#eldricktobin

Did it run perfectly fine last year and now it doesn't? Have you installed the XIVLauncher and the only thing that changed is now you actually get a Close or Debug window? Did you maybe get the (6d) error? Have you clicked the Debug option, and seen that it leads to DBGHELP.DLL?

Have you reinstalled 4 to 12 times... even to different drives, AND made a backup archive to just save the bandwidth if you have to do it yet AGAIN?

Are you suspecting it is a memory glitch? Graphics Driver Fault? That you're... oh gosh... still running Windows 10 version sprach sprach perry boink? Fear your 1080ti is finally on it's last legs...?

Well, the kind people at XIVLauncher have a little message you AND *I* both didn't see before going down 4575612559673 different Tech Support rabbit holes trying to solve what you -or at least *I*- thought HAD to be one of the above problems.

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Legacy Nvidia GPU Troubleshooting

Nvidia GTX 800/900/1000-series Cards

As of Nvidia RTX Driver Release 590 (December 2025), Nvidia has marked GTX 800/900/1000 series GPUs as legacy. They will not receive driver updates or support past Nvidia Driver Release 580 versions. GeForce Security Update Drivers 582.28 and 582.53 (and probably later) have known issues that can cause game crashes. It is recommended to roll back to a prior version, such as Game Ready Driver 581.80.

Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) can be used to remove the current driver if you are having trouble rolling back.

Franzbot version: 2022-May-13

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Did you read it? Have you re-read it? Do you think it is a bath for porcines?

Well, I probably can't put a dent in your opinion if you're truly determined, however this was EXACTLY what was really wrong in my case.

nVidia did us all dirty with 582.28 and 582.53 (which I thought couldn'tpossiblybetheissuebecauseIjustupdatedfrom *.28 to *.53 soitmustbesomethingelse) and our 'rocket' is trying to 'plot a course to the wrong destination' but in very specific cases.

Like a trip to Arcturus... our analogy for the next little bit.

That mess in dbghelp.dll that some of us saw in debuggers? Bam. It wouldn't be going to Arktaaurus instead of Arcturus without driver hiccup. At least in this case. Mercury? Fine. Procyon? Fine. Arcturus? Drunk.

That (6d) error about no graphics driver, and other shenaniganry? Well if the driver is batshit insane about how you spell Arcturus, but the game and your OS know how it's spelled? Well obviously your driver is looney/hacked/glitchy/ etcaetera and might as well not 'exist'. For the analogy, your pilot thinks they are the co-pilot, when you ask to go to Arcturus. Thus no pilot... no /driver/. [Better without actual italics]

Windows? Oh boy if 10 was actually stone dead there'd be more online about this. Your rocket will get you there. For Now.

Memory? Well something doesn't have to be EXACTLY XIV to screm like a hull breach. SOMETHING ELSE would break.

Musical Chairs with your drive space? While for ME this was a major reason I went Tech Support Hat, I should have kept it off. Granted (6d) and (dbghelp.dll) !@#$%^&*(SHOULD)*&^%$#@! have suggested a rollback. But it might have been after the 647344 other samey messages. My eyes... hell anyone's eyes would be tired after a point.

Give a driver rollback a try. It worked for me, and as I was seeing The Message on their discord, it worked for another user as well.

Unless you don't want to reach Arcturus. That's up to you.

Am I buzzword grade? No. Diamond in the rough par excellence? Nope.

Just thought I’d put some up.

I am nuts, so there’s that for an explanation.

https://www.twitch.tv/eldricktobin My Twitch. This fought me a bit. Didn’t like me streaming 1080p.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haZvWiYg2iE My Youtube Test. Had to make sure it would let me.

I was just taking an ‘old’ phone for a photo check of the sunglare on a part of this house. I figured the phone would show me the proper lighting. It showed me the same so-much-bloom-that-it-could-not-make-out-the-horizontal-slats image as my own eyes.

Lemme just set up the inflatable podium with my bubblegum scented newsprint fake credentials on the front...

And can't forget the soap-bubble pipe as I'm also mumbling about societal Brains and societal memBranes. Hmm. I don't have anything to set up for political views... now giant gummy ticks to stick on myself so... gotta skirt politics as if I were a Drift King from the Fast and the Furious. Or Initial D.

