Ali Trotta
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Writer,poet (7-time Rhysling nominee), editor,coffee vampire. Supergirl+Buffy+Gilmore Girls.
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Ali Trotta
@alwayscoffee.bsky.social
· Sep 22
When something or someone matters to me, I put my whole damn heart into it. I don’t really know how to do anything halfway when it matters.
Sometimes, that’s not easy. And other times, it’s the easiest thing in the world.
Sometimes, that’s not easy. And other times, it’s the easiest thing in the world.
November 11, 2025 at 12:45 AM
When something or someone matters to me, I put my whole damn heart into it. I don’t really know how to do anything halfway when it matters.
Sometimes, that’s not easy. And other times, it’s the easiest thing in the world.
Sometimes, that’s not easy. And other times, it’s the easiest thing in the world.
The little neighbor cat came running out of the dark for love. And it is the purest thing.
Also it is cold.
Also it is cold.
November 10, 2025 at 11:24 PM
The little neighbor cat came running out of the dark for love. And it is the purest thing.
Also it is cold.
Also it is cold.
I look very hot today, and none of you are getting a selfie about it.
November 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I look very hot today, and none of you are getting a selfie about it.
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BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
November 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
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Any witch worth their salt will enjoy 🍂Witch's Willow🍂 ~ my wicked little love letter dedicated to crones everywhere & featured in Enchanted Living Magazine's Cottage Witch!
The lush printed edition's available now in bookshops, libraries & by mail: enchantedlivingmag.com/collections/... #Witchsky
The lush printed edition's available now in bookshops, libraries & by mail: enchantedlivingmag.com/collections/... #Witchsky
October 31, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Any witch worth their salt will enjoy 🍂Witch's Willow🍂 ~ my wicked little love letter dedicated to crones everywhere & featured in Enchanted Living Magazine's Cottage Witch!
The lush printed edition's available now in bookshops, libraries & by mail: enchantedlivingmag.com/collections/... #Witchsky
The lush printed edition's available now in bookshops, libraries & by mail: enchantedlivingmag.com/collections/... #Witchsky
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Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
I deeply dislike when someone intelligent acts superior and smug. It accomplishes nothing, except losing my respect.
Just don't be a dick.
(Unfollowed someone this morning who basically chided that ANYONE who is smart KNEW the Davis case would get dismissed. Don't shit on people's feelings, man.)
Just don't be a dick.
(Unfollowed someone this morning who basically chided that ANYONE who is smart KNEW the Davis case would get dismissed. Don't shit on people's feelings, man.)
November 10, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I deeply dislike when someone intelligent acts superior and smug. It accomplishes nothing, except losing my respect.
Just don't be a dick.
(Unfollowed someone this morning who basically chided that ANYONE who is smart KNEW the Davis case would get dismissed. Don't shit on people's feelings, man.)
Just don't be a dick.
(Unfollowed someone this morning who basically chided that ANYONE who is smart KNEW the Davis case would get dismissed. Don't shit on people's feelings, man.)
People are REALLY people-ing today, aren’t they? (Derogatory)
November 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
People are REALLY people-ing today, aren’t they? (Derogatory)
REMINDER: Mercury Rx is happening -- Freddie is IN the microwave.
Move slowly. Back up your shit. Double check everything. Except communications and communications to be weird.
Move slowly. Back up your shit. Double check everything. Except communications and communications to be weird.
November 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
REMINDER: Mercury Rx is happening -- Freddie is IN the microwave.
Move slowly. Back up your shit. Double check everything. Except communications and communications to be weird.
Move slowly. Back up your shit. Double check everything. Except communications and communications to be weird.
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Senator @kaine.senate.gov will now let you leave a message if you call. I got right through to Senator Warner's team.
Keep calling.
Let them hear from us.
Let them know we give a damn about other human beings + are horrified by this "deal" that will cause real harm.
www.senate.gov/states/VA/in...
Keep calling.
Let them hear from us.
Let them know we give a damn about other human beings + are horrified by this "deal" that will cause real harm.
www.senate.gov/states/VA/in...
U.S. Senate: States in the Senate | Virginia
www.senate.gov
November 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Senator @kaine.senate.gov will now let you leave a message if you call. I got right through to Senator Warner's team.
Keep calling.
Let them hear from us.
Let them know we give a damn about other human beings + are horrified by this "deal" that will cause real harm.
www.senate.gov/states/VA/in...
Keep calling.
Let them hear from us.
Let them know we give a damn about other human beings + are horrified by this "deal" that will cause real harm.
www.senate.gov/states/VA/in...
I NEVER want to see that bitch's face again.
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I NEVER want to see that bitch's face again.
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Oh thank FUCK
(Does it mean that they won't on another case? Not necessarily. But every day it's safe is a day it's safe, and every flimsy pretext they deny is reassuring for the rule of law in the land.)
(Does it mean that they won't on another case? Not necessarily. But every day it's safe is a day it's safe, and every flimsy pretext they deny is reassuring for the rule of law in the land.)
