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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026

Holy shit.

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Raymond Tucker @raymopt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I will be reviewing applications for Louisiana State University’s Clinical Psychology doctoral program this cycle! Hoping to add a doctoral student to our Mitigation of Suicidal Behavior (MOSB) Lab: rtucker13.wixsite.com/mosblab More on LSU's program here: www.lsu.edu/hss/psycholo...

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Max Stivers (he/him) @mstivers.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It hacked 20 companies. That's as many as two tens. And that's terrible.

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Max Stivers (he/him) @mstivers.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

at the same time, people are generally more receptive to feedback that their behavior is unacceptable and needs to change if you make them feel heard and understood than if you write them off as just stupid or evil

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Max Stivers (he/him) @mstivers.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

understanding what motivates a person to take an action you disagree with doesn't mean you have to start agreeing with it- in fact, it can actually be a crucial part of identifying intervention points and developing strategies to keep them/others from doing it again!

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Max Stivers (he/him) @mstivers.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

We have always been at war with Mideastasia

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Max Stivers (he/him) @mstivers.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

They did say there would be costumes!

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Max Stivers (he/him) @mstivers.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

I believe it was former British PM Liz Truss who said, "You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of cabbage"

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Max Stivers (he/him) @mstivers.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

This is the leadership California needs

A mockup of Chris Kluwe's election site, replacing his campaign slogan with a message all of California needs to hear

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Max Stivers (he/him) @mstivers.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Hey, look at his interactions with fans or the media and tell me there's another player in the league capable of getting more defensive than he does!

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

FUCK ICE NOW AND FOREVER

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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 02/05/2026

I've made my views on this clear on numerous occasions but this specific one, I ask you to simply imagine how many great Vin Scully stories we would have lost because current-rules innings wouldn't have lasted long enough for him to tell them

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Morgan Buerke (she/her) @buerkemorgan.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Check out our newest paper in Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice which examined what graduate students know about suicide risk assessment and intervention in the US doi.org/10.1037/cps0...

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Max Stivers (he/him) @mstivers.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

appreciate your filling me in/nudging me to actually look it up for myself)! assuming you're referring to David Costello(?), he seems solid enough- hope he starts making more noise/getting better coverage

Emerson College Polling survey showing Platner leading Mills 55-28 among Maine "Likely Democratic" primary voters; "Someone else" is currently polling at 4%, while 13% of respondents were undecided

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Max Stivers (he/him) @mstivers.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

But how qualified are the other candidates if they haven't already leapt at the opportunity to make an entire platform of: 1) Fuck Nazis 2) Fuck Susan Collins 3) I'm clearly healthy enough for this very demanding job 4) 1 pet cause/cool thing they've done so they're not just the least bad option

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

In honor of Mr. Rogers’ birthday, here’s your regularly scheduled reminder that the quote of his you keep sharing, that in times of crisis we should look for the helpers, was for his audience of children. We’re adults now. We’re supposed to *be* the helpers.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 20/03/2026

The VA lost about 700 social workers and 500 psychologists and psychiatrists over the course of 2025 — a significant change for an agency that was adding mental health staffers nearly every month leading up to Trump’s return to office. Read more: propub.li/4rBUJOV

Bar chart showing the change in the number of providers — social workers, psychologists and psychiatrists — from the third quarter of 2023 to the end of 2025 on the x-axis and the number of providers from negative 400 to 800 on the y-axis. The trend starts with a peak of about 700 social workers and around 200 psychologists added in the third quarter of 2023, followed by a steady decline across all groups, dropping below zero by the first quarter of 2025 with social worker losses eventually dipping around 400.

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Max Stivers (he/him) @mstivers.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Training to become a therapist is weird sometimes: in most professions, nearly bringing a 71-year-old male veteran to tears would be frowned upon, but this morning it was one of the most rewarding moments of my career?

