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Liam Wignall

@liamwignall.bsky.social

In no particular order: Academic, Psychologist, Kink/BDSM/Sex Researcher, Gay, ADHD, Weightlifter, Reader. Co-Editor: Psychology & Sexuality

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MwahahahahahadScientist@mads100tist.bsky.social · last mo.

This is it. This is what everyone is enabling by humoring genAI: you spend months writing something that took you years to get at, for an opaque algorithm that a few control to spit a number and cut you off right there and then. This is what we're up against 🧪

John Stott@jpsastro.bsky.social · last mo.

Had a UKRI funded grant proposal rejected at the "AI triage stage". "This AI-based triage was used only to identify approximately 50% of the strongest proposals to take forward to full human review." 🧪 #academicsky

I am writing to let you know that, unfortunately, your application was not successful. Review process As part of the initial triage of the 179 proposals submitted to this call, each was assessed using an AI-based review. Every proposal was read independently by several different AI models against the same seven criteria used to shape this call (including cyber security relevance, research quality and novelty, importance of the problem addressed, feasibility of the project plan, likely outputs and impact, value for money, and responsible research practice), with each model asked to give a score and a written justification with supporting quotations from the text. To guard against any one model's idiosyncrasies, we also ran a second, independent process in which different AI models debated the merits and weaknesses of each proposal before reaching a judgement, again against the same criteria. Scores from both processes were combined to produce an overall ranking. This AI-based triage was used only to identify approximately 50% of the strongest proposals to take forward to full human review. Projects selected for funding were drawn from those that progressed to the full human review stage. We recognise that AI-assisted assessment is a new and evolving part of the review process, and we are continuing to evaluate how well it aligns with the judgements of human reviewers on this call. We will soon produce a document detailing our method, so that others can build upon it and improve it. Feedback on your application Your application was not selected to progress beyond the AI triage stage. To provide transparency on the outcome of this assessment, we are sharing below the scores (out of 5) from each of the two AI review processes described above, together with the mean score across the two processes.
Liam Wignall@liamwignall.bsky.social · 3mo ago

For anybody who follows me who engages in pup play, a journalist reached out and wants to interview a pup for their book exploring different aspects of pets (including pet play). Anyone interested, feel free to message me and I can pass on details :)

Liam Wignall@liamwignall.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Do research into Neurodivergence and Sex/Sexuality? Consider submitting an abstract for our special issue in Psychology & Sexuality: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu... #neurodivergence #neurodiversity #autism #adhd

Neurodivergence and Sex/Sexuality

The purpose of this special issue is to provide a forum for both theoretical and empirical work on the relationships, connections and shared identities between neurodiversity and sexuality.

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Recon@reconnews.bsky.social · 4mo ago

This Pride Month, we stand with the LGBTQ+ community, especially trans and non-binary individuals, in affirming every person's right to live with dignity, safety, and equality.

Liam Wignall@liamwignall.bsky.social · 4mo ago

As journal editor, I'm always happy when we can publish papers with great titles: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @giff95.bsky.social

‘So, it’s like they’re a human dildo for me … ‘: exploring the experiences and motivations of individuals who identify as a ‘cumdump’ – an IPA study

While existing research has explored practices such as barebacking and fetishised ‘cum play’, the identity of the ‘cumdump’, understood as a receptive partner whose primary sexual goal is to receiv...

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Caspar Aremi@caspar.lol · 5mo ago

This Pride month Essex has banned libraries from displaying any Pride material St Helens has dropped all support for Pride Havering has cancelled its pride flag ceremony Durham Pride only went ahead when unions raised money after the council pulled out & Pride flags in Rushden have been burned down

David@gxusm.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Sexual health practices and outcomes among gay male fisters: the results of the study @liamwignall.bsky.social conducted with @reconnews.bsky.social members in 2024 have just been published. academic.oup.com/smoa/article...

Sexual health outcomes and biomedical prevention behaviors among men who have sex with men engaging in fisting

AbstractBackground. Anal fisting is understudied as a sexual practice despite being a popular activity in kink sexual communities that has potentially sign

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Race Bannon@racebannon.bsky.social · 6mo ago

This guy is writing some of the most interesting pieces about kink I've read in a while. BED+D: Towards a Structural Theory of Power-Exchange Kink (Part 1/2) mstrq.substack.com/p/bedd-towar... BED+D: Toward a Structural Theory of Power-Exchange Kink (Part 2/2) mstrq.substack.com/p/bedd-towar...

BED+D: Toward a Structural Theory of Power-Exchange Kink (Part 2/2)

Foundations, Philosophy, and the Human Cost: On the Right to Know Yourself, and to Live Authentically.

mstrq.substack.com

Liam Wignall@liamwignall.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Reading a study where participants were asked to identify 5 sexual acts they feel are the most degrading. My favourite part of the paper is: six responses were unable to be coded as the specific sexual act was unclear. Examples of unclear responses include “men”

Sam Čermák, PhD@sam-cermak.bsky.social · 8mo ago

I emerge, out of nowhere, to tell all my (currently 0) followers that I HAVE PUBLISHED A BOOK! It's beautiful, it's amazing, and I love it! It's called Abnormal Peripheries and it's about performance in the former Czechoslovakia that emerged under political pressures. GO READ IT and share this post

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