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“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) Griffith University Queensland, Australia are about to start human trails on groundbreaking research into regenerating nerves in spinal cord injuries.

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137points

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Huddo's sister 2 weeks ago

https://www.griffith.edu.au/research/impact/world-first-restore-spinal-function

22points

Limp-Boat-6730 , MART PRODUCTION/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) The war on the poor! They have nowhere to go, can’t find work, can’t find food, and get kicked out of public places because they don’t have “business” being there. The shelters are over crowded, under funded, and picky about who they let in. Inflation has made it impossible to keep food in the house, and pay for the bills/rent. And the reasons they can’t find work are that they don’t have a stable place to put on their applications, can’t pass an interview( when they get one )because of the condition of their looks, and can’t get a call back because they don’t have a phone (because they chose to eat instead of paying a phone bill). It’s really bad. And it’s all brushed under the carpet because a Cheeto felon is running for president.

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130points

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Glix Drap 2 weeks ago

Welcome to the Dickensian era.

32points

Leigh James 2 weeks ago

A dystopian fugue

5points

Luis Hernandez Dauajare 2 weeks ago

How about "Orwellian"?

3points

Stannous Flouride 2 weeks ago

They at least got rid of work houses. Now they're for-profit prisons.

2points

Elizabeth van Oers 2 weeks ago

Dickensian? Kafkaësk!

2points

Ashlie Benson 2 weeks ago

No, it's not because someone is running for president. It's because the media refuses to talk about it. It's been going on long before Trump and will continue long after him because we live in a world where the people that can make change only care about themselves. Stop blaming one person.

16points

Arizona Contract 2 weeks ago

Believe it or not, homelessness also CAUSES d**g and alcohol addiction in a lot of people. Not always the other way around. Substance abuse is a way to get away from the anguish of being poor.

14points

Owen 2 weeks ago

Cheeto felon. 🤣 But seriously, this post hits hard.

10points

Mistletoe 1 week ago

And really ignorant.

1point

BrunoVI 2 weeks ago

All brushed under the carpet because of TRUMP? Why would suppression of bad economic news help the challenger? How about this: over 40% of all American homeless are in one state, California, where Kamala Harris has sat by (including as the state's Attorney General) while cities like LA, SF and Sacramento lead the war on the poor.

9points

Erik Hedenskog 2 weeks ago

Portland here. You will rarely find a homeless person without a smartphone.

8points

Auntriarch 2 weeks ago

Same in UK, they are given phones by a charity because it's almost impossible to manage without a phone in these times, especially if you don't have an address

16points

Binky Melnik 2 weeks ago

That’s thanks to a government program that provides free cell phone with free minutes and data to folks who can’t afford one. They’re not GOOD phones (many have been recalled or remaindered) but they do the job.

8points

Roester 2 weeks ago

Same in Austin

1point

XenoMurph 2 weeks ago

You can get a smartphone for £40. Obviously houses are cheaper than that in Portland, right?

0points

Becky Samuel 2 weeks ago

Good.

0points

CM 2 weeks ago

Because homelessness didn't exist before Trump was running for president. Everything but that last sentence...

4points

Gustav Gallifrey 2 weeks ago

It's all part of the plan to placate American voters by giving them targets to hate, and to who they can feel superior. Poor people, 'foreigners', 'illegal immigrants', women who even contemplate abortion for any reason, sick people, people of different religions, people who don't go alongwith any religion, people who don't hold isolationist views, whatever you can think of. Distract them by giving them a licence to hate.

3points

Kimberly W. 2 weeks ago

Cheeto Felon is better then the ditz that doesn't know her a*s from a hole in the ground

3points

Kelly Scott 2 weeks ago

Something else people aren't talking about: a lot of jobs today require an applicant to have a good credit score in order to be considered. How many poor people do you know have good credit? I applied to a toll taker position once. This job required - I kid you not - a perfect credit score.

3points

keyboardtek 2 weeks ago

There is no effective plan to deal with homelessness.

