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Molly DeMarco

@mollydemarco.bsky.social
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Active transportation fan, conductor of community-based, partnered research to increase access to healthy foods+opportunities for active living, Lead @unc-fforc.bsky.social at UNC-Chapel Hill & co-founder @next-chc.bsky.social She/her/hers Chapel Hill, NC

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Bill Childs @billchilds.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Just to be clear: we are fine in Minnesota. We are not being taken over, though there are more rabbits in our yard than some years. Also we still need to address creeping bellflower. But otherwise all good. Don’t need rescuing or another murderous occupation.
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Seth LaJeunesse @sethlaj.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A joyous #WalkToSchoolDay to all who celebrate 🚶🏻 🚶🏻‍♀️ 🚶‍♂️
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Molly DeMarco @mollydemarco.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Go Catherine! Thanks for sharing your experiences trying active travel this #WeekWithoutDriving
Image of a logo for Week without Driving that has the dates, and name and also Carrboro and Chapel Hill. There are images of people taking the bus, carpooling, rolling, walking and biking.
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Resilient Mobility @resilientmobility.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Are you are parent of a child enrolled in public schools in Chapel Hill, Carrboro, or Durham NC? If so, UNC researchers want to hear from you about your kids' experiences getting to school! survey: go.unc.edu/schooltravel... #SchoolTravel #Transportation
White, yellow, and red flyer with black text. It contains a QR code.
The text reads: 
"Share your experiences with school transportation
Purpose: This is a research study on disruptions and changes to school transportation. The purpose of the research is to document the impacts of transportation disruptions and identify solutions parents might support.  
Details: The survey will take 5-10 minutes and includes a drawing based on chance in which each participant has an equal odds of receiving a prize. Eligibility is limited to adults aged 18 and older who live with a dependent enrolled in Chapel Hill/Carrboro City Schools.
Who we are: A team of UNC researchers who study transportation planning  
Link to survey: https://go.unc.edu/schooltravel2026
This research is conducted  at the University of North Carolina main campus under the direction of Dr. Tabitha Combs (IRB number: #24-0158). You can reach Dr. Combs at tacombs@live.unc.edu.
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Bike Tarrytown @biketarrytown.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Come Ride the Bus With Us, October 4th. We're going to have fun. In conjunction with Livable Tarrytowns, our first Week Without Driving event ever. @nondriver.bsky.social biketarrytown.org/updates/2026...
Photograph of a city bus with an advertisement on the side: A bus is just a limo full of friends you haven't met yet.
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ludkmr @ludkmr.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
NC Folks, these constitutional questions on the ballot might seem reasonable, but each one will be enacted by wildly partisan legislation drawn up by a corrupt General Assembly cemented in place through decades of gerrymandering. It’s a trap. Don’t do it.
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Caitlin McGlade @caitmcglade.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I, the only data reporter at the Charlotte Observer, am among the McClatchy layoffs in the bloodbath today. The HR person asked me not to talk about it! AMA. Anyway, here’s a link to one of my most important stories this year. www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/a...
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A Black teen found hanged near Charlotte church was a suicide, police say. Questions remain
In May, 16-year-old Juliana Nzita was found dead in a Charlotte churchyard. CMPD called it a suicide. Her family isn’t so sure.
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A. Zivarts @nondriver.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Because so many of us, both within the disability community and outside of it, are impacted by barriers created by car dependency, #WeekWithoutDriving offers us a chance to build relationships and power, all while amplifying our demand for more accessible communities. @disabilitylab.bsky.social
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Week Without Driving is About Access: How the Nondriver Movement is Building Disability Power — Disability Culture Lab
People with disabilities are one and a half times less likely to drive than nondisabled people, and two to three times more likely to live in a zero-vehicle household. We use transit and paratransit f...
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I'd like this to be less folks saying similar things about a few links, more people saying "look at this." @cajuntaper.bsky.social sent me this video about how wealth is extracted from his state. No matter what you think you know, it's astonishing, & horrifying. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWTi...
