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Drained #ReflectingPool reveals Trump's 'American flag blue' liner is now closer to gray

The newly drained #LincolnMemorial Reflecting Pool’s bottom surface has noticeably faded since it was lined with a “protective” coating in a color #Trump called “American flag blue” this spring.

#ETTTTS #TaxpayersMoney #LandmarkPreservation #PublicSpace #PublicLand #law
https://apnews.com/article/reflecting-pool-drained-washington-monument-trump-repairs-0745ba52bc7273ce411ef29880f71cf0

Seems appropriate

Drained #ReflectingPool reveals Trump's 'American flag blue' liner is now closer to gray

The newly drained #LincolnMemorial Reflecting Pool’s bottom surface has noticeably faded since it was lined with a “protective” coating in a color #Trump called “American flag blue” this spring.

#ETTTTS #TaxpayersMoney #LandmarkPreservation #PublicSpace #PublicLand #law
https://apnews.com/article/reflecting-pool-drained-washington-monument-trump-repairs-0745ba52bc7273ce411ef29880f71cf0

Seems appropriate

Drained #ReflectingPool reveals Trump's 'American flag blue' liner is now closer to gray

The newly drained #LincolnMemorial Reflecting Pool’s bottom surface has noticeably faded since it was lined with a “protective” coating in a color #Trump called “American flag blue” this spring.

#ETTTTS #TaxpayersMoney #LandmarkPreservation #PublicSpace #PublicLand #law
https://apnews.com/article/reflecting-pool-drained-washington-monument-trump-repairs-0745ba52bc7273ce411ef29880f71cf0

Seems appropriate

Drained #ReflectingPool reveals Trump's 'American flag blue' liner is now closer to gray

The newly drained #LincolnMemorial Reflecting Pool’s bottom surface has noticeably faded since it was lined with a “protective” coating in a color #Trump called “American flag blue” this spring.

#ETTTTS #TaxpayersMoney #LandmarkPreservation #PublicSpace #PublicLand #law
https://apnews.com/article/reflecting-pool-drained-washington-monument-trump-repairs-0745ba52bc7273ce411ef29880f71cf0

Seems appropriate

Drained #ReflectingPool reveals Trump's 'American flag blue' liner is now closer to gray

The newly drained #LincolnMemorial Reflecting Pool’s bottom surface has noticeably faded since it was lined with a “protective” coating in a color #Trump called “American flag blue” this spring.

#ETTTTS #TaxpayersMoney #LandmarkPreservation #PublicSpace #PublicLand #law
https://apnews.com/article/reflecting-pool-drained-washington-monument-trump-repairs-0745ba52bc7273ce411ef29880f71cf0

Malaktion am Werderplatz (ra:ve)

Werderplatz, Sunday, July 12 at 04:00 PM GMT+2

Werderplatz für alle!

Lass uns gemeinsam kreativ werden ; )

https://keepkarlsruheboring.org/event/malaktion-am-werderplatz-rave

Erick Villagomez: “The ability to gather, dance, linger, and take up space without apology is not incidental to democratic life. It is evidence that democratic public life is actually working.”
#publicspace #democracy

https://spacing.ca/vancouver/2026/07/07/book-review-black-public-joy-no-permit-or-permission-required/

Erick Villagomez: “The ability to gather, dance, linger, and take up space without apology is not incidental to democratic life. It is evidence that democratic public life is actually working.”
#publicspace #democracy

https://spacing.ca/vancouver/2026/07/07/book-review-black-public-joy-no-permit-or-permission-required/

Highway Adoption

The truck ahead of me has a bumper sticker that says “Stay in your lane.”

At first blush – good advice. But further introspection reveals a flaw. In truth, the lane I am currently in is not my own. Nor is the lane you are in yours either. None of us can lay claim to these streets. At least not individually. Contrary to popular belief, we are a collective.

Perhaps a truer bumper sticker is the one that says “Share the road.”

Namely, the entire road is for all. The lane I am in is not MY lane. It is available to anyone else who needs it. You are welcome in the lane I am in, and I hope that I am welcome in the one you are in.

