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.
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.
The issue with Prop 50, etc is it still treats politics like football. Rather than organizing/participating, vote for your favorite team & hope they win on TV. Redistricting is a top down solution that still leaves dems beholden to polls, consultants, & money—not the people. We must save ourselves.
November 19, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The issue with Prop 50, etc is it still treats politics like football. Rather than organizing/participating, vote for your favorite team & hope they win on TV. Redistricting is a top down solution that still leaves dems beholden to polls, consultants, & money—not the people. We must save ourselves.
If you’re looking for me, I’ll be the one banging my head against the wall for the next three years.
Hopefully this is wrong (it probably isn’t) but at least it is a few years out.
Hopefully this is wrong (it probably isn’t) but at least it is a few years out.
Democratic Presidential Polling:
Newsom: 23%
Harris: 13%
Buttigieg: 13%
AOC: 9%
Shapiro: 4%
Mamdani: 4%
Booker: 4%
Cuban: 3%
Pritzker: 3%
Beshear: 3%
Walz: 3%
Stewart: 2%
Echelon / Nov 17, 2025
Newsom: 23%
Harris: 13%
Buttigieg: 13%
AOC: 9%
Shapiro: 4%
Mamdani: 4%
Booker: 4%
Cuban: 3%
Pritzker: 3%
Beshear: 3%
Walz: 3%
Stewart: 2%
Echelon / Nov 17, 2025
November 18, 2025 at 3:52 AM
If you’re looking for me, I’ll be the one banging my head against the wall for the next three years.
Hopefully this is wrong (it probably isn’t) but at least it is a few years out.
Hopefully this is wrong (it probably isn’t) but at least it is a few years out.
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happy monday, taps sign⬇️
happy sunday, remember that you are completely expendable to your employer and that when you die they will forget you ever existed within weeks and easily replace you
November 17, 2025 at 12:42 PM
happy monday, taps sign⬇️
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Starbucks needs to pull it together and bargain in good faith with their workers. I’m boycotting in solidarity but if I can’t get coffee at airports I’m going to get crabby real quickly. In fact I’m crabby just thinking about it. Do the right thing, SBUX!
Also, economic justice is important.
Also, economic justice is important.
November 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Starbucks needs to pull it together and bargain in good faith with their workers. I’m boycotting in solidarity but if I can’t get coffee at airports I’m going to get crabby real quickly. In fact I’m crabby just thinking about it. Do the right thing, SBUX!
Also, economic justice is important.
Also, economic justice is important.
Fascinating that the yearning for the 1950s is always “white men get to say and do whatever they want without accountability” and never wealth equality.
it's fascinating that you can see when exactly the Reagan revolution happened
November 15, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Fascinating that the yearning for the 1950s is always “white men get to say and do whatever they want without accountability” and never wealth equality.
Blessed are the data centers, for they will inherit the earth.
The app Text With Jesus uses artificial intelligence and chatbots to offer spiritual guidance to users who are looking to connect with a higher power: on.nbc10.com/7XM8xrf
People can text with Jesus on a controversial new app. How does it work?
Artificial intelligence app Text With Jesus lets users chat with biblical figures and it is raising debate over faith and technology.
on.nbc10.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Blessed are the data centers, for they will inherit the earth.
In the Great Recession shareholders asked Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz to cut health benefits for pt workers. He said they were welcome to sell their stocks. Years ago I put in 12 years with Starbucks. I began as a barista, and by the end had managed 5 stores and was a trainer for central FL. 🧵
November 14, 2025 at 4:06 PM
In the Great Recession shareholders asked Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz to cut health benefits for pt workers. He said they were welcome to sell their stocks. Years ago I put in 12 years with Starbucks. I began as a barista, and by the end had managed 5 stores and was a trainer for central FL. 🧵
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Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
November 14, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
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[The great Bahamian-American comedian Bert Williams was BOTD in 1874. In 1913, he filmed a feature length comedy, LIME KILN FIELD DAY, which was never completed or released, but, miraculously, survived and can be finally be seen.]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-Id...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-Id...
November 12, 2025 at 5:14 PM
[The great Bahamian-American comedian Bert Williams was BOTD in 1874. In 1913, he filmed a feature length comedy, LIME KILN FIELD DAY, which was never completed or released, but, miraculously, survived and can be finally be seen.]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-Id...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-Id...
Go home autumn, you’re drunk.
November 11, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Go home autumn, you’re drunk.
This seems noteworthy
Mark Kelly notably declines to endorse Chuck Schumer as the leader of Senate Dems going forward
November 10, 2025 at 9:55 PM
This seems noteworthy
Everything is going fine at O’Hare.
November 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Everything is going fine at O’Hare.
Dashboard Confessional? What’s that? Sounds Lutheran.
November 4, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Dashboard Confessional? What’s that? Sounds Lutheran.