Lest anyone think that we have a sparkly new administration, and problems are melting away, here's a reminder of the truth. This is the main road into Santa Fe from our side of town: one can't drive down it any more. There are concrete barricades and a police car - and more concrete barricades, more police, all around. On the left, just out of view, is the Capitol - surrounded by rather flimsy looking wire barricades saying No Trespassing (so I guess that's what you get sued for, in the first instance, if you breach them). So far as I can tell, there was no demo planned - or uprising, or insurgence - in other words, the solidity of the street blockade suggests an awful New Normal. We were actually heading left down Paseo de Peralta to fetch some coffee beans (Ohori's do a good job of very contact-free delivery - no protestors had emerged to steal our four pounds of best French Roast from the table outside) - but this was a very sobering sight.
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