Rachele
@racheldridge.bsky.social
Community builder, knitter, reader, history buff, and Christian who loves trees, democracy, jigsaw puzzles and dancing
My holiday is now shifting from festivities and family time to getting shit done. Cleaning, organizing, returning things.
December 27, 2025 at 10:35 PM
My holiday is now shifting from festivities and family time to getting shit done. Cleaning, organizing, returning things.
I amazed that the Carolina theater has been brought back to life. When i saw it over 20 years, it was all crumbling plaster and moldy walls. There wasn’t much to save. But Foundation for the Carolinas had the vision and funds to recreate it. North tryon will be buzzing with it & the new library.
December 23, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I amazed that the Carolina theater has been brought back to life. When i saw it over 20 years, it was all crumbling plaster and moldy walls. There wasn’t much to save. But Foundation for the Carolinas had the vision and funds to recreate it. North tryon will be buzzing with it & the new library.
news coverage of the Sycamore Brewery situation overlooks a key piece of context. For the past 6 months plus with coverage of the Epstein files, we have been focused on older men having sex, sexually assaulting, molesting young women and girls. What Justin Brigham allegedly did hits much harder
December 20, 2025 at 1:07 PM
news coverage of the Sycamore Brewery situation overlooks a key piece of context. For the past 6 months plus with coverage of the Epstein files, we have been focused on older men having sex, sexually assaulting, molesting young women and girls. What Justin Brigham allegedly did hits much harder
Wow, how times have changed— no Republicans running in District 5 or District 6 in South Charlotte. I am surprised that Republicans would give up on this part of the county.
December 20, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Wow, how times have changed— no Republicans running in District 5 or District 6 in South Charlotte. I am surprised that Republicans would give up on this part of the county.
Hoping that another local brewery will take over the taproom/beer garden being developed at Cotswold shopping center. Which one would you like to see? NoDa? Pilot? Town? Which ones are ready for a another location and aren’t already in SouthPark?
December 19, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Hoping that another local brewery will take over the taproom/beer garden being developed at Cotswold shopping center. Which one would you like to see? NoDa? Pilot? Town? Which ones are ready for a another location and aren’t already in SouthPark?
If part of the purpose for this administration to blow up boats in the Caribbean is regime change in Venezuela, then what is the purpose of blowing up boats and killing people in the pacific? Is it just to stop the flow of drugs?
December 17, 2025 at 12:49 PM
If part of the purpose for this administration to blow up boats in the Caribbean is regime change in Venezuela, then what is the purpose of blowing up boats and killing people in the pacific? Is it just to stop the flow of drugs?
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Nativists love to talk about the costs of immigrants, but each ICE agent is making $213,000 in total compensation to destroy our rights, freedoms, families, friendships, neighborhoods, and economies. Worse than a "welfare queen." It'd be better to pay them to stay home.
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Nativists love to talk about the costs of immigrants, but each ICE agent is making $213,000 in total compensation to destroy our rights, freedoms, families, friendships, neighborhoods, and economies. Worse than a "welfare queen." It'd be better to pay them to stay home.
Visited Big Pete the troll of the River District
November 26, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Visited Big Pete the troll of the River District
I am a neglectful gardener. I am pleased as punch that these mums continue to survive and thrive.
November 26, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I am a neglectful gardener. I am pleased as punch that these mums continue to survive and thrive.
“To live means to buy, to buy means to have power, to have power means to have responsibility.” Florence Kelley, National Consumer League.
Outside of voting, how we spend our dollars is our greatest power.
I am trying to use that power responsibly. No Target, no Amazon, no Home Depot, More local
Outside of voting, how we spend our dollars is our greatest power.
I am trying to use that power responsibly. No Target, no Amazon, no Home Depot, More local
November 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
“To live means to buy, to buy means to have power, to have power means to have responsibility.” Florence Kelley, National Consumer League.
Outside of voting, how we spend our dollars is our greatest power.
I am trying to use that power responsibly. No Target, no Amazon, no Home Depot, More local
Outside of voting, how we spend our dollars is our greatest power.
I am trying to use that power responsibly. No Target, no Amazon, no Home Depot, More local
But what Brown needed was a shepherd, someone to guide him to treatment, to help him figure out how to take his meds, to give him the stability perhaps through housing. We expect family members to do this but that’s a big ask. Who would the police send him to other than behavioral health?
November 26, 2025 at 12:52 PM
But what Brown needed was a shepherd, someone to guide him to treatment, to help him figure out how to take his meds, to give him the stability perhaps through housing. We expect family members to do this but that’s a big ask. Who would the police send him to other than behavioral health?
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We in the city of Charlotte clearly don’t have an effective way to help a person like this. The main tool of the police is to lock people up. Calling 911 is a reasonable response if your problem isn’t solved.
