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Jay Foreman
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‘This Way Up: When Maps Go Wrong’ (the MAP MEN BOOK) is available now: https://lnk.to/mapmen 🗺️ 📕
Actually, we did this already, way back in 2011. youtu.be/yUEHWhO_HdY
London's unfinished motorways
YouTube video by Jay and Mark
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 8:58 PM
He let me narrate that chapter for the audiobook too!
November 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Come to think of it, more like 97%. But the songy/poemy bits of Map Men are usually me, so maybe I helped in the very very long term?
November 9, 2025 at 11:04 AM
90% Mark
November 9, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Someone’s done a website where you make your own Mamdani style political slogan poster. Only rule is it has to have “for” in the middle.
November 8, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Bah.
November 8, 2025 at 8:56 PM
That was our thinking with both the book and audiobook - to try to replicate what already works on YouTube.
November 7, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I can confirm that we actually did this for three words in chapter five.
November 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Hooraaay!! Really glad you’re enjoying it!
November 5, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I knocked this together in about 15 minutes, giving very little thought to which states got swapped. I was guided mostly by which states had long enough names to go in the big gaps.

Sorry there’s no story.

But I LOVE your detective work!
November 4, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Oh no! Not ANOTHER typo! :( I guess this one slipped past the spellcheck cos of the hyphen. I’ll make sure that gets corrected in any future editions.
November 3, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Errrr….. I… don’t get it?

Despite writing half the book, I’m afraid I have no idea what you’re on about.

Would you mind awfully explaining to me what that means in very simple terms?
November 3, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Yaaaayyy!!! Hope you like it! Especially the chapter with all the German bits that we couldn’t have done without your help!
November 2, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Hold one in front of each eye, and enjoy reading it in stereo!
November 2, 2025 at 1:43 PM
We’ve been instructed to use the phrase “available in all good bookshops”. But I believe it’s also available in bad bookshops. Basically, wherever you buy your books.
November 1, 2025 at 6:40 PM