Michael D. Barton
@darwinsbulldog.bsky.social
Historian & Darwin aficionado. Editor, John Tyndall Correspondence Project. Father & advocate for connecting children to nature (natureplaysign.com). He/him/his. Portland, OR.
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"Freedom of thought is best promoted by the gradual illumination of men’s minds, which follows from the advance of science." ~ Charles Darwin
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BREAKING:
Sen. Elissa Slotkin says police responded to her home tonight in response to a bomb threat. Slotkin wasn't at home at the time.
This is two days after Trump said Slotkin and other Democrats committed "seditious conspiracy, punishable by death."
Sen. Elissa Slotkin says police responded to her home tonight in response to a bomb threat. Slotkin wasn't at home at the time.
This is two days after Trump said Slotkin and other Democrats committed "seditious conspiracy, punishable by death."
November 22, 2025 at 2:30 AM
BREAKING:
Sen. Elissa Slotkin says police responded to her home tonight in response to a bomb threat. Slotkin wasn't at home at the time.
This is two days after Trump said Slotkin and other Democrats committed "seditious conspiracy, punishable by death."
Sen. Elissa Slotkin says police responded to her home tonight in response to a bomb threat. Slotkin wasn't at home at the time.
This is two days after Trump said Slotkin and other Democrats committed "seditious conspiracy, punishable by death."
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This short from the Swiss animator Georges Schwizgebel titled ‘Darwin’s Notebook’ envisions the encounter of Charles Darwin with three Indigenous people on the Beagle, who were travelling back to their homelands in Terra del Fuego after being kidnapped to England in 1830
The story of the captives transported on the HMS Beagle with Darwin | Aeon Videos
An animated interpretation of the story of the Indigenous people kidnapped from Tierra del Fuego and brought to England in 1830
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November 19, 2025 at 11:15 AM
This short from the Swiss animator Georges Schwizgebel titled ‘Darwin’s Notebook’ envisions the encounter of Charles Darwin with three Indigenous people on the Beagle, who were travelling back to their homelands in Terra del Fuego after being kidnapped to England in 1830
Great video from @pbseons.bsky.social about Darwin and his work on barnacles: www.youtube.com/watch?v=plYu...
#histsci #HPS
#histsci #HPS
November 21, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Great video from @pbseons.bsky.social about Darwin and his work on barnacles: www.youtube.com/watch?v=plYu...
#histsci #HPS
#histsci #HPS
Great video from @pbseons.bsky.social about Darwin's earthworm studies: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEkb...
#histsci #HPS
#histsci #HPS
November 21, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Great video from @pbseons.bsky.social about Darwin's earthworm studies: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEkb...
#histsci #HPS
#histsci #HPS
Visited the @universitypress.cambridge.org bookshop in 2009 during the Darwin Bicentenary!
November 21, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Visited the @universitypress.cambridge.org bookshop in 2009 during the Darwin Bicentenary!
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Hey fountain pen people. I have a Parker 75 pen of my dad’s, and it includes this metal jobby with a squeezable part that I think is meant to let you use ink from a bottle. I can’t figure how to use it. Any tips? I don’t see where the threads match the pen.
November 19, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Hey fountain pen people. I have a Parker 75 pen of my dad’s, and it includes this metal jobby with a squeezable part that I think is meant to let you use ink from a bottle. I can’t figure how to use it. Any tips? I don’t see where the threads match the pen.
ARTICLE: “The Apostle of the Monkey Ancestral Business”: Darwinism and Black Newspapers as Counterpublics, 1859–1929 ~ bit.ly/3JV5MmG #HPS #histsci
ARTICLE: “The Apostle of the Monkey Ancestral Business”: Darwinism and Black Newspapers as Counterpublics, 1859–1929
In the journal Isis: “The Apostle of the Monkey Ancestral Business”: Darwinism and Black Newspapers as Counterpublics, 1859–1929 Matthew W. Hughey Abstract After Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of S…
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November 18, 2025 at 10:59 PM
ARTICLE: “The Apostle of the Monkey Ancestral Business”: Darwinism and Black Newspapers as Counterpublics, 1859–1929 ~ bit.ly/3JV5MmG #HPS #histsci
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I can!
Heaven: A story to convince you to accept your shitty life with the promise of a better one
Hell: A story to threaten you into accepting your shitty life with the promise of a worse one
Heaven: A story to convince you to accept your shitty life with the promise of a better one
Hell: A story to threaten you into accepting your shitty life with the promise of a worse one
November 18, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I can!
