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@thefarmersheep Only the cool people know it’s Kelvin

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@Barkley_Tap A tie between Marty and Flores.

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@Porter_and_Co Is that AI driven or the curtailing of H1B hires prompting the posting of job opportunities.

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@TheSpacedapes @PatrickByrne Hard to decide between Prince and Zappa. But yes, a singular talent!

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@bitcoinpanda69 Shell Fish > Fin Fish

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@cobie @inversebrah What is inversbra?

[HederaInform ($HBAR) @HederaInform]

JUST IN: HashPack Wallet (@HashPack), the top non-custodial wallet on @Hedera, now supports Google Pay and Apple Pay on all onramps. Effortless access to Hedera is here.

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@dotkrueger Elections have consequences

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@tiredfornow @ercwl Hello Future

#hbar

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@greg16676935420 Pablum

[Jake Wallis Simons @JakeWSimons]

I’ve watched this a couple of times. It’s no exaggeration to say it’s one of the great speeches of our time. It would be wonderful if it was shown in every school and university. Bravo @RitchieTorres

[Swirlds Labs @swirldslabs]

🌐 First Principles with @leemonbaird and @ManceHarmon: Episode 1

The co-founders of @hedera sit down for an open discussion about the state of #web3 - where the industry stands from a regulatory standpoint, the intersection of #blockchain and identity, DeRec, and much more.

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REE Mriya Segment - 29 August 2023

1/ The rare earth elements (REE) are a set of seventeen metallic elements that appear on the periodic table that few of us took an interest in at school. These include the fifteen lanthanides on the periodic table plus scandium and yttrium.

Rare earth elements are an essential part of many high-tech devices. Rare earth metals are used in multiple industries, including energy production, medical equipment, military defense systems, smartphones, computers, and electric vehicles. When REE’s are used with magnesium alloys, it is a vital element in the making of aircraft engines. You can also use REE’s for studio lighting in the film industry and for making permanent magnets.

Rare earth metals have luminescent properties, making them effective in producing fluorescent tubes and LED lights. REEs like yttrium, terbium, and europium can produce different colors in light bulbs, such as red, green, and blue. Due to their luminescent properties, these metals help make LCD screens, from smartphones to large television sets. Lanthanum helps to make approximately half of all digital camera lenses, including those used in smartphones. Its alloys are a key component in the making of batteries for hybrid and electric cars. The rare earth elements in an EV are used in electric car motors rather than batteries. The most used is Neodymium, which is used in powerful magnets for speakers, hard drives, and electric motors. Dysprosium, and other REE’s are commonly used as additives in Neodymium magnets.

Other applications of REEs include the making of microphones, headphones, lasers, and a range of commercial and military products including satellites, radar, and sonar. Although using rare earth metals in electronics contributes a small part to the final product, the product can’t function without them.

Although the amount of REE used in a product may not be a significant part of that product by weight, value, or volume, the REE can be critical for the device to function. For example, magnets made of REE often represent only a small fraction of the total weight, but without them, the spindle motors and voice coils of desktops and laptops would not be possible.

The U.S. Geological Survey news release "Going Critical" explains: “Rare-earth elements (#REE) are necessary components of more than 200 products - try and google the report for further info on REE’s uses and how important they are in your day to day life, without you even knowing about them!

What is the most useful REE? :

The answer is Neodymium. In the light REEs category, neodymium has the highest number of uses. For one, you can use it on mobile phones, medical equipment, and electric cars. It's the best rare metal for making permanent magnets.

Neodymium magnets are strong and highly useful when weight and space are limiting factors. They help make wind turbines and storage devices and hard disk drives. Moreover, you can also use them in automotive systems like audio speakers, power steering, power seats, and electric windows.

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

What is it about the oxymoronic "Russian peace deal" you don't understand? Ukrainians are fighting because surrendering their territory means surrendering their people to torture, kidnapping, and genocide. It also means only waiting for Putin's next invasion.

[leekern @leekern13]

The @BBCNews gets it’s arse handed to it again. This time incredibly politely by an international law expert who gift wraps the BBC’s arse for them and hands it over with a card saying: “Dear BBC - please find enclosed your arse”

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Let’s talk about Gas and Energy in Europe - in detail !

An IEA report sets out key actions to close potential supply-demand gap if Russian pipeline deliveries fall to zero, including more rapid deployments of energy efficiency and renewables.

Natural gas now accounts for about a quarter of global electricity generation. While in the medium term it is seen playing a major role supporting a transition to net zero energy systems, its longer-term use is uncertain in a world dominated by non-emitting renewable energies. Natural gas has traditionally been delivered by pipeline, but disruptions to Europe’s supply caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have spurred massive investments in liquified natural gas terminals that will eventually allow gas to be traded much the way oil is.

Global gas markets moved towards a gradual rebalancing over the 2022 and 2023 heating season, following the supply shock sparked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Spot gas prices across the key northeast Asian, North American and European markets dropped by close to 70% between mid-December and the end of the first quarter of 2023, while storage sites ended the heating season well above their five-year averages. The reduced market strains and relatively well stocked storage sites ahead of the summer are reasons for cautious optimism for supply security. However, this confluence of factors should not distract from the further measures needed to mitigate potential risks that could quickly renew market tensions and price volatility.

European and global natural gas markets are not yet out of the danger created by Russia’s cuts to pipeline deliveries of gas. If gas exports from Russia drop to zero and China’s LNG imports rebound to 2021 levels, there is a risk of a shortfall gas supplies in 2023. Measures already taken by EU governments on energy efficiency, renewables and heat pumps should help reduce the size of this potential natural gas supply-demand gap in 2023. A recovery in nuclear and hydropower output from their decade-low levels in 2022 should also help narrow the gap. Despite all of this, the EU’s potential gas supply-demand gap could reach 27 billion cubic metres in 2023.

EU gas and electricity markets were marked by a fall in wholesale gas and electricity prices in the first quarter of 2023, after the all-time highs registered during 2022, according to the Commission’s latest quarterly reports on the gas and electricity markets, published today. In its analysis of the first quarter of 2023, the Commission notes the improved market fundamentals that supported the continued downward trend in gas prices, settling at levels at the end of March which were around 75% lower than in the previous quarter, but still high in historical terms.

Gas price markets indicators, such as spreads between spot prices and forward contracts and price premiums on European trading hubs, started to narrow and displayed restored price convergences on the main EU gas hubs, as last year’s comprehensive set of EU initiatives to address the energy crisis resulted in tangible improvements. In particular, the record high gas storage levels, significant reductions of European gas demand, robust imports of LNG and a mild winter helped Europe to diversify away from Russian gas imports.

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@ZaleskiLuke Removal of earth science data from public websites

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@SkartusNFT Still here, no plan to leave

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@greg16676935420 Twelve days? RU using the Gregorion calendar?

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@Acosta Ramaswamy just lost my vote.