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 used to be @JohnCRoscoe on Twitter; I'm John Roscoe all over the place.
"Grown-Assed Adult Reporter Asks Like He's A Colicky Tot With An Ear Infection If Airport Will Ever Be Expanded Ever; PM Declines" There's your headline.
Toronto Star@thestar.com · 3h agoMark Carney has declined to rule out ever having commuter jets fly into Billy Bishop airport, but said his government is focused on improving Toronto’s transport network in other ways — including an expansion at Pearson airport.
Days have passed; the diagnosis is in: on a continuum between "oiled machine" and "gooey dinking," the current administration scores nearest the goo.
Jeanine Pirro Screamed at Doug Burgum Over Reflecting Pool Case
Pirro let loose during an Oval Office meeting with Burgum and Donald Trump.
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John Roscoe@johnroscoe.bsky.social · 5d agoA case like this provides the public a rare diagnostic opportunity to glimpse the inner workings of the Justice Department; to discover whether it functions like a well-oiled machine, or grinds out addled dinkery lubricated in a hot mucilage of spite and malice.
Keep him away from sheets and corners
Wizard of Oz: Pay No Attention to the Man Behind the Curtain
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Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · yesterdayOh my god the dietician who is telling everyone in the White House to only eat steak and sauerkraut doesn't wipe his ass.
"After my doctorate in international relations, my years as a community advocate for causes I believe in, and having held elected positions at various levels of government," explained the candidate for the No Bug Eating Party, "I decided to run for leader." Just then a flock of pigs fluttered by.
Carney has ‘no obvious challenger’ among Conservatives, new poll says
There is “no obvious challenger” among Conservative politicians in Canada to Prime Minister Mark Carney, according to a new Nanos Research poll commissioned by CTV News.
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John Roscoe@johnroscoe.bsky.social · yesterdayIt's an HR problem as old as time: it's hard to attract and retain mature, intelligent, capable people when your business is a whimsically adolescent, incompetent enterprise selling malicious codswallop to malcontented curmudgeons. They're still featuring *this* on their website:
"Helen Konek of famous Nunavut photo dies at 95. Iconic 1949 photograph of Konek entering an igloo has drawn reaction from tens of thousands online." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
‘Not what you see on television’: Helen Konek of famous photo dies at 95 | CBC News
An iconic 1949 photograph of Helen Konek entering an igloo has gone viral dozens of times, giving viewers a glimpse into Arctic life. Konek died on July 25 at age 95, leaving lessons about hard work a...
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Granted, bad faith obstreperous encounters on BlueSky tend to be rare, brief and almost instantly dissolve in the acid of its "hard block" system which decouples unwanted exchanges. If you relate to your fellows that way, BlueSky is not for you. Also, you're an asshole.
John Scalzi@scalzi.com · 2d agoBluesky is a "liberal bubble" because fascist chuds can't get traction without algorithmic assistance and because people here trained themselves to block "debate me" trybois the instant they roll up
Dig that all black head-to-toe spandex suit! Getting ready to exit politics by way of The Famous People Players? Not sure he's qualified, but I guess it beats a return to delivering newspapers.
Heather e^-1/x^2@heathermoandco.bsky.social · 3d agoOmg, this is so pathetic. #PierrePoilievre #cdnpoli
When you boil off all the politics, bust open the carapace of siloed expertise and spray down the thick mucilage of accumulated misinformation and confirmation bias, what remains is a finite, soluble math problem anybody can see right through almost instantly. Clean air is good for us mammals.
Sphagnum Moss@mosssphagnum.bsky.social · 3d agoAnyone casting doubt on the effectiveness of filtration on the reduction of respiratory diseases ought to have a word with pig farmers because pigs get appropriately sized air filters in crowded spaces porkgateway.org/resource/pri...