So everyone got their popcorn to watch my clusterfuck of bullshit about the dumpster fire of social media? You do? Stellar.

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These days we have more types of businesses than ever before. Traditional Businesses have often poorly built websites with an infodump at the bottom of every page. Some link to "sitemaps", "glossaries of terminology" or more barebones "indexes". Some have "Contact Us" pages but maybe not "About Us".

But a large percentage have some form of Newsroom. A place where sales, marketing, and the press have dominion to post the big questions about the business:

Who they are partnered with Why they are partnered with them When that started How Communications Broke Down What the state of the relationships are currently and Where things go from here.

With no comments section. Because this is for shouting news into the void. Forums and social media are for the discussion. The video of the signing of the agreements has a comment section. Bloggers covering the fallout or windfall have audiences.

This is where the news goes.

Your Thoughtbubble.Net social media platform is NOT where news goes. MacDowell's and Slamtelligent Systems make a Purple and Green dyed sandwich... there's an Ad on TBN, but the partnership announcement is on their newsroom. No matter how much everyone might hate the collaboration. TBN is not where you lodge the complaint. You vent and rant on TBN about how both groups' Upper Management treat their spouses like notches on a belt. TBN is for venting, ranting, and social interaction.

No one (should) go to TBN for Customer 2 Business interaction. It's faster. And some places don't even HAVE forums or proper channels for complaint. They just have TBN.

HOWEVER

Because of this, and because small businesses and influencers have little else website-wise, everyone thinks TBN is the place for news.

It is only a place to discuss the news. Fallout and windfall might happen there, but policy takes more cranks of the gears to change anything.

MacDowell's CEO trying to have an ex-husband in every state of the union, does not impact his business unless his business partners find it distasteful. If they don't threads on TBN mean little until the outcry drowns out the flow of currency. If they do they will likely determine that themselves without the 'benefit' of the public's opinion.

Even if something is actually 100% unethical. The gears are slow to turn. Zeroes beat Ethics in Rock Paper Scissors.

Similarly for Slamtelligent Systems. No one likes their acronyms on the exchanges. SLAM and ... the other one... don't sit well. So businesses are already leery.

But their products speak volumes. So the single 30 something CEO 'dating' every eligible bachelorette like he thinks he's a Greek God likely gets a shake of the head and a signed contract.

But that's all corporations. It works for Fartin Martin and their stink-stream. It works for Kaos Korner. Because they have news that they need to put out there, but they DO NOT need to fire off a flare to let everyone know front and center on the Social Stage.

TBN is used as their newsroom because they do not HAVE a newsroom. Even if they discuss not wanting to use VitaBubble airfresheners ever again on stream... until it's referenceable for business purposes it's just words.

Their affiliate codes still work. Their streams may loose all branding from VitaBubble. People are gonna wonder what's up.

But no one clipped the announcement so when the VOD times out on BaitTron everyone's favorite video streaming site, no one knows why. Except for a thread full of bots and hate brigades on TBN that should have had comments turned off. Oh but wait it's not a Newsroom. It's a Social Platform. Even paying for your Pink Z doesn't let you snooze comments for more than 2 weeks.

But if they each had a Newsroom, the information could be there. No outrage real or fake. No uninformed opinions from people who have 2 of the 12 talking points memorized... the two that have been disproven naturally... filling page after page of the announcement thread.

Afterall if you wait for VitaBubble to announce it on their Newsroom it will only be after 90 lawyers have combed the announcement, and that's going to be in 8 months. A bit late to the party don't you think?

And everyone online for even 3 seconds wants everything now now now. Because so much IS available now now now. So it's not there now now now there's serious screaming.

So no one even bats an eye about NOT announcing every little thing directly on TBN and its ilk. Some of which is JUST newsroom pabulum, but it fills the void. Insert repeats of the above here as some barely needs to see the light of day. It needed to be on a Newsroom page.

Unless you wanted to be clowned on for clicks and views. I guess there's no such thing as bad publicity... unless of course you're JUST Fartin Martin. AND you are only streaming to 10 regulars and any scrutiny is detrimental as your regulars wanna watch the stink-stream is peace. *gasps for virtual air* And brigades FOR or AGAINST drive them and their wallets away. Then you might not think all publicity is good.

