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Adriana Alcaraz Sánchez

@adrianaalsa.bsky.social
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Humanities Department, University Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona) Research on consciousness, dreaming, daydreaming, and imagination www.adriana-alcarazsanchez.xyz (she/her)

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Víctor M. Verdejo @victormverdejo.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Such an amazing PLM conference… thank you all! @logos-group.bsky.social @biap.bsky.social @upf.edu
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Marta Jorba @martajorba.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
📣 Crida a la participació: estudi sobre experiència interna en l’autisme! pompeufabraeec.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... @upf.edu @sdrecercaupf.bsky.social @victormverdejo.bsky.social
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Adriana Alcaraz Sánchez @adrianaalsa.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Did you have a dream last night that you can't recall? Perhaps you didn't dream anything at all! Happy to finally see this out (after what feels as a lifetime) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Did I have a dream last night? White dreaming as metacognitive feelings
While most research on sleep mentation focuses on dream reports, sleep experiences can also include reports lacking content, such as white dreaming—the feeling of knowing one dreamt but being unable ...
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Adriana Alcaraz Sánchez @adrianaalsa.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Nova publicació (aquest cop en català!) per a Compàs d'Amalgama sobre somnis lúcids, tècniques i gadgets per aconseguir ser lucid i qüestions ètiques sobre el seu ús: revistes.ub.edu/index.php/co...
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Són els somnis l'última frontera conquistable? | Compàs d'amalgama
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Adriana Alcaraz Sánchez @adrianaalsa.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
This last year turned out quite fruitful for my 'wider-audience articles' writing. Here's my latest essay, this time responding to an interesting call in SPAM magazine on the 'dreamification' of the internet. www.spamzine.co.uk/post/essay-s...
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(ESSAY) 'Sucked in by the dream world' by Adriana Alcaraz Sánchez
Philosopher Adriana Alcaraz Sánchez explores the transformative potential of dreams — from epic dreaming to dream incubation.
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Adriana Alcaraz Sánchez @adrianaalsa.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Kind reminder: if you accept a review for an article, review it within a reasonable timeline! Ideally, meet the deadline assigned by the editors (or 'almost'). It took me 9 months to hear back from the first round cos #reviewer2, and now I have been waiting another 5 months for the R&R🙃.
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Adriana Alcaraz Sánchez @adrianaalsa.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Can you be aware of nothing while you are asleep? I wrote a new piece on dreamless sleep experiences for @theconversation.com theconversation.com/can-you-be-a.... I also talk about some of the exciting findings from @tecferrer.bsky.social's research. Supported by @iashedinburgh.bsky.social
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Can you be aware of nothing? The rare sleep experience scientists are trying to understand
Western theories of consciousness tend to assume consciousness is about information.
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Teresa Campillo Ferrer @tecferrer.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Interested in dream hacking and altered states of consciousness? You can now read two short texts @adrianaalsa.bsky.social and I wrote for the audiovisual installation APARICIONES, exploring these themes! To find them, explore the interactive archive at: apariciones.net
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Apariciones
Apariciones.net – Archiving the immersive multimedia installation by Paula Abalos at ZIMMT Leipzig, exploring transitional states of consciousness between wakefulness and sleep.
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Adriana Alcaraz Sánchez @adrianaalsa.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
It was so refreshing to collaborate in this artistic project on liminal states of consciousness by Paula Ábalos (installation in Leipzig, Germany). I contributed a written piece on 'Dream hacking', which you need to find by interacting with the website :) apariciones.net
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Apariciones
Apariciones.net – Archiving the immersive multimedia installation by Paula Abalos at ZIMMT Leipzig, exploring transitional states of consciousness between wakefulness and sleep.
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Adriana Alcaraz Sánchez @adrianaalsa.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
We wrote some reflections about our recent workshop on Sleep, Rest, and Dreams. You can check it out here: projectsomnolence.com/blog; and a shorter version by me here: www.iash.ed.ac.uk/news/insight...
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Blog — Project Somnolence
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Adriana Alcaraz Sánchez @adrianaalsa.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
I used to pride myself on not rejecting articles unless they were utterly bad, but after years of peer reviewing, I had realised this wasn't the best. Oftentimes, I ended up giving 'major revisions' to what was indeed a 'write a new article', and I don't think it was fair to the author(s)
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Yolanda Díaz @yolandadiaz.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Condeno firmemente el secuestro del barco Madleen, que transportaba ayuda humanitaria a Gaza. Esta violación del derecho internacional exige una respuesta clara y contundente de la UE. Toda la solidaridad con las personas voluntarias retenidas. Exigimos su liberación cuanto antes. #AllEyesOnMadleen
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Adriana Alcaraz Sánchez @adrianaalsa.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
We still have some in-person spaces, and countless of tickets for online attendance to our workshop on sleep and rest this Thursday at IASH. Sign up here for free www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/insights-o...
