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.

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

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...

😍😍😍😍😍

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

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!

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...

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

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...

so proud of these folks 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

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

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.

“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...

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.

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

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

the universities have no money …except for more senior administrators with vague titles like “associate director of corporate affairs”

I’m officially making the switch. Twitter has become so unbearable that even the sunk cost can’t keep me there. I post about social issues - gender, labour, violence - in sport and outside of it, leftist politics and more generic NBA and WNBA fandom stuff!

Playing through Pain by @dansailofsky.bsky.social challenges us to rethink a system that profits from harm & exposes how capitalism fuels violence in sports—from life-altering injuries to exploitation and “sportswashing.” uncpress.org/book/9781469...

an important conversation that I feel fortunate to have been a part of - worth a listen!