-It has been called the ‘Gulf of Mexico’ for more than 425 years.

But it’s important to note the distinction between international and domestic areas.

Encyclopædia Britannica will continue to use ‘Gulf of Mexico’ for a few reasons:

-We serve an international audience, a majority of which is outside the U.S.

-The Gulf of Mexico is an international body of water, and the U.S.’s authority to rename it is ambiguous.
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So, as the USA cements itself as a theocracy, my question is: which branches of Christianity will be deemed superior? It's just a matter of time before that country splits further along orthodox-held beliefs and the many splinters that formed after the reformation.

For the next four years can nobody PLEASE find a comet that may impact Earth, because the lines between fiction and reality are already blurring enough! 🔭 🧪

So. I'm one of Red Notes/Little Red Book's passive users, and I've gotta say that the app is amazing. #TikTokRefugees is entertaining af. Plus, the culture exchange going on is *chef's kiss* Already my
#xiaohongshu fyp is lit lit😁🏆🥇

Being a generally shitty person and wearing it as a badge of honour is just🥴🤡

Easy to block trolls polite & otherwise

We're going to need the people who pay detailed attention to history to, please, give us a heads-up. Exactly WHEN do we start to panic? Because the signs are signing.
#history #cyclical
#upheaval
#revolution
#PeoplePower

To expand upon #2 above, if you allow a comment from a troll to be seen by people who follow you and some of them then respond, while it isn’t, your intention, your feed is providing the kind of engagement that trolls thrive upon.

Blocking them and hiding their comments is community care.

If you see our reply from a troll under one of your posts, it is both helpful and important to:

1) Block them
2) Click on the three little dots below their post and click “hide for everyone”

Engaging with trolls in any way encourages them to stay here and be more active. Give them no oxygen.

Last week.of November '24. We're nearing depletion but there's still enough juice in us to keep it moving. Let's GO......

Beautiful photo! We’ve truly been having the most amazing days in Joburg 🤩🌳🌲☀️

It's another magnificent day in Joburg as we await the BIG rains. Hope you're having a great day.

Someone called this mass exodus from Twitter ‘the fall of the Broman Empire’ and I died laughing. 💀

Patiently waiting to see my people here. The x-odus is real
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