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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 (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.

[–] Anissem@lemmy.ml 37 points 2 years ago (5 children)

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

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] snw 6 points 2 years ago

And they order everyone around?

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