Ed Gibney
@edgibney.bsky.social
Writer of fiction and philosophy. I explore how understanding evolution can change our worldview. (Hint, eugenics was dead wrong.) evphil.com.
US-Brit now in Vienna 🇦🇹. Ex-FBI and Secret Service. Peace Corps 🇺🇦. Slava Ukraini! Still not a podcaster.
US-Brit now in Vienna 🇦🇹. Ex-FBI and Secret Service. Peace Corps 🇺🇦. Slava Ukraini! Still not a podcaster.
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Ed Gibney
@edgibney.bsky.social
· Nov 12
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Given that the BBC endlessly gives platforms to lobbyists from the dark money junktanks without revealing their interests, shouldn't we be seeing such apologies every day?
Better still, how about not doing it? If they want to appear, we should know on whose behalf they are speaking.
Better still, how about not doing it? If they want to appear, we should know on whose behalf they are speaking.
Exclusive: The BBC has issued an apology after one of its presenters failed to challenge a climate-sceptic lobbyist who runs a group that has received funding from fossil-fuel interests
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
BBC Apologises for Failing to Challenge 'Dark Money' Climate-Denial Lobbyist
EXCLUSIVE: BBC faces fresh allegations of bias after corporation admits interview with ‘Net Zero Watch’ lobbying chief Andrew Montford 'fell below usual standards'
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Given that the BBC endlessly gives platforms to lobbyists from the dark money junktanks without revealing their interests, shouldn't we be seeing such apologies every day?
Better still, how about not doing it? If they want to appear, we should know on whose behalf they are speaking.
Better still, how about not doing it? If they want to appear, we should know on whose behalf they are speaking.
Great. Underlings advising others how to flatter and handle their boss baby. Another example of MAGA = WAAA.
Weakening America Again and Again
Weakening America Again and Again
Witkoff advised the Russians on how to pitch their Ukraine plan to Trump www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
November 26, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Great. Underlings advising others how to flatter and handle their boss baby. Another example of MAGA = WAAA.
Weakening America Again and Again
Weakening America Again and Again
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Maybe we’re already part of a hive mind
I recently discovered the new TV show Pluribus, about a scenario where the whole world gets turned into a hive mind, an annoyingly nice one, at least in the initial episodes, but where a few humans turn out to be immune to the virus that converts everyone…
I recently discovered the new TV show Pluribus, about a scenario where the whole world gets turned into a hive mind, an annoyingly nice one, at least in the initial episodes, but where a few humans turn out to be immune to the virus that converts everyone…
Maybe we’re already part of a hive mind
I recently discovered the new TV show Pluribus, about a scenario where the whole world gets turned into a hive mind, an annoyingly nice one, at least in the initial episodes, but where a few humans turn out to be immune to the virus that converts everyone else, including the cantankerous protagonist, Carol Sturka. The hive mind in the show appears to work via telepathy, enabled by alien sequences of DNA.
selfawarepatterns.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Maybe we’re already part of a hive mind
I recently discovered the new TV show Pluribus, about a scenario where the whole world gets turned into a hive mind, an annoyingly nice one, at least in the initial episodes, but where a few humans turn out to be immune to the virus that converts everyone…
I recently discovered the new TV show Pluribus, about a scenario where the whole world gets turned into a hive mind, an annoyingly nice one, at least in the initial episodes, but where a few humans turn out to be immune to the virus that converts everyone…
New blog post!
The fourth of my five-part review of Sapiens by Yuval Harari. This one covers the Scientific Revolution and its entanglement with capitalism.
www.evphil.com/blog/review-...
The fourth of my five-part review of Sapiens by Yuval Harari. This one covers the Scientific Revolution and its entanglement with capitalism.
www.evphil.com/blog/review-...
Review of “Sapiens” by Yuval Noah Harari (4/5)
Time now for the penultimate review of Sapiens . In the first three parts, we saw the emergence of our species, its spread around the globe, and some of the unifying forces that have made...
www.evphil.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:54 PM
New blog post!
The fourth of my five-part review of Sapiens by Yuval Harari. This one covers the Scientific Revolution and its entanglement with capitalism.
www.evphil.com/blog/review-...
The fourth of my five-part review of Sapiens by Yuval Harari. This one covers the Scientific Revolution and its entanglement with capitalism.
www.evphil.com/blog/review-...
Astonishingly evil collusion with Russia by the US. Europe and fans of democracy must stop this “peace plan” from proceeding.
November 22, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Astonishingly evil collusion with Russia by the US. Europe and fans of democracy must stop this “peace plan” from proceeding.
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This talk is *so motivating*. I do a considerable amount of public facing scicomm but this is next-level; she knows how to reach the individuals we/(I) most want to connect with.
If there's an opportunity to invite @sarahmackattack.bsky.social to give a talk where you are, take it!
