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Went to a counter-protest yesterday in support of trans rights and queer kids, and it was the most intense moment of activism I have ever experienced. The anti-trans protestors were mean, rude, bumping into us, stirring shit, knocking umbrellas out of people’s hands. We outnumbered them, but not by much- depends on if you count kids or not. Also they didn’t scruple to use said kids as shields and/or weapons, so that was pretty shitty. There was a rumour that a kid actually got taken away by the cops o.0
The optics were weird. Apparently the movement was started by a Muslim woman, so while the anti-queer sentiment attracted some “trucker convoy”-type white dudes (and they were only too happy to instigate and escalate), it looked very much like a bunch of white queers yelling down a bunch of brown families- super uncomfortable. Weird day, very stressful, definitely felt unsafe at multiple points in the day… and as someone with a whole lot of privilege, I’m so glad I went.
PS My arms actually hurt from holding up my sign.
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bcs s6 thread pt 5
#likeeee.#i cant i literally cant stop thinking about rhea and bob oh my god i literlakdjrjsoxocodndh#sept 20 2023#mannnnnn wtf is this#gasped when she walked into frame oh my god#like no what do you mean they're about to gag separate ways no like lidkjenfjsndjsjdjjshd this is literally the worst time of my life#shaking shaking shaking this is sickening#the way he keeps looking at her oh my god#no look at her she's so shaken please pleaseee my darling girl#i hate it here so bad i'm#this show is on another level tbf i never watch real drama crime shows but like bro#sept 21 2023#guys i am Literally so scared#gonna live tweet the rest of s6 i think but just know IMMMmmsdiisosi#my babies sooohhhhh what the fricj give them a hug i need them to be okay they're so not okay#i feel sick like kim and jimmy thought they were gonna lose each otherrrrr like howard could've been either of them😭#kimberly wexler the woman that you are#also how has it only been a year and a half i already forgot everything that happened#KIM IRS OOO#they need to soppppp stop kissing like that okayy we get it#I HATE TO IS SO MUCH knowing it's doomed the narrative oh my god i'm having the worst time and they don't even know it i think that's the wo#wosttt part is they don't but every person watching does#my fidgety princess#wait what#WHAT#WHAT!?? kim waht i'm sorry what#cant even face the television screen i think this sweater i've seen before it's gag i love you so what i'm so scared HOW DID WE END UP HERE#yeah he breakdown on twitter but like i still can't get over how there were years they didn't speak to each other didn't see each other didn#didn't know straight up if they were dead or alive i'm sick to my stomach over it#AR LEAST WE GET A B&W OF KIM i literlaly don't know i wouldn't have made it
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Happy gojo anniversary 😔✊
😔😔😔😔 i kept silent all day on purpose, we cannot talk about this here
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Este año que cumplo un número par decido que sea el comienzo de apreciar más a las personas que me rodean, a veces tiendo a desplazar y herir a gente que me aprecia, quizá sea mi mecanismo de defensa ya que inminentemente sé que algún día moriré y sufrirán, por eso no quiero que se encariñen conmigo y yo tampoco crear un lazo porque suelo desbordarme de amor. Reconozco mi errores, mi apatía, mi pelea diaria contra mi ignorancia, mi procrastinación, mis pocas ganas de luchar contra mis problemas que me ahogan, mi ego… sé que es un largo trabajo aún, que quizá en un año no lograre mejorar todo pero sé que trabajaré tanto que seré mejor que ayer, la competencia siempre ha sido contra mi misma. Espero poder convertirme en lo que tanto anhelo, por mí y para mí. Seré resistente una vez más.
