Xellette 🇹🇼
@xellette.bsky.social
Hiveworks and Slipshine, 30/30 for the arts, geospatially unstable abstract economist.
-Tokyo, Taipei, Saigon, trapped inside a panopticon most of the time
-Tokyo, Taipei, Saigon, trapped inside a panopticon most of the time
Power went out a bit today, I like the rain, though storms today were spicy.
May 9, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Power went out a bit today, I like the rain, though storms today were spicy.
The Americans yearn for chicken sushi.
April 30, 2025 at 5:53 AM
The Americans yearn for chicken sushi.
Cereal is a form of soup
April 28, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Cereal is a form of soup
We're about a week or two from the ports and freight companies doing mass layoffs.
April 24, 2025 at 10:54 AM
We're about a week or two from the ports and freight companies doing mass layoffs.
If anyone is wondering why I'm like so scrambled on international logistics it's because there's no fixed logic to any of this. The toy industry is getting slaughtered right now.
A 3500% tariff is meant to bankrupt companies from orders already placed or mid shipment.
A 3500% tariff is meant to bankrupt companies from orders already placed or mid shipment.
April 22, 2025 at 10:57 AM
If anyone is wondering why I'm like so scrambled on international logistics it's because there's no fixed logic to any of this. The toy industry is getting slaughtered right now.
A 3500% tariff is meant to bankrupt companies from orders already placed or mid shipment.
A 3500% tariff is meant to bankrupt companies from orders already placed or mid shipment.
Around $90 is where America goes into a complete implosion, it literally can't function as a country without the rest of the world giving it coupons that pretend the dollar is worth more than it is.
Petrodoller collapse babbbbyyyyy
Petrodoller collapse babbbbyyyyy
April 21, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Around $90 is where America goes into a complete implosion, it literally can't function as a country without the rest of the world giving it coupons that pretend the dollar is worth more than it is.
Petrodoller collapse babbbbyyyyy
Petrodoller collapse babbbbyyyyy
The most classic of breakfast options.
April 19, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The most classic of breakfast options.
Walking into the fog to find the ominous rural 7/11 to get some lunch.
April 7, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Walking into the fog to find the ominous rural 7/11 to get some lunch.
Eu markets are starting to open, Germany hit breakers, -10%
April 7, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Eu markets are starting to open, Germany hit breakers, -10%
Touching grass while the global economy implodes
April 7, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Touching grass while the global economy implodes
I live in asia so the report from the future is the entire stock market is imploding.
April 7, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I live in asia so the report from the future is the entire stock market is imploding.
I've gone into the mountains to touch grass.
April 6, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I've gone into the mountains to touch grass.
I've retreated into the mountains
April 5, 2025 at 12:01 PM
I've retreated into the mountains
Taichung baseball stadium
April 5, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Taichung baseball stadium
Just watching markets flash red as the time zones go by like a tidal wave. It's gonna loop de loop back to the states again in a few hours.
This is going to get increasingly worse as the deadline approaches and if they actually go into effect it's going to be the largest currency shock ever.
This is going to get increasingly worse as the deadline approaches and if they actually go into effect it's going to be the largest currency shock ever.
April 4, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Just watching markets flash red as the time zones go by like a tidal wave. It's gonna loop de loop back to the states again in a few hours.
This is going to get increasingly worse as the deadline approaches and if they actually go into effect it's going to be the largest currency shock ever.
This is going to get increasingly worse as the deadline approaches and if they actually go into effect it's going to be the largest currency shock ever.
The core issue is the petrodollar, like 70% of usd is just used as a backstop for international trade, if you target trade itself it'll collapse the dollar price as everyone will switch to different currency.
It means goods will be 30% more expensive and also cost 30% more to import.
It means goods will be 30% more expensive and also cost 30% more to import.
April 3, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The core issue is the petrodollar, like 70% of usd is just used as a backstop for international trade, if you target trade itself it'll collapse the dollar price as everyone will switch to different currency.
It means goods will be 30% more expensive and also cost 30% more to import.
It means goods will be 30% more expensive and also cost 30% more to import.
This is like watching an asteroid slowly approach New York City, like, ignore everything else, if the petrodollar decouples from international trade America like instantly implodes as like 40% of its currency reserve is just international trade exchange.
April 3, 2025 at 1:04 AM
This is like watching an asteroid slowly approach New York City, like, ignore everything else, if the petrodollar decouples from international trade America like instantly implodes as like 40% of its currency reserve is just international trade exchange.
I don't understand the weighted currency math they're using, also I've been informed yellow is the actual tariffs, so Taiwan is only getting 1/3rd of its export value cut. Though holy shit Vietnam you deserve better than this.
April 2, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I don't understand the weighted currency math they're using, also I've been informed yellow is the actual tariffs, so Taiwan is only getting 1/3rd of its export value cut. Though holy shit Vietnam you deserve better than this.
Twitter gave blue check marks ad credits and it's gotten like 500% more chaotic in the last week or two.
April 2, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Twitter gave blue check marks ad credits and it's gotten like 500% more chaotic in the last week or two.