Pete Normal
@petenormal.bsky.social
Proletarian therapist. Aging punk. Lover of hoops. Harsher of mellows.
Making sounds with @burrowmusic.bsky.social
Making sounds with @burrowmusic.bsky.social
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Pete Normal
@petenormal.bsky.social
· Jan 16
A Stabbing at the Peacock
cvantifa.noblogs.org
Want to hear how I landed on the enemies list of the most prominent White supremacist in America when I was 14? Interested in how the stabbing of a Portland punk legend in Corvallis sparked a successful Anti-racist organizing campaign? Hit that link below.
cvantifa.noblogs.org/post/2025/01...
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Once again Newsom showing he ain’t it and is just a Republican draped in a blue cloak
The presidency once served as a reminder of our common humanity. Ronald Reagan described its purpose as building "a nation composed of good and decent people."
December 17, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Once again Newsom showing he ain’t it and is just a Republican draped in a blue cloak
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it’s actually pathetic how much they want us to care about ai
December 17, 2025 at 3:46 AM
it’s actually pathetic how much they want us to care about ai
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NEW: President Trump is expanding the previous 19-country travel ban to a whopping 39 countries (plus the Palestinian Authority), and appears to expand a block on legal immigration to now include spouses, children, and parents of U.S. citizens, who were previously exempted.
December 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
NEW: President Trump is expanding the previous 19-country travel ban to a whopping 39 countries (plus the Palestinian Authority), and appears to expand a block on legal immigration to now include spouses, children, and parents of U.S. citizens, who were previously exempted.
Found out my kid got accepted to a good private college and offered a merit scholarship that would pay more than half her tuition. But that would still mean getting into about $100k in debt for a bachelor's, and she's not willing to do that. Now she's talking about community college.
December 15, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Found out my kid got accepted to a good private college and offered a merit scholarship that would pay more than half her tuition. But that would still mean getting into about $100k in debt for a bachelor's, and she's not willing to do that. Now she's talking about community college.
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Some liberal critics object to the president's colorful remarks about the death of Rob Reiner.
December 15, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Some liberal critics object to the president's colorful remarks about the death of Rob Reiner.
Few things more satisfying than looking at a dejected Steph Curry.
December 15, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Few things more satisfying than looking at a dejected Steph Curry.
I may have permanently deleted really important files related the album my band is recording, and while I wait to see if they can be recovered, I'm sitting here far too stressed to watch the 'Zers game. But a win over golden state would really ease the pain.
December 15, 2025 at 4:18 AM
I may have permanently deleted really important files related the album my band is recording, and while I wait to see if they can be recovered, I'm sitting here far too stressed to watch the 'Zers game. But a win over golden state would really ease the pain.
My older cousin convinced my mom to take us to a double feature of Escape From New York and The Warriors when I was 6. It was incredible.
Also Shakespeare in Love in Spain. Was fun to read the subtitles and see how they translated Old English into modern Spanish.
Also Shakespeare in Love in Spain. Was fun to read the subtitles and see how they translated Old English into modern Spanish.
Raising the always fun question: What are your most memorable theater-going experiences?
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
It was hands-down one of the most memorable theater-going experiences I can remember, a collective 30-minute butt-clench/armrest-grab for the final climb. And we knew he lived! Wild.
December 14, 2025 at 3:29 AM
My older cousin convinced my mom to take us to a double feature of Escape From New York and The Warriors when I was 6. It was incredible.
Also Shakespeare in Love in Spain. Was fun to read the subtitles and see how they translated Old English into modern Spanish.
Also Shakespeare in Love in Spain. Was fun to read the subtitles and see how they translated Old English into modern Spanish.
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ultimately, no one even grieved Charlie Kirk. he was just another thing for the worst people on earth to get outraged over. and when the outrage of real events wasn't enough, they invented new ones.
not even his wife saw his death as anything other than an opportunity.
not even his wife saw his death as anything other than an opportunity.
my read is they were trying to whip up the usual frenzy, but then the effort got blown up by Candace Owens saying The Jews did it
It’s kind of incredible how little has been published about this guy and how little conservatives seem to care. Did people just forget these people were screeching for civil war when they thought he was a liberal?
December 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
ultimately, no one even grieved Charlie Kirk. he was just another thing for the worst people on earth to get outraged over. and when the outrage of real events wasn't enough, they invented new ones.
not even his wife saw his death as anything other than an opportunity.
not even his wife saw his death as anything other than an opportunity.
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oh no not Segway Inventor
New Batch of Epstein Photos Include Bill Gates, Richard Branson and Segway Inventor
New Batch of Epstein Photos Include Bill Gates, Richard Branson and Segway Inventor
President Trump is in there too, but you could probably guess that by now.
gizmodo.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:01 PM
oh no not Segway Inventor
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Pioneer Square Starbucks is being SCABBED! 🤬🤬🤬 Call them and ask them why they're open during the strike. Support striking baristas!
