Mark Dykeman 🇨🇦
@markdykeman.bsky.social
Canadian | New Brunswicker | Gex X | pens | paper | notebooks | 90s PC games | public libraries | the Moon | music | reading | introvert | writing | kindness. He/Him. https://buttondown.com/markdykeman
Morning fellow seekers: how on earth is November 2/3rds done already?
November 21, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Morning fellow seekers: how on earth is November 2/3rds done already?
Welcome, every one, to the month of Black Friday (already in progress).
November 20, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Welcome, every one, to the month of Black Friday (already in progress).
I just saw a flying blue jay in Toronto - apropos.
November 19, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I just saw a flying blue jay in Toronto - apropos.
Let's give a cheer!
Happy #MobileLibrariesDay! 📚
An annual celebration of all the intrepid Mobile Library drivers who head out across the urban, rural and island communities of Scotland every week, delivering books, knowledge and entertainment. 📚
#BookWeekScotland #LoveLibraries
An annual celebration of all the intrepid Mobile Library drivers who head out across the urban, rural and island communities of Scotland every week, delivering books, knowledge and entertainment. 📚
#BookWeekScotland #LoveLibraries
November 19, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Let's give a cheer!
Also, in nostalgia: remember when none of the members of Sloan had grey hair? Don't get me wrong, they still kick butt, but still.
November 18, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Also, in nostalgia: remember when none of the members of Sloan had grey hair? Don't get me wrong, they still kick butt, but still.
It's been 41 years since Platinum Blonde's debut album was released.
This is not important, at all, but yet another thing we olds remember.
This is not important, at all, but yet another thing we olds remember.
November 18, 2025 at 8:38 PM
It's been 41 years since Platinum Blonde's debut album was released.
This is not important, at all, but yet another thing we olds remember.
This is not important, at all, but yet another thing we olds remember.
Love it too!
November 18, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Love it too!
Just think: there's at least one person out there who never wanted to do the job you're doing today and sometimes that's a consequence of that lack of interest.
November 18, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Just think: there's at least one person out there who never wanted to do the job you're doing today and sometimes that's a consequence of that lack of interest.
Cloudflare, Cloudflare everywhere... stuff going nowhere...
November 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Cloudflare, Cloudflare everywhere... stuff going nowhere...
Looking at the top of Toronto's street cars from several stories up, it's a wonder they don't short circuit and explode in wet conditions. Shouldn't all of that cabling be covered?
November 18, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Looking at the top of Toronto's street cars from several stories up, it's a wonder they don't short circuit and explode in wet conditions. Shouldn't all of that cabling be covered?
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@markdykeman.bsky.social Hi Mark! I have 10
Paintings in the ALMAG small works sale starting Sat- in your neck of the woods :) it’s a show and sale, so totally fine to just look 🎉
Paintings in the ALMAG small works sale starting Sat- in your neck of the woods :) it’s a show and sale, so totally fine to just look 🎉
November 18, 2025 at 1:17 PM
@markdykeman.bsky.social Hi Mark! I have 10
Paintings in the ALMAG small works sale starting Sat- in your neck of the woods :) it’s a show and sale, so totally fine to just look 🎉
Paintings in the ALMAG small works sale starting Sat- in your neck of the woods :) it’s a show and sale, so totally fine to just look 🎉
Tuesdays in Toronto, a book never read nor written.
November 18, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Tuesdays in Toronto, a book never read nor written.
Good morning - might as well embrace it.
November 17, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Good morning - might as well embrace it.
The red Smarties taboo, another defining moment for Gen X Canada.
November 16, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The red Smarties taboo, another defining moment for Gen X Canada.
Snow-der, he wrote.
November 16, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Snow-der, he wrote.
A lot of the stuff we ingest shouldn't be considered food.
November 15, 2025 at 7:07 PM
A lot of the stuff we ingest shouldn't be considered food.
I am on Team Pluribus
November 15, 2025 at 2:33 AM
I am on Team Pluribus
@ptothemtothep.bsky.social hoping all's well!
November 15, 2025 at 2:22 AM
@ptothemtothep.bsky.social hoping all's well!
The wind is starting to sound wintery.
November 15, 2025 at 2:11 AM
The wind is starting to sound wintery.
"Those Old Scientists" - so much fun!
November 15, 2025 at 2:07 AM
"Those Old Scientists" - so much fun!
Not me trying to pick holes in Wrath of Khan's plot on a Friday night and shaking my head again at the prefix code.
November 15, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Not me trying to pick holes in Wrath of Khan's plot on a Friday night and shaking my head again at the prefix code.
So yeah, I miss baseball.
November 14, 2025 at 6:39 PM
So yeah, I miss baseball.
Nothing like going a dealership to get your snow tires put on and learning that your MVI is overdue - oops. Goodbye to 2 hours that I wasn't expecting to spend today.
November 14, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Nothing like going a dealership to get your snow tires put on and learning that your MVI is overdue - oops. Goodbye to 2 hours that I wasn't expecting to spend today.
I think we've graduated from TGIF to TFIF.
November 14, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I think we've graduated from TGIF to TFIF.
Third workout this week today, after work. Quota met.
November 13, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Third workout this week today, after work. Quota met.