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
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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!)🔥
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you...
🔥CHARIOTS OF TREATS (sound up!)🔥
Thanks for getting this tradition going, @robcrank68.bsky.social; I'm having a ball meeting the #BirdOfTheDay call.
Here's a temporarily embarrassed #MourningDove for the #HeadShots theme. Don't fret, dear — those feathers will grow back even prettier than before.
#Birds #EastCoastKin #Photography
Here's a temporarily embarrassed #MourningDove for the #HeadShots theme. Don't fret, dear — those feathers will grow back even prettier than before.
#Birds #EastCoastKin #Photography
November 27, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Thanks for getting this tradition going, @robcrank68.bsky.social; I'm having a ball meeting the #BirdOfTheDay call.
Here's a temporarily embarrassed #MourningDove for the #HeadShots theme. Don't fret, dear — those feathers will grow back even prettier than before.
#Birds #EastCoastKin #Photography
Here's a temporarily embarrassed #MourningDove for the #HeadShots theme. Don't fret, dear — those feathers will grow back even prettier than before.
#Birds #EastCoastKin #Photography
Alien to Ripley: Let me tell you, I go around the cosmos and people will say, "Alien, you just don't understand why we're so mad about you laying your eggs in us." And it's kind of like...
Alien's mini-mouth: "Yeah, you're right. I don't."
Alien's mini-mouth: "Yeah, you're right. I don't."
November 27, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Alien to Ripley: Let me tell you, I go around the cosmos and people will say, "Alien, you just don't understand why we're so mad about you laying your eggs in us." And it's kind of like...
Alien's mini-mouth: "Yeah, you're right. I don't."
Alien's mini-mouth: "Yeah, you're right. I don't."
The Starlost (1973)
Ambitious plot, visionary cinematography, ernest performances from CTV Toronto studios. An interstellar macrocosm of both primitive and sophisticated humanity adrift in a hostile cosmos with a severely limited budget.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sta...
A work of thunderin' genius.
Ambitious plot, visionary cinematography, ernest performances from CTV Toronto studios. An interstellar macrocosm of both primitive and sophisticated humanity adrift in a hostile cosmos with a severely limited budget.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sta...
A work of thunderin' genius.
November 27, 2025 at 4:46 AM
The Starlost (1973)
Ambitious plot, visionary cinematography, ernest performances from CTV Toronto studios. An interstellar macrocosm of both primitive and sophisticated humanity adrift in a hostile cosmos with a severely limited budget.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sta...
A work of thunderin' genius.
Ambitious plot, visionary cinematography, ernest performances from CTV Toronto studios. An interstellar macrocosm of both primitive and sophisticated humanity adrift in a hostile cosmos with a severely limited budget.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sta...
A work of thunderin' genius.
Sure, we've known for years that speed cameras work well to protect kids in school zones, enforce laws that make roads safer for everybody, keep motorists' insurance rates low AND free up law enforcement to concentrate on real criminal activity, but....
Doug swerves right, every time.
Doug swerves right, every time.
November 26, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Sure, we've known for years that speed cameras work well to protect kids in school zones, enforce laws that make roads safer for everybody, keep motorists' insurance rates low AND free up law enforcement to concentrate on real criminal activity, but....
Doug swerves right, every time.
Doug swerves right, every time.
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #OnTheEdge — birds between land and sea or beach and lake, etc.
What I like about Killdeer: they always look like some mechanic just told them they need a new clutch plate but they don't get paid 'til next Tuesday.
#EastCoastKin #birds #naturephotography #photography
What I like about Killdeer: they always look like some mechanic just told them they need a new clutch plate but they don't get paid 'til next Tuesday.
#EastCoastKin #birds #naturephotography #photography
November 26, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #OnTheEdge — birds between land and sea or beach and lake, etc.
What I like about Killdeer: they always look like some mechanic just told them they need a new clutch plate but they don't get paid 'til next Tuesday.
#EastCoastKin #birds #naturephotography #photography
What I like about Killdeer: they always look like some mechanic just told them they need a new clutch plate but they don't get paid 'til next Tuesday.
#EastCoastKin #birds #naturephotography #photography
Reposted by John Roscoe
Re-upping this important seasonal PSA:
"Is *my* leafblower good for clearing snow?"
Try this easy test:
• Make sure your leafblower is plugged in;
• Fill a bathtub with sudsy water;
• Clutch that hateful noisemaker to your loins and climb in you berk.
Try this easy test:
• Make sure your leafblower is plugged in;
• Fill a bathtub with sudsy water;
• Clutch that hateful noisemaker to your loins and climb in you berk.
November 26, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Re-upping this important seasonal PSA:
I thought this was a clumsy Photoshop at first glance.
