[Re-Post] Weird Sciences
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RE-POST - Tuesday, November 1st 2022
News on metals and markets, funny wildlife photos, a Severance guest appearance, and extended remix songs from INXS. Who else would give you a day like that? With A Shout
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Big Story #1 - Titanium Sponge
Titanium has a higher strength-to-weight ratio than steel; it is more temperature resistant and more resistant to corrosion. The core elements that makeup Titanium are more abundant than steel, and Titanium’s primary use is in paint, coatings, plastics, and rubber. Titanium is also used in aerospace and defense to build airframes, ships, and ground vehicles. Lithium-titanate batteries and geothermal energy generation also take advantage of Titanium.
A material that is stronger and more abundant than steel must be everywhere. We are currently running into a Titanium crisis that has gotten the attention of the U.S. defense department. Companies in China and Russia now dominate the Titanium Sponge, the raw material used to make Titanium. To further complicate matters, the U.S. gets most of its Titanium from Japan, and the next non-Russian/China producer of Titanium is Ukraine.
A few other companies are looking at new ways to refine and produce Titanium; our friends at Visual Capitalist worked with IperionX and created a great walkthrough here. The Wall Street Journal also had a story on the Geopolitical impacts of Titanium that is worth the read.
Story #2 - DotCom Bubble 2.0
Axios reported that the tech/financial environment is similar to the Dot Com Bubble in the early 2000s. In 2000 we had spent big on a Y2K problem that wasn’t a problem, fears of a recession, and what turned out to be a prolonged slump in the post-9/11 attacks.
What are we looking at
Meta (Facebook) stock is down almost 70% for the year. That’s $800 Billion if you are counting.
Amazon reported its slowest quarter ever.
The tech-heavy Nasdaq is down almost 30% for the year.
Most of the major tech companies have slowed or put a freeze on all hiring.
Amid challenges, innovation and clever startups will start to grow. Just ask Google; based on timing, one could say they were birthed from the last bubble.
Inspiration Nation
I Got Some Wild, Wild Life
In epic Guardian fashion, The Guardian put up a few finalists for the 2022 Comedy Wildlife Photo awards. We dare you not to smile!
Photo Credits:
Triggerfish - Arturo Telle
Penguins - Jennifer Hadley
Owls - Mark Schocken
Bear Fishing - John D Chaney
Hippo Yawn - Jean Jacques Alcalay
Bear Flowers - Valtteri Mulkahainen
Pegasus - Jagdeep Rajput
Industrial Designs
You wait.
[Music Notes]
Yeah Yeah Yeahs Severance
Karen O talks about new music and the video for “Wolf” off Cool It Down. The video stars Britt Lower, who you might recognize as Helly R. from Apple TV+’s Severance. Do you really need to know more?
Don’t Tell A Soul
Secret Links to Cool Stuff:
Words | Music | Art | Unknown
Jukebox Shuffle
Thoughts on Music
Here’s looking at you!
Click on the Apple Music image to listen to the song on Apple Music or on the Spotify Image to listen to Spotify.
Words from Gen X
Words" from Gen X in age or spirit.
"There is no saint without a p" st, no sinner without a future” - St. Augustine.
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