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
It’s pretty wild to pick this as a target.
November 18, 2025 at 12:42 AM
It’s pretty wild to pick this as a target.
They were landscaping when the CBP rolled up to question them!
November 17, 2025 at 9:49 PM
They were landscaping when the CBP rolled up to question them!
Carolina Migrant Network posted verified ICE/CBP at Newell Elementary School too.
November 17, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Carolina Migrant Network posted verified ICE/CBP at Newell Elementary School too.
Already some indications that CMS attendance will be down this week too.
November 17, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Already some indications that CMS attendance will be down this week too.
And the Right keeps telling us that words aren’t violence.
November 17, 2025 at 3:03 PM
And the Right keeps telling us that words aren’t violence.
My brother ran it and lived to tell the tale.
November 16, 2025 at 10:55 PM
My brother ran it and lived to tell the tale.
Props to the Observer - they have been *all over* the CBP surge.
November 16, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Props to the Observer - they have been *all over* the CBP surge.
Charlotte Observer says this guy was not shot. He collapsed after CBP pulled him from his car and was taken to the hospital.
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/a...
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/a...
Live updates: Charlotte arrests rising, protesters detained in Border Patrol Day 2
Homeland Security said it was “surging resources” for “Operation Charlotte’s Web” but didn’t say how long agents would remain in Charlotte.
www.charlotteobserver.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Charlotte Observer says this guy was not shot. He collapsed after CBP pulled him from his car and was taken to the hospital.
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/a...
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/a...
Also the illustration of them chopping down the last truffula tree makes them look like dumbasses. There is no other vegetation around, just truffula stumps as far as the eye can see, and one last tree.
November 16, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Also the illustration of them chopping down the last truffula tree makes them look like dumbasses. There is no other vegetation around, just truffula stumps as far as the eye can see, and one last tree.
These debates always remind me of this study on how many people fundamentally believe supply and demand does not apply to housing.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Folk Economics and the Persistence of Political Opposition to New Housing
Why is housing development so severely restricted in U.S. cities and suburbs? Political economy scholars often point to local politics, where homeowners can ex
papers.ssrn.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:05 PM
These debates always remind me of this study on how many people fundamentally believe supply and demand does not apply to housing.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
CBP went through a gate onto private church property to snatch people up in Charlotte yesterday. Inside seems better.
November 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
CBP went through a gate onto private church property to snatch people up in Charlotte yesterday. Inside seems better.
I had this exact thought when I read it to my kid the other day. The Once-ler family just …didn’t notice that the trees were running out? Until they chopped down the last one??
November 16, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I had this exact thought when I read it to my kid the other day. The Once-ler family just …didn’t notice that the trees were running out? Until they chopped down the last one??
The Very Special Boy doctrine
November 16, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The Very Special Boy doctrine
This is me whenever I visit Paper Skyscraper.
November 15, 2025 at 9:19 PM
This is me whenever I visit Paper Skyscraper.