Years ago, I read that for every human on earth, there are more than a million ants. A fact I can’t forget even if I tried. Now I learned something new: Ants — today’s epitome of collaboration — used to live and forage alone. However, since this newsletter is not called Fun facts to win a pub quiz with, don’t stop here and go read this beautiful personal essay that is both about ants and not at all about ants. Read it now

From Weekly Filet #351, in June 2021.