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JamesDBartlett3
@jamesdbartlett3.bsky.social
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#MicrosoftMVP | Principal Consultant @ #P3Adaptive | Opinions mine
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Blog: https://DataVolume.xyz

#ADHD #DefendEquality
#PowerShell #Python #MicrosoftFabric #PowerBI #SQL #DataDojo #CommunityOfPractice #MusicProduction #SoundDesign #Bitwig
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I got the Hacktoberfest 2025: Supercontributor badge from Hacktoberfest @hacktoberfest @digitalocean!

www.holopin.io/hacktoberfes...

#Hacktoberfest #Hacktoberfest2025 #OpenSource
Screenshot of Hacktoberfest 2025 Supercontributor badge with text description: @jamesdbartlett3 was awarded this badge on 2025-11-03T17:16:00.023Z (UTC). The unique Badge ID is cmhjeitnb00e0jl04c8r95sbz. Hacktoberfest 2025: Supercontributor Awarded to Hacktoberfest Supercontributors who land 6+ accepted PRs/MRs! The first 10,000 people to reach the 6PR milestone also receive a special t-shirt code from DigitalOcean.
November 9, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Went to the #DesMoinesSymphony today for a special guest concerto by Czech pianist Lukáš Vondráček. He was fantastic!
A man and a woman wearing masks with a symphonic orchestra in the background.
October 19, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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I did the math, and it looks like the pilots on this @deltaairways.bsky.social flight from #MSP to #DSM are planning to set a new speed record. 😉
#DeltaAirLines #FlightDL5253 #Minneapolis #DesMoines
An airport sign at MSP showing the times for the upcoming flight to DSM: 8:30PM departure and 8:54PM arrival. A map showing the distance between MSP and DSM as 232.72 mi / 374.53 km as the crow flies
September 10, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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More of Edgar being impossibly adorable.

#EdgarAllanPurr #AleisterMeowley #DevonRex #CatsOfBluesky
The same gray and white cats from the previous photos, napping together again, the gray one with his front paws up in the air in the classic Thriller dance pose, and his tongue peeking out. A close-up shot of the gray cat's Thriller dance pose and tongue peeking out.
July 18, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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#MVPBuzz
July 18, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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That's just how Edgar likes to nap, apparently.
A gray devon rex cat napping with his feet up in the air and his head buried under a white devon rex cat's butt, who appears unbothered by it. A gray devon rex cat napping on a white devon rex cat, who is also napping. The gray one's head appears to be missing, but it is actually just buried under the white one somehow. Again, the white one seems unbothered, inexplicably.
July 15, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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#AleisterMeowley #EdgarAllanPurr #DevonRex #CatNap #CatsOfBluesky
July 15, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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If you're not using UniGetUI for all your Windows package management needs, you really ought to be.

#UniGetUI #Windows #PackageManagement #Chocolatey #Scoop #WinGet #Pip #NodeJS #PowerShell
Screenshot of the UniGetUI app for Windows, showing an assortment of updates available from multiple package management systems
July 12, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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This week on #TheDrillDown, our special guest @data-dragoness.bsky.social will be presenting a session titled "The Fellowship of the #StarSchema: Transforming #OLTP #Data for #PowerBI"

Data wizards, hobbits, elves, and rangers:
Join us LIVE on Wednesday, July 2nd at 2PM Central!
lnkd.in/eWh4SsBb
The Aragorn/Legolas/Gimli "You have my sword / and my bow / and my axe" meme, but it's "You have my T-SQL / and my Power Query / and my DAX"
June 30, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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Wondering what you missed at FabCon? The Drill Down with Ahmad & James goes live today (Wednesday, April 9th) at 2PM Central, and we'll be covering all the highlights!

