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Andrew Solmssen @solmssen.bsky.social · 19h

Rest easy, Margaret. 🚀🌕 youtu.be/B7CnVGtd1_Y

A Lego mini figure of Apollo mission software engineer Margaret Hamilton with her voluminous books of computer code sits between models of the Columbia Apollo 11 capsule and the Eagle Lunar Lander in front of a Saturn V rocket, all made of Lego.

Andrew Solmssen @solmssen.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I’ve lived in West Hollywood for 20 years and my only regret is that I cannot vote for Nithya Raman for mayor of Los Angeles. Help make LA a better city, vote for change, vote for Nithya.

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Nithya Raman @nithyaforthecity.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

For your consideration: A mayor who will fight for LA, every day. Catch this ad on NBC tonight, before and after the Emmys.

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Andrew Solmssen @solmssen.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

They say every day is a gift. I wish they came with receipts, because there are some I would like to return for credit.

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Andrew Solmssen @solmssen.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I often see only the first post of a thread in my For You feed and sometimes there’s no obvious cue that it’s the first post of a thread, so having that is not terrible. I wish it was at the top not the bottom and in line with the rest of the text as opposed to elevated slightly above the baseline.

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JVG 骨 @jasonv.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

when the ABA & NBA merged, the owners of the St Louis ABA team rejected a $3 million offer to give up their team instead, they negotiated a deal for 2.2 million + a perpetual sliver of the NBA TV rights which ended up paying over $300 million but then lost it all investing with Bernie Madoff

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Andrew Solmssen @solmssen.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

It’s oddly placed above the baseline, and it should be at the top not at the bottom, I want to know how long a thread is before I get into it.

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Andrew Solmssen @solmssen.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

True and true on Windows as well. But I find that I close the browser window without thinking fairly often and then I have to type the code in again.

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Andrew Solmssen @solmssen.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I had an adventure! Got to meet Noah Wyle and watch him read a Star Trek episode as Captain Kirk, it was pretty cool. A lot of The Pitt cast, and some Marvel folks too! You can watch it too for a little while if you want: watch.thirdbest.tv/products/wgf...

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Andrew Solmssen @solmssen.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Be aware that Apple Passwords adds a bit of friction to using any browser on Windows and anything other than Safari on Mac. You have to type in a code every time you launch the program, it does not stay signed in.

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Andrew Solmssen @solmssen.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Times have changed. When I was 10 years old I walked into a Radio Shack and bought one. Was never even given a second look. I do believe I almost set my childhood home on fire with it trying to melt a silver dollar.

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Andrew Solmssen @solmssen.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Will a recording of this be available for subscribers? I will not be able to attend at the time of the event but I’m very interested!

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Andrew Solmssen @solmssen.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Not used to seeing lights next to the Hollywood sign! What’s going on? @laist.com @lamaterial.com

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Andrew Solmssen @solmssen.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

It was the first thing that really seemed to get traction with people outside the political sphere. They’re fucking weird, and nobody fucking calls them on it.

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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

it was a generational fumble for the dems to pull back on letting coach tim, our gentle midwestern uncle, stand in front of a mic and express disgust and bewilderment at what an absolute grab bag of misfit freaks this admin is. this is weird! these people are fucking weirdos!!! it’s yucky!

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Andrew Solmssen @solmssen.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

talk to me - I'll loan you an ethernet adapter so you can go straight into the router with your laptop and determine if the issue is your internet at the router or the wifi to your phone from the router.

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Alex Blechman @alexblechman.bsky.social · 23/10/2023

My ratatouille rat is making me fight someone else also controlled by a ratatouille rat Me and the other guy have no beef, only the rats are enemies and we have no idea why. While punching with limbs no longer our own, we lock eyes with mutual grief and compassion, forgiving whoever kills the other

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Andrew Solmssen @solmssen.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

When I was on clear liquids at the hospital, which was more often than I care to admit or remember, I used to say that meal time was the best minute and 45 seconds of the day. I hope you get well soon.

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Andrew Solmssen @solmssen.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Apropos of nothing, I have learned today that the German word for pre-moistened lens wipes is “brillenputztücher”. Now you know that too, and we are all better for it.

