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.
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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
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Dems won't be able to block a Netflix Warner Brothers merger. Our regulators and courts have been hollowed out like Pumpkins. But you might be able to stop Larry Ellison, Jared Kushner, and Donald Trump from buying up all media and turning us into Hungary.
December 9, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Dems won't be able to block a Netflix Warner Brothers merger. Our regulators and courts have been hollowed out like Pumpkins. But you might be able to stop Larry Ellison, Jared Kushner, and Donald Trump from buying up all media and turning us into Hungary.
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Users of Gen AI climb on the backs of actual creators and stick flags between their shoulder blades, treating them like territory. Us and our work are just ladders to them. The only work they really want to do is to climb over us and claim our talent and abilities as their own.
December 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Users of Gen AI climb on the backs of actual creators and stick flags between their shoulder blades, treating them like territory. Us and our work are just ladders to them. The only work they really want to do is to climb over us and claim our talent and abilities as their own.
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This review *also* mentions America’s new favorite character, Recapricorn.
December 7, 2025 at 6:08 PM
This review *also* mentions America’s new favorite character, Recapricorn.
Well, this is a tremendous list
Never let it be said I haven’t earned my on-the-list-plus-ones. Here are 50 Albums of 2025! zacharylipez.ghost.io/playing-my-p...
Playing My Part In the Ecosystem: 50 (or so) Good Albums of 2025
Here are fifty (or so) albums that I liked very, very much this year. It is not every album that I liked very, very much this year. Not even close. But it is fifty of the 'em. Industry, you're welcome...
zacharylipez.ghost.io
December 9, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Well, this is a tremendous list
Look, man, you fix air travel, you could be President. But this is bullshit and you know it.
Duffy on what he's doing to improve the airport experience for travelers: "Maybe I want a workout area where people might get some blood flowing doing some pull ups or step ups in the airport."
December 9, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Look, man, you fix air travel, you could be President. But this is bullshit and you know it.
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I would prefer protection from predatory pricing and mandated easy refunds, thanks!
Duffy on what he's doing to improve the airport experience for travelers: "Maybe I want a workout area where people might get some blood flowing doing some pull ups or step ups in the airport."
December 8, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I would prefer protection from predatory pricing and mandated easy refunds, thanks!
I wonder if there has been a spike in road rage incidents at night now that we are several years after the introduction of LED headlights.
December 9, 2025 at 12:14 AM
I wonder if there has been a spike in road rage incidents at night now that we are several years after the introduction of LED headlights.
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Sometimes alphabetical order creates little juxtapositional epiphanies. Just slotted a Todd Rundgren record in between Roxy Music and the Rutles, and thought "yes, that is the perfect place for him to go".
December 8, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Sometimes alphabetical order creates little juxtapositional epiphanies. Just slotted a Todd Rundgren record in between Roxy Music and the Rutles, and thought "yes, that is the perfect place for him to go".
Kudos to HBO’s I LOVE L.A. for making me happier to be born prior to, say, the Carter administration, than anything I have encountered in a good long time.
December 8, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Kudos to HBO’s I LOVE L.A. for making me happier to be born prior to, say, the Carter administration, than anything I have encountered in a good long time.