Tom Harrington

Former CBC News host/journalist (still loyal fan of the @Chiefs, @LFC, @KNVB & @TorontoFC) cbctom on Threads, @cbctom.bsky.social

[Tom Harrington @cbctom]

I've been looking for this tweet. Will pin it to my account as a reminder of the threat of disinformation, doublespeak. https://t.co/c5hvin3w7q

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

The point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda. It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.

[MapQuest @MapQuest]

We are aware that Lake Ontario is being correctly labeled on our map.

[Tom Harrington @cbctom]

@castellonamaya Gracias. Es solo para estadounidenses

[Tom Harrington @cbctom]

I generally don’t do things like this but I have deleted the Google Maps app from my phone.

A small personal protest against
one of the many ludicrous things happening.

Long live Lake Ontario. 🇨🇦

[David Begnaud @DavidBegnaud]

He didn't think twice about jumping into the ocean to save a stranger's child.

Josh Collette, a father of five, was at Riviera Beach in San Clemente when he saw a boy caught in a rip current. He dove in without hesitation. The sand had shifted underwater, and he hit a hidden pile of rocks, breaking his neck. He's now paralyzed from the neck down. The boy he saved made it home safe.

Josh's wife Rose has barely left his side, reading his lips in the ICU and speaking for him. Josh's advice for anyone entering the ocean: DON'T DIVE! RUN IN and SWIM from there.

[Tom Harrington @cbctom]

@garywesson Really? Check the replies 🙄

[Tom Harrington @cbctom]

@tastygizmo That’s a cool meme. 👍🏻

[Tom Harrington @cbctom]

@lp_iker Yep only for US users.

[Tom Harrington @cbctom]

@TGEMONET Oui, c’est pour les Americains seulement. Pour moi, un petit protestation contre les folies a Washington.

[Tom Harrington @cbctom]

@gw_wyatthealth Only in the US. Google blames government data base for change. I’m just done with the silliness and those who enable it

[Tom Harrington @cbctom]

@Nina201710 It is. It’s about something bigger

[Tom Harrington @cbctom]

@2sidesof49 Yes it’s just American users.

[Tom Harrington @cbctom]

@jstone1949 US users only. Just a small protest over corporate enablers.

[Tom Harrington @cbctom]

@M_Lawlor1 I have a Canadian plan. And the change applies only to US users. But I’ve had it with the grade school schtick and those who enable it. Like Google Maps. Just my choice.

[Tom Harrington @cbctom]

@Cedarvall Not anymore 👋🏻

[Tom Harrington @cbctom]

@TedBlades Yeah, only in the US. I’m just fed up with the grade 6 level stuff and those who enable it

[Tom Harrington @cbctom]

@Michele43479085 I hear ya. Like I said, just my way of saying I’m done with the juvenile stuff

[Tom Harrington @cbctom]

@helen5700 @Joyisfree77 Apple Maps and Mapquest are fine

[Tom Harrington @cbctom]

@Walt_H69 @Joyisfree77 Yes I know. It’s a more symbolic protest for the company’s decision

[Tom Harrington @cbctom]

@OliverCash9 The change is only for US users. My point is a larger more symbolic one.

[Tom Harrington @cbctom]

@dmrider Good point. I assume you’d have to cross the border for the reference to change. I’ve got Apple Maps and Mapquest so I’m informed enough

[Tom Harrington @cbctom]

The fact that Lake America is an available on Google Maps only in the US feels like a metaphor.

The insular, comfortably isolationist world view of so many…

And the rest of us.

[Fox News @FoxNews]

IT'S OFFICIAL: Google Maps has changed "Lake Ontario" to "Lake America" following President Trump’s executive order.