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Liam Wignall

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

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The Loop @theloopuk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This Saturday, we are drug checking in #Camden How does it work? 1. Surrender a substance 2. Tell us what you think it is & about your drug use 3. We do lab tests inc. a test for synthetic opioids 4. After ~1 hour, we have results & can give honest advice wearetheloop.org/drug-checking
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MwahahahahahadScientist @mads100tist.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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 🧪
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Liam Wignall @liamwignall.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I don't know how a book on Feederism passed me by, but it will continue to pass given it's a small book priced at £44.... :')
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Race Bannon @racebannon.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Always excellent thinking and writing from this writer. I say that because it's true and not because he kindly mentioned me in the post. mstrq.substack.com/p/the-real-p...
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The Real Price of Leather
“Leather is expensive” is often used to argue that the leather community should loosen, or completely abandon, its dress codes. The complaint is about money. The answer isn’t.
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Liam Wignall @liamwignall.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I've come up with a slightly funny joke that you only get if you know the names of more niche exercises and watched the anime Frieren and I have nobody to tell 🥲
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Liam Wignall @liamwignall.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Latest issue of Psychology & Sexuality is a special issue exploring the Cultural Psychology of Sexuality in the 21st Century. Some great articles in this issue. You can access them here: www.tandfonline.com/toc/rpse20/1...
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Mr Roger Quimbly @rogerquimbly.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
The emergency alert went off and I dropped my phone into the barbecue.
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Liam Wignall @liamwignall.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
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 :)
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Liam Wignall @liamwignall.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
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
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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 · 28/06/2026
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.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 26/06/2026
This is remarkable.
Bar chart which shows y-axis running 0-8000, and x-axis showing years 2019 and 2024. For 2019, a light orange bar runs up to just over 6000, with a darker orange running up to 8000. For 2024, a green bar runs up to 4000, with a dark green running to about 5000. The text "40% lower" is on the lighter green bar. Text at the top of the graphic reads "Estimated air pollution deaths are down by around 40%. New analysis estimates deaths associated with air pollution in London reduced substantially between 2019 and 2024." Text at the bottom of the graphic reads "Note: darker shading shows estimated ranges. Data based on a comparison of estimated mortality burden using updated methods and a scenario-based analysis where only air pollution changes. Source: london.gov.uk/aqmortality". The Mayor of London logo sits in the bottom right-hand corner.
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Liam Wignall @liamwignall.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
As journal editor, I'm always happy when we can publish papers with great titles: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @giff95.bsky.social
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‘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 · 10/06/2026
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
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🇵🇸 Dean Tāne 🇵🇸 @dean-tane.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Repost the Leather Dachshund from Seattle Pride 1991 to be blessed this Pride Month!
A wee Dachshund dog, wearing the finest leather daddy outfit, walking with their owner during a Pride parade in Seattle in 1991.
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Mark McCormack @markmccormack.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
New invited commentary piece in Archives of Sexual Behaviour, led by @liamwignall.bsky.social - doi.org/10.1007/s105...
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The Case for Classifying Authority Transfer Relationships as a Form of BDSM - Archives of Sexual Behavior
Archives of Sexual Behavior -
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David @gxusm.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
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...
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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 · 07/05/2026
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...
