John Roscoe
@johnroscoe.bsky.social
"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.
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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
Tonight on Quantum Creep....
And so Pierre Poilievre finds himself leaping from riding to riding, striving to steal power from those who won it fairly, and hoping each time that his next leap... will be the leap home.
January 21, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Tonight on Quantum Creep....
My ladyfriend had her audio recorder with her, so I switched to movie mode. Who knows how many "music videos" this wee corker has made, but this is one of them.
Come for the beautiful song — stay for the opera jokes.
#EastCoastKin #BirdOfTheDay #BOTD #Birding #BirdWatching #Singing #Photography
Come for the beautiful song — stay for the opera jokes.
#EastCoastKin #BirdOfTheDay #BOTD #Birding #BirdWatching #Singing #Photography
January 21, 2026 at 5:35 PM
My ladyfriend had her audio recorder with her, so I switched to movie mode. Who knows how many "music videos" this wee corker has made, but this is one of them.
Come for the beautiful song — stay for the opera jokes.
#EastCoastKin #BirdOfTheDay #BOTD #Birding #BirdWatching #Singing #Photography
Come for the beautiful song — stay for the opera jokes.
#EastCoastKin #BirdOfTheDay #BOTD #Birding #BirdWatching #Singing #Photography
That's tenacity — a pit bull grip! The convention is just days away, and while I'd be delighted to see the party move on from this embarassing episode, I'm not sure they can.
He's slapped down or chased away anybody who might replace him; seems they might be stuck with him for a while longer.
He's slapped down or chased away anybody who might replace him; seems they might be stuck with him for a while longer.
• Eschewed party affiliation to personally "run for PM";
• payed $50,000 to evade debates;
• surreptitiously paid Patrick Brown's accusor's legal fees;
• still refuses security clearance that would force him to act on foreign interference in his leadership campaign....
It's the Poilievre Party now.
• payed $50,000 to evade debates;
• surreptitiously paid Patrick Brown's accusor's legal fees;
• still refuses security clearance that would force him to act on foreign interference in his leadership campaign....
It's the Poilievre Party now.
January 21, 2026 at 3:06 PM
That's tenacity — a pit bull grip! The convention is just days away, and while I'd be delighted to see the party move on from this embarassing episode, I'm not sure they can.
He's slapped down or chased away anybody who might replace him; seems they might be stuck with him for a while longer.
He's slapped down or chased away anybody who might replace him; seems they might be stuck with him for a while longer.
"Whoah! Where am I, Al?"
"Ziggy says this is a safe seat, but the constituents need-"
"You had me at 'safe seat.'"
"But Pierre, these folks have been ignored by the party for decades! Nobody bothers about them because they reliably vote Conserv-"
"Does Ziggy know where I can get some hair fondant?"
"Ziggy says this is a safe seat, but the constituents need-"
"You had me at 'safe seat.'"
"But Pierre, these folks have been ignored by the party for decades! Nobody bothers about them because they reliably vote Conserv-"
"Does Ziggy know where I can get some hair fondant?"
And so Pierre Poilievre finds himself leaping from riding to riding, striving to steal power from those who won it fairly, and hoping each time that his next leap... will be the leap home.
January 21, 2026 at 2:54 PM
"Whoah! Where am I, Al?"
"Ziggy says this is a safe seat, but the constituents need-"
"You had me at 'safe seat.'"
"But Pierre, these folks have been ignored by the party for decades! Nobody bothers about them because they reliably vote Conserv-"
"Does Ziggy know where I can get some hair fondant?"
"Ziggy says this is a safe seat, but the constituents need-"
"You had me at 'safe seat.'"
"But Pierre, these folks have been ignored by the party for decades! Nobody bothers about them because they reliably vote Conserv-"
"Does Ziggy know where I can get some hair fondant?"
Somebody Fonzerelli the jukebox — the record's skipping.
a man standing in front of a jukebox with a w on it
Alt: Henry Winkler as The Fonze standing in front of a jukebox with a w on it
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January 21, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Somebody Fonzerelli the jukebox — the record's skipping.
"You don't have to support our administration, but you can still buy our stuff."
Reminds me of this old chestnut...
Reminds me of this old chestnut...
It's like the joke about the Quaker mugger:
"Brother, I'd not hurt thee for all the world, for I am a pacifist and a man of God; this musket, however, *will* disperse your teeth out back of your head f'ye not abandon thy wallet, watch and phone this very instant."
"Brother, I'd not hurt thee for all the world, for I am a pacifist and a man of God; this musket, however, *will* disperse your teeth out back of your head f'ye not abandon thy wallet, watch and phone this very instant."
January 20, 2026 at 8:40 PM
"You don't have to support our administration, but you can still buy our stuff."
Reminds me of this old chestnut...
Reminds me of this old chestnut...
"In all *OUR SON'S* command," loudly sings the proud patriot standing next to you at the hockey game.
After the game, he goes home and delivers military secrets to the enemy.
After the game, he goes home and delivers military secrets to the enemy.
One in five Americans? That's about what I'd expect. However....
Y'know those blue signs that went up in your neighbours' front yards in April of last year?
Turns out, less than half of those people are on our side.
That I find a kind of surprising and very disappointing.
Y'know those blue signs that went up in your neighbours' front yards in April of last year?
Turns out, less than half of those people are on our side.
That I find a kind of surprising and very disappointing.
January 20, 2026 at 5:54 PM
"In all *OUR SON'S* command," loudly sings the proud patriot standing next to you at the hockey game.
After the game, he goes home and delivers military secrets to the enemy.
After the game, he goes home and delivers military secrets to the enemy.
As usual when something dramatic happens above the atmosphere over SW Ontario, the sky here is
January 19, 2026 at 11:39 PM
As usual when something dramatic happens above the atmosphere over SW Ontario, the sky here is
Me too! I know being shunned should sting, but I can't help but feel a bit sorry for them.
There they go, angry and steaming off boldly into the howling, empty and joyless void that is the Internet without me in it. What a *very* brave lot of blockers!
Good luck! Toodle-pip! Farewell! Tah-rah!
There they go, angry and steaming off boldly into the howling, empty and joyless void that is the Internet without me in it. What a *very* brave lot of blockers!
Good luck! Toodle-pip! Farewell! Tah-rah!
a man wearing glasses and a plaid shirt says bon voyage
Alt: a man wearing glasses and a plaid shirt shows how to say bon voyage in ASL.
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January 19, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Me too! I know being shunned should sting, but I can't help but feel a bit sorry for them.
There they go, angry and steaming off boldly into the howling, empty and joyless void that is the Internet without me in it. What a *very* brave lot of blockers!
Good luck! Toodle-pip! Farewell! Tah-rah!
There they go, angry and steaming off boldly into the howling, empty and joyless void that is the Internet without me in it. What a *very* brave lot of blockers!
Good luck! Toodle-pip! Farewell! Tah-rah!
Lights, please.
[starts film projector]
[starts film projector]
We used scanning electron microscopic tunneling magnetic resonance imaging to generate this detailed map of the current neurological state of the President's conscious mind:
Plinko The Price Is Right GIF
Alt: Plinko The Price Is Right GIF
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January 19, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Lights, please.
[starts film projector]
[starts film projector]
We used scanning electron microscopic tunneling magnetic resonance imaging to generate this detailed map of the current neurological state of the President's conscious mind:
Plinko The Price Is Right GIF
Alt: Plinko The Price Is Right GIF
media.tenor.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:55 PM
We used scanning electron microscopic tunneling magnetic resonance imaging to generate this detailed map of the current neurological state of the President's conscious mind: