Damon Seils
@damonseils.bsky.social
Science communicator and a former mayor of Carrboro, North Carolina, among other things. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ damonseils.org
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BREAKING: The new organization operating the thrift shop at 125 West Main Street in Carrboro has been revealed, as Extraordinary Ventures announced Monday it would be taking over the space.
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Inclusive Employer Extraordinary Ventures to Take Over CommunityWorx's Thrift Shop - Chapelboro.com
The new organization operating the thrift shop at 125 West Main Street in Carrboro has been revealed, as Extraordinary Ventures announced Monday it would be taking over the space. Extraordinary Ventur...
chapelboro.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:16 PM
BREAKING: The new organization operating the thrift shop at 125 West Main Street in Carrboro has been revealed, as Extraordinary Ventures announced Monday it would be taking over the space.
Here are the details:
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Putting solar on your roof is great, but the world of possibilities is so much bigger than that once you notice that burning oil for cars is the #1 source of climate pollution/driver of the collapse of American democracy. Start here:
Transportation 101 Policy Guides - Climate Cabinet Education
Transportation 101 Policy Guides by Climate Cabinet Education: practical, accessible guides on transit planning, active mobility & multimodal policy for climate action.
climatecabineteducation.org
January 3, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Putting solar on your roof is great, but the world of possibilities is so much bigger than that once you notice that burning oil for cars is the #1 source of climate pollution/driver of the collapse of American democracy. Start here:
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I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war
January 3, 2026 at 9:13 AM
I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war
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Congress asked the Sheps Center for Health Research at UNC-Chapel Hill to evaluate the "One, Big Beautiful" budget bill passed by Congress earlier this year to determine its likely effects on the financial health of rural health facilities around the nation.
December 28, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Congress asked the Sheps Center for Health Research at UNC-Chapel Hill to evaluate the "One, Big Beautiful" budget bill passed by Congress earlier this year to determine its likely effects on the financial health of rural health facilities around the nation.
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Well done and important to digest. There is plenty of human failing in any human endeavor, but the narrative and the reality in this specific situation needs sunlight.
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The Pharma Shill Paradox: Who Actually Profits from Vaccine Mistrust
A physician examines the financial anatomy of an insult
substack.com
December 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Well done and important to digest. There is plenty of human failing in any human endeavor, but the narrative and the reality in this specific situation needs sunlight.
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It’s increasingly clear that social media is a net social evil which shreds attention spans, and this is why the only appropriate remedy available in this space is spending time observing Morris company wallpaper patterns
December 27, 2025 at 3:53 AM
It’s increasingly clear that social media is a net social evil which shreds attention spans, and this is why the only appropriate remedy available in this space is spending time observing Morris company wallpaper patterns
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sin that pays its way can travel freely, and without a passport; whereas Virtue, if a pauper, is stopped at all frontiers
December 26, 2025 at 11:47 AM
sin that pays its way can travel freely, and without a passport; whereas Virtue, if a pauper, is stopped at all frontiers
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Orange County Public Transportation will be piloting a one-year, fare-free model for its fixed-route transit services beginning Jan. 2, 2026.
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Orange County Public Transportation Piloting Fare-Free Model in 2026 - Chapelboro.com
Orange County Public Transportation will be piloting a one-year, fare-free model for its fixed-route transit services in 2026.
chapelboro.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Orange County Public Transportation will be piloting a one-year, fare-free model for its fixed-route transit services beginning Jan. 2, 2026.
Here are the details:
Here are the details:
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Americans & Europeans needlessly exposing African babies to preventable diseases just to see if they can find something that would justify their preexisting antivaccine beliefs is not only unscientific and actually anti-science, it is very much reminiscent of colonialist, racist human rights abuses
“It is not clear what the research question is. It seems to be about the safety of the vaccine rather than its effectiveness, but both are already well-established, and to undertake such a study in a population where almost 1/5 of the adult population has a marker of infection seems extremely risky”
US plan for $1.6m hepatitis B vaccine study in Africa called ‘highly unethical’
Experts decry ‘neocolonialist’ Guinea-Bissau study after Trump administration changed advice for US babies
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Americans & Europeans needlessly exposing African babies to preventable diseases just to see if they can find something that would justify their preexisting antivaccine beliefs is not only unscientific and actually anti-science, it is very much reminiscent of colonialist, racist human rights abuses
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3/ Why Guinea-Bissau? Hep B prevalence is 11-18% - a high-endemic setting where the birth dose matters most. Randomize infants to delayed vaccination and some could be infected with a virus that causes liver cancer. We already know the birth dose is protective.
December 17, 2025 at 6:25 PM
3/ Why Guinea-Bissau? Hep B prevalence is 11-18% - a high-endemic setting where the birth dose matters most. Randomize infants to delayed vaccination and some could be infected with a virus that causes liver cancer. We already know the birth dose is protective.
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It is unethical to do a randomized controlled trial in which you withhold a proven, life-saving vaccine from newborn babies.
December 18, 2025 at 12:18 PM
It is unethical to do a randomized controlled trial in which you withhold a proven, life-saving vaccine from newborn babies.
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Public health scientists are raising concerns following news of a $1.6 million award from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for a trial of hepatitis B vaccines in newborn babies in the West African nation of Guinea-Bissau.
CDC funds controversial hepatitis B vaccine trial in African newborns
Scientists question the value of the proposed study, which will investigate a vaccine long known to be efficacious and safe
www.science.org
December 19, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Public health scientists are raising concerns following news of a $1.6 million award from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for a trial of hepatitis B vaccines in newborn babies in the West African nation of Guinea-Bissau.