#frases#citas en español#citas#frases en español#cosas que escribo#cosas de la vida#adolescente#tristeza#feliz cumpleaños#cumpleaños#sept 2023#september 20th#September 21th#22 años#22#20 de septiembre#resilencia#trabajar en mí#competencia
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"a few pictures of @joshuadun from the @ZildjianCompany 400th anniversary. this was such an incredible event, seeing josh inducting ringo into their hall of fame was so unreal"
#twenty one pilots#twentyonepilots#josh dun#joshua dun#2023#sept#september#sept 20#september 20#sept '23#september '23#september 2023#sept 2023#zildjian#zildjian400#roadrunner#boston#massachusetts#MA#boston massachusetts
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chappell roan & gerard way stage outfit parallels
chappell looks:
vmas, sept 11 2024 / hinterland, august 4 2024 / bonnaroo, june 16 2024 / hangout fest, may 18 2024 / coachella, april 12 2024
gerard looks:
corona capital mexico, nov 18 2022 / london, nov 2005 / detroit, sept 13 2022 / los angeles, oct 11 2022 (but first worn in nashville, aug 23 2022) / sydney, march 19-20 2023
PART 1/2
#chappell roan#gerard way#what happens when you are inspired/influenced by drag culture#vmas#my chemical romance#mcr
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Happy end of 2023! This has been a great year for me despite all the things happening in the world. I graduated with my bachelor's and got into my first choice master's program and I am having a swell time there right now. Got my first job -job, finished a thesis, spent more time with my family. I started writing fanfic - will be linking it on this blog- and finished NaNoWriMo, all while getting mostly 7 hours of sleep a night. It had been a good year for art too, even though I've had less time on it this year due to everything else that is going on.
Here is to 2024 continuing to be great!
#art wrapup#personal#end of 2023#here is to a good 2024!#god i am so happy about this#if you notice inconsistency in quality over the months lol#yeah it’s completely dependent on my finals schedule#and how much I’m vacationing#and how much spare time I have on art#I try to put aside an hour or two a night but sometimes I don’t get to it#and my pieces take like 20+ hours to polish to how I like#like in sept or June#so half of these are like in prerender#still proud tho!!! cheers
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Sept 18 - did more hours of scanning. Interesting to see glimpses of my sister and BILs life outside of the times I was present. And spot the odd photo from events I was there for.
Made chayote wraps for supper using the leftovers from the roasted chicken legs last week. I did the filling while the nephew took a turn at scanning, then he filled and baked the wraps.
Sept 19 - did some shopping and a grocery run. Dozed off in late afternoon/early evening and nephew didn't take over making the planned supper, so we had a fend night. I hunted down a cherry turnover, some fresh mini tomatoes, strawberries, and a yogurt cup.
Sept 20 - back to scanning! And crocheting between scans. I can work 1-2 triple stitches per scan, so I'm making slow but measurable progress on the scarf. Nephew made shepherds pie for supper.
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they have a point though. you wouldn't need everyone to accommodate you if you just lost weight, but you're too lazy to stick to a healthy diet and exercise. it's that simple. I'd like to see you back up your claims, but you have no proof. you have got to stop lying to yourselves and face the facts
Must I go through this again? Fine. FINE. You guys are working my nerves today. You want to talk about facing the facts? Let's face the fucking facts.
In 2022, the US market cap of the weight loss industry was $75 billion [1, 3]. In 2021, the global market cap of the weight loss industry was estimated at $224.27 billion [2].
In 2020, the market shrunk by about 25%, but rebounded and then some since then [1, 3] By 2030, the global weight loss industry is expected to be valued at $405.4 billion [2]. If diets really worked, this industry would fall overnight.
1. LaRosa, J. March 10, 2022. "U.S. Weight Loss Market Shrinks by 25% in 2020 with Pandemic, but Rebounds in 2021." Market Research Blog. 2. Staff. February 09, 2023. "[Latest] Global Weight Loss and Weight Management Market Size/Share Worth." Facts and Factors Research. 3. LaRosa, J. March 27, 2023. "U.S. Weight Loss Market Partially Recovers from the Pandemic." Market Research Blog.
Over 50 years of research conclusively demonstrates that virtually everyone who intentionally loses weight by manipulating their eating and exercise habits will regain the weight they lost within 3-5 years. And 75% will actually regain more weight than they lost [4].
4. Mann, T., Tomiyama, A.J., Westling, E., Lew, A.M., Samuels, B., Chatman, J. (2007). "Medicare’s Search For Effective Obesity Treatments: Diets Are Not The Answer." The American Psychologist, 62, 220-233. U.S. National Library of Medicine, Apr. 2007.
The annual odds of a fat person attaining a so-called “normal” weight and maintaining that for 5 years is approximately 1 in 1000 [5].
5. Fildes, A., Charlton, J., Rudisill, C., Littlejohns, P., Prevost, A.T., & Gulliford, M.C. (2015). “Probability of an Obese Person Attaining Normal Body Weight: Cohort Study Using Electronic Health Records.” American Journal of Public Health, July 16, 2015: e1–e6.