3points

Freya the Wanderer 2 weeks ago

Affordable housing is being torn down in the name of gentrification. Houses that would go for not much more than 200K are being replaced with fancya$s townhouses going for 500K, 600K, 700K or even more a pop. Meanwhile the federal minimum wage has not increased a nickel in over 15 years.

10points

Eric Brown 2 weeks ago

The biggest problem with affordable housing is that it would benefit literally every single group except one, the companies who make housing. For them, it is way more profitable to make 200 houses at $500k than it is to make 500 houses at $200k. No amount of (de)regulation is going to fix that. The only way to build affordable housing is to massively subsidize the projects, which no one wants to do.

2points

Shirley Dugan 2 weeks ago

Cheeto felon is his new name, I love it. Wats scarier is that there's people out there believing his bs and he's going to"fix the country" it's delusional and disgusting.

2points

Mistletoe 1 week ago

Not to mention any names, but I didn't see any progress from the last folks in office.

0points

Manny 2 weeks ago

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Benign Human 2 weeks ago

He's right you know. If the good time hag is elected life in the US will only get worse. Say good bye to freedoms our forefathers died for .

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Tommy DePaul 2 weeks ago

Anyone with food stamps can get a smart phone free (Lifeline service).

1point

Livingwithcfs 2 weeks ago

I know this post is about the USA but it applies to most other countries as well, including those who have a strong social welfare system

1point

Cydney Golden 1 week ago

And now re-elected. F**k.

0points

catpanda 2 weeks ago

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Lyone Fein 2 weeks ago

These things have all been true since the 1980s. Not because of Trump per se, but because of what happens when you combine too much government debt with too many humans and pervasive urbanization along with a pinch of "let's downsize in order to stay profitable". The American economy and culture is beginning its death dance. But it took hundreds of thousands of people over multiple generations to bring us here.

0points

BatPhace 2 weeks ago

That's an insult to cheetos, but yes it's unfortunately true

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Leah C 2 weeks ago

Yeah, it's his fault, especially in San Francisco.

0points

Debra Robinson 2 weeks ago (edited)

Shelters were hell in the '90s(ime) and have gotten way worse from what I've seen and heard since. Nightmare shīt. Maybe not all or most but def at least a few in my state.

0points

Shelli Aderman 2 weeks ago

THIS!!!

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catt 2 weeks ago

This needs to be higher

0points

heather morris 2 weeks ago

It's also even Saturday that most homeless people have a job but they can either afford rent utilities and food but not all together and a lot of people don't want to go to shelters because they treat you like children

0points

Xenia Harley 2 weeks ago

Minimum wage in the US is a joke! $7.25 an hour? You can work all day and not even make $100. People cannot survive on that!

0points

S 2 weeks ago

I swear the governments just hope these people die off.

0points

Cee Mor 2 weeks ago

Where do they think everyone is going to live, with rents being what they are and noone being able to afford a house?WHERE

0points

Nikole 2 weeks ago

In the army barracks, of course.

1point

David Z 2 weeks ago

yeah that's it, all this is because of someone running for president. Great comment, until your last sentence

0points

Mistletoe 1 week ago

Really? He's not even in yet so you can't possibly blame him for what is going on under the current administration. You were making a really good point until you decided who was at fault.

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Schmebulock 2 weeks ago

The Cheeto and his minions scapegoat the poor like they do immigrants/minorities/LGBTQ to his ignorant garbage base.

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Dorothea Stovall 2 weeks ago

How many migrants and homeless do you have living in your home? I can tell by your post you're one of those tolerant lefties. Some of us are not okay with the influx of unvetted immigrants - for a lot of reasons. But as long as you're housing your fair share under your roof and with your food and medical care, you go right ahead.

0points

Leg less In Minneapolis 2 weeks ago

This is not new

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Eduardo 2 weeks ago

Come to CA, no phone bills for the homeless here.

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Magicrat 2 weeks ago

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Rathoren 2 weeks ago

And guess where it started?!???!

