Ali Trachta
Editor-in-chief at @pghcitypaper.com, East End boomerang, Jane Pratt wannabe, VPR scholar, gaylor ally. she/her. ali@pghcitypaper.com
- Reposted by Ali Trachta6/ The Post has lost over 375,000 subscribers in just over a year. If 10% of those readers subscribed to The 51st instead, we could hire 10 reporters and five editors, dramatically scaling our coverage of the city at this critical time. 51st.news/signup
- I can see that a lot of people are still reading @pghcitypaper.com online even without the daily newsletter or new social posts and I love you all for it.
- Support local journalism.
- When in doubt, make a BLT
- Woke up and immediately went to Google Realtime because muscle memory
- I wrote and scheduled this before the ax came down and I’m sharing it now b/c it celebrates how in awe I am of Amanda Waltz @colinbwilliams.com @stacypgh.bsky.social @marsjohnson.bsky.social & Rachel Wilkinson and always will be. Love you @pghcitypaper.com ❤️ www.pghcitypaper.com/news-2/cp-ye...
- Best job ever, best people, best paper, best city ❤️
- Keep in touch, Yinz. Follow us at @stacypgh.bsky.social, @colinbwilliams.com, @awaltz.bsky.social, @marsjohnson.bsky.social, @alitrachta.bsky.social We will miss you. 💔
- Reposted by Ali TrachtaYou simply gotta check out this year-end roundup from @marsjohnson.bsky.social:
- Anyone seen a salt truck? www.pghcitypaper.com/news-2/infra...
- Omg Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre 👏 www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrtJwSJX/
- If you’re not reading Rachel Wilkinson’s Food News column in @pghcitypaper.com then you’re going to miss out on things like the Queer Arm Wrestling Pie Eating Spaghetti Dinner Rent Party and that’s on you. That and more here: www.pghcitypaper.com/food-drink/s...
- All I want is for a team named after factory work to win
- Reposted by Ali TrachtaA stretch of the Parkway East was ranked as one of the riskiest roads in America, and you will never* guess which part. (*yes you will) www.axios.com/local/pittsb...
- None of this is easy, but I believe in @pghcitypaper.com, and I hope you do too.
- Reposted by Ali TrachtaJournalism students: Yes, the semester has just begun, but think ahead! @publicsource.org is accepting applications for spring semester internships. Info here: www.publicsource.org/jobs/
- Stick a fork in it, guys! www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/a...
- I drive past this every single day and never would have imagined 🫣 www.pghcitypaper.com/news/the-bac...
- More of this kind of thing in Pittsburgh, please
- Reposted by Ali TrachtaStrip District. 2300 block Penn Ave. If you got a white Dodge with an Oklahoma plate, cops are about to break your window because you left your dog in your car.
- Reposted by Ali TrachtaHelp us find Tim & Justin who got engaged at Pittsburgh Pride during the David Archuleta concert. Slide into our DMs. #pittsburghpride
- Obsessed with this new IG account and the fact that they posted super old personal ads from @pghcitypaper.com www.instagram.com/p/DMdKS2Qsto...
- Sickening but important story: www.pghcitypaper.com/news/acj-in-...
- Watermelon for dinner
- Your random reminder that I think Taylor Swift didn’t re-record Reputation because it’s about Karlie Kloss www.pghcitypaper.com/arts-enterta...
- “…A final phase, allowing nonprofessionals to submit columns with help from an A.I. writing coach called Ember, could begin testing this fall.” 🤦♀️ www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/b...
- Honestly this is kind of a BFD www.pghcitypaper.com/arts-enterta...
- I don’t spend enough time at Rivers Casino
- Reposted by Ali TrachtaSteel Army is PACKED for the first ever Pittsburgh Riveters match.
- I need to talk to someone, anyone, about unhinged ParkTok
- Uncle Sam’s closing at 6pm on a Friday night is wild
- If you’re sick of the apps, something else is coming…
- We're gearing up for the launch of our modernized personals section, and we want your input! Help us out by filling out our survey or nominating your single friends who deserve love! Nominate a friend link- docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Personals survey link- docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
- WOW Duquesne Light yeah a lot of us are having some fucking bad luck
- Reposted by Ali TrachtaNewspaper delivery is delayed today due to the storm, but will be hitting shelves ASAP. However, you can read the latest edition, our special Election Issue here:
- Remember 10 years ago when Pittsburgh was a culinary darling, Bourdain was here, and national outlets were up our ass? What’s happened since then? A lot of great things that flew under the radar. Great story by Aakanksha Agarwal for @pghcitypaper.com www.pghcitypaper.com/food-drink/a...
