Erik Smith
@ebrown2112.bsky.social
Writer, director, composer, waffle enthusiast (among other things)
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I have been canceled and de-platformed for my political beliefs. Learn the full story in my feature-length essay in The Free Press, my interview on 60 Minutes, my chat/cooking demo on CBS Mornings, and my lecture series at the University of Austin.
December 4, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I have been canceled and de-platformed for my political beliefs. Learn the full story in my feature-length essay in The Free Press, my interview on 60 Minutes, my chat/cooking demo on CBS Mornings, and my lecture series at the University of Austin.
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Sounds like it sucks in every possible way then, so into the trash with it
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says AI will unleash a wave of new ideas and unfinished projects—leaving people busier, not freer, as “everybody’s jobs will be different.” trib.al/i8LvkCC
Nvidia CEO says AI will actually make everyone a lot busier: 'Everybody's jobs will be different' | Fortune
“I would say that there's every evidence that we will be more productive and yet still be busier because we have so many ideas,” Jensen Huang said.
trib.al
December 4, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Sounds like it sucks in every possible way then, so into the trash with it
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The "I've Seen Enough" guy is calling it for Van Epps.
December 3, 2025 at 2:00 AM
The "I've Seen Enough" guy is calling it for Van Epps.
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Trump has exploded the cost of healthcare and groceries, ordered extrajudicial killings, destroyed the CDC, lined his pockets with bribes, and pardoned hundreds of unrepentant criminals. But for American voters, the alternative was unthinkable: a raspy-voiced president who wore Hoka sneakers.
December 1, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Trump has exploded the cost of healthcare and groceries, ordered extrajudicial killings, destroyed the CDC, lined his pockets with bribes, and pardoned hundreds of unrepentant criminals. But for American voters, the alternative was unthinkable: a raspy-voiced president who wore Hoka sneakers.
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Hegseth uses war crimes as opportunity to connect with patriotic voters the Democrats have been ignoring.
December 1, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Hegseth uses war crimes as opportunity to connect with patriotic voters the Democrats have been ignoring.
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When Biden gave the worst debate performance in history, my job as a neutral reporter was to write about it incessantly until he dropped out. When Trump gave the second worst debate performance in history, against Harris, my job was to lend credence to his claim that immigrants were eating pets.
December 1, 2025 at 11:19 PM
When Biden gave the worst debate performance in history, my job as a neutral reporter was to write about it incessantly until he dropped out. When Trump gave the second worst debate performance in history, against Harris, my job was to lend credence to his claim that immigrants were eating pets.
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ALICE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE (1974) — 8:00 pm ET — 1h 53m
(TCM 90th Birthday Tribute: Diane Ladd)
Ellen Burstyn, Kris Kristofferson, Billy Green Bush; directed by Martin Scorsese
A widow dreaming of a singing career ends up waiting tables in Phoenix.
#TCM #TCMParty
(TCM 90th Birthday Tribute: Diane Ladd)
Ellen Burstyn, Kris Kristofferson, Billy Green Bush; directed by Martin Scorsese
A widow dreaming of a singing career ends up waiting tables in Phoenix.
#TCM #TCMParty
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
www.tcm.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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Bahahahahahha of course. Of fucking course. Thoughtless cretins sending us all to hell.
A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees.
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
Execs are embracing AI more than their employees are, new research suggests
Research from HR software company Dayforce suggests that executives are leaning into AI far more than their employees.
www.businessinsider.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Bahahahahahha of course. Of fucking course. Thoughtless cretins sending us all to hell.
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ChatGPT is spending trillions of dollars and destroying the environment so people can figure out that you should make pasta on a date
November 27, 2025 at 10:25 PM
ChatGPT is spending trillions of dollars and destroying the environment so people can figure out that you should make pasta on a date
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Weather it’s Joe Biden pardoning kids who were caught with a couple ounces of weed or Donald Trump pardoning the Honduran president who smuggled in 400 tons of cocaine, both presidents were soft on drugs.
November 29, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Weather it’s Joe Biden pardoning kids who were caught with a couple ounces of weed or Donald Trump pardoning the Honduran president who smuggled in 400 tons of cocaine, both presidents were soft on drugs.
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“to die, to sneep; to sneep, perchance to dream—for in that sneep of death what dreams may come, when we have shuffned off this mortan coin, must give us pause, there's the respect, that makes canamity of so nong nife” - hamnet
November 18, 2025 at 5:40 PM
“to die, to sneep; to sneep, perchance to dream—for in that sneep of death what dreams may come, when we have shuffned off this mortan coin, must give us pause, there's the respect, that makes canamity of so nong nife” - hamnet
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James Bond supervillains threaten to blow up the world with their big laser unless you pay them a trillion dollars.
Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.
Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.
November 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
James Bond supervillains threaten to blow up the world with their big laser unless you pay them a trillion dollars.
Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.
Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.
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In the end, when I walked from my X account, the waves of racists and bots that were always invoking the same phrases and talking points made it clear that the thing was just a hall of mirrors, that it had been crudely rigged for political fraud. Never thought Musk would admit it all in a self-own.
November 25, 2025 at 12:50 AM
In the end, when I walked from my X account, the waves of racists and bots that were always invoking the same phrases and talking points made it clear that the thing was just a hall of mirrors, that it had been crudely rigged for political fraud. Never thought Musk would admit it all in a self-own.
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I don't know about anyone else, but in terms of my life, this is some impactful shit right here. Thank you, Joel, Trace, Josh, Kevin, and Jim.
Today in 1988 Mystery Science Theater 3000 premiered on KTMA in St. Paul Minnesota. #MST3K
November 24, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I don't know about anyone else, but in terms of my life, this is some impactful shit right here. Thank you, Joel, Trace, Josh, Kevin, and Jim.
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We’re off until February! But that doesn’t mean we can’t find a reason to talk about the Air Bud franchise and post it on our YouTube channel. Yet again. As long as this story keeps unfolding, it is our duty to keep reporting on it. youtu.be/dm5IwjiGT80
Air Bud Pt. III: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Web Exclusive)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
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November 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
We’re off until February! But that doesn’t mean we can’t find a reason to talk about the Air Bud franchise and post it on our YouTube channel. Yet again. As long as this story keeps unfolding, it is our duty to keep reporting on it. youtu.be/dm5IwjiGT80
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wow would you look at the time, it’s already Hal Steinbrenner Shut the Fuck Up O’Clock again
Failson Billionaire: You think I make a lot of money? Well have you considered I also have to spend some of it
November 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
wow would you look at the time, it’s already Hal Steinbrenner Shut the Fuck Up O’Clock again
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So Trump's whole "punishable by death" comment is really just gonna wash away in the span of a 24 hour news cycle, huh?
We really are broken as a society.
We really are broken as a society.
November 21, 2025 at 5:05 PM
So Trump's whole "punishable by death" comment is really just gonna wash away in the span of a 24 hour news cycle, huh?
We really are broken as a society.
We really are broken as a society.
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This is fucking brilliant. Worth a listen to the audio-
I’ve been in a room with Putin. He calls Ukrainians “Russians with accents.” His real fear isn’t NATO expansion, it’s democracy expansion. It shatters his entire argument for dictatorship at home. Because if Ukrainians embrace freedom, Russians may demand the same.
November 22, 2025 at 1:11 AM
This is fucking brilliant. Worth a listen to the audio-
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I feel like a lot of us in the comedy world failed the world at large when we stayed silent despite knowing all about Cosby and Louis so let me say right now that Steve Martin has eaten one banjo a year for the last 25 years
November 22, 2025 at 5:00 AM
I feel like a lot of us in the comedy world failed the world at large when we stayed silent despite knowing all about Cosby and Louis so let me say right now that Steve Martin has eaten one banjo a year for the last 25 years
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Not to kick on Larry Summers when he's down, but once, on an academic panel, I ventured that any economic model that could not provide half the young black men in a major city with legal employ wasn't working well. He replied by lecturing us all on the dangers of communism.
First-rate mind there.
First-rate mind there.
November 20, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Not to kick on Larry Summers when he's down, but once, on an academic panel, I ventured that any economic model that could not provide half the young black men in a major city with legal employ wasn't working well. He replied by lecturing us all on the dangers of communism.
First-rate mind there.
First-rate mind there.
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And just like that… we’ve moved on from him threatening Democratic congresspeople with sedition and death.
November 22, 2025 at 1:18 AM
And just like that… we’ve moved on from him threatening Democratic congresspeople with sedition and death.
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One of the best-known proponents of string theory, Brian Greene, explains why it remains the most comprehensive theory for understanding the fundamental laws of nature. But can it even be tested? It’s Skeptic Check: String Theory on @bipisci.bsky.social. 🧪
Listen here: buff.ly/SOmv0qH
#podcast
Listen here: buff.ly/SOmv0qH
#podcast
November 22, 2025 at 12:01 AM
One of the best-known proponents of string theory, Brian Greene, explains why it remains the most comprehensive theory for understanding the fundamental laws of nature. But can it even be tested? It’s Skeptic Check: String Theory on @bipisci.bsky.social. 🧪
Listen here: buff.ly/SOmv0qH
#podcast
Listen here: buff.ly/SOmv0qH
#podcast