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Laura MG 2 weeks ago

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Nimitz 2 weeks ago

You're right, they should just say no. That's always the solution. Having been homeless myself, when you can't afford $1200/mo for an apartment, or even $400-600 to rent a room, $10-20 to get blitzed out for the night and forget your troubles for even a few hours is incredibly appealing. That's why d**g/alcohol abuse and addiction massively increases AFTER someone becomes homeless. Your post is the one that's based on opinion sweet heart

6points

ninja_shadow_rider , Rahul Pandit/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#4

“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) The amount of energy and emissions that AI is going to require/generate over the next 10 years completely undoes all of the environmental advancements we have made in the past 10 years.

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112points

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Chich 2 weeks ago

Read that some tech companies are buying their own nuclear reactors to power this.

30points

ExpensivePatience348 , AS Photography/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#5

“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) While we weren’t paying attention, China used stem cells to reverse type 1 diabetes .

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109points

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Susie Elle 2 weeks ago

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03129-3

17points

milamccormick7 , Binyamin Mellish/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#6

“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) Bill in the US Senate to ban major corporations from buying homes (forgive me if even I missed a detail, hilarious how little coverage it's getting).

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106points

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Matt Du 2 weeks ago

They should heavily tax anyone with multiple homes, incrementally increasing it the more homes you own. This wont have an enormous impact on the middle class that may of bought a second home but it would shake up the rich from hoovering up property. And why not embrace work from home more, then all those city office blocks, can help alleviate the the lack of available homes

80points

Fresh_Water_95 , Lara Jameson/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#7

“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) War in Sudan. 50 million people in Sudan before it started, estimated 9 million people have been displaced and today 750 thousand are facing imminent starvation. For context there are about 5 million Palestinians total in West Bank and the Gaza Strip. I'm not trying to diminish what's happening in Palestine, just to point out how little attention Sudan gets relative to the size of the human impact it's having.

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104points

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Jrog 2 weeks ago (edited)

FYI, this is another Putin-related war. The RSF forces (basically, mercenaries formerly employed by the government) have been bankrolled since the early 2010s until last summer by Russia, with training by the infamous Wagner Group. Their scope was to seize power, in the meantime, they spent their happy time doing war crimes in the Darfur region. Last July, Putin -after previously offing Wagner's leader Prigozhin- negotiated a new agreement with the almost-defeated SAF (the closest thing to a state military remaining), providing military support in exchange for access to infrastructures -ports to resupply the Russian supported militias in central Africa- and a stop of sales of Iranian drones to Ukraine.

28points

Three_hrs_later , Kaboompics.com/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#8

“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) In late 2023, we saw the first-ever approval of CRISPR-based medicine: Casgevy, a cure for sickle cell disease (SCD) and transfusion-dependent beta thalassemia (TDT).

Final score:

95points

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DowntownStevieB 2 weeks ago

THIS is going to be HUGE!!

15points

Beautiful_Abroad5630 , Zeyn Afuang/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#9

“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) There are almost 50 million people in modern slavery worldwide, and 12 million of them are children…….

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92points

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Magda Hassouni 2 weeks ago

This should be higher

15points

JellyfishQuasar , Pixabay/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#10

“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) The new Euclid telescope is actively taking pictures of space and piecing them together to make a map of our night sky, it just finished the first set.

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81points

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David Paterson 2 weeks ago

These are worth looking at. https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Euclid/Euclid_s_first_images_the_dazzling_edge_of_darkness

31points

TheRealOcsiban , John Brighenti/Flickr Report

#11

“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) The Supreme Court is essentially on the ballot but most people don't think about that. They think they're just voting for president, but balance of power on the court is what's truly at stake. Several justices will likely retire in the next 4 years and the president appoints them.

Final score:

81points

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Tarik Dursun Zorgulen 2 weeks ago

whose bright idea for the supreme court judges to be appointed by a selected politician? How does that make sense? Where is the true separation of powers ? If a politician is allowed to assign people FOR LIFE to the highest court in the country that actually decides what is and isn't constitutional how is that unbiased and separate from politics?

105points

SouthernCynic , Lucas Barrère/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

#12

“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) Hurricane Helene flooded a factory that makes over half of the IV fluids we use. There is a terrible shortage that is impacting care.

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79points

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Roxy222uk 2 weeks ago

Half in the world or half in the US?

