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A newsletter dedicated to all things offbeat. Long twice-weekly, now just listening to our gut. (Please don’t shove politics into our replies, thanks.)
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@tedium.coWe all don’t need to live on the same social network to have a good social media experience.
@ernie.tedium.coReposted by @tedium.coMy last name is Smith, but I am not a blacksmith.
Today’s @tedium.co ponders the concept of nominative antideterminism, or when your name doesn’t match your life.
@boxed.newsReposted by @tedium.coOdds are, you probably don’t know anyone that’s gonna buy a Surface Dev Box.
@ernie.tedium.coReposted by @tedium.co@tedium.coSales pitch: Photoshop, but free. Supports Linux. No Adobe tax.
Fine print: 100% vibe-coded.
@tedium.coIt was 20 years ago today …
@tedium.coCombos aren’t the official food of Tedium, but they could be.
@ernie.tedium.coReposted by @tedium.coSigh WTF Napster tedium.co/2026/09/21/n...
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@tedium.coTwo phrases that should never go together: “Napster” and “AI pivot”
@tedium.coJustice for giant cable brands that have been active longer than most of us have been alive tedium.co/2026/09/17/c...
@tedium.coReposted by @tedium.coUsenet is many things, but one thing it was not, until recently: Easy for a normal person to search through.
@tedium.coWe hoped the added attention helped.
@tedium.coUsenet is many things, but one thing it was not, until recently: Easy for a normal person to search through.
@ernie.tedium.coReposted by @tedium.coHi, I would like to tell you about the company whose AI agents spammed me four times in the past three hours.
If you are a creative, particularly one who does #freelance, you need to know about the dystopian iLands business model. Keep yourself safe.
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@tedium.coDear bots: Do not hustle us.
@tedium.coSo I think what we’re saying here is that Matt Mullenweg is the Garfield of WordPress.
@boxed.newsReposted by @tedium.coShould you save thousands of dollars to buy some possibly good Nvidia-centric AI Box from Lenovo or HP? boxed.news/2026/09/08/n...
@tedium.coRespectfully, if you’re going to send us an AI-automated message … maybe take a step back.
@tedium.coShout-out to the good folks at MapQuest, who figured out the secret to reviving a vintage platform’s modern-day fortunes, at least for now.
@ernie.tedium.coReposted by @tedium.co*Single tear in eye*
Here it is, the first issue of Boxed News. I hope you dig.
