Jaime

27 | (Poke)Plush/TCG Collector| next convention: SacAnime | I play too much FGO/Star Rail | currently in gatcha hell

[Jaime @Jaime_Nerds]

Someone in my area seems to have gotten early access to Pokemon worlds merch and trying to sell it, seems to be this years figure they will be selling

#pokemon #pokemonXP #pokemonworlds

[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

In America I was taken to a warehouse called Costco.

At the door, a woman checked my friend's membership card.

At last, I thought. A checkpoint. A travel pass. Finally, this country has proper gate protocol.

Inside, the ceiling was so high that weather felt possible.

They sell mayonnaise in containers I would describe as architectural. Forty-eight eggs at once. Trousers next to televisions next to a kayak.

Old women stood at small stations, handing out free food on toothpicks.

I asked my friend when the festival ends.

He said, "It's Tuesday."

The festival does not end. The festival is the store.

Then he bought me a hot dog and a soda.

It cost one dollar and fifty cents.

I assumed I misheard. I checked the receipt.

One dollar. Fifty cents. The price has not changed since 1985.

I was alive in 1985. Everything I have purchased since then has betrayed me at least once.

Gasoline. Rent. Rice. All of them broke their word.

The hot dog did not.

I asked how this is possible, and I received a story I did not believe until I confirmed it.

The founder, before he stepped down, told the next chief what would happen if he ever raised the price of the hot dog.

He said, and this is recorded history: "If you raise the price, I will kill you."

Scholars believe he was joking.

The price has not moved in forty years.

I leave the conclusion to you.

At the exit, a man checked our receipt and drew one line across it with a highlighter.

A seal. A magistrate's signature, approving safe passage.

I bowed to him slightly.

He said, "Have a good one," which I now understand can refer to a day, a life, or a hot dog, depending on need.

In my country, we honor merchants who keep the same price for generations. There is a shop in Kyoto four hundred years old. We treat it as a national treasure.

Costco is forty years old and sells tires.

Give it time.

Empires fell. Currencies died.

The hot dog holds.

A nation is its promises.

I paid one dollar and fifty cents.

The promise held.

[Jaime @Jaime_Nerds]

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[Jaime @Jaime_Nerds]

@iamapokeMOM We understand that you have it automatic to help us out as quickly as possible to fight against the bots, accident happens and mistakes happens but we still appreciate and love you MoM!

[Jaime @Jaime_Nerds]

@Catscollecttcg Probably my only chance to win this and complete my partners Sylveon collection >~<
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[Jaime @Jaime_Nerds]

@JohnnyCrambo @CouyonCollect Have gotten these items back in the day and well, never expected to get like this but are amazing display pieces

[Jaime @Jaime_Nerds]

@BestPokemonDeal Finger cross for the Sylveon >~< need it to complete my gf Sylveon collection

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they’re all loved 🥲

[Santi🌶️🌮🇲🇽 (Commissions closed) @zantyarz]

Mentí, aun faltaba un dibujito mas antes de ausentarme un rato, ¿Cuál creen que seria la posición de Quetz en el Futbol? puede decirse que es un redibujo de la que creo fue la primer imagen que hice de Quetzalcoatl, espero les guste y ¡Vamos México! #FGO #mundialdefútbol

[Jaime @Jaime_Nerds]

@iamapokeMOM ended up being the quickest and easiest checkout! thank you MoM! My niece and nephew just started into getting into TCG so i want to get them products to open for their birthdays, so this will be a fun rip for them : D

[Jaime @Jaime_Nerds]

@iamapokeMOM Thank you Mom! This is actually a solid bundle, I can always give the extra binder to my niece who just got into it and getting both tins is also a plus with this, thank you again~

[Jaime @Jaime_Nerds]

@JoeMerrick Only thing that makes me sad is how it also affects plushes and other merch, I’m happy with the decision on TCG but getting some JP exclusive stuff in person might be a harder now :/

And reading about the 11yr kid who doesn’t even know anything about pokemon breaks my heart

[Jaime @Jaime_Nerds]

@Catscollecttcg That Sylveon card is beautiful! Oh man now I’m scared how pricy it will be 😭 I’ll need it to complete my gf Sylveon collection and I know it will be the death of me

[Anish Moonka @anishmoonka]

Toru Miyazaki gave 11 cats with advanced kidney disease an experimental injection. 15 others didn’t get it. A year later, 9 of the 11 treated cats were alive. Only 3 of the 15 untreated cats survived. He just filed for approval, and the drug fixes a defect only cats have.

Most cats die from one thing: their kidneys fail. By age 10, 4 in 10 cats already have chronic kidney disease, and by age 15, the rate doubles to 8 in 10. Once diagnosed, a cat has about 2 years left.

The reason kidney disease hits cats so hard is a broken protein in their blood. All mammals carry a protein that helps the kidneys clean out waste. In humans and dogs, the protein floats freely and goes to work when the kidneys are in trouble. In cats, it stays stuck to another protein and can’t get loose. So the waste piles up, and the kidneys eventually give out.

Miyazaki originally found the protein in 1999, back when he was at the University of Tokyo. He figured out the cat-specific glitch in 2015. The paper he published in the Veterinary Journal in February laid out the trial. The injection is a working version of the missing protein. His company, the Institute for AIM Medicine, filed the approval paperwork with Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture on April 24, 2026. If the review clears, the drug goes on sale in spring 2027.

The 30-year lifespan figure in the tweet is Miyazaki’s own projection of what cats could reach without kidney disease. The trial only ran a year, and the average cat today lives 15. Most die from the same disease this injection treats.

The research almost died in 2020. After running out of funding during COVID, Miyazaki went public. Cat owners across Japan responded by sending in 300 million yen, around 2 million dollars total. He resigned from the University of Tokyo and worked on the drug full time. The treatment in front of regulators today exists because cat lovers refused to let the research die.

[Jaime @Jaime_Nerds]

@pani30 It’s my favorite card of the set, and just a beautiful piece of art! I hope you get another chance to work on a full art card like this in the future and continue your amazing work!

[Jaime @Jaime_Nerds]

@iamapokeMOM When you get in but too early where it’s not showing up on the homepage or the most recent 🫠

[Jaime @Jaime_Nerds]

@iamapokeMOM Let’s go with RIGHT!

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