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Greg Johnson @gregianjohnson.bsky.social · 4h

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

Greg Johnson @gregianjohnson.bsky.social · 21h

Very sorry to read this. Glad you went and sought help. Hope these feelings subside soon.

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Greg Johnson @gregianjohnson.bsky.social · 21h

[Planet Funk’s darts anthem plays]

Greg Johnson @gregianjohnson.bsky.social · 21h

“You can’t run a club like Manchester United on knee-jerk reactions to some journalist who goes off on one every week.”

I mean who *could* he be talking about? 🤭

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Greg Johnson @gregianjohnson.bsky.social · 22h

I didn’t do journalism at uni. I don’t have a Masters, in journalism or otherwise. I just wrote stuff that entertained or annoyed people enough to get noticed, and then did for sites who’d pay me to do it for them until one of them gave me a job.

Don’t think that path exists now as a blogger.

Greg Johnson @gregianjohnson.bsky.social · 22h

1. Turning my football blogging hobby into a paying gig and then a full-blown career

2. Making friends online who I later met IRL and who I speak to almost every day, all around the world

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 1d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Greg Johnson @gregianjohnson.bsky.social · 1d

We’ve basically been promoted mate. Yay?

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Greg Johnson @gregianjohnson.bsky.social · 1d

[pjw voice] IMAGINE MY SHOCK!!!

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Greg Johnson @gregianjohnson.bsky.social · 1d

Michael Heseltine, I was not familiar with (these parts of) your game.

Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 1d

Heseltine at the Tory conf:

"Fascists of the 30s are back... Trump's language coincides with words here... The immigrant has replaced the Jew as the problem. We must make clear we will never have any part in the populist extremism of Farage... We don't need Trump's mouthpiece anywhere near No. 10.”

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Greg Johnson @gregianjohnson.bsky.social · 2d

Yep. Wife was ill. Asked me to get her a test. She tested positive. I get ill. Guess what…

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Greg Johnson @gregianjohnson.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah. God this makes me sad we never got to see the Season Two version of Kagawa that Fergie was supposed to be cooking up.

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Greg Johnson @gregianjohnson.bsky.social · 2d

That back-heeled lay off that Salah struck into the side netting is exactly the sort of thing I spend £100m for on Football Manager.

If I was Slot I’d be following in the footsteps of the great one:

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Greg Johnson @gregianjohnson.bsky.social · 2d

Compelled to defend Florian Wirtz as a former Veron and Pogba advocate.

The subtleties, the fine touches, the ornamentation is (personally) why I love midfielders such as these. It’s why I loved Zidane despite his relatively weak returns. It’s why I love Eze even when he’s not on a hot streak.

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Greg Johnson @gregianjohnson.bsky.social · 2d

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Greg Johnson @gregianjohnson.bsky.social · 2d

Reject 2025 modernity; embrace 1995 tradition.

jeff computers @helldude.bsky.social · 2d

the wave of weaponized nostalgia for 90s-style multiculturalism and political correctness is gonna hit different

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Greg Johnson @gregianjohnson.bsky.social · 2d

Them: “you can’t say anything these days!”

[someone says something]

Them: “YOU CANT SAY THAT!!!”

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Æ. @aesthr.com · 3d

There many things you can do against back pain and I’m no expert on most of them.

But what helped me was weight training. Even just a little bit did so much to reduce everyday back issues. Turns out when your back and core muscles are stronger, they have an easier time keeping you upright.

Æ. @aesthr.com · 3d

Take care of your body!

1: If your back starts hurting from your office job, do something against that now.

2: Get some exercise in, if possible. I know, it sounds trite, but it does help with so many things.

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essencesimmone.blacksky.app @essencesimmone.blacksky.app · 6d

Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?

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Greg Johnson @gregianjohnson.bsky.social · 3d

On the one hand, I know that films aren’t real.

On the other, I will never forgive Alan Rickman for what he did to Emma Thompson.

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Greg Johnson @gregianjohnson.bsky.social · 3d

Made myself rice pudding as a comfort food to keep up the fight against COVID.

Inexplicably satisfying but it’s also made me realise my taste and smell have fallen victim to the bug.

My wife said there was 4x too much nutmeg and cinnamon. I could only taste a hint of nutmeg, no cinnamon.

Balls.

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Jelltex @jelltex.bsky.social · 3d

Yes, Sam Allardyce to replace his to ensure France are not relegated.

Or something

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Greg Johnson @gregianjohnson.bsky.social · 3d

Sorry what?? France have sacked Russell Martín as Prime Minister?!

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warrior cop @wyattprivilege.bsky.social · 3d

Bluesky engineers when their website is successful

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Greg Johnson @gregianjohnson.bsky.social · 3d

There’s something very British about Contrarian Ping Pong Guy being a character we have to reckon with.

Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 4d

The UK is “madly left, madly liberal, hyper-progressive”, Syed says. This is a deeply odd speech, seemingly from yet another person who spends a lot of time on X.

[I deleted earlier post which had the typo of saying, 'US' rather than 'UK'.]

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Greg Johnson @gregianjohnson.bsky.social · 3d

My favourite tale in all of football this season. Rashfordtada.

Samuel Marsden @samuelmarsden.bsky.social · 3d

Barcelona battered in that first half by Sevilla, could have been more than 2-0 down, but a beauty from Rashford before the break and we have a game on our hands

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Greg Johnson @gregianjohnson.bsky.social · 4d

I just hope whatever contract Postecoglou signed gets him a hefty severance package.

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