Jason Ross
@jasonjross.bsky.social
TV writer & novelist (The Daily Show, Tonight Show, President Show, The Amazing Beef Squad: Never Say Die!)
So… he blew Bubba.
November 22, 2025 at 2:39 AM
So… he blew Bubba.
New demographic just dropped: gamblers who went to school on Zoom.
November 14, 2025 at 3:20 AM
New demographic just dropped: gamblers who went to school on Zoom.
This headline would have been torn off the flat at my college paper.
November 12, 2025 at 8:45 PM
This headline would have been torn off the flat at my college paper.
"Blowback" is always a weakass word choice. Here, it's especially bad. To the extent it means anything, it's attached to some incitement: "Blowback for ___."
What's the incitement here? Cracking jokes about the President? We have better words for that kind of blowback.
What's the incitement here? Cracking jokes about the President? We have better words for that kind of blowback.
September 19, 2025 at 4:21 PM
"Blowback" is always a weakass word choice. Here, it's especially bad. To the extent it means anything, it's attached to some incitement: "Blowback for ___."
What's the incitement here? Cracking jokes about the President? We have better words for that kind of blowback.
What's the incitement here? Cracking jokes about the President? We have better words for that kind of blowback.
My attorney: "Well-wishes are truly appreciated. However, Mr. Ross asks that we respect his and his family's privacy as they absorb this news and decide how to proceed in a way worthy of their good fortune."
September 11, 2025 at 5:49 PM
My attorney: "Well-wishes are truly appreciated. However, Mr. Ross asks that we respect his and his family's privacy as they absorb this news and decide how to proceed in a way worthy of their good fortune."
Elevating the question of motive is an obscene moral failing. Is there any chance his motive will be persuasive or comprehensible? Is anyone in 2025 curious about it in a non-lurid way?
August 28, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Elevating the question of motive is an obscene moral failing. Is there any chance his motive will be persuasive or comprehensible? Is anyone in 2025 curious about it in a non-lurid way?
Here's a great example of how big-media "centrism" is a synthetic voice representing zero actual people. The sources in this story are either appalled by this raid or thrilled by it. No one is "uneasy."
August 22, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Here's a great example of how big-media "centrism" is a synthetic voice representing zero actual people. The sources in this story are either appalled by this raid or thrilled by it. No one is "uneasy."
This is my sandwich. There are many like it, but this one is mine.
August 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
This is my sandwich. There are many like it, but this one is mine.
@tcboyle.com I restacked the library into a loose alphabetical+strict pyramidal system. I think you come out looking very strong.
August 12, 2025 at 11:38 PM
@tcboyle.com I restacked the library into a loose alphabetical+strict pyramidal system. I think you come out looking very strong.
Me (smiling confidently) next time I fail to purchase all three items on the grocery list: "I process words as sequences of tokens."
Chat GPT's explanation of why it gets the 'blueberry' thing wrong:
Chat GPT's explanation of why it gets the 'blueberry' thing wrong:
August 8, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Me (smiling confidently) next time I fail to purchase all three items on the grocery list: "I process words as sequences of tokens."
Chat GPT's explanation of why it gets the 'blueberry' thing wrong:
Chat GPT's explanation of why it gets the 'blueberry' thing wrong:
As an adverb, 'even' is supposed to connote something unexpected.
August 7, 2025 at 6:04 PM
As an adverb, 'even' is supposed to connote something unexpected.
Has a party ever psycho-ex-girlfriended their way back to power?
July 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Has a party ever psycho-ex-girlfriended their way back to power?
Death in Venice, written by Thomas Mann. Illustrated by Donald Trump.
July 14, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Death in Venice, written by Thomas Mann. Illustrated by Donald Trump.
Imagine thinking that Junot Diaz doesn't know this.
July 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Imagine thinking that Junot Diaz doesn't know this.
It’s wild how fluid gender suddenly becomes in times like this.
June 6, 2025 at 6:04 PM
It’s wild how fluid gender suddenly becomes in times like this.
Getting closer. Wait—no, you're not.
June 3, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Getting closer. Wait—no, you're not.
Good luck reaching young men, @nytimes.com
May 28, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Good luck reaching young men, @nytimes.com
OK, but this is just good advice.
May 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
OK, but this is just good advice.
The new rift isn’t between liberals and conservatives. It’s between people with some self-awareness and people with none.
April 19, 2025 at 3:21 AM
The new rift isn’t between liberals and conservatives. It’s between people with some self-awareness and people with none.
This was the most obvious development in the world to anyone who endured a toxic family member. Before, I would have told you it had zero benefits. Now, it's a necessary professional skill.
April 16, 2025 at 6:19 PM
This was the most obvious development in the world to anyone who endured a toxic family member. Before, I would have told you it had zero benefits. Now, it's a necessary professional skill.
Before he books the next guest, I hope Lorne watches the movie where he gives an impassioned speech about how the show is a love letter to New York City.
April 2, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Before he books the next guest, I hope Lorne watches the movie where he gives an impassioned speech about how the show is a love letter to New York City.
The levels at which this headline fails to grab me (three?) are so impressive it actually grabs me.
March 26, 2025 at 10:04 PM
The levels at which this headline fails to grab me (three?) are so impressive it actually grabs me.
You will be visited by three ghosts.
December 25, 2024 at 6:30 PM
You will be visited by three ghosts.
They can't do this fast enough for me.
December 11, 2024 at 1:11 AM
They can't do this fast enough for me.