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Raymond Tucker @raymopt.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Supremely talented doctoral student Halle Fowler is hoping to put together an ABCT panel related to Deaf and Hard of Hearing suicide prevention or mental health. We have multiple qualitative and quantitative studies on DHH interpretation in mental health settings. We need help finding panelists!

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Max Stivers (he/him) @mstivers.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

I wasn't onboard when the shrill, naive left said we shouldn't have any fascism, but recent unpleasantness indicates that Republicans have swung the country too far in the other direction- can't wait to replace Trump with a Centrist Democrat and return us to moderate, responsible levels of fascism.

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Max Stivers (he/him) @mstivers.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

ignoring the terrible strategy and worse politics for a sec, how far up their own ass is this schmuck to see a self-deprecating post admitting we all have some bad takes and think, "My opinions are all perfect, so I can't relate to this, but I guess I can still jack the template to scold leftists"?

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Max Stivers (he/him) @mstivers.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Fritai for incredible Haitian food and immaculate vibes

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Max Stivers (he/him) @mstivers.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

has defended a thesis and presented at conferences and written an op-ed for the student paper and added a few other new lines to my CV this year, but (with all respect to my esteemed colleagues on these publications), this is definitely my most important authorship credit of 2025

A photo of the cover of the author's winter holiday present for his niece: a bedtime story called Maddie and Mikaela. Under the title, a note states that this is a story about a girl and her dog (and a little about their loving parents, sure).

A photo of the author holding his infant niece while shielding her from her best friend, an inquisitive German Shorthaired Pointer that is actively attempting to lick them both

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Absolute debasement of academic standards *student submits opinion in psych class *gets bad grade *instructor says she can make whatever arguments she wants but must draw on empirical sources *student & Turning Point says her religious freedom & first amendment rights violated *professor suspended

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Raymond Tucker @raymopt.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Lab thesis presentations this semester include a linguistic analysis of ASL suicide risk interpretations, experimental investigation of single session interventions to increase help-seeking, and ambulatory assessment of suicide ideation vulnerability in sexual minority folks! Such cool work!

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Micah @rincewind.run · 25/03/2025

Discworld QOTD, from Carpe Jugulum

“Sin, young man, is when you treat people like things. Including yourself. That’s what sin is.”

“It’s a lot more complicated than that - “

“No. It ain’t. When people say things are a lot more complicated than that, they means they’re getting worried that they won’t like the truth. People as things, that’s where it starts.”

“Oh, I’m sure there are worse crimes -“

“But they starts with thinking about people as things…”

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Max Stivers (he/him) @mstivers.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Also, in 6 days, this year's @desertbus.org! It's a delightfully unhinged event where a whole mess of thoroughly entertaining people subject themselves to a terribly boring video game for as long as we're willing to pay them to keep going (or two full weeks, whichever's first) youtu.be/vvU3KXtOg8Q

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What is Desert Bus for Hope?

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Max Stivers (he/him) @mstivers.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Ȟ̷̤̤͚̮̟é̶̢̛̘̝̻͙̯̙̼͚̻̠̘̬̮̣̾̉̋͛ͅy̸̧͙̳̾!̴̖͙̹͖̻̖͎̇̈́̔̀ͅ ̴̞̽͑͗͘͝W̸̨̗̺̱͇̺̺̳̯̯̿͗̄̂̌͘͜à̸̛͙̘̺͖̹̫̲͔̪̦͚̲̲͊̏̀̄͘͜͝͝͠n̸͇͇̝̣̾͆͛̍̌̈́̉̐͠͝ņ̸̢̰͔̱̂̅̌̌̄̈́͗̀̽͛̀̈́͘̕̚͝ͅȁ̷͓̜̹̘̟̠̺͗̒̄̓̒͌̈͊͊̅͛̅̏ ̶̜͉̫͈̰͐͂͗͊͊͆͌́́͊͊́͠͠͝g̷̥̳̻͍̬̫̪̳̘͓̰̜̥͈̰͛̄̾̽̎͆͌͊o̴̢̡̦̻̪̼̼͕̹͕̙̳̪̻͎͋̇̉̎̎ͅ ̶̠͕̦̘͙̮̜̻̈́̈́́͝f̶̨̢͉̯̹͙͇̘̟͚̙̞̻͓̀̿͆̓͒̉̑̔̍̏ȋ̵̺̞̣͕͖̰̗̌͂͑̏̊s̷̯̹͕͍͇̭͇̯̳̩͍͔̰͍̒̀̉͋̋̿̉͛̀̈̋́̚͜͝͠ͅḩ̸̠͎͈̭̘̙̹̙̰͒̐̍̓̾̕i̸̧̧̹͉͎͖̼͔̜̱̣͍̣̺͉͇͗̉̀̆̆̔͌͆̕͝n̵̗͚̥̞͎̩͎̝̩̘̥̞̰̿̋͋͋͒́̚͝͝g̸̡̬̮͙͙͔̗̩̜̖̖̀̃̐̓̓̑͋͐̇̎̈́͗͂̅̈?̷̧͓̯̳͇̮̮̖̤̝̪̯̩͈͓̗͐́̋̄͐̔͒̀̏́͆̅͝

