Liam Wignall
@liamwignall.bsky.social
In no particular order: Academic, Psychologist, Kink/BDSM/Sex Researcher, Gay, ADHD, Weightlifter, Reader.
Co-Editor: Psychology & Sexuality
www.thekinkscale.com
Co-Editor: Psychology & Sexuality
www.thekinkscale.com
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It's time to remove laptops from classrooms.
24 experiments: Students learn more and get better grades after taking notes by hand than typing. It's not just because they're less distracted—writing enables deeper processing and more images.
The pen is mightier than the keyboard.
24 experiments: Students learn more and get better grades after taking notes by hand than typing. It's not just because they're less distracted—writing enables deeper processing and more images.
The pen is mightier than the keyboard.
November 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
It's time to remove laptops from classrooms.
24 experiments: Students learn more and get better grades after taking notes by hand than typing. It's not just because they're less distracted—writing enables deeper processing and more images.
The pen is mightier than the keyboard.
24 experiments: Students learn more and get better grades after taking notes by hand than typing. It's not just because they're less distracted—writing enables deeper processing and more images.
The pen is mightier than the keyboard.
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This is one of the worst, most horrifying exposures we have ever seen. It is hard to overstate how bad the things that people are using tools like for are, and it's insane to pretend like these tools are anything other than nonconsensual porn machines
www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
Massive Leak Shows Erotic Chatbot Users Turned Women’s Yearbook Pictures Into AI Porn
Chatbot roleplay and image generator platform SecretDesires.ai left cloud storage containers of nearly two million of images and videos exposed, including photos and full names of women from social me...
www.404media.co
November 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM
This is one of the worst, most horrifying exposures we have ever seen. It is hard to overstate how bad the things that people are using tools like for are, and it's insane to pretend like these tools are anything other than nonconsensual porn machines
www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
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While “No Nut November” is a relatively recent phenomenon, it has deep roots and reflects humans’ longstanding and very complicated relationship with self-pleasure. Dr. Eric Sprankle https://www.sexandpsychology.com/blog/podcast/episode-450-the-weird-history-of-masturbation/
Episode 450: The Weird History Of Masturbation - Sex and Psychology
In today's show, we're talking about the history of masturbation and why our relationship with self-pleasure is so complicated.
www.sexandpsychology.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:30 PM
While “No Nut November” is a relatively recent phenomenon, it has deep roots and reflects humans’ longstanding and very complicated relationship with self-pleasure. Dr. Eric Sprankle https://www.sexandpsychology.com/blog/podcast/episode-450-the-weird-history-of-masturbation/
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Far too little attention's given to this in research methods training. And since online surveys are now the default method - wrongly assumed to be quick, easy and cheap - we're in a big mess of our own making.
Even if 'real people' respond, surveys are often so badly designed data is meaningless.
Even if 'real people' respond, surveys are often so badly designed data is meaningless.
We can no longer trust that survey responses are coming from real people.”
A Researcher Made an AI That Completely Breaks the Online Surveys Scientists Rely On
We can no longer trust that survey responses are coming from real people.”
www.404media.co
November 18, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Far too little attention's given to this in research methods training. And since online surveys are now the default method - wrongly assumed to be quick, easy and cheap - we're in a big mess of our own making.
Even if 'real people' respond, surveys are often so badly designed data is meaningless.
Even if 'real people' respond, surveys are often so badly designed data is meaningless.
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Just made this. I’m a widely respected intellectual, you know
November 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Just made this. I’m a widely respected intellectual, you know
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Although only 2-3% of people say they're currently in an open relationship, about 1 in 5 say they've had an open relationship before. https://www.sexandpsychology.com/blog/2019/4/17/one-in-five-people-report-having-been-in-a-sexually-open-relationship/
One in Five People Report Having Been in a Sexually Open Relationship - Sex and Psychology
How many people have ever been involved in a consensual non-monogamous (CNM) relationship before? The results of two recent studies involving nationally representative samples (one from the United States and one from Canada) reached nearly identical conclusions: approximately 20% (or 1 in 5) respondents said they had.The U.S. study is from 2016 and it was previously covered on the blog here; however, the Canadian study just came out, so here are a few of the highlights from it.
