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bunch a traditional stuff from my sketchbook. some of it dating back to about a year ago and some current stuff.

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Updated lake wormwood relationship map

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OC planner doodles ✨

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OC dump incoming!!

oh I just love my little sillies

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Silly little headshots of my silly little ocs

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vacation doodles

[americanreporter]

How China acquires ‘the crown jewels’ of U.S. technology

The U.S. fails to adequately police foreign deals for next-generation software that powers the military and American economic strength.

The U.S. government was well aware of China’s aggressive strategy of leveraging private investors to buy up the latest American technology when, early last year, a company called Avatar Integrated Systems showed up at a bankruptcy court in Delaware hoping to buy the California chip-designer ATop Tech.

ATop’s product was potentially groundbreaking — an automated designer capable of making microchips that could power anything from smartphones to high-tech weapons systems. It’s the type of product that a U.S. government report had recently cited as “critical to defense systems and U.S. military strength.” And the source of the money behind the buyer, Avatar, was an eye-opener: Its board chairman and sole officer was a Chinese steel magnate whose Hong Kong-based company was a major shareholder.

Corey Bennett and Bryan Bender look at how the United States’ international trade deals actually fall apart. Read it HERE.