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
"Look, I don't pretend to be some kinda political Kreskin, ok? What I know is hockey, period. All this off-ice stuff — styrofoam breakfast cereal, Conservative PMs, child-rapey old racists with insane vendettas bent on annexing the country where I was born and all like that — that's private stuff."
November 13, 2025 at 10:31 PM
"Look, I don't pretend to be some kinda political Kreskin, ok? What I know is hockey, period. All this off-ice stuff — styrofoam breakfast cereal, Conservative PMs, child-rapey old racists with insane vendettas bent on annexing the country where I was born and all like that — that's private stuff."
LEFT: April 2025
"Hey man, it's been a slice and thanks for the seed and stuff, but spring's here so I gotta bounce."
RIGHT: Nov. 2025
"Dude! How you been? Hey, thanks for the suet block."
Delighted to see you again, little Dark Eyed Junco.
#Bird #Birding #Winter #Birdwatching #NaturePhotography
"Hey man, it's been a slice and thanks for the seed and stuff, but spring's here so I gotta bounce."
RIGHT: Nov. 2025
"Dude! How you been? Hey, thanks for the suet block."
Delighted to see you again, little Dark Eyed Junco.
#Bird #Birding #Winter #Birdwatching #NaturePhotography
November 13, 2025 at 8:55 PM
LEFT: April 2025
"Hey man, it's been a slice and thanks for the seed and stuff, but spring's here so I gotta bounce."
RIGHT: Nov. 2025
"Dude! How you been? Hey, thanks for the suet block."
Delighted to see you again, little Dark Eyed Junco.
#Bird #Birding #Winter #Birdwatching #NaturePhotography
"Hey man, it's been a slice and thanks for the seed and stuff, but spring's here so I gotta bounce."
RIGHT: Nov. 2025
"Dude! How you been? Hey, thanks for the suet block."
Delighted to see you again, little Dark Eyed Junco.
#Bird #Birding #Winter #Birdwatching #NaturePhotography
Say, how's that "softer side" makeover coming along, I wonder.
November 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Say, how's that "softer side" makeover coming along, I wonder.
"Look, I get it: you don't like being crushed beneath the heel of marauding nomadic warriors. Hey, newsflash: I don't like doing it. But have you met my little brother Phineas? Trust me, you'd beg me to come back in a *New York minute* if that freak-ass psycho took over."
~ Genghis Khan, 1192
~ Genghis Khan, 1192
November 12, 2025 at 5:45 PM
"Look, I get it: you don't like being crushed beneath the heel of marauding nomadic warriors. Hey, newsflash: I don't like doing it. But have you met my little brother Phineas? Trust me, you'd beg me to come back in a *New York minute* if that freak-ass psycho took over."
~ Genghis Khan, 1192
~ Genghis Khan, 1192
(this is not an entirely hypothetical proposition)
November 12, 2025 at 1:32 PM
(this is not an entirely hypothetical proposition)
The comparison to inverted pro wrestling dramatics is pretty keen, alright.
November 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The comparison to inverted pro wrestling dramatics is pretty keen, alright.
"Me? Not a well-rounded normal person? It is to laugh! I'll have you know I often enjoy Readers' Digest condensed versions of classic novels."
What a bellend.
What a bellend.
November 11, 2025 at 2:47 PM
"Me? Not a well-rounded normal person? It is to laugh! I'll have you know I often enjoy Readers' Digest condensed versions of classic novels."
What a bellend.
What a bellend.
I spotted this Clouded Sulphur Butterfly in SW Ontario, alighting on some wild asters about a month ago. Just a sweet, tiny emerald beauty for you on a cold wet Monday afternoon.
#BloomScrolling #SpringIsComing #Butterflies
#BloomScrolling #SpringIsComing #Butterflies
November 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I spotted this Clouded Sulphur Butterfly in SW Ontario, alighting on some wild asters about a month ago. Just a sweet, tiny emerald beauty for you on a cold wet Monday afternoon.
#BloomScrolling #SpringIsComing #Butterflies
#BloomScrolling #SpringIsComing #Butterflies
"Chris d'Entremont totally deserves to eat lunch at the nerd table forever and all the actually cool kids hate him now what a loser."
There's your "government in waiting," Canada.
There's your "government in waiting," Canada.
November 9, 2025 at 6:51 PM
"Chris d'Entremont totally deserves to eat lunch at the nerd table forever and all the actually cool kids hate him now what a loser."
There's your "government in waiting," Canada.
There's your "government in waiting," Canada.
Woke up to an Ontario winter wonderland this morning (that's like a regular winter wonderland, but the snow is so heavy shoveling it feels like pushing around a pile of wet towels).
Instead: here's a picture of the future — this is from next spring.
