GeorgeLightning

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Help name my cat. in c/cat@lemmy.world
[–] GeorgeLightning@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

He looks like a Reginald to me.

MapQuest’s app surges to No. 1 in Navigation in the Apple App Store, after refusing to rename Lake Ontario in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] GeorgeLightning@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Trump issued an executive order to rename Lake Ontario to Lake America the other day. Google Maps pulls its name data from the US Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), and so once GNIS updated to follow the executive order, that change flowed down to Google Maps. It's pretty much the same thing that happened with the Gulf of Mexico/ Gulf of America thing last year.

Jim Justice and his english bulldog Babydog. He owns a coal mining empire. His net worth was estimated at $664.2 million in 2025, making him the richest U.S. senator in c/pics@lemmy.world
[–] GeorgeLightning@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

An ENGLISH Bulldog?! Revoke Jim's citizenship immediately!