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John Colton
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Physicist, BYU. Latter-day Saint. Swiftie. Nerdfighter #DFTBA. Fan of Utah Jazz, Brandon Sanderson, F1, ultimate frisbee. Singer, budding ukuleleist. ADHD, anxiety. #NeverTrump. #StandWithUkraine. Twitter handle was @johncolton70. Be the light of the world
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My ultimate team is 2-0 so far this tournament when I wear my Eras tour t-shirt and 0-1 when I don't. Guess what I'm wearing again tonight :-)
Selfie of me looking into a mirror while wearing my black Taylor Swift Eras tour t-shirt.
November 8, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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I just spent half an hour reading election results in my county and across the country. Looks like huge losses for Trump and MAGA pretty much everywhere.

What is this thing I'm feeling?
Emily Dickenson's poem "Hope it's the thing with feathers".
November 5, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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oldest selfie on your phone

Me and my wife! This was a couple of years after we were married so I think I must have been roughly 24. No idea where this was 😂
I'm sitting next to my wife on a red bench that looks like it is on a boat (I think) somewhere on a river.
November 4, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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Guess which album took over my October 😂
October 2025 summary from stats.fm Top tracks Wish List Cancelled Eldest daughter Actually Romantic Wood Top artists Taylor Swift Ingrid Michaelson Colin Hay Ed Sheeran Tyler Ward
November 2, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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Halloween costumes throwback time! 🎃

(This was me, last year!)
Me dressed up as Jack Sparrow with mustache beard, braided hair with beads, black shirt, and red bandana. Standing outside. Another picture of me as Jack sparrow, standing outside with mountains in the background. And in this one you can also see a sword at my side.
November 1, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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Update: another student (a guy) asked for a picture. One guy said "that's the best one all day!" (which it wasn't, there are some amazing costumes! but nice of him to say). Two girls sang the Ken song as I walked past, "Anywhere else I'd be a ten". 😂

And BYU photo studio took this picture of me!
Picture of me in a photo studio, with the white background, wearing my Ken costume
October 31, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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A student stopped me on campus while I was walking from my car to my office to ask if she could take my picture, so I'm calling this costume a win already 🙂🙂🙂
I'm just up as Ken from the Barbie movie with blonde hair, headband, and the I am Kenough fleece. Standing outside on campus, with trees and a building in the background
October 31, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Happy Halloween! Going to campus like this 😊
Photo of me dressed as Ken. Platinum blond hair, headband, "I am Kenough" fleece, and black pants.
October 31, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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post something random or you’ll have an awful November
Two people talking Person 1: i believe Donald J Trump was sent by God Person 2: Why? Did he run out of locusts?
October 29, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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Oh wild!!! That's literally the first book on my science fiction/fantasy bookshelves 😂😂. (Alphabetical by author, but with the hardbacks on the top shelf.)

Can I ask what bugged you about it? I haven't read it in years, but remember liking it a decent amount.
John's bookshelf, with On a Pale Horse in the upper left. Next to it is Fantastic Voyage 2, The Complete Robot, The Positronic Man, and many other titles.
October 29, 2025 at 5:46 AM
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Photo from the sound of music, with caption that says: if you've ever seen the sound of music and cheered as the Von Trapp family escaped without documentation from a country where their safety was at risk for political reasons but judge brown people for doing the exact same thing, even to the point of excusing separation of children from families, then you might want to consider why you see the two cases differently
October 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Awww, shucks 😊
Message on the note says, You're a 10
October 27, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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Show me your top 5 songs from last year and guess what will be your top 5 this year! 🫶🏼

my top 5 guesses for this year (in no particular order):
✨ Light of a Clear Blue Morning, Wailin' Jennys
✨ More than Words, Extreme
✨ Peace, Taylor
✨ This Love, Taylor
✨ One Life, Ed Sheeran

quote with yours
Spotify wrapped from last year, top songs Don't give up on me, Andy Grammer I don't wanna love somebody else, A great big world Break my heart again, Finneas Remind you, Andy Grammer
October 26, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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#GoldenHour
A mountain bathed in gold peeking over the top of a campus building
October 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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Ok, I'll play! Who are your favorites?
Comment your fav artist other than Taylor Swift and I'll tell you my fav song by them!
October 21, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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If you’re seeing this drop an old pic you still love. (I couldn't decide on just one, whoops. Both from summer 2016 😊.)
Picture of me on a hike, pretty sure this was Arches National Park. Close up of my face. I'm wearing a black baseball cap. Tan scenery in the background. Photo of me on a hike. This is Mount Timpanogos. I'm standing at the top of the mountain, wearing a backpack and holding hiking poles. Far below me in the background you can see a good chunk of Utah valley (houses and a grid of roads) and Utah Lake.
October 19, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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About 2200 people at the #NoKings protest in Provo, Utah, by my estimate.
Sign that says No kings, no dictators, no fascists Sign that says For I was a stranger and you took me in Photo of dozens of protesters, taken from the back so you can't see their faces.
October 18, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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Sunrise pickleball in front of the snow covered mountains. Life is good 🙂
Pickleball court in the foreground with a house and then the mountains in the distance with snow. but not too far distant 🙂
October 17, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Show me this section of your Spotify🤍
Six playlists from Spotify : morning wake up mix, Taylor Swift - the very best, the life of a showgirl (clean version) , Taylor Swift - John's favorites, the life of a showgirl, and 1987 Billboard top 100
October 17, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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What planet are you?

Here's the link. uquiz.com/quiz/Rbbq07/...
Picture of Earth Caption says You carry everyone's problems and responsibilities often forgetting about yourself. You feel life it's your job to hold things together and you rarely take a break.
October 15, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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Bike ride with a friend this afternoon. So pretty.
Photo of a road with a cyclist ahead. To the left of the road is a green meadow. To the left of the meadow are some aspens which are bright gold. The sky above is a deep blue, and mountains are visible both ahead in the distance and directly to the left of the aspens.
October 13, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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October 12, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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Donut Falls hike this afternoon.
October 12, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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This message at the top of a U.S. Forest Service website is ridiculous.
#ImpeachTrump
#NoKings
Message at the top of the page says: "The Radical Left Democrats shut down the government. This government website will be updated periodically during the funding lapse for mission critical functions. President Trump has made it clear he wants to keep the government open and support those who feed, fuel, and clothe the American people."
October 11, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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Full rainbow! 😍
A picture of a cloudy/misty sky with pink lighting. There are some trees in the foreground and a full rainbow behind them, arching from one side of the photo to the other.
October 10, 2025 at 2:33 AM