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Norm Clark

@normsmusic.bsky.social
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Liberalism, equality, justice, compassion, progressiveness, democracy. Bay Area CA. Politics Political Satire Science Cosmology Physics Philosophy Art History Psychology Paleoanthropology Genealogy Linguistics Ethics Music normsmusic.substack.com

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Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Bsky.com is culturally Dead
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Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Adult Content? in what fucking world? BLSKY
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Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
1. **Make Jonestown Great Again. Red hats available in the gift shop.** 2. **“Drink up, folks. The bitter taste is your critical thinking leaving.”** 3. **“This is my flock. I fleece them personally.”** 4. **“Blessed are the gullible, for they shall finance my legal defense.”** Caption This
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paulie458.bsky.social @paulie458.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Absolutely hideous 😱
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Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Mar-a-Lago—or should we call it Mar-a-Logo, where everyone wears the same face? The lips have grown so large they’re applying for their own ZIP codes. The Mursi and Suri peoples of Ethiopia use traditional decorative lip plates. At Mar-a-Lago, they use a credit card and call it rejuvenation.
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theDave @thedaveusa.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Lol. yup. They keep saying the war is done, they are redeploying. Bullshit. Our bases have been wiped out, servicepersons killed, planes blown up and we are in full retreat. WE LOST
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Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
THAT STORY IS 4 HRS THIS ONE IS 5 HRS AN NO MAJOR NEWS IS COVERING IT 'Mass Casualty Event': Iran Bombs U.S. Embassy In Riyadh; Heavy Damage R... youtu.be/f4cdjyc4iRY?si =bktVcD2l14hiat1O via @YouTube
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'Mass Casualty Event': Iran Bombs U.S. Embassy In Riyadh; Heavy Damage Revealed By America's Own
YouTube video by Times Of India
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Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/u...
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From Iran to the U.K., Trump Is Being Forced Into Retreat (Gift Article)
A war that was intended to demonstrate the reach of American power has now done the opposite. It is a lesson in unintended consequences.
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Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Expedition highlights
YouTube video by Popular Science Podcasts
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Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The last video is 7:41 minutes long with highlights of 57 new species discovered in deep-sea canyon near Argentina www.popsci.com/environment/...
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57 new species discovered in deep-sea canyon near Argentina
Including ‘Loki the Sea Cucumber.’
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Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“Let, let them take out Los Angeles. Let them take out San Diego,” Trump said in comments that drew swift backlash from California’s leaders. www.cnn.com/2026/10/06/p...
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Trump draws backlash after he suggests Iran could ‘take out’ Los Angeles or San Diego | CNN Politics
Officials in California denounced comments made by President Donald Trump as “dangerous” on Monday after he appeared to suggest Iran could “take out” Los Angeles or San Diego – major cities in a state...
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Travis 🇧🇻🇺🇸 @trljohnson75.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
makes my blood boil 6 years later
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Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Hard to believe this is not AI. It turns out it was a GOP party on America’s dime, with Josh Holey playing hide-and-seek in the halls of Congress.
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Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“Deconstructing the administrative state” sounds abstract until you consider what that state actually does. It evaluates medicines, inspects food, administers benefits, monitors pollution, and enforces financial rules. normsmusic.substack.com/p/what-are-w...
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What Are We Cutting—and What Should We Keep?
The choice between shrinking government and restoring its capacity deserves more than a slogan.
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Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Future generation of children visiting political museums of the GOP in action 50 yrs ago in 2026
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Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Trump Doxed Tom Cotton. This is not the first time Trump has done this. During his 2016 campaign, he famously read out Senator Lindsey Graham’s personal cellphone number on live television. Trumps favorite Speed Dial+1 Jef Eps Tien
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Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
2 I don’t have to settle the question of free will to find value in living as though I have a choice. My past shaped me; it doesn’t mean I cannot change.
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Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
1 osf 2 I find the idea of free will suspect, yet “thou mayest” still speaks to me. Even if my thoughts and actions arise from prior causes, this idea can become one of those causes—making me pause, reconsider, and act differently.
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Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“Thou mayest.” My wife and I finished watching Steinbeck’s East of Eden. A powerful reminder that we always have a choice. My new mantra: “Thou mayest.” The Most Important Word in the World jewishreviewofbooks.com/literature/1...
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The Most Important Word in the World - Jewish Review of Books
For a moment, a literary giant and talmudic genius sparred over the implications of a biblical phrase.
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Hops 🏳️‍🌈🌊 @hops45.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
That one ship I don't mind with all hands going down. Good riddance!
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Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
been in their cheeks. 32 days before Election Day, what they did do is enable him for the last two years. And in the last weeks, they want you to believe the next two years will be different. Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.
