Damon Seils
@damonseils.bsky.social
Science communicator and a former mayor of Carrboro, North Carolina, among other things. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ damonseils.org
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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.
indyweek.com
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...
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"[T]hat kind of experience makes some people want to preserve their cities in amber and makes others into fierce defenders of the ability of cities to absorb and protect other people who also need to remake themselves. They’ll all need someplace to live."
This is how I feel about Carrboro.
This is how I feel about Carrboro.
Thank you Mother Jones for this profile of our work. Getting over 100 bill signed into law — including some bangers that are having big impacts — has been a deep honor. I’m grateful to my colleagues & the community coalitions we’ve worked w/ in the “Department of Getting Sh*t Done.”
Scott Wiener defeated California’s NIMBYs. Can he fix America’s housing crisis?
By running for Nancy Pelosi's House seat, he's putting the abundance theory to the test.
www.motherjones.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:34 PM
"[T]hat kind of experience makes some people want to preserve their cities in amber and makes others into fierce defenders of the ability of cities to absorb and protect other people who also need to remake themselves. They’ll all need someplace to live."
This is how I feel about Carrboro.
This is how I feel about Carrboro.
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From a reddit post discussing ICE moving into Charlotte
November 16, 2025 at 2:57 PM
From a reddit post discussing ICE moving into Charlotte
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Today marked Day One of Customs and Border Patrol’s Charlotte Operation. And as we’ve come to expect from these operations, federal agents targeted workers throughout Charlotte and the surrounding areas.
November 16, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Today marked Day One of Customs and Border Patrol’s Charlotte Operation. And as we’ve come to expect from these operations, federal agents targeted workers throughout Charlotte and the surrounding areas.
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As always, if you see something that you suspect could be an immigration enforcement action in progress, call our hotline at (336) 543-0353 or the hotline number in the About tab so we can verify and provide support.
November 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
As always, if you see something that you suspect could be an immigration enforcement action in progress, call our hotline at (336) 543-0353 or the hotline number in the About tab so we can verify and provide support.
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Join the 2nd Friday Art Walk around downtown Carrboro and Chapel Hill on Friday, Nov. 14
Explore art galleries, artist studios, shops and restaurants: https://monkeylink.co/8c7912
Explore art galleries, artist studios, shops and restaurants: https://monkeylink.co/8c7912
November 9, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Join the 2nd Friday Art Walk around downtown Carrboro and Chapel Hill on Friday, Nov. 14
Explore art galleries, artist studios, shops and restaurants: https://monkeylink.co/8c7912
Explore art galleries, artist studios, shops and restaurants: https://monkeylink.co/8c7912
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you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
This news makes me happy.
EXCLUSIVE: Chapel Hill native and former town council member Karen Stegman plans to run in the primary election for the Board of Orange County Commissioners next year.
Here’s what she told us about her plans:
Here’s what she told us about her plans:
EXCLUSIVE: Karen Stegman Announces Campaign for Orange County Commissioner Seat - Chapelboro.com
Chapel Hill native and former town council member Karen Stegman plans to run for the Board of Orange County Commissioners in 2026.
chapelboro.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:18 PM
This news makes me happy.
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That ghastly whiteness it is which imparts such an abhorrent mildness, even more loathsome than terrific, to the dumb gloating
November 8, 2025 at 11:47 AM
That ghastly whiteness it is which imparts such an abhorrent mildness, even more loathsome than terrific, to the dumb gloating
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oh so these people do pay attention to who politicians follow on social media, they just don’t care that the vice president follows a bunch of actual neo-nazis
Axios tried to bust James Talarico for following adult content creators on Instagram and I'm genuinely impressed by his campaign's response
November 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
oh so these people do pay attention to who politicians follow on social media, they just don’t care that the vice president follows a bunch of actual neo-nazis
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For two decades, Paul Newby has pushed to make judicial elections in North Carolina explicitly partisan and consistently backed initiatives by Republican lawmakers to strip power away from North Carolina’s governor.
By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
“Biblical Justice, Equal Justice, for All”: How North Carolina’s Chief Justice Transformed His State and America
Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well be...
www.propublica.org
November 8, 2025 at 2:00 AM
For two decades, Paul Newby has pushed to make judicial elections in North Carolina explicitly partisan and consistently backed initiatives by Republican lawmakers to strip power away from North Carolina’s governor.
