I noticed immediate improvement within just an hour that my air hunger and heavy breathing started to fade. Have been having some very light akathisia and insomnia ( as usual) on 1 mg but no severe anxiety and despite a mini crash I’ve been able to stay off zopiclone and diazepam which is a bonus, hopefully that will help my brain fog and memory issues clear up eventually.
Feeling hopeful. Still not very functional but much less desperate in my body. I can cope with this. Looking forward to adding LDN ontop of this to see where it will get me, maybe even trintellix, I’m not very anhedonic anymore after about 8 months of taking NAC and a strict regimen of the usual supplements, but am not able to move much outside the house without crashing, and I can live in my body which is just such a huge relief. I hope I’m not speaking too soon or that it stops working.
Working on weaning of caffeine and nicotine cause it clearly worsens brain fog and POTS, and I’m sure interferes with the effect of abilify.
Yay progress!

1960s single story ranch in Upstate NY - 1000 sq ft + fully finished basement & attached garage (garage not currently serviced by HVAC).
Relatively new natural gas furnace 80% efficiency. Based on a load calculation from an HVAC technician I'm planning to install a 2-ton outdoor condensing unit and add an evaporator coil to the existing air handler. I'll be doing the install myself as I have everything needed (gauges, vacuum pump, nitrogen/argon backpurge etc)
Most recent fuel price per therm $1.17
Most recent electricity price $0.15/kWh
5kW rooftop solar with 1-1 net metering. I have an electric car and jacuzzi so there is never any excess solar to bank.
Looking at a 14-15 SEER condensing unit and wondering if it's worth the extra to jump to a similar heat pump model for ~$500 more.
Rebates in the area only apply to NEEP listed cold climate air source heat pumps and require contractor sale/install. One rough estimate was $19k.

• Partial Load Heating $500 / outdoor condenser unit
• Full Load Heating $1,000 / 10,000 BTUH of maximum heating capacity at NEEP 5°F
• Full Load Heating with Integrated Controls $1,200 / 10,000 BTUH of maximum heating capacity at NEEP 5°F
• Full Load Heating with Decommissioning $1,400 / 10,000 BTUH of maximum heating capacity at NEEP 5° F
• I'm also in a "High Priority Electrification Zip Code" which is supposedly good for an additional 25%

Looking at a Goodman GSV14 as an example using the COP provided my crossover point for heating being less expensive using the heat pump should be anytime the outdoor ambient temperature is above 32°. Here is the average temperatures in my region.
I'm trying to balance a little bit of future proofing with upfront cost at the moment. The windows in the house are too small for window units in most places so I had to resort to inefficient portable units last year which cost quite a bit to operate. I'm also hoping central air will help with the overall humidity as well to allow the basement dehumidifier to work a little less hard. Last summer it cost me about $60-70/month to operate.
Maybe there's an option I'm not seeing that makes more sense.
Thanks in advance!

I'm mainly only talking about EVPN here, I think flood and learn multicast is easier to understand.
As an optimization for pure Data-Plane flood-and-learn process (multicast), BGP was extended so VTEPs could learn MAC addresses from BGP advertisements. This reduces the amount of multicast traffic caused by unknown unicast: once an end-host boots up and sends any packet, like ARP for the default gateway, that host’s MAC is learned and advertised into BGP so every VTEP will learn it and populate their forwarding table.
Once a packet hits the VLAN access interface of a VNI, it'll check what VRF its apart of, if it'll use either the L2 or L3 VNI as the VXLAN ID depending on if the remote device is on the same VNI or another. The VTEP will either know to send the packet across to the other VTEP/leaf if it already has the remotes IP/MAC address that were received from the other leaf via the BGP control plane exchange or it'll have to advertise out the first ARP packet/request it gets for it because it has no record of that MAC entry either via BGP or Multicast if that is the method used for BUM traffic, the remote will get it and either flood the request itself to or send it to the correct VNI > VLAN access interface. Then the remote end device will send the packet back to the source client with the correct L2/L3 addresses of the host itself, it'll go up to its default gateway (which is the VLAN int on the Leaf itself that the device uses), that VLAN will fall under a VNI and will see that the clients L2/L3 is on another VTEP/leaf and will route it to that other VTEP with the outer layer scr dst L2/L3 as the 2 VTEPs and will use either the L2 or L3 VNI as the VXLAN ID for the packet depending on what remote VNI is, so when the other VTEP gets it, it'll know what VRF to associate it to. Then will check its VXLAN mapping table and will send it to the correct host. The L3 VNI is used when sending a packet from one VNI to a different VNI on another leaf, if 2 hosts on different leafs are in the same VNI, then the the L2 VNI is used as the VXLAN ID The VXLAN L3 VNI routing is done by sending the packet with the outer scr and dst ip's as the VTEPS, then the VXLAN header consists of the L3 VNI and the scr and dst ip/macs of the scr host and dst host. The L3 VNI is a way to associate the L3 VNI to a VRF.
Little extras:
L2VPN = MP-BGP to be able to carry MAC addresses
Adding a new VNI to a VRF is just a case of adding in the VNI to the NVE VTEP interface
The associate VRF command on the VTEP tells the VTEP what VRF the L3 VNI is associated with
BUM traffic can be sent/configured either using multicast or ingress replication through BGP which will either be a broadcast, multicast or unknown unicast packet which would be sent over the routed links inside a vxlan header
Route 2 types are MAC/IP advertisements
Route 3 types are routes where BUM traffic can be sent to and on what VNI etc..
Route 5 types are subnet advertisements

I use a mobility scooter that doesn’t have a key. Even if it had a key all the mobility scooters use the same key which you can get on Amazon for cheap. I take my scooter places like Disneyland as I travel a lot, and you leave it behind to go on rides. Since I’m somewhat ambulatory I’ve also left it behind on on trails to go to viewing spots in national parks and the like which are not fully accessible. I’m terrified I’ll be stranded somewhere so I’ve added an AirTag. It just makes me feel better. I know it won’t guarantee the scooter will stay put, but it will help me get it back quicker so my vacation isn’t ruined. I also love it for when I’m flying and it’s checked at the gate. $30 for piece of mind is so worth it to me.

As we approach 2030, MSPs will need to embrace new technologies and services to meet evolving customer demands. One of the new verticals that MSPs should consider to increase service variety include edge computing.
As edge computing becomes more prevalent, MSPs can offer managed edge services to help customers process data closer to the source and improve latency.
Edge computing has the potential to revolutionize many industries, particularly those that rely on real-time data processing and analysis. Some of the industries that are more likely to benefit from edge computing today include:

1. Healthcare: Edge computing can help healthcare providers to monitor patient vitals, analyze medical images, and quickly diagnose illnesses.
2. Retail: Edge computing can help retailers to analyze customer behavior and preferences, manage inventory in real-time, and improve the overall customer experience.
3. Manufacturing: Edge computing can help manufacturers to optimize production processes, improve quality control, and reduce downtime by enabling real-time monitoring and analysis of machinery.
4. Smart cities: Edge computing can help cities to manage traffic flow, monitor air quality, and improve public safety by enabling real-time data analysis and decision-making.
5. Energy and utilities: Edge computing can help energy and utility companies to optimize the use of renewable energy sources, monitor energy usage in real-time, and reduce downtime in the event of outages or other disruptions.

MSPs play a critical role in helping organizations implement and manage edge computing solutions for several reasons:

1. Expertise: MSPs have the technical expertise and experience needed to design, implement, and manage edge computing solutions. They can help organizations select the right hardware and software, optimize their edge computing infrastructure, and ensure that it is integrated with their existing systems.
2. Scalability: MSPs can help organizations scale their edge computing infrastructure as needed. This can be particularly important for organizations that need to process large volumes of data in real-time or operate in distributed environments.
3. Security: Edge computing can introduce new security risks, such as data breaches and cyberattacks. MSPs can help organizations mitigate these risks by implementing appropriate security measures, such as encryption and access controls.
4. Cost-effectiveness: MSPs can help organizations achieve cost savings by optimizing their edge computing infrastructure and identifying areas for improvement. MSPs can also provide ongoing management and maintenance services, reducing the need for in-house staff and resources.
5. Focus on Core Business: By outsourcing their edge computing management to an MSP, organizations can free up internal resources to focus on their core business activities. This can help organizations improve their efficiency, productivity, and competitiveness.

MSPs can generate revenue from selling edge computing services in several ways:

1. Consulting Services: MSPs can offer consulting services to help customers design and implement edge computing solutions that meet their specific needs. This can include assessing the customer's existing infrastructure, identifying areas for improvement, and recommending solutions that leverage edge computing technologies.
2. Hardware Sales: MSPs can sell edge computing hardware, such as edge gateways, to customers who want to deploy edge computing solutions. MSPs can also provide installation and configuration services to help customers set up and integrate these devices into their existing infrastructure.
3. Edge Analytics: MSPs can offer analytics services that leverage edge computing to provide real-time insights into customer data. This can help customers make more informed business decisions and improve their operations.
4. Managed Services: MSPs can provide ongoing managed services for edge computing solutions, including monitoring, maintenance, and support. This can provide customers with peace of mind knowing that their edge computing infrastructure is being managed by experts.
5. Value-Added Services: MSPs can offer value-added services that leverage edge computing, such as predictive maintenance or asset tracking. These services can help customers optimize their operations and improve their bottom line.

Overall, MSPs can provide organizations with the expertise, scalability, security, cost savings, and focus needed to implement and manage edge computing solutions effectively. By offering edge computing services, MSPs can generate revenue from selling solutions and help customers realize the benefits of this emerging technology that will take significant part in our 2030 world.

Godzilla Neo is a series of fanart and fanfiction by artist and writer Matt Frank. The goal of the series is to create a cohesive timeline that includes (almost) every Godzilla movie, as well as comics and games. The series contains several incarnations of Godzilla, as well as many monsters derived from his DNA that could be considered extended family. This thread will cover them.
Kaiju Threat Level Explanation.
This is taken from the Godzilla Fanon Wiki. While it seems to be written by Frank, I cannot confirm this. It's the only explanation of the threat levels that I can find, so take it with a grain of salt.

