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
Here's a quick synopsis of my most important writings. See them at evphil.com where you can sign up for more.
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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.
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
I’m a fan of this opinion. It’s another reason billionaires shouldn’t exist and drive our culture.
I’m a fan of this opinion. It’s another reason billionaires shouldn’t exist and drive our culture.
Investors’ ‘dumb transhumanist ideas’ setting back neurotech progress, say experts
Fascination of investors such as Elon Musk with uploading their brains to computers is hindering progress in curing disease, say scientists
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
I’m a fan of this opinion. It’s another reason billionaires shouldn’t exist and drive our culture.
I’m a fan of this opinion. It’s another reason billionaires shouldn’t exist and drive our culture.
Read the full thread 🧵 but this is an epic metaphor.
Panorama made a stupid editing mistake. But compare this to the deliberate and systemic attempt, sustained across years, to ensure that BBC output aligns ever more closely to the demands of economic power. Against your straw of bias, I raise you a haystack.
November 10, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Read the full thread 🧵 but this is an epic metaphor.
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We should vote only for those who promise to make billionaires history.
We need a great levelling, through tax and redistribution.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We need a great levelling, through tax and redistribution.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I wish we could ignore Bill Gates on the climate crisis. But he’s a billionaire, so we can’t | George Monbiot
Money talks – and his essay denouncing ‘near-term emissions goals’ at Cop30 mostly argues the case for letting the ultra-rich off the hook
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
We should vote only for those who promise to make billionaires history.
We need a great levelling, through tax and redistribution.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We need a great levelling, through tax and redistribution.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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In honor of Viktor Orban's visit to Washington, here's a reminder that Orban has made his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished:
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
America’s Future Is Hungary
MAGA conservatives love Viktor Orbán. But he’s left his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished.
www.theatlantic.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:52 PM
In honor of Viktor Orban's visit to Washington, here's a reminder that Orban has made his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished:
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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What can low/middle income/wealth households do?: #votegreen, that’s what!
(Please share to agree)
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Tory leader Kemi Badenoch to relaunch exclusive ‘advisory board’ for high-value donors.
Donors will have direct access to senior ministers, shape public policy.
What can the low/middle income households do?
Receipt/Payment of political donations must be criminalized.
Donors will have direct access to senior ministers, shape public policy.
What can the low/middle income households do?
Receipt/Payment of political donations must be criminalized.
Kemi Badenoch to relaunch exclusive ‘advisory board’ for high-value donors
Exclusive: Tory leader has plans to reinstate group that provided top donors with direct access to senior ministers
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:03 AM
What can low/middle income/wealth households do?: #votegreen, that’s what!
(Please share to agree)
(Please share to agree)
I really love the conversations @zackpolanski.bsky.social is having on his podcast. He’s introducing me to loads of new ideas.
This conversation feels so hopeful.
I feel hopeful that people as smart, articulate and kind as Jordan are committed to empowering the next generation.
Here's our conversation on education and young men. I loved it! 👇🏼
youtu.be/PxSr45TLyuA?...
I feel hopeful that people as smart, articulate and kind as Jordan are committed to empowering the next generation.
Here's our conversation on education and young men. I loved it! 👇🏼
youtu.be/PxSr45TLyuA?...
Are We Failing The Next Generation? | Jordan Stephens | Zack Polanski
YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I really love the conversations @zackpolanski.bsky.social is having on his podcast. He’s introducing me to loads of new ideas.
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The Spectator are confused.
It's not going to be cost free.
Billionaires are going to pay more.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
It's not going to be cost free.
Billionaires are going to pay more.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 6, 2025 at 8:57 AM
The Spectator are confused.
It's not going to be cost free.
Billionaires are going to pay more.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
It's not going to be cost free.
Billionaires are going to pay more.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Collapsing?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
It is in many ways a modern echo of the old Soviet refrain: “Comrade Stalin, a terrible mistake has been made!” – a phrase once uttered by devoted communists who realised too late that Stalin’s purges would not spare even the faithful.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
It is in many ways a modern echo of the old Soviet refrain: “Comrade Stalin, a terrible mistake has been made!” – a phrase once uttered by devoted communists who realised too late that Stalin’s purges would not spare even the faithful.
Putin’s repressive machinery turns inward to target pro-war figures
Analysts say a purge of the Russian regime’s own supporters is under way as rival factions turn on each other
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Collapsing?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
It is in many ways a modern echo of the old Soviet refrain: “Comrade Stalin, a terrible mistake has been made!” – a phrase once uttered by devoted communists who realised too late that Stalin’s purges would not spare even the faithful.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
It is in many ways a modern echo of the old Soviet refrain: “Comrade Stalin, a terrible mistake has been made!” – a phrase once uttered by devoted communists who realised too late that Stalin’s purges would not spare even the faithful.
