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Today, the United Nations voted to adopt a new world map that reflects countries’ true relative sizes (infosec.pub)
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https://edition.cnn.com/2026/09/04/world/un-vote-new-world-map-intl-scli

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[–] VeganBtw@piefed.social 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Oh yeah, we agree then. It won't do much (but I think the USA voting no is telling on themselves), and yes, the area of Russia is incorrect and we might have the wrong ideas about it. I didn't know it had that much "height" for example.

[–] petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 day ago

I do think the fact that the US is the only dissenting voice is incredibly funny.