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Damon Seils

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Science communicator and a former mayor of #Carrboro, North Carolina, among other things. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ damonseils.org

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Damon Seils @damonseils.bsky.social · Nov 11

Hi, Bluesky. 👋🏻 I’m a science communicator in my work life, a former smallish-town mayor in my public life. I post about Carrboro, Chapel Hill, and Orange County, North Carolina; local and state politics; land use and transportation; LGBTQ+ issues; and occasional highlights from everyday life.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 17h

asylum but only for racists apparently www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People

www.nytimes.com

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Damon Seils @damonseils.bsky.social · 1d

Overheard in Carrboro: “I’m going to be the gayest thing that ever happened to Easton, Pennsylvania.”

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 1d

Just so everyone is clear, the main issue in the Supreme Court voting rights case tomorrow is whether it's racist against white people to enforce the Voting Rights Act.

I'm dead serious. We live in incredibly stupid times.

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ludkmr @ludkmr.bsky.social · 2d

Got a gig at The Drakeford tonight!
Former Mayor Damon Seils and I are having a conversation with School Board & Town of Carrboro candidates about what they hope to accomplish/ managing challenges like housing, school enrollments, flooding and other thorny issues. 6-8pm downstairs in the theatre

Poster for an October 13 candidate forum at the downtown public library in Carrboro. Event includes candidates for mayor, town council and school board who are very very likely to take office

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Ryan Byars @ryanbee.bsky.social · 2d

Before (2021) and after (2025) of the utility easement along Bolin Creek in Carrboro. It's actually walkable now. Definitely check it out if you haven't been on it lately. A good preview of what it will be like to have a greenway through here .

A rocky sewer easement along Bolin Creek in Carrboro, NC

A level, gravel sewer easement along Bolin Creek in Carrboro, NC

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Damon Seils @damonseils.bsky.social · 3d

“It’s pronounced ‘cyclist.’” 🔥

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 4d

It’s pronounced cyclist.

Damon Seils @damonseils.bsky.social · 3d

On October 13 at 6:00 pm, the Orange County Democratic Party will host a candidate forum for the upcoming #Carrboro municipal and school board elections. Join us in the Drakeford Library Complex theater to meet candidates for mayor, council member, and school board. www.mobilize.us/orangecounty...

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Campaign for Southern Equality @southernequality.bsky.social · 5d

Happy National Coming Out Day! 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ ❤️ Whether you are out and proud or still finding the language to understand your identity, just know that you are loved and our community is ready to welcome you. Learn more coming out resources from @trevorproject.bsky.social buff.ly/kZ9Eoo7

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Damon Seils @damonseils.bsky.social · 11d

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Keith E. Whittington @kewhittington.bsky.social · 13d

For some reason the Trump cert petition did not cite my piece, but figure it might become relevant

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

By Birth Alone: The Original Meaning of Birthright Citizenship and Subject to the Jurisdiction of the United States

The citizenship clause of the Fourteenth Amendment entrenched birthright citizenship into the Constitution. Building on a recent revisionist scholarly literatur

papers.ssrn.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16d

this is, no exaggeration, some of the most loser shit i have ever seen in my life

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16d

Hegseth: "As history teaches us, the only people who actually deserve peace and those who are willing to wage war to defend it. That's why pacifism is so naive and dangerous."

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C. Fray @cfrayforcarrboro.bsky.social · 21d

In Carrboro, we saw that new development in key locations, because of its MUCH stricter standards, can even catch and slow water from neighborhoods without controls and reduce flooding locally, even in a huge storm like Chantal.

Want to stop flooding? Build smart and retrofit older neighborhoods!

Triangle Blog Blog @triangleblogblog.bsky.social · 21d

We can address stormwater while building more homes
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Tonight, the Chapel Hill Town Council will consider whether or not to approve up to 700 homes in north Chapel Hill. (The vote itself is scheduled for October 22).

We can address stormwater while building more homes - Triangle Blog Blog

A group civics blog covering town council, education, transportation, and recreation in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, NC.

triangleblogblog.com

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 23d

It is representative of a *profound* failure of a country that this group of people are up there talking about medicine and science at all

White House press conference with Trump, RFK Jr, Marty Makary, and Dr. Oz, for fuck's sake

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Campaign for Southern Equality @southernequality.bsky.social · 27d

Right now, there are so many around us who are spreading anti-trans hate-- in political office, in the media, and in our own personal lives. We want you to know that you are not alone. We will continue to do everything we can to advocate for trans rights and offer real, tangible resources.

