Scott Gross
@ssorgs.bsky.social
Now I can spend too much time here instead of Xitter, then Threads...
Must you threaten us with a good time?!
ICE Barbie may be on the way out. But don’t breathe a sigh of relief.
Mainstream media will be tempted to credit these second-rounders as less zealous, but there’s every reason to think they'll do exactly what they're told. In Trumpworld, things can always get worse—and usually do. trib.al/6qWKowz
Mainstream media will be tempted to credit these second-rounders as less zealous, but there’s every reason to think they'll do exactly what they're told. In Trumpworld, things can always get worse—and usually do. trib.al/6qWKowz
December 8, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Must you threaten us with a good time?!
Evergreen truth!
Just updated my timeless piece on the math of Park-and-Ride. humantransit.org/basics-the-m...
Basics: The Math of Park-and-Ride — Human Transit
There is a lot of confusion out there about Park-and-Ride. Is it necessary for ridership? Are motorists entitled to it? Can it last forever? Let’s start with the basic math. Really great transit ge...
humantransit.org
December 5, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Evergreen truth!
If only they’d try
Expanding the Supreme Court will be very popular if only Democrats had courage to explain it and message accordingly.
December 5, 2025 at 12:13 AM
If only they’d try
Great 🧵! Never not a reason to follow the money!
I've been thinking a lot recently about George Lincoln Rockwell. He was the founder of the American Nazi Party, which sounds really scary until you realize it was pretty much just him and a bunch of his friends.
November 23, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Great 🧵! Never not a reason to follow the money!
Wow! Norton made this response to a bogus claim by a cowardly critic a brilliant and deeply insightful synthesis of virtuous tension we all have within us - when we think rationally and with intentionality. 1/n
Transportation historian Peter Norton was accused of "anti-conservative bias." His reply is remarkable.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/i-am-c...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/i-am-c...
I am conservative.
“We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason, if we dig deep in our history and our doctrine, and remember that we are not descended from fearful me...
www.linkedin.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Wow! Norton made this response to a bogus claim by a cowardly critic a brilliant and deeply insightful synthesis of virtuous tension we all have within us - when we think rationally and with intentionality. 1/n
CNN "appearing" to do news.
CNN taking headline cues from The New York Times
He's not "appearing" to close his eyes HE'S CLOSING HIS EYES!
He's not "appearing" to close his eyes HE'S CLOSING HIS EYES!
November 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
CNN "appearing" to do news.
Or at home.
One authoritarian defunds media critic of another authoritarian: “Mr. Orbán’s government had long accused Szabad Európa of bias. By halting its funding, the United States removed one of the few outlets that continued to scrutinize his administration.”
US no longer supports democracy overseas.
US no longer supports democracy overseas.
US cuts funding for Hungary’s Szabad Európa, one of its last independent outlets, days before Orbán’s WH visit as Trump ally Kari Lake slashes Voice of America, Radio Free Europe and Radio Free Asia, steps watchdogs call “a gift to autocrats.”
November 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Or at home.
Net negative! Any value OpenAI - and AI by extension - provides is fantastically overwhelmed by the damage to the planet and humanity.
(same thing applies to guns in the US)
(same thing applies to guns in the US)
I honestly don’t get the value of this company. They hoover up energy and water. Their product constantly gets things wrong and, in extreme cases, coaches people into suicide.
And it’s all built on what seems to be malicious and vast intellectual property theft.
What does OpenAI offer the world?
And it’s all built on what seems to be malicious and vast intellectual property theft.
What does OpenAI offer the world?
“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
November 9, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Net negative! Any value OpenAI - and AI by extension - provides is fantastically overwhelmed by the damage to the planet and humanity.
(same thing applies to guns in the US)
(same thing applies to guns in the US)
Reposted by Scott Gross
November 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Chef’s kiss!
I’m sure the defendant is salty he had to go through this ham-handed trial, but he’s relishing the spicy coverage of his acquittal
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Jury finds D.C. ‘sandwich guy’ not guilty of assaulting officer
Sean C. Dunn admitted he flung the hoagie at a federal agent. His attorneys called it a “harmless gesture” of protest as Trump commandeered D.C. police.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Chef’s kiss!
No, we - in the US - are going to live outside the rest of the "world where the the marginal cost of electricity is very close to zero".
Unfortunately.
Unfortunately.
We are going to live in a world where the the marginal cost of electricity is very close to zero
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
November 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
No, we - in the US - are going to live outside the rest of the "world where the the marginal cost of electricity is very close to zero".
Unfortunately.
