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Today, the United Nations voted to adopt a new world map that reflects countries’ true relative sizes (programming.dev)
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https://edition.cnn.com/2026/09/04/world/un-vote-new-world-map-intl-scli

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[–] abbiistabbii@piefed.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 week ago (3 children)

My one question is why

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Because they're chauvinists on the way to fascism

[–] defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 week ago

Lmao "on the way".

[–] takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

Shows Greenland's real size?

trump thinks it's the same size as the entire US.

[–] WolfmanEightySix@piefed.social 0 points 1 week ago

Biggest is best?