Alas, too often I forget this truth. I am too quick with my tongue or horn and too slow with a kind gesture.

So come on over.

You are welcome here in this lane as well.

No schedule. No perceived deadline for my ETA. No stress or emotional attachment to the human construct of time. No amount of hubris or disdain.

Nothing is worth the destruction of a hospitable spirit while one is driving.

July 7, 2014

Highway Adoption

The truck ahead of me has a bumper sticker that says “Stay in your lane.”

At first blush – good advice. But further introspection reveals a flaw. In truth, the lane I am currently in is not my own. Nor is the lane you are in yours either. None of us can lay claim to these streets. At least not individually. Contrary to popular belief, we are a collective.

Perhaps a truer bumper sticker is the one that says “Share the road.”

Namely, the entire road is for all. The lane I am in is not MY lane. It is available to anyone else who needs it. You are welcome in the lane I am in, and I hope that I am welcome in the one you are in.

Alas, too often I forget this truth. I am too quick with my tongue or horn and too slow with a kind gesture.

So come on over.

You are welcome here in this lane as well.

No schedule. No perceived deadline for my ETA. No stress or emotional attachment to the human construct of time. No amount of hubris or disdain.

Nothing is worth the destruction of a hospitable spirit while one is driving.

July 7, 2014

Highway Adoption

The truck ahead of me has a bumper sticker that says “Stay in your lane.”

At first blush – good advice. But further introspection reveals a flaw. In truth, the lane I am currently in is not my own. Nor is the lane you are in yours either. None of us can lay claim to these streets. At least not individually. Contrary to popular belief, we are a collective.

Perhaps a truer bumper sticker is the one that says “Share the road.”

Namely, the entire road is for all. The lane I am in is not MY lane. It is available to anyone else who needs it. You are welcome in the lane I am in, and I hope that I am welcome in the one you are in.

Alas, too often I forget this truth. I am too quick with my tongue or horn and too slow with a kind gesture.

So come on over.

You are welcome here in this lane as well.

No schedule. No perceived deadline for my ETA. No stress or emotional attachment to the human construct of time. No amount of hubris or disdain.

Nothing is worth the destruction of a hospitable spirit while one is driving.

July 7, 2014

Highway Adoption

The truck ahead of me has a bumper sticker that says “Stay in your lane.”

At first blush – good advice. But further introspection reveals a flaw. In truth, the lane I am currently in is not my own. Nor is the lane you are in yours either. None of us can lay claim to these streets. At least not individually. Contrary to popular belief, we are a collective.

Perhaps a truer bumper sticker is the one that says “Share the road.”

Namely, the entire road is for all. The lane I am in is not MY lane. It is available to anyone else who needs it. You are welcome in the lane I am in, and I hope that I am welcome in the one you are in.

Alas, too often I forget this truth. I am too quick with my tongue or horn and too slow with a kind gesture.

So come on over.

You are welcome here in this lane as well.

No schedule. No perceived deadline for my ETA. No stress or emotional attachment to the human construct of time. No amount of hubris or disdain.

Nothing is worth the destruction of a hospitable spirit while one is driving.

July 7, 2014

Highway Adoption

The truck ahead of me has a bumper sticker that says “Stay in your lane.”

At first blush – good advice. But further introspection reveals a flaw. In truth, the lane I am currently in is not my own. Nor is the lane you are in yours either. None of us can lay claim to these streets. At least not individually. Contrary to popular belief, we are a collective.

Perhaps a truer bumper sticker is the one that says “Share the road.”

Namely, the entire road is for all. The lane I am in is not MY lane. It is available to anyone else who needs it. You are welcome in the lane I am in, and I hope that I am welcome in the one you are in.

Alas, too often I forget this truth. I am too quick with my tongue or horn and too slow with a kind gesture.

So come on over.

You are welcome here in this lane as well.

No schedule. No perceived deadline for my ETA. No stress or emotional attachment to the human construct of time. No amount of hubris or disdain.

Nothing is worth the destruction of a hospitable spirit while one is driving.