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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.
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Liam Wignall @liamwignall.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Turns out I spent the day giving talks for an open day while having a broken toe...
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Jaime Garcia Iglesias @jgarciaiglesias.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
🚨Only after few days left to apply to this opportunity at Edinburgh. A fully-funded PhD studentship on a project about COVID-19 vaccine and memories. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Liam Wignall @liamwignall.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Of all the podcasts I've done, this was certainly refreshing and led to some really powerful discussions: www.modernanarchypodcast.com/podcast/epis...
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Podcast Episodes | Modern Anarchy
Listen to the Modern Anarchy podcast episodes here.
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Liam Wignall @liamwignall.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Excited to be giving this talk - early bird tickets are available now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-psycho...
An advert for a talk in ADHD and kink delivered by Dr Liam Wignall, Sunday 17th May with Seed Talks
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Dr Kevin Guyan @kevinguyan.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
🔥 CALL FOR PAPERS: The Cultural Lives and Afterlives of Sex, Gender, and Sexuality Data. I'm co-editing a Special Issue of Sexuality & Culture with Amin Ghaziani. 📝 Full details: link.springer.com/collections/hcbbadjbha #CfP #callforpapers #sexuality #gender #data
Text reads: Call for papers, Special issue. The Cultural Lives and Afterlives of Sex, Gender, and Sexuality Data, in Sexuality & Culture. Guest editors: Dr Amin Ghaziani & Dr Kevin Guyan. Expressions of interest due: 1 June 2026.
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Liam Wignall @liamwignall.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Seeking a new co-editor to work alongside be and new associate editors for the journal Psychology & Sexuality! More info here: think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru...
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Associate Editor needed for Psychology & Sexuality
Associate Editor needed for Psychology & Sexuality
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Liam Wignall @liamwignall.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
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”
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Wikipedia does what is essentially a full ban on AI content: www.404media.co/wikipedia-ba...
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Wikipedia Bans AI-Generated Content
“In recent months, more and more administrative reports centered on LLM-related issues, and editors were being overwhelmed.”
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Sam Čermák, PhD @sam-cermak.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
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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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
AI www.bps.org.uk/collections/ai
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AI | BPS
We gather articles, interviews and more from The Psychologist and Research Digest.
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Rutger Bregman @rutgerbregman.com · 04/03/2026
The international boycott of ChatGPT has absolutely exploded. 2.5M people have already joined, and this is just the beginning. Go to quitgpt.org. Cancel your subscription, delete your account. And tell at least one person why. My op-ed: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
This is not just cursed, its monstrous. The digital resurrection of a historian who died in January of this year, all so Grammarly can get some more clicks and engagement from students and/or scholars and/or others. It feels so wrong on so many levels, these ghosts enslaved to AI forever
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I don't know where to start with this but... Grammerly is now offering "expert review" of your work by living and dead academics. Yes, dead ones - without anyone's explicit permission it's creating little LLMs based on their scraped work and using their names and reputations. Obscene.
It may be possible to opt out of having YOUR work used to train genAI - https://lnkd.in/eXZB6TY8'
The post includes a screenshot of an option for "Expert Review" in Grammarly from "Selected Experts, David Abulafia, Historian specialising in Mediterranean and global medieval history, author of the Great Sea
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Jordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
And this:
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Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 25/02/2026
Maybe of interest: The submission guidelines of Psychological Science now demand an explicit statement on measures taken to reduce the risk of AI-generated responses for all online studies! www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...
Online Studies
Psychological Science requires that authors who use samples from online data collection include a statement in the Method section explicitly addressing their approach to preventing and detecting automated or AI-generated responses.

