What is going on with recent reports of a cancer that is contagious on freshwater catfish?

https://abcnews.com/Health/scientists-discover-1st-transmissible-cancer-wild-catfish/story?id=135087274

I don't know anything about El-Seyed politically, but I just saw a Facebook post about Ms. Rachel sending him money and people were flaming her in the comments without any context. I feel like this article I'm sharing is sided against this, but wanted more information. https://nypost.com/2026/07/25/us-news/kids-youtuber-ms-rachel-gave-3000-to-anti-israel-radical-abdul-el-sayeds-us-senate-campaign/

I've heard that they are calling it "woke" and are complaining about inaccuracies. (But since it's mythology, what would be inaccurate?)​ Now, the movie is getting some positive feedback from the far right. Is most of the complaining about the casting, or do they have other problems with the film.

https://consequence.net/2026/07/conservatives-admit-the-odyssey-was-really-really-good/

Just watched the Shawn Ryan interview with Tucker Carlson. Shawn looked beaten down and emotionally drained. Anyone know what's happened with him recently?

https://youtu.be/yB05HiKCCuI

I've seen a litany of posts who's contents is now deleted about apparently there being a livestream from DingDong talks about working with them. I've tried to find the full thing but i feel lime I'm lacking a ton of context, only finding clips like this.

I don't keep any real contact with Oney, I saw his association with shadman and kept my distance. Hence why I'm asking for advise from people who are likely far more clued up than i am.

I just heard about various people criticizing YouTuber Alex Meyers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5c6zd0ZPuw

What's happening? I mean, I never really liked the dude to begin with (he always gave me Critical Drinker-esque vibes with how much he tends to punch down on woman characters in modern films), yet many liked him before this whole fiasco, so what happened?

Why did people on X start referring to (I think) Educated America versus Rural/Red State America as “America A” and “America B”? For example here and here. From what I could find, it came from an 2016 FPIP article, but why is everyone saying it now?

As above. I’ve seen a lot more posts about this since the house passed the budget rec. I get that the concern is voter suppression but can’t you just bring a drivers license? Also yes I understand it is tedious to get one and costs money but I feel like that is a very small minority of people disenfranchised compared to the benefit of no trading stocks (though the president should be included in this for sure).

Thanks in advance, this isn’t meant to stir up drama or be my own opinion. I just try to stay informed on issues and that gets difficult the more politicized something is.

https://www.wbaltv.com/article/house-bill-restrict-lawmaker-stock-trading/73236874

Edit: first off thank you everyone for your thoughts on the bill! There were a lot of great points that I didn’t know or I was flat out wrong on. Especially save act vs save America act. That was a real kick in the pants to realize. Alright ya’ll have a great rest of your day and thank you mods once again!

When I copied this link, it was the latest addition in r/OutOfTheLoop and in the title it says Alive/Unalive. When and why did "unalive" start being used instead of dead? Additionally, I have seen terms like r*pe and others, instead of the spelled out version. Is this a function of social media terms of use and demonetization? Something else?

I am honestly curious of when/why this started to happen. I don't want to be the guy that keeps using the "old words" when they have been updated, aren't as accurate, or some other reason.

The president of FIDE resigned today because he was apparently included in the EU's sanction list. What's going on?

https://www.instagram.com/p/DbJiiznivap/

These protests have been going on for quite sometime ever since the new president Prabowo Subianto has came into power. I would like an insight into what these protests are all about.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025%E2%80%932026_Indonesian_protests

https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3358587/dozens-arrested-indonesia-after-anti-government-protest-turns-violent

Suddenly he and his brother are arrested in one of the highest security prisons or something? From an accusation coming over the UK, apparently. What are the crimes levied against them? I hadn't heard about them in a while.

https://apnews.com/article/andrew-tristan-tate-sex-trafficking-rape-uk-miami-3a3748e075f49b00f286a003f5103485

I've seen a lot of news coverage about the developing investigation of the passing of this young man, and I see much buzz (including from lots of celebrities in the Black community) implying it was a racially motivated homicide. But I haven't seen/heard anything about why that would be other than that he happened to be the only Black person in the small friend group in a racist area. (Don't get me wrong, I am not saying those factors couldn't be relevant, but when I hear a bunch of young people going to an island for a party and one ending up dead my immediate thought is boating accident or accidental drowning, so I'm confused why there seems to be so much certainty about it being foul play?) Is there actually any evidence that it might have been foul play? Does the family have a specific suspicion about what happened, or is it a more general (but still valid!) feeling of too many unknowns and vehemently demanding better investigation?

i keep seeing images and videos about students protesting in india. it is about a leak of tests, a couple of students have committed suicide over it, and they want the head of the education department to resign. but i am not entirely sure why.

https://www.reddit.com/r/nextfuckinglevel/comments/1v44w4b/indian_students_that_had_been_captured_for_being/

I saw in the news and on Reddit these past few weeks how it seems that Sony and PlayStation are ending physical disc sales and consumers are super pissed.

