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
"Inside of the detention center captives work for $1 a day– a single 15-minute phone call is $5."
Concentration camps:
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."
Exclusive: Detention Center Captives Are Throwing Lotion Bottles Wrapped With Notes to Organizers Outside Otay Mesa Facility ~ L.A. TACO
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh," an Otay Mesa captive communicated through handwritten note. "We are all in one big room with no doors...
lataco.com
February 8, 2026 at 3:03 AM
"Inside of the detention center captives work for $1 a day– a single 15-minute phone call is $5."
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just a reminder that the united states is essentially operating a network of torture camps holding individuals in arbitrary detention, without access to appeal and rarely to counsel.
February 8, 2026 at 1:52 AM
just a reminder that the united states is essentially operating a network of torture camps holding individuals in arbitrary detention, without access to appeal and rarely to counsel.
In 2015, the Intl Agency for Research on Cancer classified glyphosate as “probably carcinogenic to humans.” Of particular concern for Indigenous communities as it is sprayed on the berries, animals, medicines and fish that make up their traditional food systems.
theconversation.com/glyphosate-w...
theconversation.com/glyphosate-w...
Glyphosate: What Indigenous communities have suspected for years about the dangers of the herbicide
The recent retraction of peer-reviewed research claiming glyphosate is safe confirms what Indigenous communities have said for years.
theconversation.com
February 7, 2026 at 12:15 PM
In 2015, the Intl Agency for Research on Cancer classified glyphosate as “probably carcinogenic to humans.” Of particular concern for Indigenous communities as it is sprayed on the berries, animals, medicines and fish that make up their traditional food systems.
theconversation.com/glyphosate-w...
theconversation.com/glyphosate-w...
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Israel told the UN to stay away from those areas for 9 hours while it kills all plant life. This is a war crime, and Israel is so comfortable committing war crimes that they announce them in advance.
Israel spraying pesticide (that are banned in the EU) over south Lebanon as part of its ongoing campaign of ecocide. The goal is simple: to make sure that life itself is rendered impossible.
This remains rarely reported in the news despite them doing so for years.
www.instagram.com/reel/DUV2aoB...
This remains rarely reported in the news despite them doing so for years.
www.instagram.com/reel/DUV2aoB...
February 7, 2026 at 11:54 AM
Israel told the UN to stay away from those areas for 9 hours while it kills all plant life. This is a war crime, and Israel is so comfortable committing war crimes that they announce them in advance.
Vicious, depraved men celebrate vicious, depraved men.
New @washingtonpost.com:
Trump is planning to install a statue of Christopher Columbus outside the White House
Officials are eying a spot by E St, north of the Ellipse
with the terrific @oliviacgeorge.bsky.social
Trump is planning to install a statue of Christopher Columbus outside the White House
Officials are eying a spot by E St, north of the Ellipse
with the terrific @oliviacgeorge.bsky.social
Trump plans to install Christopher Columbus statue outside White House
The president has worked to recognize the explorer, saying Italian-Americans should “remember” Trump’s efforts when they go vote.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Vicious, depraved men celebrate vicious, depraved men.
I thought this would be a good piece and then it descended into the snobishest of all snobby conclusions that the problem is that the amoral elite of our world don't have good writing and spelling skills. Bad grammar is not a central problem of our age--I think their victims will agree
"Since prison for Epstein’s fellow abusers gets unlikelier over time, America’s deeper question is whether it can restore a culture of shame." - marvellous, marvellous column by @edwardluce.bsky.social:
The Epstein rot goes deep
America must now ask itself if it can restore a culture of shame
www.ft.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:36 PM
I thought this would be a good piece and then it descended into the snobishest of all snobby conclusions that the problem is that the amoral elite of our world don't have good writing and spelling skills. Bad grammar is not a central problem of our age--I think their victims will agree
The things Carney didn't say are the things he doesn't value, the battles he chooses not to fight.
"The world is looking to Canada for reassurance that a stable, thriving multiracial democracy is not only possible but desirable. This is the message Carney left out of his speech - and it is one our prime minister must urgently convey." - www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... @rondeibert.bsky.social
What Mark Carney didn’t say in Davos is what the world needed to hear most
Democracies everywhere are looking to Canada for reassurance that a stable multicultural society is not only possible but desirable.
www.thestar.com
February 2, 2026 at 7:28 PM
The things Carney didn't say are the things he doesn't value, the battles he chooses not to fight.
