Sudan is a very big country, the third largest in Africa. What's happening in one part of

Sudan is often contained to that one part, like a drought in California that has no bearing

on water levels in New York.

20 years ago, a conflict that the US and its allies called a genocide

unfolded in the far west of Sudan in a region called Darfur.

The capital, meanwhile, in the East was largely untouched.

Then a Civil War broke out in Sudan in April of last year, and it's affected every part of

the country.

25 million people in need of international humanitarian assistance,

and that's more than the population of the United States 10 largest cities.

I mean this is a huge, huge crisis.

But recently another dynamic unexpectedly emerged.

In Darfur, we're again hearing warnings of a genocide.

Because we did not complete the chapter on genocide 20 years ago,

that chapter never really closed and is now taking on a new life of its own.

And today explained, what is happening in Darfur again.

Riz, Skibbity, Sigma, Gooning, Looks Maxing.

All those words are part of a new cultural language on the internet called Brain rot. But if you think brain rot

only lives on the internet you probably don't have a kid in middle school. I

recently did a survey of 1500 middle school teachers and parents. 85% of the

teachers and parents reported that their kids are

saying rins and 60% heard the word skibbity. These kids are using these words.

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