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Stephen Dillane as Thomas Jefferson John Adams (2008) 4/?

#stephen dillane #john adams #john adams hbo #thomas jefferson

lastnightfanfictionsavedmylife

Hello there, Martin...

#stephen dillane #martin #nine lives #he's so good at playing arseholes

firawren

#happy father's day ig lol

enki2

thebdelliumlady

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.

chapscher

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).

batrachised

without fail, every time I read a well-respected author or artist talk about their process, from Chuck Close to LM Montgomery to Flannery O'Connor to William Stafford to Terry Pratchett, every single time, the key is writing on a consistent schedule. (And reading widely and reading well, which is another post). Most wrote daily, no matter how good or bad. Someone asked William Stafford, who wrote a poem a day, what to do if what you write that day is trash, and he replied with "Lower your standards." Terry Pratchett wrote 400 words a day. Chuck Close says inspiration is for amateurs. LM Montgomery referenced having a scheduled approach. Flannery O'Connor said she was a full-time believer in writing habits. As she stated:

"You may be able to do without them if you have genius, but most of us only have talent, and this is simply something that has to be assisted all the time by physical and mental habits, or it dries up and blows away...This doesn't mean I produce much out of the two hours. Sometimes I work for months and have to throw everything away, but I don't think any of that was time wasted. Something goes on that makes it easier when it does come well. And the fact is if you don't sit there every day, the day it would come well, you won't be sitting there."

redwooding

That last sentence hits hard, so it bears repeating: "if you don't sit there every day, the day it would come well, you won't be sitting there."

#writing

51kas81

Those we love don't go away; they walk beside us every day. Unseen, unheard, but always near; still loved, still missed, and very dear.

#anthony stewart head #anthony head #rip

cosmicretreat

Conor deleted his fuckin' tweet after this, too.

Happy 65th to the great Liam Cunningham

#liam cunningham #probably my fav white boy rn

I was reading Gitta Sereny's "Albert Speer: His Battle with Truth" and it occured to me that Stephen Dillane could be a convincing older Speer if a film is ever to be made based on this book. SD kinda looks like Speer a little, and based on interviews in the 70s, I can totally see SD executing Speer's mannerisms too.

#stephen dillane #albert speer #gitta sereny #albert speer: his battle with truth

lastnightfanfictionsavedmylife

A clip of Tom Stoppard's play, staring Stephen Dillane, The Real Thing, 1982, from the BBC Alan Yentob documentary about Tom Stoppard's life below:

Playwright Tom Stoppard tells Alan Yentob the extraordinary story of his life and his Leopoldstadt, in which he faces up to the pain and los

#stephen dillane #tom stoppard #the real thing #imagine...#bbc

dill4nes

still not over this father and son bts pic 💓

#stephen dillane #kit harrington #stannis baratheon #jon snow #behind the scenes #game of thrones #never seen this before

sdillanes

bonus jaw flex:

#stephen dillane #44 inch chest

wohlbruecks

edeschmedie

I will always have a thing for Michael Jayston in a suit, preferably a gray suit.

#michael jayston

cto10121

Jane: *breathes*

Mr. Rochester: You witch. Sorceress. Elf. Fairy. Creature of the enchanted woods. How could you do this to me

#jane eyre #mr rochester

Pic credit: The Facebook page of The Lives of Others

Genuinely so upset that I am moving out of the UK for good and will most likely not be able to see this (unless flight fares magically drop back to the pre-wtvTrumpdidtoIran level soon).

#stephen dillane #the lives of others #adelphi theatre