Dave Bartel
@davebartel.bsky.social
Canadian, he/him, cat lover, book lover, BLM, Trans right are human rights, IT worker, liberal Christian, socialist, cyclist, the list goes on.
Don't look away. This is the reality for much of Ukraine. We need to be doing so much more for them!
This is an incredible work of combat journalism. The most raw, real and terrifying testament to what it’s like to fight this war, and its cost.
Difficult to watch, emotionally and visually, so bear in mind. (Nothing I would call overly graphic / gory for those sensitive.)
youtu.be/Nf4Cgy56slU?...
Difficult to watch, emotionally and visually, so bear in mind. (Nothing I would call overly graphic / gory for those sensitive.)
youtu.be/Nf4Cgy56slU?...
2000 Meters to Andriivka (full documentary) | FRONTLINE
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
youtu.be
November 30, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Don't look away. This is the reality for much of Ukraine. We need to be doing so much more for them!
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What were the CIA-backed "Zero Units" in Afghanistan?
For a deep dive, read reporter Lynzy Billing's award-winning piece from 2022:
For a deep dive, read reporter Lynzy Billing's award-winning piece from 2022:
The Night Raids
CIA-backed operations killed countless Afghan civilians, and the U.S. hasn't been held accountable. A reporter returns to investigate her past and unravel the legacy of the secretive Zero Units.
www.propublica.org
November 30, 2025 at 2:35 AM
What were the CIA-backed "Zero Units" in Afghanistan?
For a deep dive, read reporter Lynzy Billing's award-winning piece from 2022:
For a deep dive, read reporter Lynzy Billing's award-winning piece from 2022:
I was raised on these streets
November 29, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I was raised on these streets
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As a cat-haver, I knew what this was going to be immediately - still worth it.
November 29, 2025 at 11:49 AM
As a cat-haver, I knew what this was going to be immediately - still worth it.
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Young people in the U.S. have been priced out of their dreams. Stop acting like it’s their fault.
November 28, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Young people in the U.S. have been priced out of their dreams. Stop acting like it’s their fault.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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There was civilization in the Americas before the settlers arrived. The other work being performed here is to erase that and present settlement as the arrival of civilization instead of the annihilation of another
Neither Trump, nor half of his cabinet have “ancestors” who were in North America before the revolution. I’d guess that less than half of current US citizens do. “Your ancestors” is doing a lot of implicitly white Christian nationalist work here.
November 22, 2025 at 11:31 PM
There was civilization in the Americas before the settlers arrived. The other work being performed here is to erase that and present settlement as the arrival of civilization instead of the annihilation of another
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This is both fascinating and terrifying.
1/ Today, ProPublica is running a piece I've been working on for a bit. It's about what happened with a devastating wave of bird flu earlier this year, as egg prices hit record highs.
And it's a story that illuminates the ways the U.S. is failing to control what could become the next pandemic. 🧵
And it's a story that illuminates the ways the U.S. is failing to control what could become the next pandemic. 🧵
November 22, 2025 at 3:54 PM
This is both fascinating and terrifying.
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The senior military lawyer for the combatant command overseeing lethal strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats near Venezuela disagreed with the Trump administration's position that the operations are lawful — and his views were sidelined, according to six sources with knowledge of the legal advice.
Top military lawyer raised legal concerns about boat strikes
The lawyer at U.S. Southern Command, which oversees the operations against alleged drug-smuggling boats near Venezuela, disagreed that the strikes are legal and was overruled, according to six sources...
www.nbcnews.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The senior military lawyer for the combatant command overseeing lethal strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats near Venezuela disagreed with the Trump administration's position that the operations are lawful — and his views were sidelined, according to six sources with knowledge of the legal advice.
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Thank you, Dan Leonard (a member of Granite Members for Affordable Housing).
“The MB government is hoping for a generational investment to expand the Port of Churchill, but the City of Winnipeg is unable to even move forward with a funded, city-approved, 111-unit housing project on city land.”
“The MB government is hoping for a generational investment to expand the Port of Churchill, but the City of Winnipeg is unable to even move forward with a funded, city-approved, 111-unit housing project on city land.”
November 21, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Thank you, Dan Leonard (a member of Granite Members for Affordable Housing).
“The MB government is hoping for a generational investment to expand the Port of Churchill, but the City of Winnipeg is unable to even move forward with a funded, city-approved, 111-unit housing project on city land.”
“The MB government is hoping for a generational investment to expand the Port of Churchill, but the City of Winnipeg is unable to even move forward with a funded, city-approved, 111-unit housing project on city land.”
