Maggie Brookes

We've officially exited Political Text Message Season and entered Black Friday/Holiday Sale text message Season.

19.11.2025 20:08 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

In today's episode of Joyful Irony, the @washingtonpost.com ends its 7 with a recommendation to get more steps to boost longevity with a reference to stairway to heaven.

10.11.2025 12:20 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Sending an email without a signature feels like going to the office without shoes.

19.09.2025 17:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The Myth of Whiteness in Classical Sculpture Greek and Roman statues were often painted, but assumptions about race and aesthetics have suppressed this truth. Now scholars are making a color correction.

Greek and Roman statues were often painted, but assumptions about race and aesthetics have suppressed this truth.

01.08.2025 19:33 — 👍 253    🔁 63    💬 22    📌 11

Noting that I would also vote to add "West with Giraffes" by Lynda Rutledge and "Trackers"by Charles Frazier (although that may be a bit of a stretch). Maybe even "The Low Millions" by Jess Walter?? Thoughts?

01.08.2025 19:06 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

18 Great Road Trip Books That Aren’t ‘On the Road’

Another unique list of books to read. Especially when you're craving that classic summer road trip, but are actually just stuck at home 🚗 📚

18 Great Road Trip Books That Aren’t ‘On the Road’ via @nytimes.com

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/b...

01.08.2025 19:04 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Guest column | The perfect man exists. He’s called a ‘book boyfriend.’ A “book boyfriend” — a literary hunk you pine for in real life — has been around for centuries. But today’s readers have taken this fantasy to a new level.

The book boyfriend. Book character crush that embodies your ideal man. I'll have to think on who mine would be. www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...
#booktok #wapo @washingtonpost.com

29.06.2025 16:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

NPR staffers pick their favorite fiction reads of 2025 so far After long days focused on the facts, our newsroom reads a lot of fiction at home. We asked our NPR colleagues what they've enjoyed reading so far this year. Here's what they told us.

Gotta share my obsession with books and booklists somewhere. First up from @npr.org
Top Fiction Books of Summer 2025 from Staffers. Some unhinged plot descriptions, obviously the best kind.
www.npr.org/2025/06/25/n...

25.06.2025 20:08 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

• Al Overview The idiom "you can't lick a badger twice" means you can't trick or deceive someone a second time after they've been tricked once. It's a warning that if someone has already been deceived, they are unlikely to fall for the same trick again. Here's a more detailed explanation: • Licking: "Licking" in this context means to trick or deceive someone. • Badger: The badger is a wild animal, and the phrase likely originates from the historical sport of badger baiting where dogs were used to harass

Someone on Threads noticed you can type any random sentence into Google, then add “meaning” afterwards, and you’ll get an AI explanation of a famous idiom or phrase you just made up. Here is mine

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