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Insights on Sleep and Rest: Perspectives from the Arts and Humanities
An event exploring our relationship to sleep and rest from the methods and perspectives of disciplines within the arts and humanities.
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Adriana Alcaraz Sánchez @adrianaalsa.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
I'm so excited to be organising this interdisciplinary and arts practice-based workshop with my friends from the projectsomnolence.com Kevin Leomo and Maria Sledmere! Free and open to all (not just for academics!) www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/insights-o...
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Insights on Sleep and Rest: Perspectives from the Arts and Humanities
An event exploring our relationship to sleep and rest from the methods and perspectives of disciplines within the arts and humanities.
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Adriana Alcaraz Sánchez @adrianaalsa.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Pequeña mención mía en este artículo en el País sobre la mente en blanco elpais.com/salud-y-bien...
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El cerebro se ‘duerme’ cuando se queda en blanco
Los últimos estudios sobre este fenómeno lo consideran un estado cerebral que recuerda al del sueño
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Thomas Andrillon @thomasandrillon.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
With immense pleasure, here is our #TICS opinion paper on "mind blanking"! @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social **Where is my mind?** A neurocognitive investigation of mind blanking www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... With Jenny Windt, @antoinelutz.bsky.social and @ademertzi.bsky.social
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Adriana Alcaraz Sánchez @adrianaalsa.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
First in person talk of the year - and in a very nice room at IASH
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Adriana Michalak, PhD @dr-adri.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Is there anything better than staying cozy in PJ? Yes, doing it for an important cause! Today, I’m joining @esrs.bsky.social #SleepAwarnessEurope2025 Pyjama Day initiative to promote the importance of healthy sleeping habits and their impact on overall health and well-being. 💤 👕 💤 #PJDay25ESRS
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Thomas Metzinger @metzinger.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
The 2025 Neuroscience of Pure Awareness Prize has been announced. The 2025 Computational Phenomenology of Pure Awareness Prize has been announced. mpe-project.info/the-mpe-proj...
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The MPE Project – MPE Project
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Adriana Alcaraz Sánchez @adrianaalsa.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Thread: I keep coming across academic conferences with these two contradictory statements: "in-person only, no possibility for online presentations" and "free to attend, to broad participation and accessibility".
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ispsm @ispsm.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Very excited to announce ISPSM’s preliminary programme and call for abstracts for this year’s conference! ✨ Deadline for submission: 01/05/2025 See philevents.org/event/show/1... for full event details. #philsky
Call for abstract announced for ISPSM 2025: see https://philevents.org/event/show/133458 for more information.
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Adriana Alcaraz Sánchez @adrianaalsa.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Happy Marie Skłodowska Curie Rejection Day for those who celebrate!🤓 And for those selected, first, congrats! second, tell me your secrets 🧐
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Víctor M. Verdejo @victormverdejo.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Excited to have been awarded a Fundación Ramón Areces grant to explore the connection between interpersonal and intrapersonal communication, and its manifestations in autism and schizophrenia. Teaming up with @martajorba.bsky.social @adrianaalsa.bsky.social www.upf.edu/web/focus/w/...
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Polaris Koi @polariskoi.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Hi colleagues, consider sending an abstract to our workshop, Perspectives on #Agency and #Disadvantage! CFP just live. Disciplines across #philosophy, #psychology, #socialscience etc. are warmly welcome. See link for the details, and please help spread the word! sites.utu.fi/agencyprojec...
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2025 Agency and Disadvantage Workshop | agencyproject
We are pleased to announce the upcoming workshop, Perspectives on Agency and Disadvantage. The CFP is now open – please consider submitting your work! &nbsp ...
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Adriana Alcaraz Sánchez @adrianaalsa.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
I don't think I was this distracted and unproductive since the old days of lockdown and WFH. #stormÉowyn
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Richard Fisher @richardfisher.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
If you're an academic who might like to write a longform essay for @aeon.co, I'm accepting pitches! I specialise in physics/astronomy/space, earth science, environment, and technology + more. #science, #physics ⚛️, #geosciences, #paleontology #astronomy, #philtech, #histsci, #SciComm #science
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Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy @lmu-mcmp.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Job-opening at LMU Munich: Assistant Professor in Metaphysics (fixed-term). Please help us spread the word. Further details at: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/b...
