This is a turning point. We Europeans have the power to push X into irrelevance across our continent. Freeze or delete your accounts now. Media, it’s time to stop citing X. Dozens of universities are leading the way. Let’s limit Elon Musk’s influence in 🇪🇺. #eXit #SciXit #Democracy - ThreadSky

zolke.bsky.social • 35 days ago

This is a turning point.

We Europeans have the power to push X into irrelevance across our continent. Freeze or delete your accounts now.

Media, it’s time to stop citing X.

Dozens of universities are leading the way. Let’s limit Elon Musk’s influence in 🇪🇺.

#eXit #SciXit #Democracy

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degfreedom.bsky.social•33 days ago

without solid evidence.
I call it #activism. #esotericism

and embarrassing for academy, which should value the scientific method and engage in argument and controversy

zolke.bsky.social•33 days ago

Exactly. We engage. With more than enough extremists, fact-deniers & academic foes on LinkedIn, Facebook, Threads, Instagram, TikTok, even here.

Solid proof? Seen the Queensland study? It analysed numbers but couldn't access X's algorithm. If that's your bar, Musk ensured you'll never be convinced.

degfreedom.bsky.social•33 days ago

This study has been invalidated by many https://x.com/solomonmg/status/1858161530916749389?s=61&t=o6sJjTICjI0qsJr0Krp8aQ

Anyway, science is about engaging in discussion rather than escaping controversy. I am deeply saddened that #eXit and #SciXit never engaged in a public discussion before spreading their ideas (“Queensland study”) among institutes.

daangermouseau.bsky.social•34 days ago

I’ve even created a Meme you can use royalty free!

mickus.bsky.social•35 days ago

Das ist der entscheidende Punkt: die Seriösität von „X“ als Quelle grundsätzlich in Frage zu stellen.

herrtobe.bsky.social•22 days ago

X is far too easy to use for journalists to stop. As long as embedding is quick and represents the “voice of the street,” it will stay.

zolke.bsky.social•21 days ago

Influential journalists like @arminwolf.at, media outlets like @theguardian.com, federal ministries, universities, authors, have left—and their experience shows: #eXit was the right decision.

tvshowsrock.bsky.social•35 days ago

Ugh i wish anericans would do this. So many said they were leaving X but when they saw not many people are here, they continued to post on X

zolke.bsky.social•35 days ago

@tvshowsrock.bsky.social they should listen to their fellow American Sam Harris.

"And perhaps a note to journalists, scientists, writers, and other people with actual reputations to protect, and lives to live: None of this gets any better until you all decide to leave X."

zolke.bsky.social•35 days ago

"You know it's a cesspool. You know it's harming our society. Most of you know it's harming your lives, personally. By merely being there—and making it seem like everyone has to be there, because everyone is there—you are helping to build the tool that is making fact-based conversation impossible."

marycateismary.bsky.social•35 days ago

Thank yo for the courage to do the right thing. I hope we can get thru the next 4yrs & turn things around. Please don’t lose hope that we can return.

aspiring-geek83.bsky.social•35 days ago

If EU governments had any spine, they'd declare Musk a terrorist and freeze his assets for all his attempts to meddle with politics. As usual, it is left to the maligned intellectuals to lead the charge of the resistance.

zolke.bsky.social•35 days ago

Let's roll then.

zolke.bsky.social•35 days ago

“Scientific integrity, transparency and a democratic culture of debate are values important to us as a university but which have increasingly taken a back seat on X”.

https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-europe-germany-2025-1-german-universities-elaborate-on-why-they-are-leaving-x-in-droves

zolke.bsky.social•35 days ago

“The platform’s current direction is not compatible with the basic values of the institutions concerned – openness to the world, scientific integrity, transparency and democratic discourse”. #eXit

https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/dozens-of-universities-in-germany-turn-backs-on-elon-musks-x-social-network

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