it’s sportswashing of the highest order
November 18, 2024 at 5:29 PM
beyond the fact that Israel has killed athletes, coaches, referees and administrators and used Yarmouk stadium as a detention camp, Israel’s continued inclusion in the international sport system signals that their conduct is acceptable - it’s sportswashing of the highest order