What events do you think are likely to happen this calendar year? What percent odds would you put on such events happening?

  • atro_city@fedia.io
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    A cure for Alzheimers is found. This one says it’s possible in animals. This year, I predict one will be found in vitro for humans.

    The EU will change from a Union to something else and kick out Hungary Orban and his party will lose in the upcoming Hungarian elections.

    The Dutch government will fall again.

    Germany will not ban their Nazi, Russian spy party.

    A Nordic country will decide to get rid of their “kronen” and introduce it in 2027/2028.

    Malta will be rocked by another pedophile scandal.

    All the Epstein files will be released and Trump will be impeached as a result. (Lots of other politicians will be implicated but nothing will happen to them).

    The UK will lose another royal.

    China will invade Taiwan. Japan will go to war with them.

    Linux will hit 8% marketshare.

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      A Nordic country will decide to get rid of their “kronen” and introduce it in 2027/2028.

      Euro adoption? Nope, guaranteed won’t happen. Norway and Iceland aren’t EU members and Finland already adopted the Euro. Denmark has a permanent opt-out and will never be required to adopt the Euro, and most Danes oppose adopting it. In Sweden public support for Euro adoption is similarly low, so although the country doesn’t have an opt-out like Denmark, the government uses a legal workaround to avoid adopting it.

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        Sweden and Finland joined NATO after decades of not being in it. I wouldn’t put it past them to join the Eurozone to be able to get rid of Mastercard and VISA and join WERO.

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          Mastercard/Visa and Wero is a hot issue on Lemmy, but I would bet the vast majority of Swedes have never heard of Wero and aren’t particularly concerned about Mastercard and Visa being American. Most Swedes have long been wary of the Euro and that’s unlikely to change in the near future.