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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In case you missed this, the BBC edited a historian's speech about Trump to remove the claim that he's "the most openly corrupt president in US history." This came after Trump had threatened a $1 billion lawsuit.
Elite capitulation continues.
Read all about it here:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Elite capitulation continues.
Read all about it here:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump Angrily Threatened to Sue BBC. Then Things Took a Darker Turn.
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:30 PM
In case you missed this, the BBC edited a historian's speech about Trump to remove the claim that he's "the most openly corrupt president in US history." This came after Trump had threatened a $1 billion lawsuit.
Elite capitulation continues.
Read all about it here:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Elite capitulation continues.
Read all about it here:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
It's not a ceasefire when Israel is regularly bombing Lebanon, stealing land in the West Bank and preventing Gaza Palestinians from entering half of their lands. frames.forensic-architecture.org/gaza/ceasefi...
November 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
It's not a ceasefire when Israel is regularly bombing Lebanon, stealing land in the West Bank and preventing Gaza Palestinians from entering half of their lands. frames.forensic-architecture.org/gaza/ceasefi...
Herzog: "To me, one of the most precious things human beings can do is identify across boundaries, which is precisely the thing that the fascists are trying to extirpate in us."
Important insight from Dagmar Herzog on the New Fascist Body venerated by today's right.
publicseminar.org/2025/11/new-...
publicseminar.org/2025/11/new-...
Fascism's Body Politics - Public Seminar
Dagmar Herzog explains how ableism's historical legacy informs the fascisms of Donald Trump and Germany's AfD.
publicseminar.org
November 26, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Herzog: "To me, one of the most precious things human beings can do is identify across boundaries, which is precisely the thing that the fascists are trying to extirpate in us."
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Attention Canadian teachers (high school through grad school) of Bsky! It would be great to get some keen young historians on this council: #cdnhist
Make your voice count — join LAC’s Youth Advisory Council!
Are you between 16 and 25? We’re looking for engaged, curious, and creative people who want to help shape the future of libraries and archives.
Ready to make a real difference? Apply by December 3!
www.canada.ca/en/library-a...
Are you between 16 and 25? We’re looking for engaged, curious, and creative people who want to help shape the future of libraries and archives.
Ready to make a real difference? Apply by December 3!
www.canada.ca/en/library-a...
November 25, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Attention Canadian teachers (high school through grad school) of Bsky! It would be great to get some keen young historians on this council: #cdnhist
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November 25, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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New student survey reported on by the Harvard Crimson —
63% of Harvard undergraduate respondents say Harvard should divest from companies and institutions operating in Israel.
23% said No.
70% say Harvard should disclose such investments.
19% said No.
63% of Harvard undergraduate respondents say Harvard should divest from companies and institutions operating in Israel.
23% said No.
70% say Harvard should disclose such investments.
19% said No.
November 22, 2025 at 4:54 PM
New student survey reported on by the Harvard Crimson —
63% of Harvard undergraduate respondents say Harvard should divest from companies and institutions operating in Israel.
23% said No.
70% say Harvard should disclose such investments.
19% said No.
63% of Harvard undergraduate respondents say Harvard should divest from companies and institutions operating in Israel.
23% said No.
70% say Harvard should disclose such investments.
19% said No.
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No one will be free until everyone is free. This day, like every day, we double down on our commitment to liberation for all people.
November 20, 2025 at 3:13 PM
No one will be free until everyone is free. This day, like every day, we double down on our commitment to liberation for all people.
Stories like this are just the tip of the iceberg for evangelical churches. Children are told that speaking about the crime is worse than than the crime. It's the patriarchy protecting its own at the expense of children.
Leaders of a Minnesota church community didn’t report a parishioner they knew had sexually abused girls for year.
They told his victims that once sins were “washed away in the blood of reconciliation,” they could never speak of them again.
Truly chilling, from @jlussenhop.bsky.social & Andy Mannix
They told his victims that once sins were “washed away in the blood of reconciliation,” they could never speak of them again.
