Adriana Hightower
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• London • Toronto • Maine •
• London • Toronto • Maine •
There's been some lovely writing about this show, but I think this might be the most gorgeous and heart-filling. Impossible to read it without feeling like something profound is spilling over the banks that were supposed to contain these kinds of stories.
January 17, 2026 at 1:11 PM
There's been some lovely writing about this show, but I think this might be the most gorgeous and heart-filling. Impossible to read it without feeling like something profound is spilling over the banks that were supposed to contain these kinds of stories.
I want this post enlarged, laminated and distributed in bulk wherever Bovino goes for the rest of his squalid little life. He should hear it sung by crowds every single day, like he's Elizabeth II wanting to blow her brains out after hearing God Save the Queen for the quinvigintillionth time.
January 13, 2026 at 1:40 PM
I want this post enlarged, laminated and distributed in bulk wherever Bovino goes for the rest of his squalid little life. He should hear it sung by crowds every single day, like he's Elizabeth II wanting to blow her brains out after hearing God Save the Queen for the quinvigintillionth time.
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Anyway. I know nothing. Swear or don't swear, I don’t know. But everyone should read Ripley's book, and if you're ever in an aviation emergency, Jesus Christ, leave your fucking hand luggage behind.
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The Unthinkable (Revised and Updated): Who Survives When Disaster Strikes--and Why
Who Survives When Disaster Strikes--and Why
bookshop.org
January 10, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Anyway. I know nothing. Swear or don't swear, I don’t know. But everyone should read Ripley's book, and if you're ever in an aviation emergency, Jesus Christ, leave your fucking hand luggage behind.
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
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I honestly don't know if that phenomenon applies to politics and social movements, but I've thought a lot about it since. I don’t love performative bluster from staid politicians grasping for authenticity, but sometimes a heartfelt "FUCK YOU FOREVER, PAL" cuts through the noise like nothing else.
January 10, 2026 at 4:19 PM
I honestly don't know if that phenomenon applies to politics and social movements, but I've thought a lot about it since. I don’t love performative bluster from staid politicians grasping for authenticity, but sometimes a heartfelt "FUCK YOU FOREVER, PAL" cuts through the noise like nothing else.
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In Amanda Ripley's excellent book The Unthinkable, on how humans react to catastrophes, she discusses how rare it is for people to panic during emergencies. Mostly we just freeze. Flight attendants are actively trained to curse at passengers in a crisis because it breaks through the frozen inertia.
January 10, 2026 at 4:19 PM
In Amanda Ripley's excellent book The Unthinkable, on how humans react to catastrophes, she discusses how rare it is for people to panic during emergencies. Mostly we just freeze. Flight attendants are actively trained to curse at passengers in a crisis because it breaks through the frozen inertia.
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I'm seeing a lot of swearing these days by politicians, and look, I get it. The tone from the top could not be more vulgar, and to try to break through in response, many think they have to do the same in reply. But it usually looks calculated and false. Try this instead, which works for Trump:
January 10, 2026 at 1:55 PM
I'm seeing a lot of swearing these days by politicians, and look, I get it. The tone from the top could not be more vulgar, and to try to break through in response, many think they have to do the same in reply. But it usually looks calculated and false. Try this instead, which works for Trump:
Oh shit. The Ponte Vecchio. I took this on March 24th 2020, in deepest lockdown. Florence was so eerie, so empty. Endless, haunting church bells ringing for the dead echoing through the streets. Unbearably beautiful.
QOTD timeline cleanse: Post the 1st photo in your roll when you type in "blue sky"
QOTD timeline cleanse: Post the 1st photo in your roll when you type in "blue sky"
January 8, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Oh shit. The Ponte Vecchio. I took this on March 24th 2020, in deepest lockdown. Florence was so eerie, so empty. Endless, haunting church bells ringing for the dead echoing through the streets. Unbearably beautiful.
QOTD timeline cleanse: Post the 1st photo in your roll when you type in "blue sky"
QOTD timeline cleanse: Post the 1st photo in your roll when you type in "blue sky"
Be kind today, babies. Be kind like our lives depend on it. We're doing softness and solidarity right now and nothing but.
January 8, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Be kind today, babies. Be kind like our lives depend on it. We're doing softness and solidarity right now and nothing but.
He was annoyed by me folding and cracking the spines of my paperback books while I was reading. He read his by carefully parting the pages and peeking in. Like a pervert. Absolutely degenerate behaviour.
