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Alina @alina.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

i posted a newsletter about walking at the cemetery in my first months of motherhood alinatrifan.substack.com/p/living-cem...

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living cemetery

hi! it’s me, Alina. you might notice this newsletter looks a little different… well, i feel different.

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Alina @alina.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

visiting Chatsworth with my mum and dad. i'm so lucky to be a bus ride away from the Peak District.

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Alina @alina.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

i was finally sufficiently sleep deprived to have my crypto wallet drained, so that's the end of my adventure in nft land

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Alina @alina.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

nothing makes me more disappointed than the opening of yet another vape shop

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Alina @alina.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

a stylish black duck and a reminder to put sunscreen on your feet (i didn't)

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kottke.org @kottke.org · 24/06/2025

Diego Luna guest-hosts Kimmel and talks about immigration, saying of the US and Los Angeles: “This place is a powerful example of what’s possible, of what can be achieved when we put empathy first.” [kottke.org]

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Diego Luna Guest-Hosts Kimmel, Talks Immigration

Diego Luna is guest-hosting Jimmy Kimmel Live this week and for his first monologue, the Mexico native spoke about immigration and what he’s experienced and observed in the US and LA during his time here. Diego steps

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Alina @alina.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

June 2024! walks at the cemetery while being freshly postpartum and caring for a newborn. wild times. waited one year for a good time to sit at my computer to edit these photos and you know what... that time never came. so this is the best i can do right now.

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kottke.org @kottke.org · 21/02/2025

Apple TV+ is streaming an 8-hour remix of the Severance theme song that is perfect music for your innie to refine macrodata to. Legit adding this to the work music rotation. [kottke.org]

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Severance: Music To Refine To

Apple TV+ is streaming an 8-hour remix of the Severance theme by ODESZA that is perfect music for your innie to refine macrodata to. The workday-long video is a 23-minute mix that’s looped and set to footage from the s

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Alina @alina.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

"but actually, above all it is teaching them that mama loves them." 🥹

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Alina @alina.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

today i spent a good chunk of time thinking about any three famous people i'd like to have dinner with. factors to consider: 1) i'm too shy to function 2) me liking their art is not a sufficient requisite i'd like to have dinner with Emma Chamberlain, Lorde and Maria De Filippi.

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Alina @alina.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

i'm sorry but adding alt texts looks like a perfect job for AI, not me

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Alina @alina.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

there are two new things in my life. one is a red light led face mask and the other are asmr videos that put me to sleep. is this what they call aging gracefully?

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Alina @alina.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

a northern Italian landscape

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Alina @alina.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

i'll be so much more interesting when i won't be sleep deprived. you just wait

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Alina @alina.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

my mum holding my daughter

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Alina @alina.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

the first winter flower i photographed in 2020

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Alina @alina.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

when i enter my favourite tea spot i'm greeted with "we still don't have kumquat"

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Alina @alina.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

i'm watching movies again, for like 30 mins at a time. it's fine. it's my life now. Wicked - disappointing Challengers - excellent

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Alina @alina.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

just in time for the big snow

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Alina @alina.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

and we're back home. sweet sweet home. never leaving again!

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Alina @alina.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

we're all sick from some bug on holiday. i don't think i want to travel or eat anymore for the rest of my life. huge shout out to Ms Rachel for keeping my baby semi-entertained.

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