Nick Freiling
@nickfreiling.bsky.social
dad*5 / founder: StampFans / editor: Theophaneia / exploring North FL / Deus caritas est ❤️🔥
Is this app any good for startups/indie hackers? I'd like to find a community of fellow founders. Sadly, that doesn't exist anymore on X.
May 25, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Is this app any good for startups/indie hackers? I'd like to find a community of fellow founders. Sadly, that doesn't exist anymore on X.
The emperor obviously has no clothes. So why does his Cabinet keep playing along?
Czech Communist-exile Milan Kundera had something to say about this kind of thing. My new essay on Donald Trump, political kitsch, and the "AI slop" administration 👇
www.readcontra.com/p/our-kingdo...
Czech Communist-exile Milan Kundera had something to say about this kind of thing. My new essay on Donald Trump, political kitsch, and the "AI slop" administration 👇
www.readcontra.com/p/our-kingdo...
Our Kingdom of Kitsch
A guest post on Milan Kundera and political kitsch.
www.readcontra.com
April 21, 2025 at 5:52 PM
The emperor obviously has no clothes. So why does his Cabinet keep playing along?
Czech Communist-exile Milan Kundera had something to say about this kind of thing. My new essay on Donald Trump, political kitsch, and the "AI slop" administration 👇
www.readcontra.com/p/our-kingdo...
Czech Communist-exile Milan Kundera had something to say about this kind of thing. My new essay on Donald Trump, political kitsch, and the "AI slop" administration 👇
www.readcontra.com/p/our-kingdo...
"Compassion directed toward oneself is true humility."
March 11, 2025 at 11:44 AM
"Compassion directed toward oneself is true humility."
I shared this on the other app. I should probably share here, too.
I'm looking for a few writers with established audiences. This is for my startup, StampFans. Not for a salaried job, but for a paid partnership – $1,000/month (not kidding) for a year.
Know anyone? I'll consider any topic/genre.
I'm looking for a few writers with established audiences. This is for my startup, StampFans. Not for a salaried job, but for a paid partnership – $1,000/month (not kidding) for a year.
Know anyone? I'll consider any topic/genre.
January 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I shared this on the other app. I should probably share here, too.
I'm looking for a few writers with established audiences. This is for my startup, StampFans. Not for a salaried job, but for a paid partnership – $1,000/month (not kidding) for a year.
Know anyone? I'll consider any topic/genre.
I'm looking for a few writers with established audiences. This is for my startup, StampFans. Not for a salaried job, but for a paid partnership – $1,000/month (not kidding) for a year.
Know anyone? I'll consider any topic/genre.
People's social media accounts tell us a lot about the kind of things they wanted to share online, and not necessarily about the kind of things they actually like or believe.
A good thing to keep in mind when looking at the "online profiles" of aspiring Unabombers.
A good thing to keep in mind when looking at the "online profiles" of aspiring Unabombers.
December 10, 2024 at 2:05 PM
People's social media accounts tell us a lot about the kind of things they wanted to share online, and not necessarily about the kind of things they actually like or believe.
A good thing to keep in mind when looking at the "online profiles" of aspiring Unabombers.
A good thing to keep in mind when looking at the "online profiles" of aspiring Unabombers.
Bulgakov on the "second coming."
"This does not mean that the second coming will nonetheless take place in one of the hours of life of this world, or on one of its calendar dates, even if an unknown one.
"This does not mean that the second coming will nonetheless take place in one of the hours of life of this world, or on one of its calendar dates, even if an unknown one.
December 3, 2024 at 9:29 AM
Bulgakov on the "second coming."
"This does not mean that the second coming will nonetheless take place in one of the hours of life of this world, or on one of its calendar dates, even if an unknown one.
"This does not mean that the second coming will nonetheless take place in one of the hours of life of this world, or on one of its calendar dates, even if an unknown one.
I'm amenable to the idea of "re-enchanting" the world, but it's the sort of thing that will only be pushed further away so long as we make it some kind of goal.
December 1, 2024 at 1:33 PM
I'm amenable to the idea of "re-enchanting" the world, but it's the sort of thing that will only be pushed further away so long as we make it some kind of goal.
"Only when you speak about another person in such a way that his angel could hear and approve of it, are you really telling the truth."
December 1, 2024 at 12:25 AM
"Only when you speak about another person in such a way that his angel could hear and approve of it, are you really telling the truth."
"Maybe, instead of redeeming us from sin, shouldn't Christ have redeemed us from confession?"
This is maybe the hardest question for a Christian to answer. And it's probably one that a serious inquirer should struggle to answer for as long as they take such questions seriously.
This is maybe the hardest question for a Christian to answer. And it's probably one that a serious inquirer should struggle to answer for as long as they take such questions seriously.
November 29, 2024 at 1:45 PM
"Maybe, instead of redeeming us from sin, shouldn't Christ have redeemed us from confession?"
This is maybe the hardest question for a Christian to answer. And it's probably one that a serious inquirer should struggle to answer for as long as they take such questions seriously.
This is maybe the hardest question for a Christian to answer. And it's probably one that a serious inquirer should struggle to answer for as long as they take such questions seriously.
Want to know when someone is trying to brainwash you?
It's not always easy to tell. But one sure sign is if they start off by telling you that you've been brainwashed.
It's not always easy to tell. But one sure sign is if they start off by telling you that you've been brainwashed.
November 19, 2024 at 11:27 PM
Want to know when someone is trying to brainwash you?
It's not always easy to tell. But one sure sign is if they start off by telling you that you've been brainwashed.
It's not always easy to tell. But one sure sign is if they start off by telling you that you've been brainwashed.
