# rural vermont (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover rural vermont. Page: Feed: --- ## [Vermont Democratic Caucus: Minding the Gap](https://alexsys.substack.com/p/vermont-democratic-caucus-minding) _2026-08-22 · Alexsys Thompson · following the yellow brick road_ When words and actions don't match up. ## [Time with an Old Friend](https://alexsys.substack.com/p/time-with-an-old-friend) _2026-08-21 · Alexsys Thompson · following the yellow brick road_ who walks in uninvited and doesn't take their shoes off ## [What the Record Shows: Molly Gray](https://alexsys.substack.com/p/what-the-record-shows-molly-gray) _2026-08-17 · Alexsys Thompson · following the yellow brick road_ The Semblance of Engagement with Rural Vermont ## [The TRORC Regional Planning Record, Updated](https://alexsys.substack.com/p/the-trorc-regional-planning-record) _2026-08-16 · Alexsys Thompson · following the yellow brick road_ Real farmers. Real landowners. Real towns. Not a chatbot amongst them. 180 comments, 120 signatures, and a formal Open Meeting Law violation later. ## [Spirals. Dreams. Release. Home.](https://alexsys.substack.com/p/spirals-dreams-release-home) _2026-08-14 · Alexsys Thompson · following the yellow brick road_ the joy of a non-linear life ## [Waiting Is the Work](https://alexsys.substack.com/p/waiting-is-the-work) _2026-08-07 · Alexsys Thompson · following the yellow brick road_ Notes from the waiting, inside an industry that rewards speed ## [Vermont’s Forest Was Already Spoken For](https://alexsys.substack.com/p/vermonts-forest-was-already-spoken) _2026-07-31 · Alexsys Thompson · following the yellow brick road_ How a 100-year carbon commitment, a BP subsidiary, and Japanese oil money turned Vermont’s working landscape into a financial instrument — before the mill closed ## [The Board Was Set Years Ago-Atlas](https://alexsys.substack.com/p/the-board-was-set-years-ago-atlas) _2026-07-27 · Alexsys Thompson · following the yellow brick road_ How Atlas Holdings placed two directors inside its competitor — and what they learned before the mill went quiet ## [What the Record Shows: Hannah Sessions](https://alexsys.substack.com/p/what-the-record-shows-hannah-sessions) _2026-07-25 · Alexsys Thompson · following the yellow brick road_ Four roles. One ballot. The public record. ## [What the Record Shows: Ruth Hardy](https://alexsys.substack.com/p/what-the-record-shows-ruth-hardy) _2026-07-25 · Alexsys Thompson · following the yellow brick road_ One session. Twenty-six questions. The public record. ## [AI QA that opens fix PRs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/RugQqAEws0fz) _2026-07-25 · **Sponsored**_ Run a browser QA from plain-English instructions; get GitHub issues and optional fix PRs. ## [\[Retracted\] Vermont Teachers' Pension Is Invested in the Company That Just Eliminated Vermont's Pulpwood Market](https://alexsys.substack.com/p/vermont-teachers-pension-is-invested) _2026-07-23 · Alexsys Thompson · following the yellow brick road_ Further reporting showed the core financial connection didn't hold up. Retracted July 29, 2026 ## [Vermont’s Candidates Are Running for Governor. Rural Vermont Is Running Out of Patience.](https://alexsys.substack.com/p/vermonts-candidates-are-running-for) _2026-07-22 · Alexsys Thompson · following the yellow brick road_ Silence is deafening final · MD ## [The Headline Is Finch. The Story Is What Nobody Was Supposed to Notice.](https://alexsys.substack.com/p/the-headline-is-finch-the-story-is) _2026-07-22 · Alexsys Thompson · following the yellow brick road_ What fifty years in Vermont's forests taught one forester — and what it means for all of us. ## [What the Record Shows: Steven Heffernan](https://alexsys.substack.com/p/what-the-record-shows-steven-heffernan) _2026-07-17 · Alexsys Thompson · following the yellow brick road_ One session. Twenty-six questions. The public record. ## [Vermont’s Lieutenant Governor Race:](https://alexsys.substack.com/p/vermonts-lieutenant-governor-race) _2026-07-17 · Alexsys Thompson · following the yellow brick road_ Four Candidates, One Lens ## [What IF, you were a potato?](https://alexsys.substack.com/p/what-if-you-were-a-potato) _2026-07-16 · Alexsys Thompson · following the yellow brick road_ Fun Perspective Shifts for Leaders Who Dare to Imagine ## [Where Vermont’s RPCs Agree on Act 325 — and Where the Language Still Diverges](https://alexsys.substack.com/p/where-vermonts-rpcs-agree-on-act) _2026-07-15 · Alexsys Thompson · following the yellow brick road_ Following the PRC process as it unfolds ## [What the Record Shows: Andrea Treadway](https://alexsys.substack.com/p/what-the-record-shows-andrea-treadway) _2026-07-14 · Alexsys Thompson · following the yellow brick road_ 1 of 5 goes on the record · Vermont Senate, Addison District (ADD-1) ## [Land. Body. Belonging.](https://alexsys.substack.com/p/land-body-belonging) _2026-07-09 · Alexsys Thompson · following the yellow brick road_ On guilt, absolution, and the ledger we mistake for change ## [By Design: Vermont’s Democratic Pipeline](https://alexsys.substack.com/p/by-design-vermonts-democratic-pipeline) _2026-07-06 · Alexsys Thompson · following the yellow brick road_ The Women, the Networks, Vermont 2026 ## [Transcript-Driven Stock Discovery (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/trb61BZKd5gz) _2026-07-06 · **Sponsored**_ Ranked, evidence-backed watchlists from indexed executive transcripts for 1–2 quarter horizons ## [Amazon Invests $2.5 Million and Counting in Vermont Carbon Credits](https://alexsys.substack.com/p/amazon-invests-25-million-and-counting) _2026-07-04 · Alexsys Thompson · following the yellow brick road_ Atlas Timberlands. Cold Hollow. Amazon. The infrastructure is already here and growing ## [What the Record Shows: Aly Richards](https://alexsys.substack.com/p/what-the-record-shows-aly-richards) _2026-07-01 · Alexsys Thompson · following the yellow brick road_ The employer, the board service, the institutional network — sourced to primary documents