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Max Stivers (he/him) @mstivers.bsky.social · 4d

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 · 16d

"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 · 26d

third prize is a pint of Phish Food

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jordynne, final girl @sick1y.bsky.social · 27d

Paul Saunders rt if you agree

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Fairness Foundation @fairness.bsky.social · 28d

🎗️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 [email protected]

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 · Sep 8

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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Max Stivers (he/him) @mstivers.bsky.social · Sep 8

More personally, I'm grateful to LSU's student paper, The Reveille, for the opportunity to share my own origin story of seeing a friend thinking of suicide and having no idea what I could do to help them keep themself safe, because no one ever talked about suicide
lsureveille.com/261733/opini...

Guest column: When someone you care about is thinking of suicide, know that you can help - Reveille

I was 16 years old and up late on a weeknight when Facebook pinged with a message from a school friend. Honestly, calling her a friend is probably unfair: we had been friends in freshman year before d...

lsureveille.com

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Max Stivers (he/him) @mstivers.bsky.social · Sep 8

So incredibly proud of the work @raymopt.bsky.social, @obrienemj.bsky.social, @faithstoneking.bsky.social, and the rest of LSU's Consortium for the Advancement of Suicide Prevention have done on campus and in our community for National Suicide Prevention Week/World Suicide Prevention Day.

Tips for Supporting Friends Who Are Thinking about Suicide

About 12% of young adults (almost 4,000 LSU students) have serious thoughts of suicide each year

What Can I Do?
- Break the silence. Start the conversation.
- If you're worried about your friend, you can ask if they are thinking about suicide
- Talk openly and directly about suicide
- Be warm, encouraging, supportive, and offer a listening ear
- Ask how you can support them; say, "I am here for you, how can I best support you?"

Who Can I Ask for Help?
- Did you know, you can call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988 (24/7) to talk to a counselor about suicide, and figure out how to help your friend?
- In an emergency, call 911

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Micah @rincewind.run · Sep 1

Discworld QOTD, from Men at Arms

The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money.

Take boots, for example. He earned thirty-eight dollars a month plus allowances. A really good pair of leather boots cost fifty dollars. But an affordable pair of boots, which were sort of OK for a season or two and then leaked like hell when the cardboard gave out, cost about ten dollars.

Those were the kind of boots Vimes always bought, and wore until the soles were so thin that he could tell where he was in Ankh-Morpork on a foggy night by the feel of the cobbles.

But the thing was that good boots lasted for years and years. A man who could afford fifty dollars had a pair of boots that'd still be keeping his feet dry in ten years' time, while the poor man who could only afford cheap boots would have spent a hundred dollars on boots in the same time and would still have wet feet.

This was the Captain Samuel Vimes 'Boots' theory of socioeconomic unfairness.

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

as someone who's spent a good chunk of his life in hypermasculine environments, who or what have you seen get through to guys when a team's culture (e.g., hazing, "locker room talk") is/turns toxic?

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

@sergeyager.bsky.social, since you asked: Authority of the Consuls gained Alex 33 life, Lifecreed Duo gained Alex 8 life
Total Life Gained - 41
Total Life Gained 𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘔𝘦𝘨𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘛𝘰 𝘚𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘈𝘰𝘵𝘊 - 17

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Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS) @improvingpsych.org · Aug 15

PsyArXiv is seeking new moderators to help combat an increase in AI submissions! If you've ever posted a preprint to PsyArXiv, please consider joining. Minimum commitment 1h/month, there's a training session this Monday @ 1pm ET. More info here: forms.gle/9LB1rEtxHAeZ... #PsychSciSky

Expression of Interest in Serving as a PsyArXiv Moderator

As you might have heard, PsyArXiv is having some issues with an increase in low-quality submissions, ranging from AI generated manuscripts to inflate citation metrics, incoherent or nonsensical docume...

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Max Stivers (he/him) @mstivers.bsky.social · Jul 29

🎵Fisty's gonna punch you...🎶

Max Stivers (he/him) @mstivers.bsky.social · Jul 24

I think you're underestimating just how much many people with that kind of purchasing power hate their families and want to flaunt their wealth while spending as little time in the same room as possible

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Max Stivers (he/him) @mstivers.bsky.social · Jul 8

Have a good 𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳?! New York needs a mayor who isn't afraid to say that All Seasons Matter.

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Max Stivers (he/him) @mstivers.bsky.social · Jul 7

now?

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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · Jun 27

Shabbat Shalom to everyone who recognizes that the safety, freedom & thriving of Jews and Muslims are bound up together — in Israel & Palestine, across the five boroughs, and in many other beloved places.

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · Jun 27

Lander: "It's just gross, racist bigotry. Meanwhile he's running an optimistic, upbeat campaign for a NY where everybody belongs, and I feel proud as the highest-ranking Jewish elected official in NYC to be supporting somebody who would be the first Muslim mayor—what could be more NYC than that?"

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

The best time to call Tom Homan a bitch was yesterday, the second best time is now

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · Jun 25

Careful guys, if you don’t control migration you might turn out like <checks notes> the greatest, wealthiest city in the world.

Ghoul Stephen Miller warns NYC is what happens when a society “fails to control migration”

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · Jun 23

A federal officer cannot be “doxxed.” The public has a right to know who is operating in our government, especially if they have the power to imprison someone.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jun 23

Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons: "If you look before January 20, and even after January 20, the men & women of ICE did not have to have masks on their face. Me personally, I don't want those officers having to wear masks bc it's hot, it's dangerous. But ICE agents are being doxxed at a horrible rate"

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Max Stivers (he/him) @mstivers.bsky.social · Jun 21

don't worry, friend- even if you never end up becoming PM, Canada will still break the curse before the Sharks win a cup

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Max Stivers (he/him) @mstivers.bsky.social · Jun 15

Not sure if I'm running into a bad joke here, but it doesn't need one- Hernandez is Puerto Rican + the Spanish pronunciation of that combination of letters is different from English

Most American publications add the accent to avoid confusion, but don't tell the guy how to spell his own name

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Micah @rincewind.run · Jun 13

Discworld QOTD, from I Shall Wear Midnight

“Oh, I feel very angry a lot of the time," said Tiffany, "but I just put it away somewhere until I can do something useful with it.”

Micah @rincewind.run · Jun 12

Discworld QOTD, from Lords and Ladies

“I had to learn. All my life. The hard way. And the hard way’s pretty hard, but not so hard as the easy way.”

Micah @rincewind.run · Jun 11

Discworld QOTD, from Jingo

“I'm not a natural killer! See this? See what it says? I'm supposed to keep the peace, I am! If I kill people to do it, I'm reading the wrong manual!”

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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.bsky.social · Jun 11

Idk man but when the administration that tried to reject humanitarian aid for Los Angeles when it was burning tries to justify their illegal military occupation by saying they aren’t going to let LA burn it kinda sounds like bullshit

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

well, yeah- shaming people from different cultures for eating smelly foods isn't cool, dude

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