Norm Clark
@normsmusic.bsky.social
Liberalism, equality, justice, compassion, progressiveness, democracy.
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Bay Area CA. Politics Political Satire Science Cosmology Physics Philosophy
Art History Psychology Paleoanthropology Genealogy Linguistics Ethics Music https://normsmusic.substack.com
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When Every App Wants to Be an AI: A Conversation About Noise, Truth, & the Tools That Still Matter
Why I trust Grok and ChatGPT more than a swarm of bolt-on “AI assistants,” and what it means to pursue truth—70% at a time.
open.substack.com
As every app bolts on its own half-baked AI, I look at why only a few tools still earn my trust—and how truth, uncertainty, and honest intellectual combat shape my exchanges with Grok. A dialogue about noise, psychological sovereignty, and staying sharp.”
open.substack.com/pub/normsmus...
open.substack.com/pub/normsmus...
5 captivating images from National Geographic’s Pictures of the Year
‘Individually, these photographs speak to beauty, fragility, and wonder.’
www.popsci.com/environment/...
‘Individually, these photographs speak to beauty, fragility, and wonder.’
www.popsci.com/environment/...
5 captivating images from National Geographic’s Pictures of the Year
‘Individually, these photographs speak to beauty, fragility, and wonder.’
www.popsci.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:26 PM
5 captivating images from National Geographic’s Pictures of the Year
‘Individually, these photographs speak to beauty, fragility, and wonder.’
www.popsci.com/environment/...
‘Individually, these photographs speak to beauty, fragility, and wonder.’
www.popsci.com/environment/...
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As the rich get increasingly more wealthy, conversely, they enthusiastically become less empathetic and less humane. In fact, Elon Musk, who sits at the top of this cash-bloated scourge of ultra-wealthy, has bragged that he thinks empathy is a weakness.
December 6, 2025 at 3:01 PM
As the rich get increasingly more wealthy, conversely, they enthusiastically become less empathetic and less humane. In fact, Elon Musk, who sits at the top of this cash-bloated scourge of ultra-wealthy, has bragged that he thinks empathy is a weakness.
I guess the solace for some of us who are not super rich is that, in the end, wealth does not rob us of being more fully actualized in our humanity. Not for any afterlife belief, but for the innate desire to do what’s right with the gift of this life.
If only his diminishing faculties were no more than a series of harmless gaffs. However, the extra time granted by Leqembi could be time that Trump will use to further his chaotic agenda.
“What gaineth a man to take Leqembí, if the extra months it grants merely give him time to make a bigger fool of himself on the world stage?” He is still going to die with Alzheimer's, like Fred
December 6, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I guess the solace for some of us who are not super rich is that, in the end, wealth does not rob us of being more fully actualized in our humanity. Not for any afterlife belief, but for the innate desire to do what’s right with the gift of this life.
I enjoy your balanced responses
If only his diminishing faculties were no more than a series of harmless gaffs. However, the extra time granted by Leqembi could be time that Trump will use to further his chaotic agenda.
“What gaineth a man to take Leqembí, if the extra months it grants merely give him time to make a bigger fool of himself on the world stage?” He is still going to die with Alzheimer's, like Fred
December 6, 2025 at 12:36 PM
I enjoy your balanced responses
“What gaineth a man to take Leqembí, if the extra months it grants merely give him time to make a bigger fool of himself on the world stage?” He is still going to die with Alzheimer's, like Fred
December 6, 2025 at 12:10 PM
“What gaineth a man to take Leqembí, if the extra months it grants merely give him time to make a bigger fool of himself on the world stage?” He is still going to die with Alzheimer's, like Fred
Morning Joe was the best it’s been in a year—because Joe wasn’t there. Mika carried the show alone. Troubling that the country-lawyer bumpkin of a former congressman seems there only to make his wife look like the bumpkin.
December 5, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Morning Joe was the best it’s been in a year—because Joe wasn’t there. Mika carried the show alone. Troubling that the country-lawyer bumpkin of a former congressman seems there only to make his wife look like the bumpkin.
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And I'm still awake so let me get this in before I nod off.
December 5, 2025 at 3:37 PM
And I'm still awake so let me get this in before I nod off.
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A conscientious Grand Jury agrees: charges for her were bogus all the way.
December 5, 2025 at 3:55 AM
A conscientious Grand Jury agrees: charges for her were bogus all the way.
Billy Angelo Stella
Trust me, when you’re 70-80 years old, you’re going to either regret that you didn’t or be grateful that you did do everything in your power to nourish your brain when you were in your younger years of life.
Trust me, when you’re 70-80 years old, you’re going to either regret that you didn’t or be grateful that you did do everything in your power to nourish your brain when you were in your younger years of life.
December 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Billy Angelo Stella
Trust me, when you’re 70-80 years old, you’re going to either regret that you didn’t or be grateful that you did do everything in your power to nourish your brain when you were in your younger years of life.
Trust me, when you’re 70-80 years old, you’re going to either regret that you didn’t or be grateful that you did do everything in your power to nourish your brain when you were in your younger years of life.
As every app bolts on its own half-baked AI, I look at why only a few tools still earn my trust—and how truth, uncertainty, and honest intellectual combat shape my exchanges with Grok. A dialogue about noise, psychological sovereignty, and staying sharp.”
open.substack.com/pub/normsmus...
open.substack.com/pub/normsmus...
