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The Resilience of Money Market Funds Amid Interest Rate Changes
The Resilience of Money Market Funds in a Changing Interest Rate Environment Last year marked a significant shift for investors when money market interest rates surged above 5 percent, awakening many from a long period of complacency where bank savings yielded virtually nothing. This shift prompted a substantial influx of capital, with hundreds of billions of dollars pouring into money market…
#cash holdings#competitive returns#financial stability#interest rates#investment#liquidity#money market funds#safety
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Yall know the scene in those ‘coming of age’ movies, where the family is having dinner, and the dad points out that new boy to his daughter with the subtly of a freight train. And he says something about him being a good kid, that he’s talented, and then ends with something that directly aligns with what the daughter likes?
Yes. That’s concept, but it’s dinner with Spock and his parents. And Sarek is under the impression that Spock is with Kirk (not wrong), and is trying to convince him that the doctor is a better option(wrong, because he’s also dating McCoy)
“Doctor McCoy is very talented. He’s recived awards for his work I’ve heard.”
“Yes father, he excelled as a doctor before he had joined starfleet as well.”
“He also saved my life, and your own countless times”
“Yes, as was his duty as Chief Medical Officer of the Enterprise”
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“I noticed as well, that he has incredibly skilled hands.”
“Father I do not wish to-“
#Amanda knows everything already so she’s holding back a smile behind her glass while Spock fumbles#McCoy literally held Spock’s soul and returned it back to his body I think he wins the ‘does your dad like me’ competition#also I love the beta canon (comics) that McCoy is telepathically sensitive so he gets even more points for that#this is mcspirk territory of course#but there’s always a lack of ‘Mc’ in there so I needed to stir in some flavor for yall#star trek#star trek tos#spock#mcspirk#spones#bones mccoy#leonard mccoy#s'chn t'gai sarek
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Alysa Liu, Promise • NHK Trophy 2024
#alysa liu#figure skating#fskateedit#nhk trophy 2024#nhk 2024#what a gorgeous program#i havent talked about it much but i did read some of her interviews about her return to competition#and they really resonated with me. just what it means to love something you've 'always' done#and what it means to rediscover things that defined you on your own terms. made me think about my own life a little#anyways i hope she's enjoying the season so far!! i know i'm really glad to see her back :)
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dont @ me but i 100% think cullen needs reading glasses.
i have nothing to base this on besides the fact that i think old-timey spectacles would improve his look and also he is sitting reading in an office 24/7 and you expect me to think this man still has 20/20 vision? lol.
#commander cullen#cullen rutherford#dragon age inquisition#this is the vision(pun intended). late night in office. armor off bc its 9pm. hair getting loose and curls returning. spectacles askew.#ink on fingers. a handful of reports to keep reading through. candles burning real low but 'just one more and i'll sleep'.#i also think he'd hate people thinking he needs them#like he'd hide that he needs them#especially as he doubts his own fitness for command he probably feels he needs to project the 'best' version of himself.#not that needing glasses is flawed but this man is full of self-loathing. he is the world champ of thedas self-hater competitions.#and struggling with lyrium and his body betraying him in other ways as a result could be conflated with other perceived physical limits#vultures and dragons
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Heard it was a special little guy's anniversary today (10 min ago) so what better way to celebrate than to show off my most recent project haha
Behold! The Master Crown! Probably Not as cursed as the Real Thing, will Definitely not possess you and steal your free will or anything like that 🤗🤗🤗prommies🤗
#kirby#kirby return to dreamland deluxe#kirby return to dreamland#master crown#magolor#this is meant to be a wearable prop for my mags cosplay but it's p cute as decoration too!!#I think I blasted this out over the course of ??? 2 weeks??? I want to say???#very fun very fun would do again#that's a lie sanding is my bane I'm Glad I'm done SKDJFSDFNS#I'm shifting into cosplay repair mode I'm doing it (entering my first competitive circuit soon aaaaaaAAA)#if any1's interested though I might punt out a little walk through on the creative process!#always love chatting cosplay and crafting work haha love promoting the Arts#cosplayseuki
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Round 5 Group 2 finals
Shoe + Wagahai (Ace Attorney) vs Baron Humbert von Gikkingen (The Cat Returns)
#rb if you want it to reach people I think we're shadowbanned heh#best fictional cat#polls#cats#competitions#ace attorney#shoe#wagahai#baron humbert von gikkingen#the cat returns#ghibli movie
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It's so hard to find examples of quadrant type relationships in media, mostly because the framework that they're described under is so alien, and the environment that even brings about those types of bonds in general is so extreme, that typical people don't tend to even develop those types of feelings in the first place.
