Matthew Larsen
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Dirty centrist. Denver Colorado.
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Denver area followers: Many have tried to get pro-housing-supply messages out via new media, but few have mastered it like Justine Underhill. Find out how she does it!
www.eventbrite.com/e/justine-un...
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Justine Underhill: Using New Media to Turn NIMBYs into YIMBYs
Justine Underhill tells the story of how she went from NIMBY to YIMBY and became the world's most compelling YIMBY Youtuber.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/justine-underhill-using-new-media-to-turn-nimbys-into-yimbys-registration-1559989202699?utm_experiment=test_share_listing&aff=ebdsshios&sg=43d63ff782c0d747cbf45c40e0ddea35d01130069df7e58cdbf16a3f95d71c295cf627cda528ac72a0c44f0a8a681fc8a7a541fa1bf6772d58c9c43a990820f4e0ed6e10418cba35c859f17ec9
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Denver area followers: Many have tried to get pro-housing-supply messages out via new media, but few have mastered it like Justine Underhill. Find out how she does it!
www.eventbrite.com/e/justine-un...
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Justine Underhill: Using New Media to Turn NIMBYs into YIMBYs
Justine Underhill tells the story of how she went from NIMBY to YIMBY and became the world's most compelling YIMBY Youtuber.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/justine-underhill-using-new-media-to-turn-nimbys-into-yimbys-registration-1559989202699?utm_experiment=test_share_listing&aff=ebdsshios&sg=43d63ff782c0d747cbf45c40e0ddea35d01130069df7e58cdbf16a3f95d71c295cf627cda528ac72a0c44f0a8a681fc8a7a541fa1bf6772d58c9c43a990820f4e0ed6e10418cba35c859f17ec9
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Tonight!
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On July 30th, find out if a Land Value Tax could really solve all of our land use problems in Colorado.
www.eventbrite.com/e/1471491543...
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YIMBYs, socialists, neoliberals, conservatives, tax lovers, tax haters - come to this event on July 30th at 6:30pm to find out about the Land Value Tax, an exciting way to encourage infill development and more affordable housing, and arguably the only way to tax without creating a deadweight loss.
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Can We Tax Our Way to a Better Denver?
You've heard of the land value tax, but could it work on the Front Range? Find out from the experts and local electeds!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/can-we-tax-our-way-to-a-better-denver-tickets-1471491543819?aff=oddtdtcreator
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YIMBYs, socialists, neoliberals, conservatives, tax lovers, tax haters - come to this event on July 30th at 6:30pm to find out about the Land Value Tax, an exciting way to encourage infill development and more affordable housing, and arguably the only way to tax without creating a deadweight loss.
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Can We Tax Our Way to a Better Denver?
You've heard of the land value tax, but could it work on the Front Range? Find out from the experts and local electeds!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/can-we-tax-our-way-to-a-better-denver-tickets-1471491543819?aff=oddtdtcreator
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On July 30th, find out if a Land Value Tax could really solve all of our land use problems in Colorado.
www.eventbrite.com/e/1471491543...
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If you want those feelings of dread to ever fade, the Democrats need to have solidarity across a party with a tent big enough for charismatic socialists and trans-skeptic, Israel loving center-rightists.
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Cadenza
3 months ago
housing theory of everything undefeated
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Daniel Heppner
3 months ago
I know they had a terrible slow order after a derailment along a long freeway running section that basically every line uses. I believe it increased trip length by like 10-20 minutes. I wonder if that is part of the reason?
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Kirk Hovenkotter
3 months ago
The Seattle area runs 14% less bus service today than it did in 2019. The region grew by 3% in that time. We’ve got to get back to running more frequent transit. That’s going to take more investment from the City, State, & County. Great research from
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@yonahfreemark.com
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Ned Resnikoff
3 months ago
At the risk of getting yelled at, this is part of why I keep saying blue state NIMBYism is a travesty for democracy. When we make it so that low-income immigrants, LGBTQ people and pregnant people can't afford to live where they want, think about what they end up being subject to.
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Between the 2000 election and the increasing clarity that Naderism is the real enemy of the Abundance agenda, the question must be asked - is Ralph Nader the 21st century’s greatest monster?
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Denver followers: Don’t miss out on two great events tonight at the Denver Press Club with celebrated writer Mary Pilon!
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Denver followers: Don’t miss out on two great events tonight at the Denver Press Club with celebrated writer Mary Pilon!
