#INVESTMENTS IN CHINA

[beccataylor25]

It’s the memories and moments we have in our lives that will stay with us forever ♾️

[donotdestroy]

What’s Trump thinking? People are barely getting by after COVID, and now with these tariffs? This just makes things worse.

[still-breathing-au-p3r]

It’s Takeba and Yamagishi today. Aki too, of course– but that’s a given at this point. Shinjiro hasn’t done the math or anything, but he wouldn’t be surprised if Aki is actually spending more time in his hospital room than the dorm these days.

Takeba starts off by trying to apologize that she couldn’t visit sooner, but Shinjiro waves her off. It’s not like she’s obligated to visit him. Nobody is, though Aki would probably argue with him about it if he ever tried to say that out loud.

Takeba brushes off getting brushed off, smiling and rolling her eyes with theatrical flair, and starts telling him about a new recipe she’d tried her hand at recently, and how she’d roped Arisato into playing guinea pig.

Yamagishi looks troubled today, for some reason. As Takeba proudly relays Arisato’s verdict on her cooking (raised eyebrows and a nod, and saying ‘yum’ out loud, which coming from him was roughly the equivalent of jumping onto the table and shouting praise at top volume), Shinjiro keeps glancing over at Yamagishi, wondering if she’ll actually speak up. Eventually, Takeba also notices.

She squirms a little in her seat, uncomfortable with suddenly being the center of attention.

Understanding dawns on Takeba’s face. Whatever Yamagishi wanted him to hear, Takeba already had, apparently.

The words and the tone he actually says them in are so mis-matched it’s almost hilarious. There’s no bite at all in his voice, even though usually he finds this kind of waffling deeply annoying. 

The thing is, though, that he just doesn’t have it in him to be annoyed– ever, to any degree– with Yamagishi. This soft-spoken slip of a girl who couldn’t hurt a fly doesn’t deserve that.

She takes a deep breath. Shinjiro wonders if what she has to say really is that intimidating, or if he’s the intimidating one. He knows how he looks to most people. Sometimes he even leans into it. 

But Yamagishi being scared of him… doesn’t feel right. It feels pretty shitty, actually. She’d been skittish in the normal shy-person-dealing-with-a-stranger way when he’d first come back to the dorm, but that had pretty much evaporated within a week. She’d acted perfectly comfortable around him since then.

There’s really only one thing that’s changed that would explain why she was suddenly nervous around him again. Aki said that nobody thought any different about him after learning the whole ugly story, but–

Well. That’s about the last thing Shinjiro expected to hear. All he’s been getting are lectures and apologies since he woke up. Where the hell would any kind of thanks be coming from?

She pauses and rubs at one eye with the edge of her sleeve. Oh god, if she starts crying, he absolutely will not be able to handle it. He wonders vaguely whether the windows in this room can be opened. 

Takeba puts a hand on Yamagishi’s shoulder and gives it a gentle squeeze, which seems to work like a charm to calm her down.

How the hell is he supposed to respond to that?

Shinjiro is once more at a loss for words. Over the month he’d spent running with the team again he’d watched Yamagishi become far less meek, but this is still the first time he’s heard her sound downright stern. 

Okay then. He’s been underestimating her. After growing up with Miki, you’d think he really ought to know better.

Yamagishi beams at him and he has to look away. Takeba and Aki are both snickering to his side; Takeba is at least making an effort to be kind of subtle about it, but Aki doesn’t even bother. Shinjiro does his best to ignore them, which doesn’t do a damn thing to deter them. 

Ugh. It makes him actually wish for a fresh delivery of school work from Kirijo, if nothing else so he would have something to pointedly focus on instead.

Still, despite his annoyance, he can’t deny the candle-flame glow of pride he feels for Yamagishi and her growing confidence. Aki’s Senpai-fever really is contagious, apparently.

[dazzelmethat]

Ameebs 10 year redraw 2024 vs 2014.

The character himself is about 18 years old though (middle school). Somehow the name Ameba stuck so I just call him Ame now. Or Ameebs. I have done much research into Chinese names for him, but nothing has stuck. The greek root word amoibē means 'a change,' named for his more unsteady physical form.

[sunnycrisp]

creatures

[reformedmercymain]

Speaking of dokiwatch the ad in japan for it I saw on twitter earlier is so cute

[losvroomvroom]

unhappy. upset. out in sq2. car unusual and strange. seat broke. don't understand softs. p13. team can't email a video file. and yet.... he still served.

[hitsuyou-fukaketsu]

Is drawing fanart for a fic a bit too much

[playstationvii]

BINANCE X DEARDEARESTBRANDS

[The Proposal]

The document provides an intriguing development between Binance and #DearDearestBrands, with key highlights being:

Binance and TheeForestKingdom Collaboration: Binance's CEO has made significant strides toward a formal alliance with TheeForestKingdom, even exploring a potential marriage proposal to Bambi Prescott, regarded as the Royal Princess and Heir of TheeForestKingdom.

Agreement with Chinese Authorities: Talks with Chinese officials have apparently led to China allowing Binance to establish headquarters within its borders—a historic move, given previous restrictions on crypto companies.

Involvement of Notable Figures: Influential figures like Michael Eisner and Bill Gates are invited to Beijing for discussions. Additionally, DearDearestBrands' rising star 'Chanel' and related idols received a direct invitation from China's government, emphasizing a personal touch in fostering diplomatic and business ties.

Is there a specific angle or further analysis you’d like on this collaboration?

[worstloki]

Loki surveilling the skyline of New York from the top of Stark Tower and clocking that his favorite paired set of buildings are gone. sad

[hotnewsflash]

https://thestreet.com/technology/elon-musk-gets-more-bad-china-news…

#bigtroubleinlittlechina as #tariffs hit #tesla. #futures #Economy #BlackMonday #orangemonday #FAFO #Nifty #Sensex #marketcrash #sp500 #teslastock #stockmarket #Tariff #TRUMPUMP #TrumpRecession #TrumpMarketCrash #stock #stocks #friday #cnn #TSLA

[donotdestroy]

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[memenewsdotcom]

Stocks drop on U.S. China trade war fears

[weneedatdcharacterwho]

There's was an idea of a contestant who befriends all of the interns already, but I have another execution

We need a td character who somehow becomes friends with one of the interns. They start spend a lot of time together outside of challenges (possibly because they share some interests and maybe struggles with communication with others) and grow closer (it may work either platonic or romantic, I enjoy both variants but gotta admit that the idea of the romance between a contestant and an intern sounds more interesting to me). The contestant doesn't have any strong connections with any other contestants (they just being the friendly yet lonely one) because of it but they manages to go far because they just do a great job during challenges and often win immunity for their team or themself after the merge, so everyone just thinks they are a good player. But the truth is that the intern was secretly helping the contestant all this time without contestant's awarness of it

Bonus points if the contestant suddenly being eliminated by Chris because of "cheating" without specific explanation so everyone thinks that the contestant was playing dirty all along. And only the intern knows the truth and feels super guilty about it but too afraid to tell this to the contestant because they think it may ruin their relationships

Bonus bonus points if the contestant finds out about this whole thing and it causes a conflict between them and the intern and they go through the arc where they learn to trust each other again (and maybe trying to become more separated and find another friends they may rely on)

(btw, sorry if I send too many suggestions, I just have a lot of thoughts)

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[thahxa]

a very stupid but totally possible outcome is that by the end of the decade the political ideology that looks the best is 2016-pandering-to-The-Groups liberalism