Starting to think it might have been a mistake to let a handful of tech companies control most online information. - ThreadSky

kashana.bsky.social • 26 days ago

Starting to think it might have been a mistake to let a handful of tech companies control most online information.

Reposted from Lora Kolodny

uhhh - www.cnbc.com/2025/01/27/g... Google. Maps will show "Gulf of America" after Trump insists...

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camerontalley.bsky.social•26 days ago

I’m assuming Apple will capitulate too

ethelc.bsky.social•26 days ago

They haven’t. They haven’t caved yet so hopefully it will remain that way.

camerontalley.bsky.social•26 days ago

I know..I check every morning now. I hope they stand their ground.

bigjeph.bsky.social•26 days ago

My 13yo did just refer to the English Channel as "The Gulf of France", so we've got that to look forward to...

itunesbrian.bsky.social•26 days ago

I believe the French call it “La Manche”.

bigjeph.bsky.social•26 days ago

Which, of course, is French for "The Manche".

venividigrizzly.bsky.social•26 days ago

Renaming Google Cuckbootlickers the website

decmusicology.bsky.social•26 days ago

Somewhere along the line Google switched "don't be evil" to "don't be ethical," and clearly hoped we didn't all notice

kzolto.bsky.social•26 days ago

thommyla.bsky.social•26 days ago

Weaklings!

addtohistory.social•26 days ago

Use the feedback function in Google maps when this happens.

hypocriticaldog.bsky.social•26 days ago

Bet they revert to calling it the Gulf of Mexico when there is a Cat 5 hurricane forming there.

pheonyx.bsky.social•26 days ago

It's still the Gulf of Mexico, no matter what they say. Any meteorologist who calls it the Gulf of America should be fired. Though Trump is a human Cat 5 hurricane, so...

seawaters83.bsky.social•26 days ago

It’s so fucking embarrassing.

mancman14.bsky.social•26 days ago

The Irish are renaming the Atlantic to be included as The Bay of Galway

drblaque.bsky.social•25 days ago

American tech is stealing more user info that 🇨🇳 China!😂🙂😓🥵😡🤬

fitzstartz.bsky.social•26 days ago

Wait... so if a country just decides to rename, say "North America" to something very much NOT "America"... Google will just... change the name?

hmm....

itunesbrian.bsky.social•26 days ago

Is everybody in America f*^king scared of the orange turd?

Is all of corporate America cowards? No morals! No courage!

No one should be afraid of their head of state (unless you live in Russia or North Korea)!

ircgalaxy.com•26 days ago

WHY IS EVERYBODY BENDING THE KNEE! FUCK!

politicalcandy.bsky.social•26 days ago

I feel like I'm losing my mind.

ircgalaxy.com•26 days ago

RIGHT?! The man is a convicted felon and adjudicated rapist and somehow HE'S RUNNING THE GODDAMNED COUNTRY.

sciencehippies.bsky.social•26 days ago

Did we all die somehow? Are we in hell?

ircgalaxy.com•26 days ago

it all went to hell after harambe died

la-crystal.bsky.social•25 days ago

No one will actually call it that. He will try to ignore that to avoid taking an L. What a stupid man.

debbiekay.bsky.social•26 days ago

I just don’t get, why does all sorts of people do what he says to do. Devil?

buckscience.bsky.social•26 days ago

Time to leave get rid of every trace of Google apps I have.

donnaphillips.bsky.social•26 days ago

So glad I have an iPhone that gives me an alternative to Google Maps! Will avoid using their maps from now on.

savvygranny.bsky.social•26 days ago

Can you avoid being an American?

rikabel69.bsky.social•26 days ago

Fuck me

meamdal.bsky.social•26 days ago

😭

anniemgc.bsky.social•26 days ago

OMG, that's ridiculous.

maxlandotter.bsky.social•26 days ago

Why are they treating Trump as an emperor?

The executive branch has become wayyy too powerful. Needs to be reduced to ceremonial.

politicalcandy.bsky.social•26 days ago

I've been wondering this, too! Just say no! Don't do what the Cheeto says. It's not that hard!

maxlandotter.bsky.social•26 days ago

I don't understand why people don't stand up to him. LG went from calling him a kook and JD called him Hitler, and both flipped to become human Japanese toilets. Is it all desire to ride the coat-tails of power? Because people like AOC ain't scared of jack shit.

jonathanurbach.bsky.social•26 days ago

Just one more cause for embarrassment at the state of things.

thelasttheorist.bsky.social•26 days ago

I wonder if Rand McNally is going to buckle and change their print atlases too.

sciencehippies.bsky.social•26 days ago

Just totally humiliating shit here.

lovemc.bsky.social•25 days ago

🤣🤣🤣🤣 I'm laughing but it's terrifying how much they're bending to the knee of this retarded man who shits himself and rapes women.

bluememe.bsky.social•26 days ago

Remember Trump’s previous encounter with a map of that body of water?

shanesnover.com•26 days ago

Google has altered the names and even borders of various regions for a long time based on the location of the user. After this change you can probably use a VPN to set your location to Mexico and see it will not be called by this new name.

foreignsurround.bsky.social•26 days ago

Gonna be awkward when the news has to explain that is where the majority of hurricanes form. Will also be very accurate symbolism.

offdamountain.bsky.social•26 days ago

Lickers.

theodeity.bsky.social•26 days ago

they're really treating him like this'll be more than 4 years...

ralencar.com•26 days ago

Why not change the name of the Country to “Trumpsthan” sounds more adequate!

mrsarkban.bsky.social•26 days ago

Remember when Google's motto was "Don't be evil"?

maureenmakled.bsky.social•26 days ago

But it must be in Sharpie Font

peterjamieson.bsky.social•26 days ago

Surely there's an error reporting tool that everyone could use ...

colinjameswoods.bsky.social•26 days ago

"the Maya referred to the Gulf as Chactemal, meaning "the red place," likely referencing the reddish hues of the water at sunset or its fertile coastlines. Indigenous names were often descriptive, reflecting geographical features or spiritual beliefs tied to the environment."

colinjameswoods.bsky.social•26 days ago

https://www.theelserhotel.com/blog/history-of-the-gulf-of-mexico-name/

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