When Every App Wants to Be an AI: A Conversation About Noise, Truth, & the Tools That Still Matter
Why I trust Grok and ChatGPT more than a swarm of bolt-on “AI assistants,” and what it means to pursue truth—70% at a time.
open.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:40 PM
As every app bolts on its own half-baked AI, I look at why only a few tools still earn my trust—and how truth, uncertainty, and honest intellectual combat shape my exchanges with Grok. A dialogue about noise, psychological sovereignty, and staying sharp.”
open.substack.com/pub/normsmus...
open.substack.com/pub/normsmus...
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I bet trump won’t give him a pardon.
December 5, 2025 at 2:40 AM
I bet trump won’t give him a pardon.
the best
Kelly Boesch is amazing. Please credit the artist: kelly_boesch_ai_art.
December 5, 2025 at 2:38 AM
the best
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
Suspect Arrested in Inquiry Into Pipe Bombs in D.C. Ahead of Jan. 6 Riot
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December 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
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Stated so well. I will continue to protest everything this administration does for the same reason.
December 4, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Stated so well. I will continue to protest everything this administration does for the same reason.
As a child in 1955, my grandmother sent me reading material—one was the Beano comic series. Maybe that’s where the idea began: imagining I could fly, trying to self-levitate with great strain. I was certain someday we’d invent an anti-gravity machine. #StillDreaming
December 4, 2025 at 9:30 PM
As a child in 1955, my grandmother sent me reading material—one was the Beano comic series. Maybe that’s where the idea began: imagining I could fly, trying to self-levitate with great strain. I was certain someday we’d invent an anti-gravity machine. #StillDreaming
A decade of finger-prick accuracy vs. a sensor that’s “factory perfect” only in marketing copy. My exchange with Grok digs into why CGM numbers can be wildly wrong, why manufacturers won’t admit it, and why I still wear the Libre—just not for the reason they think.
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When the Sensor Gaslights You: A Veteran Diabetic vs. Corporate “CYA Science”
Why lived experience still beats glossy manufacturer claims — and why trend arrows matter more than the number on the screen.
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December 2, 2025 at 12:39 PM
A decade of finger-prick accuracy vs. a sensor that’s “factory perfect” only in marketing copy. My exchange with Grok digs into why CGM numbers can be wildly wrong, why manufacturers won’t admit it, and why I still wear the Libre—just not for the reason they think.
open.substack.com/pub/normsmus...
open.substack.com/pub/normsmus...
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We are all going to rue the day we didn’t stand up to the hatred.
A generation that once taught us right from wrong now cheers cruelty as patriotism. From MAGA parents blessing violence against their own children to Navy SEALs committing war crimes, America’s moral red lines are collapsing—and the fallout is terrifying.
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open.substack.com/pub/normsmus...
The Red Line That Vanished: How a Nation I Loved Learned to Sanctify Cruelty
The moral unraveling of a generation that once taught us decency—and now cheers its undoing.
open.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:12 AM
We are all going to rue the day we didn’t stand up to the hatred.
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Makes me nauseous how cruelty, & murder has bleed into our broken & toxic community under Mango Mussolini.
#BlueCrew #Resisters #Democrats #RedCrew
#BlueCrew #Resisters #Democrats #RedCrew
A generation that once taught us right from wrong now cheers cruelty as patriotism. From MAGA parents blessing violence against their own children to Navy SEALs committing war crimes, America’s moral red lines are collapsing—and the fallout is terrifying.
open.substack.com/pub/normsmus...
open.substack.com/pub/normsmus...
The Red Line That Vanished: How a Nation I Loved Learned to Sanctify Cruelty
The moral unraveling of a generation that once taught us decency—and now cheers its undoing.
open.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Makes me nauseous how cruelty, & murder has bleed into our broken & toxic community under Mango Mussolini.
#BlueCrew #Resisters #Democrats #RedCrew
#BlueCrew #Resisters #Democrats #RedCrew
Agree
As a #Canadian watching from north of the 49th parallel it's disturbing, heart-breaking and deeply disappointing. I spent many years working and travelling in the #UnitedStates. It's a place I no longer recognize and will no longer visit. It's somewhat terrifying to see a neighbour turn into this.
A generation that once taught us right from wrong now cheers cruelty as patriotism. From MAGA parents blessing violence against their own children to Navy SEALs committing war crimes, America’s moral red lines are collapsing—and the fallout is terrifying.
open.substack.com/pub/normsmus...
open.substack.com/pub/normsmus...
December 2, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Agree
A generation that once taught us right from wrong now cheers cruelty as patriotism. From MAGA parents blessing violence against their own children to Navy SEALs committing war crimes, America’s moral red lines are collapsing—and the fallout is terrifying.
open.substack.com/pub/normsmus...
open.substack.com/pub/normsmus...
The Red Line That Vanished: How a Nation I Loved Learned to Sanctify Cruelty
The moral unraveling of a generation that once taught us decency—and now cheers its undoing.
open.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:17 AM
A generation that once taught us right from wrong now cheers cruelty as patriotism. From MAGA parents blessing violence against their own children to Navy SEALs committing war crimes, America’s moral red lines are collapsing—and the fallout is terrifying.
open.substack.com/pub/normsmus...
open.substack.com/pub/normsmus...