Dan Ferrell
@danferrellavl.bsky.social
These are my bumper stickers: Running for City Council @ https://ferrellforavl.com/, Senior Engineer @ JHKY, Thin Lizzy Enthusiast, Ski the South East, 'Nobody's free until everybody's free'. Residing in Tsalagi land, Asheville NC.
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This includes Flock, FUSUS, and license plate readers. Asheville uses federal funds to implement surveillance systems, and though we don't proactively share data with the federal government, we are not permitted to withhold it, and cannot prove that the companies do not turn over data on our behalf.
January 10, 2026 at 4:34 PM
This includes Flock, FUSUS, and license plate readers. Asheville uses federal funds to implement surveillance systems, and though we don't proactively share data with the federal government, we are not permitted to withhold it, and cannot prove that the companies do not turn over data on our behalf.
This is critical, ensuring that the fourth amendment is not only understood, but embraced by our city.
We have a duty to honor our own rights enshrined by the constitution against unlawful search and seizure, and every step we take to step into that power, is a step in the right direction.
We have a duty to honor our own rights enshrined by the constitution against unlawful search and seizure, and every step we take to step into that power, is a step in the right direction.
1. Adopt 4th amendment workplace policy and provide training for city staff.
Joining Carrboro and Durham, Asheville could provide training for first responders as well as the parks, sanitation, and water department to know what to do when constitutional rights of residents are being violated.
Joining Carrboro and Durham, Asheville could provide training for first responders as well as the parks, sanitation, and water department to know what to do when constitutional rights of residents are being violated.
January 14, 2026 at 12:24 AM
This is critical, ensuring that the fourth amendment is not only understood, but embraced by our city.
We have a duty to honor our own rights enshrined by the constitution against unlawful search and seizure, and every step we take to step into that power, is a step in the right direction.
We have a duty to honor our own rights enshrined by the constitution against unlawful search and seizure, and every step we take to step into that power, is a step in the right direction.
Hi everyone, just a friendly reminder that I'm not talking about local things much today because both my wife and I are on the phone with my health insurance because they won't pay for her lifesaving medication and we run out in 4 days.
January 12, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Hi everyone, just a friendly reminder that I'm not talking about local things much today because both my wife and I are on the phone with my health insurance because they won't pay for her lifesaving medication and we run out in 4 days.
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If he wants to declare martial law, he will. It won't be based on reality. I don't know why some people continue to say: "be peaceful or he'll invoke martial law." Are you all living in this country in 2026???? Haven't you seen them make things up out of whole cloth???? Are you 10 years old?
January 12, 2026 at 2:10 AM
If he wants to declare martial law, he will. It won't be based on reality. I don't know why some people continue to say: "be peaceful or he'll invoke martial law." Are you all living in this country in 2026???? Haven't you seen them make things up out of whole cloth???? Are you 10 years old?
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MAYOR FREY: “They are already trying to spin this as an action of self-defense. Having seen the video of myself, I want to tell everybody directly: That is BULLSHIT.”
January 7, 2026 at 7:22 PM
MAYOR FREY: “They are already trying to spin this as an action of self-defense. Having seen the video of myself, I want to tell everybody directly: That is BULLSHIT.”
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A Washington Post article suggests that, beyond a certain threshold, larger homes don't make people happier. Instead, well-being is correlated with affordable housing in walkable neighborhoods where they feel socially connected.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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![Excerpt reads: "Prioritize your neighborhood
Neighborhoods drive our happiness (or unhappiness) more than we think.
When Lina Martinez, director of POLIS, the Center for Wellbeing Studies at Universidad Icesi in Colombia, studied the happiness of households in the city of Cali, she couldn’t find much difference between poorer and richer areas. “Their happiness is pretty much the same,” she said. But that changed when she isolated neighborhood conditions, such as access to transit, health care and parks. “The conditions of the neighborhood affect happiness,” she said. “I can’t link that to the space where [people] live.”
