Morgan Gold / Gold Shaw Farm
@goldshawfarm.bsky.social
Vermont farmer, writer and accidental internet person. Telling stories, chasing birds, and trying not to slip on the ice.
Working on a new video about Vermont. I got to go back to my childhood comic-drawing roots and make a Simpsons rip-off, just like I used to when I was 12.
December 9, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Working on a new video about Vermont. I got to go back to my childhood comic-drawing roots and make a Simpsons rip-off, just like I used to when I was 12.
Why I Can’t Leave Vermont By Anonymous
Oh how I love Vermont
When the snow’s up to your butt
You take a breath of winter air
And your nose, it freezes shut.
Yes, the weather here is wonderful
So I guess I’ll hang around.
I could never leave Vermont
Cause I’m frozen to the ground.
Oh how I love Vermont
When the snow’s up to your butt
You take a breath of winter air
And your nose, it freezes shut.
Yes, the weather here is wonderful
So I guess I’ll hang around.
I could never leave Vermont
Cause I’m frozen to the ground.
December 9, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Why I Can’t Leave Vermont By Anonymous
Oh how I love Vermont
When the snow’s up to your butt
You take a breath of winter air
And your nose, it freezes shut.
Yes, the weather here is wonderful
So I guess I’ll hang around.
I could never leave Vermont
Cause I’m frozen to the ground.
Oh how I love Vermont
When the snow’s up to your butt
You take a breath of winter air
And your nose, it freezes shut.
Yes, the weather here is wonderful
So I guess I’ll hang around.
I could never leave Vermont
Cause I’m frozen to the ground.
Frostbite nips my fingers until they feel borrowed, like they don’t belong to me.
December 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Frostbite nips my fingers until they feel borrowed, like they don’t belong to me.
New comic out today. A Christmas Carol that I think a lot of folks can relate to in 2025.
A Christmas Carol for People Who Don’t Trust Charity
A confession from someone who thought generosity was for suckers.
open.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:16 AM
New comic out today. A Christmas Carol that I think a lot of folks can relate to in 2025.
Bingo, Bluey and Pablo
December 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Bingo, Bluey and Pablo
Drew some Sunday funnies this morning. If you want more comic weirdness, you should check out my email newsletter.
December 7, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Drew some Sunday funnies this morning. If you want more comic weirdness, you should check out my email newsletter.
Karen’s and Cairns
December 6, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Karen’s and Cairns
Financialize everything.
December 5, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Financialize everything.
Boss makes a dollar. I make a dime. That’s why I poop on the company time. 
December 5, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Boss makes a dollar. I make a dime. That’s why I poop on the company time. 
The gang’s all here
December 4, 2025 at 11:33 PM
The gang’s all here
Anyone can bang on a vending machine. What they can’t do is convince me that knowing exactly how to bang on it to get a Twix is a culinary art.
December 4, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Anyone can bang on a vending machine. What they can’t do is convince me that knowing exactly how to bang on it to get a Twix is a culinary art.
New comic and essay today explores the frustration things like Spotify wrapped and why it makes us so mad when we feel like we’re being misunderstood by robots.
open.substack.com/pub/morgango...
open.substack.com/pub/morgango...
December 4, 2025 at 3:55 PM
New comic and essay today explores the frustration things like Spotify wrapped and why it makes us so mad when we feel like we’re being misunderstood by robots.
open.substack.com/pub/morgango...
open.substack.com/pub/morgango...
New album just dropped
December 3, 2025 at 9:59 PM
New album just dropped
It’s called being overclocked in the wrong directions: encyclopedic knowledge of medieval agrarian policy, zero ability to remember why you just opened the fridge.
December 3, 2025 at 4:58 PM
It’s called being overclocked in the wrong directions: encyclopedic knowledge of medieval agrarian policy, zero ability to remember why you just opened the fridge.
Next week’s Substack comic is a Christmas Carol.