I was working for a provincial liquor licensing agency (which issues the sort of license bars and pubs need to serve alcohol) around the time when bar owners realized that Red Bull mixed with vodka keep bums in seats longer and revenues higher. They loved it! But everybody else? It was chaos. /..2
Sasha Chavkin@sashachavkin.bsky.social · 3d agoHow research funded by Red Bull helped convince Health Canada to remove warning labels against mixing energy drinks with alcohol @alexboyd.bsky.social leads the Sunday front page of @thestar.com, in the latest big story in the #BehindtheBuzz investigation w the @theexamination.org
"Congenital birth defect? Yeah, I got one," the Ikea monkey took a long, slow drag on his cigarette, his gaze lost in the middle distance, "I was born into this stupid world, is my problem."
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3d agoWhy we’re all obsessed with Jimothy the raccoon, the internet’s animal of the moment | Elle Hunt
"Let me fix that for you. You forgot..." No, let *me* direct *you* to the "write your own goddamn post you shallow, coat tail-riding pedant" button:
"One day, my son," the tiny Yamagata B virion intoned solemnly, his protoplasm wobbling as he gestured toward a sea of vulnerable humans, "all this will be yours." But that was not to be. One bright morning in 2022, the sun rose on an Earth without Yamagata B for the first time in centuries.
Ian M. Mackay, PhD (he/him) 🦠🤧🧬📑🦟🧀@mackayim.bsky.social · 4d agoDuring COVID-19, we smashed flu virologydownunder.com/during-covid...
Oh my blessed redeemer, what comes over some people when they hit the reply button? "Expanding a port, huh? Well whuddabout [gripe], [grievance] and [complaint], huh? YA BIG RICH DIRTY LIAR DEVIL!" He's the PM making an announcement, not a scratching post — you spiral-eyed weirdos.
Cat playing on scratching post
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Mark Carney@mark-carney.bsky.social · 4d agoWe’re going to expand the Port of Vancouver. That will create 17,000 good jobs and make it easier to sell Canadian goods to new markets around the world.
"Hey, not *all* of us are considering hobbling your economy, invading your country and occupying it until we've bent you to our will — just the folks in charge (mostly)." Yeah, thanks, no. My advice? Diversify away from tourism; we're never coming back and, frankly, nobody else should, either.
Senator Patty Murray@murray.senate.gov · 4d agoTrump's ignorant choice to make an enemy of one of our strongest allies is having DIRECT results on U.S. tourism—and just like the rest of his policies, it's hurting our economy. My message to Canada: Washington state continues to welcome our Canadian friends and neighbors. 🇺🇸🇨🇦
Oscar is reborn! He spent longer than my #BlackSwallowTail #Caterpillar guests usually spend, but it was worth it: what a beauty. Your turn now, Phelix! #naturephotography #nature #wildlifephotography #Butterfly #insectphotography #MacroPhotography #Macro #Canada #eastcoastkin #photography #insects
John Roscoe@johnroscoe.bsky.social · 2w agoI'm hosting two black swallowtail caterpillars (Oscar and Phelix) on their journey into butterflydom. A couple of days ago, Oscar entered his chrysalis. (This footage has been sped up / slowed down) #ECK #MacroPhotography #Insects #Bloomscrolling #Butterfly #Transformation #NewYou #Rebirth #Reborn
"Your condition hasn't responded to conventional therapies, so I'm prescribing a placebo." "You know best, Doc. What's a 'placebo?'" "A sugar pill, basically. It works psychologically by making the patient *believe* they're taking powerful medicine." "But... then why did you just tell-" "Oh shit."
Jared Wesley@jaredwesley.ca · 5d agoYou can't generate leverage by telling everyone it's all for leverage. It's like signing a ransom note. 🤦♂️
A case like this provides the public a rare diagnostic opportunity to glimpse the inner workings of the Justice Department; to discover whether it functions like a well-oiled machine, or grinds out addled dinkery lubricated in a hot mucilage of spite and malice.
Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5d agoSo many sneering elitist journalists with snarky posts over the past months that the Reflecting Pool story was trivial. It was so trivial that the DC US Attny presented false evidence to a grand jury to indict an innocent man to please the President while they both lied about it.
In his memoir, The Fog of War, Robert McNamara recounts meeting with the N. Vietnamese ex-Foreign Minister long after the US withdrawal in 1973. He asks Mr. Thach why the Vietnamese didn't surrender — surely, they must have known the United States was wealthier and better armed. Thach replies...
Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5d agoNorth Vietnam in 1965 did not have anything close to the current military capabilities of Iran. But they continued to fight for another decade until we finally had enough. They were fighting for their country, we were not. Just as we are not now.
Gather 'round, children! I'll tell you the story of The Boy Who Cried Recession....
Reuters@reuters.com · 5d agoCanadian economy set for best quarterly growth in more than three years reut.rs/3RBkZgx
In the parallel universe where Stephen Harper won the 2015 election...
Olga Nesterova@onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 6d agoGod no.
If we're being honest, the control rods were already wonky before Poilievre took over, but he never repaired the malfunction; instead, he whaled on the nuclear pile with ball peen hashtags. Now Fauci's on trial and Poilievre's balancing his base's bloodlust against his own diminishing electability.
Conservative MP invites scientists challenging the widespread use of COVID-19 vaccines to appear on his TV show
Anti-lockdown advocates and scientists who question the widespread use COVID-19 vaccines are finding a home on a weekly TV show hosted by a Conservative MP.
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John Roscoe@johnroscoe.bsky.social · last wk."But it was already too late. There was nothing Mr. Poilievre could have done to contain the reaction by the time Dean Allison made his nutbar condemnations. The party was already spiraling further nutsward, only to collapse into a singularity of perfectly impenetrable, diamond-hard inelectability.
Oh there *will* be tourists. But the market has shifted. US destinations which used to extract a grotesque premium from monied Canadian gentlefolk — enticing them out of their luxurious cabin or palatial McMansion — will slash their prices to bait... less sophisticated revelers from their trailers.
Global News@globalnews.ca · last wk.New York is trying to lure Canadian tourists back. Will it work? globalnews.ca/news/1199790...
Bee working his way 'round a teasel bloom a couple of days ago. Been a good year for bees — at least in my neck of the woods. #Entomology #BugSky #MacroPhoto #MacroPhotography #NaturePhoto #BloomScrolling #NaturePhotographer #BirdsAndBees #Pollinator #Bees
Paraponocracy: noun, (fr. Greek, παράπονο [parápono, "grievance"]). Any form of government which is primarily concerned with avenging petty grievances and settling old scores with perceived enemies, be they real or imagined. Cf, Doug Ford's Ontario. #OnPoli
CTV News Kitchener@ctvnewskitchener.bsky.social · last wk.Ontario rethinking support for federal government’s Alto high-speed rail after Billy Bishop expansion blocked - The Doug Ford government is now rethinking its support for a high-speed rail project after the federal government ruled out expanding Billy Bishop Airport, a source has told CTV News.
There's "preaching to the choir" (when you're primarily addressing people who already sympathize with your cause), and then there's "sobbing incoherently while clutching at the choir's lapels as you melt hopelessly into a mass of shuddering abject fear (when you're a Canadian Conservative in 2026).
Audric Moses 🇨🇦@audricmoses.bsky.social · last wk.Canada's biggest disinformationists have gone full circle, and now it's "Trudeau Good" 😂. #cdnpoli
Bee on a coneflower yesterday in SW Ontario. #Entomology #BugSky #MacroPhoto #MacroPhotography #NaturePhoto #BloomScrolling #NaturePhotographer #BirdsAndBees #Pollinator #Bees
"Ladies and gentlemen, now that we're 30,000 feet in the air, may I ask you the most important question of your entire lives? That question is: have you accepted our Lord and Sav- sir? Sir! Wait! Where are you going, sir?" Me:
Deadpool Fortnite Skydiving Adventure
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Hemant Mehta@friendlyatheist.com · last wk.Evangelist Whitney Lynn says she preaches on planes because she loves “a captive audience.” She's not alone. It's becoming a trend. If spreading your message requires listeners who can't escape, maybe it's not as compelling as you think. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/christian-...
Imagine you walk into Costco and all the free sample folks are clinging to ceiling girders away up high overhead. And you have wings folded beneath your hardened overcoat. That was this ladybug's aphid experience yesterday at the Guelph Arboretum. #MacroPhoto #Entomology #BugSky #NaturePhotographer