#BREAKING: Over no public dissents, #SCOTUS denies Kim Davis's petition asking the justices to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges (which recognized federal constitutional protections for same-sex marriage):
www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
www.supremecourt.gov
November 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Oh thank FUCK
(Does it mean that they won't on another case? Not necessarily. But every day it's safe is a day it's safe, and every flimsy pretext they deny is reassuring for the rule of law in the land.)
(Does it mean that they won't on another case? Not necessarily. But every day it's safe is a day it's safe, and every flimsy pretext they deny is reassuring for the rule of law in the land.)
Called BOTH my senators this morning and left a message to thank them for holding the line, to say that the current bill is unacceptable, to talk to their dem colleagues because this defection is insane, and to tell Schumer to do his damn job and prevent weak links.
Rambled, but.
Rambled, but.
November 10, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Called BOTH my senators this morning and left a message to thank them for holding the line, to say that the current bill is unacceptable, to talk to their dem colleagues because this defection is insane, and to tell Schumer to do his damn job and prevent weak links.
Rambled, but.
Rambled, but.
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This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 AM
This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.
Restless. Curious. A thousand things, I suppose.
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Restless. Curious. A thousand things, I suppose.
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A message for the senate democrats
November 9, 2025 at 11:45 PM
A message for the senate democrats
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Please remember that your Senator is neither your friend, nor your enemy. They work for you. Call them and give them clear input. And don’t be afraid to tell them you’ll be supporting their next primary challenger if they don’t show a spine. They work for you. Threaten to fire them if you have to.
November 9, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Please remember that your Senator is neither your friend, nor your enemy. They work for you. Call them and give them clear input. And don’t be afraid to tell them you’ll be supporting their next primary challenger if they don’t show a spine. They work for you. Threaten to fire them if you have to.
The axios article seems a bit rage bait.
Call your senators and tell them to remember their spine.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/09/p...
Call your senators and tell them to remember their spine.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/09/p...
Senators near deal to reopen government as key Democrats signal willingness to back plan | CNN Politics
The emerging deal would include a stopgap measure to extend government funding until January and be tied to a larger package to fully fund several key agencies.
www.cnn.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:03 PM
The axios article seems a bit rage bait.
Call your senators and tell them to remember their spine.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/09/p...
Call your senators and tell them to remember their spine.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/09/p...
Currently eating a chunk of cheese over the sink instead of getting a plate, like a feral gremlin
November 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Currently eating a chunk of cheese over the sink instead of getting a plate, like a feral gremlin
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"Silence, for me, is now intolerable."
BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 9, 2025 at 4:56 PM
"Silence, for me, is now intolerable."
I’m just a girl, sitting on the floor, eating candy.
November 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I’m just a girl, sitting on the floor, eating candy.
Share your joys.
That great sunset. That brilliant sky. The delicious meal. The cute photo.
The small thing that made you happy. The person you thought of out of nowhere — tell them.
Joy brings joy, and that is GOOD.
That great sunset. That brilliant sky. The delicious meal. The cute photo.
The small thing that made you happy. The person you thought of out of nowhere — tell them.
Joy brings joy, and that is GOOD.
November 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Share your joys.
That great sunset. That brilliant sky. The delicious meal. The cute photo.
The small thing that made you happy. The person you thought of out of nowhere — tell them.
Joy brings joy, and that is GOOD.
That great sunset. That brilliant sky. The delicious meal. The cute photo.
The small thing that made you happy. The person you thought of out of nowhere — tell them.
Joy brings joy, and that is GOOD.
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This shutdown is starting to remind me of the 2023 WGA Strike.
AMPTP folks quoted saying they wanted people to lose their homes, etc. GOP saying this'll stretch into 2026.
The WGA didn't cave.
They won the day.
So, don't cave, Democratic Congressfolks.
The American people need to win. So, fight!
AMPTP folks quoted saying they wanted people to lose their homes, etc. GOP saying this'll stretch into 2026.
The WGA didn't cave.
They won the day.
So, don't cave, Democratic Congressfolks.
The American people need to win. So, fight!
November 9, 2025 at 1:55 PM
This shutdown is starting to remind me of the 2023 WGA Strike.
AMPTP folks quoted saying they wanted people to lose their homes, etc. GOP saying this'll stretch into 2026.
The WGA didn't cave.
They won the day.
So, don't cave, Democratic Congressfolks.
The American people need to win. So, fight!
AMPTP folks quoted saying they wanted people to lose their homes, etc. GOP saying this'll stretch into 2026.
The WGA didn't cave.
They won the day.
So, don't cave, Democratic Congressfolks.
The American people need to win. So, fight!
I am swaddled in blankets with a cup of coffee on hand. The air is crisp outside, but the burrs are flitting around in the light fog, cheerful.
November 9, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I am swaddled in blankets with a cup of coffee on hand. The air is crisp outside, but the burrs are flitting around in the light fog, cheerful.
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
November 9, 2025 at 1:23 AM