Steve HermanOn barring AP from the White House media pool for not using "Gulf of America," press secretary Karoline Leavitt says such lies won't be tolerated and "it's very important for this administration that we get that right."
Encyclopædia Britannica announces it'll continue to use ‘Gulf of Mexico’ as it serves an international audience, the Gulf is an international body of water and the US authority to rename it "is ambiguous." (Also posts its 1st Ed. map from 1768.)
Clinterest@w7voa I call it the Gulf of Britannica, for what it’s worth.
Fritz Adalis@w7voa
I'm gonna start calling it the Gulf of Newspain.
I'm gonna start calling it the Gulf of Newspain.
@w7voa
Not sure if that's New Spain or News Pain.
Not sure if that's New Spain or News Pain.
Eric A. Meyer@FritzAdalis @w7voa Gulf of Newspeak, more like.
Nazani@w7voa We have a maritime boundaries treaty with Mexico, signed in 2000. Still up at the State Dept. website.
Daedalean@w7voa notable that despite the name and origins this is a us based company.
rye@w7voa I'm always amazed at the details of old maps. How the hell did they do this without GPS??
Steven Heywood
Hurricane Daveosaurus
Rai Aren 🖖✨📚🇺🇦@w7voa Excellent! 👍
@w7voa I'm not surprised that New Britain and New South Wales decided that it was Just Too Darned Cold up in Canada and moved to the South Pacific instead...
Ainsley Lowbeer
Firehorseart Lives!
FollicleMite@w7voa In other news, Trump renames Encyclopedia Britannica "Encyclopedia Americana"
Stephen Elliott~Buckleywhat % of #mairikkkans know that once, some time ago, #Mexico's extent of how much it borders the Gulf was...how do we say, much bigger than now?
For some reason.
Also, people, mocking #fascists is how, when they go low, we go petty. So we use #BigHands.
Thank you for coming to my ted talk.
Mark Burton@w7voa
And if I recall correctly, despite it's name, Encyclopaedia Britannica is a USA based company.
And if I recall correctly, despite it's name, Encyclopaedia Britannica is a USA based company.
Jen
Simon ZerafaThe US government has no authority to change the international name.
@simonzerafa @w7voa not according to google or apple. 😡
Fuck Google and Apple. They don't speak for the world any more than the fascist in the White House does.
Art Zemon ✅ 🟦@w7voa Mexico, Cuba, and the US each border the Gulf (see official US map https://apps.nationalmap.gov/viewer/), which was first named the Gulf of Mexico in the 16th century. The US controls more than 1,600 miles of the Gulf’s coastline—a little less than half of the total—and its sovereign territory extends 12 nautical miles beyond the coast. The country possesses economic rights over a further 200 miles offshore.
Apple's and Google's adoption of the change were not legally required, as the president's order only applies to federal agencies.
jonathankoren™@w7voa excellent use of the as ligature
Pat@w7voa i’m confused. Are they saying that AP was not banned, or they were banned for some other reason question?
Iron
Nicole Parsons
Jens Michael B.-Hansen@w7voa
These crazy people are really thinskinned. 🤣
These crazy people are really thinskinned. 🤣