In his first month as POTUS, Donald Trump has launched a wave of regressive government orders, quickly frozen important federal funds, and instated Elon Musk as a de facto czar of federal workers. His coverage bulletins have focused LGBTQ communities, so-called “DEI” insurance policies, and federal companies tasked with humanitarian help and nationwide well being and safety. Together with these alarming strikes, Trump additionally took goal at a lesser-known evil: the title of the physique of water off the southeastern coast of the USA.
What was as soon as (for hundreds of years) the Gulf of Mexico is now being referred to in 1984-style double communicate because the “Gulf of America.”
Tech corporations did little to push again on the title change. Google introduced, nearly instantly, that it could change the title in Google Maps, and Apple adopted swimsuit not lengthy after. However a brand new extension for Chrome customers, titled “FixTheGulf”, could assist customers struggle again as an alternative.
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Created by modder and iOS developer Bryce Bostwick and uploaded to GitHub on Feb. 15, the extension restores (or, as Bostwick says, “reclaims”) the Gulf of Mexico title to Google Maps with the clicking of a button. A easy, however impactful, use of digital instruments to defy the Trump administration’s aggressive coverage push.
“There are numerous scary government orders being issued proper now,” the extension’s obtain web page reads. “This isn’t one of the crucial essential ones. Nevertheless it may be the best to defy.” Bostwick breaks down precisely the way it works — and the way builders can construct their very own — beneath: