Dan Ferrell
@danferrellavl.bsky.social
These are my bumper stickers: Former City Council Candidate @ 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.
Hard Candy Christmas has been stuck in my head for a month, and it's worse because Dolly died
September 3, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Hard Candy Christmas has been stuck in my head for a month, and it's worse because Dolly died
I mean, obviously.
July 22, 2026 at 12:40 PM
I mean, obviously.
Last day to submit input for the prioritization of roadway work.
Boy do I have a lot of thought, but if you like sidewalks, let them know.
www.publicinput.com/prioritization
Boy do I have a lot of thought, but if you like sidewalks, let them know.
www.publicinput.com/prioritization
P8.0 Project Prioritization Survey - PublicInput
The French Broad River MPO is asking for public input on transportation projects being considered in this round of prioritization. Prioritization is the process North Carolina uses to help decide whic...
www.publicinput.com
July 22, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Last day to submit input for the prioritization of roadway work.
Boy do I have a lot of thought, but if you like sidewalks, let them know.
www.publicinput.com/prioritization
Boy do I have a lot of thought, but if you like sidewalks, let them know.
www.publicinput.com/prioritization
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Specific soil fungi have the ability to draw down rain from clouds, according to fascinating new research by @dral2025.bsky.social
We know that healthy soil with beneficial fungi can store more water - now we learn certain fungi can increase rainfall.
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We know that healthy soil with beneficial fungi can store more water - now we learn certain fungi can increase rainfall.
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How hidden soil fungi ‘steal’ bacterial DNA to control the rain
Soil fungi “borrow” bacterial genes to control the weather
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April 16, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Specific soil fungi have the ability to draw down rain from clouds, according to fascinating new research by @dral2025.bsky.social
We know that healthy soil with beneficial fungi can store more water - now we learn certain fungi can increase rainfall.
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We know that healthy soil with beneficial fungi can store more water - now we learn certain fungi can increase rainfall.
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Absolutely critical work being done here. Our affordability crisis and climate crisis are two parts of the same problem.
Greed.
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Greed.
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🚨🚨 Today, we’re launching “Stop Greed Build Green,” a strategic framework and agenda to confront the affordability crisis and the climate crisis together by putting working people in charge of the economy and the climate transition. (1/10)
Stop Greed, Build Green | Climate and Community Institute
A new framework to put the working class in charge of climate and economic transformation.
stopgreedbuildgreen.org
April 15, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Absolutely critical work being done here. Our affordability crisis and climate crisis are two parts of the same problem.
Greed.
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Greed.
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Yet another understudied but potentially serious health impact of climate change: mold in our homes.
@docsforclimate.bsky.social
@gchalliance.bsky.social
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@climate4health.bsky.social
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@gchalliance.bsky.social
@apha.org
@climate4health.bsky.social
A hotter, wetter South is becoming a breeding ground for mold
In Asheville, N.C, a housing crisis is colliding with a poorly understood health threat.
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March 5, 2026 at 12:47 PM
You know what's awful? Your spouse spraining their ankle 2 days before the election.
Now, I have my priorities, and it's definitely putting it a backseat. If I win, I win and I fight like hell next week. If not, I fight like hell next week anyway.
Now, I have my priorities, and it's definitely putting it a backseat. If I win, I win and I fight like hell next week. If not, I fight like hell next week anyway.
March 1, 2026 at 11:05 PM
You know what's awful? Your spouse spraining their ankle 2 days before the election.
Now, I have my priorities, and it's definitely putting it a backseat. If I win, I win and I fight like hell next week. If not, I fight like hell next week anyway.
Now, I have my priorities, and it's definitely putting it a backseat. If I win, I win and I fight like hell next week. If not, I fight like hell next week anyway.
Ah yes, John Boyle once again writes a piece of nonsense that misses EVERY SINGLE ACTUAL PROBLEM THAT EXISTS, and instead blames the city for paying it's workers (almost) a living wage.
And then proceeds to profile noted developer, David Moritz for the rest.
I would like my profile AVL Watchdog!
And then proceeds to profile noted developer, David Moritz for the rest.
I would like my profile AVL Watchdog!
February 17, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Ah yes, John Boyle once again writes a piece of nonsense that misses EVERY SINGLE ACTUAL PROBLEM THAT EXISTS, and instead blames the city for paying it's workers (almost) a living wage.
And then proceeds to profile noted developer, David Moritz for the rest.
I would like my profile AVL Watchdog!
And then proceeds to profile noted developer, David Moritz for the rest.
I would like my profile AVL Watchdog!
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Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
February 4, 2026 at 6:43 AM
Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
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Mayor Kevin Sartor read out this statement before public comment began. The number of people signed up to speak tonight increased to 160.
Tonight will be the first Surprise City Council meeting since the Jan. 23rd sale. According to the City, federal projects are not subject to local zoning regulations. They also claim they were unaware of the purchase.
February 4, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Mayor Kevin Sartor read out this statement before public comment began. The number of people signed up to speak tonight increased to 160.