For example, the kill or be killed mentality of Alternia is what brings about the need to Pacify in the first place, and combining that distrust and competition of the planet with the necessity of the drone visits is what makes kismesissitude more common than it would otherwise be, imo. The structures of Pity and Hate (not the same as how we use the word here) as foundations of romance are just so different that it makes sense that it's difficult to find examples. When people talk about the quadrant framework as applied to our world or media, they tend to water it down or twist it in a way that makes it more digestible to whatever cultural norms they hold. (Normal dating, bestest best friends who kiss/qpr, rivals to lovers, That Fourth One)
Which is what makes it even more fascinating to me that when the perfect example of Pity and Hate and Pacification driving an intimate relationship stared me right in the eyes in my analyses, when I was writing them down with my own hands, I completely missed it until I saw @lucabyte 's posts about it, but it's so clear. There is so much intensity in Loop's feelings towards Siffrin, their searing resentment and hatred and pity and protectiveness and jealousy and fondness and revulsion and desire, and all are true at once and all are genuine. Siffrin's pity for Loop is equally as intense, once they Know the truth, and his desire to Make It Up To Them in whatever way that he can is so strong that even if Loop wins their fight, and is strangling them, they never once try to hurt Loop back, only tries to free themselves, and even after that, they still gently cup whatever modicum of face that Loop has in their hands and gives them nothing but gentle reassurance and praise and gratitude and compassion and care. Still wants them to stay. The whole Act 6 fight is an act of Pacification by Siffrin to Loop.
#forgive me...for talking about homestuck...#but the conversation sifloop had after the act 6 fight was literally a feelings jam they were Doing Moiraillegence in that moment....#isat loop#isat siffrin#sifloop#imo loop 100% has all four types of feelings for siffrin. i think siffrin returns the pale and maybe flushed ones#i do think they vacillate pitch sometimes [driven by loop] but i dont think siffrin has Hate towards loop.#but i think he's willing to lean into the 'Competitiveness leads to Personal Growth' part of kismestitude and the Lets Brawl of it all#& soak up loops Hate like a sponge#soliloquy#i feel as if ashen feelings r the hardest feelings to even have outside of the extreme situations of alternia tbh so thats why i didnt talk#abt them as much here#isat spoilers
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i think game night on the waverider would either have sara sat in ava's lap and they just work as one team Or ava is over the other side of the room like. for the next four hours that is Not my wife that is my Rival and i Will win
#phoebe returns#avalance#ava wld be the one who wants to play to the bitter end in monopoly#she's Very competitive in cluedo
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Mars, you have a lot more patience than I would at this point gdhfkjgdsfg. If you'll allow me to choose violence for a second:
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Hi anon! Did you know you can engage with other people without interpreting every word they use in the worst way possible, making a million assumptions about their background and prescribing opinions to them they've explicitly told you they don't have?
I don't even disagree with all of those rebuttals, but if you want people to engage in discussions with you you have to treat them like human beings, not your opposition in a court case. What are you expecting to get back when you act like this? About nonexistent fingers in his ass guy?
You should at least have got off anon and owned what you said- unless you're using anon to block evade, in which case you should consider respecting people's boundaries.
