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Besides just wanting to know the basics like Maya mentioned with frequencies my interest is not learning a different totally different trade at this point but two things. The growing weakness although slow of the magnetic field that shields life on earth from radiation. From floods to fire? Two doing DD for financial reasons. The shields their using to try to deflect radiation in space like aluminum that’s different than earth where lead would but not in space it would cause more damage and to shield the chips. Not just space but on earth as in over heating. Ie Bitcoin.
Here’s one example here’s one of them they need.
China holds a near-monopoly on global primary gallium production, accounting for over 98% of worldwide output. Because gallium is extracted as a byproduct during the processing of bauxite (the ore used to make aluminum), China’s massive aluminum industry enables them to dictate global supply chains and pricing. [1, 2, 3]
Supply Chain Vulnerabilities
Byproduct reliance: Gallium is never mined directly. Its availability is tied to aluminum production dynamics.
Export controls: Beijing has leveraged this dominance through strict export licensing, sending shockwaves through the tech and semiconductor sectors.
Lack of recycling: Less than 1% of gallium is recovered from end-of-life electronics, compounding supply shortages. [1, 2, 3, 4]
Western Diversification Efforts
Because gallium is essential for advanced semiconductors (gallium arsenide and gallium nitride) and electric vehicles, Western nations are aggressively trying to build non-Chinese supply chains: [1, 2, 3]
North American Initiatives: Companies like Indium Corporation are partnering with mining giants to extract gallium from North American bauxite sources. Firms like US Critical Materials are targeting production independence using domestic deposits. [1, 2, 3]
International Partnerships: Projects in Western Australia are looking to establish alternative raw material pipelines for the U.S. and its allies. [1, 2]
If you’d like, let me know if you want to explore:
The specific semiconductor applications where gallium is used.
The economic and market hurdles new producers face when competing with China’s aluminum-based extraction. [1, 2]
Goldie & ferrett, I have used both of those sites. Spaceweather has more general-interest stuff along with the instruments. Solarham.com I use daily on our ham nets. A Canadian ham aggregates all the solar data for the day and gives a concise report. We use the information to predict radio propagation in the ionosphere… which is energized by the sun.
Not for light browsing if you are actually interested in the sun’s effect on our weather though. It is complex stuff with many unknowns but as it isn’t a government website, and as AI is not involved, these unknowns are freely admitted to.
On goldie’s site the starlink losses intrigued me. The eventual plan is for 42,000 satellites, each weighing 1,760lbs, which will last five years in orbit – that means at saturation over 8,000 satelites will burn up every year. And then there is the space weather problem. If you think earthly forecasts are bad, the data set for solar wind, which was only discovered 70 years ago, is sparse so expect more surprises like this:
Someone sent me this link, all about space including solar flares with other links. Subscription is free. In case your interested. It’s a little too much for me unless I go back to a computer instead of tiny small print. She uses a computer never a mobile phone less a emergency. . My friend doesn’t do anything little.. ps scrolling it a lot about space X on there.
The Hormuz Letter
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BREAKING: Iran rejects Pakistan’s claim that a US-Iran agreement is imminent and will be signed electronically during a ceremony in the next 24 hours, on Sunday June 23, with Iran’s Foreign Ministry saying any signing “will not be tomorrow,” and nothing is finalized, per Tasnim.
The Hormuz Letter
@HormuzLetter
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BREAKING: Several explosions heard near Qeshm Island and Sirik, southern Iran, with initial reports of Iran striking targets in the Strait of Hormuz, per Mehr News.
The Hormuz Letter
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BREAKING: Iran says talks have now “completely stalled” due to Trump’s positions and actions, saying that as long as Trump does not accept all of Iran’s demands in the draft, the 60-day negotiation period has no chance of beginning and Iran won’t sign, per a source close to Iran’s Ghalibaf.
Vance’s new statements say the deal involves “no cash” and “no funds released for signing,” while Iran’s draft requires the US to release $24 billion in frozen funds and pay Iran $300 billion in war reparations before Iran signs anything.
The first time the HUI got up to 630 was 20 years ago. It next got there again in 2011. Then of course it blew through it last year on its way to the high of 986.
I guess I find it interesting that we just bounced off that level yesterday. Magnets.
A-good couple of days for the shares all things considered.
Saying that the Iran says the deal is virtually done and they appear giddy.
Who knows what the heck to believe anymore. Yesterday was Trump’s 38th time saying things were about done – literally 38 times. Now he says there’s some fake news?
The blockade has really got to be hurting them! How many millions a day are they losing? Did I hear 700? How long can they hold out?
Seems to be a lot of difference in the draft peace proposals announced by the US and those from Iran. It would be no surprise if the whole thing fell apart.
Correction $435 millions a day
“The $435 million‑per‑day number cited repeatedly in international media is attributed to reporting in the Wall Street Journal and is echoed by NDTV and Iran’s central bank warnings; those sources frame the figure as the approximate daily economic damage to Iran from a U.S. blockade that cuts off most seaborne trade and forces oil field shutdowns”
Ipso – I would surely think it would piss them off. If we can just steal their oil, there’s no need to bomb them at all, we’ll just starve them out. Sucks for their population though.
James Woods
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A young Scottish girl who defended her sister from Muslim invader/predators has been vindicated by a British court. She should have a statue erected in her honor rather than have been charged in the first place. She has more heart than the leftist politicians destroying the UK.
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