Doctors became so desperate that they resorted to amputating parts of the digestive tract (bariatric surgery) in the hopes that it might finally result in long-term weight-loss. Except that doesn’t work either. [6] And it turns out it causes death [7], addiction [8], malnutrition [9], and suicide [7].
6. Magro, Daniéla Oliviera, et al. “Long-Term Weight Regain after Gastric Bypass: A 5-Year Prospective Study - Obesity Surgery.” SpringerLink, 8 Apr. 2008. 7. Omalu, Bennet I, et al. “Death Rates and Causes of Death After Bariatric Surgery for Pennsylvania Residents, 1995 to 2004.” Jama Network, 1 Oct. 2007. 8. King, Wendy C., et al. “Prevalence of Alcohol Use Disorders Before and After Bariatric Surgery.” Jama Network, 20 June 2012. 9. Gletsu-Miller, Nana, and Breanne N. Wright. “Mineral Malnutrition Following Bariatric Surgery.” Advances In Nutrition: An International Review Journal, Sept. 2013.
Evidence suggests that repeatedly losing and gaining weight is linked to cardiovascular disease, stroke, diabetes and altered immune function [10].
10. Tomiyama, A Janet, et al. “Long‐term Effects of Dieting: Is Weight Loss Related to Health?” Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 6 July 2017.
Prescribed weight loss is the leading predictor of eating disorders [11].
11. Patton, GC, et al. “Onset of Adolescent Eating Disorders: Population Based Cohort Study over 3 Years.” BMJ (Clinical Research Ed.), 20 Mar. 1999.
The idea that “obesity” is unhealthy and can cause or exacerbate illnesses is a biased misrepresentation of the scientific literature that is informed more by bigotry than credible science [12].
12. Medvedyuk, Stella, et al. “Ideology, Obesity and the Social Determinants of Health: A Critical Analysis of the Obesity and Health Relationship” Taylor & Francis Online, 7 June 2017.
“Obesity” has no proven causative role in the onset of any chronic condition [13, 14] and its appearance may be a protective response to the onset of numerous chronic conditions generated from currently unknown causes [15, 16, 17, 18].
13. Kahn, BB, and JS Flier. “Obesity and Insulin Resistance.” The Journal of Clinical Investigation, Aug. 2000. 14. Cofield, Stacey S, et al. “Use of Causal Language in Observational Studies of Obesity and Nutrition.” Obesity Facts, 3 Dec. 2010. 15. Lavie, Carl J, et al. “Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease: Risk Factor, Paradox, and Impact of Weight Loss.” Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 26 May 2009. 16. Uretsky, Seth, et al. “Obesity Paradox in Patients with Hypertension and Coronary Artery Disease.” The American Journal of Medicine, Oct. 2007. 17. Mullen, John T, et al. “The Obesity Paradox: Body Mass Index and Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Nonbariatric General Surgery.” Annals of Surgery, July 2005. 18. Tseng, Chin-Hsiao. “Obesity Paradox: Differential Effects on Cancer and Noncancer Mortality in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.” Atherosclerosis, Jan. 2013.
Fatness was associated with only 1/3 the associated deaths that previous research estimated and being “overweight” conferred no increased risk at all, and may even be a protective factor against all-causes mortality relative to lower weight categories [19].
19. Flegal, Katherine M. “The Obesity Wars and the Education of a Researcher: A Personal Account.” Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases, 15 June 2021.
Studies have observed that about 30% of so-called “normal weight” people are “unhealthy” whereas about 50% of so-called “overweight” people are “healthy”. Thus, using the BMI as an indicator of health results in the misclassification of some 75 million people in the United States alone [20].
20. Rey-López, JP, et al. “The Prevalence of Metabolically Healthy Obesity: A Systematic Review and Critical Evaluation of the Definitions Used.” Obesity Reviews : An Official Journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity, 15 Oct. 2014.
While epidemiologists use BMI to calculate national obesity rates (nearly 35% for adults and 18% for kids), the distinctions can be arbitrary. In 1998, the National Institutes of Health lowered the overweight threshold from 27.8 to 25—branding roughly 29 million Americans as fat overnight—to match international guidelines. But critics noted that those guidelines were drafted in part by the International Obesity Task Force, whose two principal funders were companies making weight loss drugs [21].
