Philip Gilbert
@bloomdido.bsky.social
Republican (Anti-Monarchy), Atheist, Misanthrope, Woke. From Sheffield UK. Please follow me. I am transitioning from Ugly X.
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Why are people religious?
Is religion good for you?
Why are religions fragmented?
Evolutionary psychologist Professor Robin Dunbar tracks religion's origins back to what he terms the ‘mystical stance’ in his phenomenal lecture 'How religion evolved and why it endures'.
Full lecture in 🧵
Is religion good for you?
Why are religions fragmented?
Evolutionary psychologist Professor Robin Dunbar tracks religion's origins back to what he terms the ‘mystical stance’ in his phenomenal lecture 'How religion evolved and why it endures'.
Full lecture in 🧵
January 28, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Why are people religious?
Is religion good for you?
Why are religions fragmented?
Evolutionary psychologist Professor Robin Dunbar tracks religion's origins back to what he terms the ‘mystical stance’ in his phenomenal lecture 'How religion evolved and why it endures'.
Full lecture in 🧵
Is religion good for you?
Why are religions fragmented?
Evolutionary psychologist Professor Robin Dunbar tracks religion's origins back to what he terms the ‘mystical stance’ in his phenomenal lecture 'How religion evolved and why it endures'.
Full lecture in 🧵
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I never write opinion pieces and stick to fact and analysis, but I made an exception for this one. #PostOfficeScandal www.computerweekly.com/opinion/MPs-...
MPs could be unintentionally going easy on tech ‘parasite’ in Post Office scandal bill | Computer Weekly
Fujitsu’s Post Office scandal bill should be a share of a figure much higher than the £1.8bn compensation costs cited in a Parliamentary committee.
www.computerweekly.com
January 9, 2026 at 4:18 PM
I never write opinion pieces and stick to fact and analysis, but I made an exception for this one. #PostOfficeScandal www.computerweekly.com/opinion/MPs-...
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The "religious revival among the young" claim is fiction. Today's young adults are less religious than young people were a decade ago.
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MAGA claims of 'massive religious revival' meticulously debunked
Christian nationalist themes were alive and well at Turning Point USA's AmericaFest 2025 gathering at the Phoenix Convention Center, which found Vice President JD Vance declaring that the United States "always will be a Christian nation." But that cl
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January 9, 2026 at 10:00 PM
The "religious revival among the young" claim is fiction. Today's young adults are less religious than young people were a decade ago.
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#JarnailSingh #PostOfficeScandal Jail time must be on the horizon for him. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vdvk...
Post Office Lawyer - I'm 'MORE Aggrieved' Than Subpostmasters
YouTube video by DPS Computing
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August 29, 2025 at 10:17 PM
#JarnailSingh #PostOfficeScandal Jail time must be on the horizon for him. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vdvk...
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Most of this “press conference” is this lunatic yelling at the media. This guy is so obsessed with his press coverage that he can’t even function.
June 26, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Most of this “press conference” is this lunatic yelling at the media. This guy is so obsessed with his press coverage that he can’t even function.
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“No Kings” demonstration, Ocean Beach, San Francisco
June 14, 2025 at 7:24 PM
“No Kings” demonstration, Ocean Beach, San Francisco
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Emma’s work (@sciwriby.bsky.social) embodies the spirit of curiosity, critical thinking, and human progress that Rosalind Franklin herself championed. Congratulations, Emma, on this well-deserved recognition. A worthy recipient! humanists.uk/2025/03/07/d...
Dr Emma Byrne awarded the Rosalind Franklin Lecture medal
On Thursday evening, scientist, author, and broadcaster Dr Emma Byrne delivered the Humanists UK Rosalind Franklin Lecture 2024 on ‘The amazing science of bad language’. Her lecture explored the fasci...
humanists.uk
March 12, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Emma’s work (@sciwriby.bsky.social) embodies the spirit of curiosity, critical thinking, and human progress that Rosalind Franklin herself championed. Congratulations, Emma, on this well-deserved recognition. A worthy recipient! humanists.uk/2025/03/07/d...
Unislamic? They aren't Muslim. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Bangladesh girls forced to cancel football amid Islamist threats
There are concerns that extremist groups, which had been pushed to the fringes, have become emboldened again.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 19, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Unislamic? They aren't Muslim. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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People are saying that I am the most evolved...
February 11, 2025 at 8:21 PM
People are saying that I am the most evolved...
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Stop Oil (fighting for our planet) go to prison for disruption.
Farmers (fighting for their personal tax greed) get clapped for disruption.
Make it make sense.....
Farmers (fighting for their personal tax greed) get clapped for disruption.
Make it make sense.....
Lucky for the tractor drivers they weren't objecting to the continued burning of fossil fuels leading to environmental degradation, natural disasters, weather extremes, food insecurity, economic disruption, conflict, and terrorism.
