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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 2 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

One where the United States is bigger than Russia.

[–] VeganBtw@piefed.social 4 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Pardon?

[–] thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 11 hours ago

~~When were~~ one where