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The Israeli genocide of Palestinians in Gaza has not stopped. On Saturday, Israeli military airstrikes across Gaza killed at least 32 Palestinians, including six children, in one of its worst assaults during the so-called ceasefire.
February 2, 2026 at 7:00 PM
The Israeli genocide of Palestinians in Gaza has not stopped. On Saturday, Israeli military airstrikes across Gaza killed at least 32 Palestinians, including six children, in one of its worst assaults during the so-called ceasefire.
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We can't lecture the world about shredding the international rules-based order and then pal around with the people who have been shredding it before our very eyes for the last 2 years - not to mention all the decades of occupation and apartheid that preceded this horrific moment.
January 31, 2026 at 3:04 AM
We can't lecture the world about shredding the international rules-based order and then pal around with the people who have been shredding it before our very eyes for the last 2 years - not to mention all the decades of occupation and apartheid that preceded this horrific moment.
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This post has been on my mind for a few days now, so I’m going to say something about it. 🧵
January 31, 2026 at 3:00 AM
This post has been on my mind for a few days now, so I’m going to say something about it. 🧵
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🔹 Both water and electricity supplies were cut to UNRWA installations in Shu’fat Camp, Occupied East Jerusalem, across 27-28 January, as provisions of the Israeli anti-UNRWA laws came into effect
Latest update on #Gaza and the Occupied #WestBank: www.unrwa.org/resources/re...
Latest update on #Gaza and the Occupied #WestBank: www.unrwa.org/resources/re...
January 30, 2026 at 2:00 PM
🔹 Both water and electricity supplies were cut to UNRWA installations in Shu’fat Camp, Occupied East Jerusalem, across 27-28 January, as provisions of the Israeli anti-UNRWA laws came into effect
Latest update on #Gaza and the Occupied #WestBank: www.unrwa.org/resources/re...
Latest update on #Gaza and the Occupied #WestBank: www.unrwa.org/resources/re...
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I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable.
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
IDF accepts Gaza Health Ministry death toll of over 71,000 Palestinians killed in the war
Although Many International Experts Have Accepted the Health Ministry's Data as Reliable, and Even Conservative Relative to the True Death Toll, Israel Had Refused to Accept the Health Ministry's Coun...
www.haaretz.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:29 PM
I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable.
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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"In order to build tyranny, you have to open zones where the law doesn't apply... one zone like that is the border. The logic of what they've been doing with ICE is to take the border everywhere."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuNB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuNB...
Snyder: Trump administration using words like ‘terrorist’ and ‘extremist’ is what tyrants do
YouTube video by MS NOW
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January 29, 2026 at 1:59 PM
"In order to build tyranny, you have to open zones where the law doesn't apply... one zone like that is the border. The logic of what they've been doing with ICE is to take the border everywhere."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuNB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuNB...
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For those (of us) who have researched, published books, chapters, Journal articles, conference papers on racist immigration violences, including deportation and detention, your work is needed now more than ever. Share it, wield it, care with it.
January 28, 2026 at 8:35 PM
For those (of us) who have researched, published books, chapters, Journal articles, conference papers on racist immigration violences, including deportation and detention, your work is needed now more than ever. Share it, wield it, care with it.
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Today I joined a vigil with my dear nursing colleagues at the clinic I work at, to remember his sacrifice for simply being a helper. In a world fraught with fascism and tyranny, choose to be a helper like Alex.
January 28, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Today I joined a vigil with my dear nursing colleagues at the clinic I work at, to remember his sacrifice for simply being a helper. In a world fraught with fascism and tyranny, choose to be a helper like Alex.
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Be a helper like Alex Pretti. He was an ICU nurse who knew that his work of caring and helping others extended beyond the hospital and clinic walls. And for that, he was executed in broad daylight by federal ICE agents.
January 28, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Be a helper like Alex Pretti. He was an ICU nurse who knew that his work of caring and helping others extended beyond the hospital and clinic walls. And for that, he was executed in broad daylight by federal ICE agents.
You'd think this moment might be a good time to start an actual domestic vehicle industry in Canada rather than just switching reliance from one country to another. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Ottawa, Seoul agree to work on bringing South Korean auto sector manufacturing to Canada
Non-binding MOU stems from campaign to win submarine contract for Canada’s navy
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:11 PM
You'd think this moment might be a good time to start an actual domestic vehicle industry in Canada rather than just switching reliance from one country to another. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
They're stealing everything. Anyone want to join me in going back to using a typewriter and sharing manuscripts via post?