21. Butler, Kiera. “Why BMI Is a Big Fat Scam.” Mother Jones, 25 Aug. 2014.
Body size is largely determined by genetics [22].
22. Wardle, J. Carnell, C. Haworth, R. Plomin. “Evidence for a strong genetic influence on childhood adiposity despite the force of the obesogenic environment” American Journal of Clinical Nutrition Vol. 87, No. 2, Pages 398-404, February 2008.
Healthy lifestyle habits are associated with a significant decrease in mortality regardless of baseline body mass index [23].
23. Matheson, Eric M, et al. “Healthy Lifestyle Habits and Mortality in Overweight and Obese Individuals.” Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM, U.S. National Library of Medicine, 25 Feb. 2012.
Weight stigma itself is deadly. Research shows that weight-based discrimination increases risk of death by 60% [24].
24. Sutin, Angela R., et al. “Weight Discrimination and Risk of Mortality .” Association for Psychological Science, 25 Sept. 2015.
Fat stigma in the medical establishment [25] and society at large arguably [26] kills more fat people than fat does [27, 28, 29].
25. Puhl, Rebecca, and Kelly D. Bronwell. “Bias, Discrimination, and Obesity.” Obesity Research, 6 Sept. 2012. 26. Engber, Daniel. “Glutton Intolerance: What If a War on Obesity Only Makes the Problem Worse?” Slate, 5 Oct. 2009. 27. Teachman, B. A., Gapinski, K. D., Brownell, K. D., Rawlins, M., & Jeyaram, S. (2003). Demonstrations of implicit anti-fat bias: The impact of providing causal information and evoking empathy. Health Psychology, 22(1), 68–78. 28. Chastain, Ragen. “So My Doctor Tried to Kill Me.” Dances With Fat, 15 Dec. 2009. 29. Sutin, Angelina R, Yannick Stephan, and Antonio Terraciano. “Weight Discrimination and Risk of Mortality.” Psychological Science, 26 Nov. 2015.
There's my "proof." Where is yours?
#inbox#fat liberation#fat acceptance#fat activism#anti fatness#anti fat bias#anti diet#resources#facts#weight science#save
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sharp teeth | m.list
pairing. wolf shifter!jungkook x human!reader (f)
sum. Jungkook—a love struck puppy pining for Y/N’s affection. Y/N—an oblivious, hard-headed tsundere too thick to realize a shifter likes her. What could go wrong?
genre. slow burn, pining, mutual pining, eventual romance, shifter/werewolf!au, suggestive at times, eventual smut, i2l (idiots-to-lovers), f2l (friends-to-lovers), fluff, humor, found family, established relationship, high school!au, university!au
total w/c. 23,227 (including drabbles)
overall rating. 13+
collection. mini-series
a/n. Main Series and Drabbles are finally in chronological order, woo-hoo!
Available to read on: AO3, Wattpad
Listen to the <Sharp Teeth> playlist on Spotify!
© dearly-somber
started. June 30th, 2022. finished.
🌕🌔🌓🌒🌑🌘🌗���🌕
Main Series
It’s An Affectionate Thing | Jun 30th, 2022
Naked | Jun 18th, 2022
Yours | Jun 30th, 2022
Warm | Jun 30th, 2022
Purr | Nov 8th, 2023
RBF | Oct 30th, 2023
Because It’s Soft | Feb 26th, 2023
stand still (i’m sniffing you) | Feb 19th, 2024
Twister | Sept 16th, 2023
Haircut | Nov 30th, 2023
Heat Stroke | Jun 10th, 2023
Body Art | Jun 23rd, 2024
I Like Me Better | Jul 6th, 2024
Oh No! | Aug 3rd, 2024
The Moon Will Sing |
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Drabbles
Sharp Teeth | Jun 30th, 2022
Feel The Burn |
In My Bed |
20/20 Vision | Jan 28th, 2024
Y/N’s parents meeting the pack |
Jungkook staying at Y/N’s house |
Girl Talk |
Whine, Whimper, Weep | Sept 26th, 2023
‘cause your love, is my drug |
Graduation | Jul 11th, 2024
Y/N meeting Jungkook’s parents |
Drugs, Sex, and Al•Co•Hol |
Soft Blankets, Cold Days |
All The Right Ways |
Do It Again |
Y/N reacting to Jungkook’s tattoos |
In My Bed, Pt.2 |
Birthday Boy | Sept. 1st, 2024
Cuddling With Your Partner |
Love You Like That |
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Extras
What’s The Prob? Dog. — First Draft.
