Today's newsletter offers three anecdotes to contextualize an important reminder:

Sometimes the world just won't give us nice, neat, coherent stories.

Never has before!

So when despairing at the haphazard state of the news, maybe consider these three tales: of messy beginnings (mitochondria!), middles (mince pie mythology!), and endings (Patron Saint outcomes!).

We have so little control over the "story" as a whole.
Maybe there's a strength in embracing that, though.

https://open.substack.com/pub/mlclark/p/on-mitochondria-mince-pies-and-patron

*First newsletter.

I'll have Coriolanus up tonight. It just needs editing, *after* I finish today's paid writing task.

My brain has been braining... very slowly this past week and a half.

But I'll add that it's always an extra big challenge to tell a science story simply and well - so I don't mind the time it took to get the first part just right. Making science histories accessible can be a tricky business, but they're rewarding when pulled off.

Cheers, folks. Have a day! 🕊️