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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 
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How the fuck did we get here?

Economic Blackout is happening today. A boycott has to last longer than a day to send an effective message, but boycotts, and the solidarity that fuels them, always start on a particular day. Let's go. #EconomicBlackout

No complaints about this weather. So nice out the dog and I had to go for a walk! ☀️ #yeg

The Washington Post: "Democracy dies in darkness." Jeff Bezos:

You cannot deny that the downtown LRT stations have a certain something about them. Tunnel Vision (2025) #yeg #yegPhotographer #yePhotography #yegCreatives #igyeg #ShotOniPhone

Sometimes it’s so nice hopping into my Following feed and seeing all the kind and interesting things the people I follow are sharing. Good work team. ❤️🙂

Best Jersey ever. #Canpoli #Canada #Hockey

Will definitely be watching for more details on this. Alexander Skarsgård in sci-fi? Yes please! 🔥

React Native 0.78 is now available! This release includes React 19, support for Android vector drawables, easier brownfield integration on iOS, and more. reactnative.dev/blog/2025/0...

Deno 2.2 is released! OTEL, node:sqlite, linter plugins, and much more 👇 deno.com/blog/v2.2

Political dissension getting suppressed in Alberta. Getting a little dangerous to be an opponent of this gov't. Feels wrong, for a liberal democracy. Que pasa? www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...

Great to see some Edmonton developers stepping up to help people shop local. #yeg

Breakenridge: If everything above board with health-care contracts, show us the proof

As the one doing laundry in this house 1000% this

Reality: there is a STRONG consensus about what the large and diverse body of evidence says about vaccines! #VaccinesWork Don't let the doubt mongers win. See clarityfoundation.com/be-confident... 🙏

Can’t help but feel that there are lessons for Canada in this. Canada can no longer rely on the US to set direction or provide resources. We need to step up and lead for ourselves. There are also other allies. Perhaps it’s time for closer ties with the EU?

What you got there..🐾😍

Has anyone else been watching The Wheel of Time? Season 3 is looking to be a good one! *WARNING:* Don't watch if you don't want spoilers for the first two seasons!

Working to some serious ‘90’s vibes today. 🎶🎧

I assumed this was going to be a video of someone being ridiculous in a truck. It is not.

Thought Astro 5.3 could only be 1.92% better than 5.2? How about 400% Introducing faster rendering and more 🚀 astro.build/blog/astro-5...

They're irresistible

One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!

Are there any UI developers you like who share screenshots of their work on bsky? I miss that kind of inspiration; these types of posts rarely appear here if I compare what I can discover on bsky VS my old Twitter timeline.

If you haven’t tried out custom feeds yet, this is one of my favs. Highly recommend trying. It’s often less random and better quality than “Popular with Friends” Basically, it’s the posts that people you follow are commenting and replying to. bsky.app/profile/did:...

When do we stop treating UCP ventures to Washington as diplomatic missions, and start recognizing them as field trips? thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

New US tariffs force Canada to use excess steel, aluminum in construction of 200 ft Mecha-Gosling

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

Awesome, hopefully they start to have a more formal presence on here soon. Would be great to be able to engage with their shows again, but not planning on using X while they're on there.