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Ali Trotta

@alwayscoffee.bsky.social

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Writer,poet (7-time Rhysling nominee), editor,coffee vampire. Supergirl+Buffy+Gilmore Girls. Offerings for Ordinary Gods, @CLASHBooks, Summer 2026 she/her Rep: @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social header @lizlee.bsky.social alitrotta.com [email protected]

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Ali Trotta @alwayscoffee.bsky.social · 20d

Who wants preorder links?

BN: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/offerings-...

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A poetry collection cover, featuring a woman wearing a red cloak and matching lipstick, her face obscured, her lands lifted up. There is smoke between them. The title, in an elegant gold font, is Offerings for Ordinary Gods. The author's name, Ali Trotta, is in a matching font at the bottom.

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Ali Trotta @alwayscoffee.bsky.social · 2h

You can see the cracks
in this glass heart, still beating,
still beautiful, a wild mess
of what-ifs and what might be,
the ache overtaking
everything else,
a splinter underneath
every breath, light
still shimmering in,
light still lingering,
a kaleidoscope
of a stained glass
heart.
#TinyPoem

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Alex Winter @alexwinter.com · 4h

Bluesky deletes the accounts of the very real Gaza civilians here. But their plight isn't over and they rely on our donations to survive.

Please give to my friend Tasneem so she can feed her family. And find and help others. We’re their only voice and means of survival. ❤️ 🙏

tinyurl.com/Tasneemo

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Ali Trotta @alwayscoffee.bsky.social · 2h

Welcome!! You can do it!!

Ali Trotta @alwayscoffee.bsky.social · 2h

Welcome!

Ali Trotta @alwayscoffee.bsky.social · 6h

Everything feels bad, but today we make SOUP while blasting Life of a Showgirl.

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Alex Winter @alexwinter.com · 6h

Please give to my friend Tasneem so she can feed her family. Her Bluesky accounts are constantly deleted, like many of the very real Gaza civilians here. But their plight is not over.

And find and help others if you can. We’re their only voice and means of survival. ❤️ 🙏

tinyurl.com/Tasneemo

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Ali Trotta @alwayscoffee.bsky.social · 7h

Right?? I am excited!!!

Ali Trotta @alwayscoffee.bsky.social · 7h

Just a girl waiting for the coffee to brew.

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Ali Trotta @alwayscoffee.bsky.social · 20h

We know each other from Twitter!!! Agreed!!

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Ali Trotta @alwayscoffee.bsky.social · 21h

TINDA

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Ali Trotta @alwayscoffee.bsky.social · 23h

Sometimes, I question if I’m strong enough, and then I remember the things I’ve done that I thought were impossible.

Don’t you ever forget that you are stronger and braver than you know, darlings.

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Ali Trotta @alwayscoffee.bsky.social · 1d

Daaaaaamn!! That’s great!

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Dr Ellie Murray, ScD @epiellie.bsky.social · 1d

This is a massive deal. But it’s not a done deal. Workers have been barred from their offices, but there is still time to protect their jobs. Only your Reps can do it though. Don’t let up!

Daniel Westreich @epidbydesign.bsky.social · 1d

RIFs at CDC.

Destroying the Epidemic Intelligence Service, NCIRD, NCIPC & a dozen other areas/divisions/branches will cause enormous harm and suffering to America, and indeed to the whole world.

Call your Reps about it.

Then call them again.

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Ali Trotta @alwayscoffee.bsky.social · 1d

VERY CREEPY

Ali Trotta @alwayscoffee.bsky.social · 1d

THIS. Same

Ali Trotta @alwayscoffee.bsky.social · 1d

That thing is incredibly haunted! Jesus Christ.

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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 2d

Of all the clerics they could have popped, those ICE idiots had to hit Hot Priest.

Presbyterian minister David Black on CNN, who was shot with pepper balls while praying outside an ICE facility.

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Ali Trotta @alwayscoffee.bsky.social · 1d

Coffee on a cold morning.

Ali Trotta @alwayscoffee.bsky.social · 1d

Psssst, ICYMI!

Ali Trotta @alwayscoffee.bsky.social · 20d

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Ali Trotta @alwayscoffee.bsky.social · 1d

….i just *lets out a breath* that’s a choice!

Ali Trotta @alwayscoffee.bsky.social · 2d

I'm so, so sorry for your loss. <3

Ali Trotta @alwayscoffee.bsky.social · 2d

the SECOND the weather turns, he burrows! It is so funny!! <3

Ali Trotta @alwayscoffee.bsky.social · 2d

Newsletter goes out later today! It's free.

This one is already written, but if there's anything in particular you want me to write about, give a shout.

buttondown.email/alwayscoffee

Between the Lines

A writer's life: a bit of this and that, but always coffee.

buttondown.email

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Ali Trotta @alwayscoffee.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you!!

Ali Trotta @alwayscoffee.bsky.social · 2d

Very!