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John Fitzbairn

@johnfitzbairn.bsky.social

Underemployed wine and food critic. Education and child care policy, STEM education. Former career as a pharmaceutical scientist. Wisconsin Badger fan

created September 5, 2023

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Tuberville looking at this comment and wondering what the issue is

2/9/2025, 7:33:06 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This is the right take

2/9/2025, 7:31:36 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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There wasn’t enough money for this program to meet its goals across the country in the first place.

2/9/2025, 4:45:44 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It’s ugly

2/9/2025, 12:15:48 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Let’s grow

1/9/2025, 1:10:56 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Is this why ND wasn’t running early?

1/9/2025, 12:58:56 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Are you guys watching Winston-Salem /tuskegee? Elite fits on the Tuskegee coaching staff

31/8/2025, 11:30:56 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This is Spencer’s bit isn’t it

31/8/2025, 12:38:40 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I don’t think they’re gonna keep Surber off the field tonight

30/8/2025, 11:29:28 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This is some of your better work

30/8/2025, 9:55:08 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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College football >>>> NFL

30/8/2025, 9:32:55 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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And living his best life. Do you know what lake Gus has his lakehouse on?

30/8/2025, 9:22:28 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I’m not a game day fan these days. That being said I respect the support he’s had from the rest of the cast. I can’t think of anyone who’s been able to age in the public eye the way he has and has had others have his back in such a meaningful and supportive way

30/8/2025, 2:50:02 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thank him for his service

30/8/2025, 12:19:41 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The moustache on the guy on the charlotte sideline though, Tombstone like

29/8/2025, 11:52:56 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Third year, remember Mordecai went down too

29/8/2025, 2:32:26 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Big ten football?

29/8/2025, 2:31:08 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Hiring Phil Longo to run the air raid at Wisconsin will do things to a person

29/8/2025, 1:30:28 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Having read your piece, I don’t think he’s got it in him

28/8/2025, 10:23:50 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I associate prize picks with him 100%

28/8/2025, 8:50:00 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I hear that there is a ton of watching/gambling on late night Hawaii games by hardcore gamblers. Is there any evidence with regards to gambling behaviour or ratings that backs this up? The story is always people who lost on the day and need to find a way to get back their money

28/8/2025, 8:44:22 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Mailbag

28/8/2025, 2:05:24 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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26/8/2025, 11:37:33 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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How long until we get GMs on the eyes list? Not in a “what’s wrong with you guys you’re not covering this” and more in a “fans know who these guys are and are gonna start calling for their heads on message boards”

25/8/2025, 5:49:19 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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New by Patrick Lennox and me in The Hub: thehub.ca/2025/08/25/p...

25/8/2025, 1:11:37 PM | 18 6 | View on Bluesky | view

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This is a great article, and damn it’s timely.

25/8/2025, 1:24:51 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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What’s your go to Ontario ice cream? I’m a big kawartha dairy guy

23/8/2025, 7:23:56 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Love those guys, didn’t know they had a hand in SZD.

23/8/2025, 7:17:11 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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With hospitals and schools boards being put under provincial supervisors, we are going to see that while there are efficiencies to be had, these institutions have more of a revenue (funding) problem than they have an out of control spending problem

23/8/2025, 1:11:13 PM | 5 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Book that wouldn’t burn

23/8/2025, 11:47:36 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Bob is frankly needing a raise

21/8/2025, 11:08:31 PM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Yesterday a member of Erik Adams campaign was caused of bribing a reporter by putting a wad of cash in a potato chip bag. Today Bob, VP of marketing for that potato chip company, seized the moment

21/8/2025, 11:07:55 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Put St FX in a reconstituted Big East you cowards

21/8/2025, 9:45:27 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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21/8/2025, 9:12:38 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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What I’m going to quote is “Nick Saban is a fraud “ says Steven Godfrey of Phantom Island

21/8/2025, 9:11:27 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Saban ain’t played nobody?

21/8/2025, 9:06:49 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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@hollyanderson.bsky.social “pig mistake” with Julia Roberts is a national marketing campaign waiting to happen

21/8/2025, 12:06:06 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Bartenders in Wisconsin are the best I’ve ever seen at this

20/8/2025, 7:43:48 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Cyndi, such a good one.

19/8/2025, 7:41:31 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Joe Purdy, worn out shoes. Matthew Ryan it could’ve been worse

19/8/2025, 7:41:05 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Red Dirt Girl, Emmy Lou Harris

19/8/2025, 7:39:00 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Toyoga!!

18/8/2025, 4:40:07 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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100%

18/8/2025, 1:10:23 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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How was the Riesling though?

17/8/2025, 12:42:40 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture treb (@treblaw.bsky.social) reposted

timeline rancid post spacehog

13/3/2025, 11:30:27 AM | 277 33 | View on Bluesky | view

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I went on the same journey you did, and somehow ended up with Real Sociedad. I asked a friend who the Wisconsin of La Liga was

16/8/2025, 10:02:31 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Jacques Pepin is a god, and there is nothing wrong with a cheap bottle of wine if you buy the right one

16/8/2025, 9:33:08 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Fitzbairn (@johnfitzbairn.bsky.social) reply parent

So I don’t know his policy record, except around social services in San Francisco. If you were to try to sell his policy achievements to the country where are you starting?

16/8/2025, 2:12:33 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I’m curious why you don’t see the California housing crisis as a major liability for him?

