Adriana Hightower
@adrianahightower.bsky.social
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• London • Toronto • Maine •
• London • Toronto • Maine •
We went out to dinner at 11 pm on our first night in Bilbao, and were utterly humiliated to realize that we were still the first people there. By about an hour. Mortifying. Absolutely crushing when you think you're being extremely cool + hip and then find out: no. Very much not.
November 25, 2025 at 3:13 AM
We went out to dinner at 11 pm on our first night in Bilbao, and were utterly humiliated to realize that we were still the first people there. By about an hour. Mortifying. Absolutely crushing when you think you're being extremely cool + hip and then find out: no. Very much not.
Recontextualize dinnertime as cosmopolitan and Spanish-influenced! It's not late, it's ::sophisticated::
November 25, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Recontextualize dinnertime as cosmopolitan and Spanish-influenced! It's not late, it's ::sophisticated::
Of all the righteous wisdom in that snippet of Nemik's manifesto, that "Try" resonates the most. Just try.
Be frightened, be exhausted, be overwhelmed, but try.
Be frightened, be exhausted, be overwhelmed, but try.
November 24, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Of all the righteous wisdom in that snippet of Nemik's manifesto, that "Try" resonates the most. Just try.
Be frightened, be exhausted, be overwhelmed, but try.
Be frightened, be exhausted, be overwhelmed, but try.
I'm a dual citizen, so rightfully distrusted by all sides, but it pains me to see biscuits causing strife between friends. I just want everyone to have lovely biscuits, period! Crunchy oaty hobnobs AND hot, flaky, buttery biscuits for everyone!
Let's gang up on the low-carb people. The TRUE ENEMY.
Let's gang up on the low-carb people. The TRUE ENEMY.
November 24, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I'm a dual citizen, so rightfully distrusted by all sides, but it pains me to see biscuits causing strife between friends. I just want everyone to have lovely biscuits, period! Crunchy oaty hobnobs AND hot, flaky, buttery biscuits for everyone!
Let's gang up on the low-carb people. The TRUE ENEMY.
Let's gang up on the low-carb people. The TRUE ENEMY.
This was me too. I remember feeling nauseated and tingling with dread every single day when I woke up and remembered that I had to go to school again.
And I was one of the lucky kids who did well and wasn't bullied! It was still torture.
And I was one of the lucky kids who did well and wasn't bullied! It was still torture.
November 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
This was me too. I remember feeling nauseated and tingling with dread every single day when I woke up and remembered that I had to go to school again.
And I was one of the lucky kids who did well and wasn't bullied! It was still torture.
And I was one of the lucky kids who did well and wasn't bullied! It was still torture.
The good ones do!
November 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The good ones do!
My delight in this mental image is very real.
November 24, 2025 at 3:37 AM
My delight in this mental image is very real.
Oh! I've heard Balinese kitties are super-affectionate and good-tempered. What luck to be owned by one!
November 24, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Oh! I've heard Balinese kitties are super-affectionate and good-tempered. What luck to be owned by one!
The most glamorous cat who ever lived! Is it a Maine Coon?
November 24, 2025 at 3:12 AM
The most glamorous cat who ever lived! Is it a Maine Coon?
You have no idea how much I needed this picture of your excellent cat after reading this thread. True public service.
November 24, 2025 at 2:55 AM
You have no idea how much I needed this picture of your excellent cat after reading this thread. True public service.
This is a very good cat. Every tortoiseshell cat I've ever met has been an outstanding, top-quality feline. You're owned by the best, my friend.
November 24, 2025 at 2:52 AM
This is a very good cat. Every tortoiseshell cat I've ever met has been an outstanding, top-quality feline. You're owned by the best, my friend.
Just checking the obvious boxes here, cos I have to do the checklist thing myself:
• Have you eaten in the last 4 hours?
• Are you thirsty?
• Have you taken your meds?
• Do you have something soft to touch?
• Do you have the energy for a shower?
• Are you warm (or cool) enough?
• Do you feel safe?
• Have you eaten in the last 4 hours?
• Are you thirsty?
• Have you taken your meds?
• Do you have something soft to touch?
• Do you have the energy for a shower?
• Are you warm (or cool) enough?
• Do you feel safe?
November 24, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Just checking the obvious boxes here, cos I have to do the checklist thing myself:
• Have you eaten in the last 4 hours?
• Are you thirsty?
• Have you taken your meds?
• Do you have something soft to touch?
• Do you have the energy for a shower?
• Are you warm (or cool) enough?
• Do you feel safe?
• Have you eaten in the last 4 hours?
• Are you thirsty?
• Have you taken your meds?
• Do you have something soft to touch?
• Do you have the energy for a shower?
• Are you warm (or cool) enough?
• Do you feel safe?
Absolutely, except for the land mines, birth defects and generational trauma. But omelettes, eggs, you know how it goes.
