Why It Matters

"The 17 rare earth elements possess unique properties that make them essential components in the manufacture of modern technologies, especially those in developing sectors such as artificial intelligence and green energy. This grants rare earths considerable contemporary value and gives the countries that host deposits substantial economic power, provided they can capitalize on them."
What Happens Next?
https://www.newsweek.com/central-south-america-rare-earth-element-deposits-2043692 #rareearth #southamerica

Interesting episode of Rare Earth (okay, okay, they all are!) on fossil fuels, from Friday:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002ww0s

#RareEarth #Radio4 #BBCRadio4 #ClimateCrisis #GlobalHeating #DontLookUp

#AlignedAI is still a #scam. Regardless of any #values supposedly programmed into #AI, it still uses enormous amounts of #energy, and #RareEarth #CriticalMinerals ill-gotten through #mining #extraction in the #GlobalSouth. It still has a limited group of #creators and #owners who hold immense #power through it. It's still #stealing the #work of countless #people, with no #consent or #benefit to them. And its #output is still #random with no #concept of #truth.

How is it #different at all?

Just saw @rareearth's video on #Esperanto. Wow is there ever some history to it; I did not know that!

https://nebula.tv/videos/rareearth-the-doctor-hitler-feared/
https://youtu.be/S8kV18UQRG8

#RareEarth

I'm glad to see the band #RareEarth getting a lot of mention in the news these days. I remember hearing this Detroit band described as "the only White band on Motown." They had a few hits in the 70s doing some stock Motown tunes.

I met some members of the band in a Motel 6 parking lot in 1990. I had just completed summer #Dead tour, and they were between shows on the county fair circuit.

Respectable guys, decent band, I'm glad they're getting attention. https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kmxgwuMMGrP9qIdbpCeQeNsntDK9dsTXw