Dan Bartmess
@db99999.bsky.social
Husband, Bahá’í, Cubs fan, software developer/SQL nerd, music snob, dog dad. #BlueskyBahais
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Dan Bartmess
@db99999.bsky.social
· Jun 23
"We must realize that active forces in the world today are preaching, practising and propagating dominant factionalisms and hatreds, and by evoking counter-factionalisms, are spreading minority antagonisms in their path." ...
New two-part podcast explores the largely hidden history of significant #Bahai contributions to education, governance, and social reform in 19th century Iran.
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Insights from the Field: Uncovering early Bahá’í contributions to 19th century Iran—Part 1 | BWNS
New two-part podcast explores the largely hidden history of significant Bahá’í contributions to education, governance, and social reform in 19th century Iran.
news.bahai.org
November 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
New two-part podcast explores the largely hidden history of significant #Bahai contributions to education, governance, and social reform in 19th century Iran.
news.bahai.org/podcasts/ins...
news.bahai.org/podcasts/ins...
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Just need ONE reporter to say 'As Speaker of the House, don't you think that you should be more aware of things going on in the country?'
October 17, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Just need ONE reporter to say 'As Speaker of the House, don't you think that you should be more aware of things going on in the country?'
“Consultation is essential to addressing contemporary challenges, say Bahá’í delegates at the 8th Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions.” #Bahai
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Kazakhstan: Religion as the inspiration for cooperation | BWNS
Consultation is essential to addressing contemporary challenges, say Bahá’í delegates at the 8th Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions.
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October 16, 2025 at 1:22 PM
“Consultation is essential to addressing contemporary challenges, say Bahá’í delegates at the 8th Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions.” #Bahai
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news.bahai.org/story/1827/k...
“This year’s event drew ambassadors and diplomatic representatives from countries including Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Estonia, France, Kenya, Tanzania, and Vietnam, many of whom were accompanied by their families.” #Bahai
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Terraces by Night: Thousands gather at Shrine of the Báb in admiration and contemplation | BWNS
Over 13,000 people of diverse backgrounds experienced the illuminated terraces leading to the Shrine of the Báb on Mt. Carmel as part of the “Terraces by Night” event.
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October 14, 2025 at 9:10 PM
“This year’s event drew ambassadors and diplomatic representatives from countries including Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Estonia, France, Kenya, Tanzania, and Vietnam, many of whom were accompanied by their families.” #Bahai
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In the latest podcast episode of “In Conversation,” guests from the United States describe how young people are learning to foster strong bonds of friendship across diverse backgrounds and discovering ways to serve together.
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In Conversation: Fostering cohesive neighborhoods in the United States | BWNS
The latest podcast episode explores how youth in the US, inspired by spiritual principles, are discovering the joy of serving together for the common good.
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October 12, 2025 at 11:42 PM
In the latest podcast episode of “In Conversation,” guests from the United States describe how young people are learning to foster strong bonds of friendship across diverse backgrounds and discovering ways to serve together.
news.bahai.org/podcasts/in-...
news.bahai.org/podcasts/in-...
In the latest episode of “Insights from the Field,” participants from the 49th annual conference of the Association for Bahá’í Studies (ABS) in North America explore how spiritual principles can inform academic inquiry across diverse professional fields.
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Insights from the Field: Application of spiritual principles to academic inquiry | BWNS
Participants at the annual ABS conference reflect on how spiritual principles can inform inquiry across diverse fields—from neuroscience to information technology.
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October 12, 2025 at 11:41 PM
In the latest episode of “Insights from the Field,” participants from the 49th annual conference of the Association for Bahá’í Studies (ABS) in North America explore how spiritual principles can inform academic inquiry across diverse professional fields.
news.bahai.org/podcasts/ins...
news.bahai.org/podcasts/ins...
This pretty much sums it it up. And tbh, it’s not just America. the Baha’i view is that human society in general is in a stage comparable to adolescence. We have the tools and information we need to advance to maturity, we just simply don’t want to yet.
October 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
This pretty much sums it it up. And tbh, it’s not just America. the Baha’i view is that human society in general is in a stage comparable to adolescence. We have the tools and information we need to advance to maturity, we just simply don’t want to yet.