July 7, 2014

The City Has a Counter

A short sequence on glass, counters, public water and the small permissions a city gives before asking for something back.

StreetSoul.me

#StreetPhotography #Barcelona #BlackAndWhite #PublicSpace #UrbanPhotography

The City Has a Counter

A short sequence on glass, counters, public water and the small permissions a city gives before asking for something back.

StreetSoul.me

#StreetPhotography #Barcelona #BlackAndWhite #PublicSpace #UrbanPhotography

Memorial gardens regeneration enhances accessible green space in Kingston https://www.allforgardening.com/1835277/memorial-gardens-regeneration-enhances-accessible-green-space-in-kingston/ #garden #gardening #kingston #PublicSpace

Memorial gardens regeneration enhances accessible green space in Kingston https://www.allforgardening.com/1835277/memorial-gardens-regeneration-enhances-accessible-green-space-in-kingston/ #garden #gardening #kingston #PublicSpace

As Seen Below – The Dome, a Skyspace / James Turrell + SHL

© Adam Mørk + 15 Share Share Facebook Twitter Mail Pinterest Whatsapp Or https://www.archdaily.com/1042572/as-seen-below-the-dome-a-skyspace-james-turrell-plus-schmidt-hammer-lassen © Adam Mørk …
#NewsBeep #News #Artsanddesign #Aarhus #Architecture #Arts #ArtsAndDesign #AU #Australia #CulturalArchitecture #Design #Entertainment #installation #Museum #Museums&Exhibit #PublicSpace #UrbanDesign #Urbanism
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/753254/

Way ahead of you #NewYorkTimes why can't we end this free #parking paradigm and become more like #Paris?
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/06/09/nyregion/nyc-street-parking.html
My take here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfJWSN-XKys&t #brooklyn #publicspace #urbandesign #design #cars #pollution #climate #airquality #mamdani #socialism

Way ahead of you #NewYorkTimes why can't we end this free #parking paradigm and become more like #Paris?
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/06/09/nyregion/nyc-street-parking.html
My take here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfJWSN-XKys&t #brooklyn #publicspace #urbandesign #design #cars #pollution #climate #airquality #mamdani #socialism

Authoritarianism doesn’t begin only with bad leaders, dangerous ideologies, or manipulated information.

It also grows in emptiness: in closed youth centres, underfunded libraries, commercialised public squares, and feeds that replace conversation with performance.

https://associationredefine.substack.com/p/where-do-we-gather-the-geography?r=6l8ed8

#CivicIntelligence #Democracy #PublicSpace #Belonging #DigitalDemocracy #AIAndSociety #SocialInfrastructure #DemocraticResilience

Authoritarianism doesn’t begin only with bad leaders, dangerous ideologies, or manipulated information.

It also grows in emptiness: in closed youth centres, underfunded libraries, commercialised public squares, and feeds that replace conversation with performance.

https://associationredefine.substack.com/p/where-do-we-gather-the-geography?r=6l8ed8

#CivicIntelligence #Democracy #PublicSpace #Belonging #DigitalDemocracy #AIAndSociety #SocialInfrastructure #DemocraticResilience

Authoritarianism doesn’t begin only with bad leaders, dangerous ideologies, or manipulated information.

It also grows in emptiness: in closed youth centres, underfunded libraries, commercialised public squares, and feeds that replace conversation with performance.

https://associationredefine.substack.com/p/where-do-we-gather-the-geography?r=6l8ed8

#CivicIntelligence #Democracy #PublicSpace #Belonging #DigitalDemocracy #AIAndSociety #SocialInfrastructure #DemocraticResilience

Authoritarianism doesn’t begin only with bad leaders, dangerous ideologies, or manipulated information.

It also grows in emptiness: in closed youth centres, underfunded libraries, commercialised public squares, and feeds that replace conversation with performance.

https://associationredefine.substack.com/p/where-do-we-gather-the-geography?r=6l8ed8

#CivicIntelligence #Democracy #PublicSpace #Belonging #DigitalDemocracy #AIAndSociety #SocialInfrastructure #DemocraticResilience

Authoritarianism doesn’t begin only with bad leaders, dangerous ideologies, or manipulated information.

