Michelle Alfini

Climate Reporter for @WSOCtv, Elon Grad, mediocre triathlete and lover of all things outdoors.

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LIFE UPDATE: I’ve got a new job! Starting Monday, I’ll be the Climate Beat Reporter at WSOC in Charlotte.

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@wheatwitch @Romy_Holland Monitors can be viewed through your cellphone now. I can see when my baby is put down for a nap when I’m at work.

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@InlandCaGuy Materialism is when you want to afford a house in 2026.

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@dessyfreakaz @kaleekreider @MattZeitlin Maybe it’s a product of living in the south where nuclear is more common but the prevailing anti-nuclear opinion I run into is economic: VC Summer was a boondoggle. Hearing people mention Chernobyl and even nuclear waste is rare even among the environmental groups I talk to.

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@dessyfreakaz @kaleekreider @MattZeitlin That’s a little disappointing to hear nuclear is unpopular among more “informed” women in your experience. My thought is nuclear energy is a pretty low salience topic for most people and I think more can be done to try and proactively change public opinion.

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@kaleekreider @MattZeitlin In other words, it’s a common opinion among women but probably not a very entrenched one. Most women probably don’t think about nuclear energy very much at all.

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@kaleekreider @MattZeitlin I think it’s also an artifact of older views. Nuclear just isn’t really discussed very much outside of climate, energy and tech circles which tend to more male so needle hasn’t moved very much. Everyone I’ve spoken to on nuclear stories for or against has been a man.

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@InlandCaGuy @CathyReisenwitz Wow. That first one should not be a line graph. The data is not presented very well but it does show the sharpest decline in births in the past 15 years is in the lowest income brackets.

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@honeybunwife I’ve lost two close relatives in the past year. The only recent photos of them were from my wedding portraits. That’s what ended up in the obituaries.

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@BFidazzo @JoeBrunoWSOC9 Hey Brian, I'm working on a story looking into the PNG rates and comparing them with others across the state and region. I saw your comments in a few of these threads. Would you email me at [email protected]

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@ConnieLaxMom @JoeBrunoWSOC9 $611 is crazy. I'm working on a story about these bills for WSOC. Would you mind emailing me at [email protected]?

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@emilykmay @JillFilipovic And God forbid it doesn’t come naturally. Nursing’s one of the hardest things I’ve done in my life.

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@SpotTheStriker @micyoung75 We had to refile our marriage certificate three months after the wedding because the clerk misspelled the counties we were from (lol). We had to track down our officiant and the witnesses to resign. It took a year and a half for us to get the real copy.

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@kmondayWSOC9 We should have added a third box.

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@2024dion @coldstreams lol that is extremely church dependent. The church I grew up in was designed to look like the catacombs, basically a cave with an altar. As a result, I don’t know a single person who got married there.

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@AleksSzcze @soblackandblue @CartoonsHateHer Yeah and on my end it was: “surely he’ll notice the signs that I’m uncomfortable or disappointed.” Lol no he won’t. Not when it’s more convenient for him not to. You have to tell him that.

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@ant_dracula @soblackandblue @CartoonsHateHer Cope is a strange way to put it. It’s a genuinely common character flaw that I had to work on to become a happier and healthier person. We’d all be better off if we could articulate our desires. Unfortunately, most people don’t achieve emotional maturity at 18.

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@soblackandblue @CartoonsHateHer I don’t think he’s lying when he says he’s not ready. I think he needs the loss to finally mature enough to be ready and that sucks for all involved.

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@soblackandblue @CartoonsHateHer I think the pressure’s still there but the urgency isn’t. That’s why there’s a common pattern of long-term relationship ➡️ girlfriend makes marriage ultimatum ➡️ man says, “I’m not ready” ➡️ breakup ➡️ man enters new relationship ➡️ marries her.

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@soblackandblue @CartoonsHateHer And I’m not trying to villainize men here. I don’t think in most cases they’re wasting their girlfriends’ time intentionally. I think unless her desire is specifically articulated it’s easy for him to believe in the version of their relationship that’s most convenient for him.

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@soblackandblue @CartoonsHateHer Yeah, unfortunately women are socialized not to ask plainly for what they want lest they become demanding nags. Personally, it took some pretty painful mistakes for me to realize no one is going to read your mind and being safe and happy is more important than being liked.