Second Thoughts
Welcome to Second Thoughts—where we circle back to what we thought we understood. Climate, culture, the whole catastrophe. Sometimes with data, sometimes with jokes, always with the suspicion that the obvious take missed something.
- Indexed issues, last 90 days
- 5
- Latest publication
- Sep 19, 2026
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- Earliest in this view
- Jul 11, 2026
Latest issues
Hope Is a Four Letter Word (opens the original)
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<img alt="Full moon over the desert at night, footprints in the sand." class="sizing-large" height="672.5274725274726" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZOoQ!,w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.c
Hefted (opens the original)
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<img alt="A snowy mountain valley with an old fence and the sky blanketed with stars." class="sizing-large" height="671.7032967032967" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ogxn!,w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-med
The Pasture (opens the original)
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<img alt="Deer prints wander through the snow covered mountain valley." class="sizing-large" height="671.7032967032967" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!8p_b!,w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws
The Road to Town (opens the original)
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<img alt="A county road by a river at night in the winter." class="sizing-large" height="671.7032967032967" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YwHG!,w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpubli
The Breath in the Cedars (opens the original)
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<img alt="Vancouver Art Gallery Installation of Emily Carr" class="sizing-large" height="800.2747252747253" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TIFe!,w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpubli
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