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NC Court of Appeals rules for a woman who said her bosses discriminated against her and fired her for taking leave post-miscarriage. Opinion by Judge John Arrowood (D). He's on the ballot in ‘26 and is the only gay elected statewide official in the South appellate.nccourts.org/opinions/?c=... #ncpol
December 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
NC Court of Appeals rules for a woman who said her bosses discriminated against her and fired her for taking leave post-miscarriage. Opinion by Judge John Arrowood (D). He's on the ballot in ‘26 and is the only gay elected statewide official in the South appellate.nccourts.org/opinions/?c=... #ncpol
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Learn more and apply here: https://www.acluofnorthcarolina.org/jobs/legal-outreach-worker/
December 16, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Learn more and apply here: https://www.acluofnorthcarolina.org/jobs/legal-outreach-worker/
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NEW: A new congressional investigation prompted by ProPublica reporting has found that, contrary to the Trump administration’s claims, immigration agents have frequently detained and mistreated U.S. citizens.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
Immigration Agents Have Often Grabbed and Mistreated Citizens, Congressional Investigators Find
Prompted by ProPublica’s reporting, an investigation by Senate Democrats documented the experiences of nearly two dozen citizens wrongly detained by immigration agents, contradicting the Trump adminis...
www.propublica.org
December 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
NEW: A new congressional investigation prompted by ProPublica reporting has found that, contrary to the Trump administration’s claims, immigration agents have frequently detained and mistreated U.S. citizens.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
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it is actually kind of bananas how unitary executive theorists have taken a straightforward clause requiring the president to "faithfully execute the laws" and transformed it into a grant for the exercise of limitless unenumerated power.
The Take Care Clause was a byproduct of the lessons learned from the Glorious Revolution that the executive should not be able to dispense with the law promulgated by the legislature. It was not a constitutional provision to empower the executive branch— but to constrain it!
December 9, 2025 at 2:20 PM
it is actually kind of bananas how unitary executive theorists have taken a straightforward clause requiring the president to "faithfully execute the laws" and transformed it into a grant for the exercise of limitless unenumerated power.
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“Traumatized, humiliated, degraded.”
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Exclusive: Woman detained by feds in Keys says she was following agents’ orders
“This is not the America that I grew up in, and this is not the America that we represent.”
www.miamiherald.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
“Traumatized, humiliated, degraded.”
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
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So thankful for this beautifully done memorial for Allan Troxler by @indyweek.bsky.social's own @eddysarah.bsky.social. Please read it and remember him! A giant among us. indyweek.com/culture/reme...
The Archive Tells the Story
On October 26, the Durham artist Allan Troxler died. A trailblazer in the fight for gay rights, he leaves an indelible legacy behind.
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November 6, 2025 at 5:51 PM
So thankful for this beautifully done memorial for Allan Troxler by @indyweek.bsky.social's own @eddysarah.bsky.social. Please read it and remember him! A giant among us. indyweek.com/culture/reme...
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Today, we honor those members of the transgender community who have lost their lives as a result of anti-trans violence, bigotry, and isolation. Join us in honoring those we’ve lost this year by spending some time with the Trans Remembrance Project 🏳️⚧️ 🕊 transremembrance.org
November 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Today, we honor those members of the transgender community who have lost their lives as a result of anti-trans violence, bigotry, and isolation. Join us in honoring those we’ve lost this year by spending some time with the Trans Remembrance Project 🏳️⚧️ 🕊 transremembrance.org
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United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, officers and Border Patrol agents are active in the Triangle as of Tuesday.
We complied a guide of resources to track confirmed ICE sightings, find detainees, and stay informed about your rights:
We complied a guide of resources to track confirmed ICE sightings, find detainees, and stay informed about your rights:
ICE Has Arrived In The Triangle. Here's A Guide of Resources to Use - Chapelboro.com
Here is a guide of resources compiled by Chapelboro to track confirmed ICE sightings, track detainees and stay informed about your rights.
chapelboro.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:37 PM
United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, officers and Border Patrol agents are active in the Triangle as of Tuesday.
We complied a guide of resources to track confirmed ICE sightings, find detainees, and stay informed about your rights:
We complied a guide of resources to track confirmed ICE sightings, find detainees, and stay informed about your rights:
BREAKING: Federal agents detained at least three people in Durham on Tuesday, chasing them through a shopping center parking lot as stores locked down and shoppers fled.
“They’re Just Kind Of Grabbing People”: Fear Grips Durham As Federal Agents Arrive
Federal agents detained at least three people as volunteers mobilized to track the agents through Durham.
indyweek.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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Elected officials in Orange County affirmed their support of immigrant community members and criticism of federal efforts that brought ICE officers and Border Patrol agents to North Carolina through a statement on Tuesday.
Here's what they had to say:
Here's what they had to say:
Orange County Elected Officials Share Support of Local Families, Speak Out Against ICE Raids - Chapelboro.com
Elected officials in Orange County affirmed their support of immigrant community members and criticism of federal deportation efforts.
chapelboro.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Elected officials in Orange County affirmed their support of immigrant community members and criticism of federal efforts that brought ICE officers and Border Patrol agents to North Carolina through a statement on Tuesday.
Here's what they had to say:
Here's what they had to say:
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Maybe you've heard about the Downtown Area Plan Carrboro is considering tomorrow night. I wrote some longish thoughts on why I think it's so important and some communityconversation behind it: dannynowell.substack.com/p/why-im-sto...
Why I'm Stoked on Carrboro's Downtown Area Plan
plus a few longish notes on the process and philosophy behind it
dannynowell.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Maybe you've heard about the Downtown Area Plan Carrboro is considering tomorrow night. I wrote some longish thoughts on why I think it's so important and some communityconversation behind it: dannynowell.substack.com/p/why-im-sto...