32points

GlueSniffingCat , mali maeder/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#13

“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) Forests have started releasing more C02 than they use, insects are going extinct in the united states, and cyanobacteria and algae populations in the oceans have collapsed.

Final score:

66points

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Glix Drap 2 weeks ago

We're doomed, all doomed. For those of you out there of a certain age, think Dad's Army.

14points

OpossumLadyGames , Kaique Rocha/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#14

“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) In like half the US it hasn't rained in a month and mount Fuji has like zero snow on it.

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65points

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Glix Drap 2 weeks ago

And all that missing rain has fallen in Spain.

47points

FluffySoftFox , Chokniti Khongchum/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#15

“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) We may have basically found a treatment for late stage rabies It has been working pretty well in lab test with rats

Similarly we have found a possible treatment for age-related mental diseases such as Alzheimer's by basically reactivating certain healing factors in the brain of rats and the scientists are pretty confident that this should work in the humans too The era of people living to 120-130 is closer than you think, especially when you look at the fact that especially in healthier countries like Japan there are record high numbers of people living to be over 100.

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60points

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Glix Drap 2 weeks ago

Just what we all need - to live to 100 and above.

29points

RussellGrey , Kevin Ku/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#16

“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) A lot of people know, but I don't think people are aware enough that big tech companies get a pass on privacy invasions because the US government can subpoena information from them that the government itself is not allowed to collect. I truly believe this is why the US government is going after TikTok so hard because they're afraid of China using the data from the app the way the US uses data from Google, Microsoft, Facebook, etc.

ETA: Also, if TikTok is forced to be sold to American ownership, then they join the American companies in collecting information from Americans and can be compelled by the government like the others.

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60points

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Glix Drap 2 weeks ago

Big brother is watching. Mr Orwell would be proud (and be able to say I told you so).

26points

earnestweasel22 , Thirdman/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#17

“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) This one is near and dear to me:

Cabozantinib (Cabometyx) is a chemotherapy d**g that may be a new treatment option for patients with neuroendocrine tumors (NETs). The FDA accepted a supplemental New D**g Application (sNDA) for cabozantinib in August 2024, with a target action date of April 3, 2025. The d**g is intended to treat adults with well- or moderately differentiated pancreatic or extra-pancreatic NETs that are locally advanced, unresectable, or metastatic.

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56points

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Glix Drap 2 weeks ago

I assume this is the US. Question - how much will it cost?

13points

graveybrains , cottonbro studio/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#18

“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) Multiple d***s are in/going in to human trials to regrow teeth.

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55points

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michael Chock 2 weeks ago

That's the last part of your body you want to grow teeth

52points

TheBeardedSoul , Blue Ox Studio/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#19

“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) Not to be the Debbie Downer here, but utter and complete social upheaval brought on by ecological and climate collapse.

We aren’t ready for the complete catastrophe that is just around the corner. News sources are barely reporting on the dangers of cascading systems let alone those that have already collapsed.

- AMOC
- BOE
- Natural Carbon Sink Overload
- Soil Quality
- Methane
- Ocean Acidification
- Wildlife Extinction
- the list goes on and on

We aren’t ready for the hell on earth that awaits us. And it’s going to happen much sooner than later.

Estimates of 2100 or end of century are straight up hopium at this point.

Final score:

49points

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Dumb teenager 2 weeks ago

For those struggling with the acronyms AMOC is an ocean current system at risk of collapse. I still have no idea what BOE stands for unless the Bank of England poses an extinction level threat

33points

BearingGruesomeCargo , Anna Shvets/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#20

“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) In a handful of highly specific cases, people have actually been fully cured of AIDS.

Final score:

46points

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Huddo's sister 2 weeks ago

Wasn't it HIV not AIDS, or am I misremembering?

19points

perry147 , khaled damlakhi/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#21

“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) Syria
1. We have Turkey actively fighting the Kurds in northern Syria, and actively working closely with Russia to do it.
1A. Turkey js a nato member who helping Russia and Turkey just bought a missile defense system from Russia.

2. The US last week bombed a Syrian airport. This is unusual in that the IS normally only fights ISIS in Syria, this was against a Syrian government controlled airport.