Truly chilling, from @jlussenhop.bsky.social & Andy Mannix
Young Girls Were Sexually Abused by a Church Member. They Were Told to Forgive and Forget.
In Minnesota, leaders of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community enabled a child abuser by telling his victims that once the sins were “washed away in the blood of reconciliation,” they could never...
www.propublica.org
November 20, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Stories like this are just the tip of the iceberg for evangelical churches. Children are told that speaking about the crime is worse than than the crime. It's the patriarchy protecting its own at the expense of children.
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New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
November 19, 2025 at 11:35 AM
New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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Public washrooms are a gender equity issue, a healthy aging issue, and ableism issue…
Reminder that #OttCity ph1 LRT only got 3 washrooms at 13 ph1 stations; 2 (each end) forced on city by prov and 1 at Bayview due to advocacy; 1 was added at Line 2; AFAIK there are none added to rest of ph2; most are closed more often than open. This is a gender and equity issue. 1/
Transit stations should have public bathrooms.
November 20, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Public washrooms are a gender equity issue, a healthy aging issue, and ableism issue…
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It's hard to overstate how extraordinary it is that Quebec City could be considered a bike friendly city, but the changes made in the past 4 years have been radical and fundamental, and I couldn't be more proud of my city.
These things are always hard to measure, but the Copenhagenize Index ranks Montreal as the 15th most bike-friendly city in the world.
Top 5 in North America:
1. Montreal
2. Quebec City
3. Vancouver
4. Portland
5. Minneapolis
I worry we’ll fall in the next few years though!
Top 5 in North America:
1. Montreal
2. Quebec City
3. Vancouver
4. Portland
5. Minneapolis
I worry we’ll fall in the next few years though!
Copenhagenize index
copenhagenizeindex.eu
November 18, 2025 at 8:19 PM
It's hard to overstate how extraordinary it is that Quebec City could be considered a bike friendly city, but the changes made in the past 4 years have been radical and fundamental, and I couldn't be more proud of my city.
Western values = whatever seems cool at that moment
Rep. Moolenaar on Trump selling F-35s to Saudi Arabia: "I believe the president is bringing different countries into the coalition that would be more aligned with Western values and with respect for national security. I trust his team."
November 18, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Western values = whatever seems cool at that moment
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Falk is a prominent human rights expert who turned 95 on the day he was detained.
This is who Canada sees as a potential threat to national security?
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
This is who Canada sees as a potential threat to national security?
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Prominent legal scholar detained at Canadian border while on his way to a conference on Palestine | CBC News
A well-known academic and former UN special rapporteur says he was detained by customs agents in Toronto while on his way to speak at a conference on human rights violations against Palestinians.
www.cbc.ca
November 16, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Falk is a prominent human rights expert who turned 95 on the day he was detained.
This is who Canada sees as a potential threat to national security?
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
This is who Canada sees as a potential threat to national security?
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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NEW: In his first interview since his arrest for protesting outside the Chicago-area ICE facility, @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social tells me he has "bruises all over my body."
Even so, he said, “the cruelty that goes on that facility … must be 100 times worse." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
Even so, he said, “the cruelty that goes on that facility … must be 100 times worse." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
November 15, 2025 at 7:52 PM
NEW: In his first interview since his arrest for protesting outside the Chicago-area ICE facility, @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social tells me he has "bruises all over my body."
Even so, he said, “the cruelty that goes on that facility … must be 100 times worse." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
Even so, he said, “the cruelty that goes on that facility … must be 100 times worse." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
Wow, a bloody month killed this boy! And Palestinians are alleging a well known fact! Every day the NYT wins prizes for anti-Palestinian bias and racism.
November 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Wow, a bloody month killed this boy! And Palestinians are alleging a well known fact! Every day the NYT wins prizes for anti-Palestinian bias and racism.
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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…
lithub.com
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