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\nCurrently reading: The Butcher’s Masquerade by Matt Dinniman 📚
\n","summary":"","url":"https://samdavies.me/2026/05/23/currently-reading-the-butchers-masquerade.html","date_published":"2026-05-23T19:28:14+00:00","author":{"name":"Sam Davies","url":"https://samdavies.me/about","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F14%2F138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mrbeefy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-23 19:28","date_timestamp":1779564494,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cia6t7azuffc77rxtdidowyf/post/3mmk6nbmrvb26"]}},{"id":"90325950","content_html":"I’m older than Lumbergh was in Office Space. 😳
\n","summary":"","url":"https://samdavies.me/2026/05/16/im-older-than-lumbergh-was.html","date_published":"2026-05-17T01:16:57+00:00","author":{"name":"Sam Davies","url":"https://samdavies.me/about","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F14%2F138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mrbeefy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-17 01:16","date_timestamp":1778980617,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cia6t7azuffc77rxtdidowyf/post/3mlz6uu2rj52q"]}},{"id":"90320346","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/photos/100x/https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw154%2FiEmTwOkUaLziMQCUZii5wPQBIAO.jpg\")
Family Movie Night: Office Space 🍿
\n","summary":"","url":"https://samdavies.me/2026/05/16/family-movie-night-office-space.html","date_published":"2026-05-16T23:27:47+00:00","author":{"name":"Sam Davies","url":"https://samdavies.me/about","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F14%2F138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mrbeefy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-16 23:27","date_timestamp":1778974067,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cia6t7azuffc77rxtdidowyf/post/3mlyyqxgmfd26"]}},{"id":"90297913","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/books/9780226816524/cover.jpg\")
\nCurrently reading: The Apple II Age by Laine Nooney 📚
\n","summary":"","url":"https://samdavies.me/2026/05/16/currently-reading-the-apple-ii.html","date_published":"2026-05-16T14:59:04+00:00","author":{"name":"Sam Davies","url":"https://samdavies.me/about","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F14%2F138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mrbeefy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-16 14:59","date_timestamp":1778943544,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cia6t7azuffc77rxtdidowyf/post/3mly4gliw2u2f"]}},{"id":"89450220","content_html":"A follow up to yesterday, just this morning my bank had this warning to Safari users to turn off Cross-Site Tracking.
\nThe only practical way to use the web is to leave yourself wide-open.
\nIt shouldn’t be up to individuals to fight this privacy game—we’ve already lost. We’ll only solve it with laws.
\n\nMore and more and more, websites just don’t work in Safari (even if I turn off all privacy protecting measures).
\n","summary":"","url":"https://samdavies.me/2026/05/01/more-and-more-and-more.html","date_published":"2026-05-02T02:00:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Sam Davies","url":"https://samdavies.me/about","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F14%2F138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mrbeefy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-02 02:00","date_timestamp":1777687200,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cia6t7azuffc77rxtdidowyf/post/3mktkbghqn523"]}},{"id":"89425304","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/books/9780316587464/cover.jpg\")
\nCurrently reading: Children of Strife by Adrian Tchaikovsky 📚
\n","summary":"","url":"https://samdavies.me/2026/05/01/currently-reading-children-of-strife.html","date_published":"2026-05-02T01:43:13+00:00","author":{"name":"Sam Davies","url":"https://samdavies.me/about","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F14%2F138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mrbeefy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-02 01:43","date_timestamp":1777686193,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cia6t7azuffc77rxtdidowyf/post/3mktjfumpmw2q"]}},{"id":"89284596","content_html":"Bogotá: How Complicated is TransMilenio? Now There’s a Picture!:
\n\n\nBut even if you’re not a map person, we need this image to illustrate the problem. By carefully identifying every routing pattern and every stop, the map honestly represents how complicated TransMilenio truly is, and it’s not possible to fix a problem if you don’t have a good picture of it.
