Ali Trotta
@alwayscoffee.bsky.social
Writer,poet (7-time Rhysling nominee), editor,coffee vampire. Supergirl+Buffy+Gilmore Girls.
Offerings for Ordinary Gods, @CLASHBooks, Summer 2026
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Rep: @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social
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Offerings for Ordinary Gods, @CLASHBooks, Summer 2026
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Rep: @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social
header @lizlee.bsky.social
alitrotta.com
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Ali Trotta
@alwayscoffee.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Do you know I've got a poetry collection coming out next year? & you can preorder it? (Some links below, but you can preorder worldwide.)
Like tarot cards, witchy things, feminist rage (think Taylor's "Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?" & Fleetwood's "Silver Springs."), & mythology? You're in luck.
Like tarot cards, witchy things, feminist rage (think Taylor's "Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?" & Fleetwood's "Silver Springs."), & mythology? You're in luck.
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Valerie David and I were acting together in high school. She is the Pink Hulk and a three time cancer survivor. She is about to have a brain tumor removed. She is one of the best. All humor and heart. Please lend a hand and help a special human being get through her recovery.
gofund.me/1d4078250
gofund.me/1d4078250
Donate to Help Valerie David fight her benign meningioma brain tumor, organized by Valerie David
EVERY SUPERHERO NEEDS A TEAM!!!
We are Jennifer Hincks and P… Valerie David needs your support for Help Valerie David fight her benign meningioma brain tumor
gofund.me
January 29, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Valerie David and I were acting together in high school. She is the Pink Hulk and a three time cancer survivor. She is about to have a brain tumor removed. She is one of the best. All humor and heart. Please lend a hand and help a special human being get through her recovery.
gofund.me/1d4078250
gofund.me/1d4078250
Art isn’t a vending machine.
You can’t put a coin in and push a magic button and get a poem.
You wouldn’t call a candy bar a gourmet, Michelin meal.
Art takes time, work, and practice.
It takes mistakes and passion and almost always a few tears.
Make it yourself or bugger off.
You can’t put a coin in and push a magic button and get a poem.
You wouldn’t call a candy bar a gourmet, Michelin meal.
Art takes time, work, and practice.
It takes mistakes and passion and almost always a few tears.
Make it yourself or bugger off.
January 29, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Art isn’t a vending machine.
You can’t put a coin in and push a magic button and get a poem.
You wouldn’t call a candy bar a gourmet, Michelin meal.
Art takes time, work, and practice.
It takes mistakes and passion and almost always a few tears.
Make it yourself or bugger off.
You can’t put a coin in and push a magic button and get a poem.
You wouldn’t call a candy bar a gourmet, Michelin meal.
Art takes time, work, and practice.
It takes mistakes and passion and almost always a few tears.
Make it yourself or bugger off.
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Indiana, Minnesota and North Dakota. Includes Skittles, Pringles, Gatorade, Coca-Cola, Heinz Ketchup, Crisco Oil, Pepto Bismol, Axe body spray, Q-Tips, Fancy Feast cat food, Gillette razors, and more. "Rodent excreta, rodent urine, and bird droppings." (Can cause salmonella or leptospirosis.)
There's a massive food recall (including Cheerios, how I found out) yet the only news article I can find about it is on People dot com. What is going on?
Pringles, Nutella, Cheerios Among Thousands of Products Recalled for Exposure to Rodent Waste
The company is urging consumers who purchased the affected products to “destroy the products as soon as possible,” per the recall announcement
people.com
January 29, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Indiana, Minnesota and North Dakota. Includes Skittles, Pringles, Gatorade, Coca-Cola, Heinz Ketchup, Crisco Oil, Pepto Bismol, Axe body spray, Q-Tips, Fancy Feast cat food, Gillette razors, and more. "Rodent excreta, rodent urine, and bird droppings." (Can cause salmonella or leptospirosis.)
