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The longer writing from the trip, in order. Each one goes out to the email list first and is archived here. Written wherever there's a library, a laundromat, or a parking lot with shade.
July 16, 2026 · 14 min read
Sleeping Next to a J6’er in the Ozarks
A dispatch from a campground in the Arkansas Ozarks—one neighbor, one night, and his answer to everything. Also, risking death via a nap.
ReadJuly 11, 2026 · 10 min readI Was Looking for WiFi. I Found the Town Trump Took Cell Service From Instead.
A dispatch from Sugar Grove, VA. — 610 people and three illegal slot machines.
ReadJuly 4, 2026 · 7 min readGo Shawty, It’s Your Birthday
Celebrating America’s 250th in the Vermont wilderness, with 17 and 1/2 Kenyans.
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