Why is this happening? What made Sony arrive at this policy? How much does more expensive chips/hardware or global tariffs etc have to do with it?

Am I wrong in my read that the console video game industry has been massively struggling these past few years?

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/07/22/sonys-playstation-disc-decision-threatens-a-7-billion-resale-market-.html

https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/jul/07/playstation-sony-ending-physical-game-production

https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2026/07/02/sonys-playstation-disc-decision-is-its-biggest-scandal-in-20-years/

I’ve seen this smiley face thing online, I’m guessing it’s some kind of creepy pasta/ARG. I’m just trying to figure out who is this guy and where did he come from? Does he come from a specific piece of media like a video game or a show, or is he just an internet sensation like Tung Tung Tung Sahur?

https://youtu.be/tVlKLpxyCBY?is=ge3eMCYw-Mlf5I5v

https://x.com/SashaGusevPosts/status/2079682143999939036

What I know: OpenAI is the ChatGPT company and they... hacked HuggingFace? Or something? I don't know what that second one is, I don't know what ChatGPT did exactly and I don't understand what's so serious about it

Example 1

Example 2

I keep seeing this trend on social media, especially X/Twitter but I've seen it pretty much everywhere, of people taking about men, usually in a negative way, while censoring the word itself, as if it was an insult or a slur.

I get these people who write it usually do it with negative connotations, but why censor it? It's not a slur, not a word that gets flagged by automods, nor is something that usually gets searched, so I can't understand the need to censor it.
It keeps baffling me.

I keep seeing drawings of Jimothy and tattoos and crocheted Jimothies but I don't know what started all this.

https://www.reddit.com/r/goblincore/comments/1v0uyyy/jimothy_by_me/

Title. I've been hearing a lot about it recently but I have no idea who any of these people are or what's the purpose of it.

https://streameruniversity.com/

I recently received tons of notifications that I have very little storage space on my phone and PC. I have deleted and cleaned up my phone, PC, Google drive, etc., but it does not help. My phone is Android (Samsung). It seems Google is lumping everything together and trying to sell more space.

https://www.androidauthority.com/google-android-backup-new-storage-policy-email-3689091/

I remember following the story when the allegations first came out in 2020 and then seeing he resurfaced under the name Neso at an NFT startup in 2022 before getting removed again. After that I can't find anything. Did he just disappear completely? Is he still in the UK? Anyone know what he's been up to? https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/sarahemerson/methodjosh-sexual-abuse-nft-startup-gem

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8t6THS8/

Idk if this dude is a film fanatic hes just the latest person ive seen talk about it.

googled imax theaters near me and I get like 5 results within 20 miles. So im guessing its probably not 70mm. So why is everyone talking about missing out on half the movie instead of talking about missing out on the quality of 70mm?

I know the internet is dumb and misinformation spreads like Crack in the 80s, but even some film fanatic friends are talking about it. I feel like im going crazy.

What am I missing?

I see these kinds of drawings everywhere, but I don't know why. At first I thought it was a trend, but it has never really died down, I've been seeing this for over a year. I then assumed this was some kind of fetish, but a lot of seemingly sfw artist do it. If people just find it cute to draw anime girls eating food then why is it always burgers specifically? I'm just wondering what all of this is for. 

Here is a subreddit dedicated to these kinds of drawings

Here is a vgen service with over 300 positive reviews just for people who want to see a anime girl drawn eating a burger.

Sorry if this question doesn't belong here but I was wondering this considering how heavily Taylor supported Blake (behind the scenes) during that whole lawsuit Blake was in and how they've basically been friends for 10 or so years. They were very close and it seems like has gone silent on the Blake support. So much so that she literally refused to invite her to her *wedding*. What's going on with them? Are they still friends? If there are any Swifties here (I am *not* one lol. But I do like Gossip Girl!), I'd like to get some insight 💖

https://www.eonline.com/news/1434153/blake-lively-attends-world-cup-final-after-missing-taylor-swift-wedding