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If you are seeing this post, you can attend for FREE by registering here (
denverpressclub.wildapricot.org/event-6152771
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Denver Press Club - Mary Pilon & the True History of Monopoly
https://denverpressclub.wildapricot.org/event-6152771
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Denver folks! Need plans for Thursday the 29th? Learn about the history of how Monopoly was originally invented to teach people why they should support a Land Value Tax, with celebrated author Mary Pilon!
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Ryan O’Housing
4 months ago
"In the land of the midnight public hearing, it is the citizens with no life that are king" pre-senate Tedx Talk via
@senatorcabaldon.bsky.social
Big thanks to the Senator for meeting our
@cayimby.bsky.social
group of volunteers and making time to hear our stories.
youtu.be/HTnPXqwjGV8?...
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A Hard Reboot of Democracy in the City: Christopher Cabaldon at TEDxSacramentoCity 2.0
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
https://youtu.be/HTnPXqwjGV8?si=lldb0K6UBDT1Gb6D&t=278
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Jarrett Walker
4 months ago
But when I say that many people don’t feel welcome at Bluesky, I’m not just evaluating a silly Twitter poll. I’m sharing the views of many people I’ve engaged with. And plenty of the responses to my post prove the point. 6/
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I think this guy might live in Denver.
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
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The Problem with My City Is That It’s a City
I’ve lived in this city for decades, but I’m noticing more and more problems. There’s crowding, congestion, changing people, tall buildings, and th...
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the-problem-with-my-city-is-that-its-a-city
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Denver folks! Need plans for Thursday the 29th? Learn about the history of how Monopoly was originally invented to teach people why they should support a Land Value Tax, with celebrated author Mary Pilon!
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This is great - the Star Wars universe really makes a lot more sense if you imagine that everyone knows that 99.9% of droids are wrong about anything about 50% of the time when it matters.
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Unwinder
5 months ago
Generative AI has helped me to understand why, in Star Wars, the droids seem to have personalities but are generally bad at whatever they're supposed to be programmed to do, and everyone is tired of their shit and constantly tells them to shut up
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Matthew Lewis is ready for progressive federalism
5 months ago
So if you live in a blue state your most important task, IMO, is fixing local and state governance and mostly, approving so much housing it will make your head spin. Because without a shit ton more homes in blue states, guess what? It can, and will, get much, much worse.
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Cool event later this month: Journalist and filmmaker Mary Pilon tells the true story of how Monopoly was originally invented while you play Monopoly. If you want to know what Monopoly has to do with Henry George and the Land Value Tax, sign up now!
denverpressclub.wildapricot.org/event-6152771
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Denver Press Club - Mary Pilon & the True History of Monopoly
https://denverpressclub.wildapricot.org/event-6152771
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Stan Oklobdzija
5 months ago
Congratulations to Denver on their successful communist revolution which has decommodified housing and replaced all privately owned home with state-owned, subsidized housing. I was wrong about calling leftists the unpaid interns of homeowner segregationists, you all were right.
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Hopefully someday Colorado will catch up with Montana on its commitment to affordable housing.
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Hey everyone - learn more about Denver’s only newspaper published by homeless people at a really cool event this Friday:
denverpressclub.org/event/colora...
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ColoRadio x The Denver Press Club
This April our speakers series continues with a discussion from the team behind the Denver Voice. As the city’s one and only street paper, the Voice is written for and by people experiencing homele…
https://denverpressclub.org/event/coloradio-x-the-denver-press-club-3/
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Followers in Denver, if you love transit and having a good time on a pleasant spring afternoon, please consider signing up for the Colfax Bar & Restaurant Transit Crawl happening this Saturday.
www.eventbrite.com/e/colfax-bar...
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Colfax Bar & Restaurant Transit Crawl
East Colfax bars need support as they endure BRT construction. BRT supporters unite and let's have some drinks for a good cause!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/colfax-bar-restaurant-transit-crawl-tickets-1266680448319?aff=oddtdtcreator
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Followers in Denver, if you love transit and having a good time on a pleasant spring afternoon, please consider signing up for the Colfax Bar & Restaurant Transit Crawl happening this Saturday.
www.eventbrite.com/e/colfax-bar...
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Colfax Bar & Restaurant Transit Crawl
East Colfax bars need support as they endure BRT construction. BRT supporters unite and let's have some drinks for a good cause!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/colfax-bar-restaurant-transit-crawl-tickets-1266680448319?aff=oddtdtcreator
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Don't forget to sign up for the Colfax Bar & Restaurant Transit Crawl on April 12th! Show our valuable Colfax bars and restaurants that urbanists care!
www.eventbrite.com/e/colfax-bar...
