Sam
@samanthasquared.bsky.social
Still a connoisseur of high fives. Preference for accessible over pretty websites these days, ¿pero porque no los dos?
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Sam
@samanthasquared.bsky.social
· Nov 20
Young Claus: What is Man's use? Why is he here? Why is he born at all?
Great Ak: To leave the world in some way better than he found it.
Great Ak: To leave the world in some way better than he found it.
Walking down Falls Road is always an adventure. Today's encounter involved a gold sedan blasting Tiny Tim's "Tiptoe through the Tulips" where the driver was in full scary clown regalia.
October 24, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Walking down Falls Road is always an adventure. Today's encounter involved a gold sedan blasting Tiny Tim's "Tiptoe through the Tulips" where the driver was in full scary clown regalia.
I'm mad about a lot of real things these days, but in this moment I'm extra incensed over the Blue Jays setup behind home plate. The luxury seats and the widescreen ad are devoid of spirit. I fear the Os will end up with something similarly soul sucking next season.
September 13, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I'm mad about a lot of real things these days, but in this moment I'm extra incensed over the Blue Jays setup behind home plate. The luxury seats and the widescreen ad are devoid of spirit. I fear the Os will end up with something similarly soul sucking next season.
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I know everyone is consumed with other news, but this is a big fucking deal: The Trump administration says that IUDs and the Pill are actually abortions.
Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...
Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...
September 12, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I know everyone is consumed with other news, but this is a big fucking deal: The Trump administration says that IUDs and the Pill are actually abortions.
Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...
Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...
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The Reisterstown Community Fridge has been gifted 2 food pantries. One is freestanding and the other will require a post to be installed. Who has a site in Baltimore County that can host these and foster mutual aid to combat hunger?
August 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The Reisterstown Community Fridge has been gifted 2 food pantries. One is freestanding and the other will require a post to be installed. Who has a site in Baltimore County that can host these and foster mutual aid to combat hunger?
Inconsequential gripe: I miss the claymation Bird graphics at Os games.
@petelevin.bsky.social I'm so glad I was able to find them again! 🧡
petelevinfilms.com/orioles
@petelevin.bsky.social I'm so glad I was able to find them again! 🧡
petelevinfilms.com/orioles
Baltimore Orioles — PeteLevinFilms.com
Animation shown on the JumboTron during Major League Baseball games in Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Production Designer: John Sumner.
petelevinfilms.com
July 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Inconsequential gripe: I miss the claymation Bird graphics at Os games.
@petelevin.bsky.social I'm so glad I was able to find them again! 🧡
petelevinfilms.com/orioles
@petelevin.bsky.social I'm so glad I was able to find them again! 🧡
petelevinfilms.com/orioles
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2025 Stack Overflow Developer Survey is live, taking maybe 15–18 minutes. Questions by group:
• Learning & career (23 questions)
• Tech & culture (20 questions)
• Community (21 questions)
• ‘AI’ (20 questions)
• Close (3 questions)
stackoverflow.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
• Learning & career (23 questions)
• Tech & culture (20 questions)
• Community (21 questions)
• ‘AI’ (20 questions)
• Close (3 questions)
stackoverflow.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
2025 Developer Survey | Stack Overflow
Stack Overflow's annual Developer Survey is for the worldwide developer and technology community to answer questions about what they use and how they feel about the latest in technology.
stackoverflow.az1.qualtrics.com
May 29, 2025 at 6:45 PM
2025 Stack Overflow Developer Survey is live, taking maybe 15–18 minutes. Questions by group:
• Learning & career (23 questions)
• Tech & culture (20 questions)
• Community (21 questions)
• ‘AI’ (20 questions)
• Close (3 questions)
stackoverflow.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
• Learning & career (23 questions)
• Tech & culture (20 questions)
• Community (21 questions)
• ‘AI’ (20 questions)
• Close (3 questions)
stackoverflow.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
@strange.website I just wanted to give you a shout that your info on TFF to WOFF2 was super helpful. Thanks so much for sharing! 🌟
henry.codes/writing/how-...
henry.codes/writing/how-...
How To Convert Variable TTF Font Files to WOFF2 | Henry From Online
I recently received a variable font file from a client to use on their website, but not in a webfont format, so I figured I'd hunt down a route to convert that TTF into a WOFF2 for use in @font-face d...
henry.codes
May 13, 2025 at 1:38 PM
@strange.website I just wanted to give you a shout that your info on TFF to WOFF2 was super helpful. Thanks so much for sharing! 🌟
henry.codes/writing/how-...
henry.codes/writing/how-...
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And the shoe drops. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/hi...
Johns Hopkins: About a dozen students have visas revoked by government
The university confirmed to The Baltimore Banner on Tuesday morning that "approximately a dozen" international students have had their visas revoked.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com
April 8, 2025 at 11:57 AM
And the shoe drops. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/hi...
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Much of the cardboard and paper goods strewn about our homes are sold by a single private company, with its name, Uline, stamped on the bottom.
