This is relevant actually cos when @markcooperjones.bsky.social and I recorded the audiobook for the Map Men book ‘This Way Up: When Maps Go Wrong’ the man in the booth said we weren’t allowed to sing the word “Parklife” for copyright reasons. Instead we had to *SAY* “Parklife” and it sounded weird.

When Oasis got drunk and sang “shitelife” at the 1996 BRIT Awards, did Blur get PRS royalties?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pphr... Why doesn’t EVERY music video from around 2003 that’s been uploaded to YouTube have this much distracting horizontal stripy interlacing thing going on?

Yesterday’s episode of #MapMen contains the stupidest advert we’ve ever made, and I still can’t believe Surfshark said yes. youtu.be/knCojy_3bmk

NEW EPISODE OF #MAPMEN!!! 🗺️ Is this the world’s most annoying road? Come with Mark and me on what turns out was an impossible road trip. 🇺🇸🚗🇦🇷 Share and enjoy! youtu.be/knCojy_3bmk Also, can you work out how we did The Special Effect?

If you'd like to see the Surfshark advert that was too stupid even by Surfshark's usually hands-off standards, we will be releasing it exclusively on our new Map Men Patreon later this week. Why not sign up now so you don't miss it? www.patreon.com/mapmen

For the first time ever, Map Men had an advert for Surfshark rejected for being too stupid. Our response was to give them something even stupider. And they said yes! The advert (and, if you’re interested, the episode of Map Men that surrounds it) is coming to YouTube this afternoon! Stay tuned...

NEW EPISODE OF MAP MEN!!! Watch on Patreon RIGHT NOW for just £2 www.patreon.com/mapmen

Watch the NEW EPISODE of #MapMen on Patreon right now for just £2 ! 🗺️

This is the worst map I have ever seen.

If you **STILL** haven't bought a copy of the Map Men book, This Way Up - When Maps Go Wrong, you can buy one between now and Monday 16th March for the very reduced price of £8.49. 🗺️📕 amzn.eu/d/0alvctAa

Map glitch? Or not much demand for EV charging points east of Greenwich?

NEW MAP MEN VIDEO!!!!! 🗺️ ...in which Mark and I play another game of GeoGuessr travelling to the real places. Will Mark get his revenge? Share and enjoy! www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tO2...

it was not the final.

Want!

Can you go to prison for the crime of breaking into a prison?

Actually more complaints about the map (which I didn't do) than the thirding (which I did do) MAP COMPLAINTS TO THESE PEOPLE: www.conceptdraw.com/How-To-Guide...

Scary thing is, I *WOULD* say I don't think this map, despite its many bizarre tells, is shit enough to be AI. But AI gets less shit every few minutes, so this probably *IS* AI. And I can only tell cos I'm a massive map nerd. We are, like, weeks away from AI not being shit enough for ANYONE to tell!

this photo leaves little to the imagination

This phenomenal bit of 8-bit music is wasted on an Amstrad game from 1987 that no one remembers. youtu.be/Y8CMScjD82o?...

Instead of building massive servers that require lots of wasteful energy to cool down, couldn’t we put millions of little servers in living rooms all over Britain to replace our radiators?

1. Yaaaay!! 2. Loz’s t-shirt looks like a stripy tie.

What dis?

This is a great and very accurate tranche of text about the weirdness of Britain’s geography and how we care to label it. Source: This Way Up, by Mark Cooper-Jones and Jay Foreman

“1880”??!?

Special offernouncement!!! If you found the hardback version of the Men Men Book 'This Way Up - When Maps Go Wrong' a bit too cumbersome and heavy... For the next two days, if you enter the code “FEB26” at www.waterstones.com/campaign/feb... you'll get 25% off pre-ordering the paperback version!

This was great fun to be a guest on! Thanks so much @herring1967.bsky.social for saying such lovely things about our book!

Podcast alert!! 🔊 Me and @markcooperjones.bsky.social off of Map Men just went on David Bennett’s ‘How Do You Do Podcast’, in which we talk about how we make our videos, how a map mistake nearly got in very big trouble, and we finally disclose how we REALLY met. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMvo...

Two years later and Disney probably would have asked Jim Carrey to be the genie. Discuss.

Ehh, close enough.

How much is that doggie in the bargain bin? The one...

This is driving me nuts. What song has lyrics that sound like (but apparently aren’t) “with the yellow-y eye”?

Just letting you know that instead of doomscrolling, you could be watching Rik Mayall reading George’s Marvellous Medicine.

OK, it’s not 2016, by 7 days, but I’ve gone through my camera roll and I thought this was the most shareable thing - proof that I was among the first 1,000 people to discover the Beatles.

Dreamt a joke last night… Why is Pingu’s house so much bigger on the inside? None of your fucking business!

Listening to this hour or so of pure joy on the way home from work yesterday was the highlight of my week.

@jackbern.bsky.social Taskmaster question… If you’re a TM fan, you know full well that while Greg is the presenter, the show is Alex’s baby. It’s a huge part of what makes Taskmaster Taskmaster that as fans we take for granted. BUT…

What happens if New Year’s Eve doesn’t work and tomorrow it’s still 2025?

❌ No New Zealand ❌ Middle East (sort of?) gets an outline but no label ❌ Massive fictional island between Scotland and Norway ❌ Greenland too close to Europe ❌ No Sri Lanka. ✅ Britain looks great!

The last few days did not move the main story forward AT ALL. It's just a guy eating little treats and doing nothing. And so many plot holes. He says, "no more little treats," and then he's eating another little treat in literally the next scene.

Huge thanks to everyone who bought a copy of the Map Men book for Christmas, and huge also thanks to everyone who received one and sent us lovely photos!

It’s NOT TOO LATE to get a copy of the Map Men Book for Christmas for your Uncle Richard! As long as A. You’re happy to tell Uncle Richard in front of everybody that his present hasn’t come yet, but you’ll give it to him next time you see him. or B. You buy it from a real bookshop. lnk.to/mapmen

Just wanted to remind you that Kate Bush. youtu.be/qfNtPbHkp0U

@jonnelledge.bsky.social Turns out there’s an even BIGGER plug for your book in part 2 of the podcast we shared part 1 of last week. (Skip to 53:15) podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...

🎵 one times two is two 🎵 two times two is four 🎵 three times two is… something something…

@edmorrish.bsky.social This’ll be up your street today, this will.