Ernie Smith

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Editor of Tedium (https://tedium.co), freelance writer, pop-up search engine maven (https://udm14.com), person who doesn’t look or sound like Lou Reed.

See my writing: https://erniesmith.net/

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Intrigued by the fact that the company that makes my powdered beverages of choice also makes bread crumbs and Parmesan cheese. Easily the most unusual product lineup I’ve seen since BIC. www.4c.com

Home - 4C Foods Simply the finestwww.4c.com 4C Foods is a premier food manufacturer. 4C produces grated Italian cheeses, bread crumbs, iced tea and drink mixes of highest quality.

This ⬇️

The is a perennial problem with the internet. People afraid to post their opinion (they agree with the times trying to force Biden out) so they couch it in “can some one explain like I’m 2 years old” They always react with anger that you point out they’re dumb or lying.

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When you're producing a product and people misuse it, if you don't take steps to correct that misuse then you're co-signing on it. You can't "not my problem" out of that situation. If you're aware of it, and you don't care, the distinction between endorsement and apathy is meaningless.

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Hey, everyone who keeps downplaying the role of media framing, you know we can *literally* measure this happening, right? Your denialism doesn't make it go away, and you aren't smart enough to somehow evade it.

"Results indicated both news formats (narrative vs. informational) and frames (environmental vs. economic) had significant immediate effects on issue attitudes and other responses; narrative environmental news had a significantly greater impact than informational environmental news." #CommSky

Stories that Count: Influence of News Narratives on Issue Attitudes - Fuyuan Shen, Lee Ahern, Michelle Baker, 2014doi.org This paper examines the impact of using narratives to frame a political issue on individuals’ attitudes. In an experiment, we asked participants to read either ...

I hate Threads, I don’t want to post there. People are putting on BS engagement acts there for weak engagement and acting butthurt the second they get called on it

My Gmail app for Android is crashing every time I try to click on an email from the New York Times, nobody else. (I wonder if it’s trying to tell me something?)

The Intercept-to-Substack pipeline continues www.dropsitenews.com/p/this-is-an...

This is an email I never thought I'd be sendingwww.dropsitenews.com Some personal and professional news

Honestly, more of this. This is the future of smartphones—quality, functional commodity products that anyone can afford. www.theverge.com/2024/7/8/241...

Nothing’s CMF Phone 1 is proof that gadgets can still be funwww.theverge.com Phones are weird again and we are here for it.

IMHO: Own your list. Social networks leverage temporary engagement for short-term growth, then rugpull in favor of paid distribution. It gradually forces creatives to work harder for less. It’s less likely to happen with email or RSS. So own your blog, and own your email list.

Hey, so. I understand that this is anecdotal and not research, but. It is WILD how useless social media has become for promo. It's a fucking disgrace, really.

Pretty sure the White Sox mascot from 1979-1981 was a smashed disco record

Bring back Dandy, the Yankees mascot from 1979-1981 (But also that big ass Marlboro cigarette ad in right center at the old Stadium)

This remains the best troll in the history of popular music. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nc0M...

Pixies - Velouria (Official Video)www.youtube.com 'Velouria' was released in 1990, and is taken from the 'Bossanova' album. Directed by Peter FowlerFilmed by SNUB TV: Brenda Kelly and Peter Fowler, 1989.Pre-...

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Just replace the smile with the nutritional facts.

Know your role McDonald’s

depression meal

Finally something more lame than Nickelback

Am I cooler than the least cool thing imaginable? Yeah, probably.

From the Goodwill Games to the Good Pill Games

No. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Peter Thiel’s Pro-Doping Olympics Alternative Seeks to Raise $300 Millionwww.bloomberg.com The Enhanced Games, a planned Olympics-style event that welcomes doping and is backed by billionaire Peter Thiel, is in talks to raise around $300 million.

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Well this is grim

Way more than you wanted to know about the “pregap”—the period just before the first track on most audio CDs—and how audio engineers figured out you could hide a song there. tedium.co/2024/07/06/c... new @tedium.co

Compact Discs With Hidden Pregap Tracks: How Did They Do It?tedium.co Pondering the compatibility issues and complications of a clever element of the audio CD hidden track boom: The before-album pregap.

It’s like these people don’t understand that most people would struggle with speaking in front of a crowd, no matter the age

Now everyone--The Times and, sorry to say, MSNBC--is noting every missed syllable. The man has a stutter. I don't stutter but I am a mushmouth who speaks too fast and slurs words. I've had to overcome fear of public speaking. I have empathy for Biden. The press has empathy for no one (but Trump).

A new Android keyboard—and the organization building it—are sparking an important debate on #FOSS, source code, and what it means to be an ethical company. Can you be “source first” and still have the community’s best intentions at heart? tedium.co/2024/07/05/f... new @tedium.co

FUTO Keyboard: The Discussion Behind A Cool Producttedium.co Thoughts on a new phone keyboard from an organization that is making a convincing case we need to rethink our discussion around FOSS and self-hosting.

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An incredible image of someone who is simultaneously 12 and 95 years old

Me too, guy who dresses up like an old man from the 1890s and reviews fast food. Me too

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Put this on the front page for a month. It’s that serious and that dangerous.

A second American Revolution, this one aimed at unwinding democracy in favor of a monarchy. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Analysis | The target of the right’s ‘revolution’ is pluralistic democracy itselfwww.washingtonpost.com The president of the Heritage Foundation said, “We are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be.”

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My latest newsletter is about how precarious content on the internet truly is. www.readtpa.com/p/i-want-my-...

I Want My MTV (News Archives)www.readtpa.com After Paramount pulled the MTV News website, the Internet Archive came through in a big way — but shouldn't have to.

Me too, guy who dresses up like an old man from the 1890s and reviews fast food. Me too

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I need to write the whole piece about this, but the thing to understand is that the NYT is now just Facebook. The platform dictates narrative to normies, is totally gamed by the right, and is still so ubiquitous as to be unavoidable even by those who see how broken it is. It's just Facebook.

Weird comment. I wonder what made it iconic

Watching the NBC Fourth of July event, which has a performer named Amber Mark ... And a performer named Mark Ambor. Not confusing at all!

Finished both acts of Animal Well and lived to tell about it. What an amazing game that was.

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An under-noticed aspect of Project 2025: criminalizing porn. www.tiktok.com/t/ZPREC29gH/

TikTok - Make Your Daywww.tiktok.com

As a former DC resident, Y I K E S

The DC Water and Sewer Authority has just issued a Boil Water Advisory for all customers in DC www.dcwater.com/about-dc-wat...

As a nerd, I find the idea of the Linux kernel spitting out a giant QR code every time it crashes awesome. It’s apparently on the table! tedium.co/2024/07/03/l... new @tedium.co

Linux Kernel Panic QR Codes: Nerdy Or Awesome?tedium.co An upcoming iteration of the Linux kernel could take a user-friendly direction: A Linux version of the Blue Screen of Death, complete with QR code.