Noah Mullins
@noahmullins.bsky.social
"May the wind be at our backs."
I write a newsletter on human flourishing: https://noahwrites.substack.com/
Based in Toronto
I write a newsletter on human flourishing: https://noahwrites.substack.com/
Based in Toronto
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Noah Mullins
@noahmullins.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Treat People Like Adults
Why politicians, activists, and elites in general should stop being afraid to explain and educate
noahwrites.substack.com
So this is Bluesky. Guess I'll plug my newsletter start. My most recent post is about why politicians, activists, and elites in general should stop being afraid to explain and educate. noahwrites.substack.com/p/treat-peop...
The 2024 election put the dealers in charge.
The Digital Opiate Election noahwrites.substack.com/p/the-digita...
The Digital Opiate Election noahwrites.substack.com/p/the-digita...
The Digital Opiate Election
The dealers are in charge now
noahwrites.substack.com
February 1, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The 2024 election put the dealers in charge.
The Digital Opiate Election noahwrites.substack.com/p/the-digita...
The Digital Opiate Election noahwrites.substack.com/p/the-digita...
For Spanish speakers, my Substack post, STEM Follows the Script Written by the Humanities, has been translated and syndicated! humanidades.substack.com/p/stem-sigue...
STEM sigue el Guión Escrito por las Humanidades
Si la civilización y la cultura fueran una obra de teatro, STEM serían los actores en el escenario, mientras que las humanidades serían los guionistas entre bastidores
humanidades.substack.com
January 26, 2025 at 4:51 PM
For Spanish speakers, my Substack post, STEM Follows the Script Written by the Humanities, has been translated and syndicated! humanidades.substack.com/p/stem-sigue...
Oh Vivek Ramaswamy, look what you made me write. It’s not Jocks vs Nerds. It’s the guy who who is both that we should aspire to! noahwrites.substack.com/p/high-achie...
High Achievers: Jocks and Nerds
Don’t choose a side. Integrate them both.
noahwrites.substack.com
January 25, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Oh Vivek Ramaswamy, look what you made me write. It’s not Jocks vs Nerds. It’s the guy who who is both that we should aspire to! noahwrites.substack.com/p/high-achie...
Don't know what's going on at the gym right now, but so far I've seen 1 guy wearing a trojan condom shirt and 2 wearing pornhub shirts.
January 19, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Don't know what's going on at the gym right now, but so far I've seen 1 guy wearing a trojan condom shirt and 2 wearing pornhub shirts.
Just finished making butter chicken pizza 🍽️
January 19, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Just finished making butter chicken pizza 🍽️
Digging through some old photos and found a pic of the little fella I made friends with once on a trail run.
January 5, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Digging through some old photos and found a pic of the little fella I made friends with once on a trail run.
Recreated an ancient Greek dinner. 🍽️
Lamb roast marinaded in milk, honey, and oregano, then roasted with a salt, pepper, garlic, oregano and rosemary. Served with a wine, honey, and date sauce.
Bread, olive oil and herb dip, garlic cheese, olives, pomegranates, grapes, and dates.
Lamb roast marinaded in milk, honey, and oregano, then roasted with a salt, pepper, garlic, oregano and rosemary. Served with a wine, honey, and date sauce.
Bread, olive oil and herb dip, garlic cheese, olives, pomegranates, grapes, and dates.
January 2, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Recreated an ancient Greek dinner. 🍽️
Lamb roast marinaded in milk, honey, and oregano, then roasted with a salt, pepper, garlic, oregano and rosemary. Served with a wine, honey, and date sauce.
Bread, olive oil and herb dip, garlic cheese, olives, pomegranates, grapes, and dates.
Lamb roast marinaded in milk, honey, and oregano, then roasted with a salt, pepper, garlic, oregano and rosemary. Served with a wine, honey, and date sauce.
Bread, olive oil and herb dip, garlic cheese, olives, pomegranates, grapes, and dates.
