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Derek Silva

@derekcrim.bsky.social

// prof, writer, podcaster 🍉 // words in Time, LA Times, The Guardian, etc. // podcast @endofsportpod.bsky.social // book link in bio @uncpress.bsky.social https://uncpress.org/book/9781469683461/the-end-of-college-football/

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Derek Silva@derekcrim.bsky.social · 5d ago

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...

Campus antisemitism report is based on fundamentally flawed methodology

Students deserve protection from bigotry. Antisemitism exists in Canadian society and must be confronted, and this study documents real examples. However, its methodology is flawed: by merging critiq...

canadiandimension.com

Canadian Dimension@canadiandimension.bsky.social · 5d ago

A federal report on campus antisemitism makes sweeping claims from a self-selected, unweighted sample. It also repeatedly blurs the line between antisemitism and criticism of Israel, write @nkalamb.bsky.social, @derekcrim.bsky.social, @dansailofsky.bsky.social, and @privaricate.bsky.social.

Nathan Kalman-Lamb@nkalamb.bsky.social · 5d ago

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.
Derek Silva@derekcrim.bsky.social · 5d ago

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...

Derek Silva@derekcrim.bsky.social · 5d ago

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...

Campus antisemitism report is based on fundamentally flawed methodology

Students deserve protection from bigotry. Antisemitism exists in Canadian society and must be confronted, and this study documents real examples. However, its methodology is flawed: by merging critiq...

canadiandimension.com

Canadian Dimension@canadiandimension.bsky.social · 5d ago

A federal report on campus antisemitism makes sweeping claims from a self-selected, unweighted sample. It also repeatedly blurs the line between antisemitism and criticism of Israel, write @nkalamb.bsky.social, @derekcrim.bsky.social, @dansailofsky.bsky.social, and @privaricate.bsky.social.

Jules Boykoff@julesboykoff.bsky.social · 6d ago

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...

screenshot of an image that reads in all-caps text "Ireland Plays Despite Israel's Genocide" with a photo to the right of Gavin Bazunu of the Republic of Ireland's national soccer team
Jules Boykoff@julesboykoff.bsky.social · 7d ago

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...

Derek Silva@derekcrim.bsky.social · 6d ago

Imagine using shitty evidence to argue the standards in sociology have lowered because of its "politicization." That's exactly what Ashley Rubin did. Funny how sociology is "too political" but Rubin's weak claims are devoid of politics entirely 🙄. scatter.wordpress.com/2026/09/19/g...

guest post: scholarly malpractice and the vanderbilt-washington university report on sociology

The following is a guest post by Julian Go. By now readers of scatterplot will be aware of the Sociology portion of the Vanderbilt-Washington University Report (VWUR) by Ashley Rubin. Part of the “…

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb@nkalamb.bsky.social · 6d ago

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.

Nathan Kalman-Lamb@nkalamb.bsky.social · 6d ago

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...

Seven Arizona State men’s hockey players asked the university’s president to place the Sun Devils’ coaching staff on administrative leave pending further investigation into the workout that left sophomore transfer Matthew Mayich on life support. In a 26-page letter sent to ASU president Michael Crow on Monday and obtained by The Athletic, the players disputed numerous findings from the university’s initial review of the Aug. 20 workout, writing that Mayich did not receive water and was provided inadequate medical care after his collapse.
Jules Boykoff@julesboykoff.bsky.social · 7d ago

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...

Irish Goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu's Refusal to Play Against Israel Puts Him on the Right Side of History

Bazunu's decision raises the perennial question: Why is a country that is currently committing a genocide allowed to compete in the first place?

thenation.com

Jules Boykoff@julesboykoff.bsky.social · last wk.

"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

Nathan Kalman-Lamb@nkalamb.bsky.social · last wk.

ICE has abducted Senegalese WBB player Aminata Seck and won't release her. DHS 'policy' is to provide medical care to prisoners at intake, yet they admit to denying her care for an ACL injury for 1.5 months. The NCAA is letting it happen, despite its predatory recruitment of ICAs. We explain.

Matt Seybold@mattseybold.bsky.social · last wk.

Infuriating story that @nkalamb.bsky.social, @derekcrim.bsky.social, & Simran Kaur Sethi unfurl with attention to how colleges are complicit in putting international students in danger. Destabilizing student visa process creates more detentions. That’s not disorganization. That’s design.

ICE has abducted a college athlete. What are the NCAA and universities going to do about it?

Aminata Seck’s detention shows the bargain facing international college athletes: universities eagerly recruit them, but support can disappear when their immigration status becomes precarious.

theguardian.com

Priyansh@privaricate.bsky.social · last wk.

'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

Nathan Kalman-Lamb@nkalamb.bsky.social · last wk.

ICE has abducted Senegalese WBB player Aminata Seck and won't release her. DHS 'policy' is to provide medical care to prisoners at intake, yet they admit to denying her care for an ACL injury for 1.5 months. The NCAA is letting it happen, despite its predatory recruitment of ICAs. We explain.

Derek Silva@derekcrim.bsky.social · 3w ago

Solidarity with my friends at @uwofa1.bsky.social who are looking for a fair agreement despite terrible conditions presented by Western admin!

UWO Faculty Association@uwofa1.bsky.social · 3w ago

A YES vote strengthens our negotiating team’s position at the bargaining table and gives them the support to keep pushing for a fair agreement. Make a plan. Bring your colleagues. Vote. In person: today at Conron Hall until 6pm, Tues. at Social Science Kiosk, 9am-6pm Online: Wed. 9am to Thurs. 6pm