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Colfax Bar & Restaurant Transit Crawl
East Colfax bars need support as they endure BRT construction. BRT supporters unite and let's have some drinks for a good cause!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/colfax-bar-restaurant-transit-crawl-tickets-1266680448319?aff=oddtdtcreator
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Don't forget to sign up for the Colfax Bar & Restaurant Transit Crawl on April 12th! Show our valuable Colfax bars and restaurants that urbanists care!
www.eventbrite.com/e/colfax-bar...
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Colfax Bar & Restaurant Transit Crawl
East Colfax bars need support as they endure BRT construction. BRT supporters unite and let's have some drinks for a good cause!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/colfax-bar-restaurant-transit-crawl-tickets-1266680448319?aff=oddtdtcreator
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The BRT project is making life harder for bars and restaurants on Colfax. But it will be a huge win for transit when it's complete. You can help those bars as they patiently await the project's completion in about the easiest way possible:
www.eventbrite.com/e/colfax-bar...
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Colfax Bar & Restaurant Transit Crawl
East Colfax bars need support as they endure BRT construction. BRT supporters unite and let's have some drinks for a good cause!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/colfax-bar-restaurant-transit-crawl-tickets-1266680448319?aff=oddtdtcreator
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Live around Denver and want to support transit and some of Denver's historic bars? Sign up for the Colfax Bar & Restaurant Transit Crawl now!
www.eventbrite.com/e/1266680448...
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Colfax Bar & Restaurant Transit Crawl
East Colfax bars need support as they endure BRT construction. BRT supporters unite and let's have some drinks for a good cause!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1266680448319?aff=oddtdtcreator
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Live around Denver and want to support transit and some of Denver's historic bars? Sign up for the Colfax Bar & Restaurant Transit Crawl now!
www.eventbrite.com/e/1266680448...
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Colfax Bar & Restaurant Transit Crawl
East Colfax bars need support as they endure BRT construction. BRT supporters unite and let's have some drinks for a good cause!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1266680448319?aff=oddtdtcreator
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The most comically NIMBY thing I have ever seen from Save Belmar Park right here in Colorado. "Don't build more housing because really people are preferring to live as 'vehicle-dwelling cultural creatives' instead of working hard to be able to pay Colorado rents."
savebelmarpark.com/living-in-a-...
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Living in a Vehicle - Who Are These People? - Lakewood, CO Bird Habitat
As housing becomes increasingly unaffordable to more people, many are forced out of housing to live in vehicles. Are these the rejects of society who spend their time using drugs or impaired by untre...
https://savebelmarpark.com/living-in-a-vehicle/
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Hi - I am trying to organize an urbanist bar crawl for bars etc that are suffering along Colfax due to BRT construction. Would you be interested in contributing to the t-shirt design. Love your art.
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Trump is going to make DEI cool again
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Eric Budd
8 months ago
the "but are the new units affordable" trope fails every time when we actually build quantity
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“Researchers distill the entire functional value of AI technology into a TI-80 calculator”
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Researchers recreated DeepSeek's core technology for just $30
Researchers recreated DeepSeek's core technology, and they say it only cost $30, indicating that AI could become more affordable.
https://flip.it/yVk-bg
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@justineunderhill.bsky.social
Hi, I’m with YIMBY Denver, and we love your videos out here. Any chance we could get you out here to talk to some of our members and local electeds?
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It's Happening. Not good.
As of now, bills have been introduced in several states to block corporate ownership of single-family homes.
https://open.substack.com/pub/kevinerdmann/p/its-happening-not-good?r=7j9ml&utm_medium=ios
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Bill Selznick
8 months ago
Old view of Denver 16th Street mall. Sometimes, other dimensions just kinda happen.
#scape
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#photography
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#thephotohour
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Ryan Warner
8 months ago
Denver's oldest block was preserved because of a rug. In 1964, Dana Crawford was looking for used rugs at a thrift store downtown when she happened up the 1400 block of Larimer St. The rest is history. Crawford --in her own words from Colorado Matters' archive-- Monday.
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Possibly the most exciting YIMBY Denver event ever will be happening tonight, and you can be there:
www.eventbrite.com/e/yimby-denv...
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YIMBY Denver Legislative Kickoff Party
The fight for state level reforms to make housing more affordable in Colorado begins again in 2025. Find out how you can help!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/yimby-denver-legislative-kickoff-party-registration-1115911674859?aff=oddtdtcreator
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