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Priyansh

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

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The End of Sport @endofsportpod.bsky.social · 1h
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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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 1h
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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Priyansh @privaricate.bsky.social · 1h
Our piece on the specious CASE report is out now at @CDN_Dimension Derek's thread on the article's main arguments 👇🏽
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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.
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Priyansh @privaricate.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We counter the FAI and the Irish state's blatant lies and twisting of the facts in today's episode. Listen now!
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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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Priyansh @privaricate.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
'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
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Priyansh @privaricate.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This morning's OLF is out now!
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Hannah is always must-listen!
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
We finally dig deep on the crucial new @bmj.com study on CTE prevalence.
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The End of Sport @endofsportpod.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
How Figure Skating Shapes Inequality Erica Rand joins to explore his figure skating reflects systemic hierarchies, racialized gender norms, and the impact of coloniality on sports. open.spotify.com/episode/5yHH...
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Jules Boykoff @julesboykoff.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
My latest for @theguardian.com: "What Can Halt FIFA’s Authoritarian Turn Under Infantino? Change from the Outside" www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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What can halt Fifa’s authoritarian turn under Infantino? Change from the outside | Jules Boykoff
The World Cup and its aftermath made clear that Fifa needs independent oversight by governments and NGOs dedicated to preserving the people’s game
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Dan H @hanoomansingh.com · 12/09/2026
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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Priyansh @privaricate.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I step away for one episode and this is what happens
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
If you listen to just one episode of the podcast, this is the one I would choose.
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Grace Robertson 🏳️‍⚧️ @graceonfootball.com · 09/09/2026
serious "if trent has no fans, that means i'm dead" days
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Priyansh @privaricate.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
New episode out! We were joined by Jonathan Finn to discuss how Strava structures sport
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Priyansh @privaricate.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
We're advancing class struggle in baseball with @tippingpitchespod.com for our latest ep!
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Priyansh @privaricate.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
New OLF out now. We discuss issues in the Women's Pro Baseball League, the case of Anaya Bangar, and the latest developments at UEFA, among other stuff. Come for the rich analysis, stay for the hot takes about food at the end
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Priyansh @privaricate.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Had great fun chatting with @tonykaron.bsky.social & @seanjacobs.bsky.social about the spectre of private equity in football, Liverpool's future, and what comes next for FIFA & Infantino. Check out the episode now!
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The reporting on this study is, however, completely flawed. Notice how all but one of the headlines below claims that the prevalence simply applies to *all players*, alive or dead. That claim is never made in the BMJ article because that’s not what is being studied.
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Priyansh @privaricate.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Was a thrill to reflect on communist ideas about exercise and physical activity with Kyle Kubler from @htwvmag.bsky.social We also discussed Kyle's excellent work on the history of physical activity and exercise under capitalism that was previously published by Spectre & Ultra
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Priyansh @privaricate.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Only positive? The rest of the season can't be any worse #Spurs
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Priyansh @privaricate.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
NEW for Eleven Named People: A reflection on a life surrounded by sport. I indulge my petty fandoms in this piece. Come for the odd love for Steve Waugh's Australia, stay for the Marxist propaganda.
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Priyansh @privaricate.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The English Premier League returns tomorrow. Before you watch the football, please check out our conversation with @neilsammonds.bsky.social about @waronwant.bsky.social's report, Red Card, on the league's complicity in genocide
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Frankie de la Cretaz @thefrankiedlc.news · 19/08/2026
NEW from me & @jenramose.online: we’ve spent nearly a year speaking to WPBL players: "It's hard to talk negatively about this because it's literally my dream, but it's also true that there are so many eyes on this league and there could be so much more care toward this." Up now at @defector.com:
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The New Women's Pro Baseball League Offers Hope—And Frustrations | Defector
For most women who play baseball in the United States, playing America’s pastime in a professional league has been little more than a dream. Yet for a select group of women, that dream is becoming a r...
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Priyansh @privaricate.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Might become a Premier League poster to keep this account alive
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Priyansh @privaricate.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The joy of kicking out Daniel Levy is never-ending
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The Discourse will not abate, so we chime in.
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Priyansh @privaricate.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
New episode with the fantastic @michaelwaters.bsky.social 👇🏽
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Priyansh @privaricate.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
New episode on everyone's favourite substance (abuse)
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Accepting the MAGA premise (using MAGA language) that ideas from 2015-2023 about justice are ‘crazy’ (literally the characterization) is a complete capitulation. Be more materialist. Yes. Don’t be liberal. But don’t kid yourself that being ‘anti-woke’ is anything but fascist.
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The End of Sport @endofsportpod.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The Rise of Muscular Christianity in America @profligategrace.bsky.social joins to discuss her new @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social book on how muscular Christianity shapes masculinity, race, and religion in the US. open.spotify.com/episode/1HXh...
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
El-Sayed to Rogers: "I'm going to put a figurative tattoo on your forehead. And every time people see your face, they're going to say 'corporatist shill, opioid-epidemic starter.'" Damn.
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Priyansh @privaricate.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
New "white genocide in South Africa" just dropped
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Priyansh @privaricate.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Nobody who believes FIFA's "trust me bro" scam should be allowed to touch public funds
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Priyansh @privaricate.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
New OLF out now!
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
The fragility on display here is off the charts. Doctors at Toronto’s Mt. Sinai Hospital complained that their pain wasn’t recognized in their colleague Kavita Algu’s advocacy against the genocide. Algu was ultimately forced to resign. archive.is/yTcX0
Days prior to the meeting, a group of doctors at the palliative care unit had raised concerns with their leadership about Jewish pain not being recognized in their colleagues’ public advocacy for Palestinians. The workplace was being affected by social media posts about Gaza, they told their managers on Jan. 10. The meeting to which Algu and the others were invited was an attempt to address those concerns, according to internal records that would detail the hospital’s navigation of the situation.
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The End of Sport @endofsportpod.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
UEFA’s Anti-FIFA Rebellion @valmoggia.bsky.social of @pallonateinfaccia.bsky.social + Alex Avina join for this emergency recording on UEFA’s historic threat to boycott all FIFA national competitions over Infantino’s gambit to sell the global game to private equity. open.spotify.com/episode/6FFu...
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
UEFA has just unanimously decided to boycott both men's and women's World Cups over FIFA's attempt to sell the global game to private equity. Damn.
BREAKING: UEFA sources tell 
@talkSPORT
 all 55 Member Associations have decided to boycott the men's and women's World Cups in protest at Gianni Infantino's Fifa Forward Enterprise plans.