3. Iran is actively funding Hezbollah in their fight against Israel. Hezbollah who also support the Syrian government has fighters in Syria fighting.

4. Israel has bombed multiple targets in Syria including the capital.

5. All of this is like a quagmire of alliances, and it looks like the Middle East is just going to keep burning.

Final score:

46points

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Tarik Dursun Zorgulen 2 weeks ago

Well, to be honest Turkey bought s400s from Russia because the prices of US produced equivalent was way too expensive and came with way too many restrictions. Turkey even warned US that if the prices were not dropped it would have to go for Russian option before actually going and buying those. I thought US was all for free market? :D As for Turkey vs Kurds, well. That's an issue. My old country's approach for that particular problem is as complex as many conflicts in history. And just like many conflicts in history, the government is doing a p**s poor job of handling it. Especially Erdogan government is trying to be a recognized power in the area and ruining long established friendships along the way. A true travesty or previous policies. Did you know for instance until Erdogan's government Turkish army never purchased any offensive only type weapon systems? No long range attack ships, no long range missile systems etc. Just so it would not be seen as a threat. Until Erdogan that is

8points

HoneyHaze11 , Tobi/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#22

“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) The 2nd cold war is happening as we speak.

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44points

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Owen 2 weeks ago

I think we all know this.

38points

Belle0516 , Pixabay/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#23

“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) Just how badly our kids need more support at home so they can do well at school. Just how far behind socially and academically our kids are because they don't get enough help at home!

I'm a 5th grade teacher.

Final score:

44points

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Child of the Stars 2 weeks ago

While I agree that kids need more support at home, I truly hope the OP isn't exclusively laying the onus on parents. The need for two incomes just to keep food on the table and a roof over heads, not to mention the lack of affordable healthcare and childcare is a HUGE problem in the States.

29points

DigitalFStop , Belle Co/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#24

“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) Taiwanese chip manufacturing plants being rigged with explosives in the event of a Chinese invasion and the increase of US Marines being deployed to Taiwan.

Final score:

43points

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David Paterson 2 weeks ago

Did you know that the largest of Taiwan's chip manufacturing plants were destroyed in their last major earthquake. They've had to rebuild from scratch since then.

10points

barbiedollsxo , Markus Spiske/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#25

“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) Data privacy erosion.. the mass surveillance is growing with companies and governments collecting extensive data on people.

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42points

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Glix Drap 2 weeks ago

What a surprise.

16points

Wooden_Number_6102 , Johannes Plenio/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#26

“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) There's a mining company preparing to blow a hole in
a pristine piece of desert in Nevada. Right next to that hole is a 10 acre spot where a tiny desert plant called Tiehms Buckwheat is eaking out a living.
There are 50% less Tiehms Buckwheat plants now than there were a decade ago because half the population disappeared virtually overnight.
The Bureau of Land Management, which will ultimately permit the mining company, said the plants likely disappeared because of rodents (although the rodents chose an odd time to decimate a plant they've lived next to for hundreds of years).
This little plant grows nowhere else on Earth. It has evolved to thrive in that soil - heavily laced with lithium.
And because lithium extraction is more important, that little plant will likely become extinct.

Final score:

42points

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Mental Liberals 2 weeks ago

As always, follow the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$

14points

MrAlf0nse , Rahool Jeaker/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#27

“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) Worst Famine in Sudan in 40 years 25million people without food security as a civil war rages around them.

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41points

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Tarik Dursun Zorgulen 2 weeks ago

And no one notices or cares or helps :(

10points

#28

“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) The Myanmar/Burma Civil War has been going on since 2021. Some 50,000 k*lled and millions displaced.

Putrid_Rock5526 , Channel 4 News Report

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40points

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Sand Ers 2 weeks ago

It’s been going on a lot longer than that. The country hasn’t had a legitimate government or internal stability since the military seized control in 1962. 2021 is simply when the military once again arrested and imprisoned the legitimate government, and resumed open control after a few years of nominal democracy.

20points

Sarah_Message91 , Anurag Jamwal/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#29

“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) A surprising number of animals are adapting to urban life in ways we barely notice.