:D waow…. feeling very cared for in this chili’s tonight
#ask#lyre#as for my patience: yeah i am a bit more patient than i’d like to be#but anons like that are enrichment to me lmao#i try not to feed the trolls but there’s smth very satisfying in showing someone that they have failed to get under your skin#it was how i dealt with troublemakers/bullying in school as a kid ^_^#in one of my art classes (8th grade i think? so like 12-13yo) there was a kid who just refused to follow any directions#and would also try to distract and annoy everyone else#it pissed me off. so i decided i would literally just pretend he didn’t exist#he would get my attention and i wouldn’t respond. he’d try to startle me#wouldn’t even flinch. i got to the point where i could look Through him#it pissed him off so bad. i think i lowkey crave returning to the level of power i felt in that moment#anyways i employ a similar strategy with these types of anons. i’m trying to have Less patience with people but i’m not an angry person?#i don’t experience anger at individuals very often#i DO however have a strong competitive spirit and a trickster’s sense of humor#(yes i was raised on looney tunes can you tell)#so i laugh whenever ppl try to get under my skin like that because. heheheheee they’re madddddd they’re soooo angry#and it must piss them off sooooo bad that their words don’t make me feel bad :(( poor thang#this is probably a character flaw of mine in excess. but right now it’s funny#and hey if someone is gonna refuse to treat me with respect i think i’ve earned a few potshots right
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MY MOST BELOVED HELLOOOOO I LOVE YOU JORDS RAYGAHGAHGAHGHAHAGHAG AJORDOOAOBSAIBAJORDANNAAAA
#live aphid reaction#ninjago#lego ninjago#ninjago dragons rising#dragons rising s2#ninjago jordana#jordana ninjago#me when im in a lesbian looking competition and my opponent is jordana#“people who had good childhoods dont stand like that”#am i crazy or am i getting major hunted harumi vibes#well more like crystalized but we dont talk about her#all jokes aside i CANNOT WAIT until april for jords to make her return…#i will have done my college applications by then thats ridiculous
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TROPPO l S02E03 - “Find the Car, Nail the Killer”
#Troppo#troppoedit#wlwedit#wlwsource#lgbtsource#tvedit#Amanda x sweeney#amanda pharrell#pip sweeney#the whole I'm a gun (I'm lethal direct and i dont miss) and Amanda's smirk in return#sweeney finally realising that when she told amanda that she has a compartment just for her#amanda saw that as permission to do her little weird competitive flirting thing like sweeney get on the same damn page already#**my edit#hdjdjdj also her being kinda gagged at the end#troppo amazon
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#just a little friendly competition boys!!#return of the headband#hes such a uncool DWEEB i adore him#ahh the greys#mcmg#alex shelley#chris sabin#kushida#time machine#my gifs#tna
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Just some points on my modern au:
Both Dorian and Manon are from old money families (it’s how they met it was during an exclusive event)
Dorian hates it lowkey he wants freedom and to do as he pleases so he skips as many of these events as he can. But he also knows that if he leaves and Hollin gets in charge… their family would be over because his brother will ruin everything. So he stays around for the sake of his family.
Manon is the opposite. She is always present and taking charge of things in hopes that it would appease her grandmother. But just like everything else she does, it’s never good enough.
She’s a perfectionist who always needs to be in control otherwise she starts falling apart.
She was raised on the notion that emotions are a weakness, and she wouldn’t dare bring shame on her grandmother by being emotional. So from a young age she learned to suppress her emotions and carry on.
She is what her teachers would call ‘academically gifted’ but the truth is, she spent many hours studying and skipping sleep in order to be the top student at her school. Even when she was burnt out (she usually spends summer break studying for the next school year before it starts) she keeps going. Result? Getting a final score of 99.7% caused her to have a breakdown because how was she so careless as to lose that .3%? Her grandmother wasn’t too happy with her score, and she made that very clear.
She’s just so emotionally repressed and very anxious but she’s so good at hiding it no one can tell anything is amiss. Because when Manon is having a breakdown, she does so privately behind closed doors.
She has attachment issues and she’s very emotionality dependent on her dog. Abraxos is her rock and she has no idea what she’d do without him.
Those attachment issues? (Thanks to grandmother’s emotional and mental abuse) Manon often ends up with awful/toxic men just because they’re giving her the right attention that makes her easily want to be with them thinking it is ‘right’ and honestly just doesn’t think much of it (Asterin notices tho and she and Sorrel are always ready to interfere).
