Lindsay
@alphabetzel.bsky.social
Charlotte resident, UNC alum
Career in electric utilities, mostly finance
Bookworm with a specialty in distressing nonfiction
Career in electric utilities, mostly finance
Bookworm with a specialty in distressing nonfiction
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Jeffrey Epstein, with an unidentified (redacted) woman, holds a large novelty cheque for $22,500 signed by…Donald Trump. It's a framed photo, an the frame says "once in a blue moon". What on earth is going on here?
December 19, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Jeffrey Epstein, with an unidentified (redacted) woman, holds a large novelty cheque for $22,500 signed by…Donald Trump. It's a framed photo, an the frame says "once in a blue moon". What on earth is going on here?
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Wow. Amid horrific news of a shooting at Bondi Beach, this looks like a truly astonishing act of courage.
Video, I believe recorded off of local TV, of a bystander disarming one of the two killers.
December 14, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Wow. Amid horrific news of a shooting at Bondi Beach, this looks like a truly astonishing act of courage.
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Everytime I read something like this it makes me so angry.
The fact that a society has been letting this happen for so long and so often that there are now regularly people who live through a second mass shooting before even finishing their education is the most shocking indictment of US politics
The fact that a society has been letting this happen for so long and so often that there are now regularly people who live through a second mass shooting before even finishing their education is the most shocking indictment of US politics
December 14, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Everytime I read something like this it makes me so angry.
The fact that a society has been letting this happen for so long and so often that there are now regularly people who live through a second mass shooting before even finishing their education is the most shocking indictment of US politics
The fact that a society has been letting this happen for so long and so often that there are now regularly people who live through a second mass shooting before even finishing their education is the most shocking indictment of US politics
Day 1 of the freeze-dried ice cream advent calendar!
December 14, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Day 1 of the freeze-dried ice cream advent calendar!
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i have been radicalized into agreeing with the car speed governor idea michael expressed at the top of this thread more or less entirely on the basis of the totally garbage responses to it. everyone who complains should also lose 1mph per complaint.
It is not a "surveillance state" for your car to know that the speed limit is 25 miles per hour.
December 14, 2025 at 12:12 AM
i have been radicalized into agreeing with the car speed governor idea michael expressed at the top of this thread more or less entirely on the basis of the totally garbage responses to it. everyone who complains should also lose 1mph per complaint.
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Exclusive: The Department of Veterans Affairs will abruptly eliminate as many as 35,000 health care positions this month, mostly unfilled jobs.
The cuts come after a massive reorganization effort already resulted in the loss of almost 30,000 employees.
The cuts come after a massive reorganization effort already resulted in the loss of almost 30,000 employees.
VA plans to abruptly eliminate tens of thousands of health care jobs
Strains on the Veterans Affairs system could grow with the elimination of as many as 35,000 mostly unfilled health care positions, including doctors and nurses.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Exclusive: The Department of Veterans Affairs will abruptly eliminate as many as 35,000 health care positions this month, mostly unfilled jobs.
The cuts come after a massive reorganization effort already resulted in the loss of almost 30,000 employees.
The cuts come after a massive reorganization effort already resulted in the loss of almost 30,000 employees.
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We really should be leaving the leaves where they are, as this podcast from @xercessociety.bsky.social explains. Leaves provide crucial habitat for overwintering insects. (1/2)
Season 2; Episode 18: Leave the Leaves or Lose the Insects
YouTube video by The Xerces Society
www.youtube.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
We really should be leaving the leaves where they are, as this podcast from @xercessociety.bsky.social explains. Leaves provide crucial habitat for overwintering insects. (1/2)
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Further evidence that widespread covid vaccination is better for everybody.
A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
Redirecting
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December 8, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Further evidence that widespread covid vaccination is better for everybody.
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no i do not want to give you my email for 10% off. and furthermore, I don’t think i should have to click a button that says “i’m a dumb bitch” to indicate that. you’re a website that sells blankets and you can’t speak to me like that.
December 4, 2025 at 11:01 PM
no i do not want to give you my email for 10% off. and furthermore, I don’t think i should have to click a button that says “i’m a dumb bitch” to indicate that. you’re a website that sells blankets and you can’t speak to me like that.
This is the kind of action Charlotte residents wanted to see from our city government. Instead all we got were official statements.
As CBP forces began disappearing residents in the greater New Orleans area, the New Orleans City Council launched an online portal for residents to report civil & #humanrights abuses by ICE & CBP paramilitary units occupying the city during the Trump regime’s anti-migrant occupation.
New Orleans launches portal to report human rights abuses by Trump paramilitary units
The New Orleans City Council Dec. 3 launched an online portal for residents to report civil and human rights abuses by ICE and CBP paramilitary units occupying the city during
www.nola.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:46 AM
This is the kind of action Charlotte residents wanted to see from our city government. Instead all we got were official statements.
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Haidt's Google Scholar profile reveals one (1) peer-reviewed paper on social media use and mental health and one (1) paper on technology use and loneliness since 2015. He is not the lead author on a single paper in the area for which he claims expertise. The word for that is: charlatan.
Haidt is "stunned" that ChatGPT asked how it would threaten youth reveals that its plan would be what Haidt has argued in his books. The secret plan!
There should be some way to rescind the doctorate of any commentator on digital media who interprets ChatGPT output like this. I am not joking.
There should be some way to rescind the doctorate of any commentator on digital media who interprets ChatGPT output like this. I am not joking.
December 2, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Haidt's Google Scholar profile reveals one (1) peer-reviewed paper on social media use and mental health and one (1) paper on technology use and loneliness since 2015. He is not the lead author on a single paper in the area for which he claims expertise. The word for that is: charlatan.