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Why Louisiana Stays Poor
YouTube video by Together Louisiana
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Seth LaJeunesse @sethlaj.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
More than a century ago, the road lobby inventing “the jaywalker”, a then new kind of human, one still with us today. Essay 12 of Infrastructure and Its Discontents explores what this means for the people so labeled: sethlajeunesse.substack.com/p/the-labeli...
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The Labeling
Infrastructure and Its Discontents, Essay No. 12
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Amadi Lovelace @amaditalks.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Remember that if you got the Moderna Covid vaccine, you have Dolly Parton to thank, she gave the largest individual contribution toward their research to make it possible.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
My latest, on how the British/global media hounded Jason Arday to death. “Given the history of white media’s key role in terror against Black people, at what point do we call such actions of journalism outlets digital terror campaigns? “ karenattiah.substack.com/p/jason-arda...
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Jason Arday's Death and the Age of Digital Racial Terror
What Jason Arday's death by media mob says about the old machinery of anti-Black terror in the algorithmic age.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 07/08/2026
The Trump Admin is harassing Fauci to scare scientists from speaking up against the administration's war on science, sowing public distrust in scientists and public health experts. We are standing up for Fauci. JOIN US by signing our petition at the link: zurl.co/RCYN8
The graphic displays a photo of Dr. Anthony Fauci and the red Stand Up for Science logo. The graphic reads: "BREAKING NEWS; Senate Republicans voted to hold 85-year old public health patriot Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress. SIGN OUR PETITION TO CONGRESS IN SUPPORT OF DR. ANTHONY FAUCI AND AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH. LINK IN BIO!"
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
If you’re watching Fauci’s testimony remember that science isn’t an ideology. It doesn’t lie. It evolves. COVID-19 was a once-in-a-century pandemic caused by a brand-new virus, recommendations changed because the evidence changed. That’s not deception. That’s how it works.
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Damon Seils @damonseils.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
In 2025 alone, the NC IOLTA program provided vital legal aid to low-income North Carolinians in all 100 counties *at no cost to taxpayers*: • 3184 domestic violence protective orders • 6327 prevented evictions • 345 prevented home foreclosures • 511 wills And much more: nciolta.org/annual-report/
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Michael DeMoor @michaeldemoor.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Hey urbanism people: can you point me to any good resources for helping regular folks understand the pros and cons of free parking? The panic in my neighbourhood over the possible loss of street parking to bike lanes (and the willingness to impose millions of added cost on the public to…
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
can’t imagine secret service would react so passively if the people disobeying their orders weren’t predominately white.
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richwellness.bsky.social @richwellness.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Keeping your head down will not work. Call it out and fight for the NIH.
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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Pete Buttigieg explains why the private sector does not have the capacity to replace government funding. Shareholders prioritize profits from a short term (years) investment. Science is a marathon, requiring long term (decades) investment. Govt funding was designed to support this marathon. 🧪
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Food, Fitness, and Opportunity Research Collaborative (FFORC) @unc-fforc.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
We had a lovely bike ride in Fairview last Friday! 🚲☀️ The little ones learned to make healthy snacks with Jessica from the CHI 🥦🍓, the rest of the group rode 2-mi through the community. Some even rode away with new helmets! Wrapped up with popsicles and good company🍧💙💚 More to come!
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Damon Seils @damonseils.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
With the General Assembly's override of @ncgovernor.bsky.social's veto of the so-called "Border Protection Act," @aclunc.bsky.social and El Pueblo are hosting a virtual town hall on June 30 to discuss what the bill will mean for North Carolinians. Learn more here: www.mobilize.us/aclunc/event...
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Food, Fitness, and Opportunity Research Collaborative (FFORC) @unc-fforc.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Last Thursday, we hosted a community bike ride in the HoH neighborhood Rusch Hollow. We looped through Rusch Hollow & Phoenix Place, soaking in the summer air 🌅, and wrapped up with popsicles.🍧 Thank you to resident Linda Parson for helping make it happen! More transit initiatives to come. 🚲✨
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Molly DeMarco @mollydemarco.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
As North Carolina weighs becoming the 24th state to apply for a waiver to the USDA, a judge blocks five other states that already got such waivers.
