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 🇦🇹. Ex-FBI and Secret Service. Peace Corps 🇺🇦. Slava Ukraini!https://bsky.app/profile/edgibney.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/edgibney.bsky.social/post/3mux2en52ys2jThis makes me feel older than I've felt in a very long while. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Album_era https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Album_era07 Sep 2026 17:38 +0000at://did:plc:2f2yjn3ekssf4fea6tnplnnv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mux2en52ys2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/edgibney.bsky.social/post/3muwxgvd7c224#PhilSky [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Sep 2026 16:45 +0000at://did:plc:2f2yjn3ekssf4fea6tnplnnv/app.bsky.feed.post/3muwxgvd7c224https://bsky.app/profile/edgibney.bsky.social/post/3muwxd4v2bs24This. It’s like the running gag in How I Met Your Mother where Barney thought Billy Zabka was the hero of The Karate Kid. I’m shocked how many people today must have thought Indiana Jones was the villain in his movies. [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Sep 2026 16:43 +0000at://did:plc:2f2yjn3ekssf4fea6tnplnnv/app.bsky.feed.post/3muwxd4v2bs24https://bsky.app/profile/edgibney.bsky.social/post/3muwblbucnc2h100% this. Where is the leadership to change this? Not in No. 10 it seems. [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Sep 2026 10:14 +0000at://did:plc:2f2yjn3ekssf4fea6tnplnnv/app.bsky.feed.post/3muwblbucnc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/edgibney.bsky.social/post/3mutymv2hos2pWhat a fascinating and disturbing article. I’ve had bones to pick with Buddhism and Sam Harris-style meditation for years (despite liking many things in these too), so it was good to see that backed up by scientific research. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/09/meditation-willoughby-britton-downsides/688474/?gift=JVBFw4prAGLDDaC8P3DrSXHRPPglz7UAq4gTyC2D0pI&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share06 Sep 2026 12:29 +0000at://did:plc:2f2yjn3ekssf4fea6tnplnnv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mutymv2hos2phttps://bsky.app/profile/edgibney.bsky.social/post/3mutty64vyk2pWonderful, simple testimonial about the good that government can do. https://reasonandmeaning.com/2026/09/06/ralph-nadar-and-the-us-government-saved-my-life/06 Sep 2026 11:05 +0000at://did:plc:2f2yjn3ekssf4fea6tnplnnv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mutty64vyk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/edgibney.bsky.social/post/3muttsvqbhs2phttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/us/politics/stay-at-home-parents-subsidies.html This is so dreadful. But what pisses me off even more is the NYT not getting any quotes from well-informed liberal sources that would tear this apart. Nice that a conservative think tank said “they wouldn’t do it this way”, but this is awful journalism. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/us/politics/stay-at-home-parents-subsidies.html?campaign_id=2&emc=edit_th_20260906&instance_id=181519&nl=today%27s-headlines&regi_id=5025317&segment_id=226090&user_id=c0d35928a9b55053c9c0137a91ff2c8c06 Sep 2026 11:02 +0000at://did:plc:2f2yjn3ekssf4fea6tnplnnv/app.bsky.feed.post/3muttsvqbhs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/edgibney.bsky.social/post/3mutd6izmm22pTell me again how old women holding placards are terrorists. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/sep/05/black-clad-protesters-balaclavas-block-road-port-of-dover-kent06 Sep 2026 06:05 +0000at://did:plc:2f2yjn3ekssf4fea6tnplnnv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mutd6izmm22phttps://bsky.app/profile/edgibney.bsky.social/post/3muqqw2vksk2pWell done USA for being an idiot again. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Sep 2026 05:33 +0000at://did:plc:2f2yjn3ekssf4fea6tnplnnv/app.bsky.feed.post/3muqqw2vksk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/edgibney.bsky.social/post/3muobq6kjo22k🤯 [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Sep 2026 05:56 +0000at://did:plc:2f2yjn3ekssf4fea6tnplnnv/app.bsky.feed.post/3muobq6kjo22khttps://bsky.app/profile/edgibney.bsky.social/post/3muobnqtjok2kWho are the Republicans who think corruption has gone DOWN since 2024?? [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Sep 2026 05:54 +0000at://did:plc:2f2yjn3ekssf4fea6tnplnnv/app.bsky.feed.post/3muobnqtjok2khttps://bsky.app/profile/edgibney.bsky.social/post/3muobl2qgls2kYet another impeachable action by all staff involved in this. [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Sep 2026 05:53 +0000at://did:plc:2f2yjn3ekssf4fea6tnplnnv/app.bsky.feed.post/3muobl2qgls2khttps://bsky.app/profile/edgibney.bsky.social/post/3mumeupl3xs2bGreat work by the UN to find and alert countries about these leaks. Now to keep up the pressure on other polluters. I'm looking at you, China. