return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoGoogle says it will change Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America' in Maps after government updateswww.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square264fedilinkarrow-up1589arrow-down132
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minus-squareDoomsider@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·3 days agoSomeone was saying they want to rename it to work around the laws preventing drilling in the Gulf. It sounds really stupid, but that is on par for this shit show of an administration.
minus-square0x0@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 days agoSo call Greenland Northwestern US and bingo! you can drill? Is that really a thought process in those heads?
minus-squareMystikIncarnate@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoWhy would the name have any bearing on the laws that govern what can, and can’t be done there? This is so freaking dumb I can’t even.
Someone was saying they want to rename it to work around the laws preventing drilling in the Gulf. It sounds really stupid, but that is on par for this shit show of an administration.
So call Greenland Northwestern US and bingo! you can drill? Is that really a thought process in those heads?
Call it Alaskb !
Why would the name have any bearing on the laws that govern what can, and can’t be done there?
This is so freaking dumb I can’t even.