November 24, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Absolutely, except for the land mines, birth defects and generational trauma. But omelettes, eggs, you know how it goes.
Oh this is such an impressive bit of recall. I'd completely forgotten about this. Well sussed.
November 23, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Oh this is such an impressive bit of recall. I'd completely forgotten about this. Well sussed.
Thanks for linking to this! What a great idea.
I just bought some nice skincare stuff for Grace in Maine who wants to be a lawyer, and I hope she knows the world's rooting for her.
I just bought some nice skincare stuff for Grace in Maine who wants to be a lawyer, and I hope she knows the world's rooting for her.
November 22, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Thanks for linking to this! What a great idea.
I just bought some nice skincare stuff for Grace in Maine who wants to be a lawyer, and I hope she knows the world's rooting for her.
I just bought some nice skincare stuff for Grace in Maine who wants to be a lawyer, and I hope she knows the world's rooting for her.
My beloved hound would vacuum these up like kibble if she had her way. We use them to apologize after she's subjected to the evils of bathtime, and I'm not saying she ::forgives:: us, exactly, but they do help us to move forward emotionally.
November 22, 2025 at 10:32 PM
My beloved hound would vacuum these up like kibble if she had her way. We use them to apologize after she's subjected to the evils of bathtime, and I'm not saying she ::forgives:: us, exactly, but they do help us to move forward emotionally.
Hard to come back from publishing your ex-fiancée's ex-lover's cum poetry, though. You can do it, but boy, there's a cost.
November 22, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Hard to come back from publishing your ex-fiancée's ex-lover's cum poetry, though. You can do it, but boy, there's a cost.
Given what I know about Lizza, there will be no reflecting or learning whatsoever.
Whaaaaat a piece of shit.
Whaaaaat a piece of shit.
November 22, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Given what I know about Lizza, there will be no reflecting or learning whatsoever.
Whaaaaat a piece of shit.
Whaaaaat a piece of shit.
I'm grieved to report that it's not just in old magazines. A beloved auntie of mine always brings a lime jell-o salad to Thanksgiving. It contains pineapple, cottage cheese, mayonnaise, glacé cherries, horseradish and walnuts, and I want to die just thinking about it.
The past, it is still with us.
The past, it is still with us.
November 22, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I'm grieved to report that it's not just in old magazines. A beloved auntie of mine always brings a lime jell-o salad to Thanksgiving. It contains pineapple, cottage cheese, mayonnaise, glacé cherries, horseradish and walnuts, and I want to die just thinking about it.
The past, it is still with us.
The past, it is still with us.
It really is revenge porn, just without pictures.
And it's one thing to say something despicable in the heat of the moment when you're furious. But it's genuine sicko behaviour to write triumphantly about this shit and still believe you're the good guy in the situation.
Put all of them in the bin.
And it's one thing to say something despicable in the heat of the moment when you're furious. But it's genuine sicko behaviour to write triumphantly about this shit and still believe you're the good guy in the situation.
Put all of them in the bin.
November 22, 2025 at 8:39 PM
It really is revenge porn, just without pictures.
And it's one thing to say something despicable in the heat of the moment when you're furious. But it's genuine sicko behaviour to write triumphantly about this shit and still believe you're the good guy in the situation.
Put all of them in the bin.
And it's one thing to say something despicable in the heat of the moment when you're furious. But it's genuine sicko behaviour to write triumphantly about this shit and still believe you're the good guy in the situation.
Put all of them in the bin.
I think that Michael Ian Black might be an asshole, but his dismay and disgust at McCain's idea of a good time is properly great.
November 22, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I think that Michael Ian Black might be an asshole, but his dismay and disgust at McCain's idea of a good time is properly great.
God help me, I found a copy of this in a free library, and I occasionally self-harm by reading things I shouldn't.
I can report that it's absolutely dire, except for when Black goes to a hellish Vegas strip club and has the very worst time of his life. It's genuinely funny and also richly deserved.
I can report that it's absolutely dire, except for when Black goes to a hellish Vegas strip club and has the very worst time of his life. It's genuinely funny and also richly deserved.
November 22, 2025 at 7:43 PM
God help me, I found a copy of this in a free library, and I occasionally self-harm by reading things I shouldn't.
I can report that it's absolutely dire, except for when Black goes to a hellish Vegas strip club and has the very worst time of his life. It's genuinely funny and also richly deserved.
I can report that it's absolutely dire, except for when Black goes to a hellish Vegas strip club and has the very worst time of his life. It's genuinely funny and also richly deserved.
Thanks so much for the gift link -- you're a mensch.
November 22, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Thanks so much for the gift link -- you're a mensch.
Thanks for all the excellent food for thought, and I wish I had a whole heap more to give. Feels great to support your work.
November 21, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Thanks for all the excellent food for thought, and I wish I had a whole heap more to give. Feels great to support your work.