Chris Herrington
@herrington826.bsky.social
Labrador retriever docent, sailor, fly-fisher. Wear sunscreen.
Two things in today's news to be happy about..
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N.B. government to stop using social media platform X after request from advocate | CBC News
Following a report highlighting concerns about sexualization and exploitation on X, formerly Twitter, the New Brunswick government will stop using the social media platform.
www.cbc.ca
February 5, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Two things in today's news to be happy about..
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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davos wasn’t about trump’s speech.
it was about allies concluding they can’t rely on the united states anymore.
that’s not anti-american.
it’s strategic reality.
@gzeromedia.com
it was about allies concluding they can’t rely on the united states anymore.
that’s not anti-american.
it’s strategic reality.
@gzeromedia.com
Has the US-led world order ended? | ask ian
YouTube video by GZERO Media
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January 21, 2026 at 6:03 PM
davos wasn’t about trump’s speech.
it was about allies concluding they can’t rely on the united states anymore.
that’s not anti-american.
it’s strategic reality.
@gzeromedia.com
it was about allies concluding they can’t rely on the united states anymore.
that’s not anti-american.
it’s strategic reality.
@gzeromedia.com
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Reposted by Chris Herrington
Reposted by Chris Herrington
The battle over Canada's mystery brain disease
The battle over Canada's mystery brain disease
A small Canadian province feared it had a mystery neurological illness on its hands. The search for answers set off a battle for the truth.
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January 11, 2026 at 12:34 AM
The battle over Canada's mystery brain disease
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It is absolutely pathetic that a government that included a costed election promise for clean air in public indoor spaces has done NOTHING new to improve indoor air quality.
January 8, 2026 at 12:04 PM
It is absolutely pathetic that a government that included a costed election promise for clean air in public indoor spaces has done NOTHING new to improve indoor air quality.
Same lake with snow. #labradorretriever
January 4, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Same lake with snow. #labradorretriever
Labs on ice @Mayflower Lake. #labradorretriever
January 4, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Labs on ice @Mayflower Lake. #labradorretriever
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The Canadian Navy wants to build in Canada.
Ships, their own drones, ...
The Canadian Air Force will lie about everything in attempts to buy only made in the USA.
Sadly that is common with the people in the CAF who decide what we should buy.
Time for a change.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Ships, their own drones, ...
The Canadian Air Force will lie about everything in attempts to buy only made in the USA.
Sadly that is common with the people in the CAF who decide what we should buy.
Time for a change.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Navy ponders concept of Canadian-built amphibious landing ship for Arctic operations | CBC News
With Canada ramping up defence spending, the navy is looking at how it can move equipment and personnel quickly throughout the Arctic and the world. The answer might be an amphibious landing ship, say...
www.cbc.ca
December 27, 2025 at 12:43 PM
The Canadian Navy wants to build in Canada.
Ships, their own drones, ...
The Canadian Air Force will lie about everything in attempts to buy only made in the USA.
Sadly that is common with the people in the CAF who decide what we should buy.
Time for a change.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Ships, their own drones, ...
The Canadian Air Force will lie about everything in attempts to buy only made in the USA.
Sadly that is common with the people in the CAF who decide what we should buy.
Time for a change.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Pour one out for Jim Moylan
RIP The Guy Who Put The Little Arrow On Your Fuel Gauge Though I Think There Was An Earlier One - The Autopian
If there’s one car fact or Easter Egg or detail (or whatever you want to call it) that seems to delight non-car-obsessed people more than any other one, I think it has to be this one: fuel gauges tend...
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December 27, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Pour one out for Jim Moylan
Our new squirrel-proof bird feeder.
December 26, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Our new squirrel-proof bird feeder.
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The late great BOB HOSKINS with a brilliant story about how Brian De Palma passing on him to play Al Capone in ‘The Untouchables’ led to Bob asking De Palma if there were any more films he didn’t want him to be in.
December 22, 2025 at 1:34 PM
The late great BOB HOSKINS with a brilliant story about how Brian De Palma passing on him to play Al Capone in ‘The Untouchables’ led to Bob asking De Palma if there were any more films he didn’t want him to be in.
Rain on the ice at Mayflower Lake. Also on the Labradors.
December 20, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Rain on the ice at Mayflower Lake. Also on the Labradors.
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Dr. Leila Denmark co-developed the pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine.
World's oldest practicing pediatrician until she retired at age 103 (after 73 yrs). At the time of her death at age 114 & 60 days, she was the 5th-oldest validated living person in the world & 3rd-oldest in the US. #WomenInSTEM
World's oldest practicing pediatrician until she retired at age 103 (after 73 yrs). At the time of her death at age 114 & 60 days, she was the 5th-oldest validated living person in the world & 3rd-oldest in the US. #WomenInSTEM
December 15, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Dr. Leila Denmark co-developed the pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine.
World's oldest practicing pediatrician until she retired at age 103 (after 73 yrs). At the time of her death at age 114 & 60 days, she was the 5th-oldest validated living person in the world & 3rd-oldest in the US. #WomenInSTEM
World's oldest practicing pediatrician until she retired at age 103 (after 73 yrs). At the time of her death at age 114 & 60 days, she was the 5th-oldest validated living person in the world & 3rd-oldest in the US. #WomenInSTEM
This will make you smile.
Today in “Dudes Rock”:
A dude playing Dire Straits’s “Sultans of Swing” guitar solo on…a recorder.
A dude playing Dire Straits’s “Sultans of Swing” guitar solo on…a recorder.
December 12, 2025 at 9:31 PM
This will make you smile.
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"We recently announced that Netflix will acquire William Shakespeare, including his plays, sonnets, narrative poems and indeed also his biography and everything he ever said. This unites our leading entertainment service with William Shakespeare's iconic stories. 'All the world's a Netflix!'"
December 6, 2025 at 11:40 PM
"We recently announced that Netflix will acquire William Shakespeare, including his plays, sonnets, narrative poems and indeed also his biography and everything he ever said. This unites our leading entertainment service with William Shakespeare's iconic stories. 'All the world's a Netflix!'"
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Freddie Freeman traumatizes sick children. #SMH www.instagram.com/p/DR4lwk1Dr6u/
December 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Freddie Freeman traumatizes sick children. #SMH www.instagram.com/p/DR4lwk1Dr6u/
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If you haven't watched ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, maybe you should. It's an action picture with a high IQ.
December 1, 2025 at 12:59 AM
If you haven't watched ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, maybe you should. It's an action picture with a high IQ.
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This absolute monster salmon was just trapped in Snæfellsnes. They took his sperm for deep freezing and let it go again.
Svakalegur lax á Snæfellsnesi - Vísir
Jóhannes Sturlaugsson fiskifræðingur veiddi nýverið sannkallaðan risalax í búr í Haffjarðará á sunnanverðu Snæfellsnesi. Jóhannes telur að um sé að ræða stærsta Atlantshafslax sem veiðst hefur í háf.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
This absolute monster salmon was just trapped in Snæfellsnes. They took his sperm for deep freezing and let it go again.
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
Everyone loves peanuts. #labradorretriever
November 10, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Everyone loves peanuts. #labradorretriever