researching something else
and by chance found
https://chrisbuilds.github.io/terminaltexteffects/What is TTE?
TerminalTextEffects (TTE) is a terminal visual effects engine. TTE can be installed as a system application to produce effects in your terminal, or as a Python library to enable effects within your Python scripts/applications. TTE includes a growing library of built-in effects which showcase the engine's features.
cant help wonder how much of it (if any) might work in micro python and there in picore
could make for a *more* snazy motd
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