• Beast Class are basically giant animals, Warrior Class can level cities, Uber Class can potentially wipe out planets

The Godzillas

Godzillasaurus

A therapod dinosaur that lived in what is now Southeast Asia, several Godzillasaurs survived the extinction brought about by the battle between King Ghidorah and Gigamoth. By the 1950s a pair of brothers were living on Lagos Island where they were mutated by the Castle Bravo nuclear tests, becoming Godzillas I and II.
Statements of Power

• Were rivals with normal-size Angilasaurs
• Is 65 feet long and weighs 10 tons
• It's more powerful than any other Cretaceous Therapod
• Can run at 12 mph and swim even faster, as has chemical breath similar to a bombadier beetle

Godzilla I, the standard Godzilla

In 1954, the first Godzilla appeared on Odo Island and eventually attacked Tokyo, only to be killed by Dr. Serizawa's Oxygen Destroyer. His awakening started the modern Age of Monsters.
The initial Godzilla Bio covers all 4 "main" Godzillas in the series. Feats from that Bio should apply to Godzillas II-IV as well.
Statements of Power

• He's a Warrior class Kaiju
• Considered the most powerful animal on the planet

Strength

• Has super strength even for his size

Speed

• Can swim at 40 knots

Durability

• Is indestructible against almost all manmade weaponry
• [Limit] Doesn't like electricity and can be weakened by radiation-draining substances like cadmium
• Depth charges only made him mad
• His skeleton is extremely dense and nigh-indestructible, surviving the Oxygen Destroyer that vaporized the rest of his flesh

Atomic Breath

• Can level city blocks

Other Abilities

• He's 50 meters tall and 25,000 tons
• Has fast regeneration
• Can manipulate his internal radioactive energy to develop new attacks
• Most humans that contact Gojiran cells die of radiation poisoning

Godzilla II

The sibling of Godzilla I, this Godzilla appeared a year later in a battle with Anguirus. He became the most prolific of the Godzillas, spending almost 40 years rampaging and fighting countless other Kaiju. He died in Tokyo in 1995.
Statements of Power

• He's a Warrior class Kaiju
• Along with Mothra and Rodan, he was able to kill King Ghidorah
  • Ghidorah is noted to be resistant to all weaponry, up to and including nuclear
• Killed Battra

Strength

• Left a permanent scar on Anguirus when Godzilla defeated him, despite Anguirus being nearly impervious to conventional weaponry
• Brawling with lightning-charged King Kong causes a massive earthquake around them
• Was eventually able to dismember Ebirah, who's also impervious to human weapons

Speed
Durability

• He's too durable for King Kong to win against
  • King Kong shattered a mountain upon his awakening
• Survives a volcanic eruption, an attack from several submarines and hibernating within a different volcano for 7 years
• Survived Hedorah's steel-corroding acid
• Although it weakens him he keeps fighting through hundreds of Spacegodzilla's crystals stabbing into him

Atomic Breath

• Although King Kong is physically stronger to Godzilla, Godzilla has more raw power
  • King Kong shattered a mountain upon his awakening
• Drove off Ebirah
• Roasted 2,000 ton giant birds
• Disrupts Mechagodzilla's disguise hologram and damages its controls through its extremely durable Space Titanium armor
• Obliterated multiple Gimantids and could likely kill Kamacuras, who's resistant to conventional weaponry
• Burned Biollante's rose form to ashes
• A combination of his breath and Junior's burned Kumunga's armored exoskeleton
• Has more firepower than MOGUERA, blasting through Spacegodzilla's crystal defenses when MOGUERA couldn't
• Blasts Spacegodzilla through a black hole

Other Abilities

• 65 meters tall, 30,000 tons
• Developed magnetic powers to fight Mechagodzilla
• Received combat "training" from King Caesar
• His force of will nearly killed Miki Saegusa when she made psychic contact with him, despite Godzilla just barely noticing her in his head
• Has a secondary brain in his hips that is a weak point
• Absorbed the power of Spacegodzilla's power core

Burning Godzilla

A Mutated form of Godzilla II, who's increased power would lead to his own death. Fought Destoroyah in 1995

• He's an Uber class Kaiju
• His heart melting down would create a miniature sun that will burn the planet
• Its His Atomic Breath power is tripled
• 70 meters tall, 35,000 tons
• His skin is hotter than magma and he can release nuclear pulses that destroy anything within 400 meters of himself

Godzilla III, Godzilla Junior

Hatched from an egg in 1993, Junior was adopted as Godzilla II's son and grew fast. After being killed by Destoroyah in 1995, the radiation from Godzilla II's meltdown was absorbed by his body, reviving him and mutating him into a full grown Godzilla. He fought a number of kaiju before dropping off the map in 2013, presumed dead due to injuries from a battle.
Statements of Power

• He's a Warrior class Kaiju
• Fights Kiryu to a standstill
• Defeated Obsidius, who's largely invulnerable to conventional weaponry
• Destroys Krystalak's crystal caccoon, which was invulnerable to EDF firepower
• Would normally stomp a trio of Lizard Slayer mechs, only struggling due to being poisoned previously
• Defeated a Trilopod infestation and their leader Magita, although he was likely killed in the process

Strength

• Throws Aggregate and Flying Destoroyah into a refinery
• Overpowers Bagorah and shoves a train down its throat

Mobility

• Leaps between floating structures while avoiding Spacegodzilla's attacks

Durability

• Is wounded but still able to retreat after getting hit with the Absolute Zero Cannon, which causes molecular destruction
• Is more annoyed than hurt by several bazooka shots to the face

Atomic Breath

• Stronger than his father's, and is theorized to be capable of harming Hedorah
• Only developed the ability as he matured
• A combination of his breath and his father's burned Kumunga's armored exoskeleton
• As an adolescent, a blast to the face briefly stuns Spacegodzilla
• Destroyed Orga from the inside
• Nearly killed Zilla Junior with a single blast
• Absorbs the power of a Power Surge Crystal engine, supercharging his breath to overload Spacegodzilla II's power

Other Abilities

• 60 meters tall, 25,000 tons
• As an egg he emitted distress frequency that called to Godzilla, but also disrupted a weather control machine
• Grew from the size of a large human to 1/3 of Godzilla's height in a single year
• Has similar regeneration to Godzilla II
• Coordinated his attacks with Rodan against Megaguirus
• Learned how to harness the power of Power Surge Crystals
• He can somehow roar so loud it travels through space

Godzilla IV, Ghost Godzilla

The reborn original Godzilla, grown from the skeleton used in Kiryu. He attacked Japan in 2004 but was stopped and contained in Antarctica, only to be released to combat the Kilaak invasion 50 years later.
Statements of Power

• He's a Warrior class Kaiju
• Defeated Baragon and Manda
• Fought evenly with Monster X and ultimately began beating him

Strength

• Smashes apart city blocks

Speed

• Was able to gain the upper hand over Monster X, despite X being noted to have super-speed even for a kaiju

Durability

• Survives falling into Mount Fuji with enough force to reduce it to a crater despite being drained of energy at the time, although it leaves him in a barely-alive coma for months

Atomic Breath

• Engulfs entire streets and defeats Varan
• When amped by Ozaki's G-Cells and absorbing the energy of the Earth, he matches Kaiser Ghidorah's planet-busting blast with a Red Spiral Beam. When Mothra channels the power of all the other monsters into him, he outright overpowers Ghidorah

Other Abilities

• 65 meters tall, 30,000 tons
• After absorbing Godzilla III's Atomic Breath he regrows his body from the biological components of Kiryu
• Absorbs Varan's fire and lightning and combines it with his own power to vaporize him
• His heart survives his own self-destruction, still beating and slowly regenerating
  • Over 50 years he regenerates an entire new body from the heart
• Has a danger sense
• Knocks back Kaiser Ghidorah with a Nuclear Pulse

Legendary Godzilla

An ancient ancestor to Godzillasaurus called Gojirasaurus Prodigious, it hibernates for millennia at a time into the modern day. It awoke to fight the Shinomura, introducing the world to Titan Class Kaiju
Power

• His awakening shifts tectonic plates and his landfall nearly levels a city. Smaller, younger kaiju run for the hills when he moves
• His armored hide makes him nigh-invulnerable, but he's slow due to his age
• Destroys the Shinomura, despite them being resistant to conventional weaponry
• Possibly survived a battle with King Ghidorah at some point

Abilities

• Is 100 meters tall and 90,000 tons
• Is likely an ancient ancestor of Godzillasaurus and is millenia old
• Has atomic breath and possibly regeneration
• Has both gills and scales
• His atomic breath has electromagnetic properties that makes it vulnerable to EMP attacks

Shin Godzilla

The result of an American experiment to grow controllable, weaponized Kaiju, this Godzilla-like creature was released into Tokyo Bay by the scientist who created him after becoming disillusioned with both America and Japan. After a long rampage it was contained by G-Force.
Larval Form

• Its body temperature evaporates water and its fluids are acidic enough to corrode steel
• Nearly capsizes a boat

Final Form

• Maxes out at 120 meters tall and 70,000 tons
• No sold everything G-Force hit it with short of a Mecha Unit
• Its constantly evolving even after being put into chemical stasis, gradually developing immunity to the compound. It could potentially grow enough to beat other kaiju
• Its regeneration is so strong that pieces blown off of it could grow into new monsters
• Has atomic breath but it takes time to charge up

Super Godzilla

After Godzilla IV was put into a coma after defeating Kaiser Ghidorah, he was revived using the Amulet of Orochi to save the planet from the threat of Bagan. He eventually proved to be the last monster standing on Earth, and peacefully left to go back to the sea.
Power

• His raw power warps the space around him
• His energy projection drives off Mecha-King Ghidorah after tanking his stranglehold
• A shockwave powerful enough to level a square mile of city barely makes him flinch, and his battle with Bagan begins creating a new mountain range
• Channels the power of Gigamoth and his fallen allies into his chest, releasing a blast stronger than a supernova that vaporizes Bagan and Mecha-King Ghidorah

Abilities

• Was reborn via the power of the Amulet of Orochi, gaining the elemental power of all of the Spawn of Orochi other than Balkzardan and Jyarumu
• Uses the magic power of Orochi to call to Bagan's Orochi parts, weakening him
• He can channel atomic power into his physical abilities and has the power of every previous Godzilla

Extended Family

Biollante

A chimera of Gojiran, plant and Godzilla DNA. She is the first of many Kaiju created from Godzilla's C-Cells, who migrated into space after several battles with Godzilla.

