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Nick McGeehan @ncgeehan.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

"Suggest you google this guy" Manchester City Council responded to my 2013 Freedom of Information request for details of their deal with Manchester City by flagging my background to City's chief communications officer. Deeply inappropriate (and that's being generous).

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Johnny Lyne @johnnylyne.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Italian trains in general lived up to their reputation, very good system and TrenItalia app also worked well

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Johnny Lyne @johnnylyne.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Way back home after final stop in Cinque Terre, did a night in Marseille - great city! Now on TGV (maybe the best transport infrastructure in Europe) to Paris, Eurostar to London and then National Express bus to Bristol

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Johnny Lyne @johnnylyne.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Got a night train to Cinque Terre, this was maybe favourite part of the trip as we had a few days walking. The towns themselves are nice but quite intensely touristy and the food in this area wasn't amazing. Really enjoyed the walking and great idea to have this touristy area dedicated to walking

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Johnny Lyne @johnnylyne.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Final day we went to Archeology museum in Naples which has most of the objects, frescos from Pompeii. This was mind blowing as the quality of paintings they have been able to uncover is amazing, need to look into what restoration has been required as they look incredible

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Johnny Lyne @johnnylyne.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Did a day trip to Pompei which was well worth it, very impressive tourist attraction (not best choice of words) think if we had done this first it would have blown my mind but after Rome, Verona,... etc we had seen similar stuff if not to quite this scale

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Johnny Lyne @johnnylyne.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

We stayed further out of Naples than I was initially happy about (even though I booked the accommodation). In hindsight where we were had a beautiful view of the bay and there was a bus out from the centre. We didn't spend loads of time in Naples but it kinda fit the stereotype - absolutely chaotic

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Johnny Lyne @johnnylyne.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Got a boat to Naples via Sorrento, which was a pretty and decent sized town, more modern than I expected. We had a nice lunch at a wine bar and got on our way to Naples.

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Johnny Lyne @johnnylyne.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The Amalfi coast is beautiful, my main memory of this area will be the extent of tunneling through rock to facilitate houses and transport infrastructure. The food here wasn't the best, felt like captive audience and limited effort had gone into it

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Johnny Lyne @johnnylyne.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

We essentially killed a morning in Salerno waiting for arrival and then got a boat to Amalfi and then walked through the cliff face to Atrani - the smallest place on our trip.

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Johnny Lyne @johnnylyne.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

From Sicily went to Salerno where we had an addition to our group for the next few legs of the trip, this was nice as we had barely spoken to anyone else except basic Italian with restaurant staff

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Johnny Lyne @johnnylyne.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Also a lot of food/plastic wastage from standard meals given for each train

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Johnny Lyne @johnnylyne.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

We got three night trains in Italy and it was mostly positive to travel such a big distance without using the days for it. It did create admin and a bit of fatigue checking out of hotels early, checking into hotels in the afternoons whilst leaving towns at ~ 23:00 and arriving places ~ 07:00

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Johnny Lyne @johnnylyne.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Also reminds me I forgot day trip from Bologna to Ravenna and beach day there in the Adriatic - warmest water I have ever swam in, very shallow beach and first experience of paid-for beach in Italy, had a nice day and also good to slightly impromptu get to see that coast of Italy

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Johnny Lyne @johnnylyne.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I am still slightly torn on it, think I would be ok if it was lower percentage of paid-for beaches. Don't mind it in terms of sort of further tourist tax

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Johnny Lyne @johnnylyne.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

On private beaches in Italy. It does seem wrong that such a high percentage of the coast is paid-for access. Not strictly privately owned which does lessen the blow a bit, government is getting money back from usage of beaches by tourists and it is easier for locals to use/access free beaches

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Johnny Lyne @johnnylyne.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Taormina was big change, tiny tourist-heavy town/village in the mountainous Sicily. Again a lot of American tourists. Very beautiful scenery. Only here for one night, had a very nice day at a private beach which wasn't too expensive and was a lovely relaxing day after a lot of travel/walking around

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Johnny Lyne @johnnylyne.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

First night train of the trip from Rome to Sicily, have done a few before but this was very different, felt like we were hurtling down Italy, quite difficult to sleep with the feeling of that speed

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Johnny Lyne @johnnylyne.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

They are impressive but just think what an org actually trying to help people could have done with this wealth

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Johnny Lyne @johnnylyne.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Main feeling about Rome tourism-wise was liked the Roman stuff but the renaissance Vatican stuff feels a bit sour. Essentially redistributing money from people of Europe to build these ornate palaces (churches) for centuries.

