Daniel Collette
@danielcollette.bsky.social
Assistant Teaching Professor of Philosophy, Marquette University. Father of two. Pascal stan. he/him
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Hello, new followers! Nice to have you. I am a NTT prof working on early modern and canon critical philosophy. I post on academia, unions/labor, parenting, music, & more. I currently work on Blaise Pascal and his philosopher sister Jacqueline Pascal. If you’re interested, I made a little thread.
Blackwell’s A Companion to Pascal is now available to preorder!
You can preview one of my chapters “Pascal Life and Works” for free here: media.wiley.com/product_data... (note this link is different from the link below)
You can preview one of my chapters “Pascal Life and Works” for free here: media.wiley.com/product_data... (note this link is different from the link below)
A Companion to Pascal
<p><b>An interdisciplinary exploration of Pascal's philosophy across theology, science, and political thought</b> <p>Blaise Pascal has emerged as a central figure in early modern thought whose legacy...
www.wiley.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Blackwell’s A Companion to Pascal is now available to preorder!
You can preview one of my chapters “Pascal Life and Works” for free here: media.wiley.com/product_data... (note this link is different from the link below)
You can preview one of my chapters “Pascal Life and Works” for free here: media.wiley.com/product_data... (note this link is different from the link below)
A silver lining of everything falling apart is it’s exposing who politicians really are. I’d much rather sit down with a never-Trump Republican with proven conviction and a history of good-faith dialogue than a milquetoast Democrat who has the spine of a jellyfish and panders to an imaginary center
December 5, 2025 at 11:32 PM
A silver lining of everything falling apart is it’s exposing who politicians really are. I’d much rather sit down with a never-Trump Republican with proven conviction and a history of good-faith dialogue than a milquetoast Democrat who has the spine of a jellyfish and panders to an imaginary center
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Did you know it's Bandcamp Friday, that glorious day when Bandcamp waives its revenue share and gives the artists all the money? IT IS! If you've got some spare $$, go support the artists!
December 5, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Did you know it's Bandcamp Friday, that glorious day when Bandcamp waives its revenue share and gives the artists all the money? IT IS! If you've got some spare $$, go support the artists!
Handball penalty. Democracy gets a direct kick.
in the movies this is the screensaver on the computers at the world’s most evil company
December 5, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Handball penalty. Democracy gets a direct kick.
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Anyway stop using spotify and become a Bandcamp weirdo
Tomorrow is Bandcamp Friday and they waive all fees so 100% of what you pay goes to the artists
Tomorrow is Bandcamp Friday and they waive all fees so 100% of what you pay goes to the artists
December 4, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Anyway stop using spotify and become a Bandcamp weirdo
Tomorrow is Bandcamp Friday and they waive all fees so 100% of what you pay goes to the artists
Tomorrow is Bandcamp Friday and they waive all fees so 100% of what you pay goes to the artists
Four Christmas movies to know me by:
December 4, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Four Christmas movies to know me by:
“Universal healthcare will make long wait times.”
Time I’m waiting to get in to my PCP for a physical: 9 months.
Time it took me to find a psych that took insurance and new patients: 1 year.
…and spend $800/month on medical and prescription expenses, not including dental or vision.
Time I’m waiting to get in to my PCP for a physical: 9 months.
Time it took me to find a psych that took insurance and new patients: 1 year.
…and spend $800/month on medical and prescription expenses, not including dental or vision.
December 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
“Universal healthcare will make long wait times.”
Time I’m waiting to get in to my PCP for a physical: 9 months.
Time it took me to find a psych that took insurance and new patients: 1 year.
…and spend $800/month on medical and prescription expenses, not including dental or vision.
Time I’m waiting to get in to my PCP for a physical: 9 months.
Time it took me to find a psych that took insurance and new patients: 1 year.
…and spend $800/month on medical and prescription expenses, not including dental or vision.
Depends. If it’s someone’s first time, not starting with the original trilogy is anathema… it’s like those perverse people who read Chronicle of Narnia in chronological order.
If you’ve seen Star Wars a few times, though, I can get behind this. Slip the final Sith shot in after Andor 2?
If you’ve seen Star Wars a few times, though, I can get behind this. Slip the final Sith shot in after Andor 2?
It is fine, but after Andor, clearly the right way to watch Star Wars now now is:
- Prequels
- Andor S1
- Solo
- Andor S2
- Rogue One
- Original trilogy
- Force Awakens
- Last Jedi
You probably need to edit out the final shot on "Sith" showing the Death Star, however.
- Prequels
- Andor S1
- Solo
- Andor S2
- Rogue One
- Original trilogy
- Force Awakens
- Last Jedi
You probably need to edit out the final shot on "Sith" showing the Death Star, however.