UEFA members agreed on an emergency call that began around 2pm today that they will not support any FIFA-run tournament.

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@martynziegler
, who first broke the story.
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Priyansh @privaricate.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Really enjoyed chatting with @valmoggia.bsky.social about the structural reasons that explain the Pirlo situation. Listen/watch now!
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Priyansh @privaricate.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
In our latest episode, @jessagoldberg.bsky.social analyses the fantasy of violation in women's sport as propagated by transphobes
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Priyansh @privaricate.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
A sobering reflection on the World Cup. Episode out now
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Derek Silva @derekcrim.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
This match can be immediately redeemed if we see some Palestinian flags from the Spanish players.
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Derek Silva @derekcrim.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I’m just going to tell myself this is a bunch of footballers resisting American imperialism.
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Priyansh @privaricate.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
The final interview of our MAGA World Cup coverage features a chat about matters on the pitch and the political issues of the last six weeks with the delightful Grace Robertson! Watch: youtu.be/tVBuA61M0n4 Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/4ySb...
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Priyansh @privaricate.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Our conversation with @davidgoldblatt.bsky.social is out now! We talked about rebooting FIFA, the cultural politics of English football, and all things World Cup in this episode. Watch: youtu.be/yQpV3XzQCV8 Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/7b3j...
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
To be clear: this is a racist premise. Soccer is the sport of multicultural diversity in Canada. Hockey is whiteness incarnate. This is far louder than a dog whistle.
Forever trailing in European soccer’s wake, Canada should just stick to hockey
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