Mark Dykeman 🇨🇦
@markdykeman.bsky.social
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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.
Guys, I drove by 40+ crows in trees this morning and I think they were plotting a [grouping of crows].
November 13, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Guys, I drove by 40+ crows in trees this morning and I think they were plotting a [grouping of crows].
*clears throat, breathes in*
My name is Mark and in this digital world I'm a printaholic.
*exhales*
[with apologies to those who do struggle with actual addictions and disorders, although sometimes I do feel a burning need to print a few pages instead of reading them onscreen]
My name is Mark and in this digital world I'm a printaholic.
*exhales*
[with apologies to those who do struggle with actual addictions and disorders, although sometimes I do feel a burning need to print a few pages instead of reading them onscreen]
November 12, 2025 at 1:16 PM
*clears throat, breathes in*
My name is Mark and in this digital world I'm a printaholic.
*exhales*
[with apologies to those who do struggle with actual addictions and disorders, although sometimes I do feel a burning need to print a few pages instead of reading them onscreen]
My name is Mark and in this digital world I'm a printaholic.
*exhales*
[with apologies to those who do struggle with actual addictions and disorders, although sometimes I do feel a burning need to print a few pages instead of reading them onscreen]
2nd workout this week. Good: feeling of accomplishment and general well being afterward. Not so Good: sweating after one has showered. I tried cool water at the end, guess I need to be shivering when I step out.
Nonetheless, happy I did this.
Nonetheless, happy I did this.
November 12, 2025 at 11:53 AM
2nd workout this week. Good: feeling of accomplishment and general well being afterward. Not so Good: sweating after one has showered. I tried cool water at the end, guess I need to be shivering when I step out.
Nonetheless, happy I did this.
Nonetheless, happy I did this.
Gonna work out tomorrow morning, trying to hit 3 days/week
November 12, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Gonna work out tomorrow morning, trying to hit 3 days/week
Quiet day spent conquering a digital world.
November 11, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Quiet day spent conquering a digital world.
No Heather, I do not want to spend enough money in one of your stores in order to get a free faux-fur throw. Thank you just the same.
November 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
No Heather, I do not want to spend enough money in one of your stores in order to get a free faux-fur throw. Thank you just the same.
I dropped a "share and enjoy" reference today but I don't think anyone else got it. Oh well.
November 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I dropped a "share and enjoy" reference today but I don't think anyone else got it. Oh well.
I truly wonder what Douglas Adams would have made of our world today.
I think he'd struggle a bit to find the humour.
I think he'd struggle a bit to find the humour.
November 10, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I truly wonder what Douglas Adams would have made of our world today.
I think he'd struggle a bit to find the humour.
I think he'd struggle a bit to find the humour.
Morning - first morning workout in (checks notes) this decade.
November 10, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Morning - first morning workout in (checks notes) this decade.
Good night, it's OK if you had to turn up the heat.
November 9, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Good night, it's OK if you had to turn up the heat.
I didn't have this in my 2025 bingo card.
3 MPs have now quit on Pierre Poilievre: Alain Rayes to sit as an Independent; d’Entremont to the Liberals; Jeneroux to leave the House. #cdnpoli
November 7, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I didn't have this in my 2025 bingo card.
Good morning, I'm not skeeting about a thing this morning.
November 7, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Good morning, I'm not skeeting about a thing this morning.
Idea: an advent calendar where each day you get a wish. The wishes become increasingly more powerful as the month moves on. The last wish: the ability to undo all of the previous wishes.
The kicker: if you don't use the last wish you must sacrifice a small, cute animal or else.
The kicker: if you don't use the last wish you must sacrifice a small, cute animal or else.
November 6, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Idea: an advent calendar where each day you get a wish. The wishes become increasingly more powerful as the month moves on. The last wish: the ability to undo all of the previous wishes.
The kicker: if you don't use the last wish you must sacrifice a small, cute animal or else.
The kicker: if you don't use the last wish you must sacrifice a small, cute animal or else.
Who can it be now?
November 6, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Who can it be now?
Who's the greater villain: Jackson, Diana or Claude?