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Yikes. The Latino-owned businesses in Mercado Central in Minneapolis report a 90% dip in business since the major influx of federal agents into Minnesota. This is where I’d go to get my Mexican groceries and my pozole fix when I lived in the Twin Cities
January 29, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Yikes. The Latino-owned businesses in Mercado Central in Minneapolis report a 90% dip in business since the major influx of federal agents into Minnesota. This is where I’d go to get my Mexican groceries and my pozole fix when I lived in the Twin Cities
There’s a poem rattling around my brain, and I hope to write it tomorrow.
January 29, 2026 at 7:50 PM
There’s a poem rattling around my brain, and I hope to write it tomorrow.
Would you like to read to poems? Are you nominating for the Rhysling, Hugos, or Nebulas?
I’ve got links in thread for you! I’m really proud of the work I did last year, especially the poem I cowrote with @kambriel.com !
**does Vanna White flourish**
I’ve got links in thread for you! I’m really proud of the work I did last year, especially the poem I cowrote with @kambriel.com !
**does Vanna White flourish**
Darlings! A fresh post.
I've got poems eligible for the Hugo @laworldcon.bsky.social), Nebula ( @sfwa.org), and Rhysling awards ( @sfpoetry.bsky.social). Links:
@strangehorizons.bsky.social -- "Of Water, Always Seeking" strangehorizons.com/poetry/of-wa...
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I've got poems eligible for the Hugo @laworldcon.bsky.social), Nebula ( @sfwa.org), and Rhysling awards ( @sfpoetry.bsky.social). Links:
@strangehorizons.bsky.social -- "Of Water, Always Seeking" strangehorizons.com/poetry/of-wa...
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January 29, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Would you like to read to poems? Are you nominating for the Rhysling, Hugos, or Nebulas?
I’ve got links in thread for you! I’m really proud of the work I did last year, especially the poem I cowrote with @kambriel.com !
**does Vanna White flourish**
I’ve got links in thread for you! I’m really proud of the work I did last year, especially the poem I cowrote with @kambriel.com !
**does Vanna White flourish**
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If you’ve been thinking to yourself “man, I really want to help people in Minneapolis, but I also some some cookies, AND I’d also like to help out trans, neurodiverse, and BIPOC youth“ boy oh boy do I have some good news for you!
digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/troop5...
digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/troop5...
Order your Faves on my Digital Cookie Site Today
That's right! You can order your favorite Girl Scout Cookies from me online, all while helping my troop and I do great things in our community and beyond! Check it out.
digitalcookie.girlscouts.org
January 29, 2026 at 4:17 PM
If you’ve been thinking to yourself “man, I really want to help people in Minneapolis, but I also some some cookies, AND I’d also like to help out trans, neurodiverse, and BIPOC youth“ boy oh boy do I have some good news for you!
digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/troop5...
digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/troop5...
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ICE is upset that ICE isn't welcome in restaurants after ICE ordered food at a restaurant, ate it, then arrested restaurant employees, and ICE believes this is someone else's fault, do I have that right?
January 29, 2026 at 4:45 PM
ICE is upset that ICE isn't welcome in restaurants after ICE ordered food at a restaurant, ate it, then arrested restaurant employees, and ICE believes this is someone else's fault, do I have that right?
Did my calls again, citing the recent Homan interview. Couldn't get through to one senator (mailboxes are full, phones were busy), but left a message for the other one.
Call.
Call.
January 29, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Did my calls again, citing the recent Homan interview. Couldn't get through to one senator (mailboxes are full, phones were busy), but left a message for the other one.
Call.
Call.
Trying very hard to focus while I have a ghastly tension headache.
It hurts so much that I didn't even realize I was hungry.
It hurts so much that I didn't even realize I was hungry.
January 29, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Trying very hard to focus while I have a ghastly tension headache.
It hurts so much that I didn't even realize I was hungry.
It hurts so much that I didn't even realize I was hungry.
I got sleep, but there still isn’t enough coffee in the world today.
January 29, 2026 at 1:03 PM
I got sleep, but there still isn’t enough coffee in the world today.
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“.. This list should give pause to anyone — no matter his or her political beliefs — who cares about the rule of law,” Judge Schiltz added.
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...
January 29, 2026 at 11:21 AM
“.. This list should give pause to anyone — no matter his or her political beliefs — who cares about the rule of law,” Judge Schiltz added.
