December 2025

Everyone's New Year's Homework: a 2026 MacroAttentions Map

There's a reason you haven't heard from me in a while: I took on too much and consequently accomplished too little. Here's how we all avoid that in…

Dec 31, 2025 • Jack Thomas

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March 2025

The Uncanny Shepherdess (a poem)

The confluence of lambing season and a strange, vivid, favorite poem from my youth had me picking up my pen not long after dawn this morning.

Mar 13, 2025 • Jack Thomas

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New Art Drop: "America Knows No Kings"

Need a fierce, fun, slightly horror-core political coloring book page? Or an incredible protest poster? I've gotcha covered. You can support my…

Mar 11, 2025 • Jack Thomas

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February 2025

Community Yogurt (and other forms of collective resilience)

How might small food traditions shared over time collectively build community resilience for rural towns and those of us who occupy them?

Feb 26, 2025 • Jack Thomas

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Foggy Ridge Dispatch: February 10, 2025

Snow. Seed starting. Sunrises. Sunsets. Soil blocks. And surprise: I *am* still with you as a member of the mortal plane!

Feb 11, 2025 • Jack Thomas

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If Only: We Could Reshape Our School System Without Losing Vermont's Vermontiness

Spoiler: we can. Also, non-Vermonters should read this; it may apply to your state's education system before you can say "DonElon Trusk".

Feb 5, 2025 • Jack Thomas

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January 2025

Humor & Battle Strategy: My LOL-Worthy Email to the Federal Anti-DEIA Tip Line + the Substack Warrior Archetype

They were really asking for it. And you can give it to them - just aim your energies in the right direction, soldier.

Jan 24, 2025 • Jack Thomas

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December 2024

Foggy Ridge Dispatch: December 9, 2024

Chickens. Coops. Carving wood. Big snow. Vermont exercise. Audiobooks. The Claims Adjuster.

Dec 10, 2024 • Jack Thomas

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Among Other Things: the UCH CEO Assassination, & Why It's Being Celebrated

Not celebrating? Fine. But please remember: we may be witnessing the first shots fired in service of a revolution. After all, history has to start…

Dec 10, 2024 • Jack Thomas

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If Only: Social Media Shut Down at 6pm Daily

Could we reclaim our precious time & attention? Connect deeply with our IRL environments and relationships? Or would we just find other ways to be…

Dec 5, 2024 • Jack Thomas

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Foggy Ridge Dispatch: December 2, 2024

Vermont Almanac. Woodworking is Bullsh*t. Plaster repair. Hot plates for art. A very flat tire. Sauna season.

Dec 3, 2024 • Jack Thomas

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