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wanjawiese.bsky.social @wanjawiese.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Call for abstracts: Workshop “Evaluating Artificial Consciousness”: eac-2025.sciencesconf.org 10-11 June 2025 at RUB Bochum #PhilMind #consciousness #consci #sentience #Ethics #CogSci
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Evaluating Artificial Consciousness 2025 - Sciencesconf.org
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Jodie Russell @jelliedsours.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Just a reminder, the deadline for abstracts for our special collecting in Adaptive Behaviour on "Prospects for the Science of Enaction" is two weeks away! #philsky #cogsci #philmind #philsci journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/cm...
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Michael Gaebler @michaelgaebler.com · 02/01/2025
Happy new year, fellow MindBrainBody researchers! Looking forward to seeing you at the MindBrainBody Symposium in a few months. By the way, the deadline for submission and/or registration: 📆 January 15, 2025 You can do so here: www.mindbrainbody.de
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Adriana Alcaraz Sánchez @adrianaalsa.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Do you want to know more about "lucid sleep" and how can this state be induced and examined using neurophenomenologically-inspired research methods? Then check this out! philosophymindscience.org/index.php/ph...
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Exploring “lucid sleep” and altered states of consciousness using meditation and visual stimulation: A case series study | Philosophy and the Mind Sciences
Philosophy and the Mind Sciences (PhiMiSci) focuses on the interface between philosophy of mind, psychology, and cognitive neuroscience. PhiMiSci is a peer-reviewed, not-for-profit open-access journal...
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Emily Herring @emilyherring.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
I'm doing a final BOOK GIVEAWAY for my biography of Henri Bergson, Herald of a Restless World. For a chance to win and find out why a philosopher's lectures caused the first ever traffic jam on Broadway *share this post and tag someone in the comments*! I'll announce the winner on Monday Dec 23!
Book cover (UK) for Herald of a Restless World. How Henri Bergson Brought Philosophy to the People by Emily Herring. A portrait of Henri Bergson (middle aged man with a moustache) appears swept away in swirls of abstract colourBook cover (US) for Herald of a Restless World. How Henri Bergson Brought Philosophy to the People by Emily Herring. A disembodied black bowler hat floats on a turquoise background.
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Academic guilt season starts today, winter edition. Feel guilty if working, feel guilty if not.
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Adriana Alcaraz Sánchez @adrianaalsa.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Great post by Mary Peterson on cancelling, sexual harassment and philosophy (discussing McGinn's case) www.thephilosopher1923.org/post/on-canc...
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“On Cancelling and Repair”: An essay by Mary Peterson (Keywords: Sexual Harassment; Restorative Justice; Carceral Feminism; himpathy; Trauma; Universities)
"For restorative justice to work, the perpetrators’ delusions, entitlement, rationalizations, and smearing of victims must stop."
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Adriana Alcaraz Sánchez @adrianaalsa.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
All I want for Xmas is [the overdue reviews of my paper] 🎄🎁
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Jodie Russell @jelliedsours.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Our CFP is also up on Adaptive Behaviour! Deadline for abstracts is Jan 27th: journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/cm...
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Jodie Russell @jelliedsours.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Very happy to share that my article “Psychiatry as mind-shaping” has now been published open access in Erkenntnis! Check it out here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Psychiatry as Mind-shaping - Erkenntnis
I argue that psychiatric researchers, clinicians, and the wider public actively regulate the minds of individuals with mental disorder through the prescriptive processes of mind-shaping (see Andrews i...
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Adriana Alcaraz Sánchez @adrianaalsa.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Publication day! My latest paper is (finally) out. Here, I introduce a multidimensional framework to taxonomise different states of minimal awareness across sleep and wakefulness. And with this, all the material from my PhD is published :) philosophymindscience.org/index.php/ph...
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Minimal states of awareness across sleep and wakefulness: A multidimensional framework to guide scientific research | Philosophy and the Mind Sciences
Philosophy and the Mind Sciences (PhiMiSci) focuses on the interface between philosophy of mind, psychology, and cognitive neuroscience. PhiMiSci is a peer-reviewed, not-for-profit open-access journal...
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Ethan Landes @ethanlandes.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
The 2025 Euro #Xphi conference has just been announced for July 10-12 at University of East Anglia. The subfield is very friendly and supportive, and so I highly recommend the conference, especially if you are just starting out your empirical journey x-phi.uea.ac.uk/EuroX-Phi202... #philsky
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5th European Experimental Philosophy Conference
A group of experimental philosophers at the University of East Anglia
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Adriana Alcaraz Sánchez @adrianaalsa.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
"To what extent does daydreaming involve an experience of dreaming while awake?" I explore this question on this blogpost for The Junkyard junkyardofthemind.com/blog/2024/12...
