The Joe Gross
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Writer/journalist/editor/filmmaker. @NYTimes, @Rollingstone, @texasmonthly, @texashighways etc. Everything interests me. Venmo @Joe-Gross-65. Big tsundoku.
1994 was not bad, culture-wise
If MTV only knew what they were about to unleash...
December 11, 2025 at 10:17 PM
1994 was not bad, culture-wise
Let me make this extremely clear: most of you know someone who will probably die in the next year because of this.
December 11, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Let me make this extremely clear: most of you know someone who will probably die in the next year because of this.
Yeah this is gonna go GREAT. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Disney to invest $1bn in OpenAI, allowing characters in Sora video tool
Agreement comes amid anxiety in Hollywood over impact of AI on the industry, expression and rights of creators
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Yeah this is gonna go GREAT. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Putting Elon Musk on the cover of a magazine for anything other than “his illegal government funding cuts have already killed hundreds of thousands of people, mostly children” is propaganda
December 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Putting Elon Musk on the cover of a magazine for anything other than “his illegal government funding cuts have already killed hundreds of thousands of people, mostly children” is propaganda
Ain’t nobody wanna be seen in public buying that thing. Let’s see those Kindle numbers.
“American Canto,” one of the most hyped political books of the year, flopped in bookstores.
Olivia Nuzzi’s ‘Canto’ Sells Just 1,200 Print Copies In First Week
“American Canto,” one of the most hyped political books of the year, flopped in bookstores.
www.forbes.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Ain’t nobody wanna be seen in public buying that thing. Let’s see those Kindle numbers.
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okay so after the prize is announced next year I fully expect to see Jarvis Cocker get a massive NYT spread about his reading experience just like Sarah Jessica Parker did lmaoooo
We’re delighted to reveal the Booker Prize 2026 judging panel.
Mary Beard will act as Chair, and is joined by Raymond Antrobus, Jarvis Cocker, Rebecca Liu and Patricia Lockwood.
Find out more: https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/omwonxgxjj
Mary Beard will act as Chair, and is joined by Raymond Antrobus, Jarvis Cocker, Rebecca Liu and Patricia Lockwood.
Find out more: https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/omwonxgxjj
December 11, 2025 at 3:39 PM
okay so after the prize is announced next year I fully expect to see Jarvis Cocker get a massive NYT spread about his reading experience just like Sarah Jessica Parker did lmaoooo
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It's kind of wild how the first P.M. Dawn album is both deeply 1991 and could also come out right now
December 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
It's kind of wild how the first P.M. Dawn album is both deeply 1991 and could also come out right now
One of my all time favorite bands that I never got to see live. Incredible musician.
Extremely sad news that Brent McLachlan, the amazing drummer from New Zealand groups the Gordons and Bailterspace, has died after a long bout of ill health. He’d settled in the US and ran a studio in NYC; I was finally lucky enough to see Bailterspace live a couple of years back. Tremendous.
December 11, 2025 at 3:37 PM
One of my all time favorite bands that I never got to see live. Incredible musician.
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very nice to see SIMPLICITY (in bookstores everywhere fyi) on the pw critics' poll~ www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
‘Do Admit’ and ‘Spent’ Top PW’s 2025 Graphic Novel Critics Poll
For the third consecutive year, it's a tie for the top spot on PW’s annual Graphic Novel Critics Poll, highlighting the breadth of this category.
www.publishersweekly.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:53 PM
very nice to see SIMPLICITY (in bookstores everywhere fyi) on the pw critics' poll~ www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Pearl Harbor and Interstellar are way up there.
Never mind movies you’ve watched multiple times, name a movie you’ve watched once and would never watch again.
December 10, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Pearl Harbor and Interstellar are way up there.
👀👀
December 10, 2025 at 5:13 AM
👀👀
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Something that boggles my mind a little is that in 1977 Fredric Jameson gave a series of lectures to 25 or so people in Minnesota & one of them had a cassette recorder. And this year we remastered those cassette tapes & around 14,000 people in 53 countries heard those lectures.
The Jameson Tapes, Side A
with Isabel Bartholomew, Anna Kornbluh, Caleb Smith, Robert Tally, & Fredric Jameson
theamericanvandal.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Something that boggles my mind a little is that in 1977 Fredric Jameson gave a series of lectures to 25 or so people in Minnesota & one of them had a cassette recorder. And this year we remastered those cassette tapes & around 14,000 people in 53 countries heard those lectures.
Today is the Day, full burn
December 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Today is the Day, full burn
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ICE trying to ORDER a church to REMOVE A NATIVITY SCENE is one of the most astonishing First Amendment violations I've seen in ever
ICE’s acting director ordered a Boston Catholic parish to tear down its Advent Nativity scene—stripped of baby Jesus and branded with the message “ICE WAS HERE.” The parish priest is refusing, citing he pope’s call to stand with migrants. It's another chapter in Kristi Noem's war on Christians.
