Brian C. Keegan, Ph.D.

@bkeegan@hci.social
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{Social, Data, Network, Information} Scientist.

@CUInfoScience. @ucwcolorado.

High-tempo collaboration, online commons, public interest data science.

Vice Chair, Cannabis Licensing and Advisory Board, City of Boulder.

Born at 345ppm.

#searchable

Websitehttps://www.brianckeegan.com/
Githubhttps://github.com/brianckeegan/
Publicationshttps://scholar.google.com/citations?user=zkxrDS8AAAAJ&hl=en
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#Boulder getting a fireworks show tonight. #cowx

Thank you to @boulderreportinglab for bringing me on as a regular columnist.

My first piece is on the consequences of a half-century of population anxiety and debunking myths about Boulder being "full".

https://boulderreportinglab.org/2025/06/29/brian-keegan-the-myth-of-a-full-boulder-and-how-our-policies-are-driving-people-away/

Brian Keegan: The myth of a ‘full’ Boulder – and how our policies are driving people away

The idea that Boulder is full because its population is 'exploding' is not supported by the data.

The Boulder Reporting Lab

“McCartney used his CU position and the evangelical men’s rights group he founded to publicly repeat his homophobic and patriarchal views for years. Nobody should be forced to see a monument to this man.”

Yours truly with @BoulderProgressives https://www.boulderprogressives.org/blog/cus-plannednbspcoach-mccartney-statue-must-not-proceed

CU's Planned Coach McCartney Statue Must Not Proceed — Boulder Progressives

May 29th, 2025 Dear University of Colorado Regents, President Todd Saliman, Chancellor Justin Schwartz, and Athletic Director Rick George, In 1992, it was legal to discriminate based on sexual orientation throughout Colorado, except in the cities of Aspen, Boulder, and Denver. At that time, a grou

Boulder Progressives

“We need more safe, walkable, mixed-use spaces throughout #Boulder where residents and visitors alike want to linger, shop and dine — not noisy and car-choked corridors that prioritize parking over placemaking.”

https://www.dailycamera.com/2025/04/17/guest-opinion-brian-c-keegan-pedestrianization-actually-helped-west-pearl/?share=lakiadtwctanwawn5oyt

Guest opinion: Brian C. Keegan: Pedestrianization actually helped West Pearl

If we are serious about building a more vibrant and sustainable Boulder, let’s invest in solutions that work. We need more safe, walkable, mixed-use spaces throughout Boulder where residents and vi…

Boulder Daily Camera
Meta got caught gaming AI benchmarks

Meta release Llama 4 and faced blowback from the AI community over benchmark optimization.

The Verge

How things are going in #Boulder, #Colorado this week.

https://boulderreportinglab.org/

The Boulder Reporting Lab

Boulder Reporting Lab is building a new home for quality, nonpartisan, independent daily journalism for Boulder, CO locals.

The Boulder Reporting Lab
@andresmh #CompostHumanInteraction 155F after watering!

RT @wikiworkshop: We received 64 submissions for #WikiWorkshop2025 🙌

A huge thank you to the @wikiresearch community for such an amazing e…

via https://twitter.com/WikiResearch/status/1900585191024062578

WikiResearch (@WikiResearch) on X

RT @wikiworkshop: We received 64 submissions for #WikiWorkshop2025 🙌 A huge thank you to the @WikiResearch community for such an amazing e…

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Awesome post by @molly0xfff on the tensions of free knowledge production and commons in the face of extractive technologies like AI. https://www.citationneeded.news/free-and-open-access-in-the-age-of-generative-ai/
“Wait, not like that”: Free and open access in the age of generative AI

The real threat isn’t AI using open knowledge — it’s AI companies killing the projects that make knowledge free

Citation Needed
The pitch meeting for #Paradise