• She's 130 meters tall, 100,000 tons and is an Uber Class Kaiju
• Her mind oscillates between her human and monster personas, with her instinctually turning monstrous to defend against Godzilla
• Her rose form can move on its own and killed a mercenary
• Her regeneration is comparable to Godzilla's, allowing her to regenerate and evolve after losing to Godzilla and grow multiple tendrils to attack
  • Her tendrils can pierce Godzilla II's flesh and absorb blood from him to further mutate herself
• Spits extremely corrosive acid

Spacegodzilla

An alien made of crystals and energy, Spacegodzilla formed a new physical body from the DNA of Godzilla Junior. He was banished to another dimension after trying to kill Godzilla and conquer the planet, and later made a bid to escape during 2007's Crystal Incursion.
Crystal Form

• In it's initial meteor form it tore apart a space station
• Emits psychic waves that destroy missiles and disable satellites
• Traps Godzilla Junior within a crystal, then creates a forrest of crystals all throughout a city
• Catches Godzilla Junior with energy waves, can fly and deflects Godzilla II's atomic breath
• Repels MOGUERA with energy waves

Gojiran Form

• 75 meters tall, 35,000 tons and is a Warrior Class Kaiju
• Absorbed Godzilla Junior's DNA to make himself a biological body
• Telekinetically controls crystals, skewering Godzilla II with them
• Only briefly stunned by Godzilla Junior's atomic breath to the face
• His shoulder crystals control his power supply; with them destroyed his power goes haywire, creating a black hole that could potentially destroy the planet
• A rundown of all of his abilities; he can also fire a corona beam from his mouth
• His energy infects Godzilla when Godzilla absorbs it, ballooning his power but weakening his regeneration and turning him into Burning Godzilla

Evolved Form

• He's 180 meters tall and 70,000 tons
• Evolved to a new, more powerful form after being banished to another dimension
• Can telekinetically control crystal drone fists that shoot Corona beams

Zilla

A kaiju who was mistaken for Godzilla when it invaded New York city to build a nest. The creature was killed, but one of its eggs survived and befriended several humans when it hatched. Later revealed to be a marine iguana mutated by G-Cells.
Statements of Power

• Defefated and killed Megaguirus

Strength

• Senior smashed buildings and pulverized New York landmarks

Speed

• Can run at 200 mph and is very agile, enough to avoid heavy weapons fire
• Junior is fast enough to avoid everything Godzilla III throws at him

Durability

• [Limit] Senior was killed by the U.S. Air Force
• Junior quickly shrugs off a tail strike from Godzilla III
• Junior was able to recover enough from Godzilla III's Atomic Breath to escape, although it was nearly a fatal attack
• [Limit] Junior was killed by Kaiser Ghidorah's Gravity beams

Radioactive Fire

• Junior dehydrates El Gusano, knocking it unconscious
• Junior burns up a group of giant squids with his fire

Other Abilities

• He's 50 meters tall and 15,000 tons
• Senior laid over 100 eggs in New York
• Their burrowing ability is comparable to Baragon, and tunnels all throughout NYC
• Junior is noted to be very intelligent
• Has mild regeneration

G-Cell Mutations

A group of several kaiju with DNA strangely similar to Godzilla's. It was discovered that they, along with Zilla, are the result of secret French experiments with G-Cells, creating five new kaiju that escaped containment.
C-Rex

• Is 50 meters tall and 24,000 tons
• Has DNA very similar to Godzilla's and Zilla's
• [Limit] Was crushed under tons of rock
• Is resistant to most weapons, has mild regeneration and can vomit tar in self-defense

El Gusano

• Is 120 meters long and weighs 20,000 tons
• Can devour massive portions of countryside and potentially terraform the planet with enough time
• Is further mutated by a chemical weapon developed by a flower it eats
• Is unharmed by tank shells
• Has G-Cells in its DNA like Zilla and C-Rex

Kamoebas

• Is 45 meters tall and 30,000 tons
• Knocks around the HEAT Seeker boat
• His shell protects him from human weaponry and Zilla's radioactive fire
• Could have mauled Zilla if given the chance

Komoditrax

• Is 100 meters long and 18,000 tons
• Chases off Kamoebas with fireballs

Orga

A fusion of Millenian Consciousness with G-Cells, creating mutated alien creature. It tried to consume Godzilla III in order to fully clone itself into him but was killed in the process.
Starship

• Contains the genetic memory of the entire Millenian race
• Its powered by solar radiation and can scan the DNA of other life forms. It has enough power to fight Godzilla III to a stalemate and bury him under a building

Gojiran Hybrid

• Was created by splicing Godzilla's G-Cells with Millenian DNA, and can absorb more G-Cells to copy Godzilla further
• Noted to be intelligent but can miss the forest for the trees
• Strong enough to lifts Godzilla completely off the ground, combined atomic breath with the ship's Concussion Cannon, has a venomous bite and can swallow other kaiju
• He's 65 meters tall and 40,000 tons

Megaguirus

The Meganula were a species of insect genetically engineered by the Millenians shortly after the extinction of the dinosaurs. After an experimental weapon brought some to the present, they harvested Godzilla III's power and DNA to mutate their Queen, creating Megaguirus. Fought Godzilla but was defeated when Rodan helped him, and was moved to Monster Island.
Speed

• She's comparable to Rodan in the air and is more agile than him
• Godzilla III and Rodan needed to coordinate their attacks to bring her down
• Can fly at Mach 2.5, and reach bursts of Mach 4

Power

• She had enough raw power to nearly overwhelm both Godzilla III and Rodan
• Can absorb and redirect Godzilla's atomic breath
• Killed Ebirah

Attributes

• Her species was genetically engineered by the Millenians
• Her own size and power are due to being infused with Godzilla III's energy and DNA
• She's 65 meters long and 12,000 tons

Kiryu

A cyborg built around the bones of Godzilla I to fight Godzilla III. Kiryu's hardware and software both ran off of the ingrained abilities of Godzilla's body, causing the kaiju to reawaken within the cyborg several times. It eventually became Godzilla IV after going AWOL.
Power

• It levels half a city
• Fights Godzilla III to a standstill
• Flies while carrying Godzilla III
• Has a heavy armor and weapons mode and a lighter, fast combat mode
• It's Absolute Zero Cannon causes molecular destruction and hurts Godzilla III enough to drive him off

Attributes

• Is 60 meters tall and 30,000 tons
• G-Force cloned new muscles and a heart to regulate Kiryu's power and a DNA-computer to control it, creating a truly cybernetic organism underneath synthetic diamond armor
• Godzilla III's roar causes Godzilla I's persona to reawaken within Kiryu

Bagan

The single most powerful kaiju in existence, created as a superior successor to King Ghidorah by an alien death cult. A chimera of Godzilla, Ghidorah, and the Orochi-spawn Jyarumu and Balkzardan, he was finally defeated by the combined forces of Super Godzilla, Gigamoth and Mecha-King Ghidorah.
Larval Form

• Was formed from fusing King Ghidorah's severed head with Godzilla's G-Cells and mummified tissues from Jyarumu and Balkzardan, with the intent of wiping out Earth and all of its kaiju
• Shatters the mountains around it when it's born and is unaffected by everything the Chinese military throws at it short of nukes
• Can absorb organic material, such as humans in planes and an entire forest, and shoot fireballs

Final Form

• Is 80 meters tall, 40,000 tons and is an Uber Class Kaiju
• Has a laser blade, darkness cannons and a fusion of Atomic Breath and gravity beams. It has super regeneration and can fly
• His metamorphosis into his final form lights a city on fire, and he can sense incoming threats from miles away. He slaughters an entire army in seconds and levels half a city within minutes
• Dismembers Mothra and Battra within minutes and destroys massive sections of a city with just the force of his levitation
• His landing in Tokyo levels a square mile of city and his battle with Super Godzilla uproots a new mountain range
• Tanks a combined assault from Super Godzilla and Gigamoth
  • Gigamoth matched King Ghidorah in combat, who tore apart mountains