That aligns with findings from a 2023 study of the Vancouver metro area: Researchers found no significant differences in well-being between people living in single detached homes, duplexes, townhouses, laneway houses and apartment buildings (basement units smaller than 300 square feet were the only negative exception). What did people say they missed most in their neighborhood? Affordability, proximity to family and friends, and a sense of community. Home design was eighth on the list."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreicapfknasylzk2lqzaxxeb5mchgnru75obggn45dusda6j5zogvuu@jpeg)
January 7, 2026 at 4:29 AM
A Washington Post article suggests that, beyond a certain threshold, larger homes don't make people happier. Instead, well-being is correlated with affordable housing in walkable neighborhoods where they feel socially connected.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Who doesn't love a bit of good news in the morning that comes as a result of hard work and care.
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apnews.com/article/noqu...
A town in North Carolina is returning land to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
The Noquisiyi Mound in Franklin, North Carolina, is close to being returned to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.
apnews.com
January 7, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Who doesn't love a bit of good news in the morning that comes as a result of hard work and care.
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apnews.com/article/noqu...
"There's a win-win here on the table. Asheville knows that. Everybody sees through this stuff and nobody's going to sit back and watch the destruction of a beloved hiking trail," Beals said.
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UNC Asheville removes art exhibit from South Campus Woods, citing safety concerns
A temporary art exhibit in the University of North Carolina Asheville's South Campus Woods was removed.
wlos.com
January 7, 2026 at 12:46 PM
"There's a win-win here on the table. Asheville knows that. Everybody sees through this stuff and nobody's going to sit back and watch the destruction of a beloved hiking trail," Beals said.
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“People are starting to wake up— these trans kids didn’t hike your rent, billionaires did. Illegal immigrants didn’t make your groceries more expensive, billionaires did.”
January 6, 2026 at 7:09 PM
“People are starting to wake up— these trans kids didn’t hike your rent, billionaires did. Illegal immigrants didn’t make your groceries more expensive, billionaires did.”
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If Dems talked like this regularly, we wouldn't have to focus on "how to win close elections in difficult environments." We would have a lot fewer close elections, and a lot fewer difficult environments.
Walz is out of Fs: "Not a single Republican supported this, so every Minnesotan from here on, whoever uses this program, there is no bit of thanks that would go to the R legislators who did all they could to stop this ... our schools have money to pay their teachers? I'll take credit for that too."
January 6, 2026 at 6:16 PM
If Dems talked like this regularly, we wouldn't have to focus on "how to win close elections in difficult environments." We would have a lot fewer close elections, and a lot fewer difficult environments.
It's just so wild that when the history books will look back on this moment, that decolonisation for the most part was a blip in history. Unless the colonialist mindset continues to win and the history books call this decolonisation again.
January 5, 2026 at 12:48 PM
It's just so wild that when the history books will look back on this moment, that decolonisation for the most part was a blip in history. Unless the colonialist mindset continues to win and the history books call this decolonisation again.
I did too much anti-war organizing in the 2000s to not listen to my gut when the president starts opening his mouth about what other countries are guilty of.
January 4, 2026 at 5:51 PM
I did too much anti-war organizing in the 2000s to not listen to my gut when the president starts opening his mouth about what other countries are guilty of.
Can you be shocked, and still unsurprised at how the Trump administration comports itself?
They want everything, and to subjugate everyone not like them. They want to take the wealth of the world, not for all us, but for those few they see as worthy.
They want everything, and to subjugate everyone not like them. They want to take the wealth of the world, not for all us, but for those few they see as worthy.
January 3, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Can you be shocked, and still unsurprised at how the Trump administration comports itself?
They want everything, and to subjugate everyone not like them. They want to take the wealth of the world, not for all us, but for those few they see as worthy.
They want everything, and to subjugate everyone not like them. They want to take the wealth of the world, not for all us, but for those few they see as worthy.
Such a great rebuttal by David King on how wealth and understanding aren't the same thing, and how trusting billionaires with our climate is only gonna make things worst.