Rationale

As large language models and other generative AI tools become more accessible, the risk of data contamination by non-human respondents has increased dramatically in research. Psychological science (and the social sciences generally) is particularly susceptible to this issue given its growing reliance on online data collection. Preventing automated responses during data collection and detecting them afterward often involve methodological trade-offs. For instance, technical barriers that aim to prevent LLM use (e.g., blocking copy-pasting functionalities) may eliminate behavioral indicators needed for detection (e.g., pasting rather than typing). This policy aims to enhance transparency and reproducibility of reported results by requiring authors to articulate their approach across both prevention and detection dimensions, enabling readers and reviewers to assess the likelihood of reported data being influenced by automated responses.

Scope

This policy applies to any submission with at least one study that includes data collected online without direct human supervision (e.g., via crowdsourcing platforms, student participants who complete the study online, online recruitment ads, or remote survey distribution tools).

Required Reporting

Authors must include in the Methods section either:

A statement confirming that procedures were in place to prevent and/or detect and exclude automated or AI-generated responses, including a description of those procedures (e.g., explicit participant instructions against LLM use, disabled copy–paste functionality, CAPTCHA use, IP filtering, consistency checks, attention checks, adversarial prompting) as well as the types of automated responses that these procedures are suitable …
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ExcelsiorAlpha @excelsioralpha.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
I really appreciated this breakdown and the way it structured the reviews I've been hearing from kinksters. "You don’t have to agree with the other group. But if you can’t even recognize its reasons to exist, you’re not debating. You’re policing" mstrq.substack.com/p/pillion-th...
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Post-Pillion: the Kink Civil War
It shouldn't be the moral fight - it’s just two philosophies talking past each other.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 21/02/2026
A retired British primary school administrator with a British passport and a valid visa was shackled, chained and detained for six weeks by ICE www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks
Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, i...
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Elee Shimshoni, PhD @eleeshimshoni.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
🧪Same-sex sexual behavior provides an evolutionary advantage, according to a new study across 59 primate species🐒🦍🦧 www.lbscience.org/en/2026/02/1... @mayasaar.bsky.social @lbscience.org
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Monkeys with Benefits - Little, Big Science
Classical evolutionary questions generally focus on how animals pass their genes on to subsequent generations. Therefore, sexual behavior that does not lead to reproduction has often been regarded as ...
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Ethan @drbeef.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Indeed.
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OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws
In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...
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Liam Wignall @liamwignall.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
The reason I let students choose their research topics is because I end up learning something - it's been a fun morning learning about Lesbian Sheep Syndrome
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
'to treat peer review as a throughput problem is to misunderstand what is at stake. Review is not simply a production stage in the research pipeline; it is one of the few remaining spaces where the scientific community talks to itself.' 1/3
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AI is not a peer, so it can’t do peer review
If we still believe that science is a vocation grounded in argument, curiosity and care, we can’t delegate judgement to machines, says Akhil Bhardwaj
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Mark McCormack @markmccormack.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Very excited for this news - looking forward taking over as Editor in Chief of Sexuality & Culture. Lots of developments to come, and prep work between now and March. link.springer.com/journal/1211...
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Sexuality & Culture
Sexuality & Culture offers an international forum for analysis of ethical, cultural, psychological, social, and political issues related to sexual ...
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Liam Wignall @liamwignall.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Quoted in this BBC article on Pillion - www.bbc.co.uk/culture/arti...
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'Sweet and tender' or 'like abuse'? Why gay BDSM 'romcom' Pillion is dividing opinion
Bold new film Pillion stars Alexander Skarsgård as a "dom" in a relationship with a timid gay man. It's been hailed by some as "charming" and "feel-good" – but not everyone agrees
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RealClearScience @rcscience.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
"New research published in the International Journal of Sexual Health suggests that the reasons why individuals watch pornography are more predictive of their sexual health than how often they watch it." via @psypost.bsky.social www.realclearscience.com/2026/01/20/w...
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Liam Wignall @liamwignall.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
I'm enjoying seeing the influx of new people to bluesky - I'm just going to have to post more now...
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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 18/01/2026
oh it's going to be a Recession recession
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Liam Wignall @liamwignall.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Registering for something online - part of the sign up process was asking my 'Skype Username' - that was a throwback
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 18/01/2026
Weed companies are using Dry January to market their gummies and drinks, Yasmin Tayag reports—but does taking the edge off sobriety with THC really count as “dry”?
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Weed Companies Are Cashing In on Dry January
High January, here we come.
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Andy Roberts @scaryfish.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
#72: Shag a massive apple
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Liam Wignall @liamwignall.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
It seems everybody and their friends/family decided to do legs today at the gym. While I'm also trying to do legs. It's very inconvenient.
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Kieran Mc 🚟 @kjmci.me · 15/01/2026
#TheTraitors cast members as UK railway liveries. Stephen as an Avanti West Coast Class 805
A screenshot from the Traitors with Stephen in the confessional wearing a shirt with a distinctive red, white, and blue angular pattern A photo of an Avanti West Coast Class 805 with a similar red, white, and blue angular design
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BCU Sociology Team @bcusociology.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Beyond Monogamy: What Sociology Reveals About How We Really Relate by @ryanscoatsphd.bsky.social. www.bcu.ac.uk/research/blo...
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Expert Blog - Beyond Monogamy: What Sociology Reveals About How We Really Relate
When many people think about relationships, they often imagine a straightforward path: meet someone, fall in love, commit exclusively to that one person, get married. Various Western sociologists have...
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