Toward Ecosophy

In last weeks semi-open post on the Covid situation, several people posted stories of things going right in the middle of the current mess. Some had seen unvaccinated people reaching out to support one another, some had succeeded in getting exemptions from vaccine mandates, some had quit or been fired and landed on their feet in new and better jobs, and so on. One reader also posted a link to a job board where companies that aren't requiring vaccinations are looking for people to hire. Amid all the increasingly grim news, those were welcome bursts of hope. I asked if my readers wanted a post specifically for such things, and the response was by and large positive. 

So here we are.  This is a place to post two kinds of comments. The first are your own upbeat and encouraging stories, to help other people get past the hopelessness that's being pushed so hard by the corporate media, and give all of us a place to recharge before plunging back into the fight. The second are resources -- job boards are a good example -- so those of us who reject vaccine mandates have some help dealing with the consequences of obeying our conscience and common sense instead of the mass media. 

Note #1: no content advocating the commission of any illegal act will be put through. Back in my misspent youth, the counterculture types I knew had a standard response when somebody tried that: "Anyone who advocates illegal activity in a public forum is either a moron or an agent provocateur.  Which are you?" 

Note #2:  I will be moderating this comment thread very strictly indeed. If I think you're trying to derail it from its intended purpose, your comment will be deleted. If you try that repeatedly you will be banned. If you think that's unfair, tough: my journal, my rules. 

With that, let the conversation begin!

Update: I've just had half a dozen people try to post things unrelated to the theme of this post -- some of it material that belongs on the open post, some of it material that's entirely off topic. This has put me in an irritable mood, and when I'm in an irritable mood I do things like banning people from my forums for life. Don't push it.