\n
This transit map is glorious.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://samdavies.me/2026/04/29/bogot-how-complicated-is-transmilenio.html","date_published":"2026-04-30T01:25:46+00:00","author":{"name":"Sam Davies","url":"https://samdavies.me/about","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F14%2F138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mrbeefy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-30 01:25","date_timestamp":1777512346,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cia6t7azuffc77rxtdidowyf/post/3mkohixbf7223"]}},{"id":"88396583","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/books/9781538770542/cover.jpg\")
\nCurrently reading: Ruins by Lily Brooks-Dalton 📚
\n","summary":"","url":"https://samdavies.me/2026/04/16/currently-reading-ruins-by-lily.html","date_published":"2026-04-16T19:55:10+00:00","author":{"name":"Sam Davies","url":"https://samdavies.me/about","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F14%2F138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mrbeefy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-16 19:55","date_timestamp":1776369310,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cia6t7azuffc77rxtdidowyf/post/3mjn6vnn6j52p"]}},{"id":"83173741","content_html":"From Letter From Minnesota: “If They Take Me and Leave the Children…” by Kao Kaila Yang
\n\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://samdavies.me/2026/01/29/from-letter-from-minnesota-if.html","date_published":"2026-01-29T22:59:50+00:00","author":{"name":"Sam Davies","url":"https://samdavies.me/about","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F14%2F138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mrbeefy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-29 22:59","date_timestamp":1769727590,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cia6t7azuffc77rxtdidowyf/post/3mdlvpfcis426"]}},{"id":"77064506","content_html":"If they take me and leave the children[…], then if the oldest of the children has her Gizmo watch and if it is able to make a call, she should call her father (my husband is a teacher and when he is in school, reception is not guaranteed), and if that doesn’t work, she should call one of her aunties, the one who answers her phone the most. If the Gizmo watch doesn’t work, if they are not home, they should go to the nearest gas station or an adult with a whistle and ask to use a phone.
\n
Out at early voting advocating for UpVote Virginia! Ranked choice voting for everyone!
\n![\"Sam](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/88/2025/a2f688a9d9-m.jpg\")
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\n
Mike Montero, “How to eat with others”
\n","summary":"","url":"https://samdavies.me/2025/10/09/if-you-had-dinner-with.html","date_published":"2025-10-09T20:28:36+00:00","author":{"name":"Sam Davies","url":"https://samdavies.me/about","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F14%2F138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mrbeefy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-10-09 20:28","date_timestamp":1760041716,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cia6t7azuffc77rxtdidowyf/post/3m2ryut4wgu2h"]}},{"id":"75086374","content_html":"I like the Phantom fight in Silksong. It was several extended moments of pure video game joy.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://samdavies.me/2025/10/05/i-like-the-phantom-fight.html","date_published":"2025-10-05T20:03:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Sam Davies","url":"https://samdavies.me/about","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F14%2F138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mrbeefy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-10-05 20:03","date_timestamp":1759694580,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cia6t7azuffc77rxtdidowyf/post/3m2hvdt7z7v2h"]}},{"id":"74535727","content_html":"I like the Snoopy Apple Watch face. It’s a source of whimsy in my life.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://samdavies.me/2025/09/28/i-like-the-snoopy-apple.html","date_published":"2025-09-28T12:55:17+00:00","author":{"name":"Sam Davies","url":"https://samdavies.me/about","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F14%2F138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mrbeefy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-09-28 12:55","date_timestamp":1759064117,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cia6t7azuffc77rxtdidowyf/post/3lzvk6ghs2b2e"]}},{"id":"73670219","content_html":"The Touch Bar has returned after a full Shutdown/Restart cycle. We’ll see if it sticks.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://samdavies.me/2025/09/16/the-touch-bar-has-returned.html","date_published":"2025-09-16T12:32:44+00:00","author":{"name":"Sam Davies","url":"https://samdavies.me/about","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F14%2F138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mrbeefy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-09-16 12:32","date_timestamp":1758025964,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cia6t7azuffc77rxtdidowyf/post/3lyxdd6elx32i","https://www.threads.com/@the_real_mrbeefy/post/DOqctCLjeJI9sq092kxyOR4LG1yZ8RKNCNrWPg0"]}},{"id":"73668570","content_html":"Looks like version .0 of macOS Tahoe has completed killed the Touch Bar on my M1 MacBook Pro.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://samdavies.me/2025/09/16/looks-like-version-of-macos.html","date_published":"2025-09-16T12:06:50+00:00","author":{"name":"Sam Davies","url":"https://samdavies.me/about","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F14%2F138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mrbeefy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-09-16 12:06","date_timestamp":1758024410,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cia6t7azuffc77rxtdidowyf/post/3lyxbxpnib725","https://www.threads.com/@the_real_mrbeefy/post/DOqZ6qwjSnGNhtpAkRTiCShWYZsTpokFDtFz1Q0"]}},{"id":"73000346","content_html":"Silksong: A Brief Diary
\nGo north: brutal boss fight, die
\nGo east: brutal gauntlet fight, die
\nGo west: brutal platforming with no checkpoint, die and respawn far away
\nGo south: find some money, exits are north, east and west.
