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Greg Johnson @gregianjohnson.bsky.social · 7h

Overheard on the way to work today.

Kids at back of bus: “Sora AI is such cope!”

I believe children are the future.

Greg Johnson @gregianjohnson.bsky.social · 7h

This was always my fear on the argument that we leave the “super” clubs to their super league and rebuild better without them, but if it’s happening anyway…

Greg Johnson @gregianjohnson.bsky.social · 21h

“…star of the BBC’s Only Connect…”

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Greg Johnson @gregianjohnson.bsky.social · 1d

Why does he always look damp??

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Greg Johnson @gregianjohnson.bsky.social · 1d

A guy who looks like he might explode into water at any time like the bloke from the first X-Men film presumes to think he will rule over us.

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Greg Johnson @gregianjohnson.bsky.social · 1d

Interesting to hear from someone who was at Valencia (Negredo) stick up for Gary Neville here. Usually his time in Spain is set up as one big joke. www.mirror.co.uk/sport/footba...

Gary Neville tipped to replace Ruben Amorim as pressure piles on Man Utd boss

Ruben Amorim is under growing pressure at Manchester United and legendary former Red Devils star Gary Neville has been backed to take the role at Old Trafford

www.mirror.co.uk

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Greg Johnson @gregianjohnson.bsky.social · 1d

Unexpected moment of peak existence as the dad of a toddler: seeing their face when you replace the batteries in a beloved toy/sound book as they realise it’s all working again.

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Greg Johnson @gregianjohnson.bsky.social · 1d

Stellaris somehow sits in every position on this chart all at once if you force spawn the right empires in at the start.

Techpriest @techpriest.bsky.social · 1d

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Conor Sewell @ccsewell.bsky.social · 1d

You see this (unsurprisingly) a lot in the tech space - in particular the view that something must be inevitable if you put enough work into the “prerequisite”.

Eg: if we pour enough resources into developing LLMs, we will surely eventually create AGI.

Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 1d

Completely agree with this - there is a lot of terrible policymaking where you can see the direct echo of “this guy played a lot of Civ as a child and teen”.

Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 1d

Genuinely think the concept of the tech tree has done a lot of damage.

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Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 1d

I am so sick of living in a world where certain groups insist art & culture be re-oriented to serve their tastes and whims when their own pitiful inability or unwillingness to critically engage with and contemplate creativity clearly demonstrate that art & culture are too good for them.

Conservatives Take Aim at ‘One Battle After Another’: “Year’s Most Irresponsible Movie”

While Paul Thomas Anderson's film is being heralded as a masterpiece by many, some conservatives accuse it of potentially inspiring left-wing violence.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

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Greg Johnson @gregianjohnson.bsky.social · 1d

It’s me when I’m changing my little boy’s nappy.

haha yeah @freshfleisch.bsky.social · 1d

i think that Michael Mann subconsciously believes in something i will call “Dude Mysticism”. it is a belief system centred on rad and bad dudes. the raddest and baddest dudes don’t just rock - they are magickal entities beyond good and evil, capable of superhuman feats of manliness.

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👁🌻🦊⚙️⚓ Bob, Engineer, Pusher of Paper @navmecheng.bsky.social · 1d

> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

Soldiers at the Bass Pro Shops pyramid in Memphis, TN.

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Greg Johnson @gregianjohnson.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, Angelos…

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Greg Johnson @gregianjohnson.bsky.social · 1d

*flavoured girder juice.

Greg Johnson @gregianjohnson.bsky.social · 1d

I’m game.

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Greg Johnson @gregianjohnson.bsky.social · 1d

a group of men are carrying a coffin while dancing .

ALT: a group of men are carrying a coffin while dancing .

media.tenor.com

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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 2d

This guy is now effectively doing MBS propaganda for free, making out that what what needs to change in Saudi Arabia is the general culture, rather than the specific ruling regime. Once again, petrodollars buy us a fascinating case study in motivated reasoning.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I have been criticised for being part of the Riyadh comedy festival. This is why I did it | Omid Djalili

The headlines focus on money, but the gigs were great and I think there are different ways to achieve progress. Art, especially comedy, can be part of that, says stand-up comedian, Omid Djalili.

www.theguardian.com

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Greg Johnson @gregianjohnson.bsky.social · 2d

Maybe he had a Mourinho-esque feud over that Hungary team rater than Barca?

Greg Johnson @gregianjohnson.bsky.social · 2d

Bobby Charlton loved a 3-4-3. Amorim a man after his own heart.

Greg Johnson @gregianjohnson.bsky.social · 2d

Love this!

Michael Walker @mwalkerfoot.bsky.social · 2d

www.nytimes.com/athletic/669...

Sir Bobby Charlton picked his World XI in 1960. We found it – and here it is

On what would have been his 88th birthday, we revisit Charlton's selection of the best players in the world from his 1960 Book of Soccer

www.nytimes.com

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Luke Turner @luketurner.bsky.social · 2d

I have found so much peace encountering LGBT+ Christians in recent years that these bigots make me very sad.

Also, would love a snoop at their browsing histories 👀

humanists.uk/2025/10/09/h...

Homophobic Christian Nationalist mob targets London’s gay district

A homophobic religious mob calling themselves the ‘King’s Army’ organised an intimidating mob in the streets of London’s Soho – the heart of London’s LGBT+ community, home to many LGBT+ bars, clubs, a...

humanists.uk

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Greg Johnson @gregianjohnson.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah that’s fair!

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Greg Johnson @gregianjohnson.bsky.social · 3d

Shows how crap other politicians are. Polanski is a good performer but what he’s doing and saying isn’t difficult or complex. It’s just that others haven’t been arsed to stand up to it.

The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 3d

“You can’t blame austerity on one hand, but then say it’s the immigrants. The immigrants haven’t caused austerity.”

Zack Polanski takes on Reform’s Zia Yusuf over spreading of misinformation on #BBCQT

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Lucius Fox In The Box @carnegro.bsky.social · 4d

Pope Leo is spitting.

www.npr.org/2025/10/09/n...

Leo questioned a world where the wealth of the elite grows
"exponentially" while many "millions of people die of hunger or survive in conditions unfit for human beings." He also criticized "ideologies that defend the absolute autonomy of the marketplace and financial speculation,"
with false promises "that a free-market economy will automatically solve the problem of poverty."

Leo described a "new tyranny," which shuns any kind of oversight and where the economy is structured "in such a way that sacrifices are demanded of the masses in order to serve the needs of the powerful." The poor, he wrote, are only allowed "drops that trickle down."

The pope openly challenged "prosperity theology" and called Christians to the practice of giving charity. "It will not solve the problem of world poverty, yet it must still be carried out, with intelligence, diligence and social responsibility," he wrote.

Popular movements that challenge "the empire of money," invite people to take on the cause to combat poverty alongside the poor, instead of on their behalf, and "make history," the pope said. It our duty, Leo said, to "make their voices heard, albeit in different ways, in order to point out and denounce such structural issues, even at the cost of appearing foolish or naïve."

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Greg Johnson @gregianjohnson.bsky.social · 4d

@obbevermeij.bsky.social hey Obbe. What’s the best way to contact you about requesting an interview about your work? Thanks!