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Mark Bennett 🏳️‍🌈🧑🏻‍💻🏃🏻🍁
@markbennett.ca
Dad, programmer, and runner. Aspiring swimmer and French speaker.

I live in Edmonton, Canada. Married to @mattwoodley.bluesky.social

Connect and more at https://markbennett.ca or on Signal at MarkBennett.01

#programming #yeg #lgbtq
Is anyone else noticing a tonne of spam notifications on @github.com in the last few days?

The spam issues don't show up in my "GitHub Inbox" though they still show in the notification count. This is very annoying as it makes staying on top of GH notifications challenging.

#workflow #github
September 25, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I’ve now got @baselinebot.bsky.social running nightly and posting new features. Now I just need some new features to get published so I can confirm it’s all working!

Also, Deno Deploy has been great so far. Thanks @deno.land!
May 9, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Duolingo has a chess course now! ♟️🤓

#duo
May 8, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Some morning music 🎶 💖

music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
May 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Hmm, looks like the first run with the @baselinebot.bsky.social cronjob didn’t work. Will take a look and see what’s up tomorrow!
May 1, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Alright, the cronjob is scheduled to run for the first time tonight! Will see what it does!
April 30, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Working on iPhone 18.4!
April 25, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Just found out that the Edmonton Transit Riders Union is on Bluesky! 🚌🚊🚴

Follow them at @etriders.bsky.social

#yeg
April 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Hard to see in this photo but a heart warming moment this morning. Busy commuters going downtown stopped to let a pair of geese cross the road. 🪿❤️🚗

#yeg
April 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Just whipped up some blondies to bring to the kids school. We got some mini-eggs on sale after Easter and used them to decorate! 🥚🐰🌷

preppykitchen.com/blondie-reci...
April 21, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I feel like Duolingo is calling me out here! 😂🦉
April 16, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Lynxjs seems to be working as advertised! Quickstart was painless.

Will need to build a real app to get a better understanding how it works though.
March 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
No complaints about this weather. So nice out the dog and I had to go for a walk! ☀️

#yeg
February 27, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Just signed up for the 2,000 push up challenge. Help support Canadians’ mental health and join or donate now too!

www.thepushupchallenge.ca/fundraisers/markbennett311/the-push-up-challenge

HT to @basicappleguy.com for letting me know it was going on!

#yeg #canada #mentalhealth
February 12, 2025 at 3:34 AM
I’m fully engrossed with Monument Valley right now. The art style and soundtrack just sucks me right in, and the puzzles are fun and creative to solve. Worth trying over the holidays for sure.

apps.apple.com/app/id645006...
December 18, 2024 at 4:09 AM
I did! What is that about?!
December 4, 2024 at 9:58 PM
Someone is having fun with these completion screens. Got this one this morning. I’m calling it a, “Duocorn” and it is my new favourite.
December 4, 2024 at 9:44 PM
Just got me Duolingo year in review!

I’m top 2% with a 318 day streak and 2697 minutes spent learning. Ich spreche ein bisschen Deutsch! 🇩🇪
December 2, 2024 at 7:29 PM
10 things I’m into:

• My husband and kids 👨‍❤️‍👨👦🏻🧒🏼
• Cooking 🧑🏻‍🍳
• Running 🏃🏻
• Swimming 🏊🏻‍♂️
• Reading (Sci-Fi, programming and a little 🔥) 🤓
• Trying new food 🍔🍱🍝
• Travelling ✈️🏖️
• Learning French & German 🇫🇷🇩🇪
• Sitcoms (Schitt’s Creek Forever!) 📺
• Science & Tech 🧪
November 21, 2024 at 8:20 PM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #454,872!
September 20, 2024 at 12:11 PM
Ok JS devs, does anyone know if there's a way to get `yarn outdated` to only show major package updates?

(These are the red updates that usually have breaking changes.)

Everything I'm finding suggests manual review is only way! It's not even in the JSON output.

#javascript #typescript #node #npm
March 8, 2024 at 5:28 PM
Excited to see a new version of this fantastic JavaScript book.

Many years ago I remember it was one of the first books to really help me understand how to think about programming in JS, so glad to see it’s still going strong. And still free online! 👍🏻

eloquentjavascript.net
March 7, 2024 at 3:55 PM
The CRA (Canada Revenue Agency), which is part of the Government of Canada that collects taxes, has been kicked off Twitter and had their account suspended on FB multiple times. They’ve even had tweets deleted! Time to try Bluesky?

www.cbc.ca/news/investi...
March 5, 2024 at 10:35 PM
Why do dogs float in water?

#fridayfunday
February 24, 2024 at 1:09 AM
It totally works! Comments straight from the Bluesky post replies. 🔥🔥🔥
February 23, 2024 at 7:40 PM