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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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.
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
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.
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.
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‘“Never Again” cannot mean “never again for Jews only.”’
Steadfast Resistance under Occupation from Minneapolis to Palestine
Steadfast Resistance under Occupation from Minneapolis to Palestine
The people of Minneapolis and Palestine have both responded to occupation and state terror with extraordinary courage and love
dlvr.it
February 9, 2026 at 5:41 AM
‘“Never Again” cannot mean “never again for Jews only.”’
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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
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%”
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
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.
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“Salo” but I ain’t putting a screen shot here.
Name an anti fascist film
February 9, 2026 at 4:45 AM
“Salo” but I ain’t putting a screen shot here.
Come on, trade (trade)
Let the market go with the flow (go with the flow)
You know you should short it
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
Come on, trade (trade)
Let the market go with the flow (go with the flow)
You know you should short it
Let the market go with the flow (go with the flow)
You know you should short it
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
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.
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couldn't sleep so i made him sit down
February 8, 2026 at 9:26 AM
couldn't sleep so i made him sit down
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
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
Hooleeeee crap
This is karmic justice for America continuing to give Tom Brady any sort of platform.
February 9, 2026 at 4:15 AM
This is karmic justice for America continuing to give Tom Brady any sort of platform.
Well-done thread.
Disturbingly detailed analysis of my first rewatch incoming
February 9, 2026 at 4:11 AM
Well-done thread.
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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
If you thought Vance got a cold reception at the Olympics, wait until they introduce Kristi Noem at the Puppy Bowl.
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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
i love that for the average american, activism is just watching TV the correct way
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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
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.
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
Disney needs to hit up Ana Marie for that clutch Andor commentary podcast
That was genuinely disrespectful, Seattle. Mazel tov.
February 9, 2026 at 3:02 AM
That was genuinely disrespectful, Seattle. Mazel tov.
“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
“You can never trust the Brits.” — Bert Cooper
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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:
Bad Bunny:
February 9, 2026 at 1:45 AM
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:
Bad Bunny:
Cris Collingsworth, the person who colored and styled your hair does not like you
February 9, 2026 at 2:55 AM
Cris Collingsworth, the person who colored and styled your hair does not like you
Heeeeeee
February 9, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Heeeeeee
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I'm hardly the first person to note this, but it's enormously instructive that our President and his followers saw the message "THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE" and understood it, correctly, as an attack on them
February 9, 2026 at 2:11 AM
I'm hardly the first person to note this, but it's enormously instructive that our President and his followers saw the message "THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE" and understood it, correctly, as an attack on them
I now appreciate the emotional and animational realness of a good ol fashioned Red Bull ad.
February 9, 2026 at 2:39 AM
I now appreciate the emotional and animational realness of a good ol fashioned Red Bull ad.
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“Mr. Beast Salesforce ad” - they’re calling it the least appealing phrase ever assembled in any language. They finally did it
February 9, 2026 at 2:32 AM
“Mr. Beast Salesforce ad” - they’re calling it the least appealing phrase ever assembled in any language. They finally did it
These ads are doing nothing to dissuade from the impression much of America has that AI is the Anti-Life Equation.
a cartoon character with red eyes and a blue hood
ALT: a cartoon character with red eyes and a blue hood
media.tenor.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:31 AM
These ads are doing nothing to dissuade from the impression much of America has that AI is the Anti-Life Equation.