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The Joe Gross
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Writer/journalist/editor/filmmaker. @NYTimes, @Rollingstone, @texasmonthly, @texashighways etc. Everything interests me. Venmo @Joe-Gross-65. Big tsundoku.
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Gabe Soria here, writer of the creator-owned comic MegaGhost (Dark Horse, Jimmy Olsen’s SuperCyclopedia (DC), and Bright Family (Epic) among MANY other things. Also wrote a few Batman ‘66 tales for DC, including one where I got to feature Eartha Kitt’s Catwoman in a Mad Men tribute/parody.
February 10, 2026 at 2:44 AM
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I really want people to think about this. After all the insane lawsuits, all the threats, all the bullshit weve seen from this admin and the targets who kneeled in fear, an average Joe called the president a Pedophile protector to his face and didn't get touched. That's the Power of a union.
February 9, 2026 at 7:18 PM
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2/9 PM UPDATE: Joining the list of AJC layoffs are:

· Alia Pharr, a metro Atlanta local government reporter
· Maya T. Prabhu, a statehouse reporter whose last day will be the end of the ongoing state legislative session

Again: every single person laid off has been a woman and/or a person of color
BREAKING: @ajc.com on Tuesday evening said it will lay off approximately 50 staffers, about 15% of its headcount, as it seeks to cut costs and marshal resources to invest in its growth.

The AJC published its last print edition on 12/31. About half of those laid off will come from the newsroom.
The AJC to cut staff as it continues digital transformation
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution said Tuesday it will lay off staffers in the newsroom and other segments of the business.
www.ajc.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:25 AM
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There is an America to fight for
Jack Duffy attaches a respirator to his bagpipes to play through tear gas. “I always play it whenever the police retreat because it's like, ‘You fucking ran while we stayed,’” he says.

The full story: lataco.com/protest-bagp...

By Julianne Le
February 10, 2026 at 1:37 AM
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To be very clear, that lady in the NYT article is not making any money with her hundreds of AI slop books.

She makes money by *convincing people* she makes money that way and getting them to pay her to teach them how to do it.

It's an evolved MLM, and the NYT is helping market it.
February 8, 2026 at 8:03 PM
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‘“Never Again” cannot mean “never again for Jews only.”’
February 9, 2026 at 5:41 AM
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Every Super Bowl ad was just “HEY REMEMBER THIS SHIT? HUH? YOU REMEMBER THE POP CULTURE YOU CONSUMED THAT ONE TIME IN YOUR LIFE WHEN NOT ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING FUCKING SUCKED. REMEMBER THAT?? brought to you by a company causing your electric bill to increase 287%”
February 9, 2026 at 4:26 AM
Starfleet Academy is ok but the newest episode is an inspired mash note to DS9 AND a great little riff on how an autistic kid would deal with a spiritual matter. Also Tig is hilarious and Holly Hunter reminds you of every flaky, pretentious high school administrator you ever met.
February 9, 2026 at 5:15 AM
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February 9, 2026 at 2:34 AM
“Salo” but I ain’t putting a screen shot here.
Name an anti fascist film
February 9, 2026 at 4:45 AM
Come on, trade (trade)
Let the market go with the flow (go with the flow)
You know you should short it
Who can forget that Super Bowl half-time show when Madonna just recited quarterly stock market gains.
Trump crashes out over Bad Bunny’s halftime show
February 9, 2026 at 4:44 AM
Guys, you can’t complain that it was in a different language AND you were offended by what you vaguely inferred. You gotta pick one.
February 9, 2026 at 4:30 AM
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couldn't sleep so i made him sit down
February 8, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Hooleeeee crap
Incredible detail I just noticed

Benito takes a drink from this woman as he sings "un shot de cañita en casa de Toñita"

She is Maria Antonia Cay (aka Toñita), owner of the famous Caribbean Social Club in Brooklyn

A beloved place for the Latino community in NYC
February 9, 2026 at 4:16 AM
This is karmic justice for America continuing to give Tom Brady any sort of platform.
February 9, 2026 at 4:15 AM
Well-done thread.
Disturbingly detailed analysis of my first rewatch incoming
February 9, 2026 at 4:11 AM
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If you thought Vance got a cold reception at the Olympics, wait until they introduce Kristi Noem at the Puppy Bowl.
February 8, 2026 at 9:17 PM
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i love that for the average american, activism is just watching TV the correct way
February 9, 2026 at 12:52 AM
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Donald Trump has turned America into a violent fascist kleptocracy. But the NFL just forced some culturally unfamiliar music upon me. I have never felt more politically homeless.
February 9, 2026 at 2:38 AM
Disney needs to hit up Ana Marie for that clutch Andor commentary podcast
Super Bowl ads dominated by AI and GLP-1s suggest our corporate overlords think we are living in the WALL-E future, but actually we are living in the Andor past.
February 9, 2026 at 3:16 AM
That was genuinely disrespectful, Seattle. Mazel tov.
February 9, 2026 at 3:02 AM
“You can never trust the Brits.” — Bert Cooper
I still cannot get over this detail reported by the Financial Times: www.ft.com/content/5fa6...
February 9, 2026 at 3:00 AM
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Kid Rock: "god bless the stars and stripes, I love my truck almost as much as Donny's dumptruck" or some shit idk

Bad Bunny:
February 9, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Cris Collingsworth, the person who colored and styled your hair does not like you
February 9, 2026 at 2:55 AM
Heeeeeee
the bushes were people 😂
February 9, 2026 at 2:42 AM