#Flowers #BloomScrolling #SpringIsComing
Instead: here's a picture of the future — this is from next spring.
#Flowers #BloomScrolling #SpringIsComing
November 9, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Woke up to an Ontario winter wonderland this morning (that's like a regular winter wonderland, but the snow is so heavy shoveling it feels like pushing around a pile of wet towels).
Instead: here's a picture of the future — this is from next spring.
#Flowers #BloomScrolling #SpringIsComing
Instead: here's a picture of the future — this is from next spring.
#Flowers #BloomScrolling #SpringIsComing
"Pull, ye scurvy dogs, pull!" howled the galley master as he beat his ragged drum, "pull that oar or by Neptune's beard I'll whip yon salty hides 'till they're raw! And don't even *dream* of ever leaving this ship! This is the SS Conservative — once ye come aboard, ye shall *never* go ashore again!"
November 9, 2025 at 1:35 AM
"Pull, ye scurvy dogs, pull!" howled the galley master as he beat his ragged drum, "pull that oar or by Neptune's beard I'll whip yon salty hides 'till they're raw! And don't even *dream* of ever leaving this ship! This is the SS Conservative — once ye come aboard, ye shall *never* go ashore again!"
"...and that's not all! When I get my hands on you, I'll-"
"Pierre?"
"..."
"Pierre, is that you?"
"Uh... No?"
"[sigh] Pierre, I know it's you. You're calling on your own phone; I can see your name — it's right there."
"Whodisnewphonewrongnumbersorrythanksbye."
"Pierre?"
"..."
"Pierre, is that you?"
"Uh... No?"
"[sigh] Pierre, I know it's you. You're calling on your own phone; I can see your name — it's right there."
"Whodisnewphonewrongnumbersorrythanksbye."
November 8, 2025 at 7:07 PM
"...and that's not all! When I get my hands on you, I'll-"
"Pierre?"
"..."
"Pierre, is that you?"
"Uh... No?"
"[sigh] Pierre, I know it's you. You're calling on your own phone; I can see your name — it's right there."
"Whodisnewphonewrongnumbersorrythanksbye."
"Pierre?"
"..."
"Pierre, is that you?"
"Uh... No?"
"[sigh] Pierre, I know it's you. You're calling on your own phone; I can see your name — it's right there."
"Whodisnewphonewrongnumbersorrythanksbye."
"Ready for the Trump rally?"
"Sure am! Got my adult diaper, my ear bandage and third-term banner."
"What, no barbiturates?"
"Barb who?"
"Downers, silly! It's what all the hardcore fans are doing — to feign geriatric narcolepsy."
"But... won't that put me to sleep?"
"Duh."
"Sure am! Got my adult diaper, my ear bandage and third-term banner."
"What, no barbiturates?"
"Barb who?"
"Downers, silly! It's what all the hardcore fans are doing — to feign geriatric narcolepsy."
"But... won't that put me to sleep?"
"Duh."
November 8, 2025 at 3:16 PM
"Ready for the Trump rally?"
"Sure am! Got my adult diaper, my ear bandage and third-term banner."
"What, no barbiturates?"
"Barb who?"
"Downers, silly! It's what all the hardcore fans are doing — to feign geriatric narcolepsy."
"But... won't that put me to sleep?"
"Duh."
"Sure am! Got my adult diaper, my ear bandage and third-term banner."
"What, no barbiturates?"
"Barb who?"
"Downers, silly! It's what all the hardcore fans are doing — to feign geriatric narcolepsy."
"But... won't that put me to sleep?"
"Duh."
Excerpted from the article cited above. Dig that cheeky "I think you know exactly what I mean" jibe — that's for the hardcore "boots on necks" fans.
This mendacious gobshite — and whatever bipedal horror next replaces him — must never form a government in Canada or anywhere else.
This mendacious gobshite — and whatever bipedal horror next replaces him — must never form a government in Canada or anywhere else.
November 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Excerpted from the article cited above. Dig that cheeky "I think you know exactly what I mean" jibe — that's for the hardcore "boots on necks" fans.
This mendacious gobshite — and whatever bipedal horror next replaces him — must never form a government in Canada or anywhere else.
This mendacious gobshite — and whatever bipedal horror next replaces him — must never form a government in Canada or anywhere else.
Effecting change in a democracy, how it started/going.
November 8, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Effecting change in a democracy, how it started/going.
How it started / how it's going.
"Of COURSE we condemn any politician who crosses the ai-ai-yi-yi, yikes, how embarrassing."
"Of COURSE we condemn any politician who crosses the ai-ai-yi-yi, yikes, how embarrassing."
November 7, 2025 at 7:44 PM
How it started / how it's going.
"Of COURSE we condemn any politician who crosses the ai-ai-yi-yi, yikes, how embarrassing."
