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jaybaeta

@jaybaeta@mastodon.social

Thoughtfulness & compassion.

I run the Scenoptica project, where we share footage, tell stories, make documentaries, and share knowledge on ecology, science, and academia (in English and Bahasa Indonesia).

Quickly: he/him, live in #Indonesia (previously Europe/Africa); enjoy #cinema, #reading, #music, #art, and #games; played #hockey; play #drums; interested in #ecology; love #ferns but other #plants are cool too; #creativecommons member; use #linux & #kde; have a dozen rescue #cats.

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jaybaeta, to animals
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Observe the pancake cat, so flat, round, and fluffy.

Top view of a white and brown cat. From this shot, he looks very plump, but it's really all fur.

jaybaeta, to random
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In one Javanese community, it's not climate change, crime, corruption, or classism that brings people to fist fights and potential riots, but who gets to be imam for maghrib.

https://www.detik.com/jatim/berita/d-7092888/geger-jemaah-masjid-di-kota-kediri-adu-jotos-gegara-rebutan-jadi-imam-salat

jaybaeta, to random
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Fun fact (from Plant Ecology; Schulze et al. 2005): it takes water 2–3 months to travel from the roots to the tips of the giant sequoia. That's (1) a big tree and (2) a lot of gravity to overcome!

jaybaeta, to random
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It's December (again), which means we did another round of getting the environmental science students to watch the classic, "Pom Poko," and then analyse it.

I'll be releasing the videos soon, but in the meantime, the most pleasant surprise was that a few groups not only discussed but cited @jasonhickel in the process.

When we talked about it, I felt that I didn't do well enough in explaining global economics to biology students, but I guess something sunk in! 😊

jaybaeta,
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The first video is out! Admittedly this will be of low interest to most people, but I think it's important to reward the students' efforts, and two groups get to have their presentations featured on Scenoptica (this being the first). 😊

https://youtu.be/8WbTHRDOaVs

Or read more about it: https://www.patreon.com/posts/pom-poko-2023-94485788?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

lowqualityfacts, to random
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Obviously.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

jaybaeta,
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@lowqualityfacts Ah so, Jrjr Binks.

jaybaeta, to random Indonesian
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It's a herculean task to summarise the depth of Henry Kissinger's criminality. Not just in Asia, but Africa, too. My humble thoughts are that besides being an evil man, he was an incompetent, arrogant "diplomat," and the shame of humanity through both the power he was allowed to wield and the fact that the people he hurt died too long ago to be able to celebrate the rotting of his fetid corpse and urinate on his grave. Regardless, may he rest in the piss of the children of those who survived.

jaybaeta, to random Indonesian
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My statement on the state of things today is that the Bing AI image creator can make a stamp with the word "economics" on it, but can't if the word is "ecology".

Does that mean anything? Hell if I know, but I notice it anyway. 😆

Four AI-created images of a clay stamp. Each one has text on it, in order of image: 1. "ecogy" 2. "eco ogy" 3. "ecogy" 4. "ecogy"

jaybaeta, to random Indonesian
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Revisiting our video on green snakes with red tails biting cats, I saw a dead Trimeresurus albolabris this evening. Area was a bit rural but still populated enough that I was surprised to find the snake (even dead). I don't know the cause of death. Interesting discovery, regardless, my first of a viper of any kind in the wild.

https://youtube.com/shorts/pjMtnajwDXg

jaybaeta, to random
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Just me teaching.

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https://mastodon.social/@jaybaeta/111404656149463223

Also update on this. We successfully filmed about 30 minutes of footage before rain indeed arrived. Hope to complete editing this week, and potentially shoot an extra bit of conversation, if Donan recovers from his "masuk angin."

jaybaeta, to random
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Revisiting an old with an upscaled remaster of "Hello," the brief meditation on time passed: https://youtu.be/4y_tp_6Fk5o.

I wrote a thread about using Real-ESRGAN previously (https://mastodon.social/@jaybaeta/110729517199709375), and go into more detail on the method I used in this Patreon post: https://www.patreon.com/posts/revisiting-hello-92820043.

