Brooke Fossey

Writer (THE BIG FINISH @BerkleyPub) | Ex-Engineer | Rep @FolioLiterary | MBR @dfw_writers | Occasional (re)tweeter: writing, life, finely curated amusements

[Brooke Fossey @BAFossey]

Um, so this happened. For some reason I keep laughing at it like I've robbed a bank or something and no one has caught me yet...@people magazine book of the week: #TheBigFinish @BerkleyPub @FolioLiterary

[Nostos @NostosLit]

― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Beautiful and Damned

[Wholesome Side of 𝕏 @itsme_urstruly]

I heard an interview today about AI in creative spaces and the man being interviewed said “AI is data, and Data can only look backwards. Creativity looks forwards.” And I need to sit with that in the best possible way.

[Mike 📺 @michaelcollado]

Opening Twitter is like having a lil phone cigarette

[Catholic Frequency @CatholicFQ]

Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.

- GK Chesterton

[Katherine Argent @effthealgorithm]

Search is full of ads and wrong answers. Every other email is an ad. Prime Video charges you and shows ads. Paramount? Ads. Peacock? YouTube? Hulu? Ads followed by more ads. Netflix full of ads. Meta and X, every other thing is an ad. Pinterest is nothing but ads. AI is in everything. AI finishes sentences incorrectly and won’t stop. AI reads your email and search history to target you with more ads. Every time you open an app or visit a site there’s an update making it worse. In a hurry? First, click here to agree to terms you don’t have time to read and must accept. You need an account to do that. Change your temporary password. Enter your 2FA code. Check your email and enter that code. Now use a passkey. Your password is too simple to remember. Change it. No, not like that. Now log on. Enter your 2FA code. Check your email for a code… Welcome back! We’ve updated our terms of service and privacy policy (you have none). Subscribe to the site. Subscribe to Netflix. Subscribe to toilet paper. Subscribe to these groceries. Pay a membership fee for the right to subscribe then tip your driver who delivers the subscriptions your membership lets you subscribe to. Time to work? We’ve got to update your laptop and will slow down everything you do until you agree to update. But first, click here to agree. Update installed — your laptop’s broken now. It doesn’t matter, since your boss just replaced you with AI. Go to your phone to complain on social media. Wait, your phone needs an update so we can add more AI. Click here. Oh sorry, your phone can’t handle this update. Now it’s useless. Go get the newest phone. Here’s a text from a friend, an email, a voice mail they left three days ago but you didn’t see until now because of sync problems with the cloud. It’s their GoFundMe. Their MLM. Their Patreon. Never mind, you didn’t respond to their text within 9 minutes and now you’re no longer friends. They blocked you. Make new friends. Download this app to find people in your area. In your neighborhood. On your street. Two doors down from you. Do you know this person yet, we think you’d get along. You need an account to use this app. That username is taken. Enter a password. Not that one, you used it on another site. You need to be connected to WiFi to download the app. Allow the app to connect to other devices on your network. Allow the app to access your contacts, know your precise location, store your credit card details. Oops, sorry, we got hacked now all that info is available on the web. There’s a class action suit. You can join. It’ll take a decade to get your $3.73 share of the ten billion settlement. We’ll send it via PayPal or deposit it to your bank, just tell us those details. Oh no, another hack. That info is circulating now, too. Here’s a spam call, a spam email, a spam text. Why are you angry? Why are you talking about getting rid of your phone? Why don’t you like AI, it lets us make all of this easier? Do you know how ridiculous that sounds? This is progress. You’ll be left behind. Do you want to be left behind? Do you???

[le.hl @0xleegenz]

Me realizing that if you replace the "W" in "What", "Where", "When" with a "T" you will answer the questions

[Sick @sickdotdev]

unfollowing everyone on linkedin except this guy

[Brooke Fossey @BAFossey]

Χριστός ἀνέστη! Christ is risen!

[Brooke Fossey @BAFossey]

Why are the Oscar-presenter sketches so cringey?

[Wholesome Side of 𝕏 @itsme_urstruly]

My friend's daughter forgot the word “dandelion” so she described it as “the one that explodes into wishes.”
I like that better.

[andrew chen @andrewchen]

i’ve learned that when you both:
1) read old books
2) and also X every day

then over time you sound like a crazy person at dinner parties

I’ve tested this empirically

[Brooke Fossey @BAFossey]

Still thinking about this beautiful interview days later.

[Hoover Institution @HooverInst]

In December 2025, former US Senator @BenSasse announced that he had been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. That's the primary topic for this @UncKnowledge conversation about mortality, faith, and what truly matters when time is short.

Talking to host @P_M_Robinson, Sasse reflects on "redeeming the time"—holding ambition lightly, loving family more deliberately, and resisting the urge to make politics or professional success the center of life.

The discussion also covers Sasse's thoughts on the failures of Congress; the dangers of a fragmented, attention-starved republic; the crisis of higher education; and the moral challenges of technological abundance.

He speaks candidly and movingly about regret, forgiveness, prayer, and suffering—arguing that while death is a real enemy, it does not get the final word. Watch the full conversation on X:

[Jennifer Nance @Coach_Nance_]

Congratulations to @JJPGirlsBball on being Bi-District Champions! Got the 56-44 win to move on to Area. Great job, Mustangs!!

[Brooke Fossey @BAFossey]

@Thebiglade Yes, and it’s still possible in different parts of the country. Speaking from experience.

[vittorio @IterIntellectus]

the hardest filter in the modern world is the ability to sit with a problem for more than 15 minutes without checking your phone

that's it.
that's the entire competitive advantage now

[Brooke Fossey @BAFossey]

To Kill a Mockingbird, Lonesome Dove, Newsies, The Godfather, The Natural, Secondhand Lions…

[Project Big Screen @ProjBigScreen]

The iconic Robert Duvall has sadly passed away at the age of 95

Rest In Peace 🕊️

[C. S. Lewis @CSLewisDaily]

“The truth is, of course, that what one regards as interruptions are precisely one’s life.” - C.S. Lewis

[Brooke Fossey @BAFossey]

@mgmidget In my version, it's an old fashion case of The Emperor's New Clothes. The lighting is essentially overacting in every frame, and nobody said anything. I think it's a production problem. In your version, it's a post-production problem. Either way...

[Brooke Fossey @BAFossey]

Movie night. Husband’s pick. My take: Black Bag is easily one of the worst lit movies of all time. Day or night, the lighting choices were either too dark, distracting, or overly diffused. Mood or mess? What am I missing here?

[Brooke Fossey @BAFossey]

@mgmidget In my version, it’s not a mistake. It’s overwrought, and nobody in the room was brave enough to say, “Um…I think we might be trying too hard…”

[Brooke Fossey @BAFossey]

Congrats to my good pal @KatieBernet on her debut!

[Simon Teen @simonteen]

Happy #BookBirthday to #BethIsDead by Katie Bernet! https://t.co/ZHVC28Eowv