Girls get the ick over the weirdest things..
And that shit is HILARIOUS.
And that shit is HILARIOUS.
January 7, 2026 at 5:06 PM
He was annoyed by me folding and cracking the spines of my paperback books while I was reading. He read his by carefully parting the pages and peeking in. Like a pervert. Absolutely degenerate behaviour.
Thinking of the frat bro in the Freeport McDonald's last June wearing a Dartmouth ball cap, quarter-zip and fucking boat shoes. The place is mad busy, and some lady is being a straight bitch to the Black woman trying to manage the chaos with grace. Everyone's tutting. It’s taking fucking forever.
January 6, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Thinking of the frat bro in the Freeport McDonald's last June wearing a Dartmouth ball cap, quarter-zip and fucking boat shoes. The place is mad busy, and some lady is being a straight bitch to the Black woman trying to manage the chaos with grace. Everyone's tutting. It’s taking fucking forever.
Jude Law is conscientious about voting in local elections, and I know this because by coincidence we both arrived at the same St John's Wood polling station at the same time three elections in a row. He was once still in his pyjamas. Elite voter behaviour.
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
December 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Jude Law is conscientious about voting in local elections, and I know this because by coincidence we both arrived at the same St John's Wood polling station at the same time three elections in a row. He was once still in his pyjamas. Elite voter behaviour.
I once heard a laconic Scotsman describe Michael Gove as "a wee sly plop of a man", and have never recovered.
Stupendous and lethally accurate.
Stupendous and lethally accurate.
What's an insult you'll never forget?
December 23, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I once heard a laconic Scotsman describe Michael Gove as "a wee sly plop of a man", and have never recovered.
Stupendous and lethally accurate.
Stupendous and lethally accurate.
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men are not lonely enough
neat guy
December 19, 2025 at 8:37 PM
men are not lonely enough
Rewatching Snow Trail, and am reminded that Toshiro Mifune was just an all-time, prize-winning, 24 carat, hand-made bespoke luxury dreamboat. The kind you change your undies for. A real slab of prime wagyu beef. Pretty sure he smelled like fresh-cut sandalwood and your filthiest imaginings.
December 19, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Rewatching Snow Trail, and am reminded that Toshiro Mifune was just an all-time, prize-winning, 24 carat, hand-made bespoke luxury dreamboat. The kind you change your undies for. A real slab of prime wagyu beef. Pretty sure he smelled like fresh-cut sandalwood and your filthiest imaginings.
My beautiful, gentle Tilda was attacked by an unleashed dog while we were out walking in the woods, completely out of nowhere. It was savage and terrifying; she was utterly stunned and trembling in shock. Seeing my sunny, confident pup frightened and bleeding is just unbearable. My poor friend!
December 2, 2025 at 4:56 PM
My beautiful, gentle Tilda was attacked by an unleashed dog while we were out walking in the woods, completely out of nowhere. It was savage and terrifying; she was utterly stunned and trembling in shock. Seeing my sunny, confident pup frightened and bleeding is just unbearable. My poor friend!
Roast turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, walnut stuffing, orange-cranberry sauce, braised agrodolce pearl onions, Brussels sprouts + apple slaw with maple mustard dressing, and my mother's famous broccoli casserole.
My feet hurt. Someone better save me a good spot on the couch.
My feet hurt. Someone better save me a good spot on the couch.
November 28, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Roast turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, walnut stuffing, orange-cranberry sauce, braised agrodolce pearl onions, Brussels sprouts + apple slaw with maple mustard dressing, and my mother's famous broccoli casserole.
My feet hurt. Someone better save me a good spot on the couch.
My feet hurt. Someone better save me a good spot on the couch.
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Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
Every time I cringe at my own embarrassing, vapid banality, how insufferably obvious my thinking is, I remember this smug rent-a-clown's preening self-satisfaction, and thank god for impostor syndrome.
Every fucking thing he says flashes the "charlie brown had hoes" tweet into my brain. No it's not, that isn't true.
November 21, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Every time I cringe at my own embarrassing, vapid banality, how insufferably obvious my thinking is, I remember this smug rent-a-clown's preening self-satisfaction, and thank god for impostor syndrome.
Got my Covid booster shot + flu vaccine yesterday, and while I'm super into walking through plagues unscathed, my poor little arm hurts today and I think maybe I deserve a tiny treat. Like a hot chocolate, or this $870 green evening dress which I could wear while doing the vacuuming.
