Ernie Smith
@ernie.tedium.co
Editor of Tedium (https://tedium.co), freelance writer, pop-up search engine maven (https://udm14.com).
See my writing: https://erniesmith.net/
“Life is too short to not say exactly what you mean all the time.” — Jesse Welles
See my writing: https://erniesmith.net/
“Life is too short to not say exactly what you mean all the time.” — Jesse Welles
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Ernie Smith
@ernie.tedium.co
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Hey all, just offering a quick shout that as a freelance guy, I am always on the lookout for cool new editorial/content strategy projects. Have anything like that? Give a shout!
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Prediction: Some will seize on the shooting to try to pull Dems back to a position of cowardice on Trump's deportations, and Stephen Miller will scam dimwit commentators into making this case as well, but what happened ultimately won't dent public disapproval of the raids/arrests in the slightest.
November 27, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Prediction: Some will seize on the shooting to try to pull Dems back to a position of cowardice on Trump's deportations, and Stephen Miller will scam dimwit commentators into making this case as well, but what happened ultimately won't dent public disapproval of the raids/arrests in the slightest.
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This is innumerate nonsense. An average of 1.1 million people were watching The Simpsons throughout its entire thirty-minute broadcast according to a third-party data company contracted to measure viewership by Disney. Somebody, no way to know who, hit the play button 1.7 million times on Twitter
November 27, 2025 at 1:54 AM
This is innumerate nonsense. An average of 1.1 million people were watching The Simpsons throughout its entire thirty-minute broadcast according to a third-party data company contracted to measure viewership by Disney. Somebody, no way to know who, hit the play button 1.7 million times on Twitter
Nuzzi is thisclose to launching a Substack
Re: Nuzzi sending a recorder into Mar-a-Lago with a sketch artist—
Florida is an all-parties consent state
www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statute...
Florida is an all-parties consent state
www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statute...
November 27, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Nuzzi is thisclose to launching a Substack
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Sometimes, diving into the history of an object allows you to lean into the natural cultural tension it has. With that in mind, I give you the Ovation guitar.
tedium.co/2025/11/24/o...
tedium.co/2025/11/24/o...
Ovation Guitar History: A Defense Contractor Tries Music
Considering the inherent tension of the Ovation guitar, which applied aerospace concepts to the acoustic guitar. It’s a brilliant-but-conflicted object.
tedium.co
November 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Sometimes, diving into the history of an object allows you to lean into the natural cultural tension it has. With that in mind, I give you the Ovation guitar.
tedium.co/2025/11/24/o...
tedium.co/2025/11/24/o...
This was so unnecessary. They should have been home with their families.
NEW: The governor of West Virginia says that two members of the state National Guard shot today in DC have died.
November 26, 2025 at 9:02 PM
This was so unnecessary. They should have been home with their families.
For folks not familiar with D.C., here’s how close it was. This area is sort of office building central, in an area packed with professionals. It’s also within a block of two separate Metro stops.
If you have professional friends who work in D.C. there’s a chance they work near here.
If you have professional friends who work in D.C. there’s a chance they work near here.
November 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
For folks not familiar with D.C., here’s how close it was. This area is sort of office building central, in an area packed with professionals. It’s also within a block of two separate Metro stops.
If you have professional friends who work in D.C. there’s a chance they work near here.
If you have professional friends who work in D.C. there’s a chance they work near here.
If Affinity does this design work immediately becomes viable on Linux. Huge deal.
techcentral.co.za/affinity-for...
via @conignis.bsky.social
techcentral.co.za/affinity-for...
via @conignis.bsky.social
Affinity for Linux? Canva's next big move could reshape the desktop software market
Canva is seriously considering porting Affinity to Linux - a move that could transform desktop Linux and challenge Adobe.
techcentral.co.za
November 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
If Affinity does this design work immediately becomes viable on Linux. Huge deal.
techcentral.co.za/affinity-for...
via @conignis.bsky.social
techcentral.co.za/affinity-for...
via @conignis.bsky.social
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Slop Evader is a tool from artist and researcher Tega Brain that lets you search the web for results exclusively before November 30, 2022—the day that ChatGPT was released to the public.
'Slop Evader' Lets You Surf the Web Like It’s 2022
Artist Tega Brain is fighting the internet’s enshittification by turning back the clock to before ChatGPT existed.
www.404media.co
November 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Slop Evader is a tool from artist and researcher Tega Brain that lets you search the web for results exclusively before November 30, 2022—the day that ChatGPT was released to the public.
So using Affinity & Wine for some actual work, and have noticed a few things:
- Performance starts struggling (at least on my laptop with an Intel dGPU) when you throw some big files at that
- Installing OpenCL is a fix, but I found it unstable when I set that up.
- Performance starts struggling (at least on my laptop with an Intel dGPU) when you throw some big files at that
- Installing OpenCL is a fix, but I found it unstable when I set that up.
November 26, 2025 at 4:22 PM
So using Affinity & Wine for some actual work, and have noticed a few things:
- Performance starts struggling (at least on my laptop with an Intel dGPU) when you throw some big files at that
- Installing OpenCL is a fix, but I found it unstable when I set that up.