December 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Pioneer Square Starbucks is being SCABBED! 🤬🤬🤬 Call them and ask them why they're open during the strike. Support striking baristas!
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On the day that @opb.org CEO Rachel Smolkin posted this video, saying OPB’s funding gap of $5 million was closed, I was also told by the Chief Content Officer that Hush was canceled. Eighty percent of my income, and my health insurance - gone. I was given no reason for the cancellation. 1/x
OPB has closed this year’s $5 million budget gap created when Congress ended federal funding. Our work is not done. A strong future for free and fair journalism requires your support.
https://www.opb.org/pressroom/presidents-update-funding-cut-update-building-trust/
https://www.opb.org/pressroom/presidents-update-funding-cut-update-building-trust/
December 3, 2025 at 10:04 PM
On the day that @opb.org CEO Rachel Smolkin posted this video, saying OPB’s funding gap of $5 million was closed, I was also told by the Chief Content Officer that Hush was canceled. Eighty percent of my income, and my health insurance - gone. I was given no reason for the cancellation. 1/x
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Mark Zuckerberg is building a data center in Louisiana that will use 3x more electricity than all of New Orleans.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
December 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Mark Zuckerberg is building a data center in Louisiana that will use 3x more electricity than all of New Orleans.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
"It's Caleb Love Time"
-Caleb Love
-Caleb Love
December 12, 2025 at 3:23 AM
"It's Caleb Love Time"
-Caleb Love
-Caleb Love
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I got a courtside ticket up for grabs to the remix game tonight, but you gotta sit with me and cass who wants in. Doors at 5 tip at 6
December 11, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I got a courtside ticket up for grabs to the remix game tonight, but you gotta sit with me and cass who wants in. Doors at 5 tip at 6
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They want to withhold federal money for a state’s infrastructure if the state has a law that protects its residents from the downsides of AI.
Text of the EO now live on the White House site: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
December 12, 2025 at 12:13 AM
They want to withhold federal money for a state’s infrastructure if the state has a law that protects its residents from the downsides of AI.
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Yes, how could this system possibly work? Nobody has ever made it work before, except for Australia,
Austria , Bahrain, Belgium, Brunei, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,
Austria , Bahrain, Belgium, Brunei, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,
For all Universal HC/Single Payer/M4A advocates.
What do the biggest, expensive hospital chains do. Do they opt out and only serve the rich ?
Who in the USA gov runs the program?
R U ok with having to see a primary care doc before you can see a specialist ?
What do the biggest, expensive hospital chains do. Do they opt out and only serve the rich ?
Who in the USA gov runs the program?
R U ok with having to see a primary care doc before you can see a specialist ?
December 11, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Yes, how could this system possibly work? Nobody has ever made it work before, except for Australia,
Austria , Bahrain, Belgium, Brunei, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,
Austria , Bahrain, Belgium, Brunei, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,
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Hard to believe we’re only 1/2 way through his term. Been a long 3 yrs. He should quit. Seems miserable. Maybe somebody could give him a role on a show called “Rest Stop Ghoul” where he eats kids or something else he’s passionate about.
In a previously unreported letter obtained by TPM, Fetterman asked Israel’s President Isaac Herzog to pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Fetterman Writes Letter Asking Israel’s President to Pardon Netanyahu
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) prepared a letter in recent days asking Israel’s...
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Hard to believe we’re only 1/2 way through his term. Been a long 3 yrs. He should quit. Seems miserable. Maybe somebody could give him a role on a show called “Rest Stop Ghoul” where he eats kids or something else he’s passionate about.
They’re playing One of These Nights at this sandwich shop, and it’s another reminder of how much I hate the fukin Eagles.
December 11, 2025 at 9:26 PM
They’re playing One of These Nights at this sandwich shop, and it’s another reminder of how much I hate the fukin Eagles.
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GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
December 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
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The dumbest possible mother fuckers are in charge of everything right now. I repeat, the dumbest possible mother fuckers.....
GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
December 11, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The dumbest possible mother fuckers are in charge of everything right now. I repeat, the dumbest possible mother fuckers.....
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“According to the OHA, there have been 1,475 reported cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, breaking the state’s previous record set in 1950, which was 1,420.”
Whooping cough cases spike in Oregon, breaking 1950 record
Oregon has had a record-breaking number of pertussis cases in 2025 as of Wednesday, according to the state health authority.
www.kptv.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:52 PM
“According to the OHA, there have been 1,475 reported cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, breaking the state’s previous record set in 1950, which was 1,420.”
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ICE being evil enough they start angering famously racist police departments was really not a turn I was expecting
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara to US citizen detained by ICE: "I apologize that this happened to you in my city with people wearing vests that say 'police.' That's embarrassing."
December 11, 2025 at 4:38 AM
ICE being evil enough they start angering famously racist police departments was really not a turn I was expecting