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40points

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Glix Drap 2 weeks ago

I'm looking at you Mr Fox.

14points

seanofkelley , Padli Pradana/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#30

“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) We're running out of helium
https://www.npr.org/2019/11/01/775554343/the-world-is-constantly-running-out-of-helium-heres-why-it-matters

Final score:

39points

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Richard Ross 2 weeks ago

And yet this precious gas is still being openly wasted in balloons. 🤔

53points

LimeyLoo , Tom Fisk/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#31

“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) Last night in a hospital somewhere near my city, a man was brought in for a broken spinal cord from jumping off of a 2 story building, to try to k*ll himself. He and his girlfriend had been in an argument and he stood on the balcony, threatening to jump, and then did. Obviously survived, because a 2 story house is not tall enough to do the job. He proceeded to call his girlfriend from the hospital to break up with her. A few hours later, his girlfriend jumped off of a 3 story building, successfully k*lling herself.

The crazy s**t happening in the lives of others is always something baffling to me. It’s happening all the time, everywhere, and we have no idea.

Final score:

37points

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Matt Du 2 weeks ago

A moment to late to change, that still eats at me. Very brief backstory. The father was having an affair, wanted a divorce, moving out. The mother wearing a nightie, wanders out into a very bad winter's night. They found her body huddled in a corner the next day. He stayed for the kids. Fast forward the kids are adults and moving out, the father has asked his mistress to marry him. The youngest venomously opposed it, telling his father he was dead to him if he married her. The father jumped off a multistorey carpark. Ironically I worked with both mistress for about three years and the son for about two years, work friends with both. About 18 months later. I'm waiting for my bus home when I get tapped on the shoulder, it's the son. He'd been in a mental facility for over a year and do I want to go for a pint. I had overtaxed my liver forcing me to stop drinking because of my own declining mental health; didn't feel fair to share that, so went home. He jumped off the viaduct that night.

22points

NoTransportation1383 , cottonbro studio/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#32

“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) Children of opiate addicts and overdose victims are growing into adults after a lifetime of being ignored and abandoned. Everyone is wonder why the young people are so sick, we have the stats. Millions of people addicted to substances and extreme substances that obliterate parental engagement is starting to show.

Im one of the flood into foster care in the 2010's, now even more parents are overdosing or have moved to fent from traditional hard substances They give their kid computers and then leave them until they are 18 if they don't abandon them physically.

Those kids are becoming sick adults and think they are flawed when they have been consistently disadvantaged their entire life. That adult who never feeds themselves well, doesn't pursue any of their goals or ideas, never spends on their needs, never plans for the future is a child who was ignored and taught their ideas and health weren't valuable or worth pursuing . They weren't taught how to strategically plan and coordinate a project.

Sick adults are child victims who didn't get help. And we are now seeing their apathy and illness rise in real time .

Final score:

37points

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Montanavanna 2 weeks ago

I am now going into year 7 being sober off opiates. My kids have never met the me that is actively addicted and I am very proud of that. If we didn't break kids we might not have to fix adults.

31points

yarabarry7 , Jonathan Borba/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#33

“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) They discovered a new antibiotic that k*lls MRSA.

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35points

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Susie Elle 2 weeks ago

No, they discovered a structural class of compounds that, according to deep-learning AI, can fight off MRSA infections, backed up by very promising experimental results from mice studies. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06887-8

54points

DIYnivor , Micha Brändli/Unsplash(not the actual photo) Report

#34

“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) I learned today that North Korea has sent 10,000 troops to Russia.

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35points

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Owen 2 weeks ago

Apparently, the Russian troops are dissapointed with them.

23points

cheeseball127 , Pixabay/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#35

“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) A high school in Georgia has tested over 300 students and staff for tuberculosis because of exposure.

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30points

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Glix Drap 2 weeks ago

Not surprised tuberculosis is on the rise. Also true in the UK by about 10%.

14points

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#36

The rise of citizen science. Ordinary people are participating in scientific research through apps and crowdsourced projects, contributing to everything from species identification to astronomy data.