Reposted by Noah Mullins
Scrooge: You there, boy! What day is it?
ChatGPT: Days were invented by the Druids in 1974
ChatGPT: Days were invented by the Druids in 1974
December 25, 2024 at 8:20 PM
Scrooge: You there, boy! What day is it?
ChatGPT: Days were invented by the Druids in 1974
ChatGPT: Days were invented by the Druids in 1974
End of Christmas day: food coma in the living room under a blanket at my parents' sipping some kind of German herbal liqueur (stocking stuffer) while reading Pride and Prejudice.
December 26, 2024 at 1:54 AM
End of Christmas day: food coma in the living room under a blanket at my parents' sipping some kind of German herbal liqueur (stocking stuffer) while reading Pride and Prejudice.
Merry Christmas, everyone! Thought I'd write about Christmas as a winter solstice festival and what the meaning of such festivals means to us. noahwrites.substack.com/p/the-ancien...
The Ancient Meaning of Christmas
… and of ancient winter solstice festivals in general
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December 24, 2024 at 9:43 PM
Merry Christmas, everyone! Thought I'd write about Christmas as a winter solstice festival and what the meaning of such festivals means to us. noahwrites.substack.com/p/the-ancien...
Something Classic is in the air. We just got swole Ralph Fiennes as Odysseus and now this.
The people yearn for the romanticism of ancient stories.
The people yearn for the romanticism of ancient stories.
Christopher Nolan’s next film is an adaption of ‘THE ODYSSEY’
• Described as a mythic action epic that follows the tale of Odysseus & his 10-year journey home after the Trojan War
• Starring Tom Holland, Zendaya, Anne Hathaway, Matt Damon, Lupita Nyong’o and Robert Pattinson
• Described as a mythic action epic that follows the tale of Odysseus & his 10-year journey home after the Trojan War
• Starring Tom Holland, Zendaya, Anne Hathaway, Matt Damon, Lupita Nyong’o and Robert Pattinson
December 24, 2024 at 6:46 AM
Something Classic is in the air. We just got swole Ralph Fiennes as Odysseus and now this.
The people yearn for the romanticism of ancient stories.
The people yearn for the romanticism of ancient stories.
Never had plum pudding before. Saw a prepackaged one in the store and thought "oh what the hell."
This really is good stuff.
This really is good stuff.
December 24, 2024 at 5:21 AM
Never had plum pudding before. Saw a prepackaged one in the store and thought "oh what the hell."
This really is good stuff.
This really is good stuff.
Trump, Scholtz, Trudeau, Russian invasion, rich NIMBY property owners, movie sequalitus, no new music genres, over production of academics...
This has not been a good 15 years for the reputation of the political, academic, and cultural elite.
This has not been a good 15 years for the reputation of the political, academic, and cultural elite.
December 17, 2024 at 12:26 AM
Trump, Scholtz, Trudeau, Russian invasion, rich NIMBY property owners, movie sequalitus, no new music genres, over production of academics...
This has not been a good 15 years for the reputation of the political, academic, and cultural elite.
This has not been a good 15 years for the reputation of the political, academic, and cultural elite.
Chicken cacciatore tonight 🍽️
December 16, 2024 at 1:27 AM
Chicken cacciatore tonight 🍽️
Started some slow cooker chicken cacciatore
December 15, 2024 at 7:56 PM
Started some slow cooker chicken cacciatore
Trains are so civilized. Finished a book and now I'm getting my evening coffee.
December 7, 2024 at 12:11 AM
Trains are so civilized. Finished a book and now I'm getting my evening coffee.
