• Are_Euclidding_Me [e/em/eir]@hexbear.net
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    8 days ago

    What the fuck kind of chart/graph is that?! It arguably gives less information than a simple sentence containing the two percentages.

    I hate journalists so fucking much

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      8 days ago

      Until 2023, China produced 99 percent of the world’s supply of heavy rare earth metals, with a trickle of production coming out of a refinery in Vietnam. But that refinery has been closed for the past year because of a tax dispute, leaving China with a monopoly.

      I guess 100% literally isn’t an exaggeration