Gregory Crosby
@monostich.bsky.social
Poet. Author of Said No One Ever (2021) and Walking Away From Explosions in Slow Motion (2018). https://buttondown.email/gregorycrosby
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I'm having trouble "not sweating the small stuff" about life and work because, somehow, the small stuff still has to happen as we watch the fabric of our communities get torn apart in real time, but we have to act like our 9 to 5 still fucking means anything.
January 23, 2026 at 3:27 AM
I'm having trouble "not sweating the small stuff" about life and work because, somehow, the small stuff still has to happen as we watch the fabric of our communities get torn apart in real time, but we have to act like our 9 to 5 still fucking means anything.
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I've talked to people on the ground about the strike here tomorrow, and the single thing everyone brings up is just how shockingly wide the support for the strike is. Businesses that no one would have expected to support it are doing so.
National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
January 23, 2026 at 12:15 AM
I've talked to people on the ground about the strike here tomorrow, and the single thing everyone brings up is just how shockingly wide the support for the strike is. Businesses that no one would have expected to support it are doing so.
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When Conrad Veidt moved to Hollywood in 1940 he knew that as a German exile he'd get cast in a lot of Nazi roles.
He had it written into his contract that they would always be villains.
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He had it written into his contract that they would always be villains.
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Meet Conrad Veidt, Badass
He dedicated his life to fighting Nazis, starred in two of the most lasting films of all time and inspired both The Joker and Jaffar. Meet Conrad Veidt.
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January 22, 2026 at 7:48 PM
When Conrad Veidt moved to Hollywood in 1940 he knew that as a German exile he'd get cast in a lot of Nazi roles.
He had it written into his contract that they would always be villains.
web.archive.org/web/20140407...
He had it written into his contract that they would always be villains.
web.archive.org/web/20140407...
Sent it out via the newsletter along with the poem I wrote the other day. I try not to bombard subscribers with more than one Report in a week, but nobody's bothered to unsubscribe of late, so why not.
Wrote a poem about not looking at my phone and when I finished I immediately looked at my phone.
January 22, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Sent it out via the newsletter along with the poem I wrote the other day. I try not to bombard subscribers with more than one Report in a week, but nobody's bothered to unsubscribe of late, so why not.
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Horror showing up to The Oscars this year like
January 22, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Horror showing up to The Oscars this year like
The flames of torment are indeed very hot, yes.
Important news for us writers from across the NYC subway tracks:
January 22, 2026 at 4:26 PM
The flames of torment are indeed very hot, yes.
No real surprises in the Oscar noms (nor will there be in the wins), except the nod for Ethan Hawke, who did indeed give a hell of a performance in a role for which he was completely miscast.
January 22, 2026 at 4:16 PM
No real surprises in the Oscar noms (nor will there be in the wins), except the nod for Ethan Hawke, who did indeed give a hell of a performance in a role for which he was completely miscast.
A hopeful thread.
I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
January 22, 2026 at 4:12 PM
A hopeful thread.
Wrote a poem about not looking at my phone and when I finished I immediately looked at my phone.
January 22, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Wrote a poem about not looking at my phone and when I finished I immediately looked at my phone.
Dreamt that I lived in a different world. Not better, perhaps, but certainly different.
January 22, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Dreamt that I lived in a different world. Not better, perhaps, but certainly different.
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this poor little fellow
that there is even one parent in this country who finds this acceptable is a severe indictment of the entire country
that there is even one parent in this country who finds this acceptable is a severe indictment of the entire country
They kidnapped a five year old child
Here’s the report from KARE. The boy is five-year-old Liam Ramos.
January 22, 2026 at 3:26 AM
this poor little fellow
that there is even one parent in this country who finds this acceptable is a severe indictment of the entire country
that there is even one parent in this country who finds this acceptable is a severe indictment of the entire country
And so to bed.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - City of Refuge (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
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January 22, 2026 at 3:25 AM
And so to bed.
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Al Ahmadi oil field, Kuwait — Steve McCurry, 1991
January 22, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Al Ahmadi oil field, Kuwait — Steve McCurry, 1991
Baron Von Raschke. If ever we needed someone to administer The Claw…
January 22, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Baron Von Raschke. If ever we needed someone to administer The Claw…
And are we not men?
are they not monsters?
January 22, 2026 at 1:50 AM
And are we not men?
So bored with dread; slightly less bored with hope.
January 22, 2026 at 1:50 AM
So bored with dread; slightly less bored with hope.