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Max Stivers (he/him) @mstivers.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

congratulations, you're one of today's lucky 10,000: meet Kike Hernandez, Dodgers leftfielder and emergency bullpen arm www.youtube.com/watch?v=01N3...

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Kike Hernandez Throws Scoreless 9th to Close the Game!

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Max Stivers (he/him) @mstivers.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Dieter Ruehle is a national treasure

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Max Stivers (he/him) @mstivers.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

right, we're agreed! the (attempted) joke was that NYC's progressive politics often get dismissed as unrepresentative of "real America" or untenable for Democrats elsewhere, which is dumb, and it's dumber to say half of the city's Jewish population don't count when NYC has more Jews than 48 states

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Max Stivers (he/him) @mstivers.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

look, it's great that these young, idealistic, coastal elite NY Jews are making themselves heard as part of a multicultural coalition behind Mamdani, but you can't really expect their views to be representative of people in the real American Jewish heartlands of Los Angeles and Elsewhere in NY

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Max Stivers (he/him) @mstivers.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

so, this is genuinely one of my favorite independent brands because excellent quality, cool art, and earnest chronic/mental health advocacy is always a winning combination, but occasionally they also put out stuff like this: twocrowcollective.com/collections/...

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Chicken Nuggets Metal Tee

This product is not inventoried and is printed on demand. For the punks who prefer their rebellion bite-sized. The Chicken Nuggets Tee is a bold take on a childhood classic, featuring barbed wire-insp...

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Max Stivers (he/him) @mstivers.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

the good news is that, at this rate, they'll get them!

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Max Stivers (he/him) @mstivers.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

is there any particular sketch (or crapshot, or character, or even a specific bit) you were initially down on or uncertain about when you made it that has pleasantly surprised you in how much your audience has enjoyed it/connected to it?

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Max Stivers (he/him) @mstivers.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

"Regional Cryptids" implies the existence of National and even Global Cryptids, which is a terrifying thought to start the week with...

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Max Stivers (he/him) @mstivers.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

third prize is a pint of Phish Food

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jordynne, final girl 🔜magiccon atlanta @sick1y.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Paul Saunders rt if you agree

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Fairness Foundation @fairness.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

🎗️On World Suicide Prevention Day, we're announcing an event with @d-liveability.bsky.social, to bring together experts on the link between wealth inequality & suicide. 📅 Tuesday 16 September 🕚 11–12:30 📄Full report to follow 📬 Want to get involved? Email anita@fairnessfoundation.com

graphic of a doctor with a pad- text overlay reads wealth inequality and suicide prevention

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Max Stivers (he/him) @mstivers.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

That experience (and too many others like it) pushed me into a decade+ of training to better meet the needs of people experiencing suicidal thoughts/behavior This week, every week, it's important we remember you shouldn't need formal clinical training to feel ready and able to support a loved one

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