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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Patti Smith Dream of Life is on Tubi if you’re tired of Olympics
February 8, 2026 at 3:17 AM
Patti Smith Dream of Life is on Tubi if you’re tired of Olympics
Had no business working as well as it did.
I need everyone to watch Wonder Man, legit one of the most beautiful stories of friendship I've seen in a long time.
February 8, 2026 at 6:08 AM
Had no business working as well as it did.
Terrific piece
The first season of The Pitt was about acute problems. The second is about chronic ones. n.pr/4a4kToa
This season, 'The Pitt' is about what doesn't happen in one day
The first season of The Pitt was about acute problems. The second is about chronic ones.
n.pr
February 8, 2026 at 5:59 AM
Terrific piece
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Gotta hand it to the new Game of Thrones series, it’s not a franchise I usually associate with words like “sweet” and “genuinely comedy funny” and “not endlessly rapey”
February 8, 2026 at 4:46 AM
Gotta hand it to the new Game of Thrones series, it’s not a franchise I usually associate with words like “sweet” and “genuinely comedy funny” and “not endlessly rapey”
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Actually said to myself how much this photo of Maddie looked like a painting yesterday and lo
The Reluctant Bride, by Auguste Toulmouche, 1866
February 7, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Actually said to myself how much this photo of Maddie looked like a painting yesterday and lo
Kinda rad if INDUSTRY wrapped up as a series with EVERYONE dead or totally broken from doing that do a living. Not just some unlucky folks — everyone.
February 8, 2026 at 4:12 AM
Kinda rad if INDUSTRY wrapped up as a series with EVERYONE dead or totally broken from doing that do a living. Not just some unlucky folks — everyone.
I have a pretty serious (by normie standards) collection of mass market sci-fi and crime paperbacks. Forever the best format.
A eulogy for the mass market paperback, "one of the most brilliant technologies in the history of the world."
So Long to Cheap Books You Could Fit in Your Pocket
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:09 AM
I have a pretty serious (by normie standards) collection of mass market sci-fi and crime paperbacks. Forever the best format.
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This one was just added a couple weeks ago. archive.org/details/ajc0...
February 8, 2026 at 1:12 AM
This one was just added a couple weeks ago. archive.org/details/ajc0...
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Looking for evidence of Trump's guilt in the Epstein files is NOT like looking for a needle in a haystack.
It's like looking for a needle in a barrel of needles.
It's like looking for a needle in a barrel of needles.
February 7, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Looking for evidence of Trump's guilt in the Epstein files is NOT like looking for a needle in a haystack.
It's like looking for a needle in a barrel of needles.
It's like looking for a needle in a barrel of needles.
When Parking Costs Twice the Show’s Cover: hitting Red River in 2026.
February 8, 2026 at 1:59 AM
When Parking Costs Twice the Show’s Cover: hitting Red River in 2026.
…huh
Washington Post C.E.O. Will Lewis Steps Down After Stormy Tenure www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/t...
Washington Post C.E.O. Will Lewis Steps Down After Stormy Tenure
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 11:18 PM
…huh
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I watched 12 ANGRY MEN (1957) for the first time this past week and I've determined we lost our way when men in movies stopped being drenched in sweat.
February 7, 2026 at 4:20 PM
I watched 12 ANGRY MEN (1957) for the first time this past week and I've determined we lost our way when men in movies stopped being drenched in sweat.
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"it looks like some art's about to happen"
-nbc olympics announcer
-nbc olympics announcer
February 7, 2026 at 3:29 PM
"it looks like some art's about to happen"
-nbc olympics announcer
-nbc olympics announcer
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Sonic Youth - live at Lupo's - November 23, 2002 - Providence, RI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pss9toupULg
February 7, 2026 at 5:25 AM
Sonic Youth - live at Lupo's - November 23, 2002 - Providence, RI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pss9toupULg
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GM: Charisma check.
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
February 7, 2026 at 5:01 AM
GM: Charisma check.
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
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Just because good news is worth celebrating:
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
February 7, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Just because good news is worth celebrating:
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
Extremely into this
So are the venues that still set film titles in roman and quotes going to have to refer to it as “‘Wuthering Heights’”?
’Cause that’ll be fun.
’Cause that’ll be fun.
In a move destined to infuriate copy editors (among other accomplishments), Warner Bros. is insisting that critics use quotations marks when citing the title of Emerald Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights.” This is not a joke.
February 7, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Extremely into this
You could run and win on this platform.
production of The Muppet Show should not be dependent on petty vulgarities like “ratings” or “revenue.” it should be preserved as a vital function of american culture. it should have a taxpayer-funded budget rivaling the CIA
February 7, 2026 at 2:46 AM
You could run and win on this platform.
Dear Zoom ad, if someone uses Zoom in a coffee shop, everyone else in that shop can weigh in on the meeting. I don’t make the rules.
February 7, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Dear Zoom ad, if someone uses Zoom in a coffee shop, everyone else in that shop can weigh in on the meeting. I don’t make the rules.
It’s true
February 7, 2026 at 12:32 AM
It’s true
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86 him everywhere. Make him a bariah.
This rules. Kick Bovino out of every fucking bar in the country.
Border Patrol boss Gregory Bovino tossed from Las Vegas bar
Former U.S. Border Patrol Commander-at-Large Gregory Bovino was reportedly asked to leave a Las Vegas bar out of safety concerns for the venue’s customers.
lasvegassun.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:29 PM
86 him everywhere. Make him a bariah.
LAW AND ORDER spans pre-anti-retrovirals and ends about five years before same-sex marriage. They were so weird about gay people.
February 6, 2026 at 10:06 PM
LAW AND ORDER spans pre-anti-retrovirals and ends about five years before same-sex marriage. They were so weird about gay people.
Make this peak male performance again. #looksmaxing
February 6, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Make this peak male performance again. #looksmaxing