Dave Bartel

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Canadian. Cyclist. SysAdmin. Liberal Christian. Social democrat. He/him. BLM. Trans rights are human rights. Fan of privacy, infosec, cats, World of Warcraft, etc.
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If anyone I know here is interested in a Bluesky invite to try it out, please let me know. I have 1 available at the moment.
@GossiTheDog They're also heavily involved in portions of the software used by various policing agencies in the UK. Considering how sensitive some of the stuff they work on is, the fact that they still don't have a full grasp on how thorough the hack was and what was all exposed goes beyond concerning.
@jamielynn Oh man, she looks so concerned in that second pic. I just want to snuggle her and tell her it's gonna be fine. </3

On Sunday I experienced the perfect antidote to the resurgent Trump and Trumpism.

I met with Tennessee Representative Justin Jones.

I came away from our discussion profoundly optimistic about the future. I hope you'll enjoy our conversation. https://t.co/M6GRgM5nnW https://t.co/ehSQVrfMfP

Meeting Justin Jones

Listen now (4 min) | Passing the baton

Robert Reich
@michellebacon I guess I have to give Gillingham credit for something: he ran and was elected on a platform of driver-first, unsustainable development, and he's following through on those promises...

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@pedalingscience @sjs Ortliebs are indeed excellent, but also quite expensive. I have a set of them now, but for years I relied on multiple sets of Axiom panniers and they were fantastic at half (sometimes less) the cost of Ortliebs, so worth considering if you're on a budget.
Something has gone terribly wrong when Fox News can claim a tax write-off for its $787M defamation settlement, yet school teachers only get a measly $300 deduction for buying their own supplies.
Microsoft drops Twitter from its advertising platform

Yet another big B2B service passes on paying for Twitter's new high-priced API.

Mashable