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I just got off the phone with the production coordinator. As I said to them, success is lots of people getting angry. And maybe some law suits
Hey @asherwolf.bsky.social, who do you want playing you in the Robodebt ABC drama? Maybe Lisa McCune, or do we go with the similarly named Asher Keddie?
November 20, 2025 at 6:18 AM
I just got off the phone with the production coordinator. As I said to them, success is lots of people getting angry. And maybe some law suits
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We need to stop protecting predators.
November 20, 2025 at 4:54 AM
We need to stop protecting predators.
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I'm proud to be a @404media.co supporter. This isn't the first big story they've broken that has led to real world change and I'm sure it won't be the last.
NEW: US airlines (Delta, United, American, etc) will shut down a program in which it sold hundreds of millions of your flight records to government agencies, including ICE, FBI, ATF, more. Comes after intense lawmaker-pressure and 404 Media's months-long reporting
www.404media.co/airlines-wil...
www.404media.co/airlines-wil...
Airlines Will Shut Down Program That Sold Your Flights Records to Government
The move comes after intense pressure from lawmakers and 404 Media’s months-long reporting about the airline industry's data selling practices.
www.404media.co
November 18, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I'm proud to be a @404media.co supporter. This isn't the first big story they've broken that has led to real world change and I'm sure it won't be the last.
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Billie Eilish asked an important question: "If you’re a billionaire, why are you a billionaire?"
There are FIVE ways to accumulate a billion dollars:
1) Profiting from a monopoly
2) Insider-trading
3) Political payoffs
4) Fraud
5) Inheritance
Billionaires are the result of a failed system.
There are FIVE ways to accumulate a billion dollars:
1) Profiting from a monopoly
2) Insider-trading
3) Political payoffs
4) Fraud
5) Inheritance
Billionaires are the result of a failed system.
November 18, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Billie Eilish asked an important question: "If you’re a billionaire, why are you a billionaire?"
There are FIVE ways to accumulate a billion dollars:
1) Profiting from a monopoly
2) Insider-trading
3) Political payoffs
4) Fraud
5) Inheritance
Billionaires are the result of a failed system.
There are FIVE ways to accumulate a billion dollars:
1) Profiting from a monopoly
2) Insider-trading
3) Political payoffs
4) Fraud
5) Inheritance
Billionaires are the result of a failed system.
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That there's the sound of an innocent man!
When asked if there was anything "incriminating" in Epstein's emails, Trump pointed a finger in a female reporter's face and snapped. 'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.'
people.com/donald-trump...
people.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:31 AM
That there's the sound of an innocent man!
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mad libs-ass timeline
The attorney general and the FBI director, a manosphere podcaster bro, pulled into the situation room a member of Congress best known for getting kicked out of a Beetlejuice musical for drunkenly giving her date a handy, in order to pressure her about the president's child sex trafficking scandal.
November 12, 2025 at 11:56 PM
mad libs-ass timeline
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Make them famous.
🚨SCOOP: ICE List Identifies Agent Who Beat Woman at 26 Federal Plaza
ICE refused to name the officer who attacked an immigrant mother in broad daylight. Now we know his name is Victor Mojica. migrantinsider.com/p/scoop-ice-...
ICE refused to name the officer who attacked an immigrant mother in broad daylight. Now we know his name is Victor Mojica. migrantinsider.com/p/scoop-ice-...
SCOOP: ICE List Identifies Agent Who Beat Woman at 26 Federal Plaza
DHS refused to name the officer who attacked an immigrant mother in broad daylight. Now we know his name is Victor Mojica.
migrantinsider.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Make them famous.
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Unless they're pursuing the Medellín Cartel, there's only one reason for law enforcement to be masked.
To evade accountability.
To evade accountability.
I’ve come to believe that we need to gather considerable forces and a campaign to demand the removal of face masks by ICE, Border Patrol, FBI and police.
It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
Video on social media shows an immigration agent pulling a gun in Little Village and holding it to the side — which is not an appropriate or safe way to hold a gun. (Among other issues.)
November 10, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Unless they're pursuing the Medellín Cartel, there's only one reason for law enforcement to be masked.
To evade accountability.
To evade accountability.
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UPDATE: NSO just hired former Trump ambassador to Israel.
They're trying to push Pegasus spyware to 🇺🇸America.
Your rights and freedoms are in danger.
NSO Group is no friend to the US & has spent years undermining our security & values 1/
They're trying to push Pegasus spyware to 🇺🇸America.
Your rights and freedoms are in danger.
NSO Group is no friend to the US & has spent years undermining our security & values 1/
November 9, 2025 at 10:05 PM
UPDATE: NSO just hired former Trump ambassador to Israel.
They're trying to push Pegasus spyware to 🇺🇸America.
