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John Greechan
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Sports writer covering mainly but not exclusively Hibernian FC these days. Best selling author. Coach of SWFL side Edinburgh South. Just hang in there, folks. Pretty sure the billionaires will be pitching in to save us all any day now.
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John Greechan @jonnythegreek.bsky.social · Nov 23
A good time to revisit this chat with the lads? Now that Ange is a genius again, and not a dud cast hopelessly out of his depth, a reminder that the latest edition is still available in all good book shops.Get your copy here. Get two, and give one as a gift, even. birlinn.co.uk/product/revo...
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thetnholler.bsky.social
Lawless, criminal behavior
December 13, 2025 at 7:39 AM
jonnythegreek.bsky.social
Ah man, terrible news. BBC impartiality rules, eh? Discuss.
robinince.bsky.social Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 1d
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
This is the saddest day of my professional life. Today is not only the final recording of the latest series of The Infinite Monkey Cage, it is my last ever Monkey Cage. I never thought that I would have to leave the show. I always imagined going on until | dropped dead under the studio lights due to a brain aneurysm caused by my final attempt to understand notions of quantum gravity or the shock of being told about fly maggot infestations in the sacks of macaque monkeys. I resigned in September, after sixteen years of dedication to the show, A show that I named and helped develop over all those years. Unfortunately, my opinions outside the BBC have been considered problematic for sometime, whether it has been voicing support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump, numerous other outlandish opinions, including once gently criticising Stephen Fry. These things were considered to conflict with being a freelance BBC science presenter In a recent meeting where BBC Studio executives again voiced problems with me, I realised my choices. Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or 'Resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices'. • I chose the latter. It broke my heart. I love this show and I love the audience, and it is because of the audience in particular, that this decision was so difficult to make. I kept thinking about all the extremist voices promoting hate and division. They are being given so many platforms, while voices that represent kindness, open mindedness, empathy seem to be scarcer and scarcer. I felt I couldn't pamper myself with the luxury of silence. One of my many privileges is that I am able to resign and I can speak out even if it is to the detriment of my career. I have thought a lot about my heroes, Sinead O Connor, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and so many more. I think of Sinead's words, "the job of an artist is to be themselves at any cost". James Baldwin said prejudice was really just a word for cowardice. Audre Lorde, viewing her life, wrote that her only regrets were her silences. I think of my father as I resign, he brought me up to believe in fairness , justice and kindness. Though my heart is broken, it is also full of fire. I apologise to our incredible listeners for my departure, your love of the show means a great deal. I am so sorry to let you down. I hope that you can understand my reasoning. I have to accept that I am not what the current BBC expects of their freelance presenters. Despite this I should add that I have always worked far more than my contracted hours to try and ensure the show was always the best it could be, as well as making myself accessible and responsive to the audience wherever and whenever I met them. Every night, we have recorded, I have been filled with determination to make the best show possible. This was not "just a job" I hope that with my departure I can be a better ally to the LGBTQ community, to the neurodivergent community, to activists fighting against those who aim to brutalise society, to those currently in prison on hunger strike, and to all those who fight for a more inclusive world. From many conversations, I know there are many Monkey Cage listeners who support these communities and activists too. The strawberry is dead. Long live the strawberry. B
December 13, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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christhebarker.bsky.social
This took me far too long to make. If only there was some kind of machine could've done it for me…
The Time magazine cover with the architects of AI on it but I've made it so they are all shitting on the people below them
December 12, 2025 at 9:18 AM
jonnythegreek.bsky.social
Excellent piece on cost of attending World Cup. The game has been stolen from the people who made it the greatest sporting spectacle on earth. And we let it happen. Cheered expansion because it made qualifying easier. Applauded rising revenues. And priced out ‘ordinary’ fans as collateral damage.
December 12, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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nycsouthpaw.bsky.social
When the winner of the Nobel peace prize smuggled herself over the water and out of Venezuela to attend the ceremony in Oslo this week, her allies called the Pentagon to ask them not to arbitrarily murder her. www.wsj.com/world/americ...
December 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
jonnythegreek.bsky.social
No offence. But that’s a Scottish Championship crowd. Do they have three stands closed for disciplinary reasons or something?
December 11, 2025 at 8:53 PM
jonnythegreek.bsky.social
Thank you Mr Postie!! @nutmegmagazine.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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nutmegmagazine.bsky.social
📢 Nutmeg Issue 38 is out now

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 There’s never been a better time to gift some Scottish football content for the friend or family member in your life.
December 10, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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bencollins.bsky.social
Make the flag bigger until they forfeit. Easy dub.
December 9, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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kadmii.bsky.social
The Onion headline: "Guy Who Sucks At Being A Person Sees Huge Potential In AI" with stock image of a guy.
December 9, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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allhails.bsky.social
Just published: my new book "Forgotten Times" (Amberley Publishing). 180 photographs taken by me in the 1950s and 1960s with unique historic scenes of the UK, Ireland and the outer islands and depicting a world very different from the present day. #up0912
December 9, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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united24media.com
⚡️ @UEFA fined Ukraine for a “Russia is a terrorist state” banner while still sending millions in solidarity funds to Russian clubs.