If there's an opportunity to invite @sarahmackattack.bsky.social to give a talk where you are, take it!
November 21, 2025 at 5:19 PM
This talk is *so motivating*. I do a considerable amount of public facing scicomm but this is next-level; she knows how to reach the individuals we/(I) most want to connect with.
If there's an opportunity to invite @sarahmackattack.bsky.social to give a talk where you are, take it!
If there's an opportunity to invite @sarahmackattack.bsky.social to give a talk where you are, take it!
Keep it coming!
Since I was elected leader of the Green Party, 100,000 new people have joined.
In just over two months:
170,000 people ready to make hope normal again.
This is only the beginning.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
In just over two months:
170,000 people ready to make hope normal again.
This is only the beginning.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Join the Green Party
Join the Green Party from just £6 a year. Become a member today - join the only party standing up for people and planet.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 22, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Keep it coming!
Cool new podcast!
NOW ONLINE!
What better day to launch than on World Philosophy Day!
Knowledge in Crisis: The Podcast.
In our first episode, Cathy Mason and Fabio Lampert speak with Keith Harris about conspiracy theories.
Check it out on
Spotify buff.ly/YPz92HY
Apple buff.ly/uy9DJsl
YouTube buff.ly/RRhw4jg
What better day to launch than on World Philosophy Day!
Knowledge in Crisis: The Podcast.
In our first episode, Cathy Mason and Fabio Lampert speak with Keith Harris about conspiracy theories.
Check it out on
Spotify buff.ly/YPz92HY
Apple buff.ly/uy9DJsl
YouTube buff.ly/RRhw4jg
November 21, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Cool new podcast!
Another excellent podcast episode that gives me hope the Green Party is ready to rule.
Among other topics, we discuss the sale of children in care.
They're worth roughly £100k each. The profit you can extract by sending them across the country to the cheapest housing in derelict places, cutting them off from all hope and contact, is off the scale. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xx6...
They're worth roughly £100k each. The profit you can extract by sending them across the country to the cheapest housing in derelict places, cutting them off from all hope and contact, is off the scale. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xx6...
How To Platform Socialist Ideas Through Billionaire Owned Channels | George Monbiot | Zack Polanski
YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Another excellent podcast episode that gives me hope the Green Party is ready to rule.
About to watch Waking Life by Richard Linklater for World Philosophy Day. Hosted by Central European University here in Vienna.
November 20, 2025 at 4:36 PM
About to watch Waking Life by Richard Linklater for World Philosophy Day. Hosted by Central European University here in Vienna.
Um, I think I know the answer.
🎯This Wednesday, we bring controversy to the table: Who is More Phobic About Science--Conservatives or Liberals? This was one of our first interview videos from This View Of Life cycles.
❓What's your intake? Join the debate on the video's comments!
youtu.be/n9kJkuuedw0
❓What's your intake? Join the debate on the video's comments!
youtu.be/n9kJkuuedw0
Who is More Phobic About Science--Conservatives or Liberals?
David Sloan Wilson poses this question to Jonathan Haidt, author of The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided By Politics and Religion. Jonathan's answer might surprise you
youtu.be
November 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Um, I think I know the answer.
"An epistemic crisis is a crisis in the production and delivery of knowledge."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This is exactly what my epistemology paper under peer review is hoping to tackle.
www.evphil.com/blog/draft-o...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This is exactly what my epistemology paper under peer review is hoping to tackle.
www.evphil.com/blog/draft-o...
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
"An epistemic crisis is a crisis in the production and delivery of knowledge."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This is exactly what my epistemology paper under peer review is hoping to tackle.
www.evphil.com/blog/draft-o...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This is exactly what my epistemology paper under peer review is hoping to tackle.
www.evphil.com/blog/draft-o...
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"things happen"
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 10:55 PM
"things happen"
A Green future is coming into view.
Huge.
And I meet more and more over 50s too who will be voting for the Green Party as well!
Join.greenparty.org.uk
And I meet more and more over 50s too who will be voting for the Green Party as well!
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Under-50s Back Green Party as FIRST Choice in Latest YouGov Poll.
November 19, 2025 at 6:48 AM
A Green future is coming into view.
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This is what it looks like to be laughed out of court. Humiliating for DOJ lawyers--the creme de la creme--to be treated this way. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Federal judge blasts potential ‘government misconduct’ in Comey case
A federal magistrate judge excoriated the government’s handling of the case against former FBI director James B. Comey.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:05 PM
This is what it looks like to be laughed out of court. Humiliating for DOJ lawyers--the creme de la creme--to be treated this way. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
quillette.com/2025/11/14/a...
Interesting history of journalistic standards. What I don’t get is how claims about the BBC’s right-wing bias aren’t mentioned at all. It’s not as simple as this author’s history would make us believe. (That Boomer’s broke impartiality and created activist journalism.)
