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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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[–] fox2263@lemmy.world 30 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

I hope they make the map of USA really small and Canada and Mexico really big.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

can we make canada and mexico kiss in the middle 👉👈😅

[–] ODGreen@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 hour ago

Mexico can take over Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas. Canada can take over Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri. Kansas City can be a Free City where Canadians and Mexicans mingle, spy on each other in cafes, kiss, etc.

[–] huppakee@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago

@Canada government, please make this for us!