David Lynch, the surrealist artist behind such film and TV works as “Mulholland Drive” and “Twin Peaks,” has died. He was 78. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2025-01-16/david-lynch-dead-obit-filmmaker-twin-peaks?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_ 

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"From a classical (even cybernetic) perspective, technology is an extension of the body." - Simulacra and Simulation

"Obscenity is not confined to sexuality, because today there is a pornography of information and communication, a pornography of circuits and networks, of functions and objects in their legibility, availability, regulation, forced signification, capacity to perform..." - The Ecstasy of Communication

The bells at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris ring out for the first time since the 2019 fire

Notre-Dame reopens to the public this weekend. The achievement thus far is astonishing and historic, our architecture writes. Here’s an inside look at the rebuilding effort of the cathedral since the 2019 fire. nyti.ms/4ilgX4r

"The construction of the object leads retroactively to the construction of the drive, which constructs the object" (André Green, 2000).

The ‘acoustic mirror’ (Guy Rosolato) is where the maternal voice forms a bridge between body and language, self and Other. It’s not just sound—it’s a first home for identity, holding us before words do. #psychoanalysis

If you haven't thought about watching Die Hard, it's because Christmas hasn't started yet (a special thought for Bruce Willis and his family).

The moment you can challenge the hegemony of a social network, you gain freedom.

A self-portrait is a trace, a reflection of a moment. But on social networks, it often becomes an empty surface, where the lived moment is erased, because the photo is taken only to be published. These photos are no longer a memory, they exist to be forgotten.

Our mood affects our web browsing patterns, which in turn affects our moods, in a feedback loop that may exacerbate mental health issues, according to new research. #Psychology #Cyberpsychology

Repost if you think Bluesky is the best platform for socializing - the way a social network should be.

Therapy is not a profession in which you will get rich quick - or even slowly. - Nina Coltart

What is #cyberpsychology? Cyberpsychology analyzes the psychic processes and their transformations that emerge from interactions between humans and technologies (Tisseron & Tordo, 2021).

#Cyberpsychology This paper highlights interest in #belonging theory and #AI chatbots. jrtdd.com/index.php/jo...

this tweet brings up numerous issues with regard to identity, selfhood, personhood, the unconscious, and affective epistemology; in this essay I will

My one constructive criticism on BlueSky, as a community: we need to “like” less and “retweet” more. In the absence of an algorithm, that’s the way we find each other and reward good content.

An acerbic critique of contemporary society, particularly American society: of beauty reduced to a commodity, of visceral fear and hatred in the face of the loss of one's own youth... A masterful portrayal by Demi Moore and a particularly effective direction by Coralie Fargeat.

Most excellent cover art (Insta: ninjajo_art) for my upcoming edited volume in the Digital Formations Series (Peter Lang). It brings together the work of 38 scholars from 12 countries--empiricists, engineers, ethicists, philosophers, rhetoricians, critical scholars--to unpack robot sociality.

A few minor revisions to be made, but it's accepted by The International Journal of Psychoanalysis!

So many folks haven’t clocked that there has been a seismic change in the landscape of social media. People don’t want an app that just advertises Mr Beast to them the same way they don’t want one that just yells the N-word at them while trying to convince you Trans folk are bad actually. We’re done

People imagine their migration from X to Bluesky as that of birds. This is possible because the Internet is also, unconsciously, a representation of space #cyberpsychology

When I'm on my smartphone, I'm also in my head. This extension of the psyche creates a paradoxical intimacy where what is intimate becomes partly external to oneself, while being dynamically experienced as internal #cyberpsychology

Our ego extends to technologies. More precisely, our psychic surface extends to technology, which becomes that surface itself. This is why, when we interact with machines, we are also inside our ego. This is why entering a telephone is experienced as an invasion of intimacy #cyberpsychology

When we are connected to a technology, not only does our psyche expand, but our psychic processes are transformed in return. The acceleration of our existence can be seen metaphorically as the consequence of an increased connection to the machine #cyberpsychology

At the risk of reading too much into Bluesky’s success at the moment, I do think it’s a signal that people don’t want to be surrounded by bots and manipulated algorithms AI can only go so far. We want human connection.

The most intimate expression of subjectivity needs to find an echo in another in order to receive its meaning. —Andre Green

Artificial intelligence is an extension of the self. However, the parts of oneself thus extended depend on the person interacting with it. For some people, for example, it serves as a cognitive prosthesis, i.e. both as an extension of brain functions and as their replacement or assistance.

Psychodynamic therapy is valuable because it has been an incubator of psychotherapeutic innovation for almost a century. Most of the contemporary psychotherapies, and many developed and discarded along the way, have emerged from it. - Summers & Barber (2010)

Hello Bluesky, I forgot to introduce myself. I'm Frédéric Tordo, a clinical psychologist (PhD) in Paris, and also a researcher in contemporary psychopathology. I use Bluesky as a kind of notepad of spontaneous thoughts, with the idea of exchanging in a similar way with the community !

It's hard to find networks where people don't sell themselves. Bluesky seems to me a fine alternative for authenticity, until it's probably invaded by the commercial world. Hey guys, you're not a product!

AI will obviously be better at diagnosing my car or my body. But is this really what we expect from doctors?

Identity is not a fixed thing. It is constantly recomposed and multiple. Increasingly, it is freed from the body to make way for other forms of subjective expression.

The doves migrate to Blue-sky.

The contemporary subject has the feeling that his or her identity is fake or falsified, which exposes him or her to the risk of developing a syndrome of imposture.

The problem of the contemporary subject is to believe that he can solve his existential problems by consuming objects.

Today, it's hard to find a social network that values thought more than image.

These days, some people feel empty. They have neither opinion nor ideology. Their existential horizon is limited to consumption aimed at satisfying needs they don't have - neo-needs.

Democracy means accepting that some people are "anti-vax" or anti-psychoanalysis, for example, and listening to them and treating them with respect. This does not mean, however, that scientists should be equally tolerant.

La démocratie, c’est accepter que certaines personnes soient "anti-vax" ou anti-psychanalyse par exemple, les écouter et les traiter avec respect. Cela ne signifie pas pour autant que les scientifiques doivent faire preuve de la même tolérance.

Criticism is easy. Creating something worth criticizing is the hard part.

Nous sommes entrés dans une société post-genre, où il est possible de s’abstraire, en partie, de son sexe et donc de la différence des sexes. Cette nouvelle réalité est étroitement liée à la virtualisation de nos existences.

Another day, another million new people have joined Bluesky! 18M users? 🙂‍↔️ 18M friends 🙂‍↕️

If you’re watching us from outside the United States, it’s pretty much as bad as it looks.

Sur Bluesky, on rencontre des humains. L’humanité nous manque. Nous pouvons la recréer partout où le vide de la pensée et l'indifférence ont remplacé le respect et l’empathie envers l’autre en tant qu’autre. Right ?