Jay Foreman
@jayforeman.bsky.social
‘This Way Up: When Maps Go Wrong’ (the MAP MEN BOOK) is available now: https://lnk.to/mapmen 🗺️ 📕
The brown paper is provided for every time you read a sickeningly fascinating fact.
November 13, 2025 at 9:42 AM
The brown paper is provided for every time you read a sickeningly fascinating fact.
I’ll see yous there!
November 12, 2025 at 9:10 AM
I’ll see yous there!
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
Actually, we did this already, way back in 2011. youtu.be/yUEHWhO_HdY
He let me narrate that chapter for the audiobook too!
November 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
He let me narrate that chapter for the audiobook too!
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
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?
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
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.
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
That was our thinking with both the book and audiobook - to try to replicate what already works on YouTube.
I can confirm that we actually did this for three words in chapter five.
November 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I can confirm that we actually did this for three words in chapter five.
Hooraaay!! Really glad you’re enjoying it!
November 5, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Hooraaay!! Really glad you’re enjoying it!
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!
Sorry there’s no story.
But I LOVE your detective work!
November 4, 2025 at 6:48 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!
Sorry there’s no story.
But I LOVE your detective work!
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
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.
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?
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
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?
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?
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
Yaaaayyy!!! Hope you like it! Especially the chapter with all the German bits that we couldn’t have done without your help!
Hold one in front of each eye, and enjoy reading it in stereo!
November 2, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Hold one in front of each eye, and enjoy reading it in stereo!