It also grows in emptiness: in closed youth centres, underfunded libraries, commercialised public squares, and feeds that replace conversation with performance.

https://associationredefine.substack.com/p/where-do-we-gather-the-geography?r=6l8ed8

#CivicIntelligence #Democracy #PublicSpace #Belonging #DigitalDemocracy #AIAndSociety #SocialInfrastructure #DemocraticResilience

Brought Rehearsing A #City For All, edited by Silvia Bottiroli, back from a visit to the Venice Biennale last week – as you do.

https://shop.b-r-u-n-o.it/products/fuori-rehearsing-a-city-for-all

Particularly taken by Bottiroli’s idea of #public space ‘not as a site but rather as a subject with #agency and therefore a collaborator for any intervention’ we might wish to imagine’ (p.10).

Interesting, too, because it rather contrasts my refusal in the chapter on ‘How to Redesign a City’ in Masked Media, ‘to present the city itself, in all its complexity and #pluriversality as an intelligent #inhuman actor’. The reason being that the kinds of cities my collaborators and I are trying to imagine not already exist. Rather, the challenge is to invent the conditions and contexts out of which they might emerge.

http://www.openhumanitiespress.org/books/titles/masked-media/

#VeniceBiennale #MaskedMedia #PublicSpace #Theory #UrbanTheory #Cities #Design

Brought Rehearsing A #City For All, edited by Silvia Bottiroli, back from a visit to the Venice Biennale last week – as you do.

https://shop.b-r-u-n-o.it/products/fuori-rehearsing-a-city-for-all

Particularly taken by Bottiroli’s idea of #public space ‘not as a site but rather as a subject with #agency and therefore a collaborator for any intervention’ we might wish to imagine’ (p.10).

Interesting, too, because it rather contrasts my refusal in the chapter on ‘How to Redesign a City’ in Masked Media, ‘to present the city itself, in all its complexity and #pluriversality as an intelligent #inhuman actor’. The reason being that the kinds of cities my collaborators and I are trying to imagine not already exist. Rather, the challenge is to invent the conditions and contexts out of which they might emerge.

http://www.openhumanitiespress.org/books/titles/masked-media/

#VeniceBiennale #MaskedMedia #PublicSpace #Theory #UrbanTheory #Cities #Design

Brought Rehearsing A #City For All, edited by Silvia Bottiroli, back from a visit to the Venice Biennale last week – as you do.

https://shop.b-r-u-n-o.it/products/fuori-rehearsing-a-city-for-all

Particularly taken by Bottiroli’s idea of #public space ‘not as a site but rather as a subject with #agency and therefore a collaborator for any intervention’ we might wish to imagine’ (p.10).

Interesting, too, because it rather contrasts my refusal in the chapter on ‘How to Redesign a City’ in Masked Media, ‘to present the city itself, in all its complexity and #pluriversality as an intelligent #inhuman actor’. The reason being that the kinds of cities my collaborators and I are trying to imagine not already exist. Rather, the challenge is to invent the conditions and contexts out of which they might emerge.

http://www.openhumanitiespress.org/books/titles/masked-media/

#VeniceBiennale #MaskedMedia #PublicSpace #Theory #UrbanTheory #Cities #Design

Brought Rehearsing A #City For All, edited by Silvia Bottiroli, back from a visit to the Venice Biennale last week – as you do.

https://shop.b-r-u-n-o.it/products/fuori-rehearsing-a-city-for-all

Particularly taken by Bottiroli’s idea of #public space ‘not as a site but rather as a subject with #agency and therefore a collaborator for any intervention’ we might wish to imagine’ (p.10).

