How Google determines the names for bodies of water in Google Earth (2008)

It began back in 2016. The tech market didn't want to hear that their progressive leaders were bending the knee. But it was happening, and we know today that it only got worse. Doesn't matter if you're gay like Sam Altman or Tim Cook, doesn't matter if you're an immigrant or refugee like Sergey Brin. "this time" it's a lot more public, but we're also less unwilling to accept the rotten core of the tech industry.

The ultimate force majeure is money, not virtue signalling. It's a mistake to trust any business, particularly publicly traded ones, to do the right thing when money is on the line.

There is a difference between established people in the region use and deliberate name changes. Seas usually have multiple names, because people give names from their own point of view.

"East Sea" often refers to the Baltic Sea. Except if you ask Estonians, who prefer the West Sea instead.