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Cowboy Junkies
Rilo Kiley
The Pretenders
The Breeders
X
Rilo Kiley
The Pretenders
The Breeders
X
Five concerts you've seen with women lead singers:
The Donnas
The Aquanettas
Weenie Roast
Chaka Khan
The Felines
The Donnas
The Aquanettas
Weenie Roast
Chaka Khan
The Felines
Five concerts you've seen with women lead singers:
The Donnas
Ex-Bats
Babes in Toyland
The Okmoniks
Itchy and the Nits
The Donnas
Ex-Bats
Babes in Toyland
The Okmoniks
Itchy and the Nits
January 22, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Cowboy Junkies
Rilo Kiley
The Pretenders
The Breeders
X
Rilo Kiley
The Pretenders
The Breeders
X
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make time now; tell your elected officials to refuse any version of the Homeland Security Appropriations bill that supports ICE. denounce, defund, disarm today.
January 21, 2026 at 11:17 PM
make time now; tell your elected officials to refuse any version of the Homeland Security Appropriations bill that supports ICE. denounce, defund, disarm today.
Spending a couple of hours at MoMA followed by a movie is ten thousand times better than five minutes online.
January 21, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Spending a couple of hours at MoMA followed by a movie is ten thousand times better than five minutes online.
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If you have read even a single history of fascism, you are already aware that one thing that its rise has in common in every case is an opposition party that refuses to intervene for fear of looking weak or putting the left into power
To quote one source:
“They’re terrified of being labeled anti–law enforcement. They want this to go away so they can talk about the cost of living more. Problem is, it’s not going away.”
prospect.org/2026/01/21/j...
“They’re terrified of being labeled anti–law enforcement. They want this to go away so they can talk about the cost of living more. Problem is, it’s not going away.”
prospect.org/2026/01/21/j...
Jeffries Won’t Whip Vote Against ICE Funding - The American Prospect
While the House Democratic leader announced personal opposition to a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security, he won’t pressure his colleagues to do the same.
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January 21, 2026 at 8:46 PM
If you have read even a single history of fascism, you are already aware that one thing that its rise has in common in every case is an opposition party that refuses to intervene for fear of looking weak or putting the left into power
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I’m tired of being talked down to by people like this. They are doing the Elon Musk Mars In 2 Years bit but have tied the entire U.S. economy to a bespoke compliment generator. It’s time to start talking about these AI mutants like delusional babies.
“There will be more than enough jobs for the citizens of your nation, esp. those with vocational training,” said Karp. “I do think these trends really do make it hard to imagine why we should have large-scale immigration unless you have a very specialized skill.”
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Palantir CEO Says AI to Make Large-Scale Immigration Obsolete
Artificial intelligence will displace so many jobs that it will eliminate the need for mass immigration, according to Palantir Technologies Inc. Chief Executive Officer Alex Karp.
www.bloomberg.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:08 PM
I’m tired of being talked down to by people like this. They are doing the Elon Musk Mars In 2 Years bit but have tied the entire U.S. economy to a bespoke compliment generator. It’s time to start talking about these AI mutants like delusional babies.
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Here's a thread of poems that come up when I Duck Duck Go myself, because why not. Let's kick things off with "The Hardest Working Lazy Apartment Poem": hyperallergic.com/one-poem-by-...
One Poem by Gregory Crosby
Our poetry editor, Joe Pan, has selected one poem by Gregory Crosby for his monthly series that brings original poetry to the screens of Hyperallergic readers.
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January 21, 2026 at 3:34 AM
Here's a thread of poems that come up when I Duck Duck Go myself, because why not. Let's kick things off with "The Hardest Working Lazy Apartment Poem": hyperallergic.com/one-poem-by-...
Yes. It’s the Internet, stupid. But how, short of a massive solar flare, to turn back…
When a country elects a man who cannot distinguish between what he sees on television versus reality because *his voters* believe he is the character he once played on television, it really becomes imperative to recreate a literate culture from scratch.
January 21, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Yes. It’s the Internet, stupid. But how, short of a massive solar flare, to turn back…
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Cuba, 1962 by Ai
"I raise the machete —
what I take from the earth, I give back —
and cut off her feet."
"I raise the machete —
what I take from the earth, I give back —
and cut off her feet."
January 21, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Cuba, 1962 by Ai
"I raise the machete —
what I take from the earth, I give back —
and cut off her feet."
"I raise the machete —
what I take from the earth, I give back —
and cut off her feet."