Or you're Kaos Korner and your finances are excellent ... but wait you get 50 MORE viewers a day and that breaks your tax bracket into the next echelon and screws you over as they were just temporary viewers *gasp*. Now you need a subathon to pay your taxes because of all the that temporary influx.

Maybe here too all publicity is not good.

So while you might not be Slamtelligent Systems, laughing your way to the bank in VameZoom number 4 thorium electric hybrid with your latest 'dates', you maybe SHOULD have a newsroom like they do.

I wish I had a recommendation as to WHERE to have one. You need a place that maybe all small businesses and influencers can use -easier cross-referencing- but that's NOT going to become a veritable HELL of flashy ads about Single Rabbits in your area looking to Yiff.

And I don't have a clue... save that since this is on Tumblr I had to reference something odd here at the end amidst all the CURRENTLY fake streamers, influencers, and corporations. Just had to be a little Yifftacular. No need to launch any flares. Plopped here at the end only for Teh Lulz as they used to say.

(I'm 47. I was too old to do anything for Teh Lulz at the time... but that was in Internet Time so long ago I can reference it here at the end and as no one read this far it can just sit here and stew. Heh Heh Heh.)

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Space Opera-Starlight Fighters

A Mediocre Pilot, Fineas Macelroy, who joined the military to FLY, inadvertently saves Ace from Enemy forces, gets captured for his trouble, but manages to escape with help from an Enemy Pilot Squadleader who’s fascinated by his ingenious jamming of Their radios with his Muse Pod’s playlist.

Subsequent missions seem to be chock full of meetings with the EPS that is until the Ace pops her sleek fighter out from under her, and Fineas Macelroy leaps through space to save her. The base prison’s security is a joke to her quick musical mind, and she tries and fails to escape. She can’t fly manual. She needs induction assist to read her practically emotive state to fly. While she’s failing to escape, an attack happens and Fineas Macelroy takes control from her and with her on board and with hints cause she doesn’t wanna be space dust Fineas takes more prisoners... who also can’t be contained due to those quick musical minds. They will follow EPS Becky’s orders, stay put, and will fights ... if Fineas and Becky go on a juicy date :hearts:

The enemy looking for their pilots and squad leader, send a second s.leader and squad to infiltrate the starbase. They trip over the date in progress, and spy on the defected pilots spying on the date. While Becky is doing this date as a duty to survive... and a small inconsequential really crush due to his constant handsome ingenuity. This new EPS Hana genuinely finds him her type turning her Space Elf ears red.

She heads back to her starbase revealing all these defections. She vows to get them all back on the right side, and knows how. She’s gonna use their loyalty to Becky, and her “loyalty” to her rescuer against them. It is fool proof.

She’s gonna kidnap Fineas Macelroy!

A zany repeating sequence transpires:

• They come in through their splendid security hole

• Fight way out with captive

• Fight way back home

• Incarcerate him!

• He breaks out via music and ingenuity again, stealing an enemy fighter and jams with his Muse Pod playing songs from Becky recorded at karaoke.

• They chase him

• He defends only on way back home Indian Brave tagging enemy pilots with dud mines ‘hand placed’ with manipulator arm

• He gets back to friendlies

• Explains while dodging -the fighter really agrees with him and his soundtrack

• Docks

• Leaves plane for SCIENCE

• Heads home

Then

• He gets a mission for a squad leader bird. They’re better quality in every way.

• He slips out the security hole

• Hana is there to kidnap him again or something. He kisses her to distract her from the fact she forgot to ‘cuff him’

• Back to space. Rinse repeat it seems

• Head to her base to get her real craft, snag it, et

• But! On exiting Dueling musicians! Becky comes for him!, and Hana sings to scramble Becky’s controls and fight incarceration by Our Forces.

• He kisses her to get her to stop singing but she’s really hot blooded from all the singing.

• She also notices with his room to grow eclectic moldable skill, their music, and him flying a s.leader craft he’s able to do maneuvers to dock -quietly- right next to Becky’s “bland” fighter in for repairs due to jammed systems

He calls command to calmly explain his success and that he’s really in no position to exit the craft where he is... he’ll be shot! He has a fresh prisoner too!