“ICE Was Here”: Pope Leo-Inspired Nativity Scene Sparks MAGA Outrage
A Nativity scene missing Jesus — and marked with an “ICE was here” sign — has triggered cries of “politicizing Christmas.” The parish priest says he’s answering Pope Leo's call to welcome stranger.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:00 AM
ICE trying to ORDER a church to REMOVE A NATIVITY SCENE is one of the most astonishing First Amendment violations I've seen in ever
I think what the GOP Congress don't understand, or don't care about, is the extent to which:
a) the removal of the ACA's premiums credit will wreck consumer spending if those ACA users try to cut $ corners to afford health care, and
B) ACA users think of that hike as a possible death sentence.
a) the removal of the ACA's premiums credit will wreck consumer spending if those ACA users try to cut $ corners to afford health care, and
B) ACA users think of that hike as a possible death sentence.
December 9, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I think what the GOP Congress don't understand, or don't care about, is the extent to which:
a) the removal of the ACA's premiums credit will wreck consumer spending if those ACA users try to cut $ corners to afford health care, and
B) ACA users think of that hike as a possible death sentence.
a) the removal of the ACA's premiums credit will wreck consumer spending if those ACA users try to cut $ corners to afford health care, and
B) ACA users think of that hike as a possible death sentence.
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Listening to a lot of The Mavericks today in honor of the passing of Raul Malo, a simply unforgettable singer who was one of the great male voices in pop music. He was 60. RIP. apnews.com/article/raul...
Raul Malo, the soulful tenor and frontman of The Mavericks, has died at age 60
Malo was battling colon cancer and later leptomeningeal disease, a rare complication when cancer spreads to membranes around the brain and spinal cord.
apnews.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Listening to a lot of The Mavericks today in honor of the passing of Raul Malo, a simply unforgettable singer who was one of the great male voices in pop music. He was 60. RIP. apnews.com/article/raul...
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Jimmy Fallon: And you say you have a bridge to sell?
Guest: That's right. The Brooklyn Bridge.
Audience: *halfhearted claps*
Fallon (nodding at the audience): It's a famous bridge.
Fallon (turning back to guest): That's amazing! Wow!
Guest: That's right. The Brooklyn Bridge.
Audience: *halfhearted claps*
Fallon (nodding at the audience): It's a famous bridge.
Fallon (turning back to guest): That's amazing! Wow!
December 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Jimmy Fallon: And you say you have a bridge to sell?
Guest: That's right. The Brooklyn Bridge.
Audience: *halfhearted claps*
Fallon (nodding at the audience): It's a famous bridge.
Fallon (turning back to guest): That's amazing! Wow!
Guest: That's right. The Brooklyn Bridge.
Audience: *halfhearted claps*
Fallon (nodding at the audience): It's a famous bridge.
Fallon (turning back to guest): That's amazing! Wow!
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60 years of Peanuts holiday specials. A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS debuted December 9, 1965.
www.kcra.com/article/60-y...
www.kcra.com/article/60-y...
Coca-Cola, jazz and Christmas: 60 years of Charlie Brown Christmas
The cartoon debuted on Dec. 9, 1965, and was anything but a sure thing. Coca-Cola, a jazz artist, and bunch of kids helped pave the way for a 60 year legacy for a little boy and his dog.
www.kcra.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:20 PM
60 years of Peanuts holiday specials. A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS debuted December 9, 1965.
www.kcra.com/article/60-y...
www.kcra.com/article/60-y...
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Pediatricians reject CDC advisers’ guidance, plan to continue vaccinating all newborns against hepatitis B
Hospitals and health departments across the country say they're not planning to change their vaccination policy.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
Hospitals and health departments across the country say they're not planning to change their vaccination policy.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
December 9, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Pediatricians reject CDC advisers’ guidance, plan to continue vaccinating all newborns against hepatitis B
Hospitals and health departments across the country say they're not planning to change their vaccination policy.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
Hospitals and health departments across the country say they're not planning to change their vaccination policy.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
oh, dear
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 5:34 PM
oh, dear
Peace to my man Barry Louis Polisar for getting that good, good Lay's synch ad money.
December 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Peace to my man Barry Louis Polisar for getting that good, good Lay's synch ad money.
Impressed and repulsed by the cartoonish supervillainy at work here.
December 9, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Impressed and repulsed by the cartoonish supervillainy at work here.
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He told them to put the whiskey in the jar
Man arrested, accused of robbing Tulsa liquor store with antique gun
Man arrested, accused of robbing liquor store with antique gun
The Tulsa Police Department arrested a man accused of robbing a south Tulsa liquor store with an antique gun on Friday night.
www.fox23.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:45 PM
He told them to put the whiskey in the jar
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Oh shit, it's Stylish But Illegal Monkey Day
December 9, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Oh shit, it's Stylish But Illegal Monkey Day