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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Donate to Remembering Chris Zolinski’s Impact and Love, organized by Tiffany Taljonick
To our beloved art community, on behalf of Clio Center for the Arts and… Tiffany Taljonick needs your support for Remembering Chris Zolinski’s Impact and Love
gofund.me
My childhood friend Chris Zolinski died after a long, hard-fought battle with cancer on Friday. His family—a wife and two daughters—could greatly use financial support in this difficult time.
Please consider supporting their GoFundMe.
gofund.me/87725c824
Please consider supporting their GoFundMe.
gofund.me/87725c824
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remember to watch some version of Santa Claus Conquers the Martians to celebrate the holiday.
It's public domain so you can just watch it on wikipedia if you want, but I recommend the MST3K version or one of the other riffed versions:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_C...
It's public domain so you can just watch it on wikipedia if you want, but I recommend the MST3K version or one of the other riffed versions:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_C...
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 26, 2025 at 12:52 AM
remember to watch some version of Santa Claus Conquers the Martians to celebrate the holiday.
It's public domain so you can just watch it on wikipedia if you want, but I recommend the MST3K version or one of the other riffed versions:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_C...
It's public domain so you can just watch it on wikipedia if you want, but I recommend the MST3K version or one of the other riffed versions:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_C...
All I want for Christmas is for you to help my late friend’s family make it through a difficult holiday.
Chris died two weeks before Christmas. He found out his cancer was terminal just three months before.
His family is lovely—and they miss him deeply.
www.gofundme.com/f/rememberin...
Chris died two weeks before Christmas. He found out his cancer was terminal just three months before.
His family is lovely—and they miss him deeply.
www.gofundme.com/f/rememberin...
Donate to Remembering Chris Zolinski’s Impact and Love, organized by Tiffany Taljonick
To our beloved art community, on behalf of Clio Center for the Arts and… Tiffany Taljonick needs your support for Remembering Chris Zolinski’s Impact and Love
www.gofundme.com
December 25, 2025 at 10:51 PM
All I want for Christmas is for you to help my late friend’s family make it through a difficult holiday.
Chris died two weeks before Christmas. He found out his cancer was terminal just three months before.
His family is lovely—and they miss him deeply.
www.gofundme.com/f/rememberin...
Chris died two weeks before Christmas. He found out his cancer was terminal just three months before.
His family is lovely—and they miss him deeply.
www.gofundme.com/f/rememberin...
I know I'm like 60 years late for making this call, but Rankin-Bass must be stopped.
December 25, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I know I'm like 60 years late for making this call, but Rankin-Bass must be stopped.
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Not every musician can be into CB radios and synth-driven Christmas music. But the guy behind Mannheim Steamroller pulled it off.
tedium.co/2025/12/25/c...
tedium.co/2025/12/25/c...
Convoy Steamroller: C.W. McCall’s Unexpected Christmas Music Tie
The unexpected connection between advertising, a 1975 novelty song, CB radio, and some of your favorite modern Christmas tunes.
tedium.co
December 25, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Not every musician can be into CB radios and synth-driven Christmas music. But the guy behind Mannheim Steamroller pulled it off.
tedium.co/2025/12/25/c...
tedium.co/2025/12/25/c...
I love that they found the lady from this original photo. What a beautiful coda
December 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I love that they found the lady from this original photo. What a beautiful coda
Damn, The Onion is prophet-shaming newborns
December 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Damn, The Onion is prophet-shaming newborns
Finally, the Christmas piece you’ve all been waiting for—the one that connects the fates of C.W. McCall and Mannheim Steamroller.
David Buck outdid himself this time:
tedium.co/2025/12/25/c...
new @tedium.co
David Buck outdid himself this time:
tedium.co/2025/12/25/c...
new @tedium.co
Convoy Steamroller: C.W. McCall’s Unexpected Christmas Music Tie
The unexpected connection between advertising, a 1975 novelty song, CB radio, and some of your favorite modern Christmas tunes.
tedium.co
December 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Finally, the Christmas piece you’ve all been waiting for—the one that connects the fates of C.W. McCall and Mannheim Steamroller.
David Buck outdid himself this time:
tedium.co/2025/12/25/c...
new @tedium.co
David Buck outdid himself this time:
tedium.co/2025/12/25/c...
new @tedium.co
The ultimate Christmas present about the ultimate Christmas present.
Merry Christmas! If you'd like to spend 45 minutes celebrating video game history with me, we're about to debut The Untold Story of the Nintendo Entertainment System. I worked on his ALL YEAR, and I genuinely think it will reshape how we all think about the system. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJvp...
The Untold Story of the Nintendo Entertainment System
YouTube video by The Video Game History Foundation
www.youtube.com
December 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The ultimate Christmas present about the ultimate Christmas present.
Moby had a Powerbook in the early ’90s and apparently had no idea how to use it based on this video www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wqp-...