I was just thinking yesterday that I shouldn't have quit my coding class in 2019, when I decided I was (at age 28) too old to learn how to code.
But then today I realized I can "code" almost anything I want with ChatGPT. So I'm sort of glad I didn't waste my time?
But then today I realized I can "code" almost anything I want with ChatGPT. So I'm sort of glad I didn't waste my time?
November 18, 2024 at 7:58 PM
I was just thinking yesterday that I shouldn't have quit my coding class in 2019, when I decided I was (at age 28) too old to learn how to code.
But then today I realized I can "code" almost anything I want with ChatGPT. So I'm sort of glad I didn't waste my time?
But then today I realized I can "code" almost anything I want with ChatGPT. So I'm sort of glad I didn't waste my time?
"If your aeroplane has a slight indisposition, a handy man may mend it. But, if it is seriously ill, it is all the more likely that some absent-minded old professor with wild white hair will have to be dragged out of a college or laboratory to analyze the evil. (1/2)
November 18, 2024 at 7:57 PM
"If your aeroplane has a slight indisposition, a handy man may mend it. But, if it is seriously ill, it is all the more likely that some absent-minded old professor with wild white hair will have to be dragged out of a college or laboratory to analyze the evil. (1/2)
Are people actually here? Can I get a sign of life?
November 18, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Are people actually here? Can I get a sign of life?
Found at Goodwill. Anyone read this?
November 14, 2024 at 8:13 AM
Found at Goodwill. Anyone read this?
Almost every argument I see about daylight savings time insinuates that, somehow, there is actually daylight lost or saved.
Obviously people know this. But this ends up being a part of almost every argument about DST.
Yet another reason to get rid of the time change – it makes people stupid!
Obviously people know this. But this ends up being a part of almost every argument about DST.
Yet another reason to get rid of the time change – it makes people stupid!
March 12, 2024 at 3:06 AM
Almost every argument I see about daylight savings time insinuates that, somehow, there is actually daylight lost or saved.
Obviously people know this. But this ends up being a part of almost every argument about DST.
Yet another reason to get rid of the time change – it makes people stupid!
Obviously people know this. But this ends up being a part of almost every argument about DST.
Yet another reason to get rid of the time change – it makes people stupid!
What's to keep me from going to IKEA, dropping my 4 kids off in Småland (the play-place), walking to the cafeteria, and enjoying a Swedish meatball dinner-date with my wife?
What's to keep me from doing this every other Friday?
What's to keep me from doing this every other Friday?
February 23, 2024 at 3:38 AM
What's to keep me from going to IKEA, dropping my 4 kids off in Småland (the play-place), walking to the cafeteria, and enjoying a Swedish meatball dinner-date with my wife?
What's to keep me from doing this every other Friday?
What's to keep me from doing this every other Friday?
"We must risk delight. We must have the stubbornness to accept our gladness in the ruthless furnace of this world."
January 27, 2024 at 3:51 AM
"We must risk delight. We must have the stubbornness to accept our gladness in the ruthless furnace of this world."
St. John's Cathedral, Jacksonville FL
January 20, 2024 at 2:01 PM
St. John's Cathedral, Jacksonville FL
~80% of my recent followers on X are bots.
Twitter/X is worse under Elon.
Obsessive conservatives will point to the proliferation of their own views on X as evidence that it's better now.
But the ads are worse. Bots are more. UI is uglier. More porn.
All around crappier.
Twitter/X is worse under Elon.
Obsessive conservatives will point to the proliferation of their own views on X as evidence that it's better now.
But the ads are worse. Bots are more. UI is uglier. More porn.
All around crappier.
January 15, 2024 at 12:41 PM
~80% of my recent followers on X are bots.
Twitter/X is worse under Elon.
Obsessive conservatives will point to the proliferation of their own views on X as evidence that it's better now.
But the ads are worse. Bots are more. UI is uglier. More porn.
All around crappier.
Twitter/X is worse under Elon.
Obsessive conservatives will point to the proliferation of their own views on X as evidence that it's better now.
But the ads are worse. Bots are more. UI is uglier. More porn.
All around crappier.
Turks have the coolest names.
Mehmet. Ayşe. Mustafa. Fatma. Zeynep. İbrahim. Hüseyin.
I mean come on.
Mehmet. Ayşe. Mustafa. Fatma. Zeynep. İbrahim. Hüseyin.
I mean come on.
January 15, 2024 at 12:27 PM
Turks have the coolest names.
Mehmet. Ayşe. Mustafa. Fatma. Zeynep. İbrahim. Hüseyin.
I mean come on.
Mehmet. Ayşe. Mustafa. Fatma. Zeynep. İbrahim. Hüseyin.
I mean come on.
My son, pondering things.
January 9, 2024 at 4:53 PM
My son, pondering things.
Wisdom is the recovery of innocence at the far side of experience.
January 9, 2024 at 4:48 PM
Wisdom is the recovery of innocence at the far side of experience.
We want life purpose a lot more than we want optimized physical health.
We want fulfillment at work a lot more than we want to be optimized for efficiency.
There are a lot of things AI could ostensibly do for us that, for fine reasons, we'll just never ask it to do.
We want fulfillment at work a lot more than we want to be optimized for efficiency.
There are a lot of things AI could ostensibly do for us that, for fine reasons, we'll just never ask it to do.
May 26, 2023 at 3:17 AM
We want life purpose a lot more than we want optimized physical health.
We want fulfillment at work a lot more than we want to be optimized for efficiency.
There are a lot of things AI could ostensibly do for us that, for fine reasons, we'll just never ask it to do.
We want fulfillment at work a lot more than we want to be optimized for efficiency.
There are a lot of things AI could ostensibly do for us that, for fine reasons, we'll just never ask it to do.