Euan Healey
@euanhealey.bsky.social
PhD historian and archaeologist of labour, subsistence, fisheries and environment at the University of Glasgow.
Antifascist & trade unionist. Baggies, Jags, Warriors, Canucks. Pilgrim through this barren land. he/him.
Antifascist & trade unionist. Baggies, Jags, Warriors, Canucks. Pilgrim through this barren land. he/him.
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Euan Healey
@euanhealey.bsky.social
· May 19
The odd thing about UK fisheries is that we export a lot of mackerel and import a lot of cod and haddock. When did this start? Once upon a time did we eat a lot of mackerel?
Big day to be a fisheries historian (fishtorian). Big day.
When it comes to oily fish, the export market has always been the focus of British commerical fishing. Prior to the First World War, British fishing was dominated by the North Sea herring fishing; herring outweighed every other fish (1/?)
When it comes to oily fish, the export market has always been the focus of British commerical fishing. Prior to the First World War, British fishing was dominated by the North Sea herring fishing; herring outweighed every other fish (1/?)
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The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.
If a Prime Minister and their Culture Sec had something to them, they'd identify actually quite a significant opportunity available following BBC DG and HoN being vacated simultaneously to change the direction of a state broadcaster that does at moments appear to have lost its way. However...
November 9, 2025 at 8:27 PM
If a Prime Minister and their Culture Sec had something to them, they'd identify actually quite a significant opportunity available following BBC DG and HoN being vacated simultaneously to change the direction of a state broadcaster that does at moments appear to have lost its way. However...
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what are the odds that the people in Downing Street briefing this out would also break out in hives at the mere mention of proportional representation?
November 8, 2025 at 9:07 AM
what are the odds that the people in Downing Street briefing this out would also break out in hives at the mere mention of proportional representation?
"However, because of aid cuts, FCDO officials chose the “least ambitious” plan to protect Sudanese civilians."
Aid cuts cost lives.
Aid cuts cost lives.
UK rejected atrocity prevention plans for Sudan despite warning of possible genocide
Exclusive: British government adopted ‘least ambitious’ option months before RSF’s massacres in El Fasher
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
"However, because of aid cuts, FCDO officials chose the “least ambitious” plan to protect Sudanese civilians."
Aid cuts cost lives.
Aid cuts cost lives.
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Until I die, I will never understand why so many motorists think that “having a car” should give you special protections from doing crimes.
Year one: "We can work it out as an estimate"
Year two: "Oh, look, lots of people are dodging the system!"
Year three: "We need to fit mandatory trackers to every car in the country."
Year four plus: "Why shouldn't tracker data be used in evidence? What have people got to hide?"
Year two: "Oh, look, lots of people are dodging the system!"
Year three: "We need to fit mandatory trackers to every car in the country."
Year four plus: "Why shouldn't tracker data be used in evidence? What have people got to hide?"
I don’t think think “estimated road use” is right approach - at the least drivers should have the *option* of getting a black box fitted that just tracks their EVs usage, but come on, Mel, impersonate a serious politician!
November 6, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Until I die, I will never understand why so many motorists think that “having a car” should give you special protections from doing crimes.
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12 Angry Men knife scene only it’s a sandwich
BREAKING EXCLUSIVE MUST CREDIT: Lunch for jurors in the “sandwich guy” trial are a variety of sandwiches, according to a source familiar with lunch.
November 6, 2025 at 5:43 PM
12 Angry Men knife scene only it’s a sandwich
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i’d also say that the GOP’s obsession with this gives candidates an opportunity to articulate and stand up for their values. “i refuse to make anyone feel like they don’t belong in my [state/city/community]. and i want everyone to live the best life they can achieve [insert policy slogan]”
I am taking particular pleasure in the complete collapse of trans-as-unbeatable-wedge-issue narrative this morning. It might be an 80-20 issue in voters minds, but it has to be on voters minds to matter. The results in VA demonstrate that it is very much not on voters minds.
