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From: Retrograde <fungus@amongus.com.invalid>
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On 2025-02-13, JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:12:49 -0600, JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:
>
>>PIC
>><https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GjjT8FqXEAAGHpE.jpg>
>
> Encyclopaeia Britannica will continue to use 'Gulf of Mexico' for a
> few reasons:
>
> We serve an international audience, a majority of which is outside the
> U.S.
>
> The Gulf of Mexico is an international body of water, and the U.S.'s
> authority to rename it is ambiguous.
>
> https://x.com/Britannica/status/1889723591949795671

Oh man, that was a good laugh. 

No balls Google already went along with the renaming. Pussy techbros.