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Steve Norum

@stevenorum.bsky.social

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Tinkerer, zookeeper, ultrarunner, adrenaline junkie.

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Steve Norum @stevenorum.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Whenever I see one of these "closeted conservative" stories that doesn't mention the person's actual political views, I can't help but think of the classic tweet. (re: apple.news/AUGXnsTfARwq..., "Confessions of a Campus Conservative" from, of course, National Review)

A tweet from Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew_lawrence):

Conservative: I have been censored for my conservative views

Me: Holy shit! You were censored for wanting lower taxes?

Con: LOL no...no not those views

Me: So....deregulation?

Con: Haha no not those views either

Me: Which views, exactly?

Con: Oh, you know the ones

(timestamp: 11:24pm on October 11, 2018)

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Steve Norum @stevenorum.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

JFC NO, AWS. Bad. Stop it.

Screenshot showing an email from the Amazon Web Services marketing address with the subject line, "Could AI end the need for clinical trials?"

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Steve Norum @stevenorum.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

They’re faint but were visible about two hours ago in Virginia (may still be in parts, but clouds rolled in to my neck of the woods).

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Steve Norum @stevenorum.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

The aurora is visible in central VA.

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Steve Norum @stevenorum.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Perhaps even some financially-well-off Jews voted for Mamdani because improved social services make society better for everyone in it? If the article weren’t written by a Jewish author for Haaretz, I’d honestly guess parts were written by quite the antisemite. Link: archive.is/ljgQX

Paragraph from an article in Haaretz by David Rosenberg, discussing why some Jews voted for Zohran Mamdani for NYC mayor: “If they aren't hurting economically, why would Jews, young or old, support a candidate promising things like free bus rides that they don't need, and threatening to raise taxes that they will have to pay more of?”

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Steve Norum @stevenorum.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

A nice reminder of the days when America’s eternal militaristic jingoism was able to coexist happily with a welcoming attitude towards immigrants*. * yes, I know it was a super racist and shitty system, just in different ways than the current state of immigration law.

A torn but original poster for World War One war bonds. Top text reads “Remember your first thrill of American Liberty”, bottom text reads “Your duty-Buy United States Government Bonds” and “2nd Liberty Loan of 1917”. Poster image is a ship of poor European migrants approaching the Statue of Liberty.

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Steve Norum @stevenorum.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

It might be good that they’re trying to measure signs of psychosis and mania in their users, but I’m dubious of how well they’re doing given that the population rate of schizophrenia (to say nothing of bipolar with or without psychosis) is at least 10x the rate of psychosis/mania they’re seeing.

Screenshot of a Wired article with the paragraph:

In a given week, OpenAI estimated that around 0.07 percent of active ChatGPT users show “possible signs of mental health emergencies related to psychosis or mania” and 0.15 percent “have conversations that include explicit indicators of potential suicidal planning or intent.”

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Steve Norum @stevenorum.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

An advantage of the shutdown: this is what a VA-DC light rail ride looks like today.

A two-story train car with approximately 20 seats visible, only one of them occupied.

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Steve Norum @stevenorum.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

I guess Home Assistant wants to steer clear of cosmogonical debates.

Screenshot of the Home Assistant "Devices" menu listing the "Manufacturer" of the Sun as "<unknown>".

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Steve Norum @stevenorum.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Maybe it’s just me, but I’d consider someone stalking me with a rifle a bit of a provocation. (From www.npr.org/2025/08/09/g...)

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Steve Norum @stevenorum.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Dear god that’s a bad misunderstanding of the linked paper. Of new colorectal cancer diagnoses, ~20% are under the age of 54. The overall lifetime risk of CRC is around 4%, the rate for under-54 folks is less than 1%.

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Steve Norum @stevenorum.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Turns out if you give a enterprise-focused GenAI assistant a knowledge base consisting of the entirety of the "Popular" index from theanarchistlibrary.org it's a big improvement.

Human: Why does nonviolence protect the state?
AI Assistant: Nonviolence protects the state by allowing it to maintain a monopoly on violence and by creating the illusion of a loyal opposition that does not actually threaten the state's continued operation

Human: When is armed resistance justified?
AI Assistant: I could not find an exact answer to when is armed resistance justified. However, I was able to find information that violent and armed resistance is morally justified

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