Heaven: A story to convince you to accept your shitty life with the promise of a better one
Hell: A story to threaten you into accepting your shitty life with the promise of a worse one
Heaven: A story to convince you to accept your shitty life with the promise of a better one
Hell: A story to threaten you into accepting your shitty life with the promise of a worse one
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A few thoughts about Episode 1 of Ken Burns's new documentary about the American Revolution. open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
Ken Burns, Contingency, and the Question of Whether a New Consensus View of the American Revolution is Possible
A few thoughts about Episode 1 of The American Revolution.
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November 18, 2025 at 12:38 AM
A few thoughts about Episode 1 of Ken Burns's new documentary about the American Revolution. open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
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I watched Ken Burns' new documentary and it was great but the part I loved the most was the part at the end after the credits where they say the American Revolution was made possible by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and viewers like you.
November 17, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I watched Ken Burns' new documentary and it was great but the part I loved the most was the part at the end after the credits where they say the American Revolution was made possible by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and viewers like you.
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Just started watching the new Ken Burns
series about the #AmericanRevolution on PBS. Looking forward to the episode where the Continental Army takes over the airports. #TrumpIsAMoron
series about the #AmericanRevolution on PBS. Looking forward to the episode where the Continental Army takes over the airports. #TrumpIsAMoron
November 17, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Just started watching the new Ken Burns
series about the #AmericanRevolution on PBS. Looking forward to the episode where the Continental Army takes over the airports. #TrumpIsAMoron
series about the #AmericanRevolution on PBS. Looking forward to the episode where the Continental Army takes over the airports. #TrumpIsAMoron
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Kristin Johnson received the 2025 Watson, helen, Audrey & Miles Davis Prize for her book Darwin's Falling Sparrow: Victorian Evolutionists and the Meaning of Suffering. (One of her students is accepting the prize on her behalf.) #HSS2025
www.amazon.com/Darwins-Fall...
www.amazon.com/Darwins-Fall...
November 16, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Kristin Johnson received the 2025 Watson, helen, Audrey & Miles Davis Prize for her book Darwin's Falling Sparrow: Victorian Evolutionists and the Meaning of Suffering. (One of her students is accepting the prize on her behalf.) #HSS2025
www.amazon.com/Darwins-Fall...
www.amazon.com/Darwins-Fall...
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Two years ago today, True West came out! It feels like a 100. If you want to understand how we got to where we are, give it a read. I look at the collision of militia, MAGA, MAHA, cowboy mythology, billionaires, & fractures in urban/rural communities. It’s about healing, & fighting the bad guys…
October 21, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Two years ago today, True West came out! It feels like a 100. If you want to understand how we got to where we are, give it a read. I look at the collision of militia, MAGA, MAHA, cowboy mythology, billionaires, & fractures in urban/rural communities. It’s about healing, & fighting the bad guys…
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Online lecture, open to all: 2 Dec 18:30 (GMT)
Renée Bergland on her book 'Natural Magic: Emily Dickinson, Charles Darwin, and the Dawn of Modern Science'
Winner of @bshsnews.bsky.social Hughes Prize, for the best #histSTM book accessible to a broad audience
www.bshs.org.uk/online-lectu...
Renée Bergland on her book 'Natural Magic: Emily Dickinson, Charles Darwin, and the Dawn of Modern Science'
Winner of @bshsnews.bsky.social Hughes Prize, for the best #histSTM book accessible to a broad audience
www.bshs.org.uk/online-lectu...
November 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Online lecture, open to all: 2 Dec 18:30 (GMT)
Renée Bergland on her book 'Natural Magic: Emily Dickinson, Charles Darwin, and the Dawn of Modern Science'
Winner of @bshsnews.bsky.social Hughes Prize, for the best #histSTM book accessible to a broad audience
www.bshs.org.uk/online-lectu...
Renée Bergland on her book 'Natural Magic: Emily Dickinson, Charles Darwin, and the Dawn of Modern Science'
Winner of @bshsnews.bsky.social Hughes Prize, for the best #histSTM book accessible to a broad audience
www.bshs.org.uk/online-lectu...
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Born #OnThisDay in 1738 was astronomer William Herschel FRS. Amongst his discoveries were the planet Uranus and its moons Titania and Oberon. Find out more about the work of William, his sister Caroline, and the Herschel astronomy dynasty: https://bit.ly/4oJ8FGn
November 15, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Born #OnThisDay in 1738 was astronomer William Herschel FRS. Amongst his discoveries were the planet Uranus and its moons Titania and Oberon. Find out more about the work of William, his sister Caroline, and the Herschel astronomy dynasty: https://bit.ly/4oJ8FGn
I'm 150 pages into this new biography of composer John Williams by Tim Greiving, and Williams has not even met Steven Spielberg yet.
November 15, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I'm 150 pages into this new biography of composer John Williams by Tim Greiving, and Williams has not even met Steven Spielberg yet.
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David Quammen recalls an expedition into the jungle with Jane Goodall.
A Walk in the Deep Forest with Jane Goodall
David Quammen recalls an expedition into the jungle with the renowned chimpanzee expert
orionmagazine.org
October 4, 2025 at 12:20 PM
David Quammen recalls an expedition into the jungle with Jane Goodall.
Ziggy's not so sure about our new pet. 🦕 Excellent score from my town's free and trade Facebook group!
#JurassicPark
#JurassicPark
November 14, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Ziggy's not so sure about our new pet. 🦕 Excellent score from my town's free and trade Facebook group!
#JurassicPark
#JurassicPark
Yay! I was one of three attendees of this webinar that won a copy of this book.
Tomorrow (Nov 11) at 6:00 pm EST, the Teacher Institute for Evolutionary Science welcomes Gillen D’Arcy Wood for a virtual discussion of his book, The Wake of HMS Challenger, examining the legendary scientific odyssey and exploring why its legacy looms larger than ever.
RSVP here: buff.ly/7qgpqWb
RSVP here: buff.ly/7qgpqWb
November 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Yay! I was one of three attendees of this webinar that won a copy of this book.
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How good is @wellerstein.bsky.social? He’s so good that he can work the word “awful” into a book title and still make you want to read it!
If you’re into atomic/Cold War history, he’s the man.
If you’re into atomic/Cold War history, he’s the man.
The new book... exists!!! Got my author copies in the mail today! Looks quite readable! Spelled my name right on the cover, even!!!
harpercollins.com/products/the-most-awful-responsibility-alex-wellerstein
harpercollins.com/products/the-most-awful-responsibility-alex-wellerstein
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
How good is @wellerstein.bsky.social? He’s so good that he can work the word “awful” into a book title and still make you want to read it!
If you’re into atomic/Cold War history, he’s the man.
If you’re into atomic/Cold War history, he’s the man.
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We are also currently hiring a curatorial fellow to work with the papers of Rosalind Franklin and others in the History of Molecular Biology Collection!
This is a 2-year staff position in the archive with a salary of $55k/year and full benefits:
www.sciencehistory.org/research/fel...
This is a 2-year staff position in the archive with a salary of $55k/year and full benefits:
www.sciencehistory.org/research/fel...
For those with a scholarly interest in Franklin, Watson, and other pioneering researchers in molecular biology, @sciencehistory.org has just opened our new landmark collection of their papers, and applications for research fellowships are currently open:
www.sciencehistory.org/hmbc
www.sciencehistory.org/hmbc
History of Molecular Biology Collection
This unparalleled collection includes Rosalind Franklin's historic 'Photo 51,' which revealed the double-helix structure of DNA.
www.sciencehistory.org
November 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
We are also currently hiring a curatorial fellow to work with the papers of Rosalind Franklin and others in the History of Molecular Biology Collection!
This is a 2-year staff position in the archive with a salary of $55k/year and full benefits:
www.sciencehistory.org/research/fel...
This is a 2-year staff position in the archive with a salary of $55k/year and full benefits:
www.sciencehistory.org/research/fel...
This year marks the bicentennial of the birth of Thomas Henry Huxley, born 4 May 1825. The only notice I've seen for this is John van Wyhe's short piece for the @linneansociety.bsky.social: bit.ly/4oVPZmq
#HPS #histsci
#HPS #histsci
November 11, 2025 at 12:24 AM
This year marks the bicentennial of the birth of Thomas Henry Huxley, born 4 May 1825. The only notice I've seen for this is John van Wyhe's short piece for the @linneansociety.bsky.social: bit.ly/4oVPZmq
#HPS #histsci
#HPS #histsci
No jacket required forest walk with my pup yesterday, in West Linn, Oregon. 🍄 🍁 ☀️
November 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
No jacket required forest walk with my pup yesterday, in West Linn, Oregon. 🍄 🍁 ☀️