“In a society where conversations around ethnic identity are prominent, the podcast seeks to offer a more unifying concept—one that promotes a broader understanding of our shared identity as human beings.” #Bahai
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Ethiopia: New podcast invites youth to reflect on identity and purpose | BWNS
A new podcast by the Bahá’ís of Ethiopia creates a space for youth to reflect on questions of identity in a society comprising more than 80 ethnic groups.
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October 3, 2025 at 1:20 PM
“In a society where conversations around ethnic identity are prominent, the podcast seeks to offer a more unifying concept—one that promotes a broader understanding of our shared identity as human beings.” #Bahai
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Are we great again yet?
PM of Albania having a good laugh with President of Azerbaijan and Macron about Trump repeatedly claiming that he ended the war between their two countries which were not at war with each other.
October 2, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Are we great again yet?
So he agrees the president is unhinged and unwell, even though he didn’t see it, but it doesn’t matter because some unnamed people on the other side are too? Did I get that right?
Dean: The president is unhinged
Johnson: A lot of folks on your side are too. I don’t control him
Dean: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals.
Johnson: I didn’t see it.
Dean: Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing.
Johnson: A lot of folks on your side are too. I don’t control him
Dean: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals.
Johnson: I didn’t see it.
Dean: Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing.
October 2, 2025 at 2:41 PM
So he agrees the president is unhinged and unwell, even though he didn’t see it, but it doesn’t matter because some unnamed people on the other side are too? Did I get that right?
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Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.
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Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson
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October 1, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.
harpers.org/archive/1941...
harpers.org/archive/1941...
“The pivotal principle from the Bahá’í Faith, is that we are a human family. This is an ontological truth... and we can only thrive on this planet to the extent that we can express that underlying reality in our lives collectively and individually.”
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Reimagining America’s story: How unity and justice can shape national narratives | BWNS
A symposium by the Bahá’ís of the US explores how stories grounded in unity and justice can hold the country’s painful realities and shared aspirations in the same frame.
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September 30, 2025 at 3:35 PM
“The pivotal principle from the Bahá’í Faith, is that we are a human family. This is an ontological truth... and we can only thrive on this planet to the extent that we can express that underlying reality in our lives collectively and individually.”
news.bahai.org/story/1823/r...
news.bahai.org/story/1823/r...
“Soon will the present-day order be rolled up, and a new one spread out in its stead.”
“After a time, all the governments on earth will change. Oppression will envelop the world. And following a universal convulsion, the sun of justice will rise from the horizon of the unseen realm.”
—Bahá’u’lláh
“After a time, all the governments on earth will change. Oppression will envelop the world. And following a universal convulsion, the sun of justice will rise from the horizon of the unseen realm.”
—Bahá’u’lláh
September 18, 2025 at 12:43 PM
“Soon will the present-day order be rolled up, and a new one spread out in its stead.”
“After a time, all the governments on earth will change. Oppression will envelop the world. And following a universal convulsion, the sun of justice will rise from the horizon of the unseen realm.”
—Bahá’u’lláh
“After a time, all the governments on earth will change. Oppression will envelop the world. And following a universal convulsion, the sun of justice will rise from the horizon of the unseen realm.”
—Bahá’u’lláh
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Charlie Kirk's murderer has been apprehended and will face trial under our existing laws. Kirk's widow, however, states in this fundraising "battle cry" email that she believes far more people are responsible for Kirk's death, some nebulous "they" who represent the "evildoers" who killed him.
September 15, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Charlie Kirk's murderer has been apprehended and will face trial under our existing laws. Kirk's widow, however, states in this fundraising "battle cry" email that she believes far more people are responsible for Kirk's death, some nebulous "they" who represent the "evildoers" who killed him.
Reposted by Dan Bartmess
I wrote about Them. www.pbump.net/o/what-they-...
What ‘They’ have done
In 2020, They stole the presidential election. How They did this has never been explained clearly. At first, it was alleged that They did so through fraud, by stuffing ballot boxes or submitting fake ...
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September 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I wrote about Them. www.pbump.net/o/what-they-...
Love and unity are the needs of the body politic today… This is an exigency of the times, and the divine remedy has been provided. The spiritual teachings of the religion of God can alone create this love, unity and accord in human hearts.–Abdu’l-Baha
September 14, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Love and unity are the needs of the body politic today… This is an exigency of the times, and the divine remedy has been provided. The spiritual teachings of the religion of God can alone create this love, unity and accord in human hearts.–Abdu’l-Baha
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The thing that I always come back to is truthfulness. If we had a society that valued and encouraged truthfulness, it would be a very different world.