Interesting, too, because it rather contrasts my refusal in the chapter on ‘How to Redesign a City’ in Masked Media, ‘to present the city itself, in all its complexity and #pluriversality as an intelligent #inhuman actor’. The reason being that the kinds of cities my collaborators and I are trying to imagine not already exist. Rather, the challenge is to invent the conditions and contexts out of which they might emerge.

http://www.openhumanitiespress.org/books/titles/masked-media/

#VeniceBiennale #MaskedMedia #PublicSpace #Theory #UrbanTheory #Cities #Design

Brought Rehearsing A #City For All, edited by Silvia Bottiroli, back from a visit to the Venice Biennale last week – as you do.

https://shop.b-r-u-n-o.it/products/fuori-rehearsing-a-city-for-all

Particularly taken by Bottiroli’s idea of #public space ‘not as a site but rather as a subject with #agency and therefore a collaborator for any intervention’ we might wish to imagine’ (p.10).

Interesting, too, because it rather contrasts my refusal in the chapter on ‘How to Redesign a City’ in Masked Media, ‘to present the city itself, in all its complexity and #pluriversality as an intelligent #inhuman actor’. The reason being that the kinds of cities my collaborators and I are trying to imagine not already exist. Rather, the challenge is to invent the conditions and contexts out of which they might emerge.

http://www.openhumanitiespress.org/books/titles/masked-media/

#VeniceBiennale #MaskedMedia #PublicSpace #Theory #UrbanTheory #Cities #Design

The Metrics We Use Decide the Cities We Build: Urban Indicators and Lived Experience

Twisted Valley / Grupo Aranea. Image © Jesús Granada Share Share Faceb…
#NewsBeep #News #Artsanddesign #amsterdam #Architecture #Architecture101:TheEssentials #Arts #ArtsAndDesign #AU #Australia #barcelona #Cities #CityPlanning #Design #Entertainment #HumanCenteredDesign #HumanScale #JanGehl #NewYorkCity #Paris #Plaza #PublicSpace #TheoryandHistory #UrbanDesign #UrbanMobility
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/718151/

The Metrics We Use Decide the Cities We Build: Urban Indicators and Lived Experience

Twisted Valley / Grupo Aranea. Image © Jesús Granada Share Share Faceb…
#NewsBeep #News #Artsanddesign #amsterdam #Architecture #Architecture101:TheEssentials #Arts #ArtsAndDesign #AU #Australia #barcelona #Cities #CityPlanning #Design #Entertainment #HumanCenteredDesign #HumanScale #JanGehl #NewYorkCity #Paris #Plaza #PublicSpace #TheoryandHistory #UrbanDesign #UrbanMobility
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/718151/

https://www.europesays.com/ie/521130/ The Metrics We Use Decide the Cities We Build: Urban Indicators and Lived Experience #Amsterdam #Architecture #Architecture101:TheEssentials #Arts #ArtsAndDesign #ArtsAndDesign #ArtsDesign #barcelona #Cities #CityPlanning #Design #Éire #Entertainment #HumanCenteredDesign #HumanScale #IE #Ireland #JanGehl #NewYorkCity #Paris #Plaza #PublicSpace #TheoryAndHistory #UrbanDesign #UrbanMobility

The Metrics We Use Decide the Cities We Build: Urban Indicators and Lived Experience

Twisted Valley / Grupo Aranea. Image © Jesús Granada Share Share Facebook…
#NewsBeep #News #Artsanddesign #amsterdam #Architecture #Architecture101:TheEssentials #Arts #ArtsAndDesign #barcelona #CA #Canada #Cities #CityPlanning #Design #Entertainment #HumanCenteredDesign #HumanScale #JanGehl #newyorkcity #Paris #Plaza #PublicSpace #TheoryandHistory #UrbanDesign #UrbanMobility
https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/717915/

