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Well a FFS was just funded for a person that has been giving presentations all throughout Europe. BTW this was the 3rd FFS that was funded all for relatively small amounts.
There is quite a bit going on in Monero but you won't know about it if you are only on bct
So where can we get a list of these places? AFA reddit goes I just cannot follow the conversations there with the posts all jumbled up. XMR started here and the main thread should be updated with all these developments you speak of. dEBRUYNE does a great job of dropping things like software updates and crowdfunding requests but the "quite a bit going on" should at least be linked in the main thread.
My critique may or may not be deserved in this case. Not everybody has the time and or motivation to keep up on all the news.
As you note, dEBRUYNE does and excellent job at providing relevant info and links. Just go to the places he is at

From there you can end up where all the info is, as if it was all connected by a web.
Some like yourself will not or don't like to go to certain places (maybe reddit)
Links? I only have a few hundred pages and sites linked in my Monero favorites folder.
https://i.imgur.com/6AaXWZZ.png << most people still think btc is anonymous, a poll that just concluded
http://ibb.co/b8XaEQ << I guess they don't look past the headlines
at least Monero is #2 for whatever that poll is truly worth
A very good site that tries to collect info and links >> https://www.monero.how/
a very webby site ^^
EDIT: now idea why that site is not being directly linked
True, I have far too many links to check them all and I'm adding that one to my list!
AFA people not linking it more, I'd say that most people are afraid to goto links not placed by reputable members or ones that are directly from an official Monero site. There are far to many scam and dangerous sites a few of which hide as Monero sites so it is better safe than sorry. Monero has had more than it's share of scam sites using it's name.
But there are others and the link to Gingers list no longer points to Gingers list if it even exists anymore.