@FitzpatJamie

Wrote The End of Music (@BreakwaterBooks), a novel about old grudges and new dreams and big bands in small towns. Also CBC Radio host/producer thingie

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Our podcast series "Inside The Rooms" was the subject of a nice chat on the @sjmorningshow today. Krissy put me in the guest's chair to take a few questions. cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-5…
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I had a great chat with @lgushue about fascinating painting by Helen Parsons Shepherd. Episode One of my podcast series digging into stories from the archive, museum, and art gallery @TheRooms_NL
The Rooms@TheRooms_NL15 Sep 2022
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Thank you for this feedback. The first episode is now available with closed captioning on Spotify and the other two episodes will be updated shortly. open.spotify.com/episode/7mG…

Inside The Rooms: Episode 1 - Helen Parsons Shepherd

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NEW | N.L.'s coastline is on the front line of the climate crisis. Meet some of the people preparing for that cbc.ca/1.6527362
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@DougJBalloon26 Feb 2022
I’m a columnist turned epidemiologist by trade, but I’ve spent the past 36 hours watching YouTube videos about successful insurgencies. Here’s what I think the Ukrainians need to do…(1/273)
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Really impressed with everyone who got an emergency PhD in epidemiology in 2020 and who now has somehow earned a master’s in Russian Studies
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Rawlings Cross will never stop illustrating what happens when you abandon good policy to bad arguments stated more emphatically.
The Telegram@StJohnsTelegram9 Feb 2022
It may be best to avoid Rawlins Cross at this hour. #nltraffic Via @TelyPhotoGosse saltwire.com/newfoundland-la…
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Found a few of Dad’s old #BlueStar spots. Created by Vaughn Whelan & Partners Advertising Inc. Played on an old ⁦@590VOCM⁩ portable tape deck. ⁦@markcritch⁩ ⁦@SonOfACritchTV⁩ ⁦@terryoinfluence⁩
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@Super70sSports25 Jan 2022
Today in 1984, your teacher pulled out this son of a bitch so you said screw it and just practiced drawing Van Halen’s logo for the rest of class.
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The Safest Place for Your Kids Right Now Is Inside the Scorpion Pit

“Are we supposed to disrupt our children’s education just because a handful of teachers don’t feel comfortable teaching in a dank pit with a bed of scorpions...

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@EpiEllie1 Oct 2021
Everyone keeps talking about covid becoming endemic, but as I listen to the conversation, it’s becoming more & more clear to me that very few of you know what “endemic” means. So here’s a thread on how pandemics end.
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@math_rachel1 Jan 2022
“Covid zero is impossible with omicron, so what’s the point in even trying to reduce/slow transmission?” My answer: 🧵 1/
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Wrapped up in an hour. Noticeable decrease in sweater dogs and marching bands. Dance schools out in full force. One Mariah play and no Snoopys Xmas. Also sited: random Batman and unaffiliated chicken. #yytxmasparade
Enthusiastic Santa this year, riding much smaller rig #yytxmasparade
Merry Christmas from a Jesus big army truck. #yytxmasparade
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40 minutes in and still awaiting first blast of Mariah Carey. What gives? #yytxmasparade
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K of C still on the case. Gotta admire the persistence #yytxmasparade
Good showing this year from mental health advocates 👍👍👍 #jacobpuddisterfoundation #yytxmasparade
“Season’s Greetings from JW Billard and Sons Trucking” #yytxmasparade
The Old Testament Santa warned us against worshipping graven images. But the Big Stick idolatry grows every year. #yytxmasparade
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