Post to blog : Smartphonography Club : The Generous Interval
#Xiaomi #Xiaomi15TPro #smartphonography #photography #streetphotography #Tokyo #Japan #Tokyomaxxing #TokyoStreets #UrbanDesign #LuxuryInSimplicity #CityScape #PublicSpace

https://www.smartphonography.club/2026/06/the-generous-interval/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Post to blog : Smartphonography Club : The Generous Interval
#Xiaomi #Xiaomi15TPro #smartphonography #photography #streetphotography #Tokyo #Japan #Tokyomaxxing #TokyoStreets #UrbanDesign #LuxuryInSimplicity #CityScape #PublicSpace

https://www.smartphonography.club/2026/06/the-generous-interval/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

https://www.europesays.com/ie/511808/ SLA Designs Public Spaces and Streetscapes for Toronto’s New Island Community in the Port Lands #Allies&Morrison #Architecture #Arts #ArtsAndDesign #ArtsAndDesign #ArtsDesign #Canada #Design #Éire #Entertainment #IE #Industrial #IndustrialArea #Ireland #lake #Landscape #LandscapeDesign #PublicSpace #PublicSpaces #SLA #SLAArchitects #Toronto #UrbanDesign #Waterfront #WaterfrontArchitecture #WaterfrontDesign

https://www.europesays.com/ie/511665/ A Diana Thater video installation at LACMA’s David Geffen Galleries #art #Arts #ArtsAndDesign #ArtsAndDesign #ArtsDesign #Design #Éire #Entertainment #footage #Garden #govan #IE #Ireland #lacma #light #monet #part #piece #projector #PublicSpace #thater #Video #wall #WilshireBridge

SLA Designs Public Spaces and Streetscapes for Toronto’s New Island Community in the Port Lands

Ookwemin Minising waterfront public space project in Toronto, 2…
#NewsBeep #News #Artsanddesign #Allies&Morrison #Architecture #Arts #ArtsAndDesign #CA #Canada #Design #Entertainment #industrial #industrialarea #Lake #landscape #LandscapeDesign #PublicSpace #PublicSpaces #SLA #SLAArchitects #toronto #UrbanDesign #Waterfront #WaterfrontArchitecture #WaterfrontDesign
https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/704438/

A Diana Thater video installation at LACMA’s David Geffen Galleries

When pedestrians and drivers head under the bridge formed over Wilshire Boulevard by Los Angeles County Museum of…
#NewsBeep #News #Artsanddesign #art #Arts #ArtsAndDesign #CA #Canada #Design #Entertainment #footage #Garden #govan #lacma #light #Monet #part #piece #projector #PublicSpace #thater #video #wall #wilshirebridge
https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/704253/

Et un exemple d'art dans l'espace public.
'Venus Victoria' de Sarah Lucas

https://hyperallergic.com/whos-that-nude-figure-on-a-washing-machine-outside-the-new-museum/

#sarahlucas #sculpture #espacepublic #publicspace #art #streetart #washingmachine #subversion #feminism

Et un exemple d'art dans l'espace public.
'Venus Victoria' de Sarah Lucas

https://hyperallergic.com/whos-that-nude-figure-on-a-washing-machine-outside-the-new-museum/

#sarahlucas #sculpture #espacepublic #publicspace #art #streetart #washingmachine #subversion #feminism

Et un exemple d'art dans l'espace public.
'Venus Victoria' de Sarah Lucas

https://hyperallergic.com/whos-that-nude-figure-on-a-washing-machine-outside-the-new-museum/

#sarahlucas #sculpture #espacepublic #publicspace #art #streetart #washingmachine #subversion #feminism

Et un exemple d'art dans l'espace public.
'Venus Victoria' de Sarah Lucas

https://hyperallergic.com/whos-that-nude-figure-on-a-washing-machine-outside-the-new-museum/

#sarahlucas #sculpture #espacepublic #publicspace #art #streetart #washingmachine #subversion #feminism

Et un exemple d'art dans l'espace public.
'Venus Victoria' de Sarah Lucas

https://hyperallergic.com/whos-that-nude-figure-on-a-washing-machine-outside-the-new-museum/

#sarahlucas #sculpture #espacepublic #publicspace #art #streetart #washingmachine #subversion #feminism

Compare and contrast

https://youtube.com/shorts/xMDxRzqpbF0?si=EPC6Z1K8Vhm8i9iA

with

https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/04/how-some-liberals-take-ludicrous-positions-to-seem-tolerant

Strictly speaking, the one does not contradict the other, as each chiefly addresses different topics: the unhoused in public spaces on the one hand, public drug use on the other.