"Our AI has turned your conference presentation about Sigenauk’s War of Independence into a makeup tutorial."
New AI-Generated Content Derived from Your Work Posted on Academia.Edu
“By making any Member Content available through the Site or Services, you hereby grant to Academia.edu a worldwide, irrevocable, royalty-free, non-...
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January 28, 2026 at 6:12 PM
They're stealing everything. Anyone want to join me in going back to using a typewriter and sharing manuscripts via post?
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"Our AI has turned your conference presentation about Sigenauk’s War of Independence into a makeup tutorial."
New AI-Generated Content Derived from Your Work Posted on Academia.Edu
“By making any Member Content available through the Site or Services, you hereby grant to Academia.edu a worldwide, irrevocable, royalty-free, non-...
buff.ly
January 26, 2026 at 2:02 PM
"Our AI has turned your conference presentation about Sigenauk’s War of Independence into a makeup tutorial."
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With the opening of the Rafah border crossing, we are likely to finally see international reporters in Gaza. Israel prevented foreign journalists from entering the Strip for two years and four months, and the IDF killed more than 200 local reporters during that period.
January 26, 2026 at 3:34 PM
With the opening of the Rafah border crossing, we are likely to finally see international reporters in Gaza. Israel prevented foreign journalists from entering the Strip for two years and four months, and the IDF killed more than 200 local reporters during that period.
Apartheid state Israel
Israel’s parliament will be voting shortly on a law that would permit the death penalty for Palestinians only.
If settlers attack a Palestinian and they fight back, they can be hanged in 90 days.
If settlers attack a Palestinian and they fight back, they can be hanged in 90 days.
January 25, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Apartheid state Israel
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2/ Like the people of Minneapolis, Chicago, Atlanta and other cities, Canada is also under attack by Trump. We should not be providing any Canadian products to a government using them against its own people.
January 23, 2026 at 7:04 PM
2/ Like the people of Minneapolis, Chicago, Atlanta and other cities, Canada is also under attack by Trump. We should not be providing any Canadian products to a government using them against its own people.
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1/ As the people of Minneapolis rise up against ICE, it's painful and shameful that Canadian companies are selling armoured vehicles to Trump's masked militia and providing tech support to the dept of Homeland Security.
January 23, 2026 at 7:04 PM
1/ As the people of Minneapolis rise up against ICE, it's painful and shameful that Canadian companies are selling armoured vehicles to Trump's masked militia and providing tech support to the dept of Homeland Security.
When I first heard this speech, I felt it sounded like it was generated by ChatGPT, and that feeling has grown for me. I know Carney says he wrote it himself but I don't buy it. The cadence of the speech is typical for AI generated stuff.
“We know the old order is not coming back. We shouldn’t mourn it. Nostalgia is not a strategy… The powerful have their power. But we have something, too: the capacity to stop pretending.”
— Canadian PM Mark Carney at Davos, basically announcing divorce from America and receiving a standing ovation
— Canadian PM Mark Carney at Davos, basically announcing divorce from America and receiving a standing ovation
January 23, 2026 at 6:37 PM
When I first heard this speech, I felt it sounded like it was generated by ChatGPT, and that feeling has grown for me. I know Carney says he wrote it himself but I don't buy it. The cadence of the speech is typical for AI generated stuff.
Indeed Carney's speech was "a call for a non-aligned movement of intermediate imperial powers". I am struck by how many celebrate his call for collaboration of minor imperial players in the service of naked self interest, with complete disregard for the powerless who will suffer most.
A friend of a friend aptly called this moment a call for a non-aligned movement of intermediate imperial powers.
“We know the old order is not coming back. We shouldn’t mourn it. Nostalgia is not a strategy… The powerful have their power. But we have something, too: the capacity to stop pretending.”
— Canadian PM Mark Carney at Davos, basically announcing divorce from America and receiving a standing ovation
— Canadian PM Mark Carney at Davos, basically announcing divorce from America and receiving a standing ovation
January 23, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Indeed Carney's speech was "a call for a non-aligned movement of intermediate imperial powers". I am struck by how many celebrate his call for collaboration of minor imperial players in the service of naked self interest, with complete disregard for the powerless who will suffer most.