Andrew Solmssen
@solmssen.bsky.social
I lost 350 lbs, now officially a third of the man I used to be! IT guy, hiker, sunset appreciator.
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Today’s weird graphical NYT Connections has shown me I am too Internet because I thought at least one of them would be loss.jpg.
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February 7, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Today’s weird graphical NYT Connections has shown me I am too Internet because I thought at least one of them would be loss.jpg.
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I used to love computer it was my friend. Now I have hate in my heart
February 5, 2026 at 9:17 PM
I used to love computer it was my friend. Now I have hate in my heart
Don’t threaten me with a good time?
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that demands made by Democrats for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic” and warned that the Department of Homeland Security will shut down next week if they do not work with Republicans and the White House.
Homeland Security shutdown grows more likely as Republicans rebuff Democratic demands for ICE
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that demands made by Democrats for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic” and warned that the Department of Homeland Secu…
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February 6, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Don’t threaten me with a good time?
One must imagine Sisyphus happy.
January 30, 2026 at 3:58 PM
One must imagine Sisyphus happy.
This is quite possibly perfect.
Gotcha—let’s dig into that step by step.
1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish.
2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.
1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish.
2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.
January 24, 2026 at 12:46 AM
This is quite possibly perfect.
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Gavin Newsom has never had a homeless, a working unhoused, or an affordable housing advocate on his podcast despite governing California.
So yeah I think it’s weird that he’s entertained & platformed multiple fascists while grinning, nodding & relenting to their easily defeatable talking points.
So yeah I think it’s weird that he’s entertained & platformed multiple fascists while grinning, nodding & relenting to their easily defeatable talking points.
January 16, 2026 at 5:05 AM
Gavin Newsom has never had a homeless, a working unhoused, or an affordable housing advocate on his podcast despite governing California.
So yeah I think it’s weird that he’s entertained & platformed multiple fascists while grinning, nodding & relenting to their easily defeatable talking points.
So yeah I think it’s weird that he’s entertained & platformed multiple fascists while grinning, nodding & relenting to their easily defeatable talking points.
“The bytes were fully overwritten.” So funny
Like 12 years ago my friend sent me this picture from his work and it immediately, permanently changed the name of this utensil in my head. The bytes were fully overwritten. I don’t remember the former name of this item and frankly I don’t care
January 9, 2026 at 6:13 AM
“The bytes were fully overwritten.” So funny
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Perhaps thinking that it is a shame that I cannot somehow both sleep and look at my phone at the same time is a sign of a deeper problem.
November 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Perhaps thinking that it is a shame that I cannot somehow both sleep and look at my phone at the same time is a sign of a deeper problem.
I heard the flat buzz of 2-stroke engines farting their way down Mulholland and I assumed it was a bunch of kids on dirt bikes doing a street takeover, but no, it was nerds on vintage Vespa scooters, all of them glinting in the sun with their cream enamel paint jobs and tasteful accessories.
November 8, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I heard the flat buzz of 2-stroke engines farting their way down Mulholland and I assumed it was a bunch of kids on dirt bikes doing a street takeover, but no, it was nerds on vintage Vespa scooters, all of them glinting in the sun with their cream enamel paint jobs and tasteful accessories.
I quit the Alexa Plus early access program and put it back to the way it was. I felt a little like Big Chief smothering Randall P. McMurphy, but it had to be done. It was telling me the wrong dates for events, screwing up home automation stuff, just not reliable.
October 11, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I quit the Alexa Plus early access program and put it back to the way it was. I felt a little like Big Chief smothering Randall P. McMurphy, but it had to be done. It was telling me the wrong dates for events, screwing up home automation stuff, just not reliable.
I’m not sure what it says about me that the thing Facebook ads is pushing me the hardest I can recall in years (harder than the fancy office chairs and CPAPs!) is a Slavoj Žižek lecture in Los Angeles, but here we are.
October 3, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I’m not sure what it says about me that the thing Facebook ads is pushing me the hardest I can recall in years (harder than the fancy office chairs and CPAPs!) is a Slavoj Žižek lecture in Los Angeles, but here we are.
Hey @wychstreet.bsky.social I’m at the Hollywood Bowl and your boy Jarvis is making it happen.
September 26, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Hey @wychstreet.bsky.social I’m at the Hollywood Bowl and your boy Jarvis is making it happen.
I swear to God this just happened, young man is walking up the fire road at Runyon next to me and he sees a sign that says “Fire Road” and he says “Fire road? What’s so fire about it? His companion says “ fire like fire engines.” And then the young man goes “Oh.” By the way I am now 200 years old.
September 20, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I swear to God this just happened, young man is walking up the fire road at Runyon next to me and he sees a sign that says “Fire Road” and he says “Fire road? What’s so fire about it? His companion says “ fire like fire engines.” And then the young man goes “Oh.” By the way I am now 200 years old.
The more I think about it, the more I live, I find the true dividing line between good and evil is power. What do you do with it when you have it? Who do you help? Who do you hurt? Nothing else really matters.
September 17, 2025 at 8:41 PM
The more I think about it, the more I live, I find the true dividing line between good and evil is power. What do you do with it when you have it? Who do you help? Who do you hurt? Nothing else really matters.
The fact that I got the blue category in today’s Connections first is perhaps the strongest statement of LGBTQ+ allyship I have ever made.
Connections
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September 2, 2025 at 8:24 AM
The fact that I got the blue category in today’s Connections first is perhaps the strongest statement of LGBTQ+ allyship I have ever made.
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Sounds like ICE killed a guy and then held american citizens hostage at gunpoint until they agreed to destroy the evidence
Our staff is on the ground supporting families. Many workers-including US citizens, were held by federal authorities at the farm for 8 hours or more. US citizen workers report only being released after they were forced to delete photos and videos of the raid from their phones. 4/
July 11, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Sounds like ICE killed a guy and then held american citizens hostage at gunpoint until they agreed to destroy the evidence
If Centrist Democrats had worked as hard to defeat Trump as they’re working to defeat Zohran Mamdani we wouldn’t be in this mess. Jesus Christ this guy wins elections, maybe let him do it.
July 8, 2025 at 1:00 AM
If Centrist Democrats had worked as hard to defeat Trump as they’re working to defeat Zohran Mamdani we wouldn’t be in this mess. Jesus Christ this guy wins elections, maybe let him do it.
Hey LA why do we do this to ourselves every year? It really is awful. The city becomes unlivable the night of the Fourth of July, and the air becomes poisonous the day after.
July 5, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Hey LA why do we do this to ourselves every year? It really is awful. The city becomes unlivable the night of the Fourth of July, and the air becomes poisonous the day after.
Pretty special tonight.
May 17, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Pretty special tonight.
Los Angeles Bluesky users, tonight is an excellent chance to see the space station before Elon plunges it into the ocean. Rises in SW at 8:52 PM, and crosses the sky very fast until it sets around 9:01 in NE. Magnitude -3.6, so brighter than anything but Venus and the moon. #science #iss
May 10, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
May 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
I have to say that walking through Runyon Canyon with a bag of dog treats is about the closest I will ever come to feeling like Frank Sinatra peeling off hundreds to every maitre’d in Vegas. I command a kind of respectful attention from both the dogs and ravens that I find I enjoy.
April 21, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I have to say that walking through Runyon Canyon with a bag of dog treats is about the closest I will ever come to feeling like Frank Sinatra peeling off hundreds to every maitre’d in Vegas. I command a kind of respectful attention from both the dogs and ravens that I find I enjoy.