JuicyGirlTV Report

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23points

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Tarik Dursun Zorgulen 2 weeks ago

I think it is balanced by the people who believes the planet is a disk surrounded by ice that holds the water in. We're back to "There be dragons" :D

11points

#37

That we are well past the tipping point of some form of environmental collapse. TLDR: The math used to make the models did not account for forest no longer absorbing CO2 like we thought they would and did not account for huge quantities of methane (which retains heat 10x CO2 but dissolves much faster also ) in melted permafrost occurring in Siberia and Alaska. This increase heat which then adds more fresh water into the oceans which then affect the AMOC which is ties to weather patterns all over the world. Just google AMOC Collapse.

Brianbgood Report

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20points

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Freya the Wanderer 2 weeks ago

Once again: Start building Knowledge Arks!

2points

Tough-Heron9699 , Los Muertos Crew/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#38

“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) The spread of H5N1, abetted by the dairy industry.

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17points

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Alexis Pandas 2 weeks ago

In a nutshell: H5N1 has evolved to replicate very efficiently in cows' udders, which led to a massive and relatively unchecked spread among cattle

8points

#39

Asheville is still completely destroyed and not a functioning city from the hurricane. It will take years to rebuild.

Whatsyourtreat Report

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16points

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Sand Ers 2 weeks ago

And next year there will very likely be another destroyed city for the magats to lie about.

3points

daebianca , Eugene Lisyuk/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#40

“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) Spain (Valencia, more specifically) had a flash flood. At least 60 people died.

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15points

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Lame Llama 2 weeks ago

Oh we are VERY aware of it in Europe. Death toll is in the 200s now.

39points

ComfortableDegree68 Report

#41

The tower of Babel has been built. It's social media.

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13points

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Geoffrey Scott 2 weeks ago

The tower of Bable is present every Sunday morning in US churches. Every sect of the Christian Protestant faith thinks the others are heretics. And don't even get them started on the descendants of Ishmael.

4points

Potential_Bee_3033 Report

#42

The world is losing 2.5 tons of soil for every person on the the planet a year. And every year the amount of soil loss is increasing. By 2040 famines that kills hundreds of millions will be the norm.

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13points

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Glix Drap 2 weeks ago

We aren't really losing it (Law of Conservation of Mass), it's just not where we want it to be.

13points

#43

Bees are dying off at an alarming rate. unless reversed and bee populations recover we are all doomed.

Whisky_Shivers Report

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13points

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keyboardtek 2 weeks ago

My wife planted about ten flowering perennial bushes at the beginning of the summer. We still have bees swarming. This is in North Carolina. If everyone just planted ten perennial flowering bushes that would be helpful.

15points

#44

The company I founded had its best year ever. Long story short: A child of an immigrant becomes a licensed architect, opens up their own company, works by themself, and breaks into the middle class (what's left of it that is). Feels good.

Expert-Estate6788 Report

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12points

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Geoffrey Scott 2 weeks ago

Good on ya. THAT'S why there is such an influx of immigrants, makes us (US) stronger. Most leaders and residents of Springfield Ohio are impressed with the people in their town, too bad they can't live in peace and are dragged kicking and screaming into 'nutjob'ia.

5points

Conscious_Hunt_9613 Report

#45

Some red blood cell is doing it's daily routine. A thankless job that his boss doesn't even notice most of the time. He will never receive benefits, workers rights,sick days or the ability to transfer to another position. He will never see the light of day and will never have the pleasure of meeting a woman. Yet he remains steadfast in his duty never wavering until he figuratively draws his last breath. This blood cell is a hero among a trillion heroes, holding the line....just so his boss can smoke weed and drink soda squandering his hard work. His life will end in tragedy only to be reborn again and again for countless times until his entire world is eroded by the sands of time.

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12points

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Glix Drap 2 weeks ago

Replace "blood cell" with my name and then it's about right.

4points

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#46

“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) 2 x uranium canisters the approximate size of a Coke can have been missing in London for 4 months now.

