Randye Semple, PhD
@psychdoctor.bsky.social
Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at USC Keck, clinical psychologist, and part-time crazy cat lady. Liberal democrat who's sickened & angry at what's happening to our country. BLM and LGBTQ+ ally. No DMs. Please be nice.
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Definition of mixed emotions:
Being awarded a $3 million dollar, 5-year federal grant the day before you submit your retirement letter to your department Chair.
#Truth 🧪 #AcademicSky
Being awarded a $3 million dollar, 5-year federal grant the day before you submit your retirement letter to your department Chair.
#Truth 🧪 #AcademicSky
@1password.bsky.social Your app logs me out every single time I log off of Chrome. How do I fix this? The setting are set to keep me logged in. There is no customer service information on your website.
May 14, 2025 at 2:11 AM
@1password.bsky.social Your app logs me out every single time I log off of Chrome. How do I fix this? The setting are set to keep me logged in. There is no customer service information on your website.
Take a look at the grants being terminated by DOGE. Read the grant titles. It's abundantly clear that these cuts have nothing at all to do with saving money and everything to do with the current administration's racist, bigoted, misogynist, agenda. taggs.hhs.gov/Content/Data...
taggs.hhs.gov
April 21, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Take a look at the grants being terminated by DOGE. Read the grant titles. It's abundantly clear that these cuts have nothing at all to do with saving money and everything to do with the current administration's racist, bigoted, misogynist, agenda. taggs.hhs.gov/Content/Data...
Does anyone who has an HHS grant know anything about this freeze on funded grants? SAMHSA funds me and I haven't received any official news. apnews.com/article/dona...
Trump orders a funding freeze as his administration reviews federal loans and grants
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says Americans "will pay an awful price” now that the White House is pausing federal grants and loans.
apnews.com
January 28, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Does anyone who has an HHS grant know anything about this freeze on funded grants? SAMHSA funds me and I haven't received any official news. apnews.com/article/dona...
Looking for another good historical fiction book. Any suggestions #booksky friends? booksky.club/histfic 📚⏳
Bluesky
booksky.club
January 23, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Looking for another good historical fiction book. Any suggestions #booksky friends? booksky.club/histfic 📚⏳
Hey @Google - what happened to President Biden?
January 23, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Hey @Google - what happened to President Biden?
If you want to see just how fast a wildfire can spread... #Castaic #HughesFire #California #Wildfires cameras.alertcalifornia.org?pos=34.5795_...
ALERTCalifornia
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January 23, 2025 at 5:29 AM
If you want to see just how fast a wildfire can spread... #Castaic #HughesFire #California #Wildfires cameras.alertcalifornia.org?pos=34.5795_...
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"When Mexico sends its people, they're sending their best. They're sending firefighters to help solve American problems. They're bringing fire fighting uniforms. They're bringing fire fighting equipment. They're bringing kittens down from trees. And all, I assume, are good people."
January 11, 2025 at 9:54 PM
"When Mexico sends its people, they're sending their best. They're sending firefighters to help solve American problems. They're bringing fire fighting uniforms. They're bringing fire fighting equipment. They're bringing kittens down from trees. And all, I assume, are good people."
The Pasadena Humane Society is accepting a large number of animals for emergency boarding as a result of the #EatonCanyonFire. They need money & supplies to care for these animals. Please donate if you can. #LosAngelesFires @pasadenastarnews.bsky.social pasadenahumane.org/eaton-canyon...
Eaton Canyon Fire Update - Pasadena Humane
Eaton Fire Update: We have taken in over 100 animals overnight and are continuing to take in animals for emergency boarding. Due to the proximity of the evacuation zones, we […]
pasadenahumane.org
January 9, 2025 at 2:14 AM
The Pasadena Humane Society is accepting a large number of animals for emergency boarding as a result of the #EatonCanyonFire. They need money & supplies to care for these animals. Please donate if you can. #LosAngelesFires @pasadenastarnews.bsky.social pasadenahumane.org/eaton-canyon...
Had to re-route five times driving home from work tonight because of trees blocking the streets - less than 10 miles. I'm not too close to the fires, but these winds are dangerous too! Stay safe everyone. #LosAngeles #Wildfires #SOE
January 8, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Had to re-route five times driving home from work tonight because of trees blocking the streets - less than 10 miles. I'm not too close to the fires, but these winds are dangerous too! Stay safe everyone. #LosAngeles #Wildfires #SOE
Reposted by Randye Semple, PhD
Everything stated in this post is a provable fact.
You are entitled to your own opinion.
You are not entitled to your own facts.
Looking at YOU, 2020 election-deniers.
You are entitled to your own opinion.
You are not entitled to your own facts.
Looking at YOU, 2020 election-deniers.
January 4, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Everything stated in this post is a provable fact.
You are entitled to your own opinion.
You are not entitled to your own facts.
Looking at YOU, 2020 election-deniers.
You are entitled to your own opinion.
You are not entitled to your own facts.
Looking at YOU, 2020 election-deniers.
Where else except in America would you ever see a headline like this?
January 3, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Where else except in America would you ever see a headline like this?
Agree!
January 3, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Agree!
Unfortunately, this looks to be the way the United States is heading right now. All in the interest of making a handful of billionaires into multi-billionaires. 😢
Not sure of the original source of this, but the depiction with the final domino set to crush the pusher is devastatingly accurate.