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Tonight will be the first Surprise City Council meeting since the Jan. 23rd sale. According to the City, federal projects are not subject to local zoning regulations. They also claim they were unaware of the purchase.
February 3, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Tonight will be the first Surprise City Council meeting since the Jan. 23rd sale. According to the City, federal projects are not subject to local zoning regulations. They also claim they were unaware of the purchase.
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It’s hard to put into perspective how truly massive the warehouse is that was recently sold by the Rockefeller Group to the Department of Homeland Security for $70 million to build a concentration camp in Surprise, AZ. Across the street is a huge neighborhood and a school. It’s 400,000-square-feet.
February 3, 2026 at 11:34 PM
It’s hard to put into perspective how truly massive the warehouse is that was recently sold by the Rockefeller Group to the Department of Homeland Security for $70 million to build a concentration camp in Surprise, AZ. Across the street is a huge neighborhood and a school. It’s 400,000-square-feet.
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journalists are workers who deserve to be paid fairly for our labor and I think that far too few consumers of media recognize or even care about this fact
February 4, 2026 at 5:20 PM
journalists are workers who deserve to be paid fairly for our labor and I think that far too few consumers of media recognize or even care about this fact
As if us working harder is going to remove the debt. Who gets paid in this situation? Things never, ever, ever trickle down no matter how hard and brazenly they try to push it.
They're just asking us to work more, for what? For WHAT?
Them to continue to use the budget as a piggy bank for the rich.
They're just asking us to work more, for what? For WHAT?
Them to continue to use the budget as a piggy bank for the rich.
Dr Oz: "If we could get the average American to start working a year earlier, right out of high school, or a year later -- not retire -- or work better during their lifetime because they're healthy, it would generate about $3 trillion to the US economy. That would more than remove the debt."
February 2, 2026 at 7:39 PM
As if us working harder is going to remove the debt. Who gets paid in this situation? Things never, ever, ever trickle down no matter how hard and brazenly they try to push it.
They're just asking us to work more, for what? For WHAT?
Them to continue to use the budget as a piggy bank for the rich.
They're just asking us to work more, for what? For WHAT?
Them to continue to use the budget as a piggy bank for the rich.
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Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.
February 2, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.
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What the 1980s peace and labor movements can teach us about challenging today’s war economy.
Converting the American War Economy
What the 1980s peace and labor movements in the United States can teach us about challenging today’s war economy.
inkstickmedia.com
February 1, 2026 at 4:09 PM
What the 1980s peace and labor movements can teach us about challenging today’s war economy.
I work with a lot of Canadians in my day job, and listening to them talk about how their housing crisis, just has led me to reflect that that's the endgame. It's the financialization of housing that puts us in this mess, and the only way out, is to put the brakes on that.
February 1, 2026 at 10:11 PM
I work with a lot of Canadians in my day job, and listening to them talk about how their housing crisis, just has led me to reflect that that's the endgame. It's the financialization of housing that puts us in this mess, and the only way out, is to put the brakes on that.
I really like the snow. There I said it. Y'all know now.
February 1, 2026 at 9:54 PM
I really like the snow. There I said it. Y'all know now.
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“Dear ICE agents - I hope you’re respectful to everyone and show kindness… we should treat all people the same, even if we don’t know them.”
If this doesn’t shatter your heart you don’t have one. 💔
Our kids are watching. 🇺🇸
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/o...
If this doesn’t shatter your heart you don’t have one. 💔
Our kids are watching. 🇺🇸
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/o...
February 1, 2026 at 7:16 PM
“Dear ICE agents - I hope you’re respectful to everyone and show kindness… we should treat all people the same, even if we don’t know them.”
If this doesn’t shatter your heart you don’t have one. 💔
Our kids are watching. 🇺🇸
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/o...
If this doesn’t shatter your heart you don’t have one. 💔
Our kids are watching. 🇺🇸
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/o...
Y'all ever just get so busy that you can't sleep anymore?
January 27, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Y'all ever just get so busy that you can't sleep anymore?
I've spent the last year researching why our housing problem never seems to get better, and why the old plan of 'build more market rate housing' hasn't improved affordability in Asheville.
But the good news is: there's something we can do about it that'll work.
ferrellforavl.com/housing/poli...
But the good news is: there's something we can do about it that'll work.
ferrellforavl.com/housing/poli...
Escaping the Asheville Housing Trap: A New Foundation for Our Future
We can’t build a future on a broken system. Here is the 3-step plan to fix the foundation of Asheville’s housing market.
ferrellforavl.com
January 22, 2026 at 12:47 PM
I've spent the last year researching why our housing problem never seems to get better, and why the old plan of 'build more market rate housing' hasn't improved affordability in Asheville.
But the good news is: there's something we can do about it that'll work.
ferrellforavl.com/housing/poli...
But the good news is: there's something we can do about it that'll work.
ferrellforavl.com/housing/poli...
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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.