What’s The Prob? Dog. — Second Draft.
What’s The Prob? Dog. — Third Draft.
#series masterlist#series master post#bts x reader#jungkook x reader#shifters#bts a/b/o#jungkook fluff#jungkook angst#shifter jungkook#bts jungkook#jungkook fanfic#jungkook x you#jeon jungkook x reader#jungkook fic#kpop fics#kpop fanfic#kpop fic#a/b/o#a/b/o fanfic#a/b/o dynamics#bts hybrid fic#bts hybrid au#bts hybrid fanfic#bts hybrid x reader#werewolf au#jungkook smut#bts smut#fic: sharp teeth#kpop smut#ao3
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bcs s6 thread pt 4
#WHAR THE FRICK#WHAT#EHDGTSHDJDKEJDJDJSJFNJDJEJDJDKDJFJWHAT#THJSNEJFKDJEJDLELCO#I LITERLALY TWHATTEHTJCJEHTECHELLLFLJTHFJWJI CANTDODORNSJBWHDJSJEJR#THAT WAS DOO.bevdbbdjdbfjsjfkckajvvsv??/?:));$4$:)):$:&;&(& i'm literally shaking oh my god#sept 20 2023#this season is osirbfbsjcjxhehdjd ucsknthevrbrnfhavebwkrijdjrjdjshshrjfnrndjjejekdjsjdjrjkskdkfnfjsknfkdkdwhattdhrnfjkcjfndnbdbsbdji mfmfosj#IM CRYJNG LIKE NO WONDER HE HAD A FKIN HEART ATTACK? THIS SHOW IS SO INSANE#i'm literally so what the fk. the stress of this episode the closeness of jimmy and kim. And then BOB GOES AND HAS A HEART ATTACK ON SET? WH#AND RHEA PICKS HIS HEAD IP LIKE!!?? JENRJRJSJDJDKDJKSJDJFKDKSKDJFJAKSHFJFIKCNDNSN I CANT BREATHE#wait what#i'm literally shaking this is sooooo sickening#KIMMM OH MY GOD KIM NO OMY BABY NO SHES SCARED SHES SO SCARED OH MY GOD NO DONT DO THIS TO HER#KIMMMM 😖😖😖😖😖😖😖😖😖#I SHOULD NOT HE WATXHING THIS BEFORE I SLEEP PLZJDJDNFKDKEJ this is the worst time i've ever had#i'm literally sick to my stomach#i cannot believe he had a frickin heart attack they're all already so stressed by the ep plot and then irl????vbsbdjd that's insane.#NO WAY BRO?#the way twenty minutes ago i was just like aw her pink sweater and now i'm in the trenches fighting for my life like#this wasn't how it's supposed to goHELP I HAVE FIVE PERCENT BATTERY LEFT#i know she doesn't die which is a relief but like idk if i can make it through i really don't#MIKE MY KINGGG#KIMMMMM OH M YGOD MT BELIVED LIKE RHEA BEEDS. TO GET AN EMMY#SHES SO PRECIOUS AND ALL THEY CARE IS ABOUT EACH OTHER#in my head they're just cute soft silly little mcwexler not whatever the hell this is😭 me when i watch a hard crime drama and it is#my husband#i was gonna finish tmw but i do not think i shall be sleeping tonight 🤠#wrffff like. what#LIKE
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BOBBIE | top & shorts
New Mesh
HQ Texture
Female | Teen - Elders
20 Swatches
download (top)
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TSR VIP until 25 SEPT 2023
T.O.U
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#twenty one pilots#twentyonepilots#josh dun#joshua dun#roadrunner#boston#massachusetts#boston massachusetts#zildjian#zildjian400#meeting fans#sept#september#sept 20#september 20#sept 2023#september 2023#2023#sept ‘23#september ‘23#roadrunnerbos#zildjian company
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HEY YOU!!
Fuck it, I'll share this with the class.
Do YOU want to rewatch all of Phil's QSMP Hardcore Deity Lore in one big binge like a total fucking masochist? LOOK NO FURTHER!