"Of COURSE we condemn any politician who crosses the ai-ai-yi-yi, yikes, how embarrassing."
The Beachcombers, a🧵
The flaming hulk of the Canadian Conservative Party runs aground near Molly's Reach and Nick is convinced there's a fortune to be made if he can get aboard and salvage what's left of the party before the tide comes in. But will anybody in Gibsons help him?
Thursday at 9:00
The flaming hulk of the Canadian Conservative Party runs aground near Molly's Reach and Nick is convinced there's a fortune to be made if he can get aboard and salvage what's left of the party before the tide comes in. But will anybody in Gibsons help him?
Thursday at 9:00
November 7, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The Beachcombers, a🧵
The flaming hulk of the Canadian Conservative Party runs aground near Molly's Reach and Nick is convinced there's a fortune to be made if he can get aboard and salvage what's left of the party before the tide comes in. But will anybody in Gibsons help him?
Thursday at 9:00
The flaming hulk of the Canadian Conservative Party runs aground near Molly's Reach and Nick is convinced there's a fortune to be made if he can get aboard and salvage what's left of the party before the tide comes in. But will anybody in Gibsons help him?
Thursday at 9:00
"But Constable Constable-"
"Don't 'but Constable Constable' me, Addonidas. The wreck of the Conservative Party is off limits and that's final!"
"Lots of it is salvageable!"
"It's not safe! There's MPs leaping off the poop deck, it's leaking flopsweat-"
"They called you corrupt, y'know."
"[sigh] Ok."
"Don't 'but Constable Constable' me, Addonidas. The wreck of the Conservative Party is off limits and that's final!"
"Lots of it is salvageable!"
"It's not safe! There's MPs leaping off the poop deck, it's leaking flopsweat-"
"They called you corrupt, y'know."
"[sigh] Ok."
November 7, 2025 at 6:06 PM
"But Constable Constable-"
"Don't 'but Constable Constable' me, Addonidas. The wreck of the Conservative Party is off limits and that's final!"
"Lots of it is salvageable!"
"It's not safe! There's MPs leaping off the poop deck, it's leaking flopsweat-"
"They called you corrupt, y'know."
"[sigh] Ok."
"Don't 'but Constable Constable' me, Addonidas. The wreck of the Conservative Party is off limits and that's final!"
"Lots of it is salvageable!"
"It's not safe! There's MPs leaping off the poop deck, it's leaking flopsweat-"
"They called you corrupt, y'know."
"[sigh] Ok."
"Jeez, Nick. I dunno."
"Jessie, I'm telling you, there's lots of good stuff left in the Conservative Party: whiteboards, telephones, photocop-"
"And it's all held together with spite and loathing. No thanks, Nick."
"We could get top dollar!"
"We'd *never* get the stink of fear off that stuff, Nick."
"Jessie, I'm telling you, there's lots of good stuff left in the Conservative Party: whiteboards, telephones, photocop-"
"And it's all held together with spite and loathing. No thanks, Nick."
"We could get top dollar!"
"We'd *never* get the stink of fear off that stuff, Nick."
November 7, 2025 at 5:19 PM
"Jeez, Nick. I dunno."
"Jessie, I'm telling you, there's lots of good stuff left in the Conservative Party: whiteboards, telephones, photocop-"
"And it's all held together with spite and loathing. No thanks, Nick."
"We could get top dollar!"
"We'd *never* get the stink of fear off that stuff, Nick."
"Jessie, I'm telling you, there's lots of good stuff left in the Conservative Party: whiteboards, telephones, photocop-"
"And it's all held together with spite and loathing. No thanks, Nick."
"We could get top dollar!"
"We'd *never* get the stink of fear off that stuff, Nick."
"We can go take a look, but we won't find nuthin' — nuthin' worth saving, I mean."
"Oh c'mon, Relic! It's the Conservative Party of Canada! Why, they've been around since-"
"Since McKay amalgamated to Reform in 2003. Decades of mismanagement and now-"
"Poilievre?"
"That piffleswipe ran it aground."
"Oh c'mon, Relic! It's the Conservative Party of Canada! Why, they've been around since-"
"Since McKay amalgamated to Reform in 2003. Decades of mismanagement and now-"
"Poilievre?"
"That piffleswipe ran it aground."
November 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
"We can go take a look, but we won't find nuthin' — nuthin' worth saving, I mean."
"Oh c'mon, Relic! It's the Conservative Party of Canada! Why, they've been around since-"
"Since McKay amalgamated to Reform in 2003. Decades of mismanagement and now-"
"Poilievre?"
"That piffleswipe ran it aground."
"Oh c'mon, Relic! It's the Conservative Party of Canada! Why, they've been around since-"
"Since McKay amalgamated to Reform in 2003. Decades of mismanagement and now-"
"Poilievre?"