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/31/turkmenistan-methane-leaks-un-alerts-mars https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/31/turkmenistan-methane-leaks-un-alerts-mars?utm_term=6a995a3c65360bc8f11578e5d4e1ea8b&utm_campaign=DownToEarth&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=greenlight_email03 Sep 2026 11:46 +0000at://did:plc:2f2yjn3ekssf4fea6tnplnnv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumeupl3xs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/edgibney.bsky.social/post/3mum7evx5cc2qWow! His claim to be here “to replace Labour” is getting even more literal. Good luck! [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Sep 2026 10:08 +0000at://did:plc:2f2yjn3ekssf4fea6tnplnnv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mum7evx5cc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/edgibney.bsky.social/post/3mulxjekp3c2qBillionaires behaving badly. Again. Is anyone surprised? Why do we let people get so powerful they feel they are above the law? https://www.espn.co.uk/nba/story/_/id/49806683/nba-punishes-la-clippers-kawhi-leonard-investigation-30-million-fine-steve-ballmer-suspensions-top-questions03 Sep 2026 07:47 +0000at://did:plc:2f2yjn3ekssf4fea6tnplnnv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mulxjekp3c2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/edgibney.bsky.social/post/3muls6tbggk2qThese delusions of certainty over supernatural spirits have no place in public office. [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Sep 2026 06:12 +0000at://did:plc:2f2yjn3ekssf4fea6tnplnnv/app.bsky.feed.post/3muls6tbggk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/edgibney.bsky.social/post/3mui55aje4s2cUtterly frightening. [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Sep 2026 19:17 +0000at://did:plc:2f2yjn3ekssf4fea6tnplnnv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mui55aje4s2chttps://bsky.app/profile/edgibney.bsky.social/post/3muhkuhbcyc2fFascinating to see Lamarckism being resurrected so forcefully. I'm always suspicious of these claims (they tend to go hand in hand with religious teleology) but as simply epigenetic explanations they seem an important enlargement of evolutionary theory. https://theconversation.com/updating-darwin-biologists-are-returning-to-an-older-theory-to-explain-anomalies-in-evolution-276549?utm_medium=article_native_share&utm_source=theconversation.com01 Sep 2026 13:50 +0000at://did:plc:2f2yjn3ekssf4fea6tnplnnv/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhkuhbcyc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/edgibney.bsky.social/post/3mucspcnjvc2gYespleaseyespleaseyespleaseyesplease. I already thought this is what the ex-prosecutor Kamala Harris should have been in charge of after T’s first term. Now someone needs to lead this so thoroughly. [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Aug 2026 16:27 +0000at://did:plc:2f2yjn3ekssf4fea6tnplnnv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mucspcnjvc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/edgibney.bsky.social/post/3muc7j5pemc2gAn Italian kid likes movies as he grows up. [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Aug 2026 10:44 +0000at://did:plc:2f2yjn3ekssf4fea6tnplnnv/app.bsky.feed.post/3muc7j5pemc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/edgibney.bsky.social/post/3mu3irh6khs2v🤮 Pitchforks and torches in our future… [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Aug 2026 18:41 +0000at://did:plc:2f2yjn3ekssf4fea6tnplnnv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3irh6khs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/edgibney.bsky.social/post/3mu3igfmrhc2vYes! Scientists need philosophy. Here are some excellent illustrations why. [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Aug 2026 18:35 +0000at://did:plc:2f2yjn3ekssf4fea6tnplnnv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3igfmrhc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/edgibney.bsky.social/post/3mu2mrkwigk2vProbably 7/7. 😂 https://winefolly.com/tips/7-things-you-do-when-youre-a-wine-geek/27 Aug 2026 10:20 +0000at://did:plc:2f2yjn3ekssf4fea6tnplnnv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2mrkwigk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/edgibney.bsky.social/post/3mu26oowzkc2q@markhamillofficial.bsky.social Just came across this from the LA Times on Aug 13. I think this often on Bluesky! 😂27 Aug 2026 06:08 +0000at://did:plc:2f2yjn3ekssf4fea6tnplnnv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu26oowzkc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/edgibney.bsky.social/post/3mtz4535w522yYes! Every time I see these I think the author doesn’t understand things well enough to explain it clearly. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Aug 2026 19:49 +0000at://did:plc:2f2yjn3ekssf4fea6tnplnnv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtz4535w522y