She will come quietly if and only if allowed to join his personal squad... that she brags’ll be a fleet if she and oh her, Becky, assist him in forcing defections through loyalty... and spied on dates. A major problem with squadies back home too. Something in the training.

End season one as he’s on collect pilots duty. His ‘personal fleet’ grows to a hundred birds and their pilots. Pilots apparently live vicariously through their commanders even as some pilots just happen to grow closer to Fineas. Season Two would feature the Enemy putting focus on stopping this Song Fleet as they know just how dangerous to Themselves this fleet really is.

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Space War- Alien Battleroids

The Space Elves know only their own form of peace. Man’s peace if you can call it that, and Man’s motivations are alien. The encroach of man bodes negative. Combat!

Star System to Star System Mecha Battles. Man has grown armored troopers and the Elves hand crafted Battleroids. Human forces are superior but like in Evangelion these Robot Beastmen go berserk over a collection of stimulus: combat length, moderate injury, pilot damage, et cætera. One time when this happens, an Elf, Kellaan, accidentally saves Men and his own Units when he spots... could it be... Psycho Damage on the Human’s Robot Beastman. He a student of his people’s history soothes the beastman but ends up having to guard his forces from capture with his own.

A human spy meets him during his uncooperative uninformative incarceration between interrogations.

“What was our unit missing?”

He explained his history background, and added, “I soothed its Machine Soul, and healed the Psycho Damage by asserting my will over the pilot’s pain. If not all would have died.”

This leads to Kellaan meeting with a military subculture and familiarization with Man. Elves however plan his rescue. They don’t know how valuable it is for them to leave him to learn. He’s rescued by force and returned home.

His reports lead his commanders to send infiltrators for second opinions. It could have all been a ploy! They’re own ploy will be to get their operatives, Hana and Becky, captured the same way after they are trained to soothe Machine Souls with song. Due to the war it’s too easy.

However as they secure data, and plan escape they yearn to remain. There’s just too many unanswered questions. Why did commanders toss hints something’s not right... this could be collusion... right in the trash.

Why does no side seem to want to know what’s really going on. They have to find out more!

They’ve however taken too long, and Kellaan begrudgingly will go and rescue them/rendezvous with them. His commander is reluctant as he fears defection.

Kellaan just fears what Hana and Becky already know. Tech sharing. He’s seen fresh Elf side signs as Javelin Flingers have suddenly grown in firing rate as Gatling devices. Elves would never. War or not but there they were. The young only saw the war. They coveted the new speed of the weapons.

The rescue/rendezvous turns to battle as hardliners from both sides try to silence the informed. The Rogue Space Elves flee under covering fire by the human military subculture. They want to get to the bottom of this collusion’s heart. Is this bloody mess of a war intentional? Is there some unknown power out there we’re being prepped to face or be mutually annihilated? Is this all some sick farce perpetuated on both sides by again some outside power?

Questions but no answers.

End season one. Season two would reveal more mess, and a hope to improve Man and then in season three Elf. Kellaan’s singing was dubbed by celebrity singer in season one. A new singer will be on board for season two. As Tom is being trained -for more than Anime sing along ‘nonsense’- season three might have him sing for himself... ditching his... Borrowed Soul crystal for his own.

The Director however found the plot too thick to obtuse and was hellabored. He’d have skipped to season three for elf asses everywhere. Probably would have snuck someone he wanted to bang and see nekkid on the show. Probably in that order.

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Hi Jinx

George ‘Georgey’ Hollander is a boy who is just allowed, one string attached, to go to his childhood friend, Hana’s, all girls academy. All he had to do is ask. Oh and crossdress on week one to let the news -boy on campus ladies! Sink in. Hana is his crossdressing coach and has a big crush on him. Seeing him nearly naked doesn’t help. The student council president, Becky, is against a boy on campus, but falls for new girl Georgette. She falls harder over Georgey himself when he reveals himself and why. The crossdressing was that part she’d liked about Georgette, so this was better and why he wanted in? To go to school with his friend? Awwwwwwww ‘-‘c

Hi jinx

Jinx: hi back.

