Lynn Demarest’s Substack

2 Rare as Rhenium

When the announcement of Gwendolyn’s ascent to the president’s office at Bayner Genetics reached the company’s veteran scientists, many of them quit…

Sep 17 • 

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1 Bayner Genetics

Abraham Bayner met Megan McConnell in Boston, Massachusetts, after the end of their first semester at Harvard Medical School.

Sep 17 • 

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August 2025

Prologue : Deja Vu

Bailey Foster is at the beach again.

Aug 28 • 

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July 2025

Chicken and Rice

Poverty food featuring the magical mire poix

Jul 25 • 

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March 2025

You Could Have Been the Other Guy

Thoughts on the birth lottery and rational altruism.

Mar 1 • 

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January 2025

Magical Sourdough

It's so amazing it'll make you believe in Intelligent Design

Jan 31 • 

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Vanishing Oatmeal Cookies Plus

The famous Quaker Oats recipe with chocolate chips and topped with a pecan

Jan 22 • 

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December 2024

"Woman is the Nigger of the World"

John and Yoko said it in 1972, a year before Roe v. Wade gave women abortion rights in the United States of America. It's still true today.

Dec 7, 2024 • 

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The Reelection of a Felon

Felon Donald Trump was reelected president. I feel like someone died.

Dec 7, 2024 • 

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November 2024

Kitchen Essentials

Things I can't do without

Nov 25, 2024 • 

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October 2024

Something About Her

I was at my older brother’s wedding, squeezed into the only suit I owned, counting the minutes until I could say my goodbyes, go home, and put on…

Oct 3, 2024 • 

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September 2024

A Walk in the Woods

Bill Bryson's adventure on the Appalachian Trail

Sep 9, 2024 • 

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