December 3, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Depends. If it’s someone’s first time, not starting with the original trilogy is anathema… it’s like those perverse people who read Chronicle of Narnia in chronological order.
If you’ve seen Star Wars a few times, though, I can get behind this. Slip the final Sith shot in after Andor 2?
If you’ve seen Star Wars a few times, though, I can get behind this. Slip the final Sith shot in after Andor 2?
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Starbucks to pay New York City workers staggering $35 million to settle claims of unstable schedules and arbitrary hour cuts. Settlement lands amid an ongoing union strike with politicians like Sen. Bernie Sanders amplifies baristas' demands for decency and fair contracts.
Starbucks to pay $35M to NYC workers in settlement as ongoing strike draws pols to picket line
New York City officials say Starbucks will pay about $35 million to more than 15,000 New York City workers to settle claims it denied them stable schedules and arbitrarily cut their hours.
apnews.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Starbucks to pay New York City workers staggering $35 million to settle claims of unstable schedules and arbitrary hour cuts. Settlement lands amid an ongoing union strike with politicians like Sen. Bernie Sanders amplifies baristas' demands for decency and fair contracts.
Literally me this morning, right now. Alas, teaching must happen though.
Good morning freezing weather and everyone on BlueSky.
Good morning freezing weather and everyone on BlueSky.
Frog knocked at Toad’s door. “Toad, wake up,” he cried. “Come out and see how wonderful the winter is!”
“I will not,” said Toad. “I am in my warm bed.”
“I will not,” said Toad. “I am in my warm bed.”
December 2, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Literally me this morning, right now. Alas, teaching must happen though.
Good morning freezing weather and everyone on BlueSky.
Good morning freezing weather and everyone on BlueSky.
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Today is the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks' arrest. Six myths: 1) She wasn't old or tired. 42 years old that day, she had a "life history of being rebellious" & had spent two decades helping to turn the Montgomery NAACP into a more activist branch alongside ED Nixon and Johnnie Carr.
December 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Today is the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks' arrest. Six myths: 1) She wasn't old or tired. 42 years old that day, she had a "life history of being rebellious" & had spent two decades helping to turn the Montgomery NAACP into a more activist branch alongside ED Nixon and Johnnie Carr.
Three 80 year old nuns break out of their care home and are squatting in their old convent while creating social media content on Instagram.
Austrian nuns win reprieve in abandoned convent - if they stay off social media - BBC News
The three nuns say they were taken out of the convent against their will and placed in a care home.
www.bbc.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Three 80 year old nuns break out of their care home and are squatting in their old convent while creating social media content on Instagram.
Golden.
This is a cousin to another favorite article genre, where there will be a headline like “young people are embracing a two meal day and nomadic lifestyle” piece, but it turns out the people can’t afford three meals anymore and are homeless.
This is a cousin to another favorite article genre, where there will be a headline like “young people are embracing a two meal day and nomadic lifestyle” piece, but it turns out the people can’t afford three meals anymore and are homeless.
The secret to early retirement; dine out rarely, fly economy and be a Google employee making $390,000/year married to a fellow Google employee 17 years older than you who likely makes twice as much as you.
37-year-old quit her $390,000 Google job after saving up $1.5 million—see the 'no buy checklist' that helps her spend less
She left a $390,000-a-year job and now uses a simple set of rules to make her savings last in Switzerland.
www.cnbc.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Golden.
This is a cousin to another favorite article genre, where there will be a headline like “young people are embracing a two meal day and nomadic lifestyle” piece, but it turns out the people can’t afford three meals anymore and are homeless.
This is a cousin to another favorite article genre, where there will be a headline like “young people are embracing a two meal day and nomadic lifestyle” piece, but it turns out the people can’t afford three meals anymore and are homeless.
Capitalism
Extracting worker value
With bloody vice grips
Extracting worker value
With bloody vice grips
November 28, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Capitalism
Extracting worker value
With bloody vice grips
Extracting worker value
With bloody vice grips
I spend nearly 15% of my income on medical costs even with “good insurance.” No one in the family has cancer or was in a severe accident… just meds and going to doctors.
I can’t even imagine what someone with no insurance, or whose ACA premiums are jumping, are paying.
I can’t even imagine what someone with no insurance, or whose ACA premiums are jumping, are paying.
Politico on the rising number of Americans facing catastrophic medical insurance costs: "The Trump economy is not focusing on the root causes of why health care costs are so high in this country."
Americans are buckling under medical bills. It could get worse.
Charities that help people pay for care say demand is way up. That’s before scheduled Medicaid and Obamacare cuts take effect.
www.politico.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:09 AM
I spend nearly 15% of my income on medical costs even with “good insurance.” No one in the family has cancer or was in a severe accident… just meds and going to doctors.
