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.
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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Today in being an overly efficient software engineer who also happens to be running for city council:
I made my campaign website too fast so the entire page is loaded before my external javascript donation form & signup form has a chance to load.
I made my campaign website too fast so the entire page is loaded before my external javascript donation form & signup form has a chance to load.
December 15, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Today in being an overly efficient software engineer who also happens to be running for city council:
I made my campaign website too fast so the entire page is loaded before my external javascript donation form & signup form has a chance to load.
I made my campaign website too fast so the entire page is loaded before my external javascript donation form & signup form has a chance to load.
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.
inkstickmedia.com/how-us-milit...
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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
whelp
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