Mark Bennett (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈🧑🏻‍💻🏃🏻🍁

@markbennett.ca

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Dad, programmer, and runner. Aspiring swimmer and French speaker. I live in Edmonton, Canada. Married to @mattwoodley.bluesky.social https://markbennett.ca

A screenshot from a Google AI overview explaining the meaning of the British term “Boffin”. Boffin refers to a scientist, engineer or technical research expert.
The cover of the Strength of the Few by James Islington. Fully obsessed right now.
A screenshot of a 500 error page on the GitHub Copilot model selection page. Octocat is falling off a cliff with the words "Oops!!!" visible in a scripted font.
A video showing my process drawing a poppy in procreate on my iPad.
A sketch of a shelf with interlocking planks. Various objects like a bird statue, photo of our old dog, and some glass orchids rest in the various shelves. A bright yellow oval separates the sketch from the white background.
A screenshot of my GitHub notifications "Inbox" showing an empty inbox but with multiple unread noticiations showing in my count.
A screenshot showing logs for the web baseline bot running on Deno Deploy. The logs show its checking for features but none have been posted yet.
A screenshot of Duolingo on an iPhone with an arrow pointing to the new chess course. A big smiley face emoji sticker sits at the other end of the arrow.
A screenshot showing the Eurovision 2025 playlist on YouTube music
A screenshot showing a failed Deno Deploy cronjob.
A screenshot of my Deno Deploy cron jobs showing the baselinebot is ready to run today at midnight UTC.
A screenshot of the codepen. A glowing arc rotates around a pair or circling circles. As it rotors the arc and circles transition through the coulours of the rainbow.
A screenshot of the Edmonton Transit Riders Bluesky profile.
A pair of geese cross a busy road as commuters stop to allow them to pass
A close-up photo of a tray of blondies. They have a golden cookie like colour and texture but are cut in squares and served like brownies. On top of each one are two Cadbury mini-eggs in bright pastel colors, pink, green, yellow, and blue.
A screenshot of React on Lynx with a change from @MarkBennett
A photo of me standing on a snowy path, smiling in the sunshine. I’m wearing a toque and blue sweat sweater. There is text describing the temperature at +11°C and saying I had to take the dog out because it was so nice.
My dorky face smiling on a banner explaining that I’m doing the Push Up Challenge this month to raise awareness and funds for mental health in Canada.
An illustration of a beautiful cavern illuminated by the light of a glass mosaic bearing the likeness of a bear or other mythic animal. Screenshot from Monument Valley 3.
Duo showing off his cute cheeks
Duolingo having fun with their completion screen and showing a duo/unicorn, a “Duocorn”?
A Duolingo achievement showing Duo (the cute green Duolingo owl mascot with giant eyes) blasting up off. Behind text reads, "Duolingo, 2024 Year in Review" Stats show I’m top 2% with a 318 day streak and 2697 minutes spent learning.
A photo of me sitting in a restaurant with a cocktail in my right hand. The glass and me hand are resting on the table. I’m looking straight ahead at the camera with a smirk on my face. I’m 40 with a bald head, moustache, and navy long sleeve sweater with large horizontal white bands at irregular intervals.
A virtual certificate with text "Celebrating 10M users on Bluesky, #454,872, Mark Bennett 🏳️‍🌈🧑🏻‍💻🏃🏻 ‪@markbennett.ca‬, joined on Aug 2, 2023"
A screenshot of my console, showing a mix of current and outdated packages in the application. I'm trying to filter out the red ones.
A screenshot of an email from a CRA employee at the government of Canada, describing their issues with posts being deleted from Twitter.
A German Shepard looks at the camera while it floats in a pool of blue water. Text reads: Why do dogs float in water? Because they are good buoys.
The movie poster for Dune Part 2. A dramatic photo in dark browns and bright yellow. It shows a man and a woman walking towards the viewer in dessert gear. Behind them a bright dessert sun burns down illuminating them brightly from behind.
An image of downtown Edmonton on a pleasant summer. Blue sky and white clouds. The Walterdale Bridge and river valley dominate the foreground, and Stantec Tower stands out among other builds behind that. Image by Jan Mossiman and used with permission from: https://www.flickr.com/photos/140712914@N07/50208033146