Hot Take: Silksong is really dang fun.
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\nPlease donate through my wife’s fundraising page!
\n","summary":"","url":"https://samdavies.me/2025/08/09/if-you-are-looking-for.html","date_published":"2025-08-09T16:54:29+00:00","author":{"name":"Sam Davies","url":"https://samdavies.me/about","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F14%2F138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mrbeefy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-08-09 16:54","date_timestamp":1754758469,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cia6t7azuffc77rxtdidowyf/post/3lvyaab5ifz2i","https://www.threads.com/@the_real_mrbeefy/post/DNJEcmlKYeDuA4ECW_qc_8smGeLmrrTUHDEEAY0"]}},{"id":"70728800","content_html":"“Now with less lying!” seems like an odd sales pitch for a software service.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://samdavies.me/2025/08/07/now-with-less-lying-seems.html","date_published":"2025-08-07T18:35:47+00:00","author":{"name":"Sam Davies","url":"https://samdavies.me/about","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F14%2F138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mrbeefy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-08-07 18:35","date_timestamp":1754591747,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cia6t7azuffc77rxtdidowyf/post/3lvtexawy3a2w","https://www.threads.com/@the_real_mrbeefy/post/DNEGbgiqPuP3UOK6Ksm6sAM8mjzomcw75jbxAE0"]}},{"id":"70576240","content_html":"It’s 3:50, the time of day I always think I’ve left the oven on.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://samdavies.me/2025/08/05/its-the-time-of-day.html","date_published":"2025-08-05T19:51:08+00:00","author":{"name":"Sam Davies","url":"https://samdavies.me/about","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F14%2F138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mrbeefy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-08-05 19:51","date_timestamp":1754423468,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cia6t7azuffc77rxtdidowyf/post/3lvoicq6cqf2w","https://www.threads.com/@the_real_mrbeefy/post/DM_FpDWt-JbxY5SFljg8FY0q-GGh8TC1Iw4ad40"]}},{"id":"70132667","content_html":"More Cowardice from VCU Health Leadership: samdavies.me
","summary":"VCU Health has halted gender-affirming care for trans youth and young adults, prompting anger and disappointment over perceived discrimination and lack of accountability.","url":"https://samdavies.me/2025/07/30/more-cowardice-from-vcu-health.html","date_published":"2025-07-30T12:46:37+00:00","author":{"name":"Sam Davies","url":"https://samdavies.me/about","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F14%2F138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mrbeefy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-07-30 12:46","date_timestamp":1753879597,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cia6t7azuffc77rxtdidowyf/post/3lv6nsr2huy2s","https://www.threads.com/@the_real_mrbeefy/post/DMu4U4hKzS_XWTqYhgXaGHFA7yNE0CC9Yy2kEo0"]}},{"id":"69689937","content_html":"I like Jade Bird’s new album Who Wants to Talk About Love?. I’ve been listening to it on repeat for days.
\nI even bought it1 on CD so I could listen to it in my really old car!
\n \n \nMore specifically, I asked my teenager to buy it for me when she was at the record store. ↩︎
\n