In general, the upscale produces some interesting artifacts, mostly smudging the image and creating something a bit more ethereal...

jaybaeta,
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TLDR of the method:

  1. Extract every frame of the film as an individual jpg (e.g. with ffmpeg).

  2. Upscale using Real-ESRGAN; I used the cmdline version, but it's also available as a (https://flathub.org/apps/io.gitlab.theevilskeleton.Upscaler) thanks to @TheEvilSkeleton.

  3. Put each upscaled frame back together. Although ffmpeg works, the output had some issues, so I did it manually in @kdenlive and rendered the combined frames as a new video.

  4. That's it! 😊

The hardest part is waiting for each frame to complete.

kotaro, to random

Workplace and telework exhaust me, but not as much as Twitter. X these days is full of hoaxes, negative posts, influencers who incite division, and big company PR fights over it? It's not very nice, but it's not a world inhabited by humans.

jaybaeta,
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@kotaro Describing it as "exhausting" is a good way of putting it.

jaybaeta,
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@kotaro That's how I read it, yeah.

jaybaeta, to random
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Doing some quick accounting and the cost* of one of my domains on was £11.55/year in 2021, £13.78/year in February of this year, and as of today £19.99/year.

I'd like to see the return of cool personal websites, but registrars being gobbled up by evil conglomerates that immediately and consistently raise prices is putting a real damper on my hopes.

These price hikes are not only unreasonable but they're done purely because they can get away with it.

*Assuming my shaky math is correct.

jaybaeta, to random
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Confirmed filming in some dry rivers on Wednesday. Now the race is on between me and the weather. 🙃

jaybaeta, to animals
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Short thread about a man and his dog. Apologies in advance for the insta link; I don't think this story is here.

  • 29-year-old man in Wonosobo with stage 4 brain cancer has a service dog to keep him company.

  • Problem is some of his neighbours are prejudiced against dogs (common issue here) and complained to the cops.

  • Cops showed up, caged the dog, and took the key. If you see below, this was utter, senseless cruelty and torture.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CzF7glgSRCJ/

jaybaeta,
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  • He appealed for help online and a Yogyakarta-based sanctuary responded.

  • They took her in, but she was stressed by the separation and unhappy.

  • So they offered to move her to a sanctuary in Bogor and let him stay with her (presumably until he dies).

  • They're also helping with his medical expenses so that the progression of the cancer can be ameliorated.

Despite the malice of his neighbour(s), who knew about his cancer and prognosis, both owner and lab are reportedly safe now. :)

jaybaeta,
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@darwinwoodka I agree with you in spirit, but in Indonesia, there'd be a very low likelihood of success. Legal protections exist for animals, but they're a low priority.

Just like with the people who poisoned my cats; what they did ought to be a crime, but reporting them to the police will just make the cops annoyed with me.

jaybaeta, to random
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So, today I met with my friend, Donan, to discuss filming something in one of the many dry rivers in Yogyakarta, while the drought keeps them dry. I thought it would be interesting to walk in the empty waterways and want to discuss the local effects of El Niño.

Since that conversation, it has rained and now I hear heavy thunder, indicating even heavier rain coming. Excellent timing, climate! 😂

jaybaeta,
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@lesighlepurr As they say, you make plans, and the rain gods laugh. 😭

jaybaeta,
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@pixiepippi Not at all, although I did have a debate with my mum (who lives in Manchester) on who had the worst weather this year, because she complained about having only three days of summer. 😂

Also, that's lovely to know. Jogja has a life of its own. 😊

Nifflas, (edited ) to random
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Best superpower? Teleportation! The power can be used between X to Y times per year (resets and rerolls every new year) but you don't know how many uses remain until you try to teleport and it fails.

jaybaeta,
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@Nifflas I'm glad more people chose A, because what is a teleportation life if you can't share the fun with others. 😋

jaybaeta, to fedora
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39 works! No hiccups upgrading this time. 😊

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