Let’s Create Together: Are you looking for a Third Space that prioritizes nervous system regulation over traditional networking?

Looking for aligned souls to join our monthly PurrEssence Vancouver coffee chats. We gather for face-to-face conversation, far away from the noise of typical business culture.

Because this container is growing, I seek a co-host and co-organizers who resonate with:

1. Human Kindness & Nervous System Safety: Prioritizing peace over productivity

2. Neutral Observation: Keeping our space High-Vibe and safe

3. Systemic Integrity: Moving together from a place of power, not force

We're a small group dedicated to authentic human connection. If you're a health & wellness professional or a tech-human who values real resonance, I'd love to connect.

Let’s be PURRsistent in building spaces that actually heal. Please send me a DM so we can chat and ensure our energies are aligned.

https://purressence.lovable.app/

#PurrEssenceCozyChats #ThirdSpaces #MetroVancouver

When the water cooler is a narc

Mentioned: #yxe #ThirdSpaces #Bossware

Lack of #ThirdSpaces? #Smartphones taking away #HumanConnection? Seeing through the bullshit and believing they have no future? There's a lot of factors that could be at play here.

#TeenTakeovers push cities to take action as experts see echoes of the Covid pandemic

Teens who have been clashing with cops went into lockdown during their middle school years, when they were learning how to interact with the world around them.

May 28, 2026, 6:01 PM EDT
By Doha Madani and Corky Siemaszko

Excerpt: " 'More often than not, it is a desperate need for connection,' he said.

"In addition, Abrams said, teen takeovers swell up fast because many teenagers just have no place else to go. There used to be more of what experts call '#ThirdSpaces' — not home or school — where kids could socialize freely. But spaces that are affordable and welcoming to teenagers are increasingly harder to find, Abrams said.

"Take the library, he said.

" 'We always see plenty of room for senior citizens, plenty of room for adults and programming for adults,' Abrams said. 'We see lots of space for little kids. ... We don’t see as much room for 11-, 12-, 13-year-olds or 16-year-olds.'

"Jasmin Ford, a psychiatric nurse practitioner and clinical instructor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, said teenagers today face a mental health crisis that accelerated during the pandemic and has not returned to pre-Covid levels."

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/covid-pandemic-blame-teen-takeover-experts-say-rcna347075

#ACAB #CounselorsNotCops #TeenMentalHealth #LeftBehind #GenZ #CovidLockdown

This, but unironically :/

https://theonion.com/man-horrified-to-find-self-seeking-community-online/

#ThirdSpaces

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

Alas, the reality in Britain is so-called " #pub community " revolves around heavy #alcohol use (and is dominated by white males with centrist or right-wing political views), outside of towns Britain is heavily car dependent and society rightly no longer tolerates DUI - and in town if you aren't driving you have to get back home somehow - streets at night aren't always pleasant in town even for men (especially if you are also from any ethnic minority, marginalised group or neurodiverse) and are even worse for women / openly LGBT+

On top of cost of living, this adds to reasons why pub culture is dying ( and I say this as a member of #CAMRA )

We do need more #ThirdSpaces which open in the evening, but aren't dependent on alcohol dealing!

https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:givengz3gxb3hy4cncgifwe4/post/3mlbqk22yvc2x

Tried Kava for the first time this evening. Chilling at Golden Hour in Oly.

#kava #ThirdSpaces #goldenhouroly