Pete Normal

@petenormal.bsky.social

Proletarian therapist. Aging punk. Lover of hoops. Harsher of mellows. Making sounds with @burrowmusic.bsky.social

New: Police in Wisconsin used Flock to create a pretext to search a man's car for weed. Their justification? He drove from Wisconsin to Michigan, a “known source state for marijuana as it is legal there,” and Flock showed he "travels to Michigan frequently." www.404media.co/cops-used-fl...

Cops Used Flock to Track a Man Across State Lines to Create Pretext to Search His Car for Weed

"The vehicle travels to Michigan frequently which is a known source state for marijuana as it is legal there," a probable cause justification reads.

404media.co

Abdul El-Sayed was outspent 9-to-1 by AIPAC and corporate Super PACs in the most expensive Senate Democratic primary of all time. Last night, he proved that organized people can beat organized money.

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0.000001% of female athletes are transgender. 1/15 female athletes will be sexually assaulted by a male coach. Shouldn't he be promoting a complete ban on male coaches in women's sports? Of course not, because he actually doesn't give a shit about women's safety.

Any dental pros here? I got a "filling" this morning due to my doc's concerns that I would soon have a cavity. Thought it would be quick, but 10 min into the grinding I open my eyes and see silver dust floating around near my mouth. He removed a large mercury filling with no dental dam. Concerns?

A new medical study says there is a link between an increase in minutes played in the games before an Achilles tear and a player suffering that injury. The NBA said that no relationship exists, according to its own internal research. Free to read: www.nytimes.com/athletic/748...

NBA disputes study that links Achilles injuries to increased playing time (Gift Article)

The Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine study found some correlation between Achilles tears and increased playing time before the injury.

nytimes.com

If you ever feel disheartened that other people don't recognize your value, keep in mind that multiple record labels turned down The Jimi Hendrix Experience when they had the finished version of Hey Joe in hand.

Hey, maybe instead of paying $600M to renovate the Moda Center at the whim of a private enterprise that refuses to give detail on what it will be spent on, the State, County, and City should spend that EXACT amount of money to buy a 15% stake in the team and become the majority governor.

If any other city was tanking the way the Blazers were the last few years the seats would be empty and instead we were dropping hundreds of dollars a game to cheer on players on 10 day contracts. Jokes on us I guess.