Dan Ferrell
@danferrellavl.bsky.social
These are my bumper stickers: Senior Engineer @ JHKY, Thin Lizzy Enthusiast, Ski the South East, 'Nobody's free until everybody's free' - Maya Angelou, Fannie Lou Hamer, and a bunch of other people. Residing in Tsalagi land, Asheville NC.
My wife said it's a shame my food photos are terrible because my food is actually really good.
December 13, 2025 at 2:53 AM
My wife said it's a shame my food photos are terrible because my food is actually really good.
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A new documentary shows the global human toll of military pollution — and why environmental justice demands demilitarization.
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How US Militarism Supercharges the Climate Crisis
A new documentary shows the global human toll of military pollution—and why environmental justice demands demilitarization.
inkstickmedia.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:56 PM
A new documentary shows the global human toll of military pollution — and why environmental justice demands demilitarization.
inkstickmedia.com/how-us-milit...
inkstickmedia.com/how-us-milit...
It's baking szn y'all
December 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
It's baking szn y'all
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Thank you very much for reading! And our partners at Carolina Public Press dug into the Helene relief bill provision that benefitted the company: carolinapublicpress.org/73527/defens...
Defense contractor got special treatment in NC. But local legislators say they don't know who did it.
Measure let companies affected by Helene skip local incentives, bypassing public comment. Pratt & Whitney the only company to take the deal.
carolinapublicpress.org
December 3, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Thank you very much for reading! And our partners at Carolina Public Press dug into the Helene relief bill provision that benefitted the company: carolinapublicpress.org/73527/defens...
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Big story here - North Carolina gov't divesting from Israeli bonds.
But as we reported, the state continues to give grants to a major weapons manufacturer, Raytheon, that produces the engine used in a jet the Israeli military flies over Gaza:
inkstickmedia.com/special-trea... @inkstickmedia.com
But as we reported, the state continues to give grants to a major weapons manufacturer, Raytheon, that produces the engine used in a jet the Israeli military flies over Gaza:
inkstickmedia.com/special-trea... @inkstickmedia.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Big story here - North Carolina gov't divesting from Israeli bonds.
But as we reported, the state continues to give grants to a major weapons manufacturer, Raytheon, that produces the engine used in a jet the Israeli military flies over Gaza:
inkstickmedia.com/special-trea... @inkstickmedia.com
But as we reported, the state continues to give grants to a major weapons manufacturer, Raytheon, that produces the engine used in a jet the Israeli military flies over Gaza:
inkstickmedia.com/special-trea... @inkstickmedia.com
Anyway, hello, contra dancing rules and unlike anyone else having a good time watching the EPL, my team is having the roughest go of it.
November 27, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Anyway, hello, contra dancing rules and unlike anyone else having a good time watching the EPL, my team is having the roughest go of it.
Today we celebrate a victory in North Carolina divesting from Israeli Government Bonds. NC shouldn’t be funding a govt hellbent on illegal detention, kidnapping, and genocide.
But how about our own federal government being involved in those same things with ICE?
mountainx.com/blogwire/nor...
But how about our own federal government being involved in those same things with ICE?
mountainx.com/blogwire/nor...
North Carolina sells $6.4 Million in Israeli government bonds following community campaign – Mountain Xpress
mountainx.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Today we celebrate a victory in North Carolina divesting from Israeli Government Bonds. NC shouldn’t be funding a govt hellbent on illegal detention, kidnapping, and genocide.
But how about our own federal government being involved in those same things with ICE?
mountainx.com/blogwire/nor...
But how about our own federal government being involved in those same things with ICE?
mountainx.com/blogwire/nor...
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Once you learn the plagiarism machine's banal writing style, you see it everywhere it crops up. 100% from ChatGPT.
November 25, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Once you learn the plagiarism machine's banal writing style, you see it everywhere it crops up. 100% from ChatGPT.
Honestly when ski resort patrols say they're gonna unionize and are well organized it makes me want to cry.
We all deserve someone having our back.
We all deserve someone having our back.
November 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Honestly when ski resort patrols say they're gonna unionize and are well organized it makes me want to cry.
We all deserve someone having our back.
We all deserve someone having our back.
I love going to a 3 hour training on planning for ICE in Asheville and coming home to my kids saving me half a cookout milkshake and some pupusas from Pupusaria Patty's.
November 22, 2025 at 2:36 AM
I love going to a 3 hour training on planning for ICE in Asheville and coming home to my kids saving me half a cookout milkshake and some pupusas from Pupusaria Patty's.
