thanks cronetoo.  what a great share.   putin’s self control amazes me, the test pilots’ life mirrors putin’s near enough that most would tear up or choke, yet he collected himself to deliver the speech honouring the other heroes.

movement capture has been around a long time…if i had to guess, i’d say it’s been around since babylon.   i first ran into it @ sir george williams, later named, concordia.  a group of students had taken over the computers.

fairly early on, a tight circle of strangers inexplicably emerged.   where the students were disorganized, passionate, arrogant young know it alls, not stupid so much as unbruised, the strangers were impressive impresarios.  in no time, they’d selected a leader, something the students hadn’t been in a rush to do, a campus folk singer, a good looking guy totally recognizable, confident he knew everyone worth knowing…oddly though like all the rest he was wholly unacquainted with the clique of strangers.

next thing, they’d nominated him to be president of the student council, a job he’d selected for himself but had not disclosed within the group.  student council like frats & football wasn’t cool back then.  most had not even noticed there was an election upcoming.   the folkie hoped to change the world through grassroots movements.  the strangers knew something about campaigns & the win was fairly big.  this too was never questioned.

after his election disappointment set in—none of his slate ever made it to the council vote & slowly he began to realize he was required to back an agenda that he’d neither proposed nor supported.   all the while the momentum of the takeover of the university’s computers dissipated.

fear & loathing in kiev

https://eastcalling.substack.com/p/fear-and-loathing-in-kiev

RT

putin suggests a new approach to boosting birth rate in russia

https://www.rt.com/russia/629185-russia-birth-rate-boost/

snake

https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/kushner-role-bid-warner-bros-raises-ethical-questions-experts-say-2025-12-08/