We separate fact from fiction.
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The 2026 FIFA World Cup tournament is projected to break every conceivable record: It will likely be the most-watched sporting event _ever_ —bringing in an estimated five million visitors to 16 host cities across Canada, Mexico, and the United States, atop a global viewership of six billion throughout the course of competition; more than one billion viewers are projected to watch the final match…
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28/05/2026-03/06/2026
[1] OnRouteMap, an OSM-based tool for planning and analysing outdoor routes | © Nico Isenbeck | map data © by OpenStreetMap Contributors.
Community
- Innocent Maholi, from OpenMap Development Tanzania, published a tribute to his friend, Iddy Rashid Chazua, remembering his impact and the legacy he leaves.
- Raquel Dezidério Souto wrote, in her OSM User Diary, about…
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21/05/2026-27/05/2026
[1] Several animal-related infrastructure features | © imagico | map data © by OpenStreetMap
Contributors.
Community
- Ari Alvarez explained how to find speed limit data for highways, trunk roads, and primary roads in the USA.
- Raquel Dezidério Souto
published on her OSM User Diary, an article entitled _"About us": two years of experience as editor for Brazilian…
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It seems that Texas Senator John Cornyn may have finally learned not to trust Donald Trump—but it’s a little late for that.
Cornyn turned to social media Friday to share an “old, but apt fable” that appeared to reflect Trump’s sudden betrayal that led to the senior senator’s defeat in the Texas GOP Senate primary.
“A scorpion wants to cross a river but cannot swim, so it asks a frog to carry it…
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14/05/2026-20/05/2026
[1] tracking geese sightings around the University of Waterloo | map data © by OpenStreetMap Contributors.
Mapping
- A proposal for the
surface=lateritetag, intended to describe roads, tracks, or paths surfaced with lateritic soil has been open for a request for comments since 19 May. Lateritic soil is a cohesive iron oxide-rich tropical and subtropical material…
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Jeffrey Epstein’s former assistant has provided the House Oversight Committee with the names of three new alleged co-conspirators.
Sarah Kellen appeared before the committee in a closed-door hearing Thursday. Committee Chairman James Comer described her participation as forthcoming, and shared that her testimony was “what we’ve been waiting for.”
“Sarah Kellen has been very helpful. Of all the…
On surviving the next pandemic.
Boss Fighters QR, Moon Colony Bloodbath, and Rebirth are nominated for the 2026 Kennerspiel des Jahres
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Donald Trump says China agreed to buy 200 jets from Boeing. He crowed about it on Fox News Thursday night. But funny thing: A spokesman for China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs was asked specifically about the jet deal after Trump spoke, and he said nothing about any such agreement. Wanna take bets on whether it actually happened?
Three points here. First of all, we should stop quickly to note…
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President Donald Trump demanded a congressional aide be fired Wednesday for making Senator Mitch McConnell look “completely out of it” during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing.
The staffer approached McConnell after the Kentucky Republican attempted to preemptively conclude the hearing Tuesday, during which Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair General Dan Caine…
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30/04/2026-06/05/2026
[1] | Cast-iron Street Map of the City Centre in the Ukrainian City of Poltava
Mapping
- Comments are requested on this proposal:
name:<language>-Latnto consistently tag transliterations in Latin script worldwide following BCP 47.
- The following proposal is up for a vote until Tuesday 12 May:
route=safarito map safari routes as dedicated…
“The only real energy independence from the Middle East is renewables,” said one policy expert.
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On Monday, President Trump gathered more than 100 small-business leaders in the East Wing of the White House to take a victory lap. His return to the White House had resulted in “record business,” he said. The tax and regulatory cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the legislative centerpiece of his second term, were already a huge success. The economy was “roaring.” Everything was going…
To avoid ending up on the Hate List, people watch their words, meaning they watch their thoughts. If we accept the premise that we want to stamp out hate, we acquiesce in this erosion of our freedom of thought, which is ultimately an erosion of our very humanity.
While the world has its eyes on the Strait of Hormuz, China’s gaze is fixed farther east: Taiwan. For decades, Beijing’s “One China” policy has asserted that there is only one sovereign Chinese state and that Taiwan is a breakaway province that must return to mainland control – peacefully if possible, but by force if necessary. Now, are the stars aligning for Beijing to advance that goal?
