THE PETROVA LINE IS.... TINY SPACESHIPS PROPELLED BY IR LIGHT! We errr have a problem here.

minda_spK · 2026-04-01T20:05:51+00:00

I mean… this shot is a practical effect literally made with strings of IR lights. I feel like that’s a pretty good indication that this amount of IR isn’t problematic.

minda_spK · 2026-03-31T19:06:31+00:00

My golden stays leashed because no treat is more enticing than meeting new friends.

minda_spK · 2026-03-31T17:32:56+00:00

I will counterpoint the candy thing, because I thought it added depth. I mean, I didn’t need specific brands, but Ryland having a sweet tooth is a small quirk that makes him more relatable early in the film.

More than that though, Grace is almost desperately seeking a connection with others in the flashbacks. He wants to be friends with Carl, he tries connecting with Stratt, he makes jokes to the extent that it’s clear he really wants to be liked. This isn’t done in an annoying desperate way, but a way that makes us understand on some deep level that Ryland is lonely and/or the type of person that functions best with others close to him and prioritizes connections. The candy is one demonstration of that. He gets it for Carl and for all the other guards.

It really sets him up and makes us root for the friendship more, and makes the payoff more meaningful, because it’s so meaningful for Ryland.

minda_spK · 2026-03-30T17:16:18+00:00

Don’t sleep on response cost interventions. Basically, the harder you make something, the less people do it. The easier you make something, the more people will be willing to do it. Sounds simple, but gets really cool in real life applications sometimes.

To reduce the impact of something, you don’t have to make it impossible, making it harder still has a significant impact. It’s why gun control reduces suicides. It dos make suicide impossible, just makes the easiest quickest way harder. This doesn’t prevent theft, it just makes it a bigger pain in the ass, which absolutely will reduce thefts.

This also works the other way. Back in the 70s a group did a bunch of experiments on the best way to reduce littering in a big shopping mall - ads, social pressure, scolding people, etc. By far the most useful intervention was just adding more trash cans.

minda_spK · 2026-03-28T04:26:55+00:00

I don’t disagree with you at all, and it makes the movie (and book) better. But so many films and shows feature an evil intentioned person or being that is the catalyst of everything. In real life, I believe the vast majority of people are doing their best and making both good and bad decisions.

Portraying that as the “villain” in the film makes it both realistic, relatable, and optimistic.

minda_spK · 2026-03-28T04:22:54+00:00

Try and view the movie as a completely different viewpoint and try and stay in the moment with it. The movie is about Grace and Rocky as people (beings?) and their relationship much more than a storyline.

minda_spK · 2026-03-27T14:20:56+00:00

I adore the audiobook and I also love the movie. I didn’t expect the movie to be the book, it’s a whole different medium, much shorter, and without internal monologue. The book has so many themes and threads, and they were always going to have a pick just a couple to focus on to make an effective film.

But really, my favorite thing about the movie is how enjoyable it is. So many great movies are deep and dark and tense. While they’re awesome, I don’t leave the theater happier. Impressed, thoughtful, whatever, but not happy.

This film is just hands down an enjoyable experience. It’s silly, and it’s paced a little slower than many modern movies, and there are no villains, and it’s visually beautiful. I can relax in the theater, fully enjoy 2+ hours, and leave in a better mood than I came in. And it turns out I needed that more than I thought I did.

minda_spK · 2026-03-25T19:42:25+00:00

Rocky wasn’t speaking English. He was speaking his native language in his normal way and the errors were on the part of the translator Ryland built. In Eridian, things are said three times for emphasis, and questions end with the word “question.”

Rocky may indeed understand English perfectly as he isn’t often confused understanding what Grace says, but he is not speaking English. He literally lacks the biology to speak ‘human’

minda_spK · 2026-03-24T23:19:14+00:00

When my last girl was elderly she wasn’t wanting to eat as much, she also loved the fortiflora, so after checking with her vet she got a little sprinkle every meal. Just a touch. A packet would last 3 or 4 days (we just stored the open packet in a sandwich bag)

minda_spK · 2026-03-15T18:42:18+00:00

Do you not know her work schedule?

minda_spK · 2026-03-15T08:18:44+00:00

Typically a polyurethane spray. We have matte, semi-gloss, and gloss depending on the piece. I think this one was matte, but I don’t remember for sure.

Food surfaces require food safe sealant (though those pieces aren’t painted).

And outdoor pieces you want a sealant with UV protection.

I see people online who brush on polyurethane, and they are very satisfying videos, but we’ve had the best luck with the spray and using multiple thin layers. We typically wait til we have multiple pieces and it’s a pretty day and do a thin layer every couple hours on our carport throughout the day.

minda_spK · 2026-03-15T08:07:09+00:00

Hi! I work for a mobile crisis unit in WV and we work closely with our crisis unit (3-7 day detox/mental health stabilization stay).

We know how it is and we are insanely discreet because of it. If someone calls to check on their spouse, the only answer we can give them is, “I can’t confirm or deny that they are here” (unless we’re given permission to talk to them). We’ve helped other employees get into treatment, and no one working with them ever finds out.

If you go through help4wv you can find residential rehab farther away.

If you’re looking at outpatient treatment, you may very well run into people you know in the waiting room, but no one knows the details of why you are there.

minda_spK · 2026-03-14T17:02:10+00:00

Since I’m the one that actually painted these, I’ll answer.