By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
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While we do not agree on all issues, I want to publicly thank UNC-CH Chancellor Lee Roberts for clearly stating today in Faculty Council that UNC cannot and will not sign Trump's Compact, because it raises irresolvable issues of academic freedom. That was important for faculty & students to hear.
November 7, 2025 at 9:23 PM
While we do not agree on all issues, I want to publicly thank UNC-CH Chancellor Lee Roberts for clearly stating today in Faculty Council that UNC cannot and will not sign Trump's Compact, because it raises irresolvable issues of academic freedom. That was important for faculty & students to hear.
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This week’s elections prove that when candidates focus on the issues that really matter to voters– like healthcare, education, and the climate crisis, rather than attacking transgender people; they win. From Virginia to New York– anti-trans hate is a losing issue.
Election Night Proved Democrats Don’t Need to Abandon Trans People to Win
Mamdani, Spanberger and other wins tell Dems: you don’t need to cave on transgender rights to win an election.
www.them.us
November 6, 2025 at 6:42 PM
This week’s elections prove that when candidates focus on the issues that really matter to voters– like healthcare, education, and the climate crisis, rather than attacking transgender people; they win. From Virginia to New York– anti-trans hate is a losing issue.
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Your hometown radio station has once again been honored as the best in North Carolina.
The North Carolina Association of Broadcasters named 97.9 The Hill WCHL as its 2025 Non-Metro Station of the Year Wednesday at its annual awards luncheon.
The North Carolina Association of Broadcasters named 97.9 The Hill WCHL as its 2025 Non-Metro Station of the Year Wednesday at its annual awards luncheon.
97.9 The Hill Named NCAB's 2025 Non-Metro Station of the Year - Chapelboro.com
The North Carolina Association of Broadcasters named 97.9 The Hill WCHL as its 2025 Non-Metro Station of the Year Wednesday.
chapelboro.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Your hometown radio station has once again been honored as the best in North Carolina.
The North Carolina Association of Broadcasters named 97.9 The Hill WCHL as its 2025 Non-Metro Station of the Year Wednesday at its annual awards luncheon.
The North Carolina Association of Broadcasters named 97.9 The Hill WCHL as its 2025 Non-Metro Station of the Year Wednesday at its annual awards luncheon.
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With no more votes expected in NC this year, Republicans will have gotten the least amount of things done in any long session since taking control of the General Assembly in 2011. My look at just how (un)productive the past 10 months have been--> #ncpol
andersonalerts.substack.com/p/nc-leg-202...
andersonalerts.substack.com/p/nc-leg-202...
The Sleepy Session
With North Carolina lawmakers not planning any more votes this year, GOP leadership has concluded a historically unproductive long session.
andersonalerts.substack.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:19 PM
With no more votes expected in NC this year, Republicans will have gotten the least amount of things done in any long session since taking control of the General Assembly in 2011. My look at just how (un)productive the past 10 months have been--> #ncpol
andersonalerts.substack.com/p/nc-leg-202...
andersonalerts.substack.com/p/nc-leg-202...
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Reeling from the scale of the SNAP cliff. In Orange County NC alone: 8700 individual SNAP recipients in 4683 families.
October 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Reeling from the scale of the SNAP cliff. In Orange County NC alone: 8700 individual SNAP recipients in 4683 families.
What Is Ezra Klein Thinking? newrepublic.com/article/2011... via @newrepublic.com
What Is Ezra Klein Thinking?
The New York Times columnist is asking the right questions, but pushing the wrong answers.
newrepublic.com
October 25, 2025 at 4:06 PM
What Is Ezra Klein Thinking? newrepublic.com/article/2011... via @newrepublic.com
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New York Times on hormone use for people who are transgender: A horrible crime against their bodies which needs to be critically examined to extreme ends.
New York Times on hormone use for women to boost their sex lives: Huh, this is cute!
New York Times on hormone use for women to boost their sex lives: Huh, this is cute!
‘I’m on Fire’: Testosterone Is Giving Women Back Their Sex Drive — and Then Some
www.nytimes.com
October 23, 2025 at 11:42 AM
New York Times on hormone use for people who are transgender: A horrible crime against their bodies which needs to be critically examined to extreme ends.
New York Times on hormone use for women to boost their sex lives: Huh, this is cute!
New York Times on hormone use for women to boost their sex lives: Huh, this is cute!