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Daniel Wyche

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Professor of religious studies, Musician, Curator, and other stuff. Mostly here to talk about records. Academics: https://danielwyche.weebly.com/ Arts: www.wyche.org

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Daniel Wyche @danielwyche.bsky.social · Mar 4

A lot of hard things going on personally, professionally, and politically, but one thing I am happy about is that my book will be out with Columbia University Press on May 20th.

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The Care of the Self and the Care of the Other | Columbia University Press

What is the relationship between the ethical transformation of the self and the political transformation of the world? This book explores the ways several tw... | CUP

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Sarah Osment @smosment.bsky.social · 1d

I lived in 6 states (UT, AZ, OH, RI, MA, FL) before moving to Chicago and I've never felt safer or more connected to my neighbors than I do here

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Daniel Wyche @danielwyche.bsky.social · 1d

Agree!

Daniel Wyche @danielwyche.bsky.social · 3d

Any friends or colleagues in NY, my book launch event with Bernard Harcourt is this Tuesday, 10/7, at Book Culture: cccct.law.columbia.edu/content/dani...

Daniel Louis Wyche with Bernard Harcourt | Contemporary Critical Thought

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Nikita Gill @nikitagill.bsky.social · 6d

I can’t begin to tell you how damaging “the world isn’t fair, get used to it” line has been to every child’s psyche growing up and therefore has led to a world that stays unfair. If we teach children to get used to an unfair world, we are destroying the possibility of a better world.

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Daniel Wyche @danielwyche.bsky.social · 7d

Marie, I can’t believe I missed this. Really excited about it!

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Columbia University Press @columbiaup.bsky.social · Sep 3

Now available! This book presents Foucault’s unpublished manuscript on Binswanger and existential analysis for the first time in English, offering crucial insight into his intellectual development. buff.ly/AI7UdbE #Philosophy #TranslationMonth

Now available. It includes the cover of Binswanger and Existential Analysis by Michel Foucault, and a 20% discount with code CUP20SM at cup.columbia.edu

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Daniel Wyche @danielwyche.bsky.social · 7d

Any New York friends who happen to be on here, I will be talking about my book with my mentor Bernard Harcourt at Book Culture near Columbia next Tuesday. This is sort of the launch event and I’m excited to chat with everybody about it. cccct.law.columbia.edu/content/dani...

Daniel Louis Wyche with Bernard Harcourt | Contemporary Critical Thought

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Daniel Wyche @danielwyche.bsky.social · 7d

Today at the dog park I sat and listened while an old man described the boat he’s restoring, with the goal of taking it through all of the great lakes. People are cool man.

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Daniel Wyche @danielwyche.bsky.social · 11d

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Daniel Wyche @danielwyche.bsky.social · 12d

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American Hearts

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James Comey @jamescomey.bsky.social · 12d

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Daniel Wyche @danielwyche.bsky.social · 12d

True!

Daniel Wyche @danielwyche.bsky.social · 12d

The Connecticut stretch has my money for worst!

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Wayne & Wax @wayneandwax.bsky.social · 13d

"People’s stories about their history are almost always wrong"
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Pure bloodlines? Ancestral homelands? DNA science says no. — Harvard Gazette

Geneticist explains recent analyses made possible by tech advances show human history to be one of mixing, movement, displacement.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15d

Pritzker: "The reality is that Chicago isn't even in the top 25 cities in terms of violent crime rates. He's attacking Chicago because he doesn't like that people in Chicago don't vote for Donald Trump, they don't support Trump. He doesn't like the governor -- me -- because I don't support Trump."

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 18d

“It is unfair [building illegal settlements in WB] because the [occupied] West Bank has nothing to do with Hamas…This becomes a political project and his [Netanyahu's] aim is not to dismantle Hamas but to deny Palestinians the right to live in peace.” - Macron in an interview with Israeli Ch. 12.

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Daniel Wyche @danielwyche.bsky.social · 18d

Need a side by side of parts to reading material!

Daniel Wyche @danielwyche.bsky.social · 18d

Thanks B!

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Daniel Wyche @danielwyche.bsky.social · 18d

52 minutes from a pile of Chicago contenders, and I’m in there too.

Daniel Wyche @danielwyche.bsky.social · 18d

I somehow released 4 collaborations in 2024. One of them was “The Nighttime Ensemble,” which came out on the great + now retired Longform Editions. I’ve just gotten around to putting the piece on BC. It is our ode to a YouTube comment on Boren and Der Club of Gore’s iconic Midnight Radio

The Nighttime Ensemble, by The Nighttime Ensemble

1 track album

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Daniel Wyche @danielwyche.bsky.social · 19d

Genuinely took this as a suggestion to jam.

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The Responsibility of Intellectuals in the Age of Fascism and Genocide - Boston Review

Speaking the truth and exposing lies is not enough.

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 19d

A college English class where they’re told to use AI to complete assignments. Why bother teaching at all? Especially the languages/literature. I’m sorry but I will judge any professor who does this, especially in fields like English and history

Tastes Like Purple @linz13.bsky.social · 19d

My daughter has a college English class right now where they’re told to use AI to complete assignments. SHE’S HORRIFIED AND DISGUSTED. The tech bros want you to voluntarily relinquish your ability to think and give up all creativity to computers. So people are dumb and dependent on their products

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Jeet Heer @jeetheer.bsky.social · 20d

This is the biggest attack on free speech since the McCarthy era but it also has significantly less popular consensus behind it than the second Red Scare. It's being done on behalf of a minority faction led by the most unpopular president in modern history. Organizing against this can win.

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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 20d

Charlie Kirk famously asked college audiences to “change his mind”, but his mind never got changed.

An expert on the language strategies used to advance white supremacy says that is definitely not the “right way”, and suggests a different approach.

After Charlie Kirk’s murder, the US might seem hopelessly divided – is there any way forward?

Trying to change someone’s mind can seem futile. But there are approaches to political discourse that still matter, even if they don’t instantly win someone over.

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