RSVP here: lnkd.in/gZY4trbS

#FabCon #FabConVegas #FabCon2025 #MicrosoftFabric #PowerBI #TheDrillDown
A diagram of highlights from the Microsoft Fabric Community Conference 2025 in Las Vegas.
April 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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"When religion and politics travel in the same cart, the riders believe nothing can stand in their way. Their movements become headlong - faster and faster and faster. They put aside all thoughts of obstacles and forget the precipice does not show itself to the man in a blind rush until it's too late." Bene Gesserit Proverb From "Dune" by Frank Herbert
March 6, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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WTF is this, #Adobe? I'm just trying to update #Acrobat, and now it wants me to uninstall it first? Why is one of the largest software companies in the world incapable of writing software that upgrades in place rather than requiring a full removal and reinstallation?
Adobe Acrobat The Installer requires that you uninstall Adobe Acrobat (64-bit) before continuing this installation, in order to avoid application conflict. Please follow these steps: 1) Cancel this Installer 2) Go to the "Programs and Features" Control Panel, located at Start: Settings: Control Panel 3) Highlight the product Adobe Acrobat (64-bit) and click Remove 4) Relaunch this Installer
February 19, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Edgar, I know we sometimes call you a little trash goblin, but you're not *actually* garbage.
#EdgarAllanPurr #Caturday #CatsOfBluesky #DevonRex
A gray Devon Rex cat, sitting in "cat loaf" pose on a black garbage bag full of shredded paper, and staring directly into the camera with a look that is simultaneously calm and alert. He appears to be gradually sinking into the spot where he is sitting, as if he were on memory foam mattress.
January 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Well gosh, I had completely forgotten to donate to @wikimedia.bsky.social / @wikipedia.bsky.social this year, but #ElonMusk came through with a timely reminder!

Thanks, Elon! 🤣

#DonateToWikipedia #KeepWikipediaFree #Wikipedia #Wokepedia #WikimediaFoundation #StreisandEffect

donate.wikimedia.org
A screenshot of Elon Musk posting on Twitter: "Stop donating to Wokepedia until they restore balance to their editing authority." A screenshot of a PayPal receipt for a $52 payment to Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
December 28, 2024 at 5:27 PM
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Edgar had some fun today.
#EdgarAllanPurr #DevonRex #CatsOfBluesky
December 24, 2024 at 6:33 PM
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#PowerBI #MicrosoftFabric #DAX #PowerQuery #PySpark
Doctors: Googling stuff online does not make you a doctor. Power BI Developers: *puppet looking awkwardly to the left and then straight ahead meme*
December 16, 2024 at 6:30 PM
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Wow, I don't know what I did to deserve 2K followers, but I'm truly grateful to all of you, and I really hope that I can live up to your expectations! What are some topics you'd like to hear more about from me?
A screenshot from @JamesDBartlett3's profile on Bluesky, with 2K followers, 6.4K following, and 620 posts
December 8, 2024 at 5:48 PM
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LOL no, they're not the same. "I text" is the present simple tense, and "I texted" is the past simple tense.
A chart depicting the various tenses of verbs in English. On the X axis are past, present, and future. On the Y axis are simple, perfect, continuous, and perfect continuous.
December 7, 2024 at 2:43 PM
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A Venn diagram with three overlapping circles labeled "Incel," "Excel," and "Me eating a fig." The intersection of all three circles is labeled, "Incorrectly assuming something is a date."
December 2, 2024 at 8:23 PM
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Please add the ability to verify our account by linking to our website and GitHub profile, like how it works on Mastodon. And while you're in there, could you increase the character limit on the profile page? Thank you!
A screenshot of my user profile on Mastodon, with the verification checkmarks next to my website link and GitHub profile link circled in red.
November 30, 2024 at 4:57 AM
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#Debian #Linux #RaspberryPi #OpenMediaVault #neofetch
A screenshot of a Debian Linux terminal displaying the results from running the neofetch command. The following text is visible: pi@vault OS: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) aarch64 Host: Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.5 Kernel: 6.1.21-v8+ Uptime: 71 days, 13 hours, 12 mins Packages: 930 (dpkg) Shell: bash 5.1.4 Resolution: 1024×600 Terminal: /dev/pts/0 CPU: BCM2835 (4) @ 1.500GHz Memory: 6261MiB / 7862MiB pi@vault :~ $
November 30, 2024 at 4:45 AM
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#CookiesForBreakfast
A box of a dozen oatmeal raisin cookies
November 16, 2024 at 3:15 PM
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#IVotedToday #VoteBlue #NotGoingBack #MakeAmericaSaneAgain
A man wearing a black face mask and glasses, sporting an "I Voted Today" sticker on his shirt, and standing next to a sign that reads, "VOTE 2024"
November 5, 2024 at 5:30 PM
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Seriously, one of the best live jazz sets I've ever seen. They absolutely killed it.

#CowboyBebop #CowboyBebopLIVE #Jazz #LiveMusic #Anime
November 3, 2024 at 3:57 AM
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It's been way too long since I attended a live music event, and I gotta say, I'm pretty stoked for this one. It's a live show featuring the music from Cowboy Bebop. It's one of my favorite anime shows, and it has a killer soundtrack.

#CowboyBebop #CowboyBebopLIVE #Anime #BebopBounty #BigBand #Jazz
A woman and a man smiling, standing in a ballroom with their backs to the stage, where a large screen is displaying the name and logo of the event: Cowboy Bebop LIVE
November 2, 2024 at 1:08 AM