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Daniel Collette @danielcollette.bsky.social · 6h

Nearly no-hitter Rays win yesterday, walk off Brewers win today—off Mason Miller no less. My dream of a Tampa Bay-Milwaukee World Series inches closer. Either way, an exciting post season so far!

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Daniel Collette @danielcollette.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It’s Bandcamp Friday! They waive all their fees today so 💯 of your purchase goes to the artists and (often smaller independent) labels.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/09/2026

This is priceless. Check out how local news is reporting on Sen Eric Schmidt’s clown-show grilling of Jack Smith. They found Jack Smith at the game… “Top corner, section 109, row 1. In fact, that seat doesn’t even exist in Atlanta.”

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Bluesky @bsky.app · 29/09/2026

Happy opening day of hockey season, NHL fans! Keep up with all 1,344 regular season games with this starter pack of hockey writers.

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Daniel Collette @danielcollette.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I bit the bullet and went tech free this semester… just old fashioned notebooks and pens. I don’t love how it makes people with accommodations stick out, but so far the level of student engagement has notably increased. With no screens at all, it’s more boring for them NOT to participate

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Daniel Collette @danielcollette.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Sure he may be at times insufferable, but his years fronting the Smiths need to count for at least something.

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Daniel Collette @danielcollette.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

When bros only do half the reading. *glares at the dusty copy of Adam Smith’s Theory of Moral Sentiments*

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Daniel Collette @danielcollette.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I don’t really care about celebrity gossip, but from this I’m discovering that Lana Del Rey (known foremost for studying philosophy at NYU) married a swamp boat captain. I’m kind of here for that? Classism can eat it. By it, I mean gas station subway.

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Grace Segers @gracesegers.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

ALL I'LL SAY is that top 100 lists in general are always bad, but top 100 TV show lists are especially terrible because they: a) are too American-centric b) overlook little-seen gems c) mostly ignore genre shows d) completely dismiss animated shows e) almost always make Breaking Bad the top (wrong)

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Daniel Collette @danielcollette.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I wrote a public piece on how provisional skepticism can help us find both truth and tranquility when our institutions become untrustworthy.

prindleinstitute.org

Finding Truth and Tranquility in the Midst of Institutional Failure - The Prindle Institute for Ethics

A strategy for our trying times.

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Daniel Collette @danielcollette.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The editors for Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews really had their coffee this morning.

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Daniel Collette @danielcollette.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Bluesky does often trend into identity politics, which I worry risks dividing the non-billionaire classes. But if not careful, pushing back can easily descend into, say, throwing trans people or racial minorities under the bus. (To be clear, I’m not suggesting you said we should do those things.)

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Daniel Collette @danielcollette.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I do worry about the notion of the “centrist independent” though. People on the left and right are disillusioned with parties. Broadly speaking, people seem to care about class/money issues, maybe best seen with the flavor of Mamdani/Trump voter. Wages, healthcare, billionaires paying taxes, etc

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Daniel Collette @danielcollette.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

You make a good point that polling on issues (if not a push poll) may give a better pulse on where people are than of candidates. Kansas voting solidly red while passing pro-abortion ballot initiatives comes to mind. DeSantis Florida nearly passed similar legislation if not for a weird 60% threshold

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Daniel Collette @danielcollette.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Me: Polling is not just flawed, but it encourages politics as a spectator sport, replacing civic engagement with media consumption and direct action with venting on social media. Also me: Shoot polling analytics directly into my veins. All of it.

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Daniel Collette @danielcollette.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Copays/deductibles make healthcare unaffordable even with insurance. People pay their hard earned money for “if I get cancer I hope my claim isn’t denied” insurance, and even then you may be charged out of network.

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Daniel Collette @danielcollette.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This is basically Descartes’ Meditations. If you don’t agree, you need to reread it until you do. He doubles down on being misunderstood in the Objections and Replies.

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Daniel Collette @danielcollette.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Those scholars who leave thoughtful, constructive comments when reviewing journal submissions… You’re a real mensch. May your pillows be eternally cool and your teaching load light.

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Daniel Collette @danielcollette.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I was raised as a fundamentalist Christian and it still feels crazy to me that the King James Bible, the golden standard, included the apocrypha until the mid-to-late 19th century. The bible of the founding fathers had books of the bible that evangelicals today consider false scripture.

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Ersatz Doctor @ersatzdoctor.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I refuse to believe this is real. I’m not saying that it’s not real. I simply refuse to believe it.

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Daniel Collette @danielcollette.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The white smoke means their search was successful, the Cardinals found a bishop with that name.