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Webcam: 5MP IR camera
Connectivity: 2x USB 4 Type-C (40 Gbps, Thunderbolt 3 compatible), 1x USB-C 3.2 10 Gbps
Networking: Qualcomm WCN685x with Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.2
Biometrics: Windows Hello facial recognition and fingerprint reader
Battery capacity: 86Wh
Dimensions: 12.4 W x 8.7 L x 0.7 H inches
Weight: 3.33 pounds, 3.95 pounds with AC adapter
Price as Reviewed: $1,399
HP Dragonfly Pro:: Design and build quality
HP Dragonfly Pro design
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If HP was targeting Apple’s quality, I’ve got to hand it to them—the Dragonfly Pro gets close by most measures. This thin laptop feels high quality from the moment you tear off its recycled paper covering. Although you don’t get a lot in the box, you get a high-powered 96 watt power brick and a braided USB-C charging cable. The power brick and laptop both sport the sleek, angular HP logo, which sets them apart from lower-end laptops offered by the company.
The laptop on its own has a nice shape, with high-quality materials like polycarbonate and aluminum used in its construction, some of which are post-consumer recycled. The black color I sampled has a slight fleck to its color, lending it a spacy sheen in the right light. That said, it’s not glossy and the only portions that picked up any fingerprints were on the keycaps and the glass touchpad surface. Underneath, you’ll find a pair of raised rubber strips that slightly raises the angle of the keyboard while giving the cooling vent ample access to air. And, when under load, it’ll need all the air it can get, as the fans spin up and can be easily heard, albeit with a consistent whoosh and not an annoying whine.
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Hello everyone and welcome to all our new members,
Today we have a diagnostics biotech company with near-term catalysts, small float, potential chart breakout, great news just released and recent analyst coverage indicating over 120% upside (See Analyst Reports Below).
This one has demonstrated the ability to run up fast in recent months!
Note\* Mainz Biomed's ColoAlert test is currently approved and commercially available in Europe and select International markets. Sales, commercial partnerships and marketing activities are starting to ramp up NOW! This leaves an open door for multiple near-term catalysts.
Mainz Biomed B.V. (NASDAQ: MYNZ) a molecular genetics diagnostic company specializing in the early detection of cancer.
The company operates a clinical diagnostic laboratory and generates the majority of its revenue from in-licensed CE-IVD marked stool-based colorectal cancer (CRC) detection test ColoAlert. While working to expand ColoAlert sales in European markets, Mainz is developing potential improvements for a second generation product. While the first generation of ColoAlert combines the fecal immunochemical test (FIT) with multiple DNA mutation markers to detect early stage CRC, the company is investigating the addition of novel mRNA biomarkers that may be able to detect pre-cancerous polyps with best-in-class potential. Clinical data from patients treated at the Hamamatsu University School of Medicine (Japan) and the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke (CHUS; Canada) indicate that the mRNA biomarkers being tested are able to achieve high sensitivity and specificity (published results here) and Mainz is expected to release its own feasibility study results in 1H23.
Following Our Last Report, Mainz Biomed in a Very Smart Move Acquired the Entire Intellectual Property Portfolio for its Colorectal Cancer Diagnostic Test Program
Excerpt from this article:
“This is an important value generation milestone for us as we continue executing our commercial strategy and product development plan to ultimately bring to market the gold-standard CRC self-administered diagnostic test,” commented Guido Baechler, Chief Executive Officer of Mainz Biomed. “Securing complete IP ownership is integral to our growth strategy as it streamlines administration, reduces per-test expenses, and provides us the opportunity to ramp-up corporate development activities,” added Baechler. FULL ARTICLE
Recent News, Another Catalyst Announced Last Week
Mainz Biomed Announces Partnership with Labor Staber to Expand ColoAlert Commercialization in Germany
Labor Staber to actively market and sell ColoAlert to its physician and patient network.
BERKELEY, Calif. and MAINZ, Germany, March 15, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mainz Biomed NV (NASDAQ:MYNZ) (“Mainz Biomed” or the “Company”), a molecular genetics diagnostic company specializing in the early detection of cancer, announced today a partnership with Dr Staber & Kollegen GmbH (Labor Staber) as part of its growing network of laboratories offering ColoAlert, its flagship product that is a highly efficacious and easy-to-use at-home screening test for colorectal cancer (CRC). For more than 35 years, Labor Staber has been providing physicians and hospitals with medical laboratory services at nine locations across Germany. FULL ARTICLE
Mainz Biomed Enters Commercial Partnerships for ColoAlert with two Independent Laboratories
News Issued Feb. 15, 2023 - Mainz Biomed (NASDAQ: MYNZ) on Wednesday has formed commercial partnerships for ColoAlert with Marylebone Laboratory and Instituto de Microecologia, two leading independent laboratories covering England and Spain.
Mainz (MYNZ) markets ColoAlert non-invasive test for colorectal cancer (CRC) screenings in Europe and being commercialized in select international markets via a differentiated business model of partnering with third-party laboratories for test kit processing versus the traditional methodology of operating a single facility.
In the forthcoming weeks, Mainz Biomed will work with both partners to complete the necessary technical and co-marketing activities to ensure a successful commercial launch in these markets. Full Press Release
Mainz Draws Bullish Views at Cantor Fitzgerald on Potential in Colorectal Cancer Screening
October 25th, 2022 - Cancer test maker Mainz Biomed B.V. (NASDAQ: MYNZ) Cantor Fitzgerald initiated its coverage with an Overweight recommendation noting the company’s prospects in colorectal cancer screening.
Mainz (MYNZ) markets ColoAlert non-invasive test for colorectal cancer (CRC) screenings in Europe, and its “European sales provide near-term revenue potential while the company prepares to enter the U.S. market,” the analyst Ross Osborn argues.
The analyst issues positive views on the E.U. and U.S. CRC screening market, estimated at $13B, and notes that the company’s partnership model is likely to improve the adoption of ColoAlert compared to a direct-marketing approach.
Commenting on MYNZ’s valuation disparity with Exact Sciences Corporation (EXAS), its U.S.-based rival in colorectal screening, Osborn argues that the company can close the valuation gap as its sales “volumes accelerate and ColoAlert receives FDA approval.”
The price target at $15 implies over 120% upside to yesterday's closing price but stands lower than the current average price target for MYNZ on Wall Street. Full Cantor Fitzgerald Report
Jones Research Initiated February 9th, 2023 - Staking Its Claim in the Booming CRC Screening Market
Initiating with Buy Rating and $11 PT
Jones Research Report Highlights
"The future: one sample – multiple screenings. In addition to efforts to improve early detection by incorporating mRNA biomarkers into ColoAlert, Mainz is developing PancAlert. PancAlert is a stool-based early detection screening test for pancreatic cancer. While the company is still evaluating the sensitivity of the product and it remains in the early research stage, we are intrigued by the possibilities of screening for multiple cancers using the same stool-sample (i.e., making use of both ColoAlert and PancAlert). Not only could this offer considerable synergies for Mainz, but it could also improve patient outcomes with no increased inconvenience. Theoretically, the company could expand beyond CRC and pancreatic cancer from there and provide early detection of multiple cancers that are amenable to stool-based screening. While we wait for clinical validation of PancAlert, however, we are not including future revenues in our model and leave the product as a source of potential upside for investors."
"Key Catalyst: mRNA feasibility study readout (1H23); 2) begin enrollment in pivotal ReconAAsense trial (mid-2023)."
"Valuation: Our $11 price target is based on risk-adjusted discounted cash flow (DCF) valuation with cash flows forecasted through 2034, along with a 12.5% discount rate and a 0% terminal growth rate. We assume a probability of success of 90% for ColoAlert in the U.S." Full Jones Research Report
MYNZ Statistics as of the Most Recent Quarter (mrq)
Cash on Hand $26M Market Cap $95M Shares Outstanding 14.49M Shares in Float 11M Held by Insiders 23.79% source: Yahoo Finance
The market for MYNZ's ColoAlert is massive and it will not take a very big percentage of market share to catapult this little biotech in to the stratosphere.
📷 Source: MYNZ Corporate Presentation
How Important is Early Detection? IT SAVES LIVES!
📷 Source: MYNZ Corporate Presentation
Should Mainz Biomed goal of combining the Colorectal and Pancreatic tests in to one, we could be looking back on this report as one of our biggest winners ever.
Disclaimer

