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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I cannot relate to any of you pie-hating weirdos.
November 25, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I cannot relate to any of you pie-hating weirdos.
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Happy to report that, at least in this present moment, AI will not be taking my job.
November 25, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Happy to report that, at least in this present moment, AI will not be taking my job.
She’s never been more relatable.
November 25, 2025 at 12:46 AM
She’s never been more relatable.
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Surely Eagles fans and the media will handle them blowing a 21-point lead against the Cowboys well
November 24, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Surely Eagles fans and the media will handle them blowing a 21-point lead against the Cowboys well
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"if you had to fix her transition, how would you start?"
"Over!!"
"BOHOHOHOHOHO!!!"
"Over!!"
"BOHOHOHOHOHO!!!"
statler and waldorf critiquing my gender performance
October 19, 2025 at 2:59 AM
"if you had to fix her transition, how would you start?"
"Over!!"
"BOHOHOHOHOHO!!!"
"Over!!"
"BOHOHOHOHOHO!!!"
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Boy howdy, AFTER THE HUNT didn't work at ALL.
November 23, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Boy howdy, AFTER THE HUNT didn't work at ALL.
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Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
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There is a post circulating on Bluesky encouraging the moving of a frozen turkey straight into a pot of hot oil. We are combating this misinformation the best way we know how - through the power of dance music.
November 23, 2025 at 1:31 PM
There is a post circulating on Bluesky encouraging the moving of a frozen turkey straight into a pot of hot oil. We are combating this misinformation the best way we know how - through the power of dance music.
Boy howdy, AFTER THE HUNT didn't work at ALL.
November 23, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Boy howdy, AFTER THE HUNT didn't work at ALL.
I expect 2,000 words, @usefulnoise.bsky.social
RIP, Jellybean Johnson. He held it down for the greatest band of all-Time. youtu.be/IE0lAfjoT9o?...
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November 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I expect 2,000 words, @usefulnoise.bsky.social
Darius is That Dude.
In this fight we find ourselves in—the struggle for independence in the modern age—, we need to fearlessly push back against all market concentration wherever it arises.
I wrote an essay from the heart and mind about independence and the current state of culture industries.
I wrote an essay from the heart and mind about independence and the current state of culture industries.
November 22, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Darius is That Dude.
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?!?! You people are a menace.
Going to end on one of the most beautiful commercials ever made with the reminder and a call to remember the small things. They make a big difference to others.
Love all, help all.
Go Jackets.
Love all, help all.
Go Jackets.
November 21, 2025 at 5:43 PM
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?!?! You people are a menace.
Yeah, he says that now but, Donald, we both know you are TOTALLY into it.
November 21, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Yeah, he says that now but, Donald, we both know you are TOTALLY into it.
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There's an old saw that goes "everyone is a hero in their own mind," but I don't really think that's true. Everyone is a *victim* in their own minds. The best villains are those who feel utterly justified in their actions because of the poor hand they've been dealt, whether that's real or...
Writing question: I've found creating super villains much less intuitive than heroes, do you have any advice for writers who might have a hard time with this?
November 21, 2025 at 3:24 PM
There's an old saw that goes "everyone is a hero in their own mind," but I don't really think that's true. Everyone is a *victim* in their own minds. The best villains are those who feel utterly justified in their actions because of the poor hand they've been dealt, whether that's real or...
Cool thread. (Hi, @estamj.bsky.social!)
In fact, as I discuss in ON REPENTANCE AND REPAIR, it's a *feature*, not a bug of white supremacy.
White Northern pastors started preaching Jesus' "unconditional" forgiveness* re: the South just as their supremacy was at risk. For them, white unity > accountability, Black equality.
*see next skeet
White Northern pastors started preaching Jesus' "unconditional" forgiveness* re: the South just as their supremacy was at risk. For them, white unity > accountability, Black equality.
*see next skeet
Reconciliation without reparation is one of supremacy's greatest sabotages of the act of repair. Whenever abuse is exposed, it offers free exoneration to the abuser at the expense of the abused, and calls it redemption. It's the traditional and popular response to abuse in our supremacist society.
November 21, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Cool thread. (Hi, @estamj.bsky.social!)
I suspect that AI is gonna be 2025’s The Thing Folks Argue About at Thanksgiving.
This is probably the most tone deaf question of the year from a tech exec.
Microsoft Exec Asks: Why Aren't More People Impressed With AI?
Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft's head of AI, vents after the company receives backlash for saying 'Windows is evolving into an agentic OS.'
www.pcmag.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I suspect that AI is gonna be 2025’s The Thing Folks Argue About at Thanksgiving.
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Important to understand that shame has no power over these people, because they feel no shame over doing things like promoting Nazism, but sufficient "noise" in the form of media attention and complaints from embarrassed Republicans can have some effect on policy.
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In reversal, Coast Guard again classifies swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The new order came hours after The Post reported the service would instead classify such symbols as “potentially divisive” under guidelines set for release next month.
wapo.st
November 21, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Important to understand that shame has no power over these people, because they feel no shame over doing things like promoting Nazism, but sufficient "noise" in the form of media attention and complaints from embarrassed Republicans can have some effect on policy.
wapo.st/4rdDQew
wapo.st/4rdDQew
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Tell your friends!
Matthew Shipp
Central Presbyterian Church 200 E 8th (at Brazos) 78701
Saturday 11/22/2025
Tickets $32 adv, $35 door
All ages
Doors 6:30
Discussion on “Black Mystery School Pianists and Other Writings” 7*
Piano Solo Set 8
*Be punctual as the discussion is not to be missed!
Matthew Shipp
Central Presbyterian Church 200 E 8th (at Brazos) 78701
Saturday 11/22/2025
Tickets $32 adv, $35 door
All ages
Doors 6:30
Discussion on “Black Mystery School Pianists and Other Writings” 7*
Piano Solo Set 8
*Be punctual as the discussion is not to be missed!
November 20, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Tell your friends!
Matthew Shipp
Central Presbyterian Church 200 E 8th (at Brazos) 78701
Saturday 11/22/2025
Tickets $32 adv, $35 door
All ages
Doors 6:30
Discussion on “Black Mystery School Pianists and Other Writings” 7*
Piano Solo Set 8
*Be punctual as the discussion is not to be missed!
Matthew Shipp
Central Presbyterian Church 200 E 8th (at Brazos) 78701
Saturday 11/22/2025
Tickets $32 adv, $35 door
All ages
Doors 6:30
Discussion on “Black Mystery School Pianists and Other Writings” 7*
Piano Solo Set 8
*Be punctual as the discussion is not to be missed!
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It's Trans Day of Remembrance. I don't know a single trans person who hasn't lost another trans person in their circle. Please hold them in your hearts today, even if their names are new to you.
And remember all of us who are out here, doing the best we can.
And remember all of us who are out here, doing the best we can.
November 21, 2025 at 4:22 AM
It's Trans Day of Remembrance. I don't know a single trans person who hasn't lost another trans person in their circle. Please hold them in your hearts today, even if their names are new to you.
And remember all of us who are out here, doing the best we can.
And remember all of us who are out here, doing the best we can.
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This is terrible, that kind of information should only come from your refrigerator
Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives
Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives | CNN Business
Sales of an artificial intelligence-enabled plush toy have been suspended after it was found that it engaged in conversation around sexually explicit topics and offered potentially dangerous advice.
www.cnn.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:35 AM
This is terrible, that kind of information should only come from your refrigerator
The peak of the Shooter era did one thing insanely well: Great covers, almost all the time.
November 21, 2025 at 2:55 AM
The peak of the Shooter era did one thing insanely well: Great covers, almost all the time.
All of us soon
November 21, 2025 at 2:45 AM
All of us soon
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Soccer moms 💪
When Border Patrol showed up across Charlotte, parents and neighbors rushed to Berryhill to meet kids at the bus stop. They stood watch, linked arms, and made one thing clear: if the city gets targeted, its children will not face it alone.
This is what community looks like.💙
This is what community looks like.💙
November 21, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Soccer moms 💪
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BREAKING: 30 more Starbucks locations are joining the strike.
Starbucks workers in 25 cities are jumping into the week-long strike.
Now @sbworkersunited.org members at 95 stores in 65 cities have walked off the job.
Starbucks workers in 25 cities are jumping into the week-long strike.
Now @sbworkersunited.org members at 95 stores in 65 cities have walked off the job.
November 20, 2025 at 8:58 PM
BREAKING: 30 more Starbucks locations are joining the strike.
Starbucks workers in 25 cities are jumping into the week-long strike.
Now @sbworkersunited.org members at 95 stores in 65 cities have walked off the job.
Starbucks workers in 25 cities are jumping into the week-long strike.
Now @sbworkersunited.org members at 95 stores in 65 cities have walked off the job.