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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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[-] SeedyOne@lemmy.ca 90 points 2 years ago

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.

[-] Anissem@lemmy.ml 37 points 2 years ago

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

[-] SeedyOne@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 years ago

Curating your experience certainly helps. Thankfully Lemmy clients are starting to have keyword blocks I hear. It's the thing I miss the most about Boost.