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Damon Seils @damonseils.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Such sad news. Jamezetta was deeply dedicated to our community and above all to her family. What a shocking loss.
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
This is accurate & not hyperbole from @jfallows.bsky.social With support from USAID, the DRC had built an outbreak preparedness & response system “ready to go,” e.g., surveillance, labs, health workers, & stockpiles of personal protective equipment When Musk killed USAID, that system collapsed 😢
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Patrick McDonough @citybeautiful21.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
The Carolina Chamber's annual data dive is always a fascinating (and sometimes sobering) view into community life. Take a look at the growth data for #Carrboro and think about what it means to be a town losing population in a region that is growing as fast as the Triangle. We have work to do.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
To be clear: the lower court said the map intentionally discriminates against black people in violation of the *constitution* (not just the VRA) and the MAGA Majority of SCOTUS is saying "that's ok now."
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Sarah Edwards @eddysarah.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Brian Howe’s profile of poet Fred Joiner is lush and attentive: “So the book is about jazz and moves like jazz. It’s about the mysteries of art, how “the grayscale song of a camera’s / eye says what our words cannot.” Read!
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Hearing Jazz and Seeing Art the Fred Joiner Way, With a Poetry Debut 50 Years in the Making
"The Mirror in Our Music," a new poetry collection by Fred Joiner, is rich in references to art, music, and collaboration.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 09/05/2026
the most anti free speech administration in this country’s history
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Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Breaking: Tennessee Republicans pass new 9-0 gerrymander after SCOTUS destruction of Voting Rights Act eliminating state’s only majority-Black district & last Democratic seat. Splits Memphis, which is 63% Black, into 3 districts to disenfranchise Black voters. Quite literally a return to Jim Crow
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whattheactualf.bsky.social @whattheactualf.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
I did. Will you?
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Jenny Schuetz @jennyschuetz.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Come join my team! We're hiring an Analyst to join AV's housing team. This is a great opportunity for early-career folks interested in the pro-housing ecosystem to support philanthropic investments, advocacy, and policy engagement. Details below: www.arnoldventures.org/careers/infr...
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Arnold Ventures | Infrastructure Analyst, Housing
Explore careers at Arnold Ventures and join teams working toward lasting, measurable change.
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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
This is a modern-day Lost Cause campaign to once again white-wash our origin story, erase the true history of the myriad of people who helped build this nation, justify genocide/ slavery by painting an idyllic, racist portrait of an America that never was. You do so to justify the horrors to come.
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Jeremy Faust, MD @jeremyfaust.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
RFK Jr. and the CDC’s top official, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, don’t want you to read this. Paper shows that 2025-2026 Covid-19 vaccines were effective. They censored it. That’s exactly why we need to read it. So, we published it in Inside Medicine! Take a look... open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
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Exclusive: Here's the Covid-19 vaccine paper the CDC censored.
RFK Jr. and the CDC’s top official, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, don’t want you to read this. That’s exactly why you should.
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
The attack on education in the US is not new, but the slow fuse that arguably started with Reagan is now setting off detonations across K-12 and higher education that are going to be incredibly difficult to walk back if we don’t treat this like the urgent crisis it is.
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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
I wish this was even surprising. Stephen Sayle, CDC's new deputy director for legislative affairs, is former tobacco industry. www.statnews.com/2026/04/22/n...
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Former tobacco executive joins CDC senior leadership, raising concerns over industry influence
Naming a former Imperial Brands executive for a CDC job is the latest example, advocates say, of tobacco industry influence in Trump administration.
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
If you watch and share one thing today make at this. Why is every democrat in the country not talking like this?
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C. Fray @cfrayforcarrboro.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
The great news is that this cruel and nonsensical rule is vacated. The bad news is that North Carolina didn't join the case to defend our trans residents. UNC is one of the hospitals that rolled over - time to apply pressure to get them to restore the standard of care.
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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
This will have dramatic impacts on cancer treatment--new mRNA vaccine approaches are posed to revolutionize some of the most challenging cancers www.mskcc.org/news/can-mrn...
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In Early-Phase Pancreatic Cancer Clinical Trial, Investigational mRNA Vaccine Induces Sustained Immune Activity in Small Patient Group | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Learn how MSK researchers are deploying mRNA vaccines against pancreatic cancer.
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Matt Brown @mattbrown.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Okay CTA. This is a good sign.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Yes. This is nicely put. One thing I try to get at in this piece is that having Trump threaten genocide and civilizational erasure, and the discovery that we are largely powerless to stop a madman president, takes an immense dispiriting toll on the *American people,* too.
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 08/04/2026
happy to be of service. for just $8.99 you can preorder my book about the US government’s centuries-long effort to remove Indigenous children from their homes and communities. it comes out in august, and I will guarantee that you’ll learn something, even though it’s for middle schoolers.
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Boarding Schools and the Indigenous Story by Ashley Fairbanks: 9780593811399 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
Created in collaboration with Race2Dinner, here's the harrowing true story of America's history with boarding schools, and the forced assimilation of Indigenous kids and families. Education is a powe...
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
What the hell? @washingtonpost.com is more than useless. They are now just shilling for death by public policy. USAID cuts kill. It's reprehensible and nauseating. hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-s...
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USAID shutdown has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
The Trump administration’s decision to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths from infectious diseases and malnutrition, accord...
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University of Minnesota School of Nursing @umnnursing.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
After taking time to connect with the Pretti family and with their consent, we are honored to share that we have created the Alex Pretti Nursing Scholarship. For those interested, you can learn more and make a gift here: crowdfund.umn.edu/campaigns/Al...
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
A closer look at Trump's 2027 budget
Trump’s 2027 budget requests $1.5 trillion for military spending.
What it cuts:
$234 million from worker protection agency funding
$82 million from the USDA Rural Business Service
$1.6 billion from the NOAA, which monitors natural disasters
$354 million from minority-serving institutions like HBCUs
$5 billion from NIH funding
$1.3 billion from FEMA grants
$40 million from the DHS Office of Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction
$2 billion from humanitarian assistance funding
$3.4 billion from NASA science and research programs
Fully eliminates the HUD Community Development Block Grant program
Fully eliminates HUD’s Fair Housing Initiatives Program
Fully eliminates Job Corps
Fully eliminates the Food for Peace program
Fully eliminates LIHEAP, which helps struggling families with energy bills and energy crises
Fully eliminates multiple SBA Entrepreneurial Development Programs
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 03/04/2026
Consider the opportunity costs of the war in Iran. The missiles might have been sent to Ukraine, to end that war. The money might have bought healthcare for Americans. The attention of Europe and Asia might have been focused on countering Russia and China, not re-opening the Strait of Hormuz
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 01/04/2026
If all goes according to plan, in a few hours, a crew of astronauts will begin a journey that will take them on a loop around the moon. Here's a video that NASA put together to help people visualize the journey through space, first orbiting the earth before looping around the moon and flying home 🔭
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INDY Week @indyweek.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
This weekend, a small committee will make its pick among a field led by a Democratic Party up-and-comer and two local electeds.
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Who Will Succeed Graig Meyer in the N.C. Senate? The Choice May Fall to Two Orange County Residents
This weekend, a small committee will make its pick among a field led by a Democratic Party up-and-comer and two local electeds.
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
"Countries heavily reliant on US aid see a 10.5% increase in maternal mortality following a switch from a Democratic to a Republican administration—about 44.7 additional deaths per 100 000 live births." gh.bmj.com/content/11/3...
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US Presidential Party switches are mirrored in global maternal mortality
In this observational study, we provide estimates of the impact on the maternal mortality ratio of swings in US aid for family planning and reproductive health driven by changes in the implementation ...
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