1: My Doctor at Dr's office started ranting to me about government and all the red tape and paperwork he has to deal with. He knew I do cyber stuff and also ranted about China and Russia "running circles around us" and how much it pisses him off and keeps him from assisting more patients. I've never talked to him about any of that stuff so it just really be driving him nuts to tell me all that randomly.

2: The Nurse comes in for annual blood draw - make small talk and she proceeds to tell me to look at how much flu numbers are down and that she thinks C-19 is just the flu. This was a general practice office That sees about 100 patients a week so im sure she has seen first hand how none of what the news says matches reality.

3: Conpiracy is going more mainstream. My wife sends me tik toks about crazy stuff and this past election was the first time she voted republican ever after I slowly woke her to some of the crazy liberal shit and why I was conservative. I see tons of interaction on all types of conspiracies on tik tok and other places (judge me, but I believe its a great way to get a Guage for what society thinks and also get some cool life hack tips).

4: Even the conspiracies I think are crazy are gaining traction. I was playing a game and this college kid told me his professor was trying to sell them on the lizard people stuff in San Diego of all places. I dont believe all conspiracies but I also had a professor a few years back make us write a paper where we picked a conpiracy and had to take a stance and provide evidence of why we think it is or isn't and explain. Signs of life from academia at least even if it's not the conspiracies we want them focused on...

5: My old college roommate I havent seen in a year voted for Biden and definitely seemed to have some regrets when I saw him. He was quiet about it but he seemed embarrassed when my friend joked about him voting for Biden which is GREAT because we are only 3 months into this

6: Conservative talk show hosts from all walks seem to be taking much more hardline stances. Infowars helped wake me up back in the day but after all the censorship even hosts like Steven Crowder seem to be getting more hardcore.

Just wanted to share some hopeful things I see around me cause sometimes the going is rough! Even when I start doubting it helps me to see signs of progress and I hope it helps you too!