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The price of rice is skyrocketing, and it's pushing millions more people towards starvation (www.abc.net.au)

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The Indian rice export ban, the war in Ukraine and El Niño are combining to create a "doom loop" for the world's poorest people, as staple food prices soar.

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[–] [email protected] 85 points 1 year ago (11 children)

It may sound silly but it's put succinctly and there's an element of grim truth to it.

Additionally, do we have to compare everything to Reddit? It's the Internet, people are going to cope how they cope.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I just want to filter out the words Reddit, Elon and Trump. I’m just so tired.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So Huffman, Musk, and Trump walk into a bar...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

And they order everyone around?

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