Unfortunately.
I just reported ADL CEO, Jonathan Greenblatt, to ADL specifically for his comments about Mayor-elect Mamdani and for his silence about the regimes anti-Semitic approach to 'anti-Semitism'.
I encourage everyone to do so at www.adl.org/report-incid...
ADL is no longer fighting anti-Semitism!
I encourage everyone to do so at www.adl.org/report-incid...
ADL is no longer fighting anti-Semitism!
November 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I just reported ADL CEO, Jonathan Greenblatt, to ADL specifically for his comments about Mayor-elect Mamdani and for his silence about the regimes anti-Semitic approach to 'anti-Semitism'.
I encourage everyone to do so at www.adl.org/report-incid...
ADL is no longer fighting anti-Semitism!
I encourage everyone to do so at www.adl.org/report-incid...
ADL is no longer fighting anti-Semitism!
There are 254 counties in TX...
I know we're all part of the choir here, but this is the dramatic overreach the pro-democracy movement needs.
I also know each detainee is person, with family, community, etc. I know at this scale, they're far more likely to be a citizen or have legal status 1/
I know we're all part of the choir here, but this is the dramatic overreach the pro-democracy movement needs.
I also know each detainee is person, with family, community, etc. I know at this scale, they're far more likely to be a citizen or have legal status 1/
Tell me if this description of ICE plans reminds you of any other detention and transport systems set up in recent history.
(great piece from @dell.bsky.social)
www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
(great piece from @dell.bsky.social)
www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
October 30, 2025 at 6:57 PM
There are 254 counties in TX...
I know we're all part of the choir here, but this is the dramatic overreach the pro-democracy movement needs.
I also know each detainee is person, with family, community, etc. I know at this scale, they're far more likely to be a citizen or have legal status 1/
I know we're all part of the choir here, but this is the dramatic overreach the pro-democracy movement needs.
I also know each detainee is person, with family, community, etc. I know at this scale, they're far more likely to be a citizen or have legal status 1/
Ominous
Notable that the people carrying Trumpism don't act like they believe they're carrying out the will of the public, they act like dictators terrified of a spontaneous uprising so swift and massive it overwhelms their protective services before assistance can arrive.
NEW: Stephen Miller, Marco Rubio, Kristi Noem, and others have taken over military homes that until recently housed senior officers. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
October 30, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Ominous
As un-American as this illegal action is (and ethically-morally bankrupt, yadayada)...
I think I'd rather they wear their hoods and armbands out in the open, unlike our not-too-distant past, when they were 'polite-' or 'cordial-' or 'fair-', etc seeming...all the while pining & planning for this.
I think I'd rather they wear their hoods and armbands out in the open, unlike our not-too-distant past, when they were 'polite-' or 'cordial-' or 'fair-', etc seeming...all the while pining & planning for this.
This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.
October 29, 2025 at 10:15 PM
As un-American as this illegal action is (and ethically-morally bankrupt, yadayada)...
I think I'd rather they wear their hoods and armbands out in the open, unlike our not-too-distant past, when they were 'polite-' or 'cordial-' or 'fair-', etc seeming...all the while pining & planning for this.
I think I'd rather they wear their hoods and armbands out in the open, unlike our not-too-distant past, when they were 'polite-' or 'cordial-' or 'fair-', etc seeming...all the while pining & planning for this.
So this is how lab leaks actually happen?!
October 28, 2025 at 9:16 PM
So this is how lab leaks actually happen?!
Fine, I'll correct the record: he's not my "nephew", but my 1st cousin once removed. I'll be better. #precisionoflanguage
This seems like an unusually boneheaded argument for someone from La Mega to make. It’s a perfectly normal broad familial term across multiple cultures.
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In a bit of a tense moment, one of the La Mega co-hosts presses Mamdani on why he "lied" about his "aunt" having been scared to ride the subway after 9/11 while wearing a hijab.
Mamdani says it was "not a lie" because he refers to his father's cousin as his "aunt."
Mamdani says it was "not a lie" because he refers to his father's cousin as his "aunt."
October 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Fine, I'll correct the record: he's not my "nephew", but my 1st cousin once removed. I'll be better. #precisionoflanguage
Really? The party platform is your 'proof'? Really?
Somebody please see if this Project 2025 has a chapter titled, "Dem Self-Sabotage"?
Somebody please see if this Project 2025 has a chapter titled, "Dem Self-Sabotage"?
what the hell are you talking about man, biden's entire presidency was about the middle class. it was the entire political theory behind deliverism and the economy
October 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Really? The party platform is your 'proof'? Really?
