rejoicing & complaining

[random-brushstrokes]

Antonio Barahona - Los Platos (2025)

[thunderstruck9]

Antonio Barahona (Spanish, 1984), Los platos [The Plates], 2025. Oil on panel, 73 x 100 cm.

[fairycosmos]

sources are saying ohhhhhhhhh brother

[gawayne]

should I get a masters or jump into a river and swim away forever. vote now

[rarestsparkle]

i recommend telling yourself “this isn’t an experience i want to keep having” and stop entertaining things that are really detrimental to your health and don’t benefit you in anyway.

[thunderstruck9]

Rinat Voligamsi (Russian, 1968), Mushrooms, 2020. Oil on canvas, 60 х 80 cm.

[gothcringe]

David Hockney, We Two Boys Together Clinging, 1961, oil on board.

[whoiscallingme]

[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).

[tlirsgender]

If I was a plant I could photosynthesize and I'd say "I had a light breakfast ☀️"

[dormitionanddominion]

[softiekurbie]

Yemanjá, Lady of the Waters, Emerson Rocha, 2026.

[bonivers]

going on a guilt trip do yall want anything

[secondbeatsongs]

if you really cared about me you wouldn't have to ask

[annori]

Barbara Kingsolver from Demon Copperhead (2022)

[attemptedsaint]

[ka-waltz]

rhyming couplet written by craigslist

[memorycycle]

ladybugs communicate via the spots on their backs but they can only say one thing their entire life

[fanzines]

'Transfem DIY HRT' and 'Transmasc DIY HRT' are a pair of zines aimed at teaching transgender people how to safely self-administer DIY Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT).

Both zines are 100% free to download here from Little Mouse (who also made the zine). Print, share and distribute to those who need it!

The information contained in this zine is collated from, and openly available from, DIYHRT.info.