January 1, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Unfortunately, this looks to be the way the United States is heading right now. All in the interest of making a handful of billionaires into multi-billionaires. 😢
I write emails, grow shrinks who shrink human heads, reply to emails, study how to turn little humans into happy little humans, run projects, and answer more emails. #AcademicSky #AcademicLife
December 31, 2024 at 6:17 AM
I write emails, grow shrinks who shrink human heads, reply to emails, study how to turn little humans into happy little humans, run projects, and answer more emails. #AcademicSky #AcademicLife
Daphne says, "You dress me up like this and then wonder why I knocked over the Christmas tree?" Happy #Caturday #CatsofBluesky
December 28, 2024 at 5:43 PM
Daphne says, "You dress me up like this and then wonder why I knocked over the Christmas tree?" Happy #Caturday #CatsofBluesky
My little elf is wishing everyone a meowy Christmas/Hanukkah and a purrrfectly wonderful 2025!
December 25, 2024 at 12:25 AM
My little elf is wishing everyone a meowy Christmas/Hanukkah and a purrrfectly wonderful 2025!
Not a recommended book. Not reliable or valid information. Heres an excellent critique that's long overdue.
An important critique of van der Kolk’s The Body Keeps the Score. #therapistsky #psychscisky www.motherjones.com/media/2024/1...
What the most famous book about trauma gets wrong
People kept telling me to read "The Body Keeps the Score." I was shocked at what it actually says.
www.motherjones.com
December 19, 2024 at 2:15 PM
Not a recommended book. Not reliable or valid information. Heres an excellent critique that's long overdue.
Choose 20 books that greatly influenced you or stayed with you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
💙📚
20/20
#Books
#BookSky💙📚
#bookchallenge
💙📚
20/20
#Books
#BookSky💙📚
#bookchallenge
December 8, 2024 at 6:38 AM
Choose 20 books that greatly influenced you or stayed with you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
💙📚
20/20
#Books
#BookSky💙📚
#bookchallenge
💙📚
20/20
#Books
#BookSky💙📚
#bookchallenge
Choose 20 books that greatly influenced you or stayed with you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
💙📚
19/20
#Books
#BookSky💙📚
#bookchallenge
💙📚
19/20
#Books
#BookSky💙📚
#bookchallenge
December 7, 2024 at 3:14 AM
Choose 20 books that greatly influenced you or stayed with you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
💙📚
19/20
#Books
#BookSky💙📚
#bookchallenge
💙📚
19/20
#Books
#BookSky💙📚
#bookchallenge
The US has the highest healthcare costs in the world.
We have the highest paid healthcare CEOs in the world.
Golly, I wonder if these things are related?
We have the highest paid healthcare CEOs in the world.
Golly, I wonder if these things are related?
December 7, 2024 at 1:55 AM
The US has the highest healthcare costs in the world.
We have the highest paid healthcare CEOs in the world.
Golly, I wonder if these things are related?
We have the highest paid healthcare CEOs in the world.
Golly, I wonder if these things are related?
Choose 20 books that greatly influenced you or stayed with you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
💙📚
18/20
#Books
#BookSky💙📚
#bookchallenge
💙📚
18/20
#Books
#BookSky💙📚
#bookchallenge
December 6, 2024 at 4:40 AM
Choose 20 books that greatly influenced you or stayed with you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
💙📚
18/20
#Books
#BookSky💙📚
#bookchallenge
💙📚
18/20
#Books
#BookSky💙📚
#bookchallenge
Choose 20 books that greatly influenced you or stayed with you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
💙📚
17/20
#Books
#BookSky💙📚
#bookchallenge
💙📚
17/20
#Books
#BookSky💙📚
#bookchallenge
December 4, 2024 at 3:13 PM
Choose 20 books that greatly influenced you or stayed with you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
💙📚
17/20
#Books
#BookSky💙📚
#bookchallenge
💙📚
17/20
#Books
#BookSky💙📚
#bookchallenge
Choose 20 books that greatly influenced you or stayed with you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
💙📚
16/20
#Books
#BookSky💙📚
#bookchallenge
💙📚
16/20
#Books
#BookSky💙📚
#bookchallenge
December 4, 2024 at 5:02 AM
Choose 20 books that greatly influenced you or stayed with you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
💙📚
16/20
#Books
#BookSky💙📚
#bookchallenge
💙📚
16/20
#Books
#BookSky💙📚
#bookchallenge
#AcademicSky, let's get to know each other! Quote this with: 1) a project you're working on & 2) an idea you aren't working on but keep thinking abt
1) Expand & improve trauma-informed care for youth with C-PTSD
2) Writing a book about integration of Buddhist psychology into Western psychotherapy
1) Expand & improve trauma-informed care for youth with C-PTSD
2) Writing a book about integration of Buddhist psychology into Western psychotherapy
#AcademicSky, let's get to know each other! Quote this with: 1) a project you're working on & 2) an idea you aren't working on but keep thinking abt
1) exploring how deaf ed can effect a more just & sustainable society (it’s not by maintaining the status quo) 2) education futures outside of schools
1) exploring how deaf ed can effect a more just & sustainable society (it’s not by maintaining the status quo) 2) education futures outside of schools
#AcademicSky, let's get to know each other! Quote this with: 1) a project you're working on & 2) an idea you aren't working on but keep thinking abt
1) final project (?) on Crip linguistics examining deaf languaging practices. 2) queer crip feminist deaf studies- still broadly defined
1) final project (?) on Crip linguistics examining deaf languaging practices. 2) queer crip feminist deaf studies- still broadly defined
December 4, 2024 at 4:21 AM
#AcademicSky, let's get to know each other! Quote this with: 1) a project you're working on & 2) an idea you aren't working on but keep thinking abt
1) Expand & improve trauma-informed care for youth with C-PTSD
2) Writing a book about integration of Buddhist psychology into Western psychotherapy
1) Expand & improve trauma-informed care for youth with C-PTSD
2) Writing a book about integration of Buddhist psychology into Western psychotherapy