The hospital gave a diagnosis.
We in the city of Charlotte clearly don’t have an effective way to help a person like this. The main tool of the police is to lock people up. Calling 911 is a reasonable response if your problem isn’t solved.
The hospital gave a diagnosis.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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We in the city of Charlotte clearly don’t have an effective way to help a person like this. The main tool of the police is to lock people up. Calling 911 is a reasonable response if your problem isn’t solved.
The hospital gave a diagnosis.
We in the city of Charlotte clearly don’t have an effective way to help a person like this. The main tool of the police is to lock people up. Calling 911 is a reasonable response if your problem isn’t solved.
The hospital gave a diagnosis.
Traffic seems even lighter today on the Border Patrol’s 6th day in Charlotte.
November 20, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Traffic seems even lighter today on the Border Patrol’s 6th day in Charlotte.
Another beautiful day in the Hornet’s Nest of Rebellion to be welcoming our neighbors
November 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Another beautiful day in the Hornet’s Nest of Rebellion to be welcoming our neighbors
I just read The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah. I had requested it from the library weeks ago. I didn’t expect a book about the French Resistance to be so unfortunately timely. I am processing when do we know when to act, how to resist and survive and what is my role.
November 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I just read The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah. I had requested it from the library weeks ago. I didn’t expect a book about the French Resistance to be so unfortunately timely. I am processing when do we know when to act, how to resist and survive and what is my role.
From today’s reading in church, second cornithians, chapter 4 — persecuted but not forsaken.
May immigrants and people of color in Charlotte feel that and take heart.
May immigrants and people of color in Charlotte feel that and take heart.
November 16, 2025 at 7:11 PM
From today’s reading in church, second cornithians, chapter 4 — persecuted but not forsaken.
May immigrants and people of color in Charlotte feel that and take heart.
May immigrants and people of color in Charlotte feel that and take heart.
I think Charlotte needs to find its equivalent of the whistles used in Chicago and Portland. We are a much car oriented, less dense city. What should we use to alert each other about border patrol and ICE?
November 14, 2025 at 12:06 PM
I think Charlotte needs to find its equivalent of the whistles used in Chicago and Portland. We are a much car oriented, less dense city. What should we use to alert each other about border patrol and ICE?
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Hope the People’s Market finds the staff it needs quickly. It was busy when I had lunch there the other week. It’s a go to spot for breakfast before church or to do some work after work.
Hope the People’s Market finds the staff it needs quickly. It was busy when I had lunch there the other week. It’s a go to spot for breakfast before church or to do some work after work.
A popular Charlotte market and eatery with two locations is closed
The all-day restaurant with Myers Park and Elizabeth locations has breakfast and coffee, along with pizza, handhelds and cocktails later in the day.
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November 12, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Hope the People’s Market finds the staff it needs quickly. It was busy when I had lunch there the other week. It’s a go to spot for breakfast before church or to do some work after work.
Hope the People’s Market finds the staff it needs quickly. It was busy when I had lunch there the other week. It’s a go to spot for breakfast before church or to do some work after work.
Veterans — thank you for fighting to protect the Constitution.
November 11, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Veterans — thank you for fighting to protect the Constitution.
I need Roy Cooper to speak up, to say he wouldn’t have voted yes on this deal and that he doesn’t want Schumer to be the Democratic leader in the Senate. He needs to show that he wants to protect healthcare and be part of a Democratic party focused on workers and not corporations.
November 11, 2025 at 3:55 AM
I need Roy Cooper to speak up, to say he wouldn’t have voted yes on this deal and that he doesn’t want Schumer to be the Democratic leader in the Senate. He needs to show that he wants to protect healthcare and be part of a Democratic party focused on workers and not corporations.
Fun to be at the last Charlotte FC season but not a fun result.
November 8, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Fun to be at the last Charlotte FC season but not a fun result.
The Meck Dems missed an opportunity in District 7. 16% of the voters took the time and trouble to write in another name than vote for Ed Driggs. I bet if a Democratic candidate had run, they would received twice that. It wouldn’t be a win but it would lay the groundwork for 2027.
November 5, 2025 at 12:11 PM
The Meck Dems missed an opportunity in District 7. 16% of the voters took the time and trouble to write in another name than vote for Ed Driggs. I bet if a Democratic candidate had run, they would received twice that. It wouldn’t be a win but it would lay the groundwork for 2027.
Thrilled that Kimberly Owen’s flipped District 6 in Charlotte and did it decisively. This was not the close contest we were expecting.
November 5, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Thrilled that Kimberly Owen’s flipped District 6 in Charlotte and did it decisively. This was not the close contest we were expecting.