She doesn’t have much faith in men anymore. One night stands are way better than a steady relationship and so she swore off dating. All she needs is Abraxos anyway.
#booklr#books and reading#throne of glass#manon blackbeak#tog#dorian havilliard#manon x dorian#manorian#just laying down the foundation for my modern au#there is a lot more but this is what I can recall at the top of my head#Manon’s grandmother was terrible and just… really fucked her up#whenever she didn’t like Manon’s school performance she’d tell her not to return home#better spend her free time studying to make up for those disgraceful grades#so Manon is used to spending holidays alone because she wasn't allowed to return back home#never mind leaving her in an empty school where anything can happen and no one is around to help#but grandmother doesn’t care#Manon really has a lot of baggage#unaddressed baggage#baby girl needs a lot of therapy#oh forgot to mention that she was sent to one of those elite boarding schools where it was very academically competitive#and her grandmother really drilled it into her that the slightest mistake will not be forgiven#so that anxiety started when Manon was barely 6 and continued on#everything she does must be perfect#she needs perfect grades and she needs to be at the number one spot in anything or else her grandmother will be mad#and she’d not want her back home if she embarrasses her like that
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Questions to consider:
- Who's your favorite?
- Who's most likely to create more furries?
#furry#furry fandom#tournament polls#tournament poll#tournament#polls#tumblr polls#mae#mae borowski#night in the woods#nitw#baron#whisper of the heart#the cat returns#furryfaceoff polls#round 5#quarterfinals#anthro#furry tournament#furry competition
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✨ The Zodiac Signs of Liverpool ✨
♈ Aries
Harvey Elliott, Thiago, Nat Phillips
♉ Taurus
Cody Gakpo, Ryan Gravenberch, Kostas Tsimikas
♊ Gemini
Joe Gomez, Ibrahima Konate, Mo Salah
♋ Cancer
Conor Bradley, Luke Chambers, Darwin Nunez, Virgil van Dijk
♌ Leo
Joel Matip
♍ Virgo
Fabio Carvalho, James McConnell
♎ Libra
Trent Alexander-Arnold, Alisson Becker, Stefan Bajcetic, Kaide Gordon
♏ Scorpio
Ben Doak, Dominik Szoboszlai
♐ Sagittarius
Diogo Jota, Caoimhín Kelleher, Marcelo Pitaluga
♑ Capricorn
Adrian, Luis Diaz, Alexis Mac Allister
♒ Aquarius
Wataru Endo, Curtis Jones, Jarell Quansah, Calum Scanlon, Rhys Williams
♓ Pisces
Andy Robertson
#i did this for myself just for fun#sharing if someone else finds this interesting#criteria to be included was to be an official first team player OR have played at least 1 competitive match this season#3 returned loan players are there because for now they are considered first team players on the website#lfc#liverpool fc#zodiac
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thinking about my exit interview that was super informal but at one point i was like okay i will say something positive about the team and my ex manager was like okay
and then we both sat there in silence for a solid minute
#me:…theyre nice people!#my ex manager with suspicious eyes:#delete later#i wanted to try out my buildings laundry machines today#bc i was tired of using the portable one in my apartment#its big and clunky and breaks my tap everytime i do laundry#and i dont have a dryer so massive pain#but it cost me $5.5 and so i will continue doing it in my apartment ❤️#tbf it wasnt even really an interview i just had to return my shit and was like hey do u wanna hear the tea and gossip#and he was like pulling out a notebook like yea#and then i went off for an hour#hes not a retaliatory dude so it was fine if anything im sure he just took the notes and then went off to figure out solutions or whatever#now i feel like i snitched#i didnt say names but he just kept figuring it out#i was like ppl dont like how ppl drop documentation in code reviews#and he was like is this about gordon and his use effect document#and i was like……………..*speechless*#and then i was like some ppl thing the environment has gotten a tad competitive#and he was like is that from henry#*SPEECHLESS*
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