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Rare earth elements (REEs) are essential to the so-called green economy, used for everything from smartphones and tablets to electric vehicles and wind turbines.

A growth rate of 3.5% per year corresponds to a 20yr doubling time.

Eternal September or the September that never ended is Usenet slang for a period beginning around 1993 when Internet service providers began offering Usenet access to many new users. The flood of new users overwhelmed the existing culture for online forums and the ability to enforce existing norms. AOL followed with their Usenet...

Be sure to watch or rewatch as soon as it drops on Netflix! Those early viewership numbers are key.

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/rudy-giuliani-racism-media-tragedy/

I somehow missed this one until now. Apparently it was once mentioned in the comments on the old sneerclub but I don’t think it got a proper post, and I think it deserves one.

apparently this is in response to a few threads on Reddit flaming Starfield—in general, it’s been rather interesting to see Bethesda take what i can only describe as a “try to debate Starfield to popularity” approach with the game’s skeptics in the past month or two. not entirely sure it’s a winning strategy,...

If you’re paywalled, check this archive link....

Solar adoption continues to shift toward less affluent households, with the median current income of solar adopters dropping from $140k for households that installed systems in 2010 to $117k in 2022

Here’s a very different take on Threads by a Fosstodon admin.

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