"Truthfulness is the foundation of all human virtues." — ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
"Truthfulness is the foundation of all human virtues." — ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
September 12, 2025 at 9:33 PM
The thing that I always come back to is truthfulness. If we had a society that valued and encouraged truthfulness, it would be a very different world.
"Truthfulness is the foundation of all human virtues." — ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
"Truthfulness is the foundation of all human virtues." — ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
This is all greek to me, and I suspect most of MSM reporting on this stuff. The press needs to be very careful getting the facts right or they're just going to play into the hands of the people who have an agenda and are driving the narrative.
yeesh so much disinfo out there about the gunman
"Notices bulges, OWO whats this?"
- Meme about furries/roleplaying; not political
"hey fascist! Catch! Up, right, down x3"
- From Helldivers 2, satirical game, you nuke 'fascist' aliens even though you're a fascist yourself; the code launches a bomb
"Notices bulges, OWO whats this?"
- Meme about furries/roleplaying; not political
"hey fascist! Catch! Up, right, down x3"
- From Helldivers 2, satirical game, you nuke 'fascist' aliens even though you're a fascist yourself; the code launches a bomb
September 12, 2025 at 9:28 PM
This is all greek to me, and I suspect most of MSM reporting on this stuff. The press needs to be very careful getting the facts right or they're just going to play into the hands of the people who have an agenda and are driving the narrative.
Reposted by Dan Bartmess
If you're celebrating the killing of Charlie Kirk, you've failed basic love of country & basic human decency.
If you're using the killing of Charlie Kirk to attack certain groups of people & to declare “war on the left,” you've failed basic love of country & basic human decency.
If you're using the killing of Charlie Kirk to attack certain groups of people & to declare “war on the left,” you've failed basic love of country & basic human decency.
September 12, 2025 at 1:21 PM
If you're celebrating the killing of Charlie Kirk, you've failed basic love of country & basic human decency.
If you're using the killing of Charlie Kirk to attack certain groups of people & to declare “war on the left,” you've failed basic love of country & basic human decency.
If you're using the killing of Charlie Kirk to attack certain groups of people & to declare “war on the left,” you've failed basic love of country & basic human decency.
The well-being of mankind, its peace and security, are unattainable unless and until its unity is firmly established. This unity can never be achieved so long as the counsels which the Pen of the Most High hath revealed are suffered to pass unheeded.–Baha’u’llah
bahaiteachings.org/one-common-f...
bahaiteachings.org/one-common-f...
One Common Faith, and How Unity Happens
Each morning, I spend some quiet time in devotion and study. Currently I’m studying material in a 2005 missive from the Universal House of Justice, the guiding institution for the...
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September 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The well-being of mankind, its peace and security, are unattainable unless and until its unity is firmly established. This unity can never be achieved so long as the counsels which the Pen of the Most High hath revealed are suffered to pass unheeded.–Baha’u’llah
bahaiteachings.org/one-common-f...
bahaiteachings.org/one-common-f...
Fun little exchange with Mike Johnson this morning. Think he’ll accept my offer?
September 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Fun little exchange with Mike Johnson this morning. Think he’ll accept my offer?
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Today I wrote about a general tendency to accept atrocious premises, and the need to reject fascism's false choices in order to find expansive and imaginative paths forward.
Breaking the premise, embracing the obstacles, pursing everything.
www.the-reframe.com/there-is-no-...
Breaking the premise, embracing the obstacles, pursing everything.
www.the-reframe.com/there-is-no-...
There Is No Trolley Problem
We actually aren't constrained into atrocious premises by thought exercises. Obstacles are a reason to fight, not an excuse to quit. Our friends and neighbors aren't distractions..
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August 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Today I wrote about a general tendency to accept atrocious premises, and the need to reject fascism's false choices in order to find expansive and imaginative paths forward.
Breaking the premise, embracing the obstacles, pursing everything.
www.the-reframe.com/there-is-no-...
Breaking the premise, embracing the obstacles, pursing everything.
www.the-reframe.com/there-is-no-...
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New article! On "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and the plutocrat class ripping America apart: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/my-friend-...
My Friend Leatherface
Remembering a creative conservationist as plutocrats take a chainsaw to Texas.
sarahkendzior.substack.com
August 20, 2025 at 6:46 PM
New article! On "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and the plutocrat class ripping America apart: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/my-friend-...