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12points

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Roxy222uk 2 weeks ago

We need a source for this as I can't find anything

15points

#47

In terms of pop culture, we're getting more fragmented than ever. With algorithms dictating more and more of our personal feed each day, it gets harder and harder to have a TV series, movie or a song that defines a time period. In previous times, it's much easier to do. But in today's world, it gets harder to have a stronger media monoculture.

LoveWithJoy Report

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12points

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Miliukov Oleksandr 2 weeks ago

And why should it be? This media monoculture had only existed for about 50 years across entire human history

4points

#48

16 billions were used on the President campaign... hundred upon hundred of billions maybe even trillionaires are decided on the results..

Typical_Leg1672 Report

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12points

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Glix Drap 2 weeks ago

Let me guess - the United States of America.

9points

#49

Genocide violence in Bangladesh.

caveatemptor18 Report

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12points

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Evagating Beewolf (she/they) 2 weeks ago

Genocide violence? I'm confused. If you mean violence, say violence. Genocide is with the intent to destroy a population.

5points

#50

A scary weakness of our power grid.

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12points

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Dogfacedboy1980 2 weeks ago

Texas, lol.

1point

#51

Slavery, everywhere.

spicy_rock Report

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11points

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Phil Green 2 weeks ago

There are possibly more slaves today than there ever has been. Funnily enough, people are always talking about what happened two hundred years ago and do nothing about what is happening today.

3points

#52

Phytopthera zoospores are taking over the world through water and killing all the trees - oak, maple, different kinds of conifers...

jasalmfred Report

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11points

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David Paterson 2 weeks ago

I looked it up. Phytothera was the cause of the Irish potato famine long ago, and is still around as a major pathogen of potatoes, tomatoes and soy beans.

7points

Patient_Driver8857 Report

#53

Mexico City is sinking.

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10points

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Ali H M Salehuddin 2 weeks ago

So is Jakarta, Indonesia. One of the reason why Indonesia moved its capital to Nusantara is because of this fact.

8points

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#54

There's a global sand shortage. Sounds strange, but sand is in high demand for making concrete, and it’s becoming a real problem since we can’t just use desert sand. Makes you wonder what other basic materials we might run low on, especially with how fast cities are expanding.

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9points

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FlamingoPanda 2 weeks ago

Not entirely true: https://youtu.be/SB0qDQFTyE8?si=1OpK5zeIOlrsv8qF

1point

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#55

“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) Window blinds in US will no longer have cords due to a standard change. Safety reasons.

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7points

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Lame Llama 2 weeks ago

The safety reason is that babies and toddlers get strangled by the cords.

12points

#56

Somewhere, some serial k*ller is preparing for the next victim.

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7points

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Glix Drap 2 weeks ago

Not really a new phenomenon.

0points

#57

Folks think the UAP phenomenon is still a joke even after US military Chiefs of Staff have gone on public record acknowledging that we have documented evidence of objects in our local airspace, over military bases/points of interest, and war zones that behave in ways that go against our current understanding of physics.

This isn’t a call for or reason to panic but I wish more people acknowledged it for the truth that it is. We don’t know wtf they are with any kind of certainty. However it should have people looking up or asking more questions of our government seeing as they have no way to explain what they are or how they operate but have stated they are a security threat.

Easy-Ebb8818 Report

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3points

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Tarik Dursun Zorgulen 2 weeks ago

We call that thing where we try to understand and explain stuff "science". Just because we cannot explain something does not make it "extraterrestrial".

14points

#58

Blood Incantation just dropped a SICKKKKKK new album. It's turning people who don't listen to metal onto death metal. That's something.

HoldMyDevilHorns Report

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-8points

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Glix Drap 2 weeks ago

Note to self - avoid.

13points

#59

The US government is disclosing the existence of extraterrestrial life! Blows my mind no one cares.

Nice_Ad_8183 Report

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-16points

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Tarik Dursun Zorgulen 2 weeks ago

So misunderstood, so misleading. People think that US government is in peace talks with aliens or something. US government did no such thing. Just think about it, you'll have enough intelligence, technology and resources to cross light years of distances to travel to a different planet and you'll only be seen by a handful of people? And you will just crash and die? Without being seen by anyone but a handful conspiracy theorists and secret government people :)

15points