November 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Got my Covid booster shot + flu vaccine yesterday, and while I'm super into walking through plagues unscathed, my poor little arm hurts today and I think maybe I deserve a tiny treat. Like a hot chocolate, or this $870 green evening dress which I could wear while doing the vacuuming.
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"until scandal led her" - this is what we call the exonerative tense, like it was the force of some unstoppable scandal bearing down on her and not her sexting a sentient beef jerky with prion disease
November 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
"until scandal led her" - this is what we call the exonerative tense, like it was the force of some unstoppable scandal bearing down on her and not her sexting a sentient beef jerky with prion disease
My current theory is that, among other things, he's historically been a bottom-grubbing snitch. Informed on grotty financial malfeasance by other deeply unpleasant people.
Not criminal, not relevant to Garland, but Trump would want that publicly known about as much as he'd want to lick an ashtray.
Not criminal, not relevant to Garland, but Trump would want that publicly known about as much as he'd want to lick an ashtray.
November 17, 2025 at 1:17 PM
My current theory is that, among other things, he's historically been a bottom-grubbing snitch. Informed on grotty financial malfeasance by other deeply unpleasant people.
Not criminal, not relevant to Garland, but Trump would want that publicly known about as much as he'd want to lick an ashtray.
Not criminal, not relevant to Garland, but Trump would want that publicly known about as much as he'd want to lick an ashtray.
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“you have what it takes to make it to the top” cannot be read as anything but a brutal attack on one’s character
November 13, 2025 at 4:12 AM
“you have what it takes to make it to the top” cannot be read as anything but a brutal attack on one’s character
As a Maine voter, I'll vote for anyone with a pulse with a chance to beat Collins, but Jesus Christ please don't make me fill in my ballot for the mercenary with the Totenkopf tattoo. I've eaten hot dogs with more electable backgrounds than Platner.
We have options! Some of them even house-trained!
We have options! Some of them even house-trained!
October 21, 2025 at 7:55 PM
As a Maine voter, I'll vote for anyone with a pulse with a chance to beat Collins, but Jesus Christ please don't make me fill in my ballot for the mercenary with the Totenkopf tattoo. I've eaten hot dogs with more electable backgrounds than Platner.
We have options! Some of them even house-trained!
We have options! Some of them even house-trained!
Love protesting, absolutely HATE writing signs. Why do my lines always droop; why are there always too many letters? I do not belong at the revolutionary arts + crafts table.
Next time I'm just gonna write "I HAVE EMBARRASSING FINE MOTOR SKILLS" and be done with it.
Next time I'm just gonna write "I HAVE EMBARRASSING FINE MOTOR SKILLS" and be done with it.
October 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Love protesting, absolutely HATE writing signs. Why do my lines always droop; why are there always too many letters? I do not belong at the revolutionary arts + crafts table.
Next time I'm just gonna write "I HAVE EMBARRASSING FINE MOTOR SKILLS" and be done with it.
Next time I'm just gonna write "I HAVE EMBARRASSING FINE MOTOR SKILLS" and be done with it.
I didn't know this about Platner, and let me tell you, it was a hugely dismaying google search. A real bad time.
I'm pretty pragmatic when it comes to candidates, but time spent as Blackwater merc is a no for me, dog. Excuse me, an Xe merc--sorry, Academi merc--whoops Constellis merc--ah shit wait,
I'm pretty pragmatic when it comes to candidates, but time spent as Blackwater merc is a no for me, dog. Excuse me, an Xe merc--sorry, Academi merc--whoops Constellis merc--ah shit wait,
Everyone who told you to support John Fetterman in that primary, is now telling you to support an ex-Blackwater mercenary with no voting record in the Maine primary.
When are you going to catch on?
When are you going to catch on?
October 12, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I didn't know this about Platner, and let me tell you, it was a hugely dismaying google search. A real bad time.
I'm pretty pragmatic when it comes to candidates, but time spent as Blackwater merc is a no for me, dog. Excuse me, an Xe merc--sorry, Academi merc--whoops Constellis merc--ah shit wait,
I'm pretty pragmatic when it comes to candidates, but time spent as Blackwater merc is a no for me, dog. Excuse me, an Xe merc--sorry, Academi merc--whoops Constellis merc--ah shit wait,