Ali Trachta
Editor-in-chief at @pghcitypaper.com, East End boomerang, Jane Pratt wannabe, VPR scholar, gaylor ally. she/her. ali@pghcitypaper.com
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- 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. 💔
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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…
- WOW Duquesne Light yeah a lot of us are having some fucking bad luck
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- 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 😱
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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...
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- Still so many big feelings
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- “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...
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- 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...
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- 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...
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- 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
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- I get her
- I know we probably shouldn’t be having thunderstorms this early but 😍
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- 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?
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- 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 🙏
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