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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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[–] ytg@sopuli.xyz 15 points 1 hour ago

Even Israel voted differently to the US, that's way funnier than it should be