16/8/2025, 12:31:14 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This is good work

14/8/2025, 9:19:07 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This is great

13/8/2025, 11:02:31 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I was hoping it was a rival fan base that was trying to create drama, but had some legs. Like the Texas pole dancer monkey incident

12/8/2025, 6:30:45 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Also, Dad 1, Dad 2, snake disaster

10/8/2025, 10:34:18 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Jason, Dusty Rhodes, Mid South airlines, LOTR.

10/8/2025, 10:33:42 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Fulllcast has been in the pocket of the towing and insurance industries for years. Only explanation for how common that is among the fans

10/8/2025, 10:31:56 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Where are some guys is an underrated game to play

10/8/2025, 4:52:55 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Man it’s hard to find a place with a good Amaro selection these days

9/8/2025, 1:07:36 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Robots should fold my laundry and do my dishes, not write my books

5/8/2025, 7:04:52 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Randy replaces Bakula in a Quantum leap remake?

5/8/2025, 7:02:33 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Heck yeah

4/8/2025, 12:23:43 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Not unfair, but the tuition freeze and lack of mitigation funding are a disaster. The cuts to staff is making placements for students a real issue, and this is in fields with significant shortages

3/8/2025, 6:44:51 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I haven’t seen any regional college campus cuts yet, but I’ve seen a ton of programs cut. It’s ugly and getting worse

3/8/2025, 6:20:06 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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If you want a preview, check out what’s happening with drastic reductions in international students at Ontario universities and colleges

3/8/2025, 5:53:39 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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You don’t listen to the whole clip for the accent you a stupid English pig… you don’t do that. Yeah tell Detroit bullsh*t…. Trade me right f*ckin now…. I hope my Acadian cousins see this

2/8/2025, 11:48:39 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Is a baseball manager a celebrity because

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2/8/2025, 9:37:26 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Tom Waits, better off without a wife

2/8/2025, 7:00:37 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Have you never had the maple cookies we have in Canada? These are pretty much a knock off

2/8/2025, 4:32:48 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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How many people have tagged you with this?

29/7/2025, 11:31:15 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Feels like 40 here right now. What made up number are you gonna claim ?

29/7/2025, 10:16:45 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Shared this with a friend, he informed me his local Chuck E Cheese limits adults to two beers a visit. Orange county is not America (I’m saying this as a Canadian)

28/7/2025, 10:26:53 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I mean, I think it’s great when someone has this much joy in their lives

27/7/2025, 11:26:52 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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@peggyblair.bsky.social just so you’re aware, a post on Facebook about the junior hockey sexual assault trial has a screen capture of a post you made here. I screen shotted if you’d like to see

27/7/2025, 12:43:56 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Will the state of the union right now impact the grievance?

25/7/2025, 12:13:19 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Ha, get brown some energy drinks

24/7/2025, 9:46:00 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Isn’t San Jose’s 96% single family?

24/7/2025, 9:35:20 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I was skeptical, but the passion this man shows here has made me a believer

23/7/2025, 12:55:41 AM | 38 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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Almost made me spit coffee on the old laptop

22/7/2025, 1:39:19 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Ever bearing strawberries are a net negative. The strawberries they produce are so much worse than those in season

21/7/2025, 11:50:53 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Where do you stand on strawberry?

21/7/2025, 10:39:19 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It’s really good. I’ve thought a lot about it as a Canadian who went to a B1G school for grad school, but has become more of a fan of college ball in general as the years went on. I almost now identify as a sicko more than anything by. Partially because the B1G tv deal makes it really difficult here

21/7/2025, 6:14:20 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I’d watch this movie

20/7/2025, 10:48:40 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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RG3 would be current if knees weren’t inherently woke

20/7/2025, 10:05:55 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I mean yeah, that checks out

20/7/2025, 9:52:39 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I mean, where was Tony when this picture was taken ?

20/7/2025, 5:52:59 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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My wife “are Spencer and I both douchebag bros together, I think we are!” After seeing your comment on the car. It’s an awesome car

19/7/2025, 9:32:48 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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In Montreal

19/7/2025, 8:14:24 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Mennomex in Aylmer Ont. Thst said, I find it’s harder to find a good burrito than taco.

19/7/2025, 8:14:00 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Imagine how Genghid would have reacted, if he had been just constantly inundated with the news of what Shah Muhammed did to his ambassador

18/7/2025, 1:23:37 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Kirby is kind of giving me a little bit of Phil Collins

17/7/2025, 11:55:59 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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100%

16/7/2025, 9:37:43 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Do fantasy battles in movies and TV drive you nuts

16/7/2025, 9:34:14 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Honestly, with the barstool/fox rumours , you guys have a pregame niche too fill

16/7/2025, 7:41:20 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I’d watch the heck out of this

16/7/2025, 7:34:38 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I’ve only seen warnings around turmeric when it comes to “golden milk” for infants. It’s kind of terrifying frankly

16/7/2025, 12:24:23 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Which is the type of cricket where the teams take a break to get lunch?

15/7/2025, 7:02:51 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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How’s the lawn?

15/7/2025, 5:50:04 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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He’s horribly underrated. Could do it all, and there is no reason not to bring back the FB position and make it the weapon it deserves to be in today’s college and NFL game. Wisconsin brining back the FB this year will improve my life in a meaningful way

14/7/2025, 10:34:05 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Poblano, Chile relleno is something I have so much trouble finding in Canada, but I love it so much

14/7/2025, 10:25:00 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Heck yeah

14/7/2025, 6:53:24 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view