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Auntie Kip: Rec Therapist, Pro GM, Sleepy

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Stooryduster

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I liked this map showing the true size of Africa to give an idea of how distorted our view of the world has become by the flat maps that we see most - Mercator projection. Image by Kai Kraus. See this article on immappancy legacy.geog.ucsb.edu/the-true-siz...

The true geographical size of the Western and Asian powers illustrated using Africa. Image: An outline map of Africa with coloured shapes of other countries scaled by actual area rather than mapping projection designed to show that they all fit at once relatively easily inside Africa - the countries included are the European nations including Eastern Europe, USA, China, India, Japan and the UK. Some areas are split down borders to make inclusion easier. There is probably enough free space left to include Greenland. There is a legend listing the areas in meters squared of each country with totals at the bottom compared to Africa's total. Image by Kai Kraus. See this article on immappancy https://legacy.geog.ucsb.edu/the-true-size-of-africa-a-small-contribution-in-the-fight-against-rampant-immappancy-by-kai-krause/

January 13, 2026 at 11:40 PM

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@lillhappycloud.bsky.social

I'll keep repeating it til' I'm blue in the face - making comics is actually an exceptionally difficult task. I'm quick as hell but each page I draw represents about 10-20 hours of work from writing to final output. I deserve to be paid for that work.

November 29, 2025 at 9:15 PM