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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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[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 45 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Oh, yeah, well Donald signed a new order changing every country’s name to America.

[–] huppakee@lemmy.world 7 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

From now on all adresses: America [house number], America, America, America.

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago

all house numbers are 1776

[–] StillAlive@piefed.world 2 points 9 hours ago

That's a very Aladeen news.