Inside the church of St Arild, a little known fifth of sixth century Gloucestershire saint, a 'virgin martyr' who was killed for saying no to sex with a man called Municus. This is one of two churches dedicated to her, though it is no longer in use and looked after by the Churches Conservation Trust.
For anyone wondering, the PhD student's name is Myra Cheng.
Here's a link to an article about the study from the Stanford Report: link.
Across three preregistered studies, participants interacting with sycophantic AI became more convinced of their own rightness and less willing to repair relationships. Yet at the same time, participants rated sycophantic AI models as higher quality, more trustworthy, and more desirable for future use, which may explain why this behavior has persisted despite its harmful impacts.
Myra Cheng et al. "Sycophantic AI decreases prosocial intentions and promotes dependence." Science 391, eaec8352 (2026).
i did not moan while i was drinking your blood and even if i did it meant nothing. i hate you.
i am a black queer woman in the west coat hoping to combat my ongoing battle with being homeless. a friend of mine has helped me set up a fundraiser
we're hoping to reach the ambitious goal of $2500 which should be enough for us to at least be comfortable for an extended period of time
donate if you want either to the above fundraiser, or to any of the links provided below! it's just been so long and i feel like i've reached my wits end struggling with this
i could use all the help i could get at this rate
if you can't donate, please spraed this around! also, only donate if you're financially secure enough to do so. every little bit helps ♡
Performance art is good and listening to people who don't understand art talk about performance art is a unique type of torture.
I maintain that Marina Abramović and Ulay's performance from 1980, Rest Energy, is one of the most profoundly disturbing and yet beautiful things I've seen. And I've only seen photos.
They stayed in that position for four minutes, and had microphones hooked up to play their heartbeats. By Abramović's account, it was intense and harrowing for both of them, as well as the audience.