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Daniel Collette @danielcollette.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Looks like tech bros are at it again inventing things that already exist. Google just invented… *checks notes* office buildings.

youtube.com

This is the first Groundscraper

YouTube video by Lectec | Everyday Science

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Daniel Collette @danielcollette.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

People forget that “staying out of politics” is in itself taking a side, and it’s usually the wrong one.

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Daniel Collette @danielcollette.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

That’s a fair take about semi-informed voters. My guess is a decent number of them would lean towards a populist message if pitched in a way that’s palatable to them, but that isn’t really centrist but some other space. The flavor of populist voter who votes for DJT and AOC or Mamdani.

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Daniel Collette @danielcollette.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It’s curious how independent voters are often assumed to be centrist. I know many left of center who feel the Democrats have abandoned workers for war hawk neoliberalism. There are disenchanted Never Trumper independents who feel the same way about the Republican Party.

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Daniel Collette @danielcollette.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Make a band edible: Jesus and the Mary Chews

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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Unfolding my iPhone to show you a Meta Glasses recording of my final divorce proceedings

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Daniel Collette @danielcollette.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

1. Good on these inmates. This is impressive and important work. They’re making people’s lives materially better. 2. Prisoners (in the nation with highest incarceration) needing to raise money so food insecure children who are in debt to their school lunchroom can eat is the most USA story ever.

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Daniel Collette @danielcollette.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Saw a post that said something like sociology has only 0.5% chance of ending the world. Philosophy isn’t looking so good, producing all star world enders like Peter Thiel. I say this cheekily, but also perhaps teaching philosophy detached from the good life hasn’t turned out so great.

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Daniel Collette @danielcollette.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Tampa airport has been doing this for years. You register ahead of time, show your ID at the information booth to get a pass, and then go through TSA screening like a passenger would. There’s plenty to be upset about. This isn’t it.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

wholesome dad posting, going directly in on non-working time as a value. I'm not mad

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Daniel Collette @danielcollette.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Sac flies are the weirdest most consequentialist of all baseball stats. You get out, which is bad, but if some other guy can run fast enough, then your hit suddenly becomes good. But if that other guy gets out or stays on base then your hit was actually bad after all.

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Daniel Collette @danielcollette.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Labor Day! I’m thankful for those who have come before us & who continue the good fight. My institution hosts the Dorothy Day archives yet admin cowardly uses religion—the same religion that says unions are a human right—to deny us collective bargaining. I hope the next US president fixes the NLRB.

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I don't think the news has made it here: bluesky political scientist Julia Azari @juliaazari.bsky.social 's _Backlash Presidents: From Transformative to Reactionary Leaders in American History_ (Princeton) was recognized with the Richard Neustadt award for best book published on the presidency!

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Pile Of Garbage @pileofgarbage.net · 01/09/2026

I love how Werner Herzog is ALWAYS like this:

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Daniel Collette @danielcollette.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Today, 1963: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. MLK’s moral message stole the day, but it began as a labor march with ten economic demands for civil rights such as a minimum wage. Its organizers A. Philip Randolph and Bayard Rustin had backgrounds in labor organizing and democratic socialism

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Daniel Collette @danielcollette.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I’m not like one of those dirty blue collar laborers. When my labor is stolen it’s bespoke. ✨ It’s like being upper class, but with more glamor than groceries.

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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

BREAKING: Liam Tadeo was just deported by ICE.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

A Florida grand jury found the DeSantis administration “misappropriated” $10 million meant to provide health insurance for poor children. Part of a “sophisticated scheme to fund political activities,” the money was funneled through multiple organizations before reaching two PACs and the Florida GOP.

cbsnews.com

Grand jury finds DeSantis administration "misappropriated" $10 million in taxpayer money to Hope Florida

A Florida grand jury found the DeSantis administration misappropriated $10 million in taxpayer money for political purposes.

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Daniel Collette @danielcollette.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

They may be doing it with less pizazz now, but ICE is breaking records in number of people it’s disappearing.

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slate @slateakita.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

rest in peace, Dolly. we’ll never forget you. 💐🕊️

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 25/08/2026

This is truly heartbreaking. Dolly Parton was an extraordinary person and an irreplaceable champion of the working class. We are a better country because of her.

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Daniel Collette @danielcollette.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I had annual eye exam on 3/20. They processed it incorrectly as out of network, leaving a $281 bill. I’ve made 7+ phone calls to the provider and insurance. Each call ranges 45 min to 1.5 hours. It’s gone to collections despite being under review. The insurance just punted it back to the provider.

static.klipy.com

This Is Fine Meme

ALT: This Is Fine Meme

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Ersatz Doctor @ersatzdoctor.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I typed, erased, and retyped a few dunks. But they didn’t feel right. This shit just makes me sad.

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