John Mutton (he/his)
@wylacot.bsky.social
Quaker queer fellow in Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania. Several times retired. Reader, biker, traveler, carer + I ❤️ my VPN
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If you like riding the @bromptonbicycle.bsky.social , you probably like pens and post cards and ink and journals. YES, we keep on being a Brompton shop during this Pop-Up!
It’s a little analog stationery bash, inside a bike shop, just a block from the @phillyprfm !
December 14, 2025 at 8:27 PM
If you like riding the @bromptonbicycle.bsky.social , you probably like pens and post cards and ink and journals. YES, we keep on being a Brompton shop during this Pop-Up!
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WE’RE here at Trophy Bikes PHL, selling the most practical folder bicycles currently made, if you’d like to get someone a durable, nicely-designed multi-modal bit of transport gear. OPEN thru 12/24 (including SUN, 12/21). Scamper over + Ask Us Anything about BROMPTONS, [133 S. 23rd St•Wed-Sat•12-6]
December 13, 2025 at 5:44 PM
WE’RE here at Trophy Bikes PHL, selling the most practical folder bicycles currently made, if you’d like to get someone a durable, nicely-designed multi-modal bit of transport gear. OPEN thru 12/24 (including SUN, 12/21). Scamper over + Ask Us Anything about BROMPTONS, [133 S. 23rd St•Wed-Sat•12-6]
This ad for marriage equality in Australia dropped in 2011 or so. Another great short movie telling a compelling story. Luckily it’s nostalgia. #marriageequality youtu.be/_TBd-UCwVAY?...
It's Time | Marriage Equality | GetUp! Australia
YouTube video by GetUp! Australia
youtu.be
December 11, 2025 at 3:31 AM
This ad for marriage equality in Australia dropped in 2011 or so. Another great short movie telling a compelling story. Luckily it’s nostalgia. #marriageequality youtu.be/_TBd-UCwVAY?...
This one is a whole lot more upbeat. Norwegian Post’s 2021 Christmas ad. Tearjerking in less than three minutes. Buy more stamps? #posten #gaysanta youtu.be/pCNnX7ahix8?...
Posten - When Harry Met Santa (Norwegian postal service's 2021 holiday ad)
YouTube video by LLLLITL
youtu.be
December 11, 2025 at 3:28 AM
This one is a whole lot more upbeat. Norwegian Post’s 2021 Christmas ad. Tearjerking in less than three minutes. Buy more stamps? #posten #gaysanta youtu.be/pCNnX7ahix8?...
A less happy Christmas message from the Norwegian Postal Service (two years old, how did I miss?). #posten #badsanta youtu.be/TGZ2xqhy8OY?...
Posten『Make Christmas Great Again』
YouTube video by Dose of Good Ads
youtu.be
December 11, 2025 at 3:20 AM
A less happy Christmas message from the Norwegian Postal Service (two years old, how did I miss?). #posten #badsanta youtu.be/TGZ2xqhy8OY?...
McDonald’s (Netherlands, a famously secular country) did a AI-produced downer Christmas ad in 2025. The clip shows the 45 sec ad in full midway. It’s no Norwegian Post Office Santa ad, not as bad as people say youtu.be/U8ixeFUD6aM?...
▷ MCDONALD'S CHRISTMAS ADVERT 2025 | "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year"
YouTube video by Eslogan Magazine
youtu.be
December 10, 2025 at 2:27 PM
McDonald’s (Netherlands, a famously secular country) did a AI-produced downer Christmas ad in 2025. The clip shows the 45 sec ad in full midway. It’s no Norwegian Post Office Santa ad, not as bad as people say youtu.be/U8ixeFUD6aM?...
WIP: a scarf, DK merino in ultramarine. Six skeins. 50 stitches per row. That was about an hour. #knittersedge for the yarn (Bethlehem PA yarn wonderland) #crochet #gaycrochet
December 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
WIP: a scarf, DK merino in ultramarine. Six skeins. 50 stitches per row. That was about an hour. #knittersedge for the yarn (Bethlehem PA yarn wonderland) #crochet #gaycrochet
The loss of my long-time knit cap hit me hard. Old yarn formed the newer one from a few days ago. This was 2025 money I put out for this wool - worsted weight. No pattern, which is why there are pitbull ears and a reservoir tip. #gaycrochet #crochet
December 10, 2025 at 12:15 AM
The loss of my long-time knit cap hit me hard. Old yarn formed the newer one from a few days ago. This was 2025 money I put out for this wool - worsted weight. No pattern, which is why there are pitbull ears and a reservoir tip. #gaycrochet #crochet
Bluesky’s @jaysonmassey.bsky.social made this morning’s @inquirer.com letters section. Go Jayson!
December 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Bluesky’s @jaysonmassey.bsky.social made this morning’s @inquirer.com letters section. Go Jayson!
The lost hat, WIP, and finished. First anything since pandemic. I need to grow into it #gaycrochet #hautecouture
December 5, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The lost hat, WIP, and finished. First anything since pandemic. I need to grow into it #gaycrochet #hautecouture
Advice requested: a third party working with Pfizer is looking for guinea pigs for a blind norovirus vaccine. I’ll be on the Queen Mary 2 (a plague ship last year when i crossed) Jan 3-11 eastbound. Clever idea or Big Risk?