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re: roblox dude's interview crashout. the thing he wants to say but can't is "at scale, kids are gonna get hurt. that is the price for scale." the thing nobody wants to say out loud is "maybe scaling to a level where harm isn't manageable is bad, and scale should be contained"
November 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
re: roblox dude's interview crashout. the thing he wants to say but can't is "at scale, kids are gonna get hurt. that is the price for scale." the thing nobody wants to say out loud is "maybe scaling to a level where harm isn't manageable is bad, and scale should be contained"
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waymo ceo: we plan for fatal crashes and society will learn to accept them
roblox ceo: kids must be preyed upon and victimized as a necessary consequence of scale
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO HEADS ON PIKES
roblox ceo: kids must be preyed upon and victimized as a necessary consequence of scale
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO HEADS ON PIKES
November 21, 2025 at 7:42 PM
waymo ceo: we plan for fatal crashes and society will learn to accept them
roblox ceo: kids must be preyed upon and victimized as a necessary consequence of scale
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO HEADS ON PIKES
roblox ceo: kids must be preyed upon and victimized as a necessary consequence of scale
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO HEADS ON PIKES
Honestly the amount of sleep I've had disrupted because of the encroaching fascism on every corner of my life is starting to take its toll, and frankly I feel such empathy for people struggling with the world being as hard as it is, my life is easy in so many ways now, but we all deserve safety.
You ever just can't sleep because kids are going hungry?
November 18, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Honestly the amount of sleep I've had disrupted because of the encroaching fascism on every corner of my life is starting to take its toll, and frankly I feel such empathy for people struggling with the world being as hard as it is, my life is easy in so many ways now, but we all deserve safety.
Yes. It is.
Honestly, we need to figure out a way to house people without propping up an entire industry hellbent on raking people's livelihoods over coals just for asking for what is a human right–a place to live.
Honestly, we need to figure out a way to house people without propping up an entire industry hellbent on raking people's livelihoods over coals just for asking for what is a human right–a place to live.
Last week, the internet piled on President Trump's proposal for a 50-year mortgage. But maybe it's not as crazy as it sounds. n.pr/48gBWSR
Is a 50-year mortgage really that much crazier than a 30-year one?
Last week, the internet piled on President Trump's proposal for a 50-year mortgage. But maybe it's not as crazy as it sounds.
n.pr
November 18, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Yes. It is.
Honestly, we need to figure out a way to house people without propping up an entire industry hellbent on raking people's livelihoods over coals just for asking for what is a human right–a place to live.
Honestly, we need to figure out a way to house people without propping up an entire industry hellbent on raking people's livelihoods over coals just for asking for what is a human right–a place to live.
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Nine-month-old AI company you've never heard of that revealed its first product last month wants to be valued as much as Ford
Sources: Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab is in talks with potential investors to raise about $5B and is aiming for a valuation of at least $50B (The Information)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
November 18, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Nine-month-old AI company you've never heard of that revealed its first product last month wants to be valued as much as Ford
The point of the economy is for people to have good lives, and asking people to have little while the powerful take everything?
They're feeding you lies about what you deserve.
They're feeding you lies about what you deserve.
Fox guest on how to save money during the holidays:
"Remember, adults don't need gifts. Focus on the people in your life who are aged 3 to 18. Grandma doesn't need slippers. If they don't live by you, don't get them a gift."
"Remember, adults don't need gifts. Focus on the people in your life who are aged 3 to 18. Grandma doesn't need slippers. If they don't live by you, don't get them a gift."
November 18, 2025 at 6:51 AM
The point of the economy is for people to have good lives, and asking people to have little while the powerful take everything?
They're feeding you lies about what you deserve.
They're feeding you lies about what you deserve.
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remember earlier this summer when I said the fascists were building comprehensive databases that were easily searchable that were coming very quickly and I had some of the loudest white pundits on this site Say I was a doomer, a conspiracy theorist and uneducated/lying about my academic record
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license plate data merged with credit header data, marriage records, vehicle ownership, and voter registrations, in one app for ICE agents. oh and it sends push notifications when someone they're seeking is nearby.
🆒: www.404media.co/this-app-let...
🆒: www.404media.co/this-app-let...
This App Lets ICE Track Vehicles and Owners Across the Country
Material viewed by 404 Media shows data giant Thomson Reuters enriches license plate data with marriage, voter, and ownership records. The tool can predict where a car may be in the future.
www.404media.co
November 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
remember earlier this summer when I said the fascists were building comprehensive databases that were easily searchable that were coming very quickly and I had some of the loudest white pundits on this site Say I was a doomer, a conspiracy theorist and uneducated/lying about my academic record
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whelp
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Imagine escaping the literal Nazis, making it to America, living three quarters of a century there making your life, and then this:
79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
www.orlandosentinel.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Imagine escaping the literal Nazis, making it to America, living three quarters of a century there making your life, and then this:
You ever just can't sleep because kids are going hungry?
November 18, 2025 at 6:41 AM
You ever just can't sleep because kids are going hungry?
