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John Turner
@jauntyinnyc.bsky.social
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A human on planet earth.
Former buyer for Indie Bookstores.
Current NYC Indie musician.
New video every day:
https://m.youtube.com/channel/UClqhI-LN_5gx76M_b_LTREA

Audio archive of Trumpet / DJ improv shows:
https://www.mixcloud.com/johntrumpetnyc/
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I mean, this is how everyone uses their propane tank cover, right? T minus 70 minutes…
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The same propane tank I posted before, only now it’s surrounded by audio gear.
August 6, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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hmm… What could possibly be happening today on top of & around this unassuming propane tank? Find out later today.

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A propane tank in Vermont … in front of a faded yellow wall. A wooden stool has been placed to the left of the tank. A coffee mug is on top of the tank cover. An orange extension cord enters from the the right side of the frame & is hanging from part of the tank assembly.
August 6, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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A man in a brightly lit casino eating a lobster tail with his left hand while holding the front half of the lobster with his right hand. Face mostly obscured, he has a double dildo, decorative penis headband thing on his head. This is a still image from episode 9 of ‘The Studio.’
July 2, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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I had to send a package from USPS yesterday. The Post Office scene in Harlem was more chill than usual, but what made me unreasonably happy was seeing & purchasing this sheet of Allen Toussaint stamps. Beautiful! Now I just want to send a bunch of cards & letters out.
A full sheet of 20 US Postal Service ‘forever’ stamps celebrating Black Heritage. The text on the sheet reads, ‘48th in a Series / Black Heritage / Celebrating Allen Toussaint.’ The stamps themselves feature a smiling, full color portrait of Allen Toussaint.
July 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Yep. A completely normal time. This was taken April 29, 2020.
May 7, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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If you see this, post a GIF from your favorite game!

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May 6, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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It was a great day! Let’s keep it going!
At the Hands Off Protest March on April 5, 2025. A man is holding a sign (black letters on a bright yellow background.) The sign says, ‘How Do You Deprogram A Cult? (Asking for a Country.)
April 6, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Still in progress here, but we’re going pretty well.
Cut out letters on a wooden floor, in no apparent order as of yet. A group / scrabble? protest sign in progress. Handmade Protest sign for April 5. Black letters on a bright yellow background. The text reads: ‘How Do You Deprogram a Cult? (Asking for a Country.)
April 5, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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Two signs on a pole. They originally said ‘Bike Route / Shared Lane / Bike BLVD’ but the sign has been altered (with identical letters) to read ‘Bike Route / Shared Planet / Bike BLVD.’ A sunny day with a bright blue sky and tree branches behind the sign.
March 29, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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Sunnyside Gardens neighborhood in Queens. Someone added letters to the bike lane sign. I Like it!
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Two signs on a pole. They originally said ‘Bike Route / Shared Lane / Bike BLVD’ but the sign had been altered (with identical letters) to read ‘Bike Route / Shared Planet / Bike BLVD.’ A sunny day with a bright blue sky and tree branches behind the sign.
March 27, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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Happening now! (& amazing so far.) We’re on intermission.
The program for Moby Dick at the Metropolitan Opera in NYC, with the stage beyond in the distance.
March 23, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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Bagels on clearance sale today. I heard I should have plenty of greens in my diet. I think this should take care of it!
Very bright green, St Patrick’s Day bagels, packaged in plastic bags. They look absolutely disgusting!
March 18, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Happening now. We’re on intermission.
A program for Fidelio with the stage of the Metropolitan Opera below. Far below! We’re in the Family Circle aka chandelier level.
March 8, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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Behold Disco Moth! Yes, I’ve been calling it that for years. I took this picture in 2013!
I call this Disco Moth. A brightly colored, furry moth I saw in West Virginia in 2013. I actually thought it was dead, b/c it was motionless on the commonly used screen door for most of a day. I carefully opened its wings to take the picture. I was very surprised when it flew away hours later.
March 7, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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Ah yes! I recently had an experience in which I noticed my nephew laughing to himself every time I moved my head a certain way. Looked in the mirror & realized I had a ‘flapping’ type situation accompanying that particular motion. Ah life! Just think of the wonders still to come.
An Apple Memoji of me doing the ‘shrugging’ gesture. Speaking of aging, I couldn’t get the Memoji to replicate my grey hair & soul patch correctly. This was the best I could do.
January 8, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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I was honored to receive this desk widget thingie recognizing me as an old school wrfl person at their 30th anniversary shindig. What a ride! 1988 feels like it was just a few weeks ago, but also forever ago.
Square silver/steel colored desk widget thingie with the following text: ‘WRFL, 30 years, 1988-2018, Original ‘G’, 88.1 FM
January 2, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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If you see this post a picture from your device without explanation
A wrapper for a set of disposable chopsticks in a restaurant. The text reads, ‘Bamboo Chops Ticks.’
December 31, 2024 at 12:20 PM
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How’s that holiday weekend progressing, y’all?
A vintage stuffed mouse wearing a holiday hat and bathrobe is sitting on a piano bench with a ‘booster seat’ stack of sheet music. It is a brown wooden baby grand piano. A reflection of the mouse’ face is visible in the polished wood above the keyboard.
November 30, 2024 at 11:17 PM
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Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy that isn’t a selfie.
A gnarled, twisted, old, naturally ‘bonsai’d’ tree at The Sunken Forest Preserve at The Fire Island National Seashore. It is absolutely gorgeous there.
November 27, 2024 at 6:27 PM
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Film still from the year you were born.
A group of apes (who are actually pre-historic human ancestors) have discovered a mysterious black monolith. This is a film still from ‘2001: a Space Odyssey,’ directed by Stanley Kubrick.
November 25, 2024 at 5:43 PM
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A freaky, bright green caterpillar I saw in Vermont.
November 22, 2024 at 2:37 AM
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Name a show you’re positive no one but you remembers.
An old hotel sign in Troy NY. Granted against a cloudless blue sky. The text reads ‘Trojan Hotel.’ A shop window display featuring disheveled mannequins in 1980’s era tennis garb. A shop window display featuring mannequins playing strip poker A shop window display featuring an old Howdy Doody puppet in a disturbing, open mouthed pose.
November 20, 2024 at 12:42 AM
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I was searching for something in my ‘small book’ section last night & found this by @timothysnyder.bsky.social instead. Forgot I had it! Probably a good time to pick it up again … for some reason…
A picture of the book ‘On Tyranny’ by Timothy Snyder
November 19, 2024 at 3:09 PM
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A 50 pound sack of breaded clam fry mix, as seen in the back room of a roadside seafood joint in Maine.
November 14, 2024 at 4:16 AM
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Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #749,347!
September 16, 2024 at 10:21 PM