Jay Foreman

@jayforeman.bsky.social

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‘This Way Up: When Maps Go Wrong’ (the MAP MEN BOOK) is available now: https://lnk.to/mapmen 🗺️ 📕

Molloy from the Simpsons
From Viz, Ann Widdecombe and her High Church Mice.
Thameslink rail map. Gatwick Airport, standing out in bright pink, has a label “to international destinations”
London bus stop with the big letter at the top missing. It’s smashed on the floor.
Me on a train. My shirt almost matches the seat.
Wikipedia for Lydd airport. “Previously known as London Ashford Airport”
Highlighted from Wes Streeting’s resignation letter to Kier Starmer: “You led our party to a victory few thought possible in 2024”
Ringo Starr driving a car through a background littered with AI tells.
Map of Europe behind newsreader has shape of Belgium filled in with sea.
Me and Mark laughing
Car milometer. 12346 miles.
Map Men video thumbnail. Mark and Jay point to a map of the Americas with an orange road squiggling from north to south. A gap in the middle is circled with a question mark.
Map of Western Europe with a purple dot for every EV charging point. An invisible line, down the Greenwich Meridian at zero degrees splits the map into very dense in the west, and very sparse in the east
Exporting a file called “FINAL FINAL FINAL FINAL FINAL FINAL”.
In a public toilet. A silver stereo player from the 80s with combined analogue radio, cassette player, and CRT television screen.
Sort of cockroachy beetley thing?
Black and white photo on a plaque. “Queens Bridge, traffic and pedestrians, c.1880”. The vehicles are way too modern for 1880.
It’s pancake day, it’s pancake day, it’s pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa….
Chattermax
Page from Stickman
nonsensical AI replies
My tweet from April 2021. “…imagine what it’ll be like when the Queen dies on Monday 26th January 2026”
The Beatles on Spotify on 24 December 2015. Each song has fewer than 1000 plays.
Santa Tracker Map
Mrs Goggins
Hey Duggee book. The squirrels are in a submarine looking out the window at fish. My finger is pointing at Betty the octopus.
This Way Up, £8.33 from Amazon
This Way Up, £8.33 from Amazon
Colourful map of accents around the UK
An envelope: “Notice of plans to build 21,000 homes on our green belt”
a big bag of pesto and mozzarella flavour crisps
Map of UK split into two zones: Liverpool Tuesday 2nd December and Nottingham Wednesday 3rd December
Sunday Times bestseller list. This Way Up, highlighted with a big orange circle, is at number 9.
Mamdani political slogan generator. “CASHIER NUMBER For Please”
“Peril” on Wordle. Not the correct answer.
map of USA with all states labelled wrong
‘This Way Up’ on display in a bookshop. Arrow is pointing down.
Poster for ‘This Way Up - When Maps Go Wrong’
BBC News: Government fails in attempt to block challenge against its decision to ban Palestine Action under terrorism laws.
A multicoloured umbrella hat (including green) in front of a green screen.
Piles of paper with crudely hand-drawn animation frames.
Colourful splodges on a map of Britain. Edinburgh Monday 20th. Leeds Tuesday 21st. Manchester Wednesday 22nd. Bristol Thursday 23rd. London Friday 24th.
YouTube comment “The Night Before has long been my favorite Beatles song.”
A voiceover booth with two microphones. Sat opposite is Mark Cooper-Jones looking cross.