The Joe Gross
@joegross.bsky.social
Writer/journalist/editor/filmmaker. @NYTimes, @Rollingstone, @texasmonthly, @texashighways etc. Everything interests me. Venmo @Joe-Gross-65. Big tsundoku.
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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
I once had a long and interesting conversation with a comic book retailer many years ago and we agreed that the first comic somebody over, say, 13 years old in the 21st century reads had better be TERRIFIC or NEVER coming back.
Yup. This is also why I get annoyed when people start suggesting "golden age" science fiction titles to people who are new the genre and are asking for suggestions. You want to turn a modern 15-year-old off science fiction forever, recommend stories that were old when her grandparents were her age.
When people ask how to get into GA SF I always say that the right way is via some of those fat "Best Of" short fiction collections
February 6, 2026 at 5:44 PM
I once had a long and interesting conversation with a comic book retailer many years ago and we agreed that the first comic somebody over, say, 13 years old in the 21st century reads had better be TERRIFIC or NEVER coming back.
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BIG|BRAVE Live at Colorificio Kroen, 2025-11-14 https://archive.org/details/bigbrave2025-11-14
BIG|BRAVE Live at Colorificio Kroen, 2025-11-14 : Big Brave : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Big Brave2025-11-14Colorificio KroenVerona, ItalyTaper: AlisonLocation: centre, by the stageSource: DIY mics (POM 2739L) > battery box > Roland R-09 >...
archive.org
February 7, 2026 at 12:42 AM
BIG|BRAVE Live at Colorificio Kroen, 2025-11-14 https://archive.org/details/bigbrave2025-11-14
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I can’t explain it, but they made it art
February 6, 2026 at 4:33 PM
I can’t explain it, but they made it art
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PLEASE: it is Black History Month.
We do not have to keep posting and reposting that disgusting image.
We do not have to keep posting and reposting that disgusting image.
February 6, 2026 at 3:18 PM
PLEASE: it is Black History Month.
We do not have to keep posting and reposting that disgusting image.
We do not have to keep posting and reposting that disgusting image.
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I am so so so so so so so so so sad about the death of the mass-market paperback. I pray for a resurrection
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 6, 2026 at 3:25 PM
I am so so so so so so so so so sad about the death of the mass-market paperback. I pray for a resurrection
Three of the best Marvel movies CONTINUE TO BE the three BLADE movies yes all three.
February 5, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Three of the best Marvel movies CONTINUE TO BE the three BLADE movies yes all three.
HER “theory of property?!”
Boy, they got rid of all of humans there FAST.
Boy, they got rid of all of humans there FAST.
It’s time to put Billie Eilish’s theory of property out to pasture, Richard Epstein and Max Raskin write.
"Americans are not thieves who built on stolen land." https://wapo.st/4rDYzrn
"Americans are not thieves who built on stolen land." https://wapo.st/4rDYzrn
February 5, 2026 at 8:57 PM
HER “theory of property?!”
Boy, they got rid of all of humans there FAST.
Boy, they got rid of all of humans there FAST.
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the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex
February 5, 2026 at 5:05 PM
the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex
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Regular reminder that there are hundreds of extremely experienced journalist freelancers out there working their ass off that never get a staff job because all the jobs go to the same 100 people who get laid off and then move on to the next paper/site.
Why not try someone new?
Why not try someone new?
February 5, 2026 at 6:27 AM
Regular reminder that there are hundreds of extremely experienced journalist freelancers out there working their ass off that never get a staff job because all the jobs go to the same 100 people who get laid off and then move on to the next paper/site.
Why not try someone new?
Why not try someone new?
February 5, 2026 at 6:44 AM
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The only issue with the show is that it's never going to get enough episodes to get good. The characters are very weak, which is something you have time to iron out with 25 episodes a season filming every year. The writers and actors aren't gonna have time to get better.
Starfleet Academy so far doing 90% of the good Star Trek things. Why did people dislike it? That is strange. It’s class Star Trek in every way. But I just started it. I have to watch the whole thing fast because I will have no streaming.
February 5, 2026 at 4:06 AM
The only issue with the show is that it's never going to get enough episodes to get good. The characters are very weak, which is something you have time to iron out with 25 episodes a season filming every year. The writers and actors aren't gonna have time to get better.
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At this point, I think the entire publishing industry needs to have a serious conversation about the degree to which the last 15 years have increasingly seen book promo become an online venture, and what that means now that entire social media and digital platforms are getting torched overnight. 🧵
The WaPo cuts are devastating. And to cut the Books section entirely makes the already bleak critical landscape even more bare. This was all preventable but Bezos, who could find the post I perpetuity without noticing it, is hellbent on destroying the Post. And for what?
February 5, 2026 at 6:02 AM
At this point, I think the entire publishing industry needs to have a serious conversation about the degree to which the last 15 years have increasingly seen book promo become an online venture, and what that means now that entire social media and digital platforms are getting torched overnight. 🧵
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I really would love to see a vibrant return of fun and useful home ec classes for all kids
We need a home ec fervor to rival the last 20 years of yelling about STEM. I will happily spend my later years teaching high school kids how to meal plan, budget, prep, and cook if needed to serve my country.
February 5, 2026 at 6:20 AM
I really would love to see a vibrant return of fun and useful home ec classes for all kids
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Robert Wyatt, drums and vocals
Photograph by Michael Soldan, 1968
Photograph by Michael Soldan, 1968
February 5, 2026 at 5:50 AM
Robert Wyatt, drums and vocals
Photograph by Michael Soldan, 1968
Photograph by Michael Soldan, 1968
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In less than a week the Kennedy Center has effectively closed and our local DC paper has been gutted, both by billionaires.
I don’t think immigrants are our problem in this country.
I don’t think immigrants are our problem in this country.
February 4, 2026 at 5:38 PM
In less than a week the Kennedy Center has effectively closed and our local DC paper has been gutted, both by billionaires.
I don’t think immigrants are our problem in this country.
I don’t think immigrants are our problem in this country.