Two years later, same story.

Finally back from the printer and ready to ship to our readers, The Global Permanent Magnet Industry: 2020-2030

Finally back from the printer, The Global Permanent Magnet Industry: 2020-2030, and ready to be shipped to our customers.

A picture may be worth 1000 words, but a great equation is worth 1000 pictures.

Honored to be the keynote speaker at Magnetics 2022 magneticsconference.com/joc on February 8, 2022. We’ll discuss our book, The Global Permanent Magnet Industry: 2020-2030. We’ll be back next year with the Magnetics Bootcamp. The anisotropy will be OK until then

We need a Rare Earth Czar to facilitate and coordinate the activities of the many unrelated stakeholders in this industry. Otherwise we’ll have chaos and an awkward rollout of electric vehicles.

Survived a brief attack while waiting for the light rail to go to school today. Grateful to be OK. RTD Denver Police Dept. MSU Denver

This is what happens when so much of the population has weak mathematical skills. Not everything that can be counted counts. Not everything that counts can be counted. Is sometimes attributed to Einstein, but seems to apply here. Only votes count, the rest is just noise.

On December 6, we will begin a 3-day Special Magnetics Bootcamp, along with my friend Reinhold Strnat from Magnet Physics. Hope that you can join us for 1, 2 or all 3 days for this virtual event. Here is a link to register spontaneousmaterials.com/Special_Magnet…

In the 117th Congress, we have 144 Members of the House and 50 Senators with law degrees. In contrast we have 1 physicist and 1 chemist, in the House, and 1 geologist in the Senate and 9 engineers (8 in the House and 1 in the Senate) A recipe for building anything?

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Honoured today to be on BBC Radio 4 commenting on #magnets, my favourite topic after #lego. Listen to the curios case of Rutherford and Fry here bbc.in/3hI2Jvo and get in touch with @BuntingBerkham or UK Magnetics Society for more information on magnetics.

Can anyone else remember when April Fools Day was just a single day of the year?

Spontaneous Materials was quoted this week in a three-part article by Mary Hui in Quartz on the rare earths qz.com/china-rare-ear… qz.com/china-global-h… qz.com/how-the-west-i…

Dearest mother — My beard has been tapered — but not tampered. Thusly, I shall resume my quiet days in my Appalachian cabin, reading to the birds. A basket with spiced beaver thighs and fresh squirrel oil is on the way. T’was lovely to correspond once more. I love you. — Andrew

Where can a guy get a Republican ham sandwich in Washington DC? Asking for a friend.

If you're attending REPM 2023 in Birmingham next week, stop by our stand and say hello! ow.ly/ksGL50PFGp5

⁦Xcel Energy Colorado⁩ has been unable to read our gas meter since July 2023, in spite of my requests and their broken promises. Perhaps a picture will help them.

About 20 years ago, I spent a lot of time in the Carmel Library tutoring students in math.

Dearest mother — The battleground has called for my glorious return. I’m thrilled to say, I shall heed that call. I have reenlisted. While my sidearm is permanently holstered — I shall help train other young men to be great soldiers. Please send care packages of squirrel oil