Highly Efficient Recovery and Recycling of Cobalt from Spent Lithium-Ion Batteries
February 25th, 2024Not investment advice: Fundamentals on cobalt seem very bad, but none of what follows is close to making a meaningful impact on commercial availability. Look at the cobalt price chart using one month candles. Hmm…
Via: American Chemical Society:
The growing demand for lithium-ion batteries (LiBs) for the electronic and automobile industries combined with the limited availability of key metal components, in particular cobalt, drives the need for efficient methods for the recovery and recycling of these materials from battery waste. Herein, we introduce a novel and efficient approach for the extraction of cobalt, and other metal components, from spent LiBs using a nonionic deep eutectic solvent (ni-DES) comprised of N-methylurea and acetamide under relatively mild conditions. Cobalt could be recovered from lithium cobalt oxide-based LiBs with an extraction efficiency of >97% and used to fabricate new batteries. The N-methylurea was found to act as both a solvent component and a reagent, the mechanism of which was elucidated.
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Britain: 70% of Frontline Health Workers Refuse Covid 19 Boosters in 2023/24
February 25th, 2024Via: Rustler:
?? 70% of NHS Staff are ‘Anti-Vaxxers’
Latest report from UK Health Security Agency confirms that 70% of Frontline health care workers REFUSED the COVID-19 Booster-vaccine in 2023/24https://t.co/xRD28TOUi4 pic.twitter.com/Ti4I7gVe4u
— Rustler (@TheRustler83) February 23, 2024
Building 7 Men in Black: “This Building Has Been Secured”
February 25th, 2024Via: Richard Gage:
[RG911Team] Were Men In Black involved in 9/11?
In our upcoming documentary series, 9/11 whistleblowers spill the beans on some very suspicious people that showed up at WTC Building 7 before it came down on 9/11. Who were they, and why were they there? pic.twitter.com/MOyzEHCOEl
— Richard Gage, AIA, Architect (@RichardGage_911) February 25, 2024
Glenn Greenwald: Prosecution of Julian Assange Is “Without a Doubt, the Most Extreme Assault on Press Freedoms in the West”
February 25th, 2024Via: Wikileaks:
Glenn Greenwald on why the ongoing prosecution of Julian Assange is "without a doubt, the most extreme assault on press freedoms in the West" #FreeAssange @SystemUpdate_ pic.twitter.com/jxcjiWkfB2
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) February 22, 2024
Why Coles Just Hired U.S. Defence Contractor Palantir
February 25th, 2024When I worked for FedEx decades ago, employees had to code every minute of our time on the clock into specific activities. This was all self reported on a paper time sheet and then we entered the times and work codes into our “Supertrackers” (the handheld computers you see FedEx employees using) at the end of shift. All of that data was uploaded to the company’s computer system for analysis by beancounters. Every employee. Every day.
My guess is that would be a relaxing walk in the park compared to having the Palantir monkey on your back throughout the workday.
Via: The Conversation:
What does the Australian supermarket chain Coles have in common with the CIA? As of last week, both are clients of Palantir Technologies, a US tech company “focused on creating the world’s best user experience for working with data”.
In a three-year deal, Coles plans to deploy Palantir’s tools across more than 840 supermarkets to cut costs and “redefine how we think about our workforce”.
Research Credit: GB
Britain Fraudulently Lowers Excess Deaths Numbers
February 25th, 2024— Edward Dowd (@DowdEdward) February 24, 2024
Via: Dr. John Campbell:
Gaza: “Brink of Famine”
February 25th, 2024Via: AFP:
The World Food Programme this week said its teams reported “unprecedented levels of desperation” while the United Nations warned that 2.2 million people were on the brink of famine.
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One in six children aged under two in Gaza was acutely malnourished, it estimated on February 19.
Residents have taken to eating scavenged scraps of rotten corn, animal fodder unfit for human consumption and even leaves to try to stave off the growing hunger pangs.
Georgia Attorney General: Not Using a Mobile Phone or Using a Basic Mobile Phone Shows Criminal Intent
February 25th, 2024Via: Georgia Recorder:
Last month, Deputy Attorney General John Fowler argued in state court that mere possession of a basic cellphone indicates criminal intent to commit conspiracy under Georgia’s racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations statute, better known as RICO.
His accusation was directed at 19-year-old Ayla King, one of 61 people indicted last summer on RICO charges linked to protests in the South River Forest where the $109 million Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, nicknamed “Cop City” by its opponents, is slated to be built. The RICO charges against King and the 60 other RICO defendants have been widely criticized as a political prosecution running contrary to the First Amendment. King is the first of these defendants to stand trial.
During the Jan. 8 hearing in Fulton County Superior Court, Fowler argued that a cellphone in King’s possession on the day of their arrest, which he characterized as a “burner phone,” should be admissible as evidence of wrongdoing, even though it contained no data. He went even further to suggest that not possessing a cellphone at all also indicates criminal intent. Judge Kimberly Adams agreed to admit evidence of King’s cellphone.
Manufacturing Consent: The Border Fiasco and the “Smart Wall”
February 23rd, 2024Via: Unlimited Hangout:
The political response to the crisis at the southern border continues to advance the bipartisan “smart wall,” having been backed by Trump and Biden alike. This bipartisan consensus reaches far beyond the US, as much of the world is similarly speeding along in implementing “digital borders.”
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While the justifications for the frenzied media coverage are based on the actual reality that the border is indeed highly insecure (and has been for some time), the policy responses from American politicians reveal that there is a bipartisan consensus about what must be done. Tellingly, the same “solution” is also being quietly rolled out at all American ports of entry that are not currently being “overrun”, such as airports. That solution, of course, is biometric surveillance, enabled by AI, facial recognition/biometrics and autonomous devices.
This “solution” is not just being implemented throughout the United States as an alleged means of thwarting migrants, it is also being rapidly implemented throughout the world in apparent lockstep.
Intuitive Machines Claims That Their Odysseus Spacecraft Landed On Moon
February 23rd, 2024A livestream of a computer generated simulation was shown…
Via: Intuitive Machines:
More: First Commercial Moon Landing Returns U.S. to Lunar Surface
