Priyansh

@privaricate.bsky.social

Doctoral candidate at the University of Toronto, writer, journalist. Co-host @endofsportpod.bsky.social

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Personally, I think it would be embarrassing to have to acknowledge the use of AI in the production of academic work, particularly at the sentence level.

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Discourse on ‘antisemitism’ in Canada and the US has reached a fever pitch. But, when you dig into the substance of the claims, it becomes clear that what is really being denounced is critique of genocide and antizionism. The CASE report is a paradigmatic example.

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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 👇.

To make definitively broad generalizations grounded in a small, biased selection sample is an unacceptable error, yet this is something the authors of this report repeatedly do, such as when they assert, “95.7% said they had experienced or witnessed at least one instance of antisemitism over the previous 12 months” without providing a caveat such as “of those surveyed” or a strong note on the limitations of the report’s methodology. This finding of 95 percent has, predictably, been repeated ad nauseam in the media. In fact, the authors of the report have admitted that among the very small number of respondents who indicated Zionism was not important at all to them, 92 percent said their campus was safe and inclusive for Jewish students, a finding that directly contradicts the thesis that it is Jewishness, rather than the state policy of Israel, that is the object of critique on campuses. The 95 and 92 percent figures, taken together, index a larger problem: the incentive for participants to articulate experiences that align with broader political projects in a moment of profound polarization. It is clear beyond doubt that students with Zionist proclivities reported discrimination and those with anti-Zionist leanings reported none. So, what the study seems to reveal above all is the political orientation of its participants. It is not really possible to falsify any of the findings beyond that. If Zionist students consider critique of Israel to be a form of harm, that is what they will report. But this is not an objective measure, as evinced by the testimony of anti-Zionist students.
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Do the Irish players really stand by a decision explicitly endorsed by Israel? Is that the legacy that they—sans Gavin Bazunu, the legend—choose? We will remember.

What pleases us today, is that football has won. The separation between football and politics must be maintained; any other approach spells chaos and a dangerous slide in a slippery slope, leading to disastrous consequences for the game we all love. The Irish Football Association and the national team players did the right thing by recognizing this —even if it took a bit longer then it should. Yet, its Better late than never.   The ones who have certainly lost today are those who wanted to intimidate, to separate and to turn the football pitch into a political arena. UEFA, the IFA and the @IrelandFootball stood strong together to prevent it. As the host association, we are proud that the opening whistle will blow tomorrow at 20:45, and may the better team win on the field of play. Hoping we'll be on the winning side of Corse, and Please don't hold it against us.   Flags will be raised, anthems will be played, and the players and coaches of both teams will have the opportunity to shake hands and respect each other. Defiantly from our side, as always. Although the phrase doesn't originate in Hebrew, we are still happy to say: Let's play ball!
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ICE abducted a WBB player while she was traveling with her Kentucky State team in early August at Louisville airport. She has been imprisoned for 1.5 months and denied care for a serious ACL injury. It is the responsibility of universities and the NCAA to protect their players. They have failed.

Aminata Seck, 26, a student-athlete at Kentucky State University, was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport while traveling with her school's basketball team Aug. 7, said Sadiqa Reynolds, a lawyer helping coordinate Seck's case. Seck's team was headed to New York for a tournament, and she was taken into custody after going through airport security, said Reynolds, former president and CEO of the Louisville Urban League.
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As someone who works on the plantation dynamics of college sports, I would say this qualifies as a “and they just tweeted it out?” moment for me.

Us department of education: Make college football great again
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As a recovering obsessive Strava user, I am fascinated by these conversations. We always have to be re-evaluating how this app — which is essentially just a streamlined, automated version of a runner’s notebook — becoming just another way in which we are alienated from our labour and leisure.

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