December 1, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Advice requested: a third party working with Pfizer is looking for guinea pigs for a blind norovirus vaccine. I’ll be on the Queen Mary 2 (a plague ship last year when i crossed) Jan 3-11 eastbound. Clever idea or Big Risk?
This year we were grateful for peace, order, and good governance, frequent subway trains, and a great bike shop in Curbside Cycles on Bloor St West.
December 1, 2025 at 10:52 AM
This year we were grateful for peace, order, and good governance, frequent subway trains, and a great bike shop in Curbside Cycles on Bloor St West.
They’re so friendly here
November 30, 2025 at 7:07 PM
They’re so friendly here
Here’s the interview by Tom Power referenced earlier
Q with Tom Power: The joy of gay, smutty TV (28 min)
Q with Tom Power: The joy of gay, smutty TV (28 min)
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November 29, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Here’s the interview by Tom Power referenced earlier
Q with Tom Power: The joy of gay, smutty TV (28 min)
Q with Tom Power: The joy of gay, smutty TV (28 min)
Episode 2 of this Canadian production while on vacation in Canadia. Moody, they both have gutters
November 29, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Episode 2 of this Canadian production while on vacation in Canadia. Moody, they both have gutters
I can’t believe how tame they are. The Torontonians call them “trash pigeons”.
November 28, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I can’t believe how tame they are. The Torontonians call them “trash pigeons”.
The happiest of Thanksgivings to all! (Santa on break)
November 28, 2025 at 1:10 AM
The happiest of Thanksgivings to all! (Santa on break)
Finally a photo with both of us - St. Lawrence Market in TO. Half-hour before close. 5 oz brisket (split) and apple caramel tart (ditto).
November 27, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Finally a photo with both of us - St. Lawrence Market in TO. Half-hour before close. 5 oz brisket (split) and apple caramel tart (ditto).
Our non-holiday festive meal at a halal Italian tavola calda in an industrial part of North York in the Greater Toronto Area (I’m taking the pic)
November 27, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Our non-holiday festive meal at a halal Italian tavola calda in an industrial part of North York in the Greater Toronto Area (I’m taking the pic)
First time in Toronto in 17 years. A pleasant drive. Found rules to live by.
November 26, 2025 at 11:58 PM
First time in Toronto in 17 years. A pleasant drive. Found rules to live by.
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Post your favourite “The Lord of The Rings” character. Wrong answers only.
November 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Post your favourite “The Lord of The Rings” character. Wrong answers only.
This is a slice of sweet Lebanon bologna (baloney), a staple of my childhood. There’s also a dark version that I like more.
How: fry lightly in butter and put in a (Wonder Bread) sandwich or roll around Philadelphia cream cheese and serve to your parents’ friends at a bridge party.
How: fry lightly in butter and put in a (Wonder Bread) sandwich or roll around Philadelphia cream cheese and serve to your parents’ friends at a bridge party.
November 23, 2025 at 10:44 PM
This is a slice of sweet Lebanon bologna (baloney), a staple of my childhood. There’s also a dark version that I like more.
How: fry lightly in butter and put in a (Wonder Bread) sandwich or roll around Philadelphia cream cheese and serve to your parents’ friends at a bridge party.
How: fry lightly in butter and put in a (Wonder Bread) sandwich or roll around Philadelphia cream cheese and serve to your parents’ friends at a bridge party.
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There is a post circulating on Bluesky encouraging the moving of a frozen turkey straight into a pot of hot oil. We are combating this misinformation the best way we know how - through the power of dance music.
November 23, 2025 at 1:31 PM
There is a post circulating on Bluesky encouraging the moving of a frozen turkey straight into a pot of hot oil. We are combating this misinformation the best way we know how - through the power of dance music.
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1) This is excellent editing advice from @anamariecox.bsky.social
2) The writing she is trying to edit ... oooof.
(Free dissertation-topic suggestion: Pitfalls of the "trying to sound like Joan Didion" approach to West Coast writing. Especially when you're not from there, so it's "exotic.")
2) The writing she is trying to edit ... oooof.
(Free dissertation-topic suggestion: Pitfalls of the "trying to sound like Joan Didion" approach to West Coast writing. Especially when you're not from there, so it's "exotic.")
Ok, however much you've thought about this Nuzzi business, I promise I've thought about it more.
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Notes on Your American Canto Draft
I read it. Everyone deserves a good editor, even people who don’t get one. Olivia, Thank you so much for this. I’m impressed with the scope of your ambition...
newsletter.anamariecox.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:11 PM
1) This is excellent editing advice from @anamariecox.bsky.social
2) The writing she is trying to edit ... oooof.
(Free dissertation-topic suggestion: Pitfalls of the "trying to sound like Joan Didion" approach to West Coast writing. Especially when you're not from there, so it's "exotic.")
2) The writing she is trying to edit ... oooof.
(Free dissertation-topic suggestion: Pitfalls of the "trying to sound like Joan Didion" approach to West Coast writing. Especially when you're not from there, so it's "exotic.")