Interesting history of journalistic standards. What I don’t get is how claims about the BBC’s right-wing bias aren’t mentioned at all. It’s not as simple as this author’s history would make us believe. (That Boomer’s broke impartiality and created activist journalism.)
A Journalism of Deception
A former BBC journalist explains how the corporation discarded impartial journalism and why we need a news revolution.
quillette.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:57 PM
quillette.com/2025/11/14/a...
Interesting history of journalistic standards. What I don’t get is how claims about the BBC’s right-wing bias aren’t mentioned at all. It’s not as simple as this author’s history would make us believe. (That Boomer’s broke impartiality and created activist journalism.)
Interesting history of journalistic standards. What I don’t get is how claims about the BBC’s right-wing bias aren’t mentioned at all. It’s not as simple as this author’s history would make us believe. (That Boomer’s broke impartiality and created activist journalism.)
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Watching Labour MPs take a wrecking ball to nature makes me so angry & so sad. Their action tonight voting down amendments to the #PlanningBill intended to protect wildlife & habitats from destruction is so reckless & so counterproductive. People didn’t vote Labour for this 👇
Housing secretary tells Labour MPs to vote down planning bill amendment
Amendment restricts protection for animals to allow faster house building
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Watching Labour MPs take a wrecking ball to nature makes me so angry & so sad. Their action tonight voting down amendments to the #PlanningBill intended to protect wildlife & habitats from destruction is so reckless & so counterproductive. People didn’t vote Labour for this 👇
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🌈Tomorrow! Join Joan Roughgarden, Nathan Lents, and David Sloan Wilson for our live podcast event: Evolution's Rainbow, Revisited: Sex, Gender, and Evolution.
🗓️ November 13th | 12pm ET | Online event
🔗Register HERE: bit.ly/47GGAIa
🗓️ November 13th | 12pm ET | Online event
🔗Register HERE: bit.ly/47GGAIa
November 12, 2025 at 2:10 PM
🌈Tomorrow! Join Joan Roughgarden, Nathan Lents, and David Sloan Wilson for our live podcast event: Evolution's Rainbow, Revisited: Sex, Gender, and Evolution.
🗓️ November 13th | 12pm ET | Online event
🔗Register HERE: bit.ly/47GGAIa
🗓️ November 13th | 12pm ET | Online event
🔗Register HERE: bit.ly/47GGAIa
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As world leaders and executives meet this week to discuss climate change, here are some of my efforts to mitigate the crisis. You can read about the books at my Google Site. sites.google.com/site/gftague/
November 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
As world leaders and executives meet this week to discuss climate change, here are some of my efforts to mitigate the crisis. You can read about the books at my Google Site. sites.google.com/site/gftague/
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Its all about the money. The fall out between Epstein and Trump was about Russian money laundering. The sex trafficking is a shiny object. Look past the squirrel. The money laundering bought the island and the jet. The teen girls were just an accouterment of the depraved lifestyle.
November 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Its all about the money. The fall out between Epstein and Trump was about Russian money laundering. The sex trafficking is a shiny object. Look past the squirrel. The money laundering bought the island and the jet. The teen girls were just an accouterment of the depraved lifestyle.
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The Trump Administration is saying its $20 billion bailout for Argentina is classified.
Give me a break. Trump just wants to hide the receipts.
Americans deserve to know where their money went.
Give me a break. Trump just wants to hide the receipts.
Americans deserve to know where their money went.
November 12, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The Trump Administration is saying its $20 billion bailout for Argentina is classified.
Give me a break. Trump just wants to hide the receipts.
Americans deserve to know where their money went.
Give me a break. Trump just wants to hide the receipts.
Americans deserve to know where their money went.
David Hume in Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion.
This explains a lot.
This explains a lot.
November 12, 2025 at 9:16 AM
David Hume in Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion.
This explains a lot.
This explains a lot.
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Super cool resource for robotics research
Very excited about our new pre-print on an open-source package that I developed with some of my GT labmates!
Epically Powerful (EP) is a modular mechatronics infrastructure and open-source software package for building and operating wearable and general robotic systems.
arxiv.org/abs/2511.05033
Epically Powerful (EP) is a modular mechatronics infrastructure and open-source software package for building and operating wearable and general robotic systems.
arxiv.org/abs/2511.05033
November 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Super cool resource for robotics research
Least surprising quote to anyone who looked at The Free Press because a Trump-supporting family member told them to.
“I’ve been hearing that standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She also asked openly, ‘What’s the point of standards?’” one CBS source said.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Bari Weiss wants to take down ‘too much power’ CBS News Standards unit: sources
EXCLUSIVE: Internal rumblings within the newsroom come after the S&P head resigned and the network disbanded its vaunted Race and Culture unit.
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Least surprising quote to anyone who looked at The Free Press because a Trump-supporting family member told them to.