Moby’s First Laptop: a time capsule of technical sadness
YouTube video by Moby
www.youtube.com
December 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Moby had a Powerbook in the early ’90s and apparently had no idea how to use it based on this video www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wqp-...
Someone should take this image and turn it into gift wrap for this year’s lump of coal
December 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Someone should take this image and turn it into gift wrap for this year’s lump of coal
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Reading back up on the Flaming Lips drama:
Steven Drozd (to fan): I left the band, we’re not talking about it
New drummer: Our shows are so much better without him
Wayne Coyne (to Steven): Do you realize that you have the most punchable face
Steven Drozd (to fan): I left the band, we’re not talking about it
New drummer: Our shows are so much better without him
Wayne Coyne (to Steven): Do you realize that you have the most punchable face
December 25, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Reading back up on the Flaming Lips drama:
Steven Drozd (to fan): I left the band, we’re not talking about it
New drummer: Our shows are so much better without him
Wayne Coyne (to Steven): Do you realize that you have the most punchable face
Steven Drozd (to fan): I left the band, we’re not talking about it
New drummer: Our shows are so much better without him
Wayne Coyne (to Steven): Do you realize that you have the most punchable face
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Warm yourself by the virtual fireplace in this cosy 16-color EGA #Christmas scene. No MS-DOS or floppy 💾 drive required. Thanks to software preservation, it's still crackling on the Internet Archive.
✉️ Open the full 1986 Sierra On-Line "A Computer Christmas" card ⤵️
archive.org/details/sier...
✉️ Open the full 1986 Sierra On-Line "A Computer Christmas" card ⤵️
archive.org/details/sier...
December 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Warm yourself by the virtual fireplace in this cosy 16-color EGA #Christmas scene. No MS-DOS or floppy 💾 drive required. Thanks to software preservation, it's still crackling on the Internet Archive.
✉️ Open the full 1986 Sierra On-Line "A Computer Christmas" card ⤵️
archive.org/details/sier...
✉️ Open the full 1986 Sierra On-Line "A Computer Christmas" card ⤵️
archive.org/details/sier...
Merry Christmas. I hear David Buck has a new issue under the tree this morning.
December 25, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Merry Christmas. I hear David Buck has a new issue under the tree this morning.
Cheers to Bob Vylan, who are avoiding criminal charges for their Glastonbury chant. pitchfork.com/news/bob-vyl...
Bob Vylan Won’t Face Charges for “Death to the IDF” Chant
U.K. police ended their investigation due to “insufficient evidence”
pitchfork.com
December 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Cheers to Bob Vylan, who are avoiding criminal charges for their Glastonbury chant. pitchfork.com/news/bob-vyl...
Doing laptop backup work (transferring my mother in law’s data to a new laptop) and realizing that the only good option for this absolutely painless thing on Windows that restores data AND Apps is a paid tool.
December 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Doing laptop backup work (transferring my mother in law’s data to a new laptop) and realizing that the only good option for this absolutely painless thing on Windows that restores data AND Apps is a paid tool.
We're building the trust of the press by destroying it.
Anyway, subscribe to my Substack
Anyway, subscribe to my Substack
Bari Weiss just sent this Christmas Eve email to the CBS News staff about "building trust," which includes her tripling down on spiking the CECOT piece "to make sure it's comprehensive and fair."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
December 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
We're building the trust of the press by destroying it.
Anyway, subscribe to my Substack
Anyway, subscribe to my Substack
You don't need presents or loved ones. You have me.
December 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
You don't need presents or loved ones. You have me.
I see that Hacker News is in a deep debate over whether working around the black boxes in the Epstein files is a hack.
The point is flying 30,000 feet overhead.
The point is flying 30,000 feet overhead.
December 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I see that Hacker News is in a deep debate over whether working around the black boxes in the Epstein files is a hack.
The point is flying 30,000 feet overhead.
The point is flying 30,000 feet overhead.
There's a guy named Barry Weiss who is having the worst time this week
December 24, 2025 at 1:13 PM
There's a guy named Barry Weiss who is having the worst time this week
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It’s basically an all-out battle for attention over there; that’s the main currency (that and outrage); there are no real principles or goals, just a desire for clicks and monetization
December 24, 2025 at 3:44 AM
It’s basically an all-out battle for attention over there; that’s the main currency (that and outrage); there are no real principles or goals, just a desire for clicks and monetization
Kingdoms of the Dump: Must play. Keeps getting better.
December 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Kingdoms of the Dump: Must play. Keeps getting better.
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I’ll just note that the US didn’t do this to China, which outright bans US social media websites
US bars former EU commissioner Breton and others over tech rules ft.trib.al/TgoG45B
US bars former EU commissioner Breton and others over tech rules
France hits out at visa sanctions as Washington targets what it calls the ‘global censorship-industrial complex’
ft.trib.al
December 24, 2025 at 11:12 AM
I’ll just note that the US didn’t do this to China, which outright bans US social media websites
