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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 · 10h

A million ways to be conservative in the world, and these Canadian jokers keep picking "American Republican!"

The office picture difference meme but it's harper and apoilievre and Trump and Vance.

John Roscoe @johnroscoe.bsky.social · 17h

Something snapped in the shared Conservative consciousness when Mr. Trudeau became a single guy. They may *never* fully recover.

Lay down on your side, hug your knees and jam a wooden spoon 'tween your teeth lest you swallow your own tongue in spasms of jealous rage, is my advice for Conservatives.

a man laying on the floor with a pink chair and a toolbox

Alt: a man laying on the floor with a pink chair and a toolbox

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John Roscoe @johnroscoe.bsky.social · 17h

I gather they're pretty tasty. Which, yeah — not my cuppa, but I don't begrudge anybody a free nutty bug treat.

John Roscoe @johnroscoe.bsky.social · 17h

Mr. Trudeau's sex life has long captured the Conservative imagination like no other PM.

"He's a preening toff, so effeminate!"
~S. Harper

"Libidinous Lothario Seduces Tennis Player!"
~Toronto Sun

"His powerful thighs flex like playful Friesian colts gamboling in a dewy copse."
~A. Coyne #CDNpoli

2015 Conservative campaign ad showing Trudeau juxtaposed with magic sprinkle glitter.

Trudeau lauds Andreescu at her victory rally:

Andrew Coyne complains that Trudeau in shorts gives him unhealthy urges.
https://x.com/acoyne/status/1176945288663072769

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John Roscoe @johnroscoe.bsky.social · 18h

This is like when Halloween rolls around and Dracula and The Mummy go hammer and tongs proving who loves Satan more.

John Roscoe @johnroscoe.bsky.social · 18h

"Hey how'd'y'do, I'm your new neighbour; just moved in down the street. Say, can I borrow a cup of crops? Just kidding! We'll be eating everything in our path and leave nothing but a broad swath of arid devastation in our terrible wake. See ya!"
#MacroPhoto #Insects #BugsOfBluesky #NaturePhotograph

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John Roscoe @johnroscoe.bsky.social · 19h

Likewise, I'll never need affordable daycare.

But I *do* need my radiologist, landscaper and editor to focus on my x-rays, shrubberies and manuscript and *not* worry about how they'll afford to take care of their kids while they're working for me!

So I guess I kind of *do* need affordable daycare.

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John Roscoe @johnroscoe.bsky.social · 20h

Dame wouldn't know a real communist were he gnawing on her shin.

John Roscoe @johnroscoe.bsky.social · 20h

There never was "cloud storage."
There was only ever your data on somebody's hard drive.

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John Roscoe @johnroscoe.bsky.social · 20h

Do studded tires *really* improve stopping distance in winter? Our analysis proved the opposite (using a chunk of tire & rim we cut in half because sciencing is hard).

An illustration of a tire on a rim, in cross-section.

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John Roscoe @johnroscoe.bsky.social · 20h

Yes, by all means, let us apply assorted homespun poultices and unpasteurized farm fluids to the patient. And don't let up until he's cured!

John Roscoe @johnroscoe.bsky.social · 21h

"Oh! So if President Trump is getting his Covid booster, I guess that means it's ok for us Albertans, too right?"

"RIGHT?"

Danielle Smith stands in for that precocious young fellow in the famous right? RIGHT? Star Wars meme.

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John Roscoe @johnroscoe.bsky.social · 21h

Just a wild Common Chicory bursting out of the South Western Ontario darkness.
#bloomscrolling

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John Roscoe @johnroscoe.bsky.social · 23h

Yes, the Official Opposition is *supposed* to be antagonistic of the sitting government. What it's *not* supposed to do is lie and cheat to undermine our shared national interests.

"I'm working hard to get us where we need to be."
"Bitch up front won't let me steer, so I'm riding the brakes."

B&W photo of two women riding a tandem bike. They appear smiling and happy.

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John Roscoe @johnroscoe.bsky.social · 23h

Apple cider vinegar may not cure *all* that ails you, but it's fine on French fries. And apple cider, taken in moderation, is a powerful antioxidant.

Did I say "antioxidant?" Sorry, I meant "intoxicant." Apple cider gets you pretty high — which, with a plate of well-garnished fries, is nice.

NPR @npr.org · 1d

A headline-grabbing study touting apple cider vinegar for weight loss has been retracted. Other claims for the internet-famous remedy are also under fire.

How apple cider vinegar cured everything — until it didn't

A headline-grabbing study touting apple cider vinegar for weight loss has been retracted. Other claims for the internet-famous remedy are also under fire.

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John Roscoe @johnroscoe.bsky.social · 23h

As read by a 1994 Datsun liberated at long last from tonelessly repeating "the door is ajar."

Reposted by John Roscoe

Nick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · 1d

I'm sure this would be "digitally sovereign" much in the way all the grapes at Loblaws are "grown in Peru."

ANALYSIS | Why OpenAI wants to help Canada build homegrown artificial intelligence | CBC News

OpenAI wants to help Canada build a sovereign digital infrastructure for artificial intelligence, putting the country in a tough spot as it tries to distance itself from overreliance on U.S. tech comp...

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John Roscoe @johnroscoe.bsky.social · 1d

Seems to me paying an OPP officer to park by the roadside and watch cars go by for a hundred twenty five grand a year is... "less than fiscally prudent" when machines do that far more efficiently and for much less.

John Roscoe @johnroscoe.bsky.social · 22d

"It's a cash grab!"

Oh my sweet summer child. Come, let me show you how much a dedicated police officer — trained in the application of *deadly force* in upholding the law! — is paid to poke a button, read a number and deliver a ticket that could have been sent through the mail...