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Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
GOP Congress is jumping off the Trump Titanic like rats, as if they did anything to stop the Iran war and its fuel-price effects, cost of living and the economy, immigration enforcement intensity, tariff and trade policy friction. They did nothing—zero, zip, nada; their testicles have --
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Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
No, but i do now
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Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Say what you want about Usha Vance, but she really knows how dress for her man.
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Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The geoid is an irregular, gravity-based equipotential surface that closely approximates global mean sea level and serves as the fundamental zero-elevation reference surface for measuring physical heights.
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DoroSayNow @dorosaynow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If only your dreams were reality!
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Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I had too much to dream last night. SCOTUS had given presidents immunity for official acts, day on 1, the new president had Trump and his enablers arrested and deported to the Central African Republic Then I woke up. Apparently, presidential immunity expires the moment a Democrat tries to use it.
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Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
My word for the day is “excoriated.” I was thinking about the likelihood that Trump will never be convicted or spend a day in jail. But those who helped him may be excoriated for the rest of their lives—and some may spend those years serving the time he never will.
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Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The existential threat of our time under our own FatBoy Trump www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/b...
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How Scientists Can Shape Public Opinion Over A.I. Risks (Gift Article)
Artificial intelligence workers may have leverage to make the world safer.
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Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Benjamin Netanyahu was warned by Egypt and EAU's leaders 3 days before the attack. Who got is into this fucking war. He is the most evil and destructive human of this decade and Trump is his dotard
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Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/b... Trump got a screw lose
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This Screw Is Needed for Missiles and Planes. Buying One Can Take Years. (Gift Article)
As the Trump administration scrambles to increase the production of munitions, these special screws are expensive and hard to source.
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Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I alone can and have got you into foreign wars. and god you are paying for it at the pumps and groceries. But hey, I have educated you by dropping the silent "b" from the word "dumb" This add is paid by Taxpayers
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LincolnFDRDemocrat @lincolnfdrdemocrat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Parting with money is the most heartbreaking tragedy the filthy rich could ever possibly face. Better lose a child than a dollar.
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Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Congress funds programs, declares war, oversees the executive sets trade policy. In ten cases, the Republican majority let Trump make the call, then watched from the sidelines. The Constitution still hangs on the wall; its checks balances are gathering dust. normsmusic.substack.com/p/the-people...
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The People’s Branch Takes a Well-Earned Sabbatical
Ten ways the Republican Congress has treated its constitutional powers as a gift to the president.
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Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
California billionaires call a one-time 5% wealth tax a crisis. Nurses, teachers, and families cannot fly away from rising costs or lost health care. The tax asks roughly one household in 100,000 to pay. Vote YES on Prop 40. Vote NO on Props 41 and 42. normsmusic.substack.com/p/a-modest-p...
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A Modest Proposal for People Who Cannot Relocate Their Lives. Vote Yes on 40 an No on 42
“A tax receipt is cheaper than a torch.” YES on 40. NO on 42
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Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Years ago, I asked German travelers how Hitler could happen. Laurence Rees’s 12 warnings now echo in Trump’s America: conspiracies, enemies within, a leader above institutions, & fear. America is not Nazi Germany We still have a choice about what happens next. normsmusic.substack.com/p/the-questi...
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The Question I Asked Germans About Hitler
Thirty years later, Laurence Rees’s twelve warnings made me ask it about America.
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Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I’ve decided to take a sabbatical from posting on Bluesky. Its algorithm doesn’t connect me with those I chose to follow, I feel abandoned, and its format is too limiting for what I write. I had high hopes—“high apple-pie-in-the-sky hopes.” Until we meet again, my friends. Thanks.
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Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The GOP needs to clean out their stable of deep dodo. As i'm am writing this my wife said where would they start?
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Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
If every safeguard requires another safeguard because we can’t trust the last safeguard, the problem isn’t security anymore. It’s paranoia with a ballot number.
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Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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Bluesky’s active user base is shrinking as its focus expands beyond the app | TechCrunch
Over a year following its post-election surge, Bluesky’s mobile app is seeing a continued decline in active users, though its remaining community is still relatively engaged.
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Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
America proved prosperity could grow while reaching millions more people. Then we were sold a remarkable idea: if ordinary Americans get a bigger slice, you must lose yours. The pie kept growing. The problem wasn't growth. It was who increasingly got the new slices.
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Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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Shackwacky 🇨🇦 🇺🇦🌻🍷🐓🇺🇦🌻🍁🇨🇦 @shackwacky.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I mean autos specifically. I had to repair my VW to the tune of $8000 this summer, and although I wish it was a consideration if I write off the car I don’t get that back.
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Demos @localdudefromma.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Here in inland MA, the impact of climate change hasn’t hit nearly as hard as other areas. But, with climate change unevenly spread across country, insurance cos. need to spread our risk, hence my rising insurance costs. & repair costs are up. OR just price gouging like we’ve seen in many industries.
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