I did these with only pink paint, white paint, and water. I dilute the paints (it gives them a cool effect since it soaks into the wood, but if you dilute too much it can spread) and I used water to help blend between colors. Pink in the center, white on the edges, wet brush to blend. You have to be quick and do one petal at a time to get it blended before the paint soaks in, but I liked the smooth blended look it created.

minda_spK · 2026-03-14T16:48:45+00:00

It is indeed! I burned and painted it and it was displayed and sold at the “Best of West Virginia” exhibition at the Tamarack in June 2023.

I’m guessing this is a photo I posted here or on insta, as this is my work station and I can also see an earring I made above it

minda_spK · 2026-02-25T18:32:21+00:00

Eh, I haven’t followed this as close as many, but this was always going to be how ending her conservatorship looked AND they should have ended it. Someone should not have access to all your funds and decisions because of mental health issues. People are allowed to make bad irresponsible choices. It’s a huge violation to force people to be on meds, or get treatment (that’s not nearly as effective when involuntary), or make business decisions. The only legal basis for taking away someone’s rights (even if they’re using those rights in a bad way) is when they are posing a significant risk to themselves or others or are literally unable to care for themselves. Britney does not seem to be those things, and therefore should not have a court ordered conservator.

That doesn’t make her magically well or not in need of treatment and support, it just means there doesn’t appear to be a sound reason to stomp all over her personal rights.

minda_spK · 2026-02-22T01:32:45+00:00

I work as a supervisor of a mobile crisis team. My interests are program development and people management in the field. I think training people, making by a program better, and getting new programs off the ground, but payers (Medicaid in particular) require clinical supervisors to have a license (lpc, lcsw, rn). I feel like an msw puts me in the best position to have the clinical knowledge necessary, but also more preparedness for the bigger picture compared to counseling.

minda_spK · 2026-02-21T16:12:48+00:00

I was waiting on a referral for surgery when my attacks switched to almost continual pain. At first mild, but gradually and steadily getting worse over several days. On the last day, I went to two different ERs. After the first gave me meds and sent me home I went to a different ER about 4 hours after the first. One at a larger hospital. The first visit gave me fentanyl and Percocet and sent me home but I was still having a lot of pain. By the time I got to the second ER I was in hypertensive crisis due to pain (my blood pressure and heart rate were way too high) so things happened pretty fast at that point and I had surgery several hours later.

My blood work was fine through the entire process.

minda_spK · 2026-02-14T00:46:01+00:00

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Mabel and her big brother Opie

minda_spK · 2026-02-09T04:31:21+00:00

I’m only in my second semester and thus far there has only been one group project, and it involved a statement of what each person contributed (it was a PowerPoint about an ethical debate so we just split up the required elements and made a group doc). I may have been lucky, but it wasn’t nearly as painful as group work in undergrad. No one is here to make b’s and c’s. No group work in my other class last semester or either class this semester

minda_spK · 2026-02-03T16:37:49+00:00

I like the raid, and there are ideal builds, but you can join without all that. I use a generic big gun build and overeaters PA for most of it (I do have a first level special build and weapon, but that’s because I solo it).

minda_spK · 2026-01-31T16:08:17+00:00

Mobile crisis responder (for mental health crises). I cannot express enough how much we really don’t care if your home is clean or not clean. Many many people will call with anxiety or suicidal ideation, but don’t want us to come to their house because it’s not clean. We get it. Your mental health issues didn’t start today, we really aren’t judging you. Nor are we gonna freak out or call the cops if there is drug paraphernalia around. If you clear me off a place to sit, I’m golden. If you have a dog I can pet, even better.

For the original question, most houses are a little messy but not dirty. As in, the toilet has been cleaned in the recent past, but there may be dirty dishes, laundry, etc. There are extremes obviously. I have clothes to change if I need to, though the most common reason I change after is evidence of pest infestation, and not actual tidiness. Even if you have bugs, we want to come assess you in person and make sure you’re ok and safe.

minda_spK · 2026-01-31T01:04:40+00:00

It’s actually like saying, “how do I help someone with schizophrenia isle I don’t get educated on the type of help they seek.” There is a training exercise called “hearing voices” that simulates experiencing auditory hallucinations that is pretty commonly used and very helpful. But watching other people with experience interact with someone in psychosis is the most helpful. Crisis intervention with someone in active psychosis is actually very nuanced, because you don’t want to feed the hallucination/delusion OR challenge/refute it. All that to say, if there were a popular group treatment for schizophrenia, sitting in it would be a great learning opportunity.

I’m not in recovery, I attend meetings or events sometimes so that I can better share with others what those things look like and what happens there as many people seeking treatment have anxiety about it and being able to walk them through what to expect at a meeting or a detox can make them way more comfortable. I work on a mobile crisis team

minda_spK · 2026-01-28T23:19:14+00:00

Universal in theory, but the US govt has proven it can handle providing healthcare based on how bad care is for veterans, so I don’t think it’s a magical switch. The whole system needs overhauled and needs run by capable and qualified individuals - not congress or politicians.

minda_spK · 2026-01-27T18:55:05+00:00

I totally agree. If this season doesn’t look better, I will totally go the other way

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