Hello everyone and welcome to all our new members,
Today we have a diagnostics biotech company with near-term catalysts, small float, potential chart breakout, great news just released and recent analyst coverage indicating over 120% upside (See Analyst Reports Below).
This one has demonstrated the ability to run up fast in recent months!
Note\* Mainz Biomed's ColoAlert test is currently approved and commercially available in Europe and select International markets. Sales, commercial partnerships and marketing activities are starting to ramp up NOW! This leaves an open door for multiple near-term catalysts.
Mainz Biomed B.V. (NASDAQ: MYNZ) a molecular genetics diagnostic company specializing in the early detection of cancer.
The company operates a clinical diagnostic laboratory and generates the majority of its revenue from in-licensed CE-IVD marked stool-based colorectal cancer (CRC) detection test ColoAlert. While working to expand ColoAlert sales in European markets, Mainz is developing potential improvements for a second generation product. While the first generation of ColoAlert combines the fecal immunochemical test (FIT) with multiple DNA mutation markers to detect early stage CRC, the company is investigating the addition of novel mRNA biomarkers that may be able to detect pre-cancerous polyps with best-in-class potential. Clinical data from patients treated at the Hamamatsu University School of Medicine (Japan) and the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke (CHUS; Canada) indicate that the mRNA biomarkers being tested are able to achieve high sensitivity and specificity (published results here) and Mainz is expected to release its own feasibility study results in 1H23.
Following Our Last Report, Mainz Biomed in a Very Smart Move Acquired the Entire Intellectual Property Portfolio for its Colorectal Cancer Diagnostic Test Program
Excerpt from this article:
“This is an important value generation milestone for us as we continue executing our commercial strategy and product development plan to ultimately bring to market the gold-standard CRC self-administered diagnostic test,” commented Guido Baechler, Chief Executive Officer of Mainz Biomed. “Securing complete IP ownership is integral to our growth strategy as it streamlines administration, reduces per-test expenses, and provides us the opportunity to ramp-up corporate development activities,” added Baechler. FULL ARTICLE
Recent News, Another Catalyst Announced Last Week
Mainz Biomed Announces Partnership with Labor Staber to Expand ColoAlert Commercialization in Germany
Labor Staber to actively market and sell ColoAlert to its physician and patient network.
BERKELEY, Calif. and MAINZ, Germany, March 15, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mainz Biomed NV (NASDAQ:MYNZ) (“Mainz Biomed” or the “Company”), a molecular genetics diagnostic company specializing in the early detection of cancer, announced today a partnership with Dr Staber & Kollegen GmbH (Labor Staber) as part of its growing network of laboratories offering ColoAlert, its flagship product that is a highly efficacious and easy-to-use at-home screening test for colorectal cancer (CRC). For more than 35 years, Labor Staber has been providing physicians and hospitals with medical laboratory services at nine locations across Germany. FULL ARTICLE
Mainz Biomed Enters Commercial Partnerships for ColoAlert with two Independent Laboratories
News Issued Feb. 15, 2023 - Mainz Biomed (NASDAQ: MYNZ) on Wednesday has formed commercial partnerships for ColoAlert with Marylebone Laboratory and Instituto de Microecologia, two leading independent laboratories covering England and Spain.
Mainz (MYNZ) markets ColoAlert non-invasive test for colorectal cancer (CRC) screenings in Europe and being commercialized in select international markets via a differentiated business model of partnering with third-party laboratories for test kit processing versus the traditional methodology of operating a single facility.
In the forthcoming weeks, Mainz Biomed will work with both partners to complete the necessary technical and co-marketing activities to ensure a successful commercial launch in these markets. Full Press Release
Mainz Draws Bullish Views at Cantor Fitzgerald on Potential in Colorectal Cancer Screening
October 25th, 2022 - Cancer test maker Mainz Biomed B.V. (NASDAQ: MYNZ) Cantor Fitzgerald initiated its coverage with an Overweight recommendation noting the company’s prospects in colorectal cancer screening.
Mainz (MYNZ) markets ColoAlert non-invasive test for colorectal cancer (CRC) screenings in Europe, and its “European sales provide near-term revenue potential while the company prepares to enter the U.S. market,” the analyst Ross Osborn argues.
The analyst issues positive views on the E.U. and U.S. CRC screening market, estimated at $13B, and notes that the company’s partnership model is likely to improve the adoption of ColoAlert compared to a direct-marketing approach.
Commenting on MYNZ’s valuation disparity with Exact Sciences Corporation (EXAS), its U.S.-based rival in colorectal screening, Osborn argues that the company can close the valuation gap as its sales “volumes accelerate and ColoAlert receives FDA approval.”
The price target at $15 implies over 120% upside to yesterday's closing price but stands lower than the current average price target for MYNZ on Wall Street. Full Cantor Fitzgerald Report
Jones Research Initiated February 9th, 2023 - Staking Its Claim in the Booming CRC Screening Market
Initiating with Buy Rating and $11 PT
Jones Research Report Highlights
"The future: one sample – multiple screenings. In addition to efforts to improve early detection by incorporating mRNA biomarkers into ColoAlert, Mainz is developing PancAlert. PancAlert is a stool-based early detection screening test for pancreatic cancer. While the company is still evaluating the sensitivity of the product and it remains in the early research stage, we are intrigued by the possibilities of screening for multiple cancers using the same stool-sample (i.e., making use of both ColoAlert and PancAlert). Not only could this offer considerable synergies for Mainz, but it could also improve patient outcomes with no increased inconvenience. Theoretically, the company could expand beyond CRC and pancreatic cancer from there and provide early detection of multiple cancers that are amenable to stool-based screening. While we wait for clinical validation of PancAlert, however, we are not including future revenues in our model and leave the product as a source of potential upside for investors."
"Key Catalyst: mRNA feasibility study readout (1H23); 2) begin enrollment in pivotal ReconAAsense trial (mid-2023)."
"Valuation: Our $11 price target is based on risk-adjusted discounted cash flow (DCF) valuation with cash flows forecasted through 2034, along with a 12.5% discount rate and a 0% terminal growth rate. We assume a probability of success of 90% for ColoAlert in the U.S." Full Jones Research Report
MYNZ Statistics as of the Most Recent Quarter (mrq)
Cash on Hand $26M Market Cap $95M Shares Outstanding 14.49M Shares in Float 11M Held by Insiders 23.79% source: Yahoo Finance
The market for MYNZ's ColoAlert is massive and it will not take a very big percentage of market share to catapult this little biotech in to the stratosphere.
📷 Source: MYNZ Corporate Presentation
How Important is Early Detection? IT SAVES LIVES!
📷 Source: MYNZ Corporate Presentation
Should Mainz Biomed goal of combining the Colorectal and Pancreatic tests in to one, we could be looking back on this report as one of our biggest winners ever.
Disclaimer

