Despite saying they'd wait until the executive order was made official through the US Board on Geographic Names, Google Maps is complying in advance.
This timeline is so stupid.
This timeline is so stupid.
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delusions is 😳. If he said the sky was green they’d say, yes it is.
https://www-theatlantic-com.translate.goog/ideas/archive/2025/01/hitler-germany-constitution-authoritarianism/681233/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp&_x_tr_hist=true
Still perplexing* to me that they think another country shouldn’t be involved
* or maybe it’s just hard for me to wrap my head around the idea that most tech is going straight up fash evil out in the open these days
Every country does have their own official names for things that are not always the same.
https://bsky.app/profile/southarrowmaps.co.nz/post/3lhuj42hquc2g
Why is google in other countries complying too?
Mention the fact that most of the gulf is international waters
Denali stood, so proud, so tall,
Yet Google bent to Trump’s loud call.
The Gulf, the peak, both lost their name,
To fuel a fragile ego’s flame.
How'd that work out for him?
More dignified, if you ask me.
The BGN policy I had read: (hosted by USGS via AWS, and they apparently still don't know how to make assets there resolve a .gov URL 🤦♂️)
https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/media/files/DNC_PPP.pdf#page18
It's clear the big tech companies are tripping over themselves to please him, disgusting (altho not surprising) to watch.