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Dreaming while awake? The case of maladaptive daydreaming (MD) — The Junkyard
A post by Adriana Alcaraz Sánchez We tend to say that someone who is daydreaming is distracted, thinking about something else, absorbed in their own musings. We use the term to characterise the exp...
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Adriana Alcaraz Sánchez @adrianaalsa.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Our letting agents like to send us this annual email with "Winter Weather Tips: Protect yourself and your property". I guess we could do with proper insulation at our property, but alas, LAYERING is a very good alternative too. Never thought about it
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Jodie Russell @jelliedsours.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
📣Calling all enactivists and critics! Russell Meyer, Marilyn Stendera and myself are guest editing a special issue for Adaptive Behaviour called "Prospects for the science of Enaction" and are looking for contributions! You can read more about our call here: listserv.liv.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa?A...
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LISTSERV 16.5 - PHILOS-L Archives
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Adriana Alcaraz Sánchez @adrianaalsa.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Give the DRL a follow! Great resources for teaching and diversifying the philosophy curriculum
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Adriana Alcaraz Sánchez @adrianaalsa.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
After so many years in the UK I still find it shocking how difficult is to find any suitable place to be after 6pm other than a pub. I had two hours to kill before my train. Options: die at the freezing cold station, noisy pub or overpriced coffee shop chain
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Journal of Applied Philosophy @the-joap.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Philosophers! Please follow & share our new account with your colleagues - we would ultimately like to move away from Twitter/X. #philosophy #philosophers #appliedphilosophy #philosophyjournal
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Marta Jorba @martajorba.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Bases published for the 3-year postdocs Beatriu de Pinós for people having at least two years of experience outside Spain. If you would like apply with us at @upfbarcelona.bsky.social please write to me. Info about the project INACT and our interests here: www.upf.edu/web/inact/
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INACT Inner Speech in Action: New Perspectives
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Olivier Sartenaer @osartenaer.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
I’m thrilled to co-chair, with Marie I. Kaiser, the PC of the 10th biennial meeting of the European Philosophy of Science Association, to be held in Groningen on August 27-30, 2025. The conference CFP is out: philsci.eu/EPSA25/CfP Deadline for submissions is January 31. Hope to see you there!
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Nadine Dijkstra @nadinedijkstra.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
JOB ALERT: We are recruiting a research assistant in the Imagine Reality Lab to work on a project using MEG decoding to distinguish between different theories of consciousness 🧠 Get in touch if you have any questions about the role's scientific details. Please share! www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
NEW: "Moving Off X: An Open Letter from UK Journalists" UK political journalists: "Twitter was, for a long time, the place to be for UK politics. We believe that time is now over... "We have taken the decision to move over to other platforms, in particular Bluesky" docs.google.com/document/d/1...
We have used Twitter – now X – for many years. It has been a resource for story-gathering, network-building, and a megaphone for getting public-interest stories to a wider audience. And it has been a well of ideas and discourse. 
Unfortunately that well is now poisoned.
All of us have seen X become more toxic and broken since Elon Musk took over in 2022. 
Feeds have become less useful. Engagement has plummeted, except for those who will pay. Replies gain traction not through merit, but through the corrupted blue-tick system. 
We have seen hate speech and abuse deliberately dialled up and amplified, boosted not just by the algorithm, but by the owner himself. 
And England’s racist summer riots were one of many factors suggesting to us that X is not a neutral platform, but a space that now seems to glorify misinformation at a great cost to our public sphere. 
Millions of people are ditching X, and we are doing so, too. We have taken the view that it is no longer a useful tool for objective reporting, but a weapon being wielded by a narrowing ideological set. 
A tipping point is coming. Perhaps we are already in it. 
After much consideration, we have taken the decision to move over to other platforms, in particular Bluesky. For some of us that means instantly deleting our X accounts, for others it is a more gradual process. 
But we are all putting the majority of our efforts into building more constructive online spaces elsewhere for political dialogue and reporting. 
Bluesky is becoming a new hub for political discussion, and we encourage other UK journalists to join and become active. We are already seeing far higher engagement on our posts there than we’ve seen recently on X. 
And importantly, the mechanisms to limit abuse actually work. 
We enjoyed Twitter while it lasted. It played an important role in shaping many of our careers. And it was, for a long time, the place to be for UK politics. We believe that time is now over. 
Twitter is dead. Long live Twitter
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