But no! Just more ham-fisted, ill-conceived slap dash rank buffoonery from the Doug Ford team. The efficacy of roadside semiotics is unimportant to this project; their audience isn't motorists, it's voters upset that speed cameras were removed.
But no! Just more ham-fisted, ill-conceived slap dash rank buffoonery from the Doug Ford team. The efficacy of roadside semiotics is unimportant to this project; their audience isn't motorists, it's voters upset that speed cameras were removed.
Waste of money & resources. The signs to replace speed cameras are too big & these newly delivered signs also won’t stay forever. They're temporary as the province works on a design for the final signs that will include large, flashing beacons. Thanks Doug. #onpoli
ottawacitizen.com/news/new-sch...
ottawacitizen.com/news/new-sch...
New school-zone signs too large for Ottawa street poles, councillor says
The city's timeline to install the new school-zone signs is unclear, as Tim Tierney says they are too large to fit on the city's poles.
ottawacitizen.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I thought this was a clumsy Photoshop at first glance.
But no! Just more ham-fisted, ill-conceived slap dash rank buffoonery from the Doug Ford team. The efficacy of roadside semiotics is unimportant to this project; their audience isn't motorists, it's voters upset that speed cameras were removed.
But no! Just more ham-fisted, ill-conceived slap dash rank buffoonery from the Doug Ford team. The efficacy of roadside semiotics is unimportant to this project; their audience isn't motorists, it's voters upset that speed cameras were removed.
"Fortunately, none of the residents of the gingerbread house were harmed when the structure collap- wait... hold on.... I am informed that, sadly, all of the survivors were eaten."
November 26, 2025 at 12:24 AM
"Fortunately, none of the residents of the gingerbread house were harmed when the structure collap- wait... hold on.... I am informed that, sadly, all of the survivors were eaten."
I don't claim to be Elmer the Safety Elephant or somethin' but isn't a sign which blots out the sky, the grass, the road, the sidewalk AND the children just maaaaybe so big it defeats its intended purpose?
#OnPoli
I guess it's a scalar expression of how much Ford wanted to ditch those speed cameras.
#OnPoli
I guess it's a scalar expression of how much Ford wanted to ditch those speed cameras.
November 25, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I don't claim to be Elmer the Safety Elephant or somethin' but isn't a sign which blots out the sky, the grass, the road, the sidewalk AND the children just maaaaybe so big it defeats its intended purpose?
#OnPoli
I guess it's a scalar expression of how much Ford wanted to ditch those speed cameras.
#OnPoli
I guess it's a scalar expression of how much Ford wanted to ditch those speed cameras.
Before Eric Braedon was Victor on The Young and Restless, he was Dr. Forbin, the brain behind the supercomputer COLOSSUS and star of the eponymous 1970 sci-fi mind-bender, COLOSSUS: The Forbin Project.
You won't believe this, but things don't work out as planned and the computer becomes the baddie.
You won't believe this, but things don't work out as planned and the computer becomes the baddie.
November 25, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Before Eric Braedon was Victor on The Young and Restless, he was Dr. Forbin, the brain behind the supercomputer COLOSSUS and star of the eponymous 1970 sci-fi mind-bender, COLOSSUS: The Forbin Project.
You won't believe this, but things don't work out as planned and the computer becomes the baddie.
You won't believe this, but things don't work out as planned and the computer becomes the baddie.
Hey people getting ready for holiday season with your folks! Have you considered building a CR box? It's cheap, easy and because MERV 13 furnace filters are industry-standard, you won't be beholden to some bespoke air filter manufacturer.
DIY instructions here...
itsairborne.com/pc-fan-corsi...
DIY instructions here...
itsairborne.com/pc-fan-corsi...
November 25, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Hey people getting ready for holiday season with your folks! Have you considered building a CR box? It's cheap, easy and because MERV 13 furnace filters are industry-standard, you won't be beholden to some bespoke air filter manufacturer.
DIY instructions here...
itsairborne.com/pc-fan-corsi...
DIY instructions here...
itsairborne.com/pc-fan-corsi...
"And the last public broadcaster to leave the nazi platform earned respect and admiration for their indefatigable tenacity!"
Just kidding! There's no prize for being the last one out; you'll just become a target for more aggravation, invective and pointless idiocy. Why *are* you hanging on, #CBC?
Just kidding! There's no prize for being the last one out; you'll just become a target for more aggravation, invective and pointless idiocy. Why *are* you hanging on, #CBC?
Dutch public broadcaster NOS quits X over disinformation reut.rs/3KpybRU
Dutch public broadcaster NOS quits X over disinformation
Dutch public broadcaster NOS on Tuesday said it had stopped posting on Elon Musk's social media platform X, as it said it did not want to facilitate the spreading of disinformation.
reut.rs
November 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
"And the last public broadcaster to leave the nazi platform earned respect and admiration for their indefatigable tenacity!"
