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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 12d

Jimmy Carter Walked The Walk.....

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LunaLuvgood2020 @lunaluvgood2020.bsky.social · 11d

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Syscrusher @syscrusher.bsky.social · 14d

Somewhere in American history, capitalism morphed from the United States' predominant economic model to a state religion. Capitalism is falsely equated with free market economics, work ethic, and personal initiative.

Economic models are neither good nor evil; people's use of them determines that.

Syscrusher @syscrusher.bsky.social · 14d

This is what principled leadership looks like. I'll be adding the Python Software Foundation to my list of open source foundations to support financially.

Python Software Foundation @python.org · 15d

TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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The official home of the Python Programming Language

www.python.org

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Syscrusher @syscrusher.bsky.social · 22d

It seems a domestic terrorist destroyed part of the White House today. By "terrorist" I mean a horrible person working to destroy the United States. The suspect's name is "Donald Trump". I hope this criminal can be apprehended soon, and face the justice he deserves.

Demolished section of the East Wing of the White House, residence of the President of the United States. In the foreground is the tracked excavating machine that actually did the damage.

Syscrusher @syscrusher.bsky.social · 23d

Correction: The input clip is just over 64000 frames, not 16000.

Syscrusher @syscrusher.bsky.social · 23d

Playing back my test render, Blender had managed a spectacularly robust reconstruction of the overall scene. I will use transform keyframes to zoom and pan over the stabilized image, as if the original was tighter shots. This raw render (at 8X speed and low res) shows the stabilizing adjustment.

Syscrusher @syscrusher.bsky.social · 23d

The scene shifted so much I expected a *massive* amount of hand-stitching to make it into anything coherent, even after Blender's stabilizer was done. Here's an example of just how far astray I had to go with the camera. The centermost marker is "Track.DoorHair.1", by the way. Fun times!

A partial screenshot of Blender's video clip editor shows part of the crowd from the previous screen shot. The speaker is not in the camera frame this time, nor are most of the dozen tracking markers. A dark doorway in the background provides contrast for two of the three highlighted markers. One of the markers in the doorway is mentioned in the post; the other one is the upper part of one of my camera tripods, with shiny metal contrasting with the dark doorway behind it.

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Syscrusher @syscrusher.bsky.social · 23d

Note the names of some of the tracking markers. That shows how desperate I was to find *anything* to track, even for a few seconds at a time. "Track.DoorHair.1", for instance, is the point where a woman's light-colored hair occludes one edge of a dark doorway.

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Syscrusher @syscrusher.bsky.social · 23d

Blender can stabilize video quite well with 2 or 3 tracked objects. This huge list of markers is because that's how many are needed to have at least one visible in...most...of the footage. It took me 4 hours to step through the clip a few seconds at a time, occasionally 20 seconds if I got lucky.

This partial screenshot shows Blender's video clip editing feature. The preview scene occupies most of the space and shows a man speaking to a few dozen people seated in rows of chairs. The speaker is walking down the center aisle among the audience; an event moderator stands at the podium in a far corner. Various locations in the scene are highlighted with square tracking markers. Some of the markers are attached to objects behind them, but many are simply at random-looking positions because the objects they track are not currently in the camera frustum.

To the right is a list of about 12 named markers corresponding to the highlighted square frames in the viewport. One marker, labeled "Track.185804.1", is highlighted in the list and in the viewport.

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Syscrusher @syscrusher.bsky.social · 23d

I am *astonished* at what I have just accomplished with Blender's object tracking and video stabilization features (screenshots to follow). The input clip is over 16000 frames, and I kept getting bumped and jostled. The speaker had promised to wander far less than he did.

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Syscrusher @syscrusher.bsky.social · 23d

My first Blender video project is a 2+ hour event I recorded for a nonprofit org, using 1 fixed cam, 1 semi-fixed cam, and my mobile phone as handheld. I had 2 days' notice of the event, and I'm not a professional videographer. So the raw video is far from ideal, and there's no shared timecode.

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Syscrusher @syscrusher.bsky.social · 23d

I've used @blender3d.bsky.social for years for 3D modeling and animation, but only recently began learning its video editing features. It's very different from single-purpose editors. Video clips are "just another data type" to Blender, from which springs the learning challenge AND the power.

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Machine Pun Kelly @kellyscaletta.bsky.social · 24d

7 million protesters, 0 arrests.

Man we suck at terrorism.

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Syscrusher @syscrusher.bsky.social · 23d

"We've got news for you, Ted Cruz. We all hate you for free!"

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 23d

Guys, Soros reached out and told us to relay a message.

“You’ll receive the money when we have our democracy back in the hands of the people”

We apologize for the miscommunication and we will strive to do better in the future.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23d

SCANDAL — the “paid protesters” all got stiffed yesterday 🤷🏼 💰

Now they know how all those contractors Trump hired feel 😕

(H/T @thegoodliars.bsky.social & @howdypolitics.bsky.social )

Syscrusher @syscrusher.bsky.social · 24d

I subscribe to the Canton Repository and can read the full article. I won't violate copyright by pasting the text, but a summary: The female protester was seated when struck by a white pickup truck and was conscious when transported to hospital by EMS. Witnesses say the driver acted deliberately.

Syscrusher @syscrusher.bsky.social · 24d

The Canton Repository has an article on this incident: www.cantonrep.com/story/news/a...

The witness who is quoted as being sure the act was deliberate is an acquaintance of mine, and I will vouch for her character. She is not someone given to exaggeration or sensationalism.

No Kings Day protester in Jackson Township injured by hit-and-run driver

Local No Kings protests dot the county on Oct. 18

www.cantonrep.com

Syscrusher @syscrusher.bsky.social · 24d

I am not sure which moves me more: the words on the sign, or the face of quiet determination as she carries it. This is what real strength and real love look like.

Joe DeLong @joedelong.bsky.social · 24d

Powerful sign at No Kings in Cleveland

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Syscrusher @syscrusher.bsky.social · 24d

Crap. So much for deporting the Tangerine Turd as far from here as possible on Earth.

Ah, well, there's always the asteroid belt. That's probably a safer distance, anyway.

Syscrusher @syscrusher.bsky.social · 24d

I am so grateful to people from other countries who stand in solidarity with us, partly because it gives me hope that we can re-earn the trust of the world after we flush this corrupt -- and temporary -- government down its own golden toilet. It will (and should) take time, but there is hope.

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Syscrusher @syscrusher.bsky.social · 24d

One woman in an expensive sports car looked directly at me as she drove slowly past, flipping me the bird the whole way. I regret that I was too slow-reflexed to blow her a kiss; I only smiled and waved.

Syscrusher @syscrusher.bsky.social · 24d

Tallying the score of us "America-hating terrorists" versus the "patriotic" MAGA faction with respect to #NoKings rally in Jackson Twp., Ohio:

Protestors: Responded to obscene gestures, thumbs-down, etc., with smiles and peace signs.

MAGA: Struck (apparently on purpose) a protester with a vehicle.