Sam King
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Sam King
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Photography, software, and design — Vancouver, BC.
Building @refrakt.app and @akkeri.app.
https://samking.co/links
happy noises
November 28, 2025 at 3:18 AM
I will never understand Canadians obsession with blowing leaves with a gas powered blower at 8am. Like get an electric blower or just use a rake. Every single day for hours, drives me insane.
November 27, 2025 at 5:46 PM
sunday morning making a cheap figma clone for @akkeri.app. still prototyping if a canvas feels right to organise your work.
November 9, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I reckon I can get them to do tricks soon
November 8, 2025 at 6:08 AM
after a month of looking, we’re finally moved in to our new apartment in vancouver. feels good to have some stability and not be living out of a suitcase again!
November 2, 2025 at 5:25 PM
“but if you tax the billionaires they’ll just leave the country”… oh no, what a shame. it’s not like they’re contributing anyway so let them go?
October 18, 2025 at 8:07 PM
another couple got the appt we really liked over us because they offered to pay 1 years rent up front 🙃 if you have a years rent laying around, just buy a fucking house bro. vancouver rental market sucks ass
will someone please rent me an apartment in vancouver? it’s torture out here and I don’t want to spend another second in an airbnb
October 16, 2025 at 9:12 PM
okay new goal, get @akkeri.app fully launched by march!
October 16, 2025 at 7:55 PM
will someone please rent me an apartment in vancouver? it’s torture out here and I don’t want to spend another second in an airbnb
October 16, 2025 at 7:21 AM
slowly slowly getting things on atproto. long way to go but exciting times.
October 15, 2025 at 5:15 PM
lexicon help needed:

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dilemma
October 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
hell yeah, what a migration name @drizzle.team
October 6, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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seeing how eagerly mean people are on social media is so depressing… the dunk and ratio culture of twitter/bluesky grosses me out nowadays, pretty depraved stuff most of the time
October 5, 2025 at 3:19 AM
driving through northern ontario on the cusp of autumn is very nice. so much has changed since I was here 6 weeks ago, more orange. last leg back to vancouver now, can't wait to see my favourite parks and feed the crows! a few thousand kms to go.
September 26, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I don’t get how digital ID will solve illegal labour? Surely it’s on employers to check right to work? Just fine the fuck out of Deliveroo and Uber Eats etc if they’re caught doing it.

Undocumented workers will still be undocumented and exploited by companies. Having a digital ID changes nothing.
September 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Happy 1st ruined torpedo testing base anniversary to me.

There is NO way that this trip was a year ago...

refrakt.app/series/the-p...
September 18, 2025 at 6:28 PM
kinda crazy people are only now cancelling disney+ when they’ve been supporting isreal this whole time… I wonder where they’ll watch their marvel slop now?
September 18, 2025 at 12:34 PM
saw someone call gb news “gbeebies” and it’s fucking perfect
September 13, 2025 at 12:38 PM
have zero credit card debt and score goes down 🙃 I mean I kinda get it but also seems very dumb
September 9, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I’ve driven almost 20,000km across canada in the last 3 months, and now seriously considering adding another 4,500km to drive back to Vancouver from Toronto. Am I stupid or should I just ship my car back and fly?
September 8, 2025 at 12:36 PM
do I know anyone in vancouver that has a spare parking spot for 1-2 months over the winter? was planning on leaving my car in toronto, but might be back in vancouver sooner than I thought!
September 6, 2025 at 11:19 AM
the people who write google reviews for coffee shops are insane. it’s always “best coffee ever”, and when you try it, it tastes like someone dumped an ash tray into a cup with a sprinkle of dirt. literally no good coffee in these small towns, and i’m not drinking a tim’s.
September 5, 2025 at 12:30 PM
new stance unlocked
September 4, 2025 at 11:19 PM
a bit of canadian diversity
September 3, 2025 at 1:55 AM
bc has truly spoiled scenery for me. I’m in cape breton, people travel from all over to see its beauty (and it is beautiful), but it looks like any “average” part of bc.
September 2, 2025 at 3:23 PM