Your rights and freedoms are in danger.
NSO Group is no friend to the US & has spent years undermining our security & values 1/
They're trying to push Pegasus spyware to 🇺🇸America.
Your rights and freedoms are in danger.
NSO Group is no friend to the US & has spent years undermining our security & values 1/
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Damn. Massive file of dishonest, dangerous cops.
"Officers with egregious credibility issues ... were not only allowed to stay on the force but often rose through the ranks or moved on to other depts, without the public knowing."
PDs frequently cite privacy laws to deny access to these records.
"Officers with egregious credibility issues ... were not only allowed to stay on the force but often rose through the ranks or moved on to other depts, without the public knowing."
PDs frequently cite privacy laws to deny access to these records.
A major breach of Kansas City, Kansas, Police reveals a list of alleged misconduct including dishonesty, sexual harassment, excessive force and false arrest.
Read the full investigation by @kcur.org and @wired.com:
Read the full investigation by @kcur.org and @wired.com:
Hack exposes Kansas City, Kansas, Police's secret misconduct list
A major breach of the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department reveals for the first time, a list of alleged officer misconduct including dishonesty, sexual harassment, excessive force, and false arrest.
www.kcur.org
November 3, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Damn. Massive file of dishonest, dangerous cops.
"Officers with egregious credibility issues ... were not only allowed to stay on the force but often rose through the ranks or moved on to other depts, without the public knowing."
PDs frequently cite privacy laws to deny access to these records.
"Officers with egregious credibility issues ... were not only allowed to stay on the force but often rose through the ranks or moved on to other depts, without the public knowing."
PDs frequently cite privacy laws to deny access to these records.
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To follow what ICE is doing in Chicagoland, I agree with every one of Mark's picks ⤵️.
Chicago's local journalists, both those working as independents and the folks at legacy media outlets, have been doing superb and brave work. 🫡
Chicago's local journalists, both those working as independents and the folks at legacy media outlets, have been doing superb and brave work. 🫡
🧵🧵 This thread highlights some of media people and organizations energetically covering the Trump regime’s campaign to terrorize Chicagoans. These folks are well worth a Bluesky follow.
Of special note is Unraveled, the kind of independent journalism we need when some legacy outlets are in retreat.
Of special note is Unraveled, the kind of independent journalism we need when some legacy outlets are in retreat.
ICE/CBP is rampaging through the burbs again this morning. Sightings and kidnappings reported across Bolingbrook, Summit, Addison, Bensenville, Melrose Park, Brookfield.
November 2, 2025 at 9:47 PM
To follow what ICE is doing in Chicagoland, I agree with every one of Mark's picks ⤵️.
Chicago's local journalists, both those working as independents and the folks at legacy media outlets, have been doing superb and brave work. 🫡
Chicago's local journalists, both those working as independents and the folks at legacy media outlets, have been doing superb and brave work. 🫡
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I have a plea for you. I need an automotive engineer familiar with programming of the safety systems in a crash.
This is both an engineering passion of mine, and deeply personal. Hell, I will pay them an hourly rate.
Story I've tried for years. It feels like I've hit a wall on millisecond logic.
This is both an engineering passion of mine, and deeply personal. Hell, I will pay them an hourly rate.
Story I've tried for years. It feels like I've hit a wall on millisecond logic.
November 2, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I have a plea for you. I need an automotive engineer familiar with programming of the safety systems in a crash.
This is both an engineering passion of mine, and deeply personal. Hell, I will pay them an hourly rate.
Story I've tried for years. It feels like I've hit a wall on millisecond logic.
This is both an engineering passion of mine, and deeply personal. Hell, I will pay them an hourly rate.
Story I've tried for years. It feels like I've hit a wall on millisecond logic.
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Folks may remember the video of Dr. Tiffany Willoughby-Herard, arrested while protecting students from cops as the UCI Free Palestine encampment was raided. She is still fighting a legal battle and needs support--please donate if you can and spread the campaign!
chuffed.org/project/1562...
chuffed.org/project/1562...
November 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Folks may remember the video of Dr. Tiffany Willoughby-Herard, arrested while protecting students from cops as the UCI Free Palestine encampment was raided. She is still fighting a legal battle and needs support--please donate if you can and spread the campaign!
chuffed.org/project/1562...
chuffed.org/project/1562...
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I already liked Taco John's.
Now I don't know how to like them more...
Now I don't know how to like them more...
It’s okay to be glad that restaurants are doing stuff like this AND absolutely furious about the utter failure of the United States government.
November 1, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I already liked Taco John's.
Now I don't know how to like them more...
Now I don't know how to like them more...