- Performance starts struggling (at least on my laptop with an Intel dGPU) when you throw some big files at that
- Installing OpenCL is a fix, but I found it unstable when I set that up.
So I'm watching this great @linusmediagroup.com video about watching First Blood on every commercial format, and about 15 minutes in, I get greeted on my 55 inch TV with a giant Tedium number blurb from my DVHS article. Made my day because I genuinely did not expect it.
youtu.be/_KMPjeioX08?...
youtu.be/_KMPjeioX08?...
I Watched the Same Movie 10 Different Ways
YouTube video by Linus Tech Tips
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 11:05 PM
So I'm watching this great @linusmediagroup.com video about watching First Blood on every commercial format, and about 15 minutes in, I get greeted on my 55 inch TV with a giant Tedium number blurb from my DVHS article. Made my day because I genuinely did not expect it.
youtu.be/_KMPjeioX08?...
youtu.be/_KMPjeioX08?...
Not often a sequel gets greenlit because the president wanted it, but this is where we’re at. Also, the director.
variety.com/2025/film/bo...
variety.com/2025/film/bo...
‘Rush Hour 4’ in the Works at Paramount at Trump’s Request
"Rush Hour 4" in the works at Paramount after prodding from president Trump.
variety.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Not often a sequel gets greenlit because the president wanted it, but this is where we’re at. Also, the director.
variety.com/2025/film/bo...
variety.com/2025/film/bo...
Isaac Chotiner, interviewing me: “You haven’t talked about Oreos much on your platform. Are you being paid by big Hydrox?”
November 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Isaac Chotiner, interviewing me: “You haven’t talked about Oreos much on your platform. Are you being paid by big Hydrox?”
- “Do I have an existing relationship with Henry Kissinger?”
November 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
- “Do I have an existing relationship with Henry Kissinger?”
RAM is still cheap if the RAM you’re buying is registered DDR3 memory intended for a server that was in use 15 years ago
November 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
RAM is still cheap if the RAM you’re buying is registered DDR3 memory intended for a server that was in use 15 years ago
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Another good reason to avoid being on X is that Isaac Chotiner could start asking you questions there at any time
November 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Another good reason to avoid being on X is that Isaac Chotiner could start asking you questions there at any time
Wait why is ARM down by 6%? It didn't compare itself to Enron
November 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Wait why is ARM down by 6%? It didn't compare itself to Enron
Sometimes, diving into the history of an object allows you to lean into the natural cultural tension it has. With that in mind, I give you the Ovation guitar.
tedium.co/2025/11/24/o...
tedium.co/2025/11/24/o...
Ovation Guitar History: A Defense Contractor Tries Music
Considering the inherent tension of the Ovation guitar, which applied aerospace concepts to the acoustic guitar. It’s a brilliant-but-conflicted object.
tedium.co
November 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Sometimes, diving into the history of an object allows you to lean into the natural cultural tension it has. With that in mind, I give you the Ovation guitar.
tedium.co/2025/11/24/o...
tedium.co/2025/11/24/o...
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The Ovation guitar, or the latent tension of a defense contractor using its aerospace skills to make musical instruments.
tedium.co/2025/11/24/o...
new @tedium.co
tedium.co/2025/11/24/o...
new @tedium.co
Ovation Guitar History: A Defense Contractor Tries Music
Considering the inherent tension of the Ovation guitar, which applied aerospace concepts to the acoustic guitar. It’s a brilliant-but-conflicted object.
tedium.co
November 25, 2025 at 4:45 AM
The Ovation guitar, or the latent tension of a defense contractor using its aerospace skills to make musical instruments.
tedium.co/2025/11/24/o...
new @tedium.co
tedium.co/2025/11/24/o...
new @tedium.co
Nvidia is going to get bought by Intel when all is said and done isn’t it
November 25, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Nvidia is going to get bought by Intel when all is said and done isn’t it
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We really lucked out with the bear.
* Before patenting the now-iconic bear-shaped honey container, the inventor also patented other honey bottle designs. We could've had penguins or creepy clowns instead!
November 25, 2025 at 5:14 AM
We really lucked out with the bear.
I almost made the headline on this “War Plane, Peace Train,” but ultimately decided against it because helicopters aren’t planes and the guy behind the Ovation developed helicopters.
Yes, I know it rhymes. But we’ll live.
Yes, I know it rhymes. But we’ll live.
The Ovation guitar, or the latent tension of a defense contractor using its aerospace skills to make musical instruments.
tedium.co/2025/11/24/o...
new @tedium.co
tedium.co/2025/11/24/o...
new @tedium.co
Ovation Guitar History: A Defense Contractor Tries Music
Considering the inherent tension of the Ovation guitar, which applied aerospace concepts to the acoustic guitar. It’s a brilliant-but-conflicted object.
tedium.co
November 25, 2025 at 5:12 AM
I almost made the headline on this “War Plane, Peace Train,” but ultimately decided against it because helicopters aren’t planes and the guy behind the Ovation developed helicopters.
Yes, I know it rhymes. But we’ll live.
Yes, I know it rhymes. But we’ll live.