Alt account because a couple of my players follow my Reddit, but I don't think any of them frequent this subreddit specifically, at least I hope. If this story turns out to be riveting enough for someone to want to turn it into a YouTube short or something: pleease don't. I do not want my players to see this.
I am a more experienced player who has been playing TTRPGs for a good number of years now, having DMed for groups besides this one multiple times. This is my only in-person group, all others have been online, and have mostly gone much more smoothly, although none have lasted quite as long as my in-person group. I am at college (16-18) with most of the players, so I see them almost every day, and the rest are players I went to school with at one part or another, and speak with frequently. I love this game, and I love DMing for my players when everything works out, and when the game runs cohesively, but sessions like that are few and far between, and I am at my wits end.
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Party Members:
Me: The DM
Host: The Host, obviously present for all sessions
Edgelord: Playing since Dragon of Icespire Peak
Bard: Played only Dragon of Icespire Peak
The Dreaded One: Playing since Campaign 1
Powergamer: Joined partway through Curse of Strahd
Friend 1: Joined for Curse of Strahd
Friend 2: Joined for Lost Mine of Phandelver
Currently playing: Me, Host, Edgelord, TDO, Powergamer, Friend 2.
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Around three or four years ago, one of my friends (Host) approached me, asking if I would consider helping set up a campaign, that he would host and DM, as, at the time, I did not have a table in my house that could seat five. Host had a desire to keep the party very small, which has been a theme every time that he has DMed (he will not DM for any more than four) which I do not have a problem with, so the players that were invited were Me (High Elf Wizard), Bard (Wood Elf Bard), The Dreaded One (Human Cleric) and Edgelord (Human Rogue). The campaign was Dragon of Icespire Peak, which comes in the starter set, along with Lost Mine of Phandelver. I was the only person with any experience at the time, so I helped out with planning/rules while the party got adjusted, but Bard and Edgelord caught on quickly. I was the only player at the table who really did any sort of RP (which again is fine - new players and all that) and the other players made stock characters with very little in the way of personality, but the campaign was fun enough. I have comparatively few complaints, the normal stuff - murderhobo rogue, horny bard, that sort of thing, as well as the Bard's tendancy to play loud meme music on his phone to "play his lute." There was only one occasion where the party went too far, and the DM and I had to step in and take a time out, when Bard and Edgelord decided that they wanted to break into the Townmaster's bedroom, tie him up, and shove a POLE OF COLLAPSING up his ass. Safe to say, the DM said no. This campaign was the start of The Dreaded One's apparent lack of interest - he didn't learn how his spells worked, and spent most of the campaign on his phone.
There was a lull in DnD part-way through Dragon of Icespire Peak, after we all took a break for the holidays, and for a few months, we didn't play at all. It was increasingly dificult to manage to get all the players togeather for a session, largely due to one player: Bard. Bard had just gotten into a relationship, and was spending every hour with his new girlfriend - whatever, we didn't really mind - but we asked if he could set asside one afternoon a week to play DnD, as he had before. He said that he "couldn't commit that much time," so Host, wanting to finish the campaign, suggested that we do it once every two weeks, which Bard also disagreed with, as he would be too busy. Ultimately, we never finished Dragon of Icespire Peak, as Bard was eventually ousted from our friend-group for unrelated reasons. Host confessed to us that he didn't particularly enjoy DMing for long stretches of time, and would like to try being a player instead, which was completely fine; I volunteered to DM in his stead, as the most senior player, and offered the group a choice between Waterdeep Dragon Heist, and Curse of Stahd, with the notion that they would get to play both, and were just deciding what they wanted to play first. Relpacing Bard, Host invited Friend 1, and Curse of Strahd ultimately won out as the next adventure.
As I share in the Host's proclivity towards smaller parties, we decided that four was enough, and so the party we began Death House with was as follows: Host (Half-Orc Barbarian) Edgelord (Drow Sorcerer) The Dreaded One (Halfling Artificer) and Friend 1 (Satyr Druid.) The characters were, again, a little flat, but the players started to RP a lot more than they had during the last campaign, so I was happy enough. I did have a problem with The Dreaded One being on his phone again - as it turns out, he was watching Strippers vs. Werewolves on Netflix while I was DMing, which itched me to no end. I could not (and cannot) for the life of me get TDO to interact with the game in any meaningful way - he would not take actions, he would not roleplay, he would not engage in combat beyond rolling his 1d8 crossbow every turn. As it later turned out, TDO did not know he had ANY spells, so I sat with him before the session and explained what all his spells did, and how he could use them. I can count on one hand the number of times he used a spell in that entire, ten-level campaign. One session, The Dreaded One came up to me and said "I have read the Artificer class info now, I know what I am doing now!"
That was the campaign's final session.
Towards the end of Death House, Powergamer asked if he could sit in on a session and watch, but said that he understood that the table was full and wouldn't be able to play. I left the decision up to Host, who said yes, for one session, which went relatively okay. Later that night, both Host and I recieved a text from Powergamer asking if he could join the campaign. Host and I each said that we were okay with it if the other was - I had DMed for parties of five before - and so he joined as an Aracockra Paladin. PG spent much of the campaign optimising his paladin, which I didn't really have too much of a poblem with, until he began to outshine other players - Friend 1 and Edgelord were getting frustrated that, comparartively, their impact on combat was comparatively minor. This culimated in the player leveraging his Fly ability to cheese encounters (until I began having a lot of them indoors) and ultimately bodying the BBEG in a way that a lot of the other players found quite unsatisfying. Part way through Curse of Strahd, I began to notice that Edgelord was becoming something of a problem player, murderhoboing as she had done in DoIP, attempting to burn down the Wizard of the Wines Vineyard, which made the party unhappy.
I sent Edgelord, The Dreaded One and Friend 1 videos on spell slots and (in Edgelord's case) info on sorcery points and metamagic, which only Friend 1 watched. I had not realised this until Edgelord seemed to cast Fireball a few too many times, and I asked her if she was using a number of sorcery points equal to the spell slot's level when she created them. As it turns out, she had been getting fireballs for one sorcery point the whole time. I told her that was wrong, but not to worry and just keep it in mind going forward, but she jumped to her own defence and insisted "you didn't tell me that was how it worked." Right. Because it's my job to tell you how to play your character. The argument escalated and the session drew to a close two hours early, because nobody could get Edgelord to come back to the table. A similar thing happened when Edgelord wanted a moment to roleplay to explore her backstory, and essentially bolted exposition onto the end of a session which she recieved from a "flash of light," and read the backstory that she had sent me the night prior (five levels into the campaign) to me, only to be dissapointed that it "wasn't how she wanted to do it." Additionally, she took a level in Hexblade Warlock, and I offered her the choice of either getting the level outright, or waiting for an RP moment to make a deal with a demon - she chose the latter. That's fine, I planned something for the next session, but she wanted to do it immediately, and I told her "No, you don't have all the items you'd need to summon a devil or anything - why would you have that with you?" to which she got upset, so I asked her to be patient, but again, the situation escalated and shouting ensued, and the session ended early. (I admittedly didn't help, but EL was constantly undermining me in and out of the game, and I was getting frustrated.) After almost every session, even when something didn't go wrong, she would say "I'm thinking about stopping doing DnD, I'm really not enjoying it." I asked her what she wanted me to do differently, but I never got an answer beyond "I don't know."
When I ran the dinner with Strahd in CoS, I had strahd give each of the players a magic item - I thought it would be a neat little bit of flavour, and a nice gift for getting this far into the campaign. The alcoholic barbarian was given A Decanter of Endless Wine, for example, and the illiterate Druid got a Helm of Comprehend Languages. Edgelord got her gift (I can't even remember what it was) and was dissapointed with it, so asked instead for "a ring that would give me the powers of a vampire but not be under BBEG's control." What. Obviously the answer was no. Thus ensued one of my least favourite sessions, where the party antagonised the (supposedly intimidating) Strahd Von Zarovitch, where Powergamer, The Dreaded One, Edgelord, and even Host called him "a little cum boy" to his face, and continued to insult him. The tonal dissonance really threw me off, and I didn't know what to do - they weren't taking my campaign seriously, and I honestly felt insulted, it was hugely upsetting. I called the session short and eventually got an apology form PG and Host, and ran the event more smoothly the next week, but it still rubs me the wrong way. Towards the end of the campaign, I started to notice my players struggling to pay attention - I distinctly remember reading out the description Kasmimir Velikov's hovel, looking up, and seeing each and every player on their phones. I snapped and shouted at them (which I really ought not to have done, in hindsight) and tried to explain how disheartening it was that it nobody was paying attention, and got a few apologies, though the problem never really fixed itself until the end of the campaign.
The end of the campaign was pretty good IMO, with each of the players choosing ultimately to stay in Barovia with the friends they made. The Barbarian moved into the Blue Water Inn with the Martikovs as a barkeep, the paladin returned to the Old Bonegrinder windmill and made it his home, the Druid married Ireena and adopted Viktor Vallakovich, and the Sorcerer, for siding with Strahd, was imprisoned, but iltimately released, and grew old with her wife and kids in the abbey of Kretzk. Running the adventure had been exhausting, so I requested a break between it and Waterdeep Dragon Heist, so Powergamer offered to run Lost Mines of Phandelver, and Host ran two one shots, so that I could recooperate. PG invited a sixth player, Friend 2, from College, who I helped make a character. The process was stressful, arduous, and full of "I don't knows" and "this is too hards," before, after an entire evening, we had a passable Wood Elf Rogue. LMoP's party was Fiend 1 (Goblin Rogue) Friend 2 (Wood Elf Rogue) Host (Halfling Rogue) Me (Half-Elf Cleric) Edgelord (Half-Orc Bloodhunter) and The Dreaded One (Air Genasi Ranger.) Similar problems ensued, with TDO not interacting with the party and being on his phone, and Edgelord antagonising both me and PG. Host and I fell into a role of the party face, as we were the most confident players, though we did learn to take a back seat once and a while, and Friend 1 and 2 managed to get quite a bit of time in the limelight. PG made the campaign very combat heavy, and the sessions were very long (9+ hours with nothing in the way of breaks) so I struggled to make it through it.
It later came out that PG had promised his partner that, while he wouldn't be able to handle a seventh player, that she could play in the next campaign, as I would be able to handle it. I wasn't told about this, neither was Host, and neither of us were happy with having six players, nevermind seven. I have ran campaings with seven players before, usually oneshots, but this is not the group for it - they have a major issue of talking over both me and eachother, which would be so, so, so exhausting wiht an additional player. When this ultimately came to light, I had to explain that no, I would not take on another player, I didn't even want to DM for six, so PG messaged Friend 2 and asked them if they would be able to sit out of the next campaign so that their girlfriend could play. This upset F2 as they had only just gotten involved and were now asked to step out, and pissed me off as PG had gone behind my back yet again.
Host ran two oneshots, a Western, and a Pirate campaign. The first had the biggest issues - it was Me (Reborn Genie Warlock) Host's GF (Earth Genasi Fiend Warlock) Edgelord (Human Hexblade Warlock) and PG (Variant Human Gunslinger Custom Lineage). Edgelord was livid when she found out that there were three warlocks at the table, because we had all stolen her idea. Host set the expectation that this was going to be an RP-heavy oneshot, but PG brought an optimised character with a 20 in Dex at level one and a ridiculous bonus to hit, and, of course, stomped the two encounters we had before any of the rest of us could make a meaningful addition to it. He then proceeded to use action surge and killed the boss in one hit before BBEG got to monologue or any of us could interact with him. The Pirate Campaign was Me (Tortle Sorcerer) The Dreaded One (Human Fighter??) Friend 2 (Triton Bard) and Edgelord (Human Hexblade Warlock). I had a repeat with Friend 2's character sheet, which took hours of discussion, lots of "I don't knows," and a healthy serving of frustration before it was finished. Though the campaign itself went fine, except TDO on his phone.
We have just started Waterdeep: Dragon Heist, with me as the DM, where I decided to ban Tasha's Custom Lineages from my table, as Edgelord and Powergamer had used it to powergame, and I generally like racial bonuses more than custom lineages anyway. As Friend 1 dropped out due to being busy with college, and feeling guilty about party size, she dropped out, so the party is back down to five: Host (Dragonborn Wizard) Powergamer (Variant Human Rogue) Friend 2 (Astral Elf Sorcerer) The Dreaded One (Gnome Sorcerer) and Edgelord (Kalashtar Hexblade Warlock). I had a repeat of the Friend 2 situation again as I was helping them make their character. I ended up having to pitch all the ideas and they chose one they liked. Powergamer's concept was a dcotor who was helped by four ghosts which spoke to him (that I have to play, all of which had their own personalities and backstories.) The Dreaded One surprised me when he sent me his character sheet - despite a pretty silly name, the character was well thought out and grounded in the lore of Waterdeep, a sorcerer who worked at the Font of Knowledge, the Temple of Ogmha, in Waterdeep. I liked it, I got really excited, and thought that TDO would finally get involved. He hasn't thus far, and spends most of the game on his phone. Edgelord, Host and Powergamer tend to joke around a lot, which I don't mind as much as I did in CoS, as the setting is more lighthearted, but it is beocming dificult for me to read out descriptions and narrate the story cohesively, as I have to wait 2 or 3 minutes whenever they start talking.
Every session I have to interrupt and say "this took a lot of planning for me, and I need you to listen. Its upsetting when you talk over me the way you do," and they behave for the rest of the session, and then its the same problem next week. Last week, snowing meant that we couldn't run the campaing at Host's house, so we decided to do it on discord, which actually went pretty well - it was actually an improvement on their recent behaviour, though there were a few distractions here and there, those can't really be helped. However, we only got to do half of a session as, when Host, Edgelord and The Dreaded One went to get food, Powergamer went to his girlfriend's house without telling anyone, and so we were waiting for a good half an hour before we ask where he is, and the session comes to a screeching halt.
It sounds like I have a lot of issues with this party - and I do - but I really love DMing for them when they're doing their job. It is so fun when I can watch Host interact with Powergamer and Edgelord in-character, and Friend 2 is really coming into their own as a roleplayer as well, i'm just really struggling to keep going with all the problems they have as a party.
- The Dreaded One: Doesn't pay attention, never roleplays, does bare minimum in combat
- Edgelord: Argumentative, rude, strops and stops sessions halfway before finishing, complains about how they dont like the game.
- Friend 2: Helping them make characters is frustrating and dificult, as they have few ideas and little patience.
- Powergamer: Powergames endlessly, rules lawyers, aranges things behind my back.
- Host: Tends to hog the spotlight, but is improving. Generally the player I have the least issue with.
I love playing DnD, and I lvoe playing it in-person with this party, but they make it so diifcult for me. I am not a perfect DM by any means, and I have let the situation get too out of hand. I plan to finish this campaign and then make some changes to the party, invite some new people, but I know that if I stop some people form coming, there will be drama, and I see these people every day.
With both Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage and Storm King's Thunder sitting under my desk begging to be played, what do you guys think I should do? How do I get my players to improve?