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When troops are deployed overseas in places they absolutely should not be because of a warmonger ass president, and they are killed by someone who acted on their own accord, we typically don’t have a problem blaming the U.S. commander in chief
"In the months leading up to the D.C. deployment, Beckstrom worked for a community health center that serves people with mental illness and substance abuse disorders." www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
National Guard member killed in D.C. shooting remembered for 'heart of gold'
The slain soldier’s former boyfriend recalled her empathy and generosity. “She doesn’t even have to know you and she’ll do anything for you,” he said.
www.nbcnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:42 PM
When troops are deployed overseas in places they absolutely should not be because of a warmonger ass president, and they are killed by someone who acted on their own accord, we typically don’t have a problem blaming the U.S. commander in chief
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I have escaped from domestic violence. The domestic violence was not just contained to the home, but also involved weaponization of systems. I hope to do a fuller accounting of what happened one day to bring light to this problem. For now, here is my "Thank You" note to Joe Biden & the VAWA.
November 28, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I have escaped from domestic violence. The domestic violence was not just contained to the home, but also involved weaponization of systems. I hope to do a fuller accounting of what happened one day to bring light to this problem. For now, here is my "Thank You" note to Joe Biden & the VAWA.
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Awful. Trump admin is deporting a 23-year-old NC woman who came here at the age of 14 as an unaccompanied minor. Her father was murdered and mother died of cancer. All she has are two traffic citations, per this report from Charlotte Observer's Dan Kane:
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
November 26, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Awful. Trump admin is deporting a 23-year-old NC woman who came here at the age of 14 as an unaccompanied minor. Her father was murdered and mother died of cancer. All she has are two traffic citations, per this report from Charlotte Observer's Dan Kane:
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
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It’s so funny to see people ANALYZE why Trump fawned over Zohran Mamdani and it’s literally because he’s an old man who watches news TV all day and the man from the TV came to see him which was very exciting
November 23, 2025 at 2:15 PM
It’s so funny to see people ANALYZE why Trump fawned over Zohran Mamdani and it’s literally because he’s an old man who watches news TV all day and the man from the TV came to see him which was very exciting
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I wrote about Teen Vogue, the broader crumbling of feminist and progressive media, and what it means for young people. (RIP my invite to the Condé Nast holiday party) www.theguardian.com/fashion/2025...
Less politics, more makeup: the unraveling of Teen Vogue under Trump 2.0
The folding of the progressive youth-focused magazine into Vogue comes at turbulent time for journalism and the crumbling of feminist media
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I wrote about Teen Vogue, the broader crumbling of feminist and progressive media, and what it means for young people. (RIP my invite to the Condé Nast holiday party) www.theguardian.com/fashion/2025...
Harris Teeter setting the Monday mood by playing “Running Up That Hill” by Kate Bush.
November 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Harris Teeter setting the Monday mood by playing “Running Up That Hill” by Kate Bush.
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seen on WT Harris in E Charlotte
November 23, 2025 at 3:35 AM
seen on WT Harris in E Charlotte
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He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
November 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
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This made me cry at my desk
Going to end on one of the most beautiful commercials ever made with the reminder and a call to remember the small things. They make a big difference to others.
Love all, help all.
Go Jackets.
Love all, help all.
Go Jackets.
November 21, 2025 at 5:58 PM
This made me cry at my desk
It’s shameful how quiet CMS has been on all this. They won’t let individual principals speak out on it either.
Students at South Mecklenburg High School walked out of class this morning to protest the presence of Border Patrol in the city.
Thousands of students have protested this week.
📹: Melissa Melvin-Rodriguez & Student submissions
#charlotte #nc #borderpatrol #cms
Thousands of students have protested this week.
📹: Melissa Melvin-Rodriguez & Student submissions
#charlotte #nc #borderpatrol #cms
November 20, 2025 at 4:39 PM
It’s shameful how quiet CMS has been on all this. They won’t let individual principals speak out on it either.
Well deserved. Lang Van is a Charlotte institution.
Charlotteans have long held Lang Van in their hearts. Now, Michelin has put the Vietnamese restaurant among the best eateries in the South.
Lang Van: This immigrant-powered, woman-owned spot shines as a gem in Charlotte’s crown
Charlotteans have long held Lang Van in their hearts. Now, Michelin has put the Vietnamese restaurant among the best eateries in the South.
bit.ly
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Well deserved. Lang Van is a Charlotte institution.
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“They say they’re deporting the worst of the worst,” one protester said. “But day laborers are the best of the best.”
Protests call on Home Depot to stop allowing Border Patrol, ICE arrests at stores
“They say they’re deporting the worst of the worst,” one protester said. “But day laborers are the best of the best.”
bit.ly
November 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM
“They say they’re deporting the worst of the worst,” one protester said. “But day laborers are the best of the best.”
I drove a little ways down North Tryon today near NoDa, where there are multiple large apartment complexes going up. Usually they're bustling with dozens of construction workers each. Today I saw maybe 5 total.
Businesses, especially ones that serve Charlotte’s Hispanic community throughout the city, are grappling with how—and whether—to remain open as Latino workers and customers stay home amid a sweeping federal immigration operation across Charlotte.
www.theassemblync.com/news/politic...
www.theassemblync.com/news/politic...
Immigration Arrests Empty Shops, Stall Construction in Charlotte
Latinos are a key part of Charlotte’s workforce. Immigration sweeps are having an impact on local businesses and the economy.
www.theassemblync.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I drove a little ways down North Tryon today near NoDa, where there are multiple large apartment complexes going up. Usually they're bustling with dozens of construction workers each. Today I saw maybe 5 total.