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Johnny Lyne @johnnylyne.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Rome felt very different to everywhere previous. The train station was huge and immediately new order of people. Liked the area we stayed in - Re Di Roma. Went to a great craft beer place Epirhop which was one of my favourite evenings of the whole trip, good pizza and Suppli from next door too

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Johnny Lyne @johnnylyne.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Went for a nice run along the river which had a wide pedestrian and cycle path. As a tourist attraction the Medici chapel was one of my favourites, some amazing sculptures and tombs in a small easily digestible area. Really liked the affordable Schiacciata sandwiches everywhere in the centre

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Johnny Lyne @johnnylyne.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Short trip to Florence on the train, suddenly way more Americans everywhere, Emilia Romagna had a lot of German tourists. Florence was busy and had an incredible number of taxis, as opposed to many private vehicles. The walks on the south side of the river were nicely chilled

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Johnny Lyne @johnnylyne.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Did a day trip to Verona from Bologna, easy trip by train, the Arena there is incredible from the outside, amazing structure. Quite weird from inside as still used for opera, which is incredible for a building of that age but does change it as a tourist attraction

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Johnny Lyne @johnnylyne.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Bologna somewhere I was really looking forward to, loved the portico architecture of the place, made it quite "weather resistant", easy to walk around in the heat and be sheltered from the rain. Very cheap, nice food and wine too. A good size to walk around, also well connected by train #bologna

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Ed Maibach @maibached.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Happy Stanislav Petrov Day He passed in 2017. As Encyclopedia Britannica puts it, “He is survived by his two children, two grandchildren, and the entire human race.” If you don't know his story, please take 3 minutes now to learn it. @gchalliance.bsky.social @docsforclimate.bsky.social

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Happy Stanislav Petrov Day

Take five minutes to not destroy civilization

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Johnny Lyne @johnnylyne.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Been stung by not cancelling the free trial again, sad times 😢

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Johnny Lyne @johnnylyne.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Love Munich as a city, I guess part of that is it feels very comfortable if you can afford it. I like the food culture and the beer is superb. Englischer Garten is one of the best parks in the world - had a great run there.

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Johnny Lyne @johnnylyne.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Thoughts on Italy (Munich and Marseille) trip #italy #holidays

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YankeeGunner @arsenalvisionpodcast.com · 06/09/2026

I fucking love Kai Havertz and I love how much he hates Chelsea

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Johnny Lyne @johnnylyne.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Great train route from Munich to Innsbruck, Innsbruck to Bologna looking lovely too #trains

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Johnny Lyne @johnnylyne.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Another one to add to the "all time great pods" list - Hector is a total boss

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Johnny Lyne @johnnylyne.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

My highlights from #GreenMan2026 #GreenMan were: • Aldous Harding • Tyler Ballgame • Nation of Language • Cate Le Bon • The Belair Lip Bombs • Alexis Taylor • Dove Ellis • Anna Calvi • Cat Power • Wolf Alice • Wednesday

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Johnny Lyne @johnnylyne.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

The train I am on is definitely unsafe. No idea what temperature it is on here 🥵 #uk #trains

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

If you pile your furniture in the middle of your living room then set it on fire, you will have the warmest house in your street, for a few hours.

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Reminder that Britain went from being the slowest-growing European economy in the 1970s to the fastest-growing in the 1980s.

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Johnny Lyne @johnnylyne.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Ahh Bakerloo line you have screwed me

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Johnny Lyne @johnnylyne.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

The overuse of the word "lore" relating to Taylor Swift is among the silliest things on the internet

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Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Tony Popovic: "Spotkick-stopping super-sub Mat Ryan is our secret weapon in this shootout!" Spotkick-stopping super-sub Mat Ryan: *gets out megaphone, publicly announces which way he'll dive, finishes diving before the referee's blown his whistle*

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Johnny Lyne @johnnylyne.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

The new "rare error from Vincent Kompany"

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Johnny Lyne @johnnylyne.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Parade was pretty perfect - no notes #afc #uta

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RG @geezypeas.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

We’ll be back. On to the next one. See you at the parade. UTA

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Johnny Lyne @johnnylyne.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Meant to track this down. Main thing that gives me confidence #afc #PSGARS #uta

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Ellie Mae O'Hagan @elliemaeohagan.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Obviously there is aircon everywhere in Aus and the buildings are designed to be cool, but also life is different. When it hits 35C, Australians go out at 7am and then stay at home with the curtains drawn and the aircon on until the evening. I got invited to an outdoor unshaded lunch today at 1pm

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Johnny Lyne @johnnylyne.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Not the highest intensity game yesterday but amazing how normal it is for Dowman to look at home in prem game, what a player! #afc #PALARS #uta

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WestStandTone @weststandtone.com · 24/05/2026

As our great club is crowned at the pinnacle of English football today, please remember that football did not start in 1992 and that this is our 14th league title. That’s 8 more than Chelsea’s 6 (5x financially doped) and 4 more than City’s 10 (8x financially doped.

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@AAllenSport @aallensport.arseblog.com · 23/05/2026

Mad how the weather got nice the moment Arsenal won the league. All that boiled piss has evaporated the clouds.

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John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 02/05/2026

Mikel Arteta has finally got his tactics right (Bukayo Saka playing soccer instead of being injured)

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Johnny Lyne @johnnylyne.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

If that was Real or Barca there'd be a lot of eyes on that refereeing VAR performance. Gifts Atleti route into tie #ATMARS #UCL

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Johnny Lyne @johnnylyne.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

@scott.cannonstats.com hey, unsure whether easy ask but have you got an individual xg number for Havertz's header against City? (Having the "headers are hard" conversation with some mates)

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