November 5, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Who's the greater villain: Jackson, Diana or Claude?
Congratulations to everyone who voted - anywhere - yesterday. Relish the opportunity.
Maybe don't take it for granted?
Maybe don't take it for granted?
November 5, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Congratulations to everyone who voted - anywhere - yesterday. Relish the opportunity.
Maybe don't take it for granted?
Maybe don't take it for granted?
Here's a #wellspringwednesday thought: "And once you dig in / you'll find it coming out the other side / And once you dig in / you'll find you'll have yourself a good time" (from the noted 21st century philosopher Lenny Kravitz and his treatise "Dig In")
November 5, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Here's a #wellspringwednesday thought: "And once you dig in / you'll find it coming out the other side / And once you dig in / you'll find you'll have yourself a good time" (from the noted 21st century philosopher Lenny Kravitz and his treatise "Dig In")
Still testing this theory. The next 3 albums after Zooropa are quite mixed, IMHO - I don't care for most of their slower tempo songs on these albums.
I have a hypothesis that U2 should have stopped recording new music after Zooropa.
Now to test this theory.
Now to test this theory.
November 4, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Still testing this theory. The next 3 albums after Zooropa are quite mixed, IMHO - I don't care for most of their slower tempo songs on these albums.
I have a hypothesis that U2 should have stopped recording new music after Zooropa.
Now to test this theory.
Now to test this theory.
November 3, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I have a hypothesis that U2 should have stopped recording new music after Zooropa.
Now to test this theory.
Now to test this theory.
Give me a #StarTrek opinion that will get you disrupted:
Here's a few:
Never liked the Enterprise-D design (the bridge nor the exterior)
LaForge's VISOR was a bad idea
Roddenberry was a pantser, no real master plan - heavily dependent on skills and creativity of others
Here's a few:
Never liked the Enterprise-D design (the bridge nor the exterior)
LaForge's VISOR was a bad idea
Roddenberry was a pantser, no real master plan - heavily dependent on skills and creativity of others
The Federation is absolutely useless when conducting an interstellar war. Consider that their *exploration* ships can go up against their opponent's warships. In a real war, they should polish off the Klingons/Romulans/Cardassians/Breen without much bother. I know they don't want to, but they could.
Give me a #StarTrek opinion that will get you disrupted:
Every time Worf goes on one of his warrior rants, I roll my eyes so far back I can see time and space.
Every time Worf goes on one of his warrior rants, I roll my eyes so far back I can see time and space.
November 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Give me a #StarTrek opinion that will get you disrupted:
Here's a few:
Never liked the Enterprise-D design (the bridge nor the exterior)
LaForge's VISOR was a bad idea
Roddenberry was a pantser, no real master plan - heavily dependent on skills and creativity of others
Here's a few:
Never liked the Enterprise-D design (the bridge nor the exterior)
LaForge's VISOR was a bad idea
Roddenberry was a pantser, no real master plan - heavily dependent on skills and creativity of others
In retrospect, I would have liked to see the PR campaigns the Dodgers used for the post season. The players seem decent enough, TBH, although I've only checked out a few.
November 3, 2025 at 4:49 PM
In retrospect, I would have liked to see the PR campaigns the Dodgers used for the post season. The players seem decent enough, TBH, although I've only checked out a few.
It's a "winter's harbinger" kind of morning.
November 3, 2025 at 3:31 PM
It's a "winter's harbinger" kind of morning.
A movie you've seen more than seven times with a gif.
This scene in Wrath of Khan was a BIG DEAL.
I wanted to use Shawshank Redemption but I haven't watched it more than seven times.
This scene in Wrath of Khan was a BIG DEAL.
I wanted to use Shawshank Redemption but I haven't watched it more than seven times.
November 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
A movie you've seen more than seven times with a gif.
This scene in Wrath of Khan was a BIG DEAL.
I wanted to use Shawshank Redemption but I haven't watched it more than seven times.
This scene in Wrath of Khan was a BIG DEAL.
I wanted to use Shawshank Redemption but I haven't watched it more than seven times.