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The Gulf of What Now? MOSK: 02.12.2025

Mac OS Ken

Ken Ray

Mac, Computers, Technology, Ipad, Tablets, Phones, Iphone, X, Apple, News, Smart, Os, Smartphones

4.8972 Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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0:00.0

That's Eva Hummingbird and a piece called Code Breakers from the album, The Diary of Eva Hummingbird,

0:18.1

available on Apple Music.

0:22.3

Because what is better than violin, while it all burns down around you?

0:29.6

Apple adheres to the law in countries in which it does business.

0:34.0

Sometimes, though, it also says how high, when no law has been broken.

0:40.0

On Tuesday, says a piece from USA Today,

0:43.9

Apple Maps officially changed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America,

0:50.3

as did Google Maps one day earlier.

0:54.0

The move follows an executive order signed by President Trump on the 20th of January,

0:58.8

derp, dirp, derping his way into something for which nobody voted.

1:03.6

According to a piece on the 21st of January from Apple Insider,

1:08.1

Trump's order directed the U.S. Board on Geographic Names to recognize the body of

1:12.4

water as the Gulf of America. And immediately, at least one congressman wanted to know what the

1:19.7

holdup was with Apple Maps. 21st of January, Representative Dan Crenshaw, Republican of Texas,

1:30.3

added Apple CEO Tim Cook on Twitter saying,

1:31.6

Hey Tim Cook, just noticed Apple Maps still calls it Gulf of Mexico, sent a report through the app but

1:37.8

thought you'd want to know.

1:41.0

He's so funny.

1:43.8

Thing is, things take time.

1:46.6

While Trump's order went to the U.S. board on geographic names on the 20th of January,

1:52.2

actually, that was Martin Luther King Day, a federal holiday, so they probably didn't even get the order until the 21st.

1:59.0

Either way, as I say, things take time.

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