They're gonna be fine, they have bunkers. What about the rest of us?
english.elpais.com/climate/2025...
They're gonna be fine, they have bunkers. What about the rest of us?
english.elpais.com/climate/2025...
January 2, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Such a great rebuttal by David King on how wealth and understanding aren't the same thing, and how trusting billionaires with our climate is only gonna make things worst.
They're gonna be fine, they have bunkers. What about the rest of us?
english.elpais.com/climate/2025...
They're gonna be fine, they have bunkers. What about the rest of us?
english.elpais.com/climate/2025...
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It still blows my mind how much bigger deftones have become over the years - places like target and urban outfitters lately have been stocking copies of Around the Fur in their vinyl sections - insane. Like what other band has had a trajectory like this?
January 1, 2026 at 4:04 PM
It still blows my mind how much bigger deftones have become over the years - places like target and urban outfitters lately have been stocking copies of Around the Fur in their vinyl sections - insane. Like what other band has had a trajectory like this?
Oh boy oh boy oh boy. Do you know what 2026 brings?
Me. Talking about Asheville's housing crisis in social media form.
Spoiler alert: we have plans to actually build nothing but missing middle housing for the next decade. Being able to keep our neighbors in Asheville, slow down gentrification...
Me. Talking about Asheville's housing crisis in social media form.
Spoiler alert: we have plans to actually build nothing but missing middle housing for the next decade. Being able to keep our neighbors in Asheville, slow down gentrification...
January 1, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Oh boy oh boy oh boy. Do you know what 2026 brings?
Me. Talking about Asheville's housing crisis in social media form.
Spoiler alert: we have plans to actually build nothing but missing middle housing for the next decade. Being able to keep our neighbors in Asheville, slow down gentrification...
Me. Talking about Asheville's housing crisis in social media form.
Spoiler alert: we have plans to actually build nothing but missing middle housing for the next decade. Being able to keep our neighbors in Asheville, slow down gentrification...
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Rebuilding Gaza for US investors rather than the people who actually live there is an obscene approach, so of course Trump's inner circle are pitching it. www.timesofisrael.com/us-said-to-p...
US said to pitch ‘Project Sunrise’ — $112B plan to rebuild Gaza as luxury destination
Reported proposal drafted by top Trump officials Kushner and Witkoff to be completed over 10 years; imagines 'New Rafah' as seat of government, Gaza City as hi-tech 'smart city'
www.timesofisrael.com
December 29, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Rebuilding Gaza for US investors rather than the people who actually live there is an obscene approach, so of course Trump's inner circle are pitching it. www.timesofisrael.com/us-said-to-p...
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December 29, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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Just thinking about this for no reason today
December 27, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Just thinking about this for no reason today
It's always been a policy choice.
December 26, 2025 at 8:48 PM
It's always been a policy choice.
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America has 925 billionaires as of this year. Collectively they have a record $6.9 trillion in wealth.
The bottom 50% of Americans control $4.2 trillion in wealth.
When 925 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The bottom 50% of Americans control $4.2 trillion in wealth.
When 925 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
December 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
America has 925 billionaires as of this year. Collectively they have a record $6.9 trillion in wealth.
The bottom 50% of Americans control $4.2 trillion in wealth.
When 925 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The bottom 50% of Americans control $4.2 trillion in wealth.
When 925 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
20 people filed as candidates for city council. People must really think #Asheville needs change. Love to see it.
Also, hey. I'm running too.
www.ferrellforavl.com
Also, hey. I'm running too.
www.ferrellforavl.com
Dan Ferrell for Asheville City Council
Focused on making Asheville affordable, supporting working families, and ensuring everyone has a safe place to exist.
www.ferrellforavl.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
20 people filed as candidates for city council. People must really think #Asheville needs change. Love to see it.
Also, hey. I'm running too.
www.ferrellforavl.com
Also, hey. I'm running too.
www.ferrellforavl.com
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Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.
December 15, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.
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