www.sexandpsychology.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Although only 2-3% of people say they're currently in an open relationship, about 1 in 5 say they've had an open relationship before. https://www.sexandpsychology.com/blog/2019/4/17/one-in-five-people-report-having-been-in-a-sexually-open-relationship/
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a mental health crisis among British students whilst universities are pushing faculty to accept or even encourage students using generative AI is a catastrophe waiting to happen
1.This is not the only known example we know of ChatGPT cheering on a vulnerable young person to die by suicide, this time it is a recent Texas A&M grad
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 9:19 PM
a mental health crisis among British students whilst universities are pushing faculty to accept or even encourage students using generative AI is a catastrophe waiting to happen
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Can everyone please just stop using AI until it's actually good
November 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Can everyone please just stop using AI until it's actually good
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Evidence that academics have been complaining about service roles for about 3000 years...
November 2, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Evidence that academics have been complaining about service roles for about 3000 years...
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Mariah Carey - It's Time!!!! (2025)
YouTube video by Mariah Carey
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November 1, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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How a free weekly breakfast initiative at one university’s School of Chemistry has strengthened student belonging, improved attendance and proved surprisingly easy to sustain on a small budget: https://ow.ly/YHbJ50XjT8f #Academia #HigherEd #AcademicSky #EduSky
October 31, 2025 at 10:05 AM
How a free weekly breakfast initiative at one university’s School of Chemistry has strengthened student belonging, improved attendance and proved surprisingly easy to sustain on a small budget: https://ow.ly/YHbJ50XjT8f #Academia #HigherEd #AcademicSky #EduSky
This feels very relatable...
Logged in to ScholarOne for the journal I co-edit and jfc we had as many submissions in 2 weeks as we used to receive in 6 months 😱 Just so you understand why journal desk rejects these days give no feedback - we just can't at this wild volume. Is it the same for other journals and editors?
October 31, 2025 at 8:34 AM
This feels very relatable...
Hard hitting but unsurprising to see my childhood home in the top 1% of most deprived
October 31, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Hard hitting but unsurprising to see my childhood home in the top 1% of most deprived
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Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that £1 of public R&D investment generates £8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
The value of public R&D
www.gov.uk
October 30, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that £1 of public R&D investment generates £8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Judge rules George R.R. Martin and other authors can sue OpenAI for copyright infringement
• Said ChatGPT generated 'Game of Thrones' content similar enough to infringe copyright
• OpenAI’s motion to dismiss was denied
• Said ChatGPT generated 'Game of Thrones' content similar enough to infringe copyright
• OpenAI’s motion to dismiss was denied
October 30, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Judge rules George R.R. Martin and other authors can sue OpenAI for copyright infringement
• Said ChatGPT generated 'Game of Thrones' content similar enough to infringe copyright
• OpenAI’s motion to dismiss was denied
• Said ChatGPT generated 'Game of Thrones' content similar enough to infringe copyright
• OpenAI’s motion to dismiss was denied
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TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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The official home of the Python Programming Language
www.python.org
October 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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This genuinely made me want a bowl of scouse, as it's been well over 10 years since I've last had one 🥲
The legend that is the Japanese Ambassador to the UK enjoying a bowl of Scouse in Liverpool
October 25, 2025 at 11:22 AM
This genuinely made me want a bowl of scouse, as it's been well over 10 years since I've last had one 🥲
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I want you to imagine what you would have said in 2005 if someone told you a company would do this and not only get away with it, but evade wide public outrage
"OpenAI twice loosened ChatGPT’s rules for discussing suicide in the year before 16-year-old Adam Raine took his own life using a method the chatbot advised him on, according to an amended lawsuit filed by his parents on Wednesday."
OpenAI Loosened Suicide-Talk Rules Before Teen’s Death, Lawsuit Alleges
An amended complaint from the parents of Adam Raine, a 16-year-old who died by suicide, alleges the changes were part of a push to increase engagement.
www.wsj.com
October 23, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I want you to imagine what you would have said in 2005 if someone told you a company would do this and not only get away with it, but evade wide public outrage
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Can women be as big of losers as men? An investigation
“Prompt parties,” gatherings of women over cheese and wine to chat about how ChatGPT can help them, are emerging as the next-generation of Tupperware party in San Francisco.
