Ali Trotta

Heard, love! I’m not looking forward to the next time I have to gas up. It’s already been high before all this bullshit.

HEARD

By me, it went up 9 cents on Monday, then 12 cents on Tuesday. Haven’t passed since, but JFC, I’m gonna need a third job just to pay for gas. 🙃

A margarita in a whiskey glass on a butcher block

This week has a lot, but I’m having a margarita and watching The Pitt about it.

GOOD

I don’t always trust the difficult ones!! Like why you gotta BE like that?? 😂😂

Wrote two new poems this week—one was like pulling teeth with tweezers. The other was a fast draft.

The difference is always so stark.

I just laughed SO HARD!

I can’t make my comment in public. 😂

Behold: the first-ever list of news outlets that have banned generative AI in their reporting. As of today, this is literally information that you cannot find on Google.

My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!

go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT

Re: last repost: 2026, the year I keep rooting for corporations, apparently.

Nintendo Suing U.S. Government Over Tariffs aftermath.site/nintendo-tar...

www.scribd.com/document/100...

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

Newsletter goes out later on! It's short and sweet today -- links to things I love/bring me joy. A non-exhaustive list, of course.

It's free!

buttondown.email/alwayscoffee

**flying tackle hug**

A woman with long honey blonde hair, wearing a pink tank top and a chunky beige sweater. She has no makeup on, and she is smirking at the camera.

Cute, but tired: a memoir

Deeply relatable. (I am no longer allowed to store books in the attic because I will, and I quote, break the ceiling. There are books in odd places, as a result. No regrets!)

Was he ALWAYS such an insufferable shit?

But you wait a moment, and the feeling passes, right?

Welcome, dear heart!!!

Thank you for brightening my day!!!

I'm so glad she wrote this. The portrayal of her in this series is, to me, indefensible. She deserves an apology from the filmmakers and FX.

And if you hear yourself saying you portrayed a real person (who's alive!) in a particular way to manipulate your audience, please go improve.

DANNY. This tiny desk is SO good. Holy smokes.

Thank you for sharing, Danny!! Music is such a gift. <3

I only recently discovered him!! I have not seen the tiny desk concert! I will go look for it right now. Thank you!

Do the thing, darlings!!

Dermot Kennedy - Funeral (Official Lyric Video) YouTube video by DermotKennedyVEVO

LOVE Dermot Kennedy's "Funeral."

If I'm honest, you're the reason
That the light gets in at all
You're the song that breaks the silence
You're the smile at curtain call
I'm scared of who I'd be without you
Much more than you know
If I seem strong, it's just a show

www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfYO...

I am INTRIGUED!

Everyone I know who has seen it has said this!! Added to my list. <3

One thing that helps me, often, is to remember that all you can do is try.

Make a gesture. Make the effort. Do the thing. See what happens.

And whether or not someone reaches back or out or meets you halfway is on them. Not you. You've done the thing.

Wait and see, etc.

It's hard to be a person, Adam!!!