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Hooper @hooperhooper.bsky.social · 27d

NC’s House Majority Leader has set his sights on UNC’s LGBT Center’s measly $200k in state funding… despite the fact that UNC’s new conservative incubator “School of Civic Life and Leadership” has burned up $2 million plus of taxpayer dollars this year. Appeals to “viewpoint diversity” are a joke.

Screengrab of tweet from Brendan Jones questioning state funding for UNC’s LGBT Center

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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 29d

"Of course, I am not K, but I find myself uncannily identified with his predicament." Judith Butler's open letter to UC Berkeley.

Kafka-land at UC Berkeley

The 160 members of the university notified that their names were forwarded to the DOE's Office for Civil Rights were not informed of any specific allegations against them.

www.thenation.com

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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 29d

We must stop funding this genocide.

Hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians live in Gaza City.

They will have to flee again or risk being killed.

This is what Defense Minister Yoav Gallant meant when he said “we will eliminate everything” in Gaza.

Israeli military begins ground invasion of Gaza City

Palestinians in Gaza City reported a night of heavy bombardment. A U.N. commission said Israel was committing genocide in Gaza; Israel rejected it as “falsehoods.”

www.washingtonpost.com

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Seth LaJeunesse @sethlaj.bsky.social · Sep 14

I wonder if we should be more specific than #multimodal.”

Sometimes the term “multimodal” can be perceived as “all modes equally.”

Yet in practice, it’s nearly impossible to realize true travel mode parity, as cars utterly dominate the spaces they occupy.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · Sep 13

We are in the middle of a campaign in this state to turn Charlotte into Chicago in the general public’s mind. For the obvious reasons. I would just like to add that this Republican controlled general assembly still has no budget & likely won’t this year.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 13

Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."

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Damon Seils @damonseils.bsky.social · Sep 12

That area should get even better for pedestrians and cyclists as the Morgan Creek Greenway gets built in the years to come.

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NC Newsline @ncnewsline.com · Sep 12

NEW: Gov. Josh Stein signed an order Friday afternoon allowing eligible North Carolinians to receive an updated COVID-19 vaccine without obtaining a prescription. ncnewsline.com/briefs/stein... By @christinezhu.bsky.social #nc #ncpol

Stein orders COVID-19 vaccines available without a prescription in North Carolina • NC Newsline

COVID-19 vaccines available without a prescription in North Carolina under new Stein orders..

ncnewsline.com

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ludkmr @ludkmr.bsky.social · Sep 11

My favorite quote of his was about the potential merger of Chapel Hill and Carrboro. He said he wouldn’t mind “as long as they call it Carrboro”

97.9 The Hill WCHL & Chapelboro.com @wchlchapelboro.bsky.social · Sep 11

Hilliard Caldwell, a longtime civil rights activist in the greater Chapel Hill community and former Carrboro elected official, died recently at 88 years old.

Read more on his life and legacy here:

Chapel Hill, Carrboro Civil Rights Activist and School Reformer Hilliard Caldwell Dies at 88 - Chapelboro.com

Hilliard Caldwell, a civil rights activist in the greater Chapel Hill community and former elected official, died recently at 88 years old.

chapelboro.com

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Town of Carrboro, NC @carrboronc.bsky.social · Sep 9

The Town of Carrboro expresses its deepest sympathy following the recent death of former Town Alderman Hilliard Caldwell.

Caldwell was a pivotal figure who advocated for and participated in the desegregation of schools in Carrboro during the Civil Rights Movement.

ℹ️ https://monkeylink.co/7b5a56

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Triangle Blog Blog @triangleblogblog.bsky.social · Sep 9

The town of Chapel Hill’s Office of Mobility and Greenways is holding an open house this week to provide information regarding the towns upcoming projects

Open House for Chapel Hill Transportation and Mobility Projects this week - Triangle Blog Blog

A group civics blog covering town council, education, transportation, and recreation in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, NC.

triangleblogblog.com

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Damon Seils @damonseils.bsky.social · Sep 6

Today's the day! orangecountync.gov/Calendar.asp...

Shred-A-Thon

orangecountync.gov

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