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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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[–] BlueEther@no.lastname.nz 8 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

but look at how large Australia looks in the second, maybe that is an alternative place to look to invade - and they have rearearth minerals

[–] Zarobi@aussie.zone 16 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (2 children)

You'd have to defeat the native emu population, though. Good luck with that

[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 3 points 11 hours ago

My money is on the Emus.

[–] BlueEther@no.lastname.nz 4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

on the up side to that is Emu taste real nice, and I hear that the US is having a problem with beef

[–] Zarobi@aussie.zone 1 points 12 hours ago

Kangaroo is good too. Very lean though, gotta add a little fat to it

[–] JustAPenguin@lemmy.world 6 points 12 hours ago

We practically already give away all of our natural resources. Hell, we actually PAY for big companies to take it and sell it overseas, tax free. Because be are playing 5D chess