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5 headlines tonight on Charlotte Observer’s homepage:
“Manolo's Bakery closes to protect customers”
“Church members flee as federal agents arrive”
“Super G executive describes agents dragging out teen employee”
“Border Patrol questions people at Walmart”
“Border Patrol sweep sparks fear”
“Manolo's Bakery closes to protect customers”
“Church members flee as federal agents arrive”
“Super G executive describes agents dragging out teen employee”
“Border Patrol questions people at Walmart”
“Border Patrol sweep sparks fear”
November 16, 2025 at 4:25 AM
5 headlines tonight on Charlotte Observer’s homepage:
“Manolo's Bakery closes to protect customers”
“Church members flee as federal agents arrive”
“Super G executive describes agents dragging out teen employee”
“Border Patrol questions people at Walmart”
“Border Patrol sweep sparks fear”
“Manolo's Bakery closes to protect customers”
“Church members flee as federal agents arrive”
“Super G executive describes agents dragging out teen employee”
“Border Patrol questions people at Walmart”
“Border Patrol sweep sparks fear”
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Overall, this tells the disappointing reality of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, 4 years after:
—Construction cost inflation ate up most of the increased spending
—There was no move to increase support for transit—in fact, there appears to have been a greater focus on highway than before
—Construction cost inflation ate up most of the increased spending
—There was no move to increase support for transit—in fact, there appears to have been a greater focus on highway than before
November 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Overall, this tells the disappointing reality of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, 4 years after:
—Construction cost inflation ate up most of the increased spending
—There was no move to increase support for transit—in fact, there appears to have been a greater focus on highway than before
—Construction cost inflation ate up most of the increased spending
—There was no move to increase support for transit—in fact, there appears to have been a greater focus on highway than before
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again i am perfectly fine with locking every one of Jeffrey Epstein's friends in prison, Democrat, Republican or Whatever.
Lest there be any insinuation that Dems spared their own. It would be tough for Kathy Ruemmler—Obama’s WH Counsel from 2011 to mid-2014—to come off looking worse in these docs the committee Dems released. oversightdemocrats.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
![From:
Sent:
To:
Subject:
Kathy Ruemmler
9/19/2014 11:54:57 AM
jeffrey E. ljeevacation@gmail.com]
Re:
Importance: High
Doesn't look like you are prioritizing your schedule very effeetively.....how are you going to manage all of that? this is unga week so the boss will be in town too....l'Il be here all week -- you may get sick of me....just sat down on the train so can't talk freely.
On Sep 19, 2014 7:48 AM, "jeffrey E." <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote:
"girls?", careful i will renew an old habit, . this week, thiel, summers, bill burns, gordon brown, jagland, ( council of curope and nobel chairman). mongolia pres, hardeep puree (india), boris ( gates). jabor (qatar ). sultan (dubai, ), kosslyn (harvard), leon black, woody. you are a welcome guest at any... also if you think there are interesting people in town, everyone here for climate summit, clinton security council, holy shit im on
for next 30 minutes
On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 7:15 AM, Kathy Ruemmler -
> wrote:
Most girls do not have to worry about this crap.
On Sep 19, 20147:09 AM, "jeffrey E." <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote:
understood. it comes down to high risk / reward / low risk / reward. professional, cmotional. and financial
On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 6:15 AM, Kathy Ruemmler
Agreed, but I need to be prepared to say yes before I talk to him.
wrote:
Sent from my iPad
On Sep 19,2014, at 1:21 AM, "jeffrey E." <jcevacation@gmail.com>wrote:](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:on5oeywiqx32fh2zau473wz6/bafkreidpc4aexgxfahdqvqgbocphszflpkdsfpldci2zeo7aqsjkzkbub4@jpeg)
November 12, 2025 at 5:38 PM
again i am perfectly fine with locking every one of Jeffrey Epstein's friends in prison, Democrat, Republican or Whatever.
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the venn diagram of people mad at social emotional growth and people who think kids need to learn grit and resilience are a circle. make up your mind
Tech brains broken part 1000000000 (this lady is a partner at Andreessen apparently)
November 12, 2025 at 1:00 AM
the venn diagram of people mad at social emotional growth and people who think kids need to learn grit and resilience are a circle. make up your mind
I mean, it was already a rainforest in some spots of western North Carolina, but the other spots? Also now a rainforest.
A @washingtonpost.com analysis of changing global precipitation patterns explains what people in Appalachia already know: The region has become a dangerous hot spot of intensifying rainfall.
Where the sky keeps bursting
A Washington Post investigation shows why one region of the United States is increasingly vulnerable to extreme rainfall and floods.
wapo.st
November 12, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I mean, it was already a rainforest in some spots of western North Carolina, but the other spots? Also now a rainforest.