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Fidel Destro

@fideldestro.bsky.social

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Tech artist, writer, anti-establishment agitator, broke anarchist with no friends, and the sovereign Witch King of Mars. I'm using science & art to make magic and fight evil. I don't like your employer and I don't like your party. Foster human excellence.

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Fidel Destro @fideldestro.bsky.social · Jun 19

Back in the summer of 2023, after my cat died, I spent 2 weeks building a particle physics animation engine in Blender Geometry Nodes, entirely on intuition. I also built a system to record animations as curves so they can be played back dynamically.
#Blender #Programming #memoir

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Fidel Destro @fideldestro.bsky.social · 4h

I made the mistake of deciding to stand up while old and my knee was like

a man with his hands on his head is making a funny face .

ALT: a man with his hands on his head is making a funny face .

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Fidel Destro @fideldestro.bsky.social · 5h

Also, greyscale.

Fidel Destro @fideldestro.bsky.social · 5h

Here. I make bigger.

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Fidel Destro @fideldestro.bsky.social · 5h

Can't really see the 10Print pattern, which is getting eaten up by the compression.

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Fidel Destro @fideldestro.bsky.social · 5h

This little experiment is now at the point where I'm losing serious time staring at it. And feeling a smidge woozy.
#Godot #demoscene #TechArt #Shader #10Print

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Fidel Destro @fideldestro.bsky.social · 7h

And now it's animated. Here's an infinite 10Print shader in Godot.

Fidel Destro @fideldestro.bsky.social · 7h

...aaaaand this is a less intermediary step.

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Fidel Destro @fideldestro.bsky.social · 7h

Intermediary stage on the way to a 10Print shader.

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 12h

after the 10th radioactive shrimp recall in 7 weeks, i decided to do some digging

little did i know it would lead me to an underreported industrial accident that may have released an airborne plume of radioactive debris over swaths of indonesia
www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...

What Is Really Going on With All This Radioactive Shrimp? - Consumer Reports

Here’s the latest on how shrimp and spices got contaminated with cesium-137, how the FDA has responded, and why consumers should not panic.

www.consumerreports.org

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Fidel Destro @fideldestro.bsky.social · 8h

Thank you so very much :D

Fidel Destro @fideldestro.bsky.social · 8h

Can I help? I've got a lot of tech support background, use Blender bunches, and like to help learners.

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Dethklaw Miniatures @dethklawminiatures.bsky.social · 9h

New robo WIP, I believe I finalized the blockout. Resolving the mechanicals and adding details should get this one to the finish line!
Blender with EEVEE is awesome!
#plasticity #miniature #mech #blender

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Chris Weisiger @byobattleship.bsky.social · 9h

I'm told the correct procedure here is to close all the forums but one, and make that one forum (which regular people can't post to) contain a locked thread directing users to the community space you can actually control.

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Killinsmallz @killinsmallz.bsky.social · 10h

Know any good Scary stories?

I've used a bunch of different paint programs and none of them really feel quite like this. I also really miss having a stylus. Did you know blender is free?

#b3d #blender

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🇵🇸 Caleb 𓇼 ⋆｡˚ 𓆝⋆｡˚ 𓇼 🏳️‍⚧️ @littlestpersimmon.bsky.social · 10d

vestigial

Swarm of butterflies drawn with a pencil texture. A small face is repeatedly peering through the wings

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Marco Antonio Cupido 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @marcocupido.bsky.social · 12h

Welcome to the Infinite City. #blender3d #onirica #wip

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Matt "Matt "qwilman" Bixler" Bixler, aka qwilman @qwilman.bsky.social · Feb 13

in case you missed it, last year i got to make a music video for a dope midwest emo anthem. it was one of the most fun projects i've ever gotten to work on, graham was cool as hell to work with, and i'm super proud of it.

Graham Marshall - Do You Even Want To Grow Up? (Music Video)

YouTube video by Graham Marshall

www.youtube.com

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Fidel Destro @fideldestro.bsky.social · 12h

Tinder: "Invite friends to be your matchmaker!"
Me: "I don't really have any friends, and the ones I've had have never tried to match me up with anyone."
Tinder: "Maybe you're not really cut out for this."

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Cody @codyjohnston.bsky.social · 13h

New episode about evil piss trash.
youtu.be/vlKDQ3fwI5w?...

The Making Of Stephen Miller - SOME MORE NEWS

YouTube video by Some More News

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Fidel Destro @fideldestro.bsky.social · 13h

I know. You just gotta keep searching until you find something. The energy you've got is gonna enough to get you there.

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Standplaats Kraków @standplaatskrk.pl · 4d

Geordi La Forge Nope/Yes meme, but the yes has laser eyes in the visor:

NOPE:
"Do Not Comply In Advance"
- bossy
- already a cliche
- implies permission to comply later

YES:
"Fuck You, Make Me"
- leads by example
- directs yelling at opposition instead of allies
- easy to chant at a protest or put on a banner

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Fidel Destro @fideldestro.bsky.social · 14h

My mood is wry enough to find the horrors amusing.

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Augh @augh3d.bsky.social · 14h

just end to end madlibs regime

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 14h

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Fidel Destro @fideldestro.bsky.social · 14h

Congratulations. That's 3 more rejections than I've been brave enough to receive.

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