December 3, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Next week’s Substack comic is a Christmas Carol.
Meatloaf water boards himself.
December 3, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Meatloaf water boards himself.
Holiday music review (2 of 25)
“All I Want for Christmas Is You” is a kickoff anthem. The sound of a million holiday shopping season montages, I t’s best heard in the kitchen when doing the Thanksgiving dishes. The deeper into the season you get, the more it starts to spoil.
“All I Want for Christmas Is You” is a kickoff anthem. The sound of a million holiday shopping season montages, I t’s best heard in the kitchen when doing the Thanksgiving dishes. The deeper into the season you get, the more it starts to spoil.
December 2, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Holiday music review (2 of 25)
“All I Want for Christmas Is You” is a kickoff anthem. The sound of a million holiday shopping season montages, I t’s best heard in the kitchen when doing the Thanksgiving dishes. The deeper into the season you get, the more it starts to spoil.
“All I Want for Christmas Is You” is a kickoff anthem. The sound of a million holiday shopping season montages, I t’s best heard in the kitchen when doing the Thanksgiving dishes. The deeper into the season you get, the more it starts to spoil.
From my latest weekly comic strip…
And yeah, the cat drawing was Ginny-based.
open.substack.com/pub/morgango...
And yeah, the cat drawing was Ginny-based.
open.substack.com/pub/morgango...
December 2, 2025 at 9:39 PM
From my latest weekly comic strip…
And yeah, the cat drawing was Ginny-based.
open.substack.com/pub/morgango...
And yeah, the cat drawing was Ginny-based.
open.substack.com/pub/morgango...
When accommodations boost performance instead of just access, people will game them.
Build exams like ramps. Everyone can use the ramp. Wheelchair users just need it to get in. It doesn’t make them faster.
Build exams like ramps. Everyone can use the ramp. Wheelchair users just need it to get in. It doesn’t make them faster.
Elite Colleges Have an Extra-Time-on-Tests Problem
Accommodations in higher education were supposed to help disabled Americans enjoy the same opportunities as everyone else. How did they become another way for wealthy students to gain an advantage?
www.theatlantic.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:57 PM
When accommodations boost performance instead of just access, people will game them.
Build exams like ramps. Everyone can use the ramp. Wheelchair users just need it to get in. It doesn’t make them faster.
Build exams like ramps. Everyone can use the ramp. Wheelchair users just need it to get in. It doesn’t make them faster.
I’m slowly realizing my posts have the tone of: What if Wendell Berry had intrusive thoughts?
December 2, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I’m slowly realizing my posts have the tone of: What if Wendell Berry had intrusive thoughts?
Gotta file this one away for next year’s annual bad faith “Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Price” discourse.
White House Defends Hegseth Over Strike on Alleged Drug Boat That Killed Survivors — The Wall Street Journal
Press secretary says admiral who ordered second strike, which killed survivors of initial attack, was acting under Pentagon chief’s authority
apple.news
December 2, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Gotta file this one away for next year’s annual bad faith “Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Price” discourse.
Cue the Mary Tyler Moore Show theme song...
December 2, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Cue the Mary Tyler Moore Show theme song...
What gets me is how many folks want that information because they’re trying to make one big, fragile decision about where to live. The platform looked at that need and said, “Yeah, but what if we helped make more closings?” That’s a specific kind of sad.
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
The scores aimed to predict a property’s risk from fires, floods and storms, but some in the real estate industry as well as homeowners have called them inaccurate.
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:42 PM
What gets me is how many folks want that information because they’re trying to make one big, fragile decision about where to live. The platform looked at that need and said, “Yeah, but what if we helped make more closings?” That’s a specific kind of sad.
In 30 years, children will look at old music videos and whisper, “People weren’t scared of that?”
December 2, 2025 at 11:50 AM
In 30 years, children will look at old music videos and whisper, “People weren’t scared of that?”