- The scream I scrumped when I saw someone change lanes in the Fort Pitt tunnels 😱
- Reposted by Ali TrachtaSome cool stories in our Green Issue, out today, including this cover piece on beekeeping in Homewood by Atiya Irvin-Mitchell: www.pghcitypaper.com/news/homewoo...
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- My heart is warmed
- For fathers in search of friendship, a growing group has emerged: the Brooklyn Stroll Club. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/s...
- Reposted by Ali Trachtathe way i would be the smuggest little wench in the world if i got to hit send on this push alert
- Reposted by Ali TrachtaI just really don't think men deserve women.
- Still so many big feelings
- Reposted by Ali TrachtaJust saw from my office
- “There's this impression that most people don't support trans people. I think Pittsburghers need to show electeds that we reject that narrative.” www.pghcitypaper.com/news/under-p...
- Reposted by Ali Trachta@pghcitypaper.com spotted 👀
- For the chicken-curious…
- Reposted by Ali TrachtaWe need more anxious girlies in the government. We’d never add anyone to the wrong chat.
- You know what, hell yeah www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/y...
- Reposted by Ali TrachtaWith the primary campaign in full swing, I sat down with @gaineyformayor.com and asked him about his first-term priorities. Here's the mayor on his first three years: www.pghcitypaper.com/news/pittsbu...
- Reposted by Ali TrachtaHey guys remember the Hillary Clinton email server? Seems kinda, small today, doesn’t it?
- Reposted by Ali TrachtaThese guys inherited one of the most functional state apparatus in the history of the world and they are inhabiting it like a crack house. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
- Reposted by Ali TrachtaCity Paper: -Doesn’t platform Nazis -Supports local students and organizers -Writes freely without Trump editors -Takes principled stances -Isn’t on strike -Gives out their papers FOR FREE -Invented the perfect set of trigger words to set off that bigoted radio host Go follow @pghcitypaper.com
- I love Gen Z and I know they don’t understand rotary phones but also maybe cash? Me: “Am I able to get change for this $10? Gen Z arcade worker: “Oh, I don’t know … I could give you like, maybe a five and five ones?” #imandyrooney
- Reposted by Ali TrachtaTimeline cleanse 🌞
- Wondering whether Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood will ever actually explore Prince Wednesday’s privilege
- Reposted by Ali TrachtaGrimes Slaps ‘I Bought This Before Elon Went Crazy’ Sticker On Child
- Reposted by Ali TrachtaThis feature by @colinbwilliams.com in @pghcitypaper.com is fantastic!
- I get her
- I know we probably shouldn’t be having thunderstorms this early but 😍
- Reposted by Ali TrachtaNEW: Betar US, a far-right pro-Israel group who claimed credit for the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, told me that they've created a "deportation list" and say they submitted “thousands of names” to Trump administration officials for similar treatment. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
- Reposted by Ali TrachtaTrump administration announces Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh is one of 45 universities under investigation for partnering with The PhD Project, which works with doctoral students for networking opportunities but allegedly "limits eligibility based on race."
- I know there are plenty of good steakhouses in #Pittsburgh but are there any especially good steakhouse bars? If I intend to sit at the bar, where should I go?
- Reposted by Ali TrachtaThis afternoon several hundred Pittsburghers gathered at Schenley Plaza to show their support for science and the importance of scientific research:
- Reposted by Ali TrachtaToday, protesters in Market Square called out President Trump, Elon Musk and their involvement with Russia and the impact the American people are facing. #Pittsburgh 📸 @marsjohnson.bsky.social
- May I humbly suggest you take the money you otherwise would have spent on a WaPo subscription and put it towards bolstering local #Pittsburgh media 🙏
- At Pittsburgh City Paper, we have opinions, and we're willing to stand up for a whole lot more than just "personal liberties and free markets" (cough cough WaPo cough cough). 🧵 posting.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/P...
- Reposted by Ali TrachtaPhish's summer tour coming to Pittsburgh triblive.com/aande/music/...