Festival funds are scant. Even to everyone but the glut. Board says it’s a prize. Hana suggests Dance off! Georgey -unentered formally and not in a school grouping- dances by themselves off to the side and as their dancing is filmed and shown to the Principal -and head- judge he wins. His dancing was on par for the Principal’s odd tastes. Anime Intro Dances (an actual skill of Tom’s anime geekery). Georgey is swayed to join the cheerleaders so they get the money. His crossdressing will be needed as well. Sometimes they need Georgey and sometimes Georgette. Particularly as many in Cheer like girls and need to know who in enemy teams go for that. Georgey brings out the ‘hello there’ in girls tempted.

Eh why ever not ‘-‘?

Jinx: hi!

Hi.

Season one half over. Half two that rival carpet muncher heavy team from a nearby also all girls school.

This one dies fast as, as a show might expect, uninspired at first.

Better with time is hoped and actually a given -Tom eats dances like candy- so they move to half seasons and promise more fan service next season. This season had someone fully or half nude and locker room zoom ins so how could they up that? Sex?

Also using every choir girl already presents casting problems even with several talent and extras agencies fighting for The Director’s ear. However a lack of chemistry between ladies not in link or not heterosexual and trying to actually bone h,b, or the choir would backfire. Tom’s oddly a harmony center on set. The Director’s kinda put off that he’s not some universal girl magnet with more hilarity potential. Tom’s happy to not be a warfare target.

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Home for the Holidays at a Hospital

Gotta be careful where, and when you deliver packages. Some places have funny conditions. Allen Wrench a deliveryman by trade is also an accomplished Ghost Buster. He ‘never’ finds any lately until Taro Memorial Hospital. They have funny rules and had to check his Harmony Safe -we deliver safe as a harmonious song- delivery van before he’d be allowed on hospital grounds. They ask about his gear. Ghost busting gear. They have two haunts. Two! He tracks them down and... he knew them in life! He dated them both -not at the same time u.u

He has to help. That both died due to ghosts is why he ghost busts now!

Season two would have slanted the bent to more violent ghosts as his skill is catching up to him. A gang of ghosts have been poorly hunting him down causing his dearth of hunts by coincidence. Also a general theme shift. The show’s been the most naughty so far acid removing clothes doors yanking panties, and while that was somehow fine... Tom was watching naturally... the violent and people could be hurt -they were gonna be working with a stunt firm- part turned the girls (the 102) right off. So it ends quietly tabled on a non-cliffhanger at episode eight of season one. The ghosts are friendly at that point coming to grips with their desires being Allen and not Doctor Sara who’s ex wore the same scent. She wears it in memory and finds it arousing... thus Allen on her radar. Hana and Becky ease those scared of dying... and actually dying:

“No can’t smell death on you. You’ll be fine,” smile.

And

“Don’t fret. It’s only like waking up. Painless. This side has pain. Ours does not,” smile.

That episode’s credits have a sing-a-long with the children’s ward to disguise the cliffhanger. Show likely toast for above reason however. This is the only show to get Uber Trucked. All others could resume. There are fans. Fans move mountains. @.@

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Maiden Voyage

(The thumb is like a short film with botched details and extra details that may or may not make the show later. One of those 60 to 90 second pieces.)

Time on the Station is great for Master Chief Ralph Temmis. He runs a shuttle bay and has no worries about Starships or little green Workercraft and their nutty engineer thrill seekers. He salutes enough to dent his head but everything else is easy enough his mind can back burner it. His head’s like a full commercial stove top for burners.

One time way back when he wanted more but he was a little too unprepared for a major exam and botched it. It cost him dearly but not as much as the distance between him and his lady love. The distance became permanent when on a training cruise her shuttle broke down while she tried to fix a sudden hull breach. No power for anything. Life support failed. She called him to tell him goodbye. She gave up on the far too late and limping second shuttle... held up by a rules lawyer aboard the cruiser.

So now he watches shuttles move in and out ON TIME! Just enough protocol, just enough ‘easements’ to keep things flowing stately but with needed and necessary wiggle room for emergencies in or out. Whoosh!

That he had a bay that could service The Whole Station, proved the trust he earned. No one would die on his watch.

Bay 1

This positioning made it a favorite for Admirals, and Celebrities as they could always find the shuttle bay even if drunk as hell and half blind. Made things busy for him and his Harbor Master assigned deck crews -especially when ‘easing’ ingress or egress as mentioned- but almost paradise.

It was just not to last...