🧵 1/5 ⬇️
December 8, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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rollingstone.com
“One man about 60 years old had his voice box taken out because of a cancer only smokers get, but that guy hadn’t smoked a day of his life.”
'The Precedent Is Flint': How Oregon's Data Center Boom Is Supercharging a Water Crisis
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December 7, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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steenyswank.bsky.social
Gads, these are special and so many to choose from. Much needed. RIP.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Martin Parr: the photographer’s career in pictures
A look back at the career of Martin Parr who has died at the age of 73
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
jonnythegreek.bsky.social
The wingback question for Hibs: Would Sir Humphrey have advised Jim Hacker to think again? Kudos to David Gray for being bold … www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/footba...
'Intelligent' Irish all-rounder never once questioned Hibs position switch
Not even Sir Humphrey could have bounced gaffer out of his selection
www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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parodypm.bsky.social
No Reform representative on the Laura Kuenssberg show for two weeks running - that's a record! It's almost as though we didn't want to talk about the 28 witnesses to my teenage racism and antisemic abuse.
December 7, 2025 at 9:34 AM
jonnythegreek.bsky.social
Why David Gray loved Kieron Bowie’s tap-in more than his wonder goal - and what Hibs players need to do to make World Cup www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/footba...
Hibs boss talks Bowie, Mulligan and World Cup hopes as Scots shine in win
Scotland World Cup incentive pushes star striker and all-action midfielder to new heights
www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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parodypm.bsky.social
Yep, he wants nothing but deregulating crypto to help his crypto business and scrapping net zero to help his aviation fuel business. Which by pure coincidence are two of our policies.
December 6, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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amylawrence.bsky.social
That draw was an unbearable surreal-fest. It was like watching football's carcass being picked at by preening, self-satisfied vultures.

A masterpiece here from @gunnerblog.bsky.social whose comedy background makes for some exquisite punchlines.
December 6, 2025 at 9:55 AM
jonnythegreek.bsky.social
And yet Scotland will somehow succumb to a fatal case of hangnail …
johnspacemuller.com John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 8d
Now that 32 teams advance to the knockouts there's no Group of Death. There's barely even a Group of Might Be Coming Down With Whatever's Been Going Around
December 5, 2025 at 10:22 PM
jonnythegreek.bsky.social
Sneaky wee fiver on Morocco to win #AFCON now, of course. Because that’s how Scotland roll …
December 5, 2025 at 7:50 PM
jonnythegreek.bsky.social
St Etienne flashbacks hitting hard. Ffs Leighton …
December 5, 2025 at 6:53 PM
jonnythegreek.bsky.social
Brazil, Morocco … it’s the summer of 98 all over again. Put Dario G on the discman.
December 5, 2025 at 6:52 PM
jonnythegreek.bsky.social
15 seconds. That’s all I managed to watch before feeling physically ill. But I am LOVING the live commentary on here. Some heroic efforts. God bless you all for watching so I don’t have to.
December 5, 2025 at 6:11 PM
jonnythegreek.bsky.social
Timing is … everything
chadbourn.bsky.social Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 8d
The new US National Security Strategy out today positions the US as an enemy of Europe. It wants to “help Europe correct its current trajectory” - as a multicultural society - and explains Vance’s vocal support for the Far Right AfD. Interfering in internal affairs until it’s a new TrumpWorld.
American diplomacy should continue to stand up for genuine democracy, freedom of expression, and unapologetic celebrations of European nations' individual character and history. America encourages its political allies in Europe to promote this revival of spirit, and the growing influence of patriotic European parties indeed gives cause for great optimism. Our goal should be to help Europe correct its current trajectory. We will need a strong Europe to help us successfully compete, and to work in concert with us to prevent any adversary from dominating Europe. America is, understandably, sentimentally attached to the European continent— and, of course, to Britain and Ireland. The character of these countries is also strategically important because we count upon creative, capable, confident, democratic allies to establish conditions of stability and security. We want to work with aligned countries that want to restore their former greatness
December 5, 2025 at 6:01 PM