I made an easy to use map of naturally deuterium-depleted waters๐งDDW around the world, with data compiled from @iaeaorg@USGS w/some sites I tested myself. Feel free to reply with locations you know and I'll add them. ๐
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@peterrhague When the US was founded, we were trying to uphold the proud tradition the Brits were no longer sufficiently upholding. But itโs still your tradition and birthright too.
@Jovan_Jankovic3@cremieuxrecueil We have more disposable income, which evidently we tend to rapidly 'dispose' of, instead of choosing to save/invest it...
@FoundationDads This is so true. I was a preacherโs kid so I steeped in it my whole childhood. Itโs background context for everything. Even just the vocabulary itself is important.
Imagine telling someone in 1999โฆ
The year is 2026.
The President is Donald Trump in his second non consecutive term.
The richest man in the world is PayPal cofounder Elon Muskโฆ but not because of fintech or Paypal. Because of rockets, electric cars, AI, satellites, brain chips and something called โBoring Companyโ.
Apple is worth trillions but its main business isnโt computersโฆ its selling glass rectangles everyone stares at for 9 hours a day.
People donโt watch TV. They watch teenagers explain geopolitics, finance, and relationship advice in ~60 second videos.
The biggest taxi company owns no taxis.
The biggest hotel company owns no hotels.
The most powerful media companies are social networks where everyone argues with strangers for free.
Kids are making millions filming themselves playing video games.
AI Robots write emails, code, legal memos, songs, essays, and breakup texts.
The internet is mostly bots arguing with humans who are trying to prove they arenโt bots.
You can summon a car, groceries, a doctor, a date, a private jet, or a dog walker from your phone.
People pay real money for invisible currencies, digital monkeys, AI girlfriends and pictures that disappear after 24 hours.
The richest companies in the world donโt sell oil, steel, or cars. They sell attention, compute, data, and addiction.
And somehow, after all of that everyone is still using Excel.
Believing that "people wouldn't do crimes if their basic needs were met" while also believing that "greedy rich people are stealing from everyone" never registers to the people who say this shit as inherently contradictory.