Reposted by Noah Mullins
if this is true, the continued takeoff of Bluesky would be a matter of world-historical significance: the contrived decline in referral traffic to news sites from social media platforms is a load-bearing aspect of our currently screwed up information ecosystem
Also, holy shit, Bluesky sends real traffic. Will update this tomorrow with firm numbers but journalism is going to move here for sure. Twitter is a drop in the bucket. It's over, but we are so back, and so on and so forth
December 4, 2024 at 12:33 PM
if this is true, the continued takeoff of Bluesky would be a matter of world-historical significance: the contrived decline in referral traffic to news sites from social media platforms is a load-bearing aspect of our currently screwed up information ecosystem
RETVRN to a fragmented internet like the 00s golden age.
The deep goal of bluesky is to decentralize the social internet so that every individual controls their experience of it rather than having it be controlled by 5 random billionaires. Everyone thinks they signed up for a demuskified twitter...we actually signed an exciting and bizarre experiment.
December 4, 2024 at 3:04 AM
RETVRN to a fragmented internet like the 00s golden age.
Note to self: a possible safeguard for democracy is mandatory military training. Regular citizens and legislatures with training as soldiers can fight back against attempted coups better.
Earlier in South Korea this soldier got absolutely manhandled in this iconic one hand reversal, he was too stunned to speak.
December 4, 2024 at 2:43 AM
Note to self: a possible safeguard for democracy is mandatory military training. Regular citizens and legislatures with training as soldiers can fight back against attempted coups better.
Reposted by Noah Mullins
Also, holy shit, Bluesky sends real traffic. Will update this tomorrow with firm numbers but journalism is going to move here for sure. Twitter is a drop in the bucket. It's over, but we are so back, and so on and so forth
December 3, 2024 at 9:53 PM
Also, holy shit, Bluesky sends real traffic. Will update this tomorrow with firm numbers but journalism is going to move here for sure. Twitter is a drop in the bucket. It's over, but we are so back, and so on and so forth
Increasingly think one of the healthiest states of mind to adopt is that no matter how smart and introspective you are, you can't predict the future. It's far too complex. Too pessimistic about your own future? Stop it. You really can't predict shit. Just try stuff.
December 4, 2024 at 1:53 AM
Increasingly think one of the healthiest states of mind to adopt is that no matter how smart and introspective you are, you can't predict the future. It's far too complex. Too pessimistic about your own future? Stop it. You really can't predict shit. Just try stuff.
Bit of an odd post workout meal. Ham with roast veggies, sweet potato, and a spinach and avocado ceasar salad 🍽️
December 2, 2024 at 12:37 AM
Bit of an odd post workout meal. Ham with roast veggies, sweet potato, and a spinach and avocado ceasar salad 🍽️
Feelings about what you feel is right can be your guiding star, but you need to think in terms of what's pragmatic on the journey there.
There have been a lot of times where I feel like we need to have honest discussions on the left about what has worked and what hasn’t, share observations without judgement, but it feels like there isn’t much space for it. I think it’s holding us back.
I wonder how and where we can accomplish that.
I wonder how and where we can accomplish that.
November 22, 2024 at 9:32 PM
Feelings about what you feel is right can be your guiding star, but you need to think in terms of what's pragmatic on the journey there.
Reading more of Nietzsche's Twilight of the Idols. So many good quotes.
November 22, 2024 at 6:05 AM
Reading more of Nietzsche's Twilight of the Idols. So many good quotes.
We're returning to something closer to social media of the 00s when it was a highly fragmented set of forums devoted to niche subjects.
It was honestly better that way. It worked, extremism and political polarization weren't so bad, and the internet felt like a better place.
It was honestly better that way. It worked, extremism and political polarization weren't so bad, and the internet felt like a better place.
it’s not “retreating into a bubble” to want to see posts by people you like and want them to see yours
November 21, 2024 at 2:42 AM
We're returning to something closer to social media of the 00s when it was a highly fragmented set of forums devoted to niche subjects.
It was honestly better that way. It worked, extremism and political polarization weren't so bad, and the internet felt like a better place.
It was honestly better that way. It worked, extremism and political polarization weren't so bad, and the internet felt like a better place.