Derek Silva

1/9 We cannot accept the findings of the federal CASE report. The methodology is fundamentally broken. Its data is highly questionable, but the resulting political weaponization is actively harmful. We unpack why for @canadiandimension.bsky.social. canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...

really appreciated yall having me chat about the really cool, you-won't-find-this-elsewhere stuff we're doing at readeyeblack.com, and, despite the challenges of producing good storytelling in a struggling industry, building work you can believe in!

I think that “injuries are part of football” is a massive understatement. There are very few sports where *devastating,* life-altering injury is fundamental to the functional play of the game. Football is not morally defensible commodity spectacle.

Metallica not being political at all.

🎙️NEW EOPod episode just dropped! This week, @girishdaswani.bsky.social talks about academic Freedom and the Palestine Exception with the one and only @mauraf.bsky.social everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2026/10/13/e...

Per the Middle East Studies Association, since October 7, 76 North American academics have been fired for speaking out against the genocide in Palestine. Two-thirds of those people are non-white. 16.5% are Jewish. afi.mesana.org/resource/les...

Metallica always sucked anyway

Techbro professors everywhere screaming about the relationship they have developed with their chat bot

So, what's up @universityaffairs.bsky.social ? Why platform shoddy methodology from CASE advisory board, but not a quantitative critique by sociologists who actually use rigorous methods? You owe it to the community to cover both sides of the issue, with @derekcrim.bsky.social @nkalamb.bsky.social

Thread. Still disgusted by how @thebigstory.bsky.social laundered this crap.

At the end of the day, the Canadian government's Campus Antisemitism and Student Experiences (CASE) study is propaganda politics laundered as legitimate social science by Canadian scholars. We break down all the methodological flaws in this work of professional malpractice 👇.

Our piece on the specious CASE report is out now at @CDN_Dimension Derek's thread on the article's main arguments 👇🏽

Deep-dive into the controversy engulfing the UEFA Nations League fixtures btw Ireland & Israel. Irish Sport for Palestine's Rebecca O’Keeffe breaks it all down w/ @privaricate.bsky.social & @nkalamb.bsky.social on @endofsportpod.bsky.social ahead of Sunday's rematch open.spotify.com/episode/0hbo...

"Regardless of the final score in Ireland’s favour, they lost the minute they stepped on the pitch to play Israel." Exactly right. There are no victories when playing Israel "went vs the majority of the Irish people" + "succumbed to pressure to normalise genocide" www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

I think the most striking thing for me is Rubin accuses **everyone else** of doing politics instead of looking in the mirror.

This.

On two new @endofsportpod.bsky.social the team discuss ICE's kidnapping of international college athletes, the controversy surrounding Irish sport's response to Israel’s genocide, the implications for solidarity movements + more podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/i... podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/i...

This (superb) reporting reveals ASU has basically attempted a full cover-up and the only reason they aren’t going to get away with it is the genuine courage and solidarity of his teammates. Very rare in college sport.

ONLY EIGHT PLAYERS GOT A WATER BREAK AT AN ARIZONA WORKOUT IN AUGUST???? This is literally criminal.

Ireland players wore black armbands in yesterday's match against Israel. Captain Dara O’Shea chose not to shake hands with Israel's captain. Ireland players bowed their heads during Israel’s national anthem. My latest w/ @edgeofsports.bsky.social for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/soci...

My latest, co-written with @edgeofsports.bsky.social: "Irish Goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu’s Refusal to Play Against Israel Puts Him on the Right Side of History." For @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Today’s absolute must read from @julesboykoff.bsky.social and @edgeofsports.bsky.social. 👇👇👇

Exceptional solidarity from ASU hockey players who have demanded their coach be placed on leave for essentially overseeing the murder of their teammate and have disputed the university’s findings. www.nytimes.com/athletic/764...

"Institutions that recruit international athletes & benefit from their athletic labor must build systems capable of supporting them when their immigration status places them at risk," write @nkalamb.bsky.social Simran Kaur Sethi, & @derekcrim.bsky.social in a powerful & important essay

The recruitment of international college athletes by universities is predatory. open.spotify.com/episode/5hnY...

'International college athletes are among the most exploited campus athletic workers in the current political economy of US college athletics...' @nkalamb.bsky.social, Simran Kaur Sethi, & @derekcrim.bsky.social shed light on the case of Aminata Seck who was abducted by ICE in August this year

My latest for @theguardian.com: "What Can Halt FIFA’s Authoritarian Turn Under Infantino? Change from the Outside" www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Shoutout to SSHRC for making it impossible to submit a reference letter for a student that is finished and ready to go. Great use of everyone’s time and effort!

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