Wine, Cheese and ChatGPT: Ladies’ Night in San Francisco
www.nytimes.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Can women be as big of losers as men? An investigation
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www.bbc.com/news/article...
Is so frustrating that the BBC can write an article about the cost of chocolate soaring from £2,607 to £8,567 a tonne. Yet make absolutely zero mention of the fact climate change is one of the driving forces behind crop failures.
Is so frustrating that the BBC can write an article about the cost of chocolate soaring from £2,607 to £8,567 a tonne. Yet make absolutely zero mention of the fact climate change is one of the driving forces behind crop failures.
Penguin and Club bars can no longer be described as chocolate
The rising cost of cocoa has led to the manufacturers changing their recipe.
www.bbc.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:43 PM
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Is so frustrating that the BBC can write an article about the cost of chocolate soaring from £2,607 to £8,567 a tonne. Yet make absolutely zero mention of the fact climate change is one of the driving forces behind crop failures.
Is so frustrating that the BBC can write an article about the cost of chocolate soaring from £2,607 to £8,567 a tonne. Yet make absolutely zero mention of the fact climate change is one of the driving forces behind crop failures.
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Starmer has just ended, by dictatorial fiat, a harm-reduction policy that protected minority groups dating back to the murder of Stephen Lawrence, because he hates trans people.
1993: Stephen Lawrence is murdered by racists.
1999: The MacPherson Inquiry recommends recording of non-crime hate incidents.
2005: After the Discrimination Law Review, non-crime hate incidents begin being recorded by UK police.
2025: Mainstream transphobia ends a harm reduction policy that worked.
1999: The MacPherson Inquiry recommends recording of non-crime hate incidents.
2005: After the Discrimination Law Review, non-crime hate incidents begin being recorded by UK police.
2025: Mainstream transphobia ends a harm reduction policy that worked.
Met Police says it will no longer investigate non-crime hate incidents
The move comes as an investigation into Father Ted creator Graham Linehan is dropped, after his arrest over a post on X.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 21, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Starmer has just ended, by dictatorial fiat, a harm-reduction policy that protected minority groups dating back to the murder of Stephen Lawrence, because he hates trans people.
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READ: Locktober (and beyond) – Thinking About Chastity. “why would anybody lock themselves up and deny themselves pleasure?! Well, this blog discusses some of the things people give up, the impact of chastity, but also explores why ...” by @liamwignall.bsky.social. 📲 bit.ly/Article-Chas...
Locktober (and beyond) – Thinking About Chastity
In this most recent article, Dr Liam Wignall talks about the motivation to explore chastity, engage with Locktober, and lock your penis away.
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October 20, 2025 at 4:26 PM
READ: Locktober (and beyond) – Thinking About Chastity. “why would anybody lock themselves up and deny themselves pleasure?! Well, this blog discusses some of the things people give up, the impact of chastity, but also explores why ...” by @liamwignall.bsky.social. 📲 bit.ly/Article-Chas...
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wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors
“With fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.”
www.404media.co
October 17, 2025 at 1:15 AM
wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
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It's worth reiterating that independent creators are getting debanked for the same content
Sam Altman suggests ChatGPT is cannibalizing your fanfic and erotica to make its own clanker porn, rolling out this December.
ChatGPT just got filthy after new update lets it talk dirty to you
'You won't get it unless you ask for it.'
metro.co.uk
October 16, 2025 at 4:27 AM
It's worth reiterating that independent creators are getting debanked for the same content
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Research on sexting disproportionately focuses on the darker side (e.g., unsolicited nudes, harassment); however, there's a positive side to sexting too, and it can help to strengthen intimate relationships. https://www.sexandpsychology.com/blog/2024/12/18/the-technological-aspects-of-sexting/
The Technological Aspects of Sexting - Sex and Psychology
Sexting is an increasingly common form of sexual expression. But how is it affecting us? And how is sexting changing as modern technology evolves?
www.sexandpsychology.com
October 12, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Research on sexting disproportionately focuses on the darker side (e.g., unsolicited nudes, harassment); however, there's a positive side to sexting too, and it can help to strengthen intimate relationships. https://www.sexandpsychology.com/blog/2024/12/18/the-technological-aspects-of-sexting/