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Robert Dawley of Exurbs of Philadelphia, PA , USA just became a Friend of Charles Darwin.
#FriendsOfCharlesDarwin https://friendsofdarwin.com/join/

TFW you’re writing about Charles Darwin (obviously), and you type the words, “He also showed how…”, and you realise you need to read up a bit more on this, and, a week later, you’ve read and made copious notes on his book about the fertilisation of orchids, and you now feel ready to finish your damn sentence. #AmWriting #HistSci

01-Apr: (This is not a trick!) On this day in 1832, Charles Darwin fell for a pretty pathetic April Fools’ Day trick courtesy of his HMS Beagle shipmates…
https://friendsofdarwin.com/articles/april-fools-hms-beagle/
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Rowan Alexander Wise of Lambeg, Lisburn, County Antrim, Northern Ireland just became a Friend of Charles Darwin.
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Wonderful piece describing shifting baseline syndrome in modern politics.

Spring back; Fall forwards… Let official British Summertime commence! 🇬🇧 🌧️ ☔️

Wonderful! Plant illustrations by Charles Darwin’s botanical mentor Rev. John Stevens Henslow (a thoroughly good egg) have been rediscovered in Cambridge. #histsci https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/28/cambridge-university-botany-course-charles-darwin-john-stevens-henslow

Currently working on a chapter about pollination—of primroses, orchids and foxgloves, rather than daffs, but daffs were closest to hand for the photo. #AmWriting