internet goes down causing economic disaster and mass panic. first contact with intelligent alien life major discovery on mars that rewrites our understanding of the universe and ournown origins. there was a huge volcanic disaster, martians fled and landing on earth eventually breeding with thr neanderthals there. a drone will get downed in a densely populated city causing lots of deaths putting government restrictions on them  donald trump is assassinated before being reinstated  lukashenko dies in a car crash and russia annexes belarus..this puts strain on not only ukraine, but poland, and the baltics eu slowly breaks apart  spain goes through a second bloody civil war after one of the royal family members are killed  chicken is heavily restricted after causing an epidemic  lab grown organs become a thing but only for super wealthy tattoos are discovered to be linked to thousands of cancer cases in young people  putin steps down after getting a mysterious unconfirmed illness. medevev takes his place, he is more ruthless and doesn't fuck around  grrm finally finishes and announces the winds of winter for an august release  talks of the first city being built on mars.happen towards.the end of the year
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