November 5, 2025 at 2:38 PM
i’d also say that the GOP’s obsession with this gives candidates an opportunity to articulate and stand up for their values. “i refuse to make anyone feel like they don’t belong in my [state/city/community]. and i want everyone to live the best life they can achieve [insert policy slogan]”
"If there is any way to terrify a despot, it is by dismantling the very conditions that allowed him to accumulate power. [...] When working people have ironclad rights, the bosses who seek to extort them become very small indeed.”
Hope and socialism. Who'd have thought it?
Hope and socialism. Who'd have thought it?
‘Turn the volume up’: Mamdani invokes Trump in fiery speech laying out plan of action
As New York City’s mayor-elect reiterated his policies, the president posted ‘And so it begins!’ on his social media
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
"If there is any way to terrify a despot, it is by dismantling the very conditions that allowed him to accumulate power. [...] When working people have ironclad rights, the bosses who seek to extort them become very small indeed.”
Hope and socialism. Who'd have thought it?
Hope and socialism. Who'd have thought it?
Kemi Badenoch warns shadow cabinet not to go off "core messages" as well as to stop asking her about her "core messages" as you don't know them as her "core messages" go to a different school
Kemi Badenoch expressed her frustration at Robert Jenrick going off message and off policy & also at Katie Lam going off 'core messages' for talking what the Opposition's policy had been for 5 months on their headline theme of borders, where the party had proposed to remove ILR residence status
November 3, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Kemi Badenoch warns shadow cabinet not to go off "core messages" as well as to stop asking her about her "core messages" as you don't know them as her "core messages" go to a different school
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Its genuinely fascinating how this applies to almost everything: the forces in the UK now lean left, as does (the player base at least) rugby union and the Church.
The participants of the worlds most Tory things are now left because theyre
A) young
B) leave the house
The participants of the worlds most Tory things are now left because theyre
A) young
B) leave the house
D&D is becoming left-coded simply by virtue of being a communal activity.
Just finished phone banking with @benkahnmd.bsky.social for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social at the great shop, @anyonecomics.bsky.social in Brooklyn, sat next to a D&D session. Felt like we managed our own critical rolls: Convinced 2 people to vote for Zohran; helped another find their poll site.
November 3, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Its genuinely fascinating how this applies to almost everything: the forces in the UK now lean left, as does (the player base at least) rugby union and the Church.
The participants of the worlds most Tory things are now left because theyre
A) young
B) leave the house
The participants of the worlds most Tory things are now left because theyre
A) young
B) leave the house
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Next time someone tells you that train drivers "just push buttons" show them this from the BBC
November 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Next time someone tells you that train drivers "just push buttons" show them this from the BBC
If Elected, How Might Mamdani Use Mayoral Power In Ways That Affect Sodor
If Zohran Mamdani is elected mayor of New York City, his views of Israel could influence the city's investments, his appointees and city policing tactics. Here's how.
If Elected, How Might Mamdani Use Mayoral Power in Ways That Affect Israel?
Zohran Mamdani’s opposition to Israel’s treatment of Palestinians could influence New York City’s investments, his appointees and city policing tactics.
nyti.ms
October 31, 2025 at 3:36 PM
If Elected, How Might Mamdani Use Mayoral Power In Ways That Affect Sodor
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A plurality of white British see Reform as racist - this is sharply contested by supporters/critics
The ethnic minority verdict is tougher: 7/10 see Reform as a racist party: a view most strongly held by 8/10 south Asian Muslims, but shared by over 6/10 black, Indian and mixed race respondents
The ethnic minority verdict is tougher: 7/10 see Reform as a racist party: a view most strongly held by 8/10 south Asian Muslims, but shared by over 6/10 black, Indian and mixed race respondents
October 31, 2025 at 10:02 AM
A plurality of white British see Reform as racist - this is sharply contested by supporters/critics
The ethnic minority verdict is tougher: 7/10 see Reform as a racist party: a view most strongly held by 8/10 south Asian Muslims, but shared by over 6/10 black, Indian and mixed race respondents
The ethnic minority verdict is tougher: 7/10 see Reform as a racist party: a view most strongly held by 8/10 south Asian Muslims, but shared by over 6/10 black, Indian and mixed race respondents
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The claim that "civil war is inevitable in the UK" is better understood as an expression of the author's desire to see blood spilt on British streets.