This is a Nature of Predators fanfic.
First arc of Shoot Your Shot Part 1 of this arc Next
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Glenil’s ears twitched towards his holopad as it pinged. His girlfriend, Amelia, had sent a couple messages in rapid succession.
“Hey, hon. How are you? I’m going to a Krakotl bar tonight.” Glenil’s tail flicked in surprise; he hadn’t realized she’d made a Krakotl friend. Before he could compose a response, she sent another few single-sentence messages.
“Talva invited Mariah and I to go meet a friend of hers at some Krakotl bar. She said the bartender is welcoming, but I’m just nervous about it, you know? Mariah said she might not even go, but I already agreed. I just hate when people act like I’m a monster.”
He waited a moment to see if more was incoming, but it appeared she’d finished. “Do you want me to come? I have work to finish up, but I can meet you afterwards.” He typed back.
“Well, the friend’s going through a breakup, so I think it might be a little thoughtless for me to invite you and shove my own relationship in her face.”
Glenil chuckled. Amelia was too considerate for her own good. He might even know the friend in question, in which case his status as Amelia’s boyfriend would be moot. “You know me just existing in the same room as you doesn’t count as gloating, right? Do you know the friend’s name? Talva and I have some friends in common, I might know her.”
“Jaisa? I don’t know if I’m spelling that right.”
Ah, Jaisa. She’d started seeing some Krakotl guy right after she and Glenil had decided to stop courting. Stars, it had been a long time since they’d hung out.
“I know Jaisa! I haven’t seen her in years, it will be good to tend that friendship back into bloom.”
Across the city in her bedroom, Amelia stared at her holopad. How could he possibly be this dense? Was she really going to have to explain the concept of a girl’s night to this usually-intelligent man? She typed out an explanation she hoped was both firm yet patient around why he couldn’t just invite himself along, but paused before she sent it.
She was an academic, after all, trained to question her own biases. Was it possible that literal space aliens might have different cultural expectations with social gatherings immediately after a big breakup? She rolled her eyes. As certain as she felt that this was a no-boys-allowed outing, she may as well do her due diligence and ask.
To her surprise, Talva thought Jaisa would be glad to see Glenil. “They’ve been friends forever! He’s probably seen her more recently than I had until last night. Her schedule’s been difficult to align with. I bet you’d feel more comfortable with your mate there, too!”
Amelia wrinkled her nose; the Venlil habit of referring to a romantic partner as a ‘mate’ made her skin crawl. “That’s true. I just didn’t want to be selfish bringing my partner when she’s just been through heartbreak.”
“Oh, Amelia, don’t be silly! You wouldn’t expect your friends not to bring their mates to see you if you went through a breakup — that would be cutting your herd in half!”
Amelia opened her mouth and then shut it again. She hadn’t thought of it that way.
“I see what you’re saying. My culture just thinks about it differently, I guess. When we’re heartbroken, I guess it can be hard for us to deal with the jealousy. It can feel even worse to see a lovestruck couple next to you, wishing you had that, and then feeling guilty for not just being happy for them.”
Talva’s tail wagged empathetically. “I can understand that. But the social support of your herd is worth dealing with those negative thoughts.”
Amelia nodded. “I’m glad I talked to you before I told Glenil not to come, then. It would be awful if he thought I was trying to cut him off from his herd.”
Talva’s ears flattened in disapproval. “Yeah, that would have been a bad move, Amelia. Jealousy is never a good look. Just tell him to come by the Roost at third claw, he’ll know where it is. By the way, have you heard from Mariah today? I invited her but I haven’t heard back from her.”
Amelia looked at the floor and cleared her throat. “Uh… Yeah, she… well. You know her family was killed by Krakotl bombs. I’ll be honest, I’m nervous about going, but it’s even more personal for her. Lagos is completely gone because of them. She has one cousin that’s here on Venlil Prime, and a second cousin that was studying in Washington, DC, but she lost every single other member of her family to the bombs that fell on Nigeria. She’s not sure if she can handle it, emotionally.”
Talva’s tail tucked itself between her legs. “I understand. I’m so sorry. Why didn’t she tell me no herself?”
“She might be afraid of disappointing you, Talva.”
Talva’s ears folded down in distress. “I’ll message her an apology right now. I should have realized this would be too much for her, given what the Krakotl did to her people.”
A moment later, her holopad pinged, and Talva’s ears flicked back in shock. “She said, ‘No. I will not allow my heart to be hardened by hate. Your friend was not one of the ones that attacked Earth. I will come.’”
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Amelia took several deep breaths into her diaphragm as she, Mariah and Talva approached the famous Krakotl bar. “You’re sure the bartender knows we’re coming?”
“Yes, I’m sure. When he heard me saying I had human friends, he asked me to invite you. He said he wanted a chance for humans to see that not all Krakotl agree with their political leaders on Nishtal.”
Amelia nodded nervously. “Right. He’s right! I agree. And Glenil is coming as soon as he’s finished with his work for the day. Never mind me, I’m just nervous.”
“I feel as though I’m walking into the lion’s den,” Mariah confessed. “But, my people have a saying. He who would hold another down in the mud must stay in the mud to keep him down.”
“It’s not wise to carry a grudge?” Amelia asked.
“Exactly. If anyone has a problem, that problem lies with them, not us. We just have to show them who we are.”
Talva patted both of their shoulders comfortingly. “If anyone does have a problem, Kisoar will deal with it. The bigger thing you should worry about is one of these pushy avians flirting with you,” she joked.
From the outside, the building that housed Venlil Prime’s most well-regarded Krakotl bar was similar to its neighbors in structure. It was several stories tall, with a main storefront at the ground level. Rows of painted azure and turqouise waves, bright, green, swirling geometric designs, and tropical yellow and red wing motifs covered the entire building. Music with a swelling base and chirping harmonies gently filled the building. No one could mistake this for a typical Venlil establishment.
The humans’ heads tilted back uncomfortably to peer upwards at where the ceiling should have been. The proprietor had evidently purchased the entire building and removed the superfluous floors in favor of vertically arranged seating. Light streamed in through windows on every story to illuminate the equally colorful mosaic perches and the spectacularly feathered patrons who perched on them.
Wingbeats drowned out the sound of the music as virtually every group in the bar took to the air to resettle on the highest perches. One lone avian who had been perched near the door swooped down towards them. The humans startled back as Talva called out, “Hi Jaisa, it’s good to see you! These are my friends Amelia and Mariah— oh, stars, are you okay?”
Amelia had managed to halt her flinching after a mere half a skip backwards, but Mariah tripped over her own feet and nearly fell to the ground. Her chocolate brown skin flushed a deep red as she realized the bird was simply coming over to say hello, and not diving in to attack.
Amelia filled the awkward silence with a stuttered greeting as Mariah picked herself up and adjusted her clothing. “Hi, sorry, hi! I, uh, I’m Amelia, this is Mariah. Are you Jaisa?”
Jaisa’s feathers ruffled in amusement that she didn’t bother hiding; she figured the humans wouldn’t know Krakotl body language. “Yes. Greetings Mariah and Amelia, and hello Talva. It’s good to see you.”
The four women crossed to the bar on foot. Despite her narrow field of vision, Mariah could feel eyes staring down at her back. She reminded herself that these Krakotl were probably fine with humans; if they weren’t, they would have left Venlil Prime months ago when the borders reopened. These people had been sharing a city with humans for too long to riot at two females entering a building. Besides, Talva had vouched for them. She was safe with her friends.
The bartender greeted them with a friendly squawk. “Talva, I’m so glad you brought your friends! Humans, I’m Kisoar, Primary Bartender here at The Roost. It’s a pleasure to have you visiting our beautiful bar. I understand your people shake manipulators as a greeting?” He extended his wing across the bar and stretched the fingertips that edged its length towards them. Amelia and Mariah took turns gently grasping his wing and pumping it up and down.
“It’s a pleasure to meet you, Kisoar, I’m Amelia. Thank you for suggesting Talva invite us. We’re honored to be here.”
“I’m Mariah. Thank you for welcoming us. Your place here is gorgeous.”
Kisoar smoothed his feathers approvingly. “Now, what can I get you ladies? I know you want an algae bloom, Jaisa. Something Venlil for you, Talva?” At Talva’s grateful ear flick, he pulled out a clear jug of something that Amelia would only go near to clean biohazards. “And for you two?”
“I’d love to try an algae bloom,” Amelia said shyly. “That’s a traditional Krakotl drink, right?”
“That’s our heirloom brew!”
“I’ll have that as well, then,” Mariah added, more confidently than she felt.
“Alright, three blooms and a glass of 80% coming right up.” As Talva pulled out her chip to pay, he shook his wings in what looked like a negative. “This one’s on the house, ladies. Want to make our newcomers welcome.”
They thanked him and made their way to a ground-level table. Amelia cautiously sniffed at her drink. Perhaps unsurprisingly, it smelled like salty, boozy pond water. Well. She’d come to this planet in the express hope of experiencing new things. She lifted her drink to eye level.
“To new friends!”
Mariah and Talva repeated back the sentiment and clinked their glasses against Amelia’s. A brief moment later, Jaisa followed suit, and then they all sipped from their drinks.
“That’s the human custom of cheers,” Talva explained to Jaisa, as Amelia desperately tried to control her facial reaction to the green sludge. “It’s like a prayer offered before you drink, where you dedicate it to a specific purpose. I think the default is usually ‘to cheer,’ but sometimes they vary it for the occasion.”
“That is a lovely custom,” Jaisa said. “I’m honored to partake in your customary beverage dedication, humans. What do you think of the algae blooms?”
Mariah smiled back. “It’s a taste profile I’ve never had before. Kind of like if you mixed nori seaweed soup, borscht, and lager together. It’s delicious!”
Jaisa crowed delightedly. “It’s rare to meet a non-Krakotl with good taste!”
Amelia hesitated. She felt certain that half the bar was listening intently to their conversation, but she just wasn’t a good enough liar to pretend she liked the stuff. “I think sweeter drinks may be more my style,” she admitted.
“Perhaps you’ll like it more as the alcohol kicks in!” Mariah quipped.
Jaisa bobbed her head assertively. “It’s true, once you drink the algae bloom, that is when it truly begins to ‘bloom;’ you have to drink it in order to enjoy it!”
Talva lashed her tail in teasing disagreement. “You’ve been telling me algae blooms are an acquired taste ever since we were old enough to drink it at all, and I’m yet to change my mind on them!”
“You just need to keep trying! I know they taste different from what you’re used to, but if you’re open to it, you’ll learn to appreciate it!”
“Personally, sweet’s never been my thing.” Mariah said. “This drink is great. I bet it’s healthy, too.”
“My grandmother always said algae blooms were healing. The Zurulians can try and say alcohol has negative effects, but they’re wrong when it comes to Krakotl liquor!”
Mariah looked around the room appreciatively. “The mosaics are stunning. The colors remind me of the artwork from my own country.”
“I’ve never been in a place like this before,” Amelia agreed. “I guess that’s obvious, since humans can’t fly.”
Jaisa preened. She couldn’t imagine how awful it must be to be confined to the ground, but other species seemed to handle the psychological blow well enough. “Yes, the Venlil prefer more cozy spaces than we Krakotl do. We like light and air.”
“We like light and air, too,” Talva laughed. “We just don’t need eight stories of it above our heads to feel free.”
“So, humans, tell me. Is human architecture as den-like as the Venlil’s?”
“In my home country, we traditionally build round homes with thick, insulating walls and a tall thatched roof to keep the inside shaded and cool. But of course, with modern architecture and building materials, we build all sorts of things across the world.” Mariah said.
“I’m from Virginia, and we like to build airy wooden houses with tall columns around them, painted white. But I moved to New York for university and work, and there, they build squat rowhomes out of brick and stone, and tall skyscrapers hundreds of stories tall of cement and glass,” Amelia told her.
“You changed tribes?” Jaisa asked. “You weren’t scared of retribution for betraying your tribe?”
Mariah and Amelia glanced at each other and burst out laughing. “Of course not! Virginia and New York are both in the United States of America, first of all, so they’re both in the same country. But also, humans leave their hometowns and home countries all the time. We’re proud of our cultural groups, but it’s not really tribalism.”
“We also don’t call our countries tribes,” Mariah clarified. “I know that’s the word that makes the most sense in your language, but to us they’re different. I am part of the Igbo tribe, which is part of the country of Nigeria, so to me it feels strange that non-humans refer to my country as my tribe. But, I know the concept is just a bit foreign to you, so I try to understand what you mean anyway.”
“Fascinating! Do you have pictures of your homes on Earth? Unless that’s a sensitive topic—“ she cut herself off, feathers puffing up, as she realized what she’d asked.
Talva smacked Jaisa with her tail. “Of course, that’s a sensitive topic!” she hissed.
Amelia wrapped her arm around Mariah protectively and tried to decide if she should show her own photos as a distraction, or change the topic entirely.
Mariah gave her a small, tired smile. “I’m prepared for this question, you know. I have a folder of photos I can show you,” she said to the Krakotl. “Ones that won’t make me cry.”
Amelia sighed in relief and pulled out her own holopad. Both humans swiped to their respective “pictures to show aliens” folders and passed their devices back and forth with the avian female.
“You really do have gardens and everything,” she said wonderingly. “It’s beautiful. I’m so sorry for what my people…”
“No, no apologies. It wasn’t your responsibility,” Mariah told her firmly.
“But thank you. I’m glad the planet survived,” Amelia added.
Suddenly, the air compressed above their heads. Trained by years of gym class dodgeball sessions, Amelia and Mariah ducked instinctively. Talons slashed through the air where their heads had been moments before.
“These monsters sold Nishtal to the Greys!” someone cawed furiously from the air. “You want to let them take our bar, too? The pride of the Krakotl community on Venlil Prime, and you want to infest it with this predatory scum?”
Jaisa leaped into the air, screeching indignantly. She was immediately joined by someone else dropping down from an upper perch. The two birds put themselves between the attacker and the humans, cursing colorfully.
Kisoar flapped over to the angry avian. “Jonim! You want to give us Krakotl a bad name, you can go do it somewhere else,” he squawked above the noise. “Get out!”
“You want their ugly skins stinking up the place? Fine! Take the last spot you can go to get away from the predators on the whole infested planet, and just invite them in!”
“You’re making us all look bad!” shouted the bird who had joined Jaisa in jumping to the humans’ defense. “They were minding their own business, unlike you! Just go home, Jonim.”
Kisoar puffed up his tail feathers to emphasize his size. “If you want a chance to be allowed back later, you’ll leave now.”
Jonim sputtered, but folded his wings to dive to the door. “Don’t expect me to feel sorry for you when you realize the mistake you’ve made!” he screeched as he exited, slamming the door behind him.
The bar fell silent, with the exception of the flap of Kisoar’s powerful wings as he situated himself on a central perch. “If anyone else has a problem with welcoming the newest members of our community to this bar, you can leave. Bigotry is not tolerated at The Roost.”
Feathers rustled and talons shifted, but no one moved to leave or swoop down on them. After a moment, the Krakotl that had landed near Jaisa spoke up. “Jonim doesn’t speak for us any more than that pompous waste of flight Jerulim does. We’re Venlil Prime Krakotl, and we don’t hold with the Federation nonsense. Ladies, I’m Krisim. I, for one, would like to welcome you to the flock.”
“Mariah, Amelia, this is Krisim,” Jaisa chirped. “And you already know Talva.”
As Krisim awkwardly attempted a human handshake, the women were surprised to see more of the birds fluttering down from perches.
“Jaisa? Would you mind introducing me to your friends? I’ve been wanting to meet a human, too.”
The quartet of females quickly amassed an impressive audience. A few Krakotl still perched high up, as far away from the predators as possible, but it seemed a significant number of avians had been looking forward to meeting humans that they knew did not blame them for the decisions of politicians like Ambassador Jerulim.
When Glenil arrived, he searched the room for his mate. He saw her seated at a ground-floor table with a massive group of Krakotl. Her full lips were parted in a laugh, her dark brown curls tumbling back over her shoulders. She was the most beautiful creature she’d ever seen.
His tail wagged in relief to see her comfortable and making friends. After he’d noticed her anxiety when they’d initially discussed the outing, he had felt guilty for not being able to meet her earlier. He’d had no doubt in his mind that she’d flourish wherever people gave her a chance, but after his own parents had cruelly rejected her when he’d introduced them, he’d felt more protective of her in social settings. He noted a nearly-empty glass in front of her, and decided to buy her a drink before he went to greet her.
“Kisoar, it’s been a while since I’ve seen you!”
“Glenil, my friend! It has been too long. What can I tempt you with?”
“Just an 80% for me, Kisoar. And do you have tayri juice?”
“Of course.”
“Would you put half a shot of 80 in a large glass of tayri juice for my mate, please?”
“I can do that, yes. I suppose they’re on their way? May I ask what species they are, if that’s their drink of choice?”
“Oh, no, she’s here,” Glenil chuckled. He flicked his ears in Amelia’s direction. “Turns out humans are total lightweights.”
The bartender threw his head back and squawked with raucous laughter. “Thank Inatala she ordered the algae bloom and not anything stronger, then! Courting a human, eh? You always were a brave one. I wish you both the best in your relationship.”
“Thanks Kisoar,” Glenil said, handing him his credit chip for the drinks. “She’s wonderful.”
Wings beat behind him, and he heard a familiar chirp. “Glenil! Thank you for coming, I’m so happy you’re here!”
He turned as Jaisa landed and nuzzled his shoulder with her beak in the standard Krakotl hug. He returned the casual embrace in the usual manner, running his paw down her wing. There really is nothing better than seeing a good friend after a long time apart, he thought. This was a perfect opportunity to catch up with Jaisa on what she’d been doing since they broke up, and give Amelia space to focus on her new avian friends.
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Hi all,
after several failed attempts to grow mushrooms on spent grains, we finally did it. I want to share the result and possibly get tips. We had initially strong problems with the fact that mold has spread. That's why we decided to go with the type below, it seems to be the most sterile method achieved with simple home remedies. I would appreciate any feedback/tips, espacially mixing the substrat with something.
Here's how we do it:

