Thanks for this essay! Just one update: In the end, Thomas Henry Huxley, aka "Darwin's Bulldog", was not dropped by Imperial College London. In early 2022, the effort to remove his name and statue collapsed after a large amount of opposition in the public, media, and amongst scientists.

(Huxley was, though, dropped by Western Washington University in late 2021; but the WWU administration was left hanging when the same poorly-researched arguments failed at Imperial. WWU also lost a large donation, $1 million I think, from an outraged alumnus.)

I know this talk was written in 2021, but I figured an update would be useful! Links on the Huxley thing:

Creationists and advocates of social justice unite to take down T.H. Huxley, a leader in educational inclusion http://pandasthumb.org/archives/2021/11/updated-creationists-social-justice-advocates-unite-take-down-huxley.html

De-naming the Huxley College of the Environment: Comments to the WWU Board http://pandasthumb.org/archives/2021/12/Matzke-Huxley-comments.html

T H Huxley and Alfred Beit reprieved by Imperial College https://historyreclaimed.co.uk/t-h-huxley-and-alfred-beit-reprieved-by-imperial-college/