Just kidding! There's no prize for being the last one out; you'll just become a target for more aggravation, invective and pointless idiocy. Why *are* you hanging on, #CBC?
Just kidding! There's no prize for being the last one out; you'll just become a target for more aggravation, invective and pointless idiocy. Why *are* you hanging on, #CBC?
"Coo, twenty-seven years! That's a fair bit of porridge, mate. Keep your mincers peeled for the little victories, that's my advice. Brew some hooch from banana peels and toe jam, breed racing cockroaches, get'cherself a dispensation for street shoes, like — it's the only way you'll keep your bacon."
November 25, 2025 at 8:39 PM
"Coo, twenty-seven years! That's a fair bit of porridge, mate. Keep your mincers peeled for the little victories, that's my advice. Brew some hooch from banana peels and toe jam, breed racing cockroaches, get'cherself a dispensation for street shoes, like — it's the only way you'll keep your bacon."
"Boycott? Hey, leave me out of it; I'm not into the politics of grocery shopping."
Ok fine! But what if I told you that much of the stuff we're boycotting is — by the manufacturer's own admission — a bit sh*t?
(It's not really a boycott if you're merely averse to eating food that's a bit sh*t.)
Ok fine! But what if I told you that much of the stuff we're boycotting is — by the manufacturer's own admission — a bit sh*t?
(It's not really a boycott if you're merely averse to eating food that's a bit sh*t.)
A Campbell's Soup exec on a recording: “We have sh*t for f**king poor people. Who buys our sh*t? . . . It’s not healthy now that I know what the f**ks in it . . . bioengineered meat, I don’t wanna eat a piece of chicken that came from a 3D printer.” Oops!
www.thecampbellscompany.com/newsroom/new...
www.thecampbellscompany.com/newsroom/new...
Company statement on the Garza Lawsuit and alleged audio recording - The Campbell's Company
We want to make sure you know the facts. Robert Garza, a former Campbell’s employee, recently released an alleged audio recording of him speaking with Campbell’s VP of Information Technology, Martin B...
www.thecampbellscompany.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
"Boycott? Hey, leave me out of it; I'm not into the politics of grocery shopping."
Ok fine! But what if I told you that much of the stuff we're boycotting is — by the manufacturer's own admission — a bit sh*t?
(It's not really a boycott if you're merely averse to eating food that's a bit sh*t.)
Ok fine! But what if I told you that much of the stuff we're boycotting is — by the manufacturer's own admission — a bit sh*t?
(It's not really a boycott if you're merely averse to eating food that's a bit sh*t.)
I bet there's a good compound German word for the feeling of relief tinged with anxiety that comes from knowing that the world would be reduced to smouldering rubble but for the utterly insipid, astonishingly juvenile incompetence of those who would destroy it.
November 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I bet there's a good compound German word for the feeling of relief tinged with anxiety that comes from knowing that the world would be reduced to smouldering rubble but for the utterly insipid, astonishingly juvenile incompetence of those who would destroy it.
Billions in debt, millions lost in real estate shuffles and dodgy slush funds, green spaces paved, conservation obligations abandoned, life-saving traffic measures swapped for signs too big to use, and now threats, intimidation and Trumpish abuse of power BUT...
He wore a slogan hat that one time.
He wore a slogan hat that one time.
November 25, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Billions in debt, millions lost in real estate shuffles and dodgy slush funds, green spaces paved, conservation obligations abandoned, life-saving traffic measures swapped for signs too big to use, and now threats, intimidation and Trumpish abuse of power BUT...
He wore a slogan hat that one time.
He wore a slogan hat that one time.
🚨D A N G E R 🚨 🚨D A N G E R 🚨 🚨D A N G E R 🚨
Sure, legalizing marijuana brought in *billions* in revenue for cash-starved provinces, but it *also* caused Conservative politicians to swallow their gum and fall off their barstools.
Sure, legalizing marijuana brought in *billions* in revenue for cash-starved provinces, but it *also* caused Conservative politicians to swallow their gum and fall off their barstools.
November 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
🚨D A N G E R 🚨 🚨D A N G E R 🚨 🚨D A N G E R 🚨
Sure, legalizing marijuana brought in *billions* in revenue for cash-starved provinces, but it *also* caused Conservative politicians to swallow their gum and fall off their barstools.
Sure, legalizing marijuana brought in *billions* in revenue for cash-starved provinces, but it *also* caused Conservative politicians to swallow their gum and fall off their barstools.
"I am trying, Donald, but it won't come off!"
"Well, Blair-"
"Jair."
"Whatever. There's nothing I can do for you until you remove-"
"Augh! Now they'll see I've tampered with it."
"Just tell 'em you were hallucinating."