October 29, 2025 at 8:48 AM
The claim that "civil war is inevitable in the UK" is better understood as an expression of the author's desire to see blood spilt on British streets.
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one of them literally led to an independence referendum which was existential to the existence of the UK what the fuck are you talking about BBC
October 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
one of them literally led to an independence referendum which was existential to the existence of the UK what the fuck are you talking about BBC
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ngl this makes it the perfect venue for special court to try members of the current administration who committed treason or violated the constitution, if anyone is ever able to wrest power from the far right in America.
“.. Already, officials are referring to it as "The President Donald J. Trump Ballroom." That name will likely stick, ABC News was told. 🤡
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October 24, 2025 at 10:29 PM
ngl this makes it the perfect venue for special court to try members of the current administration who committed treason or violated the constitution, if anyone is ever able to wrest power from the far right in America.
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No punishment any future admin could realistically deliver will be enough for this murderous regime. archive.today/sYuw3
October 23, 2025 at 11:17 PM
No punishment any future admin could realistically deliver will be enough for this murderous regime. archive.today/sYuw3
I have a pretty solid feeling that Trump/Hegseth's US invades Venezuela (or another South American state) before the end of the term. The illegal, extra judicial killings of random sailors in the Gulf moves the dial, but the rhetoric on this will take them all the way.
TRUMP: "The drug cartels are the ISIS of the Western Hemisphere.”
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October 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I have a pretty solid feeling that Trump/Hegseth's US invades Venezuela (or another South American state) before the end of the term. The illegal, extra judicial killings of random sailors in the Gulf moves the dial, but the rhetoric on this will take them all the way.
Glad to hear the Paisley bloodline remain committed to having a normal one
King Charles should abdicate if he prays with the Pope, says Kyle Paisley
The son of Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) founder Ian Paisley says the King would not be "true to his oath" if he joined the Pope in prayer.
www.bbc.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Glad to hear the Paisley bloodline remain committed to having a normal one
I do almost this exact bit when I teach the Columbian Exchange, what are the odds
Trump on president of Colombia: "He's a thug & bad guy. He's making a lot of drugs. We just as of today stopped all payments going to Columbia. The country Colombia. Also, the school Colombia. No, we settled ... he better watch it or we'll take very serious action against him & his country"
October 22, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I do almost this exact bit when I teach the Columbian Exchange, what are the odds
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To be clear: deportations to increase cultural homogeneity is the text book definition of ethnic cleansing. Demands that come even close to this are so far outside any democratic norm and the rule of law. What has happened to a country when this is not condemned in the strongest possible terms?
October 21, 2025 at 10:47 AM
To be clear: deportations to increase cultural homogeneity is the text book definition of ethnic cleansing. Demands that come even close to this are so far outside any democratic norm and the rule of law. What has happened to a country when this is not condemned in the strongest possible terms?
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To be absolutely clear, it is impossible to vote for a party that cannot bring itself to unequivocally defend the rights of people living and working legally in this country. Because arbitrary removal of legal rights, or sudden varying of terms, for some is ultimately a threat to everyone.
October 21, 2025 at 10:13 AM
To be absolutely clear, it is impossible to vote for a party that cannot bring itself to unequivocally defend the rights of people living and working legally in this country. Because arbitrary removal of legal rights, or sudden varying of terms, for some is ultimately a threat to everyone.
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They had a full day to craft this statement and they still couldn’t bring themselves to say “this is unconscionable and we would never change the rules on people in this way” without adding the rider “as long as they deserve it”. Who is this even for?
“We welcome those who come to this country, legally, and give more than they take. We believe the right to stay here must not be automatic, but that those who play their part should be able to earn that right."
October 21, 2025 at 10:05 AM
They had a full day to craft this statement and they still couldn’t bring themselves to say “this is unconscionable and we would never change the rules on people in this way” without adding the rider “as long as they deserve it”. Who is this even for?