Matthew B
@matthew-b.bsky.social
Pro-housing advocate in Colorado here to discuss housing, land use, and tax policy. #YIMBY #coleg #colorado
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We’re watching a shift where AI simulates the cohesion and reinforcement that used to require an entire online community. A single person can now build a complete parallel reality with nothing more than a prompt window. Which seems bad.
November 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM
We’re watching a shift where AI simulates the cohesion and reinforcement that used to require an entire online community. A single person can now build a complete parallel reality with nothing more than a prompt window. Which seems bad.
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LLMs give people with delusional belief systems a way to organise those beliefs. The model fills in gaps, supplies connective tissue, and wraps the madness in formal language.
It doesn't make the claims more credible to us, it just tidies them up.
It doesn't make the claims more credible to us, it just tidies them up.
November 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
LLMs give people with delusional belief systems a way to organise those beliefs. The model fills in gaps, supplies connective tissue, and wraps the madness in formal language.
It doesn't make the claims more credible to us, it just tidies them up.
It doesn't make the claims more credible to us, it just tidies them up.
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This isn’t just about bad information. It’s about the disappearance of epistemic structure, the structures we used to build our understanding of the world. When verification and deliberation both become flattened, frictionless, and identity-driven, accountability has nowhere to land.
June 21, 2025 at 8:05 AM
This isn’t just about bad information. It’s about the disappearance of epistemic structure, the structures we used to build our understanding of the world. When verification and deliberation both become flattened, frictionless, and identity-driven, accountability has nowhere to land.
Props to @senadorajulie.bsky.social, Senator Exum, Rep. Andy Boesenecker, and @javiermabrey.bsky.social for sponsoring this one. Excited to see it make its way through the Colorado Assembly.
February 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Props to @senadorajulie.bsky.social, Senator Exum, Rep. Andy Boesenecker, and @javiermabrey.bsky.social for sponsoring this one. Excited to see it make its way through the Colorado Assembly.
What I love most is YIGBY's potential to combine with eliminating parking minimums, single-stair reform, and new transit-oriented density laws. There are some really big empty church parking lots near bus stops, jobs, and schools. This has potential to be a solution to the housing shortage.
February 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM
What I love most is YIGBY's potential to combine with eliminating parking minimums, single-stair reform, and new transit-oriented density laws. There are some really big empty church parking lots near bus stops, jobs, and schools. This has potential to be a solution to the housing shortage.
Fort Collins has over 2,000 acres of underdeveloped land that could qualify. (Green is owned by CSU on this map. Purple is church-owned.)
February 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Fort Collins has over 2,000 acres of underdeveloped land that could qualify. (Green is owned by CSU on this map. Purple is church-owned.)
Also, randomly, CHILDCARE FACILITIES would also be allowed on these properties in certain situations. Love it.
February 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Also, randomly, CHILDCARE FACILITIES would also be allowed on these properties in certain situations. Love it.
NO POISON PILLS ALLOWED (kinda): This is huge. Cities can only impose setbacks, lot coverage, parking, inclusionary zoning, and affordability requirements if they are already required for similar housing within the jurisdiction.
February 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM
NO POISON PILLS ALLOWED (kinda): This is huge. Cities can only impose setbacks, lot coverage, parking, inclusionary zoning, and affordability requirements if they are already required for similar housing within the jurisdiction.
ADMIN APPROVAL ONLY: No public hearings. No arbitrary requirements. No P&Z. NIMBY neighbors can't do a thing to block these projects!
February 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM
ADMIN APPROVAL ONLY: No public hearings. No arbitrary requirements. No P&Z. NIMBY neighbors can't do a thing to block these projects!
THE ONLY LIMIT ON DENSITY IS HEIGHT: churches can build as much housing as they would like if they stay under 3 stories OR 45 feet. If the underlying zoning has a higher limit then go ahead and build more.
February 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM
THE ONLY LIMIT ON DENSITY IS HEIGHT: churches can build as much housing as they would like if they stay under 3 stories OR 45 feet. If the underlying zoning has a higher limit then go ahead and build more.
QUALIFYING PROPERTIES must have been owned by a faith-based institution or a public school (including universities) for at least 5 years. Over 5,000 acres of undeveloped land would qualify in the Denver metro area.
February 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM
QUALIFYING PROPERTIES must have been owned by a faith-based institution or a public school (including universities) for at least 5 years. Over 5,000 acres of undeveloped land would qualify in the Denver metro area.
It's crazy that a blue place like Denver would be so willing to subsidize the fossil fuel industry to such an extent.
January 25, 2025 at 10:20 PM
It's crazy that a blue place like Denver would be so willing to subsidize the fossil fuel industry to such an extent.
What makes you think they'll vote to keep them?
January 25, 2025 at 9:26 PM
What makes you think they'll vote to keep them?