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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I am watching a series in which the protagonist addresses his daughter as "babygirl" and his son as "little man" and his partner as "partner." The insistence that TV needs to be for people who can't bother to look at the screen is killing writing, show by show, episode by episode, line by line.
February 14, 2026 at 2:24 AM
I am watching a series in which the protagonist addresses his daughter as "babygirl" and his son as "little man" and his partner as "partner." The insistence that TV needs to be for people who can't bother to look at the screen is killing writing, show by show, episode by episode, line by line.
Goodness, this goes hard
February 14, 2026 at 3:23 AM
Goodness, this goes hard
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You may laugh, but the Macbeths are a much better role model for a marriage than Romeo and Juliet. They discuss their problems (killing the king of Scotland), share their hobbies (killing the king of Scotland), and resolve their conflicts (by killing the king of Scotland).
February 13, 2026 at 5:09 PM
You may laugh, but the Macbeths are a much better role model for a marriage than Romeo and Juliet. They discuss their problems (killing the king of Scotland), share their hobbies (killing the king of Scotland), and resolve their conflicts (by killing the king of Scotland).
 Look, we’re not here all day and that guy isn’t going to get more dead
February 14, 2026 at 2:34 AM
 Look, we’re not here all day and that guy isn’t going to get more dead
Second really fun episode in a row for STARFLEET ACADEMY . Paul Giamatti is devouring the scenery, there are weird af storytelling choices, Holly Hunter still abhors sitting in a chair the “right” way, a cool kid died, we got off-brand Reavers and someone pulled a Jean Grey.
February 14, 2026 at 1:31 AM
Second really fun episode in a row for STARFLEET ACADEMY . Paul Giamatti is devouring the scenery, there are weird af storytelling choices, Holly Hunter still abhors sitting in a chair the “right” way, a cool kid died, we got off-brand Reavers and someone pulled a Jean Grey.
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This is a breathtaking article about the complete clown show at DHS being overseen by Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski (gift link)
A Pilot Fired Over Kristi Noem’s Missing Blanket and the Constant Chaos Inside DHS
Secretary faces fire for confrontational immigration crackdown and self-promotional style; White House to wind down Minnesota operations.
www.wsj.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:55 PM
This is a breathtaking article about the complete clown show at DHS being overseen by Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski (gift link)
Hey, Starfleet Academy has its own Reavers. Hell yeah.
February 14, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Hey, Starfleet Academy has its own Reavers. Hell yeah.
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“You’re gonna get in trouble for that.”
“OK.”
Perfect reply. No peace for fascists.
“OK.”
Perfect reply. No peace for fascists.
February 14, 2026 at 12:25 AM
“You’re gonna get in trouble for that.”
“OK.”
Perfect reply. No peace for fascists.
“OK.”
Perfect reply. No peace for fascists.
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I somehow think the loneliness epidemic is gonna skip this king
February 14, 2026 at 12:06 AM
I somehow think the loneliness epidemic is gonna skip this king
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"you're gonna get in trouble for that"
*stone-faced*
"okay"
goddamn son
*stone-faced*
"okay"
goddamn son
February 13, 2026 at 10:55 PM
"you're gonna get in trouble for that"
*stone-faced*
"okay"
goddamn son
*stone-faced*
"okay"
goddamn son
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If you are in a band, this kid is permanent guest list. Are we agreed on this? We'd best be.
February 14, 2026 at 12:04 AM
If you are in a band, this kid is permanent guest list. Are we agreed on this? We'd best be.
This dude gets it
February 14, 2026 at 12:08 AM
This dude gets it
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Chadwick Boseman and James van der Beek both died in their 40s of an illness that's treatable if a colonoscopy catches it but almost no insurer covers them for people under 45, this is what Engels meant by "social murder"
February 12, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Chadwick Boseman and James van der Beek both died in their 40s of an illness that's treatable if a colonoscopy catches it but almost no insurer covers them for people under 45, this is what Engels meant by "social murder"
Yeah, that joke kind of makes its own gravy
February 13, 2026 at 5:53 AM
Yeah, that joke kind of makes its own gravy
I have not been much of a jeopardy viewer in the Ken Jennings era, but this is one of the coolest things I have ever seen in Something like 40 years of watching that show on and off
nobody posted the clip anywhere so i went and dug the whole episode up
February 13, 2026 at 5:52 AM
I have not been much of a jeopardy viewer in the Ken Jennings era, but this is one of the coolest things I have ever seen in Something like 40 years of watching that show on and off
The central creative conceit of the show is that you have absolutely no clue whether anyone is ever interacting with anyone else sincerely or if they’re just running game.
February 13, 2026 at 5:38 AM
The central creative conceit of the show is that you have absolutely no clue whether anyone is ever interacting with anyone else sincerely or if they’re just running game.
Holy shit
I was trying to figure out who Pam Bondi reminded me of during her congressional testimony and then it hit me
February 13, 2026 at 5:29 AM
Holy shit
This goes so hard and I made this mistake of watching it at night and now I am not longer sleepy
Palestinian Uncles doing freestyle poetry battles coming with some of the hardest lines I’ve heard in a long time.
February 13, 2026 at 5:15 AM
This goes so hard and I made this mistake of watching it at night and now I am not longer sleepy
I’m not going to buy this, but the “complete score to co-op” just shifted this into the must buy for a bunch of people I know
Big news for DOCUMENTARY NOW! fans: There's a coffee table book coming out in May, and I wrote the introduction! You can order signed (by me!) copies at the link below. Written by Seth Meyers + cast and crew. It runs 600 pages and includes the complete score to CO-OP. mzs.press/PRE-ORDER-SI...
PRE-ORDER SIGNED Documentary Now!: Fourth Edition (Revised and Expanded) Seth Meyers, Documentary Now!, with Matt Zoller Seitz (Intro)(Hardcover, NEW)
McSweeney's and Broadway Video present the official nearly-600-page comprehensive companion book to IFC's Documentary Now! , including new writing by Seth Meyers , a foreword by Pulitzer Prize-finalis...
mzs.press
February 13, 2026 at 5:11 AM
I’m not going to buy this, but the “complete score to co-op” just shifted this into the must buy for a bunch of people I know
Sorry, that was too much usage. THE PITT is a combination of subtle performances and old school TV bullshit, which makes it so remarkably effective as a contemporary TV show and a nostalgia delivery vehicle.
February 13, 2026 at 5:06 AM
Sorry, that was too much usage. THE PITT is a combination of subtle performances and old school TV bullshit, which makes it so remarkably effective as a contemporary TV show and a nostalgia delivery vehicle.
This goes insanely hard
February 13, 2026 at 5:04 AM
This goes insanely hard
Sadly, the score fucking BANGS.
February 13, 2026 at 4:39 AM
Sadly, the score fucking BANGS.