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Andrew Solmssen @solmssen.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

THERE IS NO LONGER TIMED AUTOSAVE IN MS OFFICE APPS LIKE WORD. ONLY VERSIONING THROUGH ONEDRIVE/SHAREPOINT. IF YOU SAVE TO A LOCAL DISK OR OTHER CLOUD FILE SYSTEM LIKE GOOGLE OR ICLOUD YOU MUST MANUALLY SAVE YOUR WORK LIKE ITS 1982.

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Andrew Solmssen @solmssen.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

It was pretty nuts. Also the first time I ever heard Mojo Nixon, it was pretty educational all the way around.

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Andrew Solmssen @solmssen.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

I saw them live at the University of Maryland in like 1990? still ranks as a highlight of my concert-going years...

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Andrew Solmssen @solmssen.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Dave I’m posting my post quoting @kottke.org here for you because in our few meetings and in your writings and appearances, you impress me as a kind, thoughtful, and principled person. I think you should examine your relationship with Substack and see if it really serves your purposes.

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Jackie Kashian @jackiekashian.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

I don’t know if it’s hope that I act on or if, just because I’m a cheerful hobbit I’m alright as long as despair can be postponed.

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Andrew Solmssen @solmssen.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

@lamaterial.com hey guys just a note that your links in your newsletter today are being reported as malicious by Microsoft’s Safe Links program. I’m sure it’s a false positive but you may want to talk to your link tracker service and see why this is happening.

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Andrew Solmssen @solmssen.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

The couples with matching weight vests hiking on Runyon Canyon scare me

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Andrew Solmssen @solmssen.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Hey you know when it’s great when someone gets their flowers, this is that. Before the podfathers there was a podmother. Also Jackie is aces and you should read this.

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Andrew Solmssen @solmssen.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

a strange and apocalyptic feeling in the air today.

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Andrew Solmssen @solmssen.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Hey you know when it’s great when someone gets their flowers, this is that. Before the podfathers there was a podmother. Also Jackie is aces and you should read this.

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Andrew Solmssen @solmssen.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

You are not prepared for this

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abby (sports) @stabbyabby.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Everyone shut up I finally got a video of Jyn doing her cartoon snoring thing

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Andrew Solmssen @solmssen.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

The couples with matching weight vests hiking on Runyon Canyon scare me

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Andrew Solmssen @solmssen.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

I read this about three hours ago, and I did not understand it at the time. But I knew to be on the lookout for something that would explain it, and that has arrived. This is such a strange world we have made for ourselves.

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Andrew Solmssen @solmssen.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Here’s some video, I wish Bluesky would let me mix media types in a single post, it’s really annoying to have to split them up.

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eli yudin @eliyudin.com · 08/06/2026

what if while trump is courtside victor wembanyama just leans down and eats his whole head. gulps the whole thing down tootsie pop owl style. and then explains that’s why he was sent here, blinks his eyes sideways and flies out of MSG and away into the night sky

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Frances: Meh and Loving It @francesmeh.reviews · 07/06/2026

if the people who say "just listen to your body" had to listen to mine for 15 minutes they would lose their goddamned minds

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Andrew Solmssen @solmssen.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

I saw at the Chinese Theater in Hollywood. I was stunned, just walking around in a daze for almost a week afterwards. The sight of a flag with the light behind it can still bring me to tears.

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Andrew Solmssen @solmssen.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Two days in a row now, military helicopters flying low over Los Angeles with no ADS-B transponders, they’re not showing up on Flight Radar 24 app at all. Have to say I don’t love it.

Two military helicopters flying over Los Angeles, too low, too loud, too often, and no ADS-B info.

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Andrew Solmssen @solmssen.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Let’s hope so, there’s some awful dude graffiti-ing “Spencer Pratt For Mayor” over every available surface at the Runyon Canyon Fuller Gate and some lady stopped me yesterday wearing a Pratt for LA T-shirt. The people who are for him are truly dipped.

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Andrew Solmssen @solmssen.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

“White Knuckles” by OK Go is an absolutely perfect Prince song. No further questions at this time.

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Ok Go - White Knuckles with Lyrics

YouTube video by jtle24

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