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I get asked a lot about how climate change denial in USA affected or was exported to the rest of the world. Read this:
www.desmog.com/2025/11/03/a...
www.desmog.com/2025/11/03/a...
‘A Pretty Ugly History’: How Exxon Exported Climate Denial to the Global South
With Brazil about to host COP30, DeSmog has obtained copies of checks Exxon mailed to the right-wing Atlas Network in the 1990s to turn Latin America against climate treaties.
www.desmog.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I get asked a lot about how climate change denial in USA affected or was exported to the rest of the world. Read this:
www.desmog.com/2025/11/03/a...
www.desmog.com/2025/11/03/a...
I’m finishing up redoing my home using Passivhaus principles and lots of insulation. I expect to have extremely low energy bills for decades using only renewable electricity. That’s the type of investment that we need.
Can’t quite believe the Chancellor is seriously considering slashing support for home energy efficiency as a way to cut fuel bills 👀. Locking people into cold & leaky homes which will cost them more to heat & decimating the insulation industry at same time. Total madness 👇
Reeves considers cut to green levies in effort to reduce cost of energy bills
Exclusive: Chancellor hopes to save up to £170 from average bill but industry insiders say move would be ‘disastrous’
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:06 AM
I’m finishing up redoing my home using Passivhaus principles and lots of insulation. I expect to have extremely low energy bills for decades using only renewable electricity. That’s the type of investment that we need.
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I pay tribute to Joanna Macy, who died in July, in the latest issue of permaculturemag.bsky.social. She was one of the most important ecological and spiritual teachers of our times (as well as my former teacher and friend).
www.permaculture.co.uk/issue/winter...
www.permaculture.co.uk/issue/winter...
November 4, 2025 at 9:45 AM
I pay tribute to Joanna Macy, who died in July, in the latest issue of permaculturemag.bsky.social. She was one of the most important ecological and spiritual teachers of our times (as well as my former teacher and friend).
www.permaculture.co.uk/issue/winter...
www.permaculture.co.uk/issue/winter...
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📣Publication alert!
“Plastic waste trafficking in Spain: examining the actors, routes, and crimes involved”
Available OA here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
“Plastic waste trafficking in Spain: examining the actors, routes, and crimes involved”
Available OA here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Plastic waste trafficking in Spain: examining the actors, routes, and crimes involved - Trends in Organized Crime
The management of plastic waste represents a significant global environmental challenge due to excessive reliance on plastics and the limitations of recycling. The inability of countries and cities to...
link.springer.com
November 2, 2025 at 5:27 PM
📣Publication alert!
“Plastic waste trafficking in Spain: examining the actors, routes, and crimes involved”
Available OA here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
“Plastic waste trafficking in Spain: examining the actors, routes, and crimes involved”
Available OA here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Why I still think Turing’s insight matters
Nature has an article noting that language models have killed "the Turing test" and asking if we even need a replacement. I think the article makes some good points. But a lot of the people quoted seem to take the opportunity to dismiss Turing's whole…
Nature has an article noting that language models have killed "the Turing test" and asking if we even need a replacement. I think the article makes some good points. But a lot of the people quoted seem to take the opportunity to dismiss Turing's whole…
Why I still think Turing’s insight matters
Nature has an article noting that language models have killed "the Turing test" and asking if we even need a replacement. I think the article makes some good points. But a lot of the people quoted seem to take the opportunity to dismiss Turing's whole idea. I think this is a mistake. First, we need to remember how Turing came up with his test.
selfawarepatterns.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Why I still think Turing’s insight matters
Nature has an article noting that language models have killed "the Turing test" and asking if we even need a replacement. I think the article makes some good points. But a lot of the people quoted seem to take the opportunity to dismiss Turing's whole…
Nature has an article noting that language models have killed "the Turing test" and asking if we even need a replacement. I think the article makes some good points. But a lot of the people quoted seem to take the opportunity to dismiss Turing's whole…
Add to your feed for sure. DSW is a genius.
This View of Life takes a deep dive with the best and brightest thinkers on anything and everything from an evolutionary perspective. TVOL Podcasts are a product of ProSocial World and hosted by co-founder David Sloan Wilson.
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November 2, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Add to your feed for sure. DSW is a genius.
MAGA = WAAAA
Weakening America Again and Again
Weakening America Again and Again
Americans should be able to celebrate Halloween without fearing for their wallets.
October 31, 2025 at 7:35 PM
MAGA = WAAAA
Weakening America Again and Again
Weakening America Again and Again
This! Proportional Representation would change everything in UK.
So either Labour need to ask candidates to step aside for the Greens to take on Reform....
Or actually bring in a fair democratic process where everyone's votes count equally.
It's time for Proportional Representation.
www.thenational.scot/news/2558507...
