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Ed Gibney

@edgibney.bsky.social

Writer of fiction and philosophy. I explore how evolutionary views can lead to a more cooperative culture that robustly survives and thrives over the long term. evphil.com. US-Brit now in Vienna πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ή. Ex-FBI and Secret Service. Peace Corps πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦. Slava Ukraini!

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When β€œthe centre” produces vast inequality, climate destruction, and genocide, well then it’s time to call that extremism.

28.02.2026 13:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Who? Why are we still paying attention to that disastrous leader and loser?

27.02.2026 13:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Bazinga over and over! πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

So great to see Zach get more airtime to demonstrate the coherence, compassion, beauty, and excitement in the full Green Party platform.

27.02.2026 13:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I wasn’t happy with how I left our philosophy discussion, but on reflection it was much more about epistemology and what I think is the role of evidence. I’ll focus on that next time.

27.02.2026 13:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ooh! I’m happy to hear that. Probably because politics is much more about the material world and we can more easily agree about that.

27.02.2026 13:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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BREAKING: Greens smash it at the parliamentary by-election in Manchester: winning 41% of the vote!
4000 majority!
Labour 3rd in a β€˜safe’ seat!
Absolutely seismic.

27.02.2026 04:35 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

What a result!! Huge congratulations to the amazing Hannah Spencer - everyone in Gorton and Denton has just made history. This result shows @greenparty.org.uk can win anywhere, that the politics of hope can win over the politics of hate & there is no longer any such thing as a Labour safe seat πŸ’š

27.02.2026 07:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1686    πŸ” 268    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 20

Yes to voting for who we want!

Green is for going forward to a better future. πŸ’š 🚦 πŸ’š

27.02.2026 07:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is massive, and disgraceful. No organisation called β€œTactical Choice” appears to exist.

26.02.2026 09:26 β€” πŸ‘ 883    πŸ” 366    πŸ’¬ 82    πŸ“Œ 16
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Conference 2026 Three days of the latest in social epistemology. In the heart of Vienna.

It's THE knowledge conference of 2026! @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social www.knowledgeconference.at

26.02.2026 12:08 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Probably ought to remove that green ring.

www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...

26.02.2026 12:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Second favorite:

"The Oxford Handbook of Spontaneous Thought...describes the routines of highly accomplished historical figures...who achieved great success despite working a relatively short day (4-5 hrs) followed by lots of walks, afternoon naps, loads of unstructured time, and long vacations."

26.02.2026 09:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Inside voice: what can our thoughts reveal about the nature of consciousness? The long read: Scientists and philosophers studying the mind have discovered how little we know about our inner experiences

My favorite quote in this long read:

β€œTo focus on conscious thoughts is like focusing on the leaves of a tree and trying to understand them in isolation,” she said. β€œThe tree is the mind, and there’s a lot more to the mind than consciousness.”

www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

26.02.2026 09:28 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | Roundup needs legal protections. This is the wrong way to do it. Glyphosate’s link to cancer has long been tenuous at best.

I've been holding onto my subscription to WaPo, mostly out of loyalty to #CarolynHax, but this is the last straw. Glyphosate does not need protection!!! The American people need protection from toxic chemicals & our regulatory system needs protection from corporate interference.

wapo.st/4tUf8Bf

25.02.2026 20:11 β€” πŸ‘ 49    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

MAHA my ass.

26.02.2026 08:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Great comments on this!

26.02.2026 08:38 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

❀️ that photo ❀️

Also not mentioned, Europe is filthy stinkin rich in public wealth created for the people.

β€œShould Europe envy the US for its tech sector? No. Tech generates a big negative externality, because among other things it generates tech-bro billionaires, who are corrupting our politics.”

26.02.2026 08:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Armoured Shrimp and the Evolution of Consciousness Royal Institute of Philosophy public lecture by Walter Veit

Come to Oxford to see me give a public lecture on shrimp and the evolution of consciousness on the 11th of March!

www.eventbrite.com/e/the-armour...

26.02.2026 07:30 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is so heartwarming to see Green’s come to the fore.

25.02.2026 12:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Woo hoo! Endlich zum Markt.

25.02.2026 12:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ™„ IA.TV loves a controversial opinion.

25.02.2026 07:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Kash Patel’s use of jet delayed FBI team’s mass shooting response, whistleblower tells top senator Sen. Richard Durbin says FBI director’s β€œmisplaced priorities” led to the delayed response to the Brown University shooting in December.

oh dear

Kash Patel was using the FBI's private jet to visit his mom...

"The evidence response team instead had to drive through the night amid a snowstorm..."

www.ms.now/news/senator...

24.02.2026 22:54 β€” πŸ‘ 4750    πŸ” 2026    πŸ’¬ 214    πŸ“Œ 117
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Vienna is the best. They gave us €1k to help buy this cargo bike, which gives us more joy riding around the awesome bike paths than you can imagine. This is what cities can be.

24.02.2026 18:29 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Caroline Lucas and Zack Polanski at the mics

Caroline Lucas and Zack Polanski at the mics

Audience

Audience

With 1600 people in the audience - such a pleasure to do a live episode of Bold Politics tonight with Caroline Lucas.

Episode online soon! πŸ’šπŸ™ŒπŸΌ

23.02.2026 22:21 β€” πŸ‘ 549    πŸ” 85    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 2

Make those eyes bulge @zackpolanski.bsky.social ! πŸ˜‚

#VoteGreen

22.02.2026 07:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Great quote! I hadn’t thought of it that our own β€œgeneral intelligence” could in fact be argued to be β€œsurvival intelligence”, but I’m going to think about it that way now.

I was sorry to have missed this debate. Will go read about it now…

21.02.2026 16:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This was wonderful. Recognising that β€œobjectivity” is not truly possible. It’s only a few short steps from this to my evolutionary epistemology about how knowledge is established and grows more robust. That’s still in peer review, but a draft outline is here:

www.evphil.com/blog/draft-o...

21.02.2026 16:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I detoured from Milan to Castel Beseno to find wine because of this show!

(Most beautiful wine region on Earth by the way.)

21.02.2026 16:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Very important piece. The nexus between fitness, "health" (not exactly health), and fascism has been flying under the radar for too long.

21.02.2026 15:06 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

More facts that explain so much. @hcrichardson.bsky.social is a goodsend. (Not a typo.)

21.02.2026 07:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0