1. drying the spent grains at 100 °C in an open oven for one hour: Drying spent grains
   
2. filling of the spent grains into vacuum bags and vacuuming (content approx. 2 kg), importantly the bag is cooked afterwards and inflates, therefore leave enough space to the top. Packaging grains
   
3. put the bags in boiling water for 2 hours. This will cause the bags to inflate greatly, but they should not burst. Cooked bag
   
4. disinfect the bag completely from the outside, put silicone drops on the vacuum bag as an inoculation port (prevents foreign fungi from entering the spent grains through the puncture site)
   

and stick a biofilter (part of a FFP2 mask, for example) over a small hole so that a fresh air supply is possible. (This is where we had most of the problems in other trials, mold always found its way in). Preparation (you can already see the growing mycel in there, I do not have a pic before adding the mycel)

1. inject mycelium with a syringe through the silicone into the spent grains. (can be procured here e.g. https://ebay.us/hlb267) One syringe was enough for 2 packs.
   
2. put the bag for 4-6 weeks in a warm dark place.
   
3. when the bag is well grown, disinfect the outside again well and make a 3-5cm cut with a clean knife.
   
4. watch mushrooms grow daily and possibly spray with a little water. grown mushroom
   

Greetings Andi

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We just did a network cutover and everything seems to be working but I have two C2960s that are showing a route to the old router and failing to pass traffic because of it. When I "show ip route" I get the actual router as the gateway (correct) then a path back to myself correctly, but then it has a saved route for my PRTG server that is using the old router. This is not a static route that I put in, but it seems to have it anyway. I can't clear it out. I tried clear ip route but it doesn't go away, I tried to go into config and no ip route it but I get back %No matching route to delete. I even tried to put in a route to the new router but it doesn't get added to the list. Any help?
Update:
[SOLVED] How is it I have a route entry on a Layer 2 switch? - Networking (spiceworks.com)
Try entering this on the switches affected and maybe the core:
sh ip redirects
See if those entries show up in the results. If so, use:
clear ip redirects
Then verify with:
sh ip route
and see if they are no longer there.

I got an eero pro 6 setup yesterday. I gave my brother the password to connect the Samsung Smart TV, Windows 11 laptop and his wife's iPhone and an iPad. However last night he messaged me on WhatsApp to say that his Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro (Android) had "automatically connected to Wi-fi". Just to be clear this was a completely different SSID and password from previous.
He isn't very tech savvy (I have the same phone) and indeed 2 Note 10 Pros were showing in the Eero app. I got his phone and there it was showing connected to the Eero wi-fi and the wan ip on speedtest.net was the home internet ip.
How is this possible? I asked his wife if she somehow added it themselves but they both said they never added the password to the Android phone. After reading up apparently there exists stuff like nearby sharing but I've never used it before and they also said nothing like this happened.
My other idea is the wi-fi passwords are being backed up via Google account and since he signed into Google account on the Windows 11 laptop and the phone via mobile data, google synced the password onto the phone.
I know I'm asking for someone to find a needle in a haystack for the explanation with such limited info but maybe someone has similar experience and knows how to check for sure.