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...
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Imagine having Bruce Springsteen AND Billy Bragg release songs about how much you fucking suck and how much the people fighting you rule you within the same 48 hours
January 28, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Imagine having Bruce Springsteen AND Billy Bragg release songs about how much you fucking suck and how much the people fighting you rule you within the same 48 hours
This is unconscionable.
NEW: Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old who ICE agents in Minneapolis nabbed last week and shipped off to a Texas detention facility with his dad, is now in poor health, his school superintendent told me today www.huffpost.com/entry/liam-c...
5-Year-Old in ICE Detention Is Sick, Says Top School Official
The 5-year-old who was taken by federal agents in Minneapolis is being held behind bars with his father in Texas.
www.huffpost.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:04 PM
This is unconscionable.
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I’ve never had a chance to post this before, and am a little nervous about it, but: I would be absolutely delighted if you put Murder by Memory on your Hugo nomination list, please and thank you.
January 28, 2026 at 10:03 PM
I’ve never had a chance to post this before, and am a little nervous about it, but: I would be absolutely delighted if you put Murder by Memory on your Hugo nomination list, please and thank you.
Could your day use a smol gremlin?
January 28, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Could your day use a smol gremlin?
Let’s go, baby!!
Schumer calls for Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller to be removed from their jobs.
January 28, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Let’s go, baby!!
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Some more info, including preorder links, over yonder hill and dale to grandmother's blog we go:
Cover Reveal: The Calamities
And, we have a cover for The Calamities, courtesy of Del Rey and the Boland Design Co (who also did the stellar Staircase in the Woods cover)! The description: The heir to one of the world’s most i…
terribleminds.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Some more info, including preorder links, over yonder hill and dale to grandmother's blog we go:
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
I am very much a "check on my people" person. I'm a "text me when you get there/home" person. I'm a "just checking in" person.
Because care is important. And caring out loud, especially these days, matters.
Because care is important. And caring out loud, especially these days, matters.
January 28, 2026 at 3:51 PM
I am very much a "check on my people" person. I'm a "text me when you get there/home" person. I'm a "just checking in" person.
Because care is important. And caring out loud, especially these days, matters.
Because care is important. And caring out loud, especially these days, matters.
Several things this week have made me feel lucky as hell, even amid the horrors.
Consider this a reminder that the people in your life will make you feel rich as hell.
And I am very, very lucky.
Consider this a reminder that the people in your life will make you feel rich as hell.
And I am very, very lucky.
January 28, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Several things this week have made me feel lucky as hell, even amid the horrors.
Consider this a reminder that the people in your life will make you feel rich as hell.
And I am very, very lucky.
Consider this a reminder that the people in your life will make you feel rich as hell.
And I am very, very lucky.
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and if they want an arm and a leg to titer you, just get another - I've had it like 4 times because we used to have it as a requirement to attend college and I had trouble getting my old records.
Fun fact: if you were born in the 80s, they only recommended ONE MMR shot, not two which is now the standard.
Get your titers checked, darlings!
Get your titers checked, darlings!
January 28, 2026 at 2:53 PM
and if they want an arm and a leg to titer you, just get another - I've had it like 4 times because we used to have it as a requirement to attend college and I had trouble getting my old records.
Fun fact: if you were born in the 80s, they only recommended ONE MMR shot, not two which is now the standard.
Get your titers checked, darlings!
Get your titers checked, darlings!
January 28, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Fun fact: if you were born in the 80s, they only recommended ONE MMR shot, not two which is now the standard.
Get your titers checked, darlings!
Get your titers checked, darlings!
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#Minneapolis We’re still here and they’re still here, kidnapping our neighbors, harassing small business owners, forcing people to hide out of fear, threatening activists. Rearranging the deckchairs won’t fix that. End ICE. Impeach Noem and Miller. We have to stop them NOW.
January 28, 2026 at 2:34 PM
#Minneapolis We’re still here and they’re still here, kidnapping our neighbors, harassing small business owners, forcing people to hide out of fear, threatening activists. Rearranging the deckchairs won’t fix that. End ICE. Impeach Noem and Miller. We have to stop them NOW.