{"id":1836390,"date":"2025-02-08T15:30:15","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T20:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1836390"},"modified":"2025-02-08T15:30:16","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T20:30:16","slug":"getting-on-the-name-changing-bandwagon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2025\/02\/getting-on-the-name-changing-bandwagon\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting on the Name-Changing Bandwagon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Illinois governor J. B. Pritzker <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/jbpritzker.bsky.social\/post\/3lhmh6zhpr22h\">has decided to get in on the whole unilateral name-changing thing<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-bluesky-embed wp-block-embed-bluesky-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:7y56hbn7lt6gkqrjj65quotl\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3lhmh6zhpr22h\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreieiglodfwsr35by6xb6bayugz7egheogc2rsa7q7teatjakswf6g4\"><p lang=\"en\">An important announcement from the Governor of Illinois.<\/p>&mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:7y56hbn7lt6gkqrjj65quotl?ref_src=embed\">JB Pritzker (@jbpritzker.bsky.social)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:7y56hbn7lt6gkqrjj65quotl\/post\/3lhmh6zhpr22h?ref_src=embed\">2025-02-07T20:34:44.620Z<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>See also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/cartoons\/blitts-kvetchbook\/the-latest-authorized-nearly-legal-map-of-the-united-states\">Barry Blitt\u2019s cartoon in <em>The New Yorker<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Previously:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2025\/01\/naming-the-gulf\/\">Naming the Gulf<\/a>;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2025\/01\/google-maps-to-use-gulf-of-america-others-not-so-much\/\">Google Maps to Use \u2018Gulf of America\u2019\u2013Others Not So Much<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2025\/01\/more-reactions-to-gulf-of-america\/\">More Reactions to \u2018Gulf of America\u2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Illinois governor J. B. Pritzker has decided to get in on the whole unilateral name-changing thing. See also Barry Blitt\u2019s cartoon in The New Yorker. Previously:\u00a0Naming the Gulf;\u00a0Google Maps to Use \u2018Gulf of America\u2019\u2013Others Not&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2025\/02\/getting-on-the-name-changing-bandwagon\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[692],"tags":[378,936,192,78,377,136],"class_list":["post-1836390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-toponyms","tag-cartoons","tag-fun","tag-funny","tag-illinois","tag-new-yorker","tag-satire","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5765,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2014\/01\/the-new-yorker-on-maps-and-literature\/","url_meta":{"origin":1836390,"position":0},"title":"The New Yorker on Maps and Literature","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"23 January 2014","format":"link","excerpt":"Go read Casey N. 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