Still can't quite see how an ambulance would get through though.
Still can't quite see how an ambulance would get through though.
February 11, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Stop Oil (fighting for our planet) go to prison for disruption.
Farmers (fighting for their personal tax greed) get clapped for disruption.
Make it make sense.....
Farmers (fighting for their personal tax greed) get clapped for disruption.
Make it make sense.....
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It's not just that prayers in parliament are exclusively Anglican, thereby failing to represent the beliefs of the country, or even parliament itself – it's how MPs reserve seats. This awards speaking privileges during debates, which in 2025, is absurd. humanists.uk/2025/02/11/m...
MPs rally to end parliamentary prayers
MPs from across the House of Commons have backed a motion to end prayers as formal business. Humanists UK, which has long called for an end to parliamentary prayers, has welcomed this much-needed call...
humanists.uk
February 11, 2025 at 5:37 PM
It's not just that prayers in parliament are exclusively Anglican, thereby failing to represent the beliefs of the country, or even parliament itself – it's how MPs reserve seats. This awards speaking privileges during debates, which in 2025, is absurd. humanists.uk/2025/02/11/m...
"We'll play some more soon" www.lbc.co.uk/news/prince-...
'We'll play some more soon': Prince Andrew's message to Jeffrey Epstein two months after he said contact ended
Prince Andrew told Jeffrey Epstein that they would "play some more soon" two months after he claimed their relationship had ended, newly surfaced messages reveal.
www.lbc.co.uk
January 30, 2025 at 10:49 PM
"We'll play some more soon" www.lbc.co.uk/news/prince-...
No cover-up by Church says Bish Bosh. www.channel4.com/news/abuse-s...
Abuse Scandal: ‘No cover-up’ by Church says Bishop of Dover
We spoke to the Right Reverend Rose Hudson-Wilkin, bishop of Dover, who joined us from High Leigh in Hertfordshire, where she was attending a Bishops' away day.
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January 30, 2025 at 12:25 AM
No cover-up by Church says Bish Bosh. www.channel4.com/news/abuse-s...
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I joined protestors outside the RCJ today because our politicians continue not only to ignore the evidence of climate breakdown , but accelerate our species collapse with this obsession over growth above all else .
No growth on a dead planet , solidarity with the #LordWalney16
No growth on a dead planet , solidarity with the #LordWalney16
January 29, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I joined protestors outside the RCJ today because our politicians continue not only to ignore the evidence of climate breakdown , but accelerate our species collapse with this obsession over growth above all else .
No growth on a dead planet , solidarity with the #LordWalney16
No growth on a dead planet , solidarity with the #LordWalney16
My boy Alfred. #SpringerSpaniel #DogDay
January 29, 2025 at 2:30 PM
My boy Alfred. #SpringerSpaniel #DogDay
Attempted murder.
January 29, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Attempted murder.
If our souls are invisible, how do people find each other in Heaven? #GodlessHeathen
January 29, 2025 at 1:50 PM
If our souls are invisible, how do people find each other in Heaven? #GodlessHeathen
The atrocities #KingCharles ancestors have overseen; Indian rebellion 1858, Mau Mau uprising 1960. His Great uncle Edward 7 was Hitler's apologist. #NotMyKing
January 27, 2025 at 10:48 PM
The atrocities #KingCharles ancestors have overseen; Indian rebellion 1858, Mau Mau uprising 1960. His Great uncle Edward 7 was Hitler's apologist. #NotMyKing
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Four people sentenced to death in Pakistan for allegedly posting sacrilegious material on social media.
Stark reminder of how inhumane blasphemy laws remain in countries around the world and the desperate need to abolish them. apnews.com/article/paki...
Stark reminder of how inhumane blasphemy laws remain in countries around the world and the desperate need to abolish them. apnews.com/article/paki...
Pakistani court sentences 4 people to death for blasphemy
A Pakistani court has sentenced four people to death for blasphemy. Under the country’s blasphemy laws, anyone found guilty of insulting Islam or its religious figures can be sentenced to death.
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January 27, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Four people sentenced to death in Pakistan for allegedly posting sacrilegious material on social media.
Stark reminder of how inhumane blasphemy laws remain in countries around the world and the desperate need to abolish them. apnews.com/article/paki...
Stark reminder of how inhumane blasphemy laws remain in countries around the world and the desperate need to abolish them. apnews.com/article/paki...
Does this guy remind you of anyone?
January 24, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Does this guy remind you of anyone?
What if Hazza rolls up with an army to challenge Charlie and Willy for the Crown? We could have a civil war. #GoodKingHarry #NotMyKing
January 22, 2025 at 10:34 PM
What if Hazza rolls up with an army to challenge Charlie and Willy for the Crown? We could have a civil war. #GoodKingHarry #NotMyKing