As…
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New Jersey Representative Tom Kean Jr. has finally addressed the public regarding his multiweek absence from Congress.
“I want to thank my constituents and colleagues for their patience as I address a personal medical issue,” Kean said in a statement posted on X Monday evening. “My doctors continue to assure me that my recovery will be complete and that I will be back to the job I love very…
Plus, how do we vet videos in the AI age?
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16/04/2026-22/04/2026
[1] We congratulate the instance at print.get-map.org on their 500,000+ generated maps | map data © by OpenStreetMap
Contributors.
Mapping
* The proposal `Civil Protection Areas` was approved with 24 votes for and 7 votes against. The approved tag `emergency:*=yes` was
proposed by AndreaDp271, who maintains a interactive map which shows the infrastructure for…
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I. That Antichrist Nonsense, Explained
Twenty-second-century historians tracing the ascent of American technocracy from quirky garage tinkerers grooving on the Whole Earth Catalog to sinister oligarchs enacting Philip K. Dick prophesies may locate its apogee in four lectures that Peter Thiel (net worth: $29 billion), chairman of the data-mining giant Palantir and a co-founder of PayPal,…
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Monday introduced new age-group names for the Young Women program: Builders of Faith, Messengers of Hope and Gatherers of Light. More concrete and translatable than the legacy names of Beehive, Mia Maid and Laurel, the new names reflect the continued emphasis in the youth program on finding one’s identity in the gospel of Jesus Christ.
“I…
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09/04/2026-15/04/2026
[1] From Coordinates to Wall Art: Stylised Map Posters Online | © Yousuf Amanuel | map data © by OpenStreetMap Contributors.
Mapping
- Comments are requested on this proposal:
terminal=yesto consistently map freight terminals and better describe connected transport modes and handled cargo.
Mapping campaigns
- A new MapRoulette challenge in Germany…
What is not legitimate is constitutional change by judicial increment, case by case, without mandate and without the possibility of correction.
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The last two weeks have been disastrous for the Trump administration. In Europe, Vice President JD Vance made the extraordinary move of campaigning for Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, whose illiberal far-right regime is a beacon for authoritarian conservatives around the Western world. Vance framed the election to Hungarians in stark terms.
“Will you stand against the bureaucrats in…
The US war on Iran may have seemed like an irrational move by a president who is as reckless and impulsive as he is destructive. But there was a geopolitical logic behind the attack, based on Washington’s desire to deny China access to vital resources.
The resource wars between the US and China have accelerated the determination of both sides to escape their dependencies on each…
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26/03/2026-01/04/2026
[1] Drawing shapes in JOSM, little-known shortcuts | © Koreller | map data © OpenStreetMap Contributors.
About us
- We made a mistake last week regarding the proposed safari service road tag. The proposed
service=safaritag is to be used in combination with ahighway=servicetag.
Mapping
- Comments are requested on this proposal:
- highway=service +…
The generational warfare promoted by centrists and the Right, who have long been desperate to cut and privatize Social Security, is a fool’s solution to what ails the system. Taxing the rich is the answer.
“Total boomer luxury communism” is the Right’s latest attempt to convince younger Americans to slash their own future benefits under the guise of sticking it to older generations.…
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19/03/2026-25/03/2026
[1] OSM on an eInk display | © Héctor Satrústegui | map data © by OpenStreetMap
Contributors.
Mapping
- Two proposals are waiting for your comments:
- The
cable_landing_station=* proposal to map landing points of submarine cables. - The
highway=safari_service_road proposal to describe specific service roads in safari parks.
- The
- The proposal…
Seven sheriff’s deputies sued musician Afroman for defamation after he mocked their failed raid in viral diss tracks. His victory comes at a moment when the lines of what constitutes artistic free speech are continually being redrawn.
Musician Afroman's defamation trial was absurd, hilarious, and also one of the clearest free‑speech wins for artists in years. (Rick Kern / WireImage…
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12/03/2026-18/03/2026
[1] OpenArdenneMap is an open-source map style designed for the production of topographic maps for printing | © juminet | map data © OpenStreetMap Contributors.
Mapping
- After passing through the proposal process and being approved the ETCS Markers Tagging Scheme, an effort to unify the tagging of the markers used by the European Rail Traffic Management System, is…
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