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Daniel Collette

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Assistant Teaching Professor of Philosophy, Marquette University. Father of two. Pascal stan. he/him

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Daniel Collette @danielcollette.bsky.social · Nov 11

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.

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Daniel Collette @danielcollette.bsky.social · 10h

What if they gave Trump a Noble Peace Prize?

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 22h

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.

Pope Leo blasts economy that marginalizes poor while wealthy live in bubble of luxury

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer.

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Daniel Collette @danielcollette.bsky.social · 1d

I think it is important to disclose that I have close Antifa connections. It’s true. Several family members were enlisted, heavily armed members of the Antifa movement in the 1930s to 1940s. They flew B-17s that bombed the shit out of Nazis and they fought on the ground to free concentration camps.

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Daniel Collette @danielcollette.bsky.social · 1d

If Jack has the true belief that anti fascists have been around since the 1930s, but believes this on the false justification of fascist rhetoric, can we say Jack knows it’s true?

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

From Donald Trump's Roundtable on Antifa just now —
"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."
— special guest Jack Posobiec

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 2d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Daniel Collette @danielcollette.bsky.social · 4d

My second hand embarrassment is itself embarrassed. Viva la resistance!

Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 5d

CHUCK SCHUMER: "New data came out today from KFF - and that is not Kentucky Fried French Fries ... the Kaiser Family Foundation"

Daniel Collette @danielcollette.bsky.social · 6d

What's a bit funny about this is that burning is, per flag code, the proper and respectful way to dispose of a flag.

I know that's missing the point, but still.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6d

This is fascism.

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Daniel Collette @danielcollette.bsky.social · 11d

Extended HOPOS submission deadline!

Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 11d

International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science -- #HOPOS 2026
Ohio State University, Columbus (OH)
22 to 26 June 2026

NEW Submission Deadline: 15 October 2025, 11:59 (PT) & remote option for scholars unable to travel to US
hopos2026.dryfta.com.
#HPS #philsky 🗃️

HOPOS 2026

Paper and symposium proposals for HOPOS 2026 can now be submitted through this web site. For detailed instructions, plea

hopos2026.dryfta.com

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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 12d

The South Korean Ministry of Defense has awarded medals of merit to 11 officers for disobeying direct orders of superiors during the martial law fiasco, orders that they deemed to be contrary to the constitution and endangerment to democracy.
www.chosun.com/english/nati...

National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders

National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders Honored for rejecting illegal orders during martial law, Marine death probe

www.chosun.com

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Keith Wooo-schmann Wilson 👻 @keithwilson.eu · 13d

There’s a new #philosophy feed in town! 📣 #PhilosophySky combines the best philosophical discussion via the #PhilSky and area-specific hashtags with announcements from 250+ philosophy-related accounts making it the most comprehensive feed for academic philosophy on Bluesky! bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 16d

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site

As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.

www.miamiherald.com

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Daniel Collette @danielcollette.bsky.social · 18d

I’m still chugging along on my 2014 MacBook Pro. The battery isn’t great now, but it still does all I need it to do… even after dropping it a few times over the years.

Arepa Auntie @breadbae.blacksky.app · 18d

A MacBook will last for yrs. And they’re quite durable. Don’t ask me how I know about the last part.

Daniel Collette @danielcollette.bsky.social · 22d

My final straw was when they generated an AI podcast on one of my papers without prior consent.

Anyway, Academia.edu is a grift. This seems like a good final straw if you haven’t deleted your account.

Dr. Nick Posegay @nposegay.bsky.social · 22d

I'm sorry, worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable permission to my voice and likeness? For what now? In any manner for any purpose???

This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.

By creating an Account with Academia.edu, you grant us a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable license, permission, and consent for Academia.edu to use your Member Content and your personal information (including, but not limited to, your name, voice, signature, photograph, likeness, city, institutional affiliations, citations, mentions, publications, and areas of interest) in any manner, including for the purpose of advertising, selling, or soliciting the use or purchase of Academia.edu's Services.

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Daniel Collette @danielcollette.bsky.social · 22d

It’s funny how antifa is talked about as if it were some secret organization and not just a bunch of random small groups of unaffiliated people whose only real commonality is thinking fascism is bad.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 23d

Because I didn’t grow up middle class I’m always amused by these middle class affects like RSVP for a protest lololololol

But also don’t fucking create a written record of intent to attend a protest unless you’re fine with that being used against you in court

Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 23d

We need your help to make October 18 the biggest peaceful protest of the year. Please spread the word, register your local event as soon as you can, and start RSVPing for the local protests to help build momentum: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

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Daniel Collette @danielcollette.bsky.social · 27d

Bella Ciao is an Italian anti-fascist anthem and always will be.

Also, Chumbawamba does a great cover of it.

Chumbawamba - Bella Ciao

YouTube video by Poska37

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Daniel Collette @danielcollette.bsky.social · Sep 9

Whenever I feel like no one ever listens to me I get a YouTube commercial about the topic of my conversation. It’s so nice to be heard. ❤️

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E.E. Reed @poetryforsupper.bsky.social · Sep 2

Let no one say the art of the book review is dead.

Agnes Callard’s Insistent Answers to Life’s Deepest Questions

The University of Chicago philosophy professor invites readers to join her on the higher path, but she loses the spirit of her ancient Greek avatar along the way.

www.thebulwark.com

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Daniel Collette @danielcollette.bsky.social · Sep 5

Agreed. We can’t really separate ourselves from any text. But I do see a higher tendency w/, eg, Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy folk, to see their reading as infallible (they “just believe what the Bible says”) than others in American Christianity. Maybe that’s what you mean by rigid though

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Daniel Collette @danielcollette.bsky.social · Sep 5

Approaches to constitutional originalism and biblical inherency (“I just believe what the Bible says.”) are remarkably similar. I’m convinced it stems some from reading the constitution like they were trained to read the bible—your reading is infallibly the author’s intent and not an interpretation.

Paul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.social · Sep 5

And remember: the original rationale for originalism was to keep judges from getting carried away & just making stuff up!
Tired: Activists judges.
Wired: Hyperactivist judges.

Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · Sep 5

So to connect the dots, we have a pissy and incorrect Alito dissent in March

which was laundered into a shadow docket order in April, and then another shadow docket order in August

and come September DC Circuit is treating absolute buffoonery like ironclad law

ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/clima...

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Daniel Collette @danielcollette.bsky.social · Sep 4

Introducing Adam Smith’s Theory of Moral Sentiments to my Business Ethics students tomorrow. Actual footage of from class. Unironically and uncynically excited.