Somebody please see if this Project 2025 has a chapter titled, "Dem Self-Sabotage"?
Somebody please see if this Project 2025 has a chapter titled, "Dem Self-Sabotage"?
Reposted by Scott Gross
We’re proud New York Rabbis for Zohran. Our movement of thousands of Jews For Zohran is growing. Join us to elect Mayor Mamdani at jfrej.org/field 🗳️
📋P.S. Remember - canvassing is a mitzvah!
Benjamin Abrams sound & edit
📷: Dan Fridman
📋P.S. Remember - canvassing is a mitzvah!
Benjamin Abrams sound & edit
📷: Dan Fridman
October 27, 2025 at 3:35 PM
We’re proud New York Rabbis for Zohran. Our movement of thousands of Jews For Zohran is growing. Join us to elect Mayor Mamdani at jfrej.org/field 🗳️
📋P.S. Remember - canvassing is a mitzvah!
Benjamin Abrams sound & edit
📷: Dan Fridman
📋P.S. Remember - canvassing is a mitzvah!
Benjamin Abrams sound & edit
📷: Dan Fridman
The painful truth! Big reason why Jeffries' endorsement of Mamdani took so effing long. Why rich Dems 'threatened' to 'primary' Harris. Why Hillary couldn't close the enthusiasm gap.
When will Dems learn that it's not about Dem positions are but what the electorate THINKS Dem positions are?
When will Dems learn that it's not about Dem positions are but what the electorate THINKS Dem positions are?
one of the reasons voters believe the caricatures of the democratic party pushed by republicans is because the democratic party itself believes in the caricatures of the democratic party pushed by republicans
Duh. Those of us on the ground last year actually speaking with middle class/working class voters and who heard from these voters every single day the same - “Trump is an asshole, but Democrats are out of touch” - could’ve saved my new political party a lot of time & money producing this “report.”👇
October 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The painful truth! Big reason why Jeffries' endorsement of Mamdani took so effing long. Why rich Dems 'threatened' to 'primary' Harris. Why Hillary couldn't close the enthusiasm gap.
When will Dems learn that it's not about Dem positions are but what the electorate THINKS Dem positions are?
When will Dems learn that it's not about Dem positions are but what the electorate THINKS Dem positions are?
This is what democracy looks like!
Wow. Sidney Reid, the DC woman just found not guilty of assaulting an FBI agent, issues a withering and gutsy statement on Trump through her attorneys.
"I feel sorry for the prosecutors really, who must be burdened by Trump's irrational and unfounded hatred for his fellow man."
It's a must-read:
"I feel sorry for the prosecutors really, who must be burdened by Trump's irrational and unfounded hatred for his fellow man."
It's a must-read:
October 21, 2025 at 6:13 PM
This is what democracy looks like!
Quick and easy!
📢 Here's your step-by-step to send a message to the Election Assistance Commission before today's deadline 🔗: https://bit.ly/42tPHua
We're standing against anti-voter bad actors aiming to require all individuals to show documents like a passport to #RegisterToVote using the EAC's federal form.
We're standing against anti-voter bad actors aiming to require all individuals to show documents like a passport to #RegisterToVote using the EAC's federal form.
October 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Quick and easy!
@brianbeutler.bsky.social ‘s right. No hyperbole there. Every-fucking-thing you love about life is truly at stake here.
Of course, it was at stake during last year's election, but not enough people were willing to accept it (and, yeah, Dems failed to convey it).
Nevertheless, it's not too late...
Of course, it was at stake during last year's election, but not enough people were willing to accept it (and, yeah, Dems failed to convey it).
Nevertheless, it's not too late...
My thoughts on the current moment and the weight of No Kings. www.offmessage.net/p/no-kings
October 17, 2025 at 10:42 PM
@brianbeutler.bsky.social ‘s right. No hyperbole there. Every-fucking-thing you love about life is truly at stake here.
Of course, it was at stake during last year's election, but not enough people were willing to accept it (and, yeah, Dems failed to convey it).
Nevertheless, it's not too late...
Of course, it was at stake during last year's election, but not enough people were willing to accept it (and, yeah, Dems failed to convey it).
Nevertheless, it's not too late...
Reposted by Scott Gross
We were actually getting somewhere, too. 😞
@sbmitche.bsky.social
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@sbmitche.bsky.social
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October 15, 2025 at 11:47 AM
We were actually getting somewhere, too. 😞
@sbmitche.bsky.social
www.library.hbs.edu/working-know...
@sbmitche.bsky.social
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