Yet a difference in attitude is certainly present here, as well as a difference in the understanding of freedom as a value.

I don't have a pat answer about the "correctness" of either approach. I do know that progressives should be thinking hard about these matters
and be ready for challenging discussion about public space, inclusion, and the justifiability or otherwise of paternalism with regard to housing, drug use, and mental illness.

#PublicSpace #ThirdSpaces #Unhoused #Homeless #DrugUse #Freedom #PoliticalThought #PoliticalPhilosophy #Politics #MentalIllness

Compare and contrast

https://youtube.com/shorts/xMDxRzqpbF0?si=EPC6Z1K8Vhm8i9iA

with

https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/04/how-some-liberals-take-ludicrous-positions-to-seem-tolerant

Strictly speaking, the one does not contradict the other, as each chiefly addresses different topics: the unhoused in public spaces on the one hand, public drug use on the other.

Yet a difference in attitude is certainly present here, as well as a difference in the understanding of freedom as a value.

I don't have a pat answer about the "correctness" of either approach. I do know that progressives should be thinking hard about these matters
and be ready for challenging discussion about public space, inclusion, and the justifiability or otherwise of paternalism with regard to housing, drug use, and mental illness.

#PublicSpace #ThirdSpaces #Unhoused #Homeless #DrugUse #Freedom #PoliticalThought #PoliticalPhilosophy #Politics #MentalIllness

Compare and contrast

https://youtube.com/shorts/xMDxRzqpbF0?si=EPC6Z1K8Vhm8i9iA

with

https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/04/how-some-liberals-take-ludicrous-positions-to-seem-tolerant

Strictly speaking, the one does not contradict the other, as each chiefly addresses different topics: the unhoused in public spaces on the one hand, public drug use on the other.

Yet a difference in attitude is certainly present here, as well as a difference in the understanding of freedom as a value.

I don't have a pat answer about the "correctness" of either approach. I do know that progressives should be thinking hard about these matters
and be ready for challenging discussion about public space, inclusion, and the justifiability or otherwise of paternalism with regard to housing, drug use, and mental illness.

#PublicSpace #ThirdSpaces #Unhoused #Homeless #DrugUse #Freedom #PoliticalThought #PoliticalPhilosophy #Politics #MentalIllness

Compare and contrast

https://youtube.com/shorts/xMDxRzqpbF0?si=EPC6Z1K8Vhm8i9iA

with

https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/04/how-some-liberals-take-ludicrous-positions-to-seem-tolerant

Strictly speaking, the one does not contradict the other, as each chiefly addresses different topics: the unhoused in public spaces on the one hand, public drug use on the other.

Yet a difference in attitude is certainly present here, as well as a difference in the understanding of freedom as a value.

I don't have a pat answer about the "correctness" of either approach. I do know that progressives should be thinking hard about these matters
and be ready for challenging discussion about public space, inclusion, and the justifiability or otherwise of paternalism with regard to housing, drug use, and mental illness.

#PublicSpace #ThirdSpaces #Unhoused #Homeless #DrugUse #Freedom #PoliticalThought #PoliticalPhilosophy #Politics #MentalIllness

Compare and contrast

https://youtube.com/shorts/xMDxRzqpbF0?si=EPC6Z1K8Vhm8i9iA

with

https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/04/how-some-liberals-take-ludicrous-positions-to-seem-tolerant

Strictly speaking, the one does not contradict the other, as each chiefly addresses different topics: the unhoused in public spaces on the one hand, public drug use on the other.

Yet a difference in attitude is certainly present here, as well as a difference in the understanding of freedom as a value.

I don't have a pat answer about the "correctness" of either approach. I do know that progressives should be thinking hard about these matters
and be ready for challenging discussion about public space, inclusion, and the justifiability or otherwise of paternalism with regard to housing, drug use, and mental illness.

#PublicSpace #ThirdSpaces #Unhoused #Homeless #DrugUse #Freedom #PoliticalThought #PoliticalPhilosophy #Politics #MentalIllness