"That's not-"
"I do it *all* the time. My people just cover it up; nobody cares."
"Well, Blair-"
"Jair."
"Whatever. There's nothing I can do for you until you remove-"
"Augh! Now they'll see I've tampered with it."
"Just tell 'em you were hallucinating."
"That's not-"
"I do it *all* the time. My people just cover it up; nobody cares."
November 25, 2025 at 2:21 PM
"I am trying, Donald, but it won't come off!"
"Well, Blair-"
"Jair."
"Whatever. There's nothing I can do for you until you remove-"
"Augh! Now they'll see I've tampered with it."
"Just tell 'em you were hallucinating."
"That's not-"
"I do it *all* the time. My people just cover it up; nobody cares."
"Well, Blair-"
"Jair."
"Whatever. There's nothing I can do for you until you remove-"
"Augh! Now they'll see I've tampered with it."
"Just tell 'em you were hallucinating."
"That's not-"
"I do it *all* the time. My people just cover it up; nobody cares."
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #HangingAround: #Birds with interesting attitudes to gravity, so you're bound to see plenty of #Nuthatches — which is nice, 'cuz they're busy little corkers! This one could barely stand still long enough for a portrait. #Photography #NaturePhotographer #EastCoastKin
November 25, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #HangingAround: #Birds with interesting attitudes to gravity, so you're bound to see plenty of #Nuthatches — which is nice, 'cuz they're busy little corkers! This one could barely stand still long enough for a portrait. #Photography #NaturePhotographer #EastCoastKin
Reposted by John Roscoe
Important to act on this now 👇
act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/181763/...
act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/181763/...
Water is Not For Sale. It’s a Public Right.
For the health of the water and our communities, we can’t afford to test the waters of privatization. Sign on now to urge the provincial government to ensure water and wastewater services in Ontario r...
act.environmentaldefence.ca
November 24, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Important to act on this now 👇
act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/181763/...
act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/181763/...
[leans into frame with coffee mug]
All leafblowers churn up a toxic plume of desiccated bird and rodent poops and assorted organic detritus like insect parts and bits of old beaks. That's the miasma the operator inhales — their lungs a litterbox of the outdoors!
[leans back out of frame, sipping]
All leafblowers churn up a toxic plume of desiccated bird and rodent poops and assorted organic detritus like insect parts and bits of old beaks. That's the miasma the operator inhales — their lungs a litterbox of the outdoors!
[leans back out of frame, sipping]
A reminder that gas-powered leafblowers are nightmare devices that are bad for you, bad for your lawn, and very bad for the environment. They fume and scream and kill the world all so you can messily and ineffectively move leaves around, leaves which are generally supposed to stay where they fell.
November 24, 2025 at 7:01 PM
[leans into frame with coffee mug]
All leafblowers churn up a toxic plume of desiccated bird and rodent poops and assorted organic detritus like insect parts and bits of old beaks. That's the miasma the operator inhales — their lungs a litterbox of the outdoors!
[leans back out of frame, sipping]
All leafblowers churn up a toxic plume of desiccated bird and rodent poops and assorted organic detritus like insect parts and bits of old beaks. That's the miasma the operator inhales — their lungs a litterbox of the outdoors!
[leans back out of frame, sipping]
All this cross-jurisdictional skulldinkery — rules against bike lanes, ripping out speed cameras, outlawing school boards — are fingers on the same fist punching Ontario's municipalities in the face.
But do they fight back?
"Good one, Doug. That's a shiner for sure. Give us one right in the nose!"
But do they fight back?
"Good one, Doug. That's a shiner for sure. Give us one right in the nose!"
A staggeringly wrong-headed move that can only make traffic more congested and dangerous for all commuters.
But Ontario loves loves loves it.
These people, man. I just can't with you, Ontario.
But Ontario loves loves loves it.
These people, man. I just can't with you, Ontario.
November 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
All this cross-jurisdictional skulldinkery — rules against bike lanes, ripping out speed cameras, outlawing school boards — are fingers on the same fist punching Ontario's municipalities in the face.
But do they fight back?
"Good one, Doug. That's a shiner for sure. Give us one right in the nose!"
But do they fight back?
"Good one, Doug. That's a shiner for sure. Give us one right in the nose!"
A staggeringly wrong-headed move that can only make traffic more congested and dangerous for all commuters.
But Ontario loves loves loves it.
These people, man. I just can't with you, Ontario.
But Ontario loves loves loves it.
These people, man. I just can't with you, Ontario.
November 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
A staggeringly wrong-headed move that can only make traffic more congested and dangerous for all commuters.
But Ontario loves loves loves it.
These people, man. I just can't with you, Ontario.
But Ontario loves loves loves it.
These people, man. I just can't with you, Ontario.