"That piffleswipe ran it aground."
"Forget about it, Nick."
"Forget it? No way! There's good salvage in there: a whole political party, with enforcers and spin doctors and-"
"It's hot garbage."
"But Relic, once it stops burning-"
"Back home we had a saying for a party in that kinda shape."
"Oh?"
"The arse has gone out of her, Nick."
"Forget it? No way! There's good salvage in there: a whole political party, with enforcers and spin doctors and-"
"It's hot garbage."
"But Relic, once it stops burning-"
"Back home we had a saying for a party in that kinda shape."
"Oh?"
"The arse has gone out of her, Nick."
November 7, 2025 at 1:23 PM
"Forget about it, Nick."
"Forget it? No way! There's good salvage in there: a whole political party, with enforcers and spin doctors and-"
"It's hot garbage."
"But Relic, once it stops burning-"
"Back home we had a saying for a party in that kinda shape."
"Oh?"
"The arse has gone out of her, Nick."
"Forget it? No way! There's good salvage in there: a whole political party, with enforcers and spin doctors and-"
"It's hot garbage."
"But Relic, once it stops burning-"
"Back home we had a saying for a party in that kinda shape."
"Oh?"
"The arse has gone out of her, Nick."
Captain Poilievre was glad, in a weird, macabre way, of the silence — the sudden, stunned quiet after all the bursting bulkheads and the shrieking passengers leaping into the Atlantic.
Now, he was alone; only the wheelhouse creaking as the icy brine worked its way up the windows, inch by inch.
Now, he was alone; only the wheelhouse creaking as the icy brine worked its way up the windows, inch by inch.
November 7, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Captain Poilievre was glad, in a weird, macabre way, of the silence — the sudden, stunned quiet after all the bursting bulkheads and the shrieking passengers leaping into the Atlantic.
Now, he was alone; only the wheelhouse creaking as the icy brine worked its way up the windows, inch by inch.
Now, he was alone; only the wheelhouse creaking as the icy brine worked its way up the windows, inch by inch.
"Well, that's it," honked the head goose, "I've had enough."
And with that, he screwed on his little fedora, grabbed his portmanteau in his webbed feet and made for sunnier climes.
"C'mon, everybody. Let's get the V outta here."
#Bird #Birding #Birdwatching #Nature #NaturePhotography
And with that, he screwed on his little fedora, grabbed his portmanteau in his webbed feet and made for sunnier climes.
"C'mon, everybody. Let's get the V outta here."
#Bird #Birding #Birdwatching #Nature #NaturePhotography
November 6, 2025 at 8:35 PM
"Well, that's it," honked the head goose, "I've had enough."
And with that, he screwed on his little fedora, grabbed his portmanteau in his webbed feet and made for sunnier climes.
"C'mon, everybody. Let's get the V outta here."
#Bird #Birding #Birdwatching #Nature #NaturePhotography
And with that, he screwed on his little fedora, grabbed his portmanteau in his webbed feet and made for sunnier climes.
"C'mon, everybody. Let's get the V outta here."
#Bird #Birding #Birdwatching #Nature #NaturePhotography
Somebody needs to build these fellahs a rickety backyard treehouse where they can draw boobies on comic strip characters and play army and generally carry on like school's out for summer until one of them lights a fart and burns the whole thing down.
November 6, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Somebody needs to build these fellahs a rickety backyard treehouse where they can draw boobies on comic strip characters and play army and generally carry on like school's out for summer until one of them lights a fart and burns the whole thing down.
"Eat THOSE objections, soy boy Cuckarney! Haha, yeah."
"Sir!"
"Hush, I'm gloating."
"But sir, the amendment!"
"What amendment?"
"The amendment to the budget, sir — where you explain what you'd change."
"Oh, piffle. My job is complaining."
"Sir, they'll say you made a historic-"
"You're fired."
"Sir!"
"Hush, I'm gloating."
"But sir, the amendment!"
"What amendment?"
"The amendment to the budget, sir — where you explain what you'd change."
"Oh, piffle. My job is complaining."
"Sir, they'll say you made a historic-"
"You're fired."
November 6, 2025 at 7:04 PM
"Eat THOSE objections, soy boy Cuckarney! Haha, yeah."
"Sir!"
"Hush, I'm gloating."
"But sir, the amendment!"
"What amendment?"
"The amendment to the budget, sir — where you explain what you'd change."
"Oh, piffle. My job is complaining."
"Sir, they'll say you made a historic-"
"You're fired."
"Sir!"
"Hush, I'm gloating."
"But sir, the amendment!"
"What amendment?"
"The amendment to the budget, sir — where you explain what you'd change."
"Oh, piffle. My job is complaining."
"Sir, they'll say you made a historic-"
"You're fired."