In order to drag my friends into Bird Man Brainrot Hell with me, I made a bullet list of all the major lore vods with dates and timestamps included for a streamlined list of what and where to watch!
All you have to do is use this [QPhil Lore Playlist] I made from our beloved Crow Mercy's Phil vods channel and refer to the bullet list below!
Tallulah & Chayanne would've loved this day (Sept 15th 2023, 8:00:15)
What Happened to Me? (Sept 24th 2023, 1:09:11-1:15:00)
Finding the Line (Oct 27th 2023, 2:50:00-3:03:00)
A discovery… (Dec 6th 2023, 2:19:47 to 3:15:26)
Another discovery (Dec 15th 2023, 2:42:07, 2:57:18, 5:37:39)
Healing (Dec 18th 2023, 3:07:10, 6:10:59)
Xmas Event & A New Threat (Dec 20th 2023, 3:11:25, 3:36:33 to 3:42:46, 6:19:06)
A message or a warning? (Jan 12th 2024, 7:53 to 19:04)
The date is fast approaching (Jan 17th 2024, 2:21:31, 6:08:28)
oh boy oh gosh it's island time (Feb 21st 2024, 6:21:12)
A Strange Gift (Feb 23rd 2024, 2:15:11 to 2:20:11) (OPTIONAL: WATCH WHOLE VOD)
Greed comes with a price (Feb 26th 2024) (WATCH WHOLE VOD)
Break past the void (March 1st, 2024) (WATCH WHOLE VOD)
ALTERNATIVELY!!
If YouTube is giving you trouble for one reason or another, YOU'RE IN LUCK!!
Kristin uploads all of Phil's vods to an archive on his Twitch, so you can actually find ALL these vods on Phil's Twitch channel too! I did this myself just a few days before posting this, they're all uploaded and relatively easy to find!
In order to do it this way, all you have to do is go to here on Phil's Twitch, then refer to the dates in the above bullet list in the vod titles. Once you find the right vod, just refer to the timestamps above and go nuts!
Happy binging and reliving Bird Man Trauma! :D
And as a bonus note: The vods in my playlist that AREN'T major Hardcore Deity Lore moments are other significant QSMP Lore moments Phil was involved in or present for, so you could actually binge the entire playlist chronologically if you want to relive it all! :)
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China’s Ministry of Commerce announced Thursday that export controls on antimony would take effect Sept. 15. Antimony is used in bullets, nuclear weapons production and lead-acid batteries. It can also strengthen other metals.
“Three months ago, there’s no way [any] one would have thought they would have done this. It’s quite confrontational in that regard,” Lewis Black, CEO of Canada-based Almonty Industries, said in a phone interview. The company has said it’s spending at least $125 million to reopen a tungsten mine in South Korea later this year.
Tungsten is nearly as hard as a diamond, and used in weapons, semiconductors and industrial cutting machines. Both tungsten and antimony are on the U.S. critical minerals list, and less than 10 elements away from each other on the periodic table.[...]
China accounted for 48% of global antimony mine production in 2023, while the U.S. did not mine any marketable antimony, according to the U.S. Geological Survey’s latest annual report. The U.S. has not commercially mined tungsten since 2015, and China dominates global tungsten supply, the report said.[...]
The U.S. has sought to restrict China’s access to high-end semiconductors, following which Beijing announced export controls on germanium and gallium, two metals used in chipmaking.
While tungsten is also used to make semiconductors, the metal, like antimony, is used in defense production.
“China has a declining tungsten production, but tungsten is absolutely vital, far more than antimony, in military applications,” said Christopher Ecclestone, principal and mining strategist at Hallgarten & Company.
He expects China will put export controls on tungsten by the end of the year, if not in the next month or two.[...]
Starting in 2026, the U.S. REEShore Act prohibits the use of Chinese tungsten in military equipment. That refers to the Restoring Essential Energy and Security Holdings Onshore for Rare Earths Act of 2022.[...]
China is acting more in retaliation “against what it views as an intrusion into its national interests,” Markus Herrmann Chen, co-founder and managing director of China Macro Group, said in an email.
He pointed out that China’s Third Plenum meeting of policymakers in July “put forward a completely new policy goal of better coordinating the entire minerals value chain, likely reflecting the further heightened supply importance of ‘strategic mineral resources’ for both business and geoeconomic interests.”
Stupid games:[X] Prizes [20 Aug 24]
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