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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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It is mildly infuriating, simply from a knowledge point of view, when you read a bunch of negative reviews in a row from a writer and you have no earthly idea what the critic actually values.

10.03.2026 14:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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No, they don’t.

Firstly, they’re not trained on everything ever, even the criminals in charge of AI companies haven’t managed to steal everything yet.

Secondly, knowledge doesn’t derive from the statistical proximity of word and sentence fragments.

10.03.2026 14:27 πŸ‘ 37 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

This is amazing.

When the government kills a crucial report, independent scientists decide to write it anyway and release it outside of government channels.

That’s science serving society, even when our political leaders don’t.

10.03.2026 14:30 πŸ‘ 507 πŸ” 188 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2
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This historian dug up the hidden history of 'amateur' blackface in America In her new book, Darkology, historian Rhae Lynn Barnes writes about how blackface and minstrel shows became one of the most popular forms of entertainment in 19th- and 20th-century America.

Incredible piece

10.03.2026 02:42 πŸ‘ 54 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

Yowza

10.03.2026 02:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

1. Mine went up $1k

2. I hope you get a massive, debilitating disease/stroke/fire/being hit by a bus.

09.03.2026 22:38 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Grape job, Trumpy

09.03.2026 20:21 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If we are just doing assassinations now, can we submit names?

09.03.2026 20:18 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Well, I understand why you would want to name a swimming school for kids Goldfish, I can’t help thinking they’re slogan should be Goldfish: You Won’t Remember a Thing.

09.03.2026 20:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If you’re bitching about the Live Nation/Ticketmaster settlement w/DOJ for less than 1% of their profits last year and not mentioning Kellyanne Conway negotiated the settlement w/her friends in Trump administration you’re doing it wrong. This is how corruption works, folks.

09.03.2026 19:56 πŸ‘ 663 πŸ” 245 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I can't compete with this.

09.03.2026 16:20 πŸ‘ 10052 πŸ” 1705 πŸ’¬ 224 πŸ“Œ 400

Anyone picking up a @sxsw.com badge this week from the Palmer event center, know that the parking at the lot is $12.

09.03.2026 18:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Coin used as Leeds bus fare was 2,000‑year‑old currency The coin was handed down to Peter Edwards from his grandfather in the 1950s.

This is the sort of thing a cashless society robs us of, the opportunity to try to get away with paying the bus fare in Carthaginian currency www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

09.03.2026 12:52 πŸ‘ 2098 πŸ” 610 πŸ’¬ 25 πŸ“Œ 36

Yes, I think

09.03.2026 04:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

DTF ST LOUIS is way weirder than it first appears

09.03.2026 04:55 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This is a real great idea actually

09.03.2026 04:26 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Btw, based on the new ordering system, everyone should be shorting the heck out of @alamodrafthouse.bsky.social

09.03.2026 03:17 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Maggie G, why do you hate your brother and husband?

09.03.2026 03:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

??

08.03.2026 20:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes. Stop futzing with it.

08.03.2026 20:13 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

WHAT?

08.03.2026 14:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

BREAKING:Democrat Alex Holladay defeats Republican Bryan Renshaw in the Arkansas House District 70 special election, flipping the GOP-held suburban Little Rock seat from πŸ”΄ to πŸ”΅.

06.03.2026 23:41 πŸ‘ 5649 πŸ” 828 πŸ’¬ 96 πŸ“Œ 57
The meme with a guy and two girls. The guy is labeled 1:59 AM. His girlfriend islabeled 2 AM. The cute girl coming the other way is labeled 3AM.

The meme with a guy and two girls. The guy is labeled 1:59 AM. His girlfriend islabeled 2 AM. The cute girl coming the other way is labeled 3AM.

The US and Canada go to Daylight Savings Time tomorrow morning.

08.03.2026 01:24 πŸ‘ 4406 πŸ” 919 πŸ’¬ 89 πŸ“Œ 137

Now more than ever I’m convinced losing Anthony Bourdain meant we lost probably the biggest person on tv who advocated for the wonders of meeting new people and calling anyone online who hated learning new cultures the children they were, ruthlessly to the camera.

07.03.2026 23:55 πŸ‘ 9551 πŸ” 1559 πŸ’¬ 132 πŸ“Œ 56

Yep. This is, in fact, an easy one.

08.03.2026 05:39 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

don’t forget to destroy your clocks tonight, walk away from your mortgage, just start driving, you’re free

08.03.2026 03:12 πŸ‘ 17075 πŸ” 3393 πŸ’¬ 202 πŸ“Œ 120

solidarity with all the children out there throwing tantrums. stay strong. you WILL get what you want

06.03.2026 22:56 πŸ‘ 1645 πŸ” 213 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 13

β€œwhat was our daughter doing in a 3000 year-old sarcophagus?”

God bless Blumhouse for having someone speak the premise in the trailer

08.03.2026 01:37 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

HE TESTED PARACHUTES.

Yeah, dude.

07.03.2026 21:13 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

On the other hand: No.

07.03.2026 19:48 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0