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Dave Bartel @davebartel.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

‘For Alex’ Alex Jeffrey Pretti 1988 - 2026 RIP Beautiful tribute by illustrator MJ.Hiblen (mjhiblenart.bsky.social here, or @mjhiblenart on Instagram).

Artist's rendition of Alex Pretti carrying a frail figure draped in an American flag (possibly meant to represent the American republic or democracy), while saying the words "Don't worry, I've got you."

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Dave Bartel @davebartel.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

The best I can offer is this picture of one of my newest shirts..

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Dave Bartel @davebartel.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

I really need to find some way to take a picture of all of my current stuff. This is about 1/3 of it:

A fridge-top assortment of Scottish, Canadian, and Japanese whiskies.

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Dave Bartel @davebartel.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

I was raised on these streets

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Dave Bartel @davebartel.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Also not a New England beach? Happy beach day to all celebrating. :)

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Dave Bartel @davebartel.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

At this point my hope for this summer is that at some point we get at least a week or two when I could actually spend time outside without either an N95 mask on immediately developing profuse nosebleeds. Haven't been able to make myself do a serious bike ride yet in these conditions.

A map from PurpleAir.com showing Winnipeg, MB with almost every sensor in the red due to all the smoke in the air from provincial forest fires.

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Dave Bartel @davebartel.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

But how do you feel about El Chupanibre?

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Dave Bartel @davebartel.bsky.social · 15/03/2024

@catsofyore.bsky.social I'm guessing this is already in your collection, but just in case I came across this on Imgur today with the simple title of "French girl and her cat (1959)":

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Dave Bartel @davebartel.bsky.social · 07/03/2024

I guess this applies to both the cat and the Kat? :)

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Dave Bartel @davebartel.bsky.social · 18/02/2024

Everybody post your bike. Wait, just one? Can't immediately find a current photo but this is my 2012 Marin Cortina in some mutant configuration a few years ago. Mavic Crossmax wheels and Clement nee Donnelly PDX tires. I've since added a couple wheelset/tire combos, as well as replaced the saddle.

A photo of the drive-side of a 2012 Marin Cortina CX bike on a bridge against the railing with a prairie river and valley in the background. The bike is black with white, blue, and grey accents, and has a small seatbag, two bottle cages with bottles, Crank Brothers eggbeater pedals, SRAM Rival components, and Mavic CrossMax wheels with Clement/Donnelly PDX tires.

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Dave Bartel @davebartel.bsky.social · 20/09/2023

Saw this comic panel the other day and had a good laugh. Also couldn't help but think of @lookitup.baby (hopefully you're not too sick of the goose references by now).

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Dave Bartel @davebartel.bsky.social · 20/09/2023

Haha, if I were in/near Dallas, I would almost be tempted to take this class...

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Dave Bartel @davebartel.bsky.social · 02/08/2023

Thankful to JLC for my chance to mostly escape the dumpster fire of Twitter and begin setting up somewhere else. I like Mastodon, but it still lacks some of the casual ease-of-use that's necessary for me in a daily platform.

Vivid photo of a blue/black bird sitting on a branch contrasting starkly with bright orange fall foliage out of focus behind it.

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