Or actually bring in a fair democratic process where everyone's votes count equally.
It's time for Proportional Representation.
www.thenational.scot/news/2558507...
'Just getting started': Zack Polanski reacts as Greens SECOND in new poll
ZACK Polanski has welcomed a new poll putting his party in second place at Westminster.
www.thenational.scot
October 31, 2025 at 6:51 AM
This! Proportional Representation would change everything in UK.
Wow the green revolution is happening.
🚨 NEW | Greens hit 2nd place for first time EVER!
In a @findoutnow.bsky.social poll, the Greens are on 17%, beating the Tories, Labour and the Lib Dems.
In a @findoutnow.bsky.social poll, the Greens are on 17%, beating the Tories, Labour and the Lib Dems.
October 31, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Wow the green revolution is happening.
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$360 million.
That's how much Americans who were cheated or scammed could have gotten back.
But Trump is dropping lawsuits that could have put money back in YOUR pocket.
I wrote about what Trump's attacks on the CFPB are costing Americans.
That's how much Americans who were cheated or scammed could have gotten back.
But Trump is dropping lawsuits that could have put money back in YOUR pocket.
I wrote about what Trump's attacks on the CFPB are costing Americans.
October 30, 2025 at 9:11 PM
$360 million.
That's how much Americans who were cheated or scammed could have gotten back.
But Trump is dropping lawsuits that could have put money back in YOUR pocket.
I wrote about what Trump's attacks on the CFPB are costing Americans.
That's how much Americans who were cheated or scammed could have gotten back.
But Trump is dropping lawsuits that could have put money back in YOUR pocket.
I wrote about what Trump's attacks on the CFPB are costing Americans.
Listening to Kamala Harris here, I’m struck that she would have been Kier Starmer. Infinitely better than a fascist psychopath, but now that I know @zackpolanski.bsky.social exists it’s much harder to accept such middling politics.
podcasts.apple.com/at/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com/at/podcast/t...
VP Kamala Harris on Defeat, Democrats, and the Fight Ahead
Podcast Episode · The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart · 30/10/2025 · 1h 26m
podcasts.apple.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Listening to Kamala Harris here, I’m struck that she would have been Kier Starmer. Infinitely better than a fascist psychopath, but now that I know @zackpolanski.bsky.social exists it’s much harder to accept such middling politics.
podcasts.apple.com/at/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com/at/podcast/t...
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And no - this article nor the independent - are as horrendous or as bitter as Jeremy Clarkson, Quentin Letts or the shitrag that is the Daily Mail.
But it's this insidious commenting on people's appearance in something pretending otherwise to be political commentary.
Do better. All of you.
But it's this insidious commenting on people's appearance in something pretending otherwise to be political commentary.
Do better. All of you.
October 29, 2025 at 9:47 AM
And no - this article nor the independent - are as horrendous or as bitter as Jeremy Clarkson, Quentin Letts or the shitrag that is the Daily Mail.
But it's this insidious commenting on people's appearance in something pretending otherwise to be political commentary.
Do better. All of you.
But it's this insidious commenting on people's appearance in something pretending otherwise to be political commentary.
Do better. All of you.
Another genocide to protest.
RSF capture of El Fasher traps hundreds of thousands in Sudan, sparking famine fears, mass killings, and urgent UN warnings | Peter Sagar
Grave fears for civilians in El Fasher after reports of mass killings
RSF capture of El Fasher traps hundreds of thousands in Sudan, sparking famine fears, mass killings, and urgent UN warnings
northeastbylines.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Another genocide to protest.
Public health and public investment matter. Press the UK to be better on this issue.
Nearly the 20th anniversary of the Reviving Lidos conference, which celebrated London Fields Outdoor Pool reopening, having been closed for 18 years. A movement started in the 90s as pools started closing in numbers continues through @future-lidos.bsky.social. www.theguardian.com/society/2006...
Tide turns as the lido is born again
A new thirst for healthy living is leading to a rebirth of the open air pool.
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Public health and public investment matter. Press the UK to be better on this issue.
New. Leadership. Now.
Green is for going forward into a thriving future. 🚦 💚
Green is for going forward into a thriving future. 🚦 💚
Overshooting 1.5°C wasn't 'inevitable.'
We've been pushed by fossil fuel giants & governments that pander to them.
Every delay, every oil field, every broken promise made this crisis worse.
Keir Starmer, will you promise to leave Rosebank undeveloped?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
We've been pushed by fossil fuel giants & governments that pander to them.
Every delay, every oil field, every broken promise made this crisis worse.
Keir Starmer, will you promise to leave Rosebank undeveloped?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head
Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:11 PM
New. Leadership. Now.
Green is for going forward into a thriving future. 🚦 💚
Green is for going forward into a thriving future. 🚦 💚