highly flammable by Rachel Richardson

highly flammable by Rachel Richardson

CATCHING FIRE: Dead flowers, monoculture moments and trap sacks

Do keep up!

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Rachel Richardson
Aug 20, 2025
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Greetings hotties. I planned to take a petit pause in August while taking a quick trip to Saint-Paul-de-Vence (highly recommend), but I returned home to a series of life dramas (do not recommend), so ~deep breath~ we’re rattling through a few weeks worth of hot stuff today.

If you missed me then I’ll make it up to you with some extra posts, including one later this week on TikTok’s “relatable billionaire” Becca Bloom and her highly anticipated wedding.

But before we wade into the wealth porn waters, let’s see what else has been catching fire…

So hot right now

The dead rose emoji… Another indicator that this summer’s vibe is that we’re all hanging by a thread is that the top trending emoji of 2025 is the wilted flower:

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