Continent of America not Americas, one does not say continent of Asias even though there is a South Asia, it’s referred to as the Asian Continent.
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Apple Adopting 'Gulf of America' Naming for Apple Maps
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Actual Americas is correct, IMHO, since it is one continent whose parts are referred to as North, Central and South, which are collectively refred to as the Americas; and while it is one continent geographically most people do not consider it, hence the the in "the Americas" to distinguish it from "America" in common usage.
More common usage would be American continent, keeping with Asian Continent, African, etc.
More expensive now that the Biden administration culled millions of chickens on their way out the door.
I know right. I can't believe went ahead with the student loan bailout after the Supreme Court said no.
Gosh isn't it a strange coincidence that the Biden administration culled millions of chickens on their way out the door? What are the odds of that happening, especially considering eggs was used as a metaphor for the increase in grocery prices over the last four years. Was it done out of spite or Biden's administration's failure to control "the bird flu?"
Isn't that Hunter Biden?
You still believe in these completely made up numbers? The ones where they were counting suicides and motorcycle accidents as covid victims. 🤪
Someone else that missed the news the Biden administration culled millions of chickens on their way out the door. Maddow didn't fill you in on that one?
The fact that he came in as a millionaire. He doesn't need "grift" like the Biden and Obama's did. This is a step down for him in salary. And not only that he donates it. How did Obama, Biden, Clinton, Sanders, Lyeawatha I mean Warren, and many others become millionaires on a government salary? Most of them are carrier politicians to boot.
I'm actually formally qualified (degree + professional accreditation + society membership) to interpret the raw data and papers on the matter, which I have done and it's within reasonable bounds even after elimination of false reports. So yes.
What to you know about excess deaths?
Probably nothing.
The fact this is pissing off Mexico puts a real smile on my face.
How ‘king disappointing. I hope this is only for you poor schmucks in the US.
Apple is in the process of renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, and changes are already being made to the Apple Maps app. When searching in the Maps app for Gulf of Mexico, the Gulf of Mexico name is shown or the name is blank, but tapping into the area shows the "Gulf of America" wording.
According to Bloomberg, Apple is rolling out the Maps change in the United States today, so the name should shift for most U.S. users in the near future. Apple plans to change the name for all users globally in the future.
Google this week also made good on its promise to adopt the new naming, and "Gulf of America" is now visible in both Google Maps and Waze.
Google and Apple use data from the U.S. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) when naming world locations, and GNIS updated its database with the "Gulf of America" name change this week.
Google has explained that Maps users in the United States will see "Gulf of America" instead of "Gulf of Mexico," while users in Mexico will continue to see Gulf of Mexico. In the rest of the world, the name for the body of water between Mexico and Florida will continue to be named Gulf of Mexico, but Gulf of America is shown in parentheses below. Apple might adopt similar changes outside of the United States.
When U.S. President Donald Trump took office on January 20, one of his first orders was changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. Other countries do not refer to the area as the Gulf of America and are not required to accept the U.S. name.
Trump also said that Alaskan mountain Denali was being renamed to Mt. McKinley, but Google Maps and Apple Maps have not yet made that change.
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Pathetic, but fitting the orange clown in charge. Considering the statements regarding Greenland, Panama, Canada and Gaza it is difficult to see any differences in behavior between Xi (Taiwan, South China Sea) and Putin (Ukraine, Georgia etc.). Welcome back to the 19th Century!
Germany is such an example of a perfect world of policies. Oh, how the world strives for such perfection as them. Please be gentle. Putin might turn the gas supply off for Germany if you’re not kind to him. 😢
Unlike the previous administration, this one can walk and chew gum at the same time without tripping over its own feet or falling down the stairs. A lot more is happening than just renaming a body of water. Bringing hostages home, cutting billions in waste, ending wars, and bringing a lot of common sense back to the country that has been missing. And it’s only been three weeks.
Are Ukraine deal is literally imminent and going to be announced within days. There are little tiny things to clean up you know like getting hostages back home before action actually takes place. We need to make sure our citizens are safe and returned to our country.
You are aware that all of the countries involved around the gulf are part of North America, right? The gulf of America actually makes way more sense from a logical perspective of the naming of our continent.
The UK is the last ones that should be making any comments on anything given what is going on there right now.
So let’s get this straight. You’re complaining over the price of one item with an administration that’s been around for three weeks. Meanwhile, the price of literally everything on planet earth went up during the last four years. Do you have anything to say about that?
You should probably look up actual historical authoritarianism before you make any comments. Real authoritarianism is saying things like “put this mask on or else!”
But that’s what he’s doing in a more „formal“ way. „Take in those people from Gaza so we can steal their land or else! [cutting funding]“
I'm eating a nice sandwich and working out what to spend the fat chunk of cash I made shorting US policy failures.
What other things should I be aware of that is going on here?
(oh also enjoying the free healthcare this week)
Ummmm. Read the room. I don’t think anyone cares what Mexico thinks.
Commenting on something that won’t happen versus something that actually happened are two completely different things. The comments regarding Gaza by the president were a public negotiation tactic in real time to say don’t screw with us.
I'm not the one who promised to bring down the grocery prices on day one with a sharpie. Keep the politicians accountable no matter whose side you're on instead of making excuses for their egregious behavior.
It's changed. Wow Apple. You guys really lost me here. Embracing MAGA...what a shame.
Why don't you ask the clown with a sharpie to bring the prices down then? He did promise to do that on day one.
Instead he's more occupied with pissing off Canadians, renaming the gulf and buying Greenland since the 20th.
Don't make excuses for broken promises. Hold them accountable.