Pirates of the Caribbean Hijacked America's Metric System

I wouldn't expect from all places that NPR would create such a click-bait title.

It’s a column, not a news report. Take it up with Joe of Joe’s Big Idea.

>"The object's weight was 1 kilogram."

Leave it to NPR to not understand the difference between weight and mass

NPR's site is in blatant violation of EU legislation mandating cookie opt-in, and instead uses a cookie wall. Shame on them.

So what? It's an American website run by an American organization.

if it affects an european user or is created in europe the gdpr is affecting it.

Maybe they should just block Europe?

that was/is the most common tactic after the gdpr was enforcable.

Well, I for one for this to be a delightful little story.