Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 08/10/20261. **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 010
Reposted by Norm Clarkpaulie458.bsky.social @paulie458.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Absolutely hideous 😱 011
Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Mar-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. 250
Reposted by Norm ClarktheDave @thedaveusa.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Lol. 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 111
Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026THAT 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 @YouTubeyoutu.be'Mass Casualty Event': Iran Bombs U.S. Embassy In Riyadh; Heavy Damage Revealed By America's OwnYouTube video by Times Of India 011
Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/u...nytimes.comFrom 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. 120
Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 07/10/2026www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4kE...youtube.comExpedition highlightsYouTube video by Popular Science Podcasts 011
Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The last video is 7:41 minutes long with highlights of 57 new species discovered in deep-sea canyon near Argentina www.popsci.com/environment/...popsci.com57 new species discovered in deep-sea canyon near ArgentinaIncluding ‘Loki the Sea Cucumber.’ 120
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...cnn.comTrump draws backlash after he suggests Iran could ‘take out’ Los Angeles or San Diego | CNN PoliticsOfficials 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... 043
Reposted by Norm ClarkTravis 🇧🇻🇺🇸 @trljohnson75.bsky.social · 05/10/2026makes my blood boil 6 years later 001
Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Hard 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. 1103
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...normsmusic.substack.comWhat Are We Cutting—and What Should We Keep?The choice between shrinking government and restoring its capacity deserves more than a slogan. 050
Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Future generation of children visiting political museums of the GOP in action 50 yrs ago in 2026 020
Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Trump 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 011
Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...nytimes.comU.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... 125
Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 03/10/20262 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. 000
Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 03/10/20261 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. 100
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...jewishreviewofbooks.comThe Most Important Word in the World - Jewish Review of BooksFor a moment, a literary giant and talmudic genius sparred over the implications of a biblical phrase. 250
Reposted by Norm ClarkHops 🏳️🌈🌊 @hops45.bsky.social · 02/10/2026That one ship I don't mind with all hands going down. Good riddance! 012
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. 032
Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026GOP 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 -- 261
Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Say what you want about Usha Vance, but she really knows how dress for her man. 282
Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The 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. 130
Reposted by Norm ClarkDoroSayNow @dorosaynow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026If only your dreams were reality! 001
Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I 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. 293
Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 28/09/2026My 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. 050
Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The existential threat of our time under our own FatBoy Trump www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/b...nytimes.comHow Scientists Can Shape Public Opinion Over A.I. Risks (Gift Article)Artificial intelligence workers may have leverage to make the world safer. 020
Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Benjamin 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 010
Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Explore 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 losenytimes.comThis 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. 012
Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I 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 191
Reposted by Norm ClarkLincolnFDRDemocrat @lincolnfdrdemocrat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Parting with money is the most heartbreaking tragedy the filthy rich could ever possibly face. Better lose a child than a dollar. 001
Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Congress 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...normsmusic.substack.comThe People’s Branch Takes a Well-Earned SabbaticalTen ways the Republican Congress has treated its constitutional powers as a gift to the president. 030
Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 27/09/2026California 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...normsmusic.substack.comA 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 42 181
Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Years 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...normsmusic.substack.comThe Question I Asked Germans About HitlerThirty years later, Laurence Rees’s twelve warnings made me ask it about America. 052
Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I’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. 340
Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The GOP needs to clean out their stable of deep dodo. As i'm am writing this my wife said where would they start? 251
Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 15/09/2026If 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. 010
Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 14/09/2026techcrunch.com/2026/08/11/b...techcrunch.comBluesky’s active user base is shrinking as its focus expands beyond the app | TechCrunchOver 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. 120
Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 14/09/2026America 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. 021
Reposted by Norm ClarkShackwacky 🇨🇦 🇺🇦🌻🍷🐓🇺🇦🌻🍁🇨🇦 @shackwacky.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I 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. 001
Reposted by Norm ClarkDemos @localdudefromma.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Here 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. 001