Few Americans know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
Few Americans know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
That Cardboard Box in Your Home Is Fueling Election Denial
A previously unreported boom in profits for the shipping supply giant Uline has provided the funds for a deeply conservative Midwestern family to bankroll anti-democracy causes around the country.
propub.li
April 7, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Much of the cardboard and paper goods strewn about our homes are sold by a single private company, with its name, Uline, stamped on the bottom.
Few Americans know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
Few Americans know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
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Baltimore Safe Haven is a trans-led drop-in center that could really use some love 💕🏳️⚧️ 💸
www.baltimoresafehaven.org
www.baltimoresafehaven.org
Baltimore Safe Haven
www.baltimoresafehaven.org
April 1, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Baltimore Safe Haven is a trans-led drop-in center that could really use some love 💕🏳️⚧️ 💸
www.baltimoresafehaven.org
www.baltimoresafehaven.org
As usual, the Orioles Magic playlist lost a few over the offseason, but at least now the interface keeps the names of the songs so I can try to find the actual "Orioles Magic" song again -
music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Orioles Magic
YouTube video by samanthasquared
music.youtube.com
March 31, 2025 at 4:22 PM
As usual, the Orioles Magic playlist lost a few over the offseason, but at least now the interface keeps the names of the songs so I can try to find the actual "Orioles Magic" song again -
music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
The horrors persist, but so must small joys: dinner at Tapas Teatro followed by seeing "Ed Wood" at The Charles.
February 7, 2025 at 5:08 AM
The horrors persist, but so must small joys: dinner at Tapas Teatro followed by seeing "Ed Wood" at The Charles.
It is always refreshing to take in local artists work. Seeing Stillpointe Theatre's "Whitechapel" in The Club Car was quite the experience.
January 18, 2025 at 4:47 PM
It is always refreshing to take in local artists work. Seeing Stillpointe Theatre's "Whitechapel" in The Club Car was quite the experience.
I've been saying for years the death of Google Reader was the beginning of the end of the Good Internet.
THE INTERNET WAS BETTER WITH RSS!!! i know it's still around but it's just not the same. now the expectation is you get all your notifs through an app or a million email lists. it's harder to see posts by people you follow AND systemically disincentivizes making/sharing longer posts off-platform
i don't want to hear your most boomer complaint. what's your most millennial complaint?
January 15, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I've been saying for years the death of Google Reader was the beginning of the end of the Good Internet.
When putting away my favorite Christmas decoration, a large ceramic tree, I enjoy looking at the newspaper used to protect it. Today I realized it includes the Baltimore area movie times for October 7, 2001.
January 12, 2025 at 3:16 PM
When putting away my favorite Christmas decoration, a large ceramic tree, I enjoy looking at the newspaper used to protect it. Today I realized it includes the Baltimore area movie times for October 7, 2001.
Have accidentally begun a holiday season Tour Dem Bars for warm beverages. Rocket to Venus's hot toddy was lovely. Also enjoyed Nepenthe's rum iteration of spiked cider.
December 7, 2024 at 2:43 PM
Have accidentally begun a holiday season Tour Dem Bars for warm beverages. Rocket to Venus's hot toddy was lovely. Also enjoyed Nepenthe's rum iteration of spiked cider.
Seeing Wicked last night reminded me I need to do my seasonal watch of the greatest L. Frank Baum adaptation, the Rankin-Bass "Life & Adventures of Santa Claus" - en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lif...
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (1985 film) - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
December 7, 2024 at 2:05 AM
Seeing Wicked last night reminded me I need to do my seasonal watch of the greatest L. Frank Baum adaptation, the Rankin-Bass "Life & Adventures of Santa Claus" - en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lif...
My office manager stole my seat this morning.
November 22, 2024 at 8:40 PM
My office manager stole my seat this morning.
I began collecting Baltimore area restaurant recommendations to get out of our neighborhood usuals a few years ago now. It's evolved a bit from the original intent, but sharing here for more recs and it may be useful to others - airtable.com/appzi142KaoN...
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airtable.com
November 21, 2024 at 9:00 PM
I began collecting Baltimore area restaurant recommendations to get out of our neighborhood usuals a few years ago now. It's evolved a bit from the original intent, but sharing here for more recs and it may be useful to others - airtable.com/appzi142KaoN...
I find it irksome to order directly from a company, only to have them fulfill it through Amazon.
November 21, 2024 at 4:57 PM
I find it irksome to order directly from a company, only to have them fulfill it through Amazon.
So confused by how this pumpkin has wrinkled.
November 17, 2024 at 5:10 PM
So confused by how this pumpkin has wrinkled.
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Go into settings then accessibility, turn on require alt text. I would probably forget every time if Bluesky didn't make me do it. It's a good feature.
November 17, 2024 at 2:36 PM
Go into settings then accessibility, turn on require alt text. I would probably forget every time if Bluesky didn't make me do it. It's a good feature.
Did all addresses in Baltimore receive a letter from DPW saying their service line is of indeterminate material? I had already submitted the self survey with info that I replaced the line in 2015.
November 17, 2024 at 12:55 AM
Did all addresses in Baltimore receive a letter from DPW saying their service line is of indeterminate material? I had already submitted the self survey with info that I replaced the line in 2015.