Apple Maps changes Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’ for US users:
Apple has relabeled Lake Ontario to “Lake America” for U.S. users of its Maps app, following competitor Google days after President Donald Trump ordered a new name for the body of water amid his escalating trade war with Canada.
And just like that, I’m joining the Great MapQuest Migration.
“Fun” fact: it took until 2016 for the US national debt to reach $19.6T. That grew by $5.3T in Trump’s first term, $8.5T in Biden’s term, then another $4.6T so far under Trump 2. We’ve gone another $20.4T underwater since Obama.
No more geriatric leaders with few years ahead of them and no future consequences, please.
Sources:
Mike Lindell refuses to concede in Minnesota primary despite getting far fewer votes
he […] insisted hundreds of thousands of votes remained uncounted.
“I’m not going to give up this race until the votes are counted,” Lindell said. “That’s nonsense.”
To the surprise of none.
Happy birthday, America! 🇺🇸
When I see someone waving a flag today, I regret that my first wary instinct is to suspect they may actually hate our country. They might claim to appreciate specific parts, so long as those parts precisely match their own corner of it, but otherwise not so much.
I love my country. That means I love the people in it, even if they don’t look like me, sound like me, think like me, worship like me, love like me, or simply exist like me. If your family was around before Europe found it, I’m glad you’re still here. Part of later waves of immigration? Hi, neighbor! Just got here last week, whether through official channels or not? Welcome aboard, friend! To me, that’s patriotism: honoring the actual ideals this wonderful country was founded on, not the twisted little corrupt version politicians push at us.
Opinion | Birthright citizenship overreach by the Supreme Court ends term - The Washington Post:
A more modest ruling, relying on those statutes, would have left the constitutional issue for a future court to consider if and when Congress deliberates on the issue and decides to change the rules.
I use to pay for a WaPo subscription, but their takeover by rightwing extremists ruined it. Imagine wringing hands because SCOTUS made a ruling based on a plain reading of the Constitution.
Uber’s tired of getting sued for breaking laws so they’re trying to change them. Vote no.
Honestly, getting me to take the side of ambulance chasers is quite the accomplishment. I’m impressed by their dedication to evil.
From the text of the agreement to end Trump’s War:
- Pending the final Deal, the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States of America agree to maintain the status quo; the Islamic Republic of Iran will maintain the current status quo of its nuclear program, and the United States of America will not impose any new sanctions, and will not deploy any additional forces in the region.
This return to the status quo cost 7-10K killed and 50K injured and $113B to the US alone.
Please, can we stop winning now? We can’t afford any more of these stupid victories.
Utah first state to hold websites liable for users who mask their location with VPNs
[T]he controversial law establishes that a user is considered to be accessing a website from Utah if they are physically located there, regardless of whether they use a VPN or proxy to mask their IP address.
This is the stupidest idea I’ve heard recently. My home router has a built in VPN server. When I’m out running around, my iPhone can route traffic through my house. Pray tell, o sage Utah legislature, by what misguided notion did you expect a website to tell that I’m accessing a it from a hotel in Berlin instead of my house in California? (Which is why we used it last time: I configured my travel router to use that home VPN so we could watch American Netflix at night before bedtime when we just wanted something familiar to relax with.)
Honestly, this is the new “pi equals 3” legislation. “Let’s make laws codifying technical ideas we clearly have no freaking clue about”.
This is who you elected, Utah. Well done.
Utah’s stupid new law “prohibits covered websites from sharing instructions on how to use a VPN to bypass age checks.”
It’s probably illegal for minors to access this site from Utah because I say some things that Utah’s leaders probably find offensive. Let me know if I don’t; I’ll work on fixing it. To access it over a VPN, follow these instructions to turn on iCloud Private Relay. Then I can’t see where you’re connecting from.
There. Now I’ve broken the law in Utah.
US Senate Candidate Caught Insider Trading on Kalshi Says He Did It on Purpose | WIRED:
Moran claims that he stopped speaking to Kalshi because he objected to the company’s settlement terms. “They wanted me to make a public statement,” he says. That was the thing that I pushed back on, that’s a violation of my First Amendment rights, to compel my speech.”
What a freaking tool.