I can’t even imagine what someone with no insurance, or whose ACA premiums are jumping, are paying.
I can’t even imagine what someone with no insurance, or whose ACA premiums are jumping, are paying.
Any money that doesn’t go to salaries typically just goes to the owners who certainly aren’t there on the rink/field/court earning it. Whether it’s a service job or professional sports, we have always seen that giving owners more money almost never results in investing further into their business.
Can hockey fans fucking chill, there is no salary cap in baseball and most importantly, it is not your fucking money
November 27, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Any money that doesn’t go to salaries typically just goes to the owners who certainly aren’t there on the rink/field/court earning it. Whether it’s a service job or professional sports, we have always seen that giving owners more money almost never results in investing further into their business.
“You don’t need a living wage.”
“Why aren’t people buying more consumer electronics?”
“Why aren’t people buying more consumer electronics?”
stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.
November 25, 2025 at 8:51 PM
“You don’t need a living wage.”
“Why aren’t people buying more consumer electronics?”
“Why aren’t people buying more consumer electronics?”
Here on out I’m going to refer to APA as PhilosophyCon.
As part of the programming for the 2016 the International Leibniz Society Congress someone DID show up in Leibniz cosplay so… just saying.
As part of the programming for the 2016 the International Leibniz Society Congress someone DID show up in Leibniz cosplay so… just saying.
November 25, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Here on out I’m going to refer to APA as PhilosophyCon.
As part of the programming for the 2016 the International Leibniz Society Congress someone DID show up in Leibniz cosplay so… just saying.
As part of the programming for the 2016 the International Leibniz Society Congress someone DID show up in Leibniz cosplay so… just saying.
Increased efficiency boosts profits like never before. But the result is never to benefit workers with higher pay pay, shorter work days/weeks, retaining jobs.
We are producing more than ever with higher profits than ever… but also working harder, longer, and for less.
We are producing more than ever with higher profits than ever… but also working harder, longer, and for less.
Tyson is closing a Nebraska plant that employs 3,200 workers in order to “right-size” its business.
The meatpacking giant paid its CEO $22.7M last year, 525x its median employee's pay.
It also spent $196M in stock buybacks to reward shareholders.
Textbook corporate greed.
The meatpacking giant paid its CEO $22.7M last year, 525x its median employee's pay.
It also spent $196M in stock buybacks to reward shareholders.
Textbook corporate greed.
November 25, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Increased efficiency boosts profits like never before. But the result is never to benefit workers with higher pay pay, shorter work days/weeks, retaining jobs.
We are producing more than ever with higher profits than ever… but also working harder, longer, and for less.
We are producing more than ever with higher profits than ever… but also working harder, longer, and for less.
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Imagine knowing your platform was a playground for predators, fueling teen depression, eating disorders, and suicide and deciding the best course of action was… absolutely nothing. Meta didn’t just “miss” anything.
November 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Imagine knowing your platform was a playground for predators, fueling teen depression, eating disorders, and suicide and deciding the best course of action was… absolutely nothing. Meta didn’t just “miss” anything.
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The entire US economy is propped up by a product so toxic and insidious that everyone has to go on a weekly scavenger hunt just to remove it from products they're already using.
heads up, gmail has a new setting automatically on that allows their a*i to be trained on your emails so make sure to turn off the 'Smart Feature' checkbox in your settings
November 22, 2025 at 8:17 PM
The entire US economy is propped up by a product so toxic and insidious that everyone has to go on a weekly scavenger hunt just to remove it from products they're already using.
I keep getting alumni fundraising letters in the mail from Princeton Seminary.
The problem is that I never attended Princeton Seminary. I applied there 16 years ago, but was rejected.
The problem is that I never attended Princeton Seminary. I applied there 16 years ago, but was rejected.
November 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I keep getting alumni fundraising letters in the mail from Princeton Seminary.
The problem is that I never attended Princeton Seminary. I applied there 16 years ago, but was rejected.
The problem is that I never attended Princeton Seminary. I applied there 16 years ago, but was rejected.
Yes. In fact, CD-R is an acronym for Charm Divination-Ritual.
November 21, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Yes. In fact, CD-R is an acronym for Charm Divination-Ritual.
Leave it to a philosophy major to drop sui generis on major network TV. Philosophers are such neeeerds.
completely outside of politics, this is so charming
November 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Leave it to a philosophy major to drop sui generis on major network TV. Philosophers are such neeeerds.
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Extremely upset that a throw-away XKCD joke somehow became the organizing principle for the Internet.
November 20, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Extremely upset that a throw-away XKCD joke somehow became the organizing principle for the Internet.