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John Roscoe

@johnroscoe.bsky.social

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"It's not easy having a good time... even smiling makes my face ache." I take photographs and crack jokes; a meditative creative obsessed with dialogue. I was @JohnCRoscoe on Twitter. johnroscoe.wordpress.com

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John Roscoe @johnroscoe.bsky.social · Feb 8

It's been a long week and you've all been very good, so I'm going to share — for the first time here on BlueSky — the ultimate Mrs. Peel #Caturday video.
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you...
🔥CHARIOTS OF TREATS (sound up!)🔥

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John Roscoe @johnroscoe.bsky.social · 4h

PUBLIC SAFETY CAMPAIGNS WITH CONFUSING IMAGERY:

Wear a well-fitting mask. Do up your seatbelt.

A woman wearing a baggy blue procedural mask with wide gaps and and not much help. Hey, that's not an n95 or better respirator!

A woman models a tastefully rustic-looking leather belt holding up her jeans. Hey, that's not a seatbelt!

John Roscoe @johnroscoe.bsky.social · 12h

Ernst Stavro Blofeld's abundant misanthropy was held in check only by an abiding affection for both hard currency and his cat. Were it not for either, Blofeld would have been a less transactional, more nihilistic Bond villain unmotivated by remuneration or cute cat videos. In this essay, I will....

Ernst Stavro Blofeld, as played by Donald Pleasance.

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Your daily John Waters screenshot @johnwatersbot.bsky.social · 16h

What's wrong with these children of today?

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John Roscoe @johnroscoe.bsky.social · 16h

Is there an argument to be made for re-shaping how beer is sold and liquor bottles collected in Ontario?
• Maybe.

Should we skip the discussion part and just shake things up without planning ahead?
• No, that's irrespon-

Ok, let's drop over *half a billion* to do it right bloody now.
• WTF, Doug?

As more Ontario Beer Store sites close, the real hangover may be over recycling the empties | CBC News

Empty Beer Store locations are filling with new tenants, from restaurants to pet shops — but no one seems to want to take Ontario's 1.6 billion empty containers.

www.cbc.ca

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John Roscoe @johnroscoe.bsky.social · 17h

"We were involved, sorta, but it wasn't, like, a direct hit."

Reminds me of the story of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 eleven years ago. Russia was involved, sure, but the *real* responsibility lies with those "wrong people" to whom Russia gave airliner-stopping missiles.

Russian President Putin said that Ukraine bore responsibility for the incident which happened in its territory, which he said would not have happened if hostilities had not resumed in the south-east of Ukraine.[9][315][316] At the end of July, State Duma deputy Ilya Ponomarev said in an interview for Die Welt that the separatists had shot down the airliner by mistake and that Putin now realised he had supplied the weapon to the "wrong people".[317] The Danish Institute for International Studies has pointed out to the similarities of Russian reaction to the downing of Korean Airlines flight KAL-007 in 1983 where the USSR initially denied any involvement.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_17

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John Roscoe @johnroscoe.bsky.social · 18h

Who are the remaining one in fi-i-I should've known it was those guys.

A graph from Frank Graves showing that 41% of Conservatives approve of Donald Trump, 2nd only to members of the PPC

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John Roscoe @johnroscoe.bsky.social · 18h

Put the toddler on a back seat leash so's they can pet the dog:

Popular Mechanics 1935 burlap dog sack carries Rover in a bag mounted to the outside of the car on hooks that hang on the open window frame.

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John Roscoe @johnroscoe.bsky.social · 1d

A fluorescent light flickers to reveal a long, low-ceilinged windowless room. Rows of shelves run lengthwise and line the walls; mason jars, carefully labeled by date, fill nearly all the shelves.

"At last," says The Collector, "at last."

Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 1d

10K toenail clippings needed for Canadian study on potential lung cancer risk https://globalnews.ca/news/11469664/lung-cancer-study-radon-gas-toenails-calgary/

𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

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Dr Nili Kaplan-Myrth, MD PhD @nilikm.bsky.social · 1d

That’s a wrap for me. Now I switch from MD to patient. A locum will cover my family medicine clinic while I have surgery and deal with whatever is next.

Post-menopausal women, speak with your MD if you bleed. Uterine cancer is suspected until proven otherwise. I hope sharing this helps others.

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John Roscoe @johnroscoe.bsky.social · 1d

Some people retire and they mellow like fine wine;
others run their luck dry, lose their gig and then age like something that rolled under the fridge when the groceries were being put away.

John Roscoe @johnroscoe.bsky.social · 1d

"Who should we call to represent Conservatives in a committee on National Security?"
"Well, that calls for an experienced statesman; somebody who would never invent evidence to smear a reporter and settle an old grudge."
"How about Chris 'Lock Her Up' Alexander?"
"Or we could get him, yeah good."

Headline: "'Lock her up' chant is srtike three for Tory Hopeful Chris Alexander: Hebert" from Toronto Star, Dec. 6, 2016.

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John Roscoe @johnroscoe.bsky.social · 1d

Found this shy moth in the corner on the outside of my window, so I tried firing the flash remotely, from t'other side of the glass. Click to zoom in!🔍

Dig that furry stole she's wearing — it's sweater weather, alright.
#MacroPhoto #Translucence #Insect #NaturePhotographer

John Roscoe @johnroscoe.bsky.social · 1d

"Soybeans?"
"No market for 'em."
"Cattle?"
"Too big and expensive."
"Chickens?"
"Better, but only profitable large-scale."
"How about ostriches?"
"Ha! That's so crazy it just might work!"

Later...

"Well, that didn't work."
"Wanna try grifting gormless splay-toothed convoy enthusiasts?"
"Heck yes."

Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 2d

What do you know, the ostrich farmers owe money all over Canada for the ostrich schemes of the past. They are in arrears on $250K worth of debt and their creditors find their interim payments of ostrich oil instead of actual loonies to be insufficient
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Creditors circle as cull controversy shines light on B.C. ostrich farmers' unpaid bills | CBC News

After years of chasing debts through the courts, creditors of a high-profile ostrich farm in southeastern B.C. have filed paperwork against the Canada Food Inspection Agency in the hopes of recouping ...

www.cbc.ca

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John Roscoe @johnroscoe.bsky.social · 1d

"At least I tried to be artful about it — this is just trauma porn."
~ Leni Riefenstahl In Hell

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John Roscoe @johnroscoe.bsky.social · 1d

Sure, it profits a man nothing if he sells his soul even for the whole world, but what's the percentage on swapping your soul for a hastily-thumbed text message from who knows who?

Probably less than nothing, Jake Tapper.
That's a spiritual give-away; a celestial bargain basement fire sale.

Heather e^-1/x^2 @heathermoandco.bsky.social · 2d

Thank goodness for @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com & the small handful of others who deliver honest analysis.
If you ever needed more evidence of what a self-interested feckless enabler @jaketapper.bsky.social is, look no further than this abomination from @cnn.com.

#DementiaDon #WeekendAtBernie’s

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John Roscoe @johnroscoe.bsky.social · 1d

Found a wooly bear caterpillar in the woods the other day. The ratio of brown-to-black "fur spikes" is supposed to predict how sever winter will be, but that sounds like hokum to me. Ain't enough that they're so dang adorable?

#MacroPhoto #NaturePhotography #Bugs #Insects #WoolyBear #Caterpillar

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John Roscoe @johnroscoe.bsky.social · 1d

I hope he sees those diseased BC ostriches in his dreams beckoning, pleading with him. "Why, Pierre, why do you support them but not us?"

Oh what a tangled web, when you're ready to stand with spiral-eyed malcontents like Ryan from Ottawa, but not virus-shedding Ollie the Ostrich from Edgewood.

John Roscoe @johnroscoe.bsky.social · 1d

Honestly? I think it's because, despite his many flaws, lack of education and experience and the fact that he makes decent people's skin crawl, Pierre Poilievre is all they got left.

John Roscoe @johnroscoe.bsky.social · May 10

Ambrose buggered off, Raitt retired, O'Toole packed up and left — heck, even Kellie Leitch had had enough.
Hard to believe, perhaps, but it seems we have arrived at the point where Pierre Poilievre is *the best the party has to offer.*

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John Roscoe @johnroscoe.bsky.social · 1d

I miss the old Chris Alexander, the pre-smearing innocent journalists with neither reason nor consequence Chris Alexander, back when he was merely a font of inanely cruel xenophobia and Skeletorian dinkishness.

This new guy is the pits.

A comparison of Chris Alexander and Skeletor. Mr. Alexander's comment was "Simply arriving on our shores and claiming hardships isn't good enough. This isn't a self-selection bonanza, or a social program buffet" (2014).

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John Roscoe @johnroscoe.bsky.social · 1d

Dunno. Seems a bit odd, retired Mr. Alexander being invited to Parliament’s Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security, given that the leader of the party to which he belongs is incapable of passing a security audit.

I always figured he was more of a Frank Burns than a Colonel Flag.

Chris Alexander and Larry Linville as Frank Burns of M*A*S*H fame.

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John Roscoe @johnroscoe.bsky.social · 1d

You'd think Chris Alexander would want to get out ahead of this and explain how he was duped or why he felt compelled to do some duping. Muttering "nationalsecurity" up your sleeve and sideling away is not the sort of thing one might expect from a man concerned with defending his own reputation.

Despite repeated requests for comment, Alexander has refused to speak to The Walrus on the record, citing unspecified national security concerns. He has not made any statements outside parliamentary protection on the subject of his accusations against Pugliese, and no new evidence has been offered. “I think there is now reason to seriously entertain the notion that they are forgeries,” says Rudling, who has corresponded with Bianchin about his investigation of the documents. “The burden of proof is now squarely on Alexander.”

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John Roscoe @johnroscoe.bsky.social · 1d

So you wanna be rejuvenated, huh?

Out: red light mask

In: carousel mask

I can hardly wait for you to meet the new you.

John Roscoe @johnroscoe.bsky.social · 2d

Get some helicopters to dump buckets of boron on the BC Conservative party before they go supernova, is my advice.

John Roscoe @johnroscoe.bsky.social · 2d

"Friends my folks, we got to get rid o'dat indoor smokin' ban."
"What? Why would-"
"Restaurants is loosin' bidness, the bars-"
"Waitaminute, did you take up smoking?"
"..."
"Mr. Ford? Do you smoke cigga-"
"Cigars."
"[sigh] You can't change the laws because you personally-"
"My kids got 'em in Cuba!"

trick van treat @derek.bike · 3d

the folks who are making a big deal about banning speed cameras sure have been caught by speed cameras a lot

Vehicles registered to Ford cabinet ministers caught by speed cameras more than 20 times | Globalnews.ca

Documents obtained by Global News reveal that, over three years, vehicles registered to Ford’s cabinet minister received more than $3,300 in fines for speeding.

globalnews.ca

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John Roscoe @johnroscoe.bsky.social · 2d

Especially after news got out that *his own ministers* are Tokyo drifting fast & furious on Ontario roads?

Pay attention, opposition parties: the very next speed-related accident belongs, gift-wrapped, to Doug Ford.

Vehicles registered to Ford cabinet ministers caught by speed cameras more than 20 times | Globalnews.ca

Documents obtained by Global News reveal that, over three years, vehicles registered to Ford’s cabinet minister received more than $3,300 in fines for speeding.

globalnews.ca

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