Balancing to protocol for a highly routine Admiral drop off he wasn’t expecting, a sabotage -or something a bombing?- blows up just inside the Dock Doors instead of the Dock itself, blasting it wide open but still able to provide service. And almost everyone on Station was headed their way due to multiple other bombings crippling the massive living and working space. No other Evacuation Grade Dock survived. And Elsewhere on the Station, Starships were tickling timebombs soon to lose containment on volatile drive system... The detonations would remove the Station from existence.

Someone had planned this... and planned well. Shuttles launched in fear and without Authorization were shot down by someone hidden watching the Dock. They needed Screens to protect Evacuation! Like a Starship! There was one tantalizingly close in a floating dry dock. They could remote it over... but it could only take so much at removing speeds. It would just have to survive dozens and dozens of full or filling shuttles demanded it. On communications some Patrol Fighters agree to help. If. Given. Passage. Out. AWOL preferable to death.

Ralph Temmis is... in command? No time! He agrees, the ship is guarded from torpedoes, the Screen guards from well trained beads with Anti Missile System fire aimed at the shuttles consumed by its shuttle bay. Evac is protected.

Temmis is about to stay till final detonation, and do his job till the end. People dying? Not on his watch. The boy... ensign barking refs at him he ignores in a flashback about his lady. His second clocks him right out, knowing him too well.

Master Chief Ralph Temmis now unknown to himself CAPTAIN Ralph Temmis awakes systems away from the doomed Station near an unfamiliar Planet for this...

Maiden Voyage

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What to call a /magazine/ for Those Who Look at Female Presenting Nekkids?

I thought "Fresh Surprise" but maybe that's stupid?

This /magazine/ is half and half [ha!] Open it one way and it's women as women, flip it over and it's damned convincing people presenting as women. It's marketed to Genetic Donation Centers *cough* and the point of having notes about it- besides a title-

>-It has gifts for females and those presenting female. Not cologne and masculine attractiveness boosters. Perfume to reel in those attracted to the feminine.-<

It has funny limericks for advertising that you can swap the cards around. After all these are obviously from one of Those publications and so it plays into that without any limerick being from the too out there school of thought. Smut Reviewer Tagline Reel entries need not apply.

Each comes with 6 samples, and anywhere from 12 to *30* gifting cards. Maybe youre hoping for a reaction. Maybe you know the gifted party and the card attached isn't appropriate. So swap it.

Example time.

"I'm not saying you stink\ Maybe you think that you do\ Try some of this\ Next time you're in the loo."

Kind asshole energy. Or just Kind but maybe an asshole. Nice and Kind? Well, there's always a blank one too... best this has is kind and pleasant.

The perfume is a sample of something nice, pleasing, maybe even expensive, but they didn't ask, and you don't know them. This is likely unsolicited

Even 1 plain "behold a gift!" is in every issue just in case nothing fits Your Personality as Gift Source... and the blank is Too Hard to fill out.

<<<Now then, thoughts on the title? Limerick addition? Bueller?>>>

As for thoughts on the Concept, this is for the "m" seeking "f" mag. There are other publications to fill every * seeking to ogle ** and I'm just asking about this one for my own writing.

"There's no money here..." my writing my world, yes there is. The entire cornucopia is catered to. And while the work is in Teh Futor, even 50 years from now, on our own Earth in our own timeline, something solid in your hands will appeal.

And people will always have aromas to enhance or... exchange.

Things come to me... to die, to feed on those who came to die, or to feed on the feeders.

Makes ya feel like some SemiNegative Nature Being.

Now death, happens. So that's not the negative. But who wants to hang out with a spider attractive individual. And don't forget the beetles.

The birds are neat, but not here for me. Just what came before them to My Zone. I have to invite reptiles and amphibians... who don't arrive on their own as it's not a steady buffet.

And the birds might get them.

A saving grace are the young jumping spiders (smol like pantropicals) hesitantly GETTING MY ATTENTION to join me on my adventures for a time. They like my beard, and my hat.

Gives them a vantage point minus getting eaten. A safe view.

But that's kinda it. I love that they see me as me and not an amputee or "extended camping survivor." That I might be fun to hang out with for a spell.

But I don't think it's some druid vibe so what is this?

Oh the nEEd to fix and update... and I can't test squat. 47.x is even a thing.