Euan Healey
@euanhealey.bsky.social
PhD historian and archaeologist of labour, subsistence, fisheries and environment.
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 murder of Renee Good by ICE is an atrocity that must face justice. Thankfully, accurate and clear video footage shows that this was a cold-blooded murder. This iteration of the print pays homage to that.
January 8, 2026 at 11:24 PM
The murder of Renee Good by ICE is an atrocity that must face justice. Thankfully, accurate and clear video footage shows that this was a cold-blooded murder. This iteration of the print pays homage to that.
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A market with no price signals that has created some of the highest fees in the world that hasn’t secured university funding. A policy that achieves literally none of its aims!
January 15, 2026 at 5:32 PM
A market with no price signals that has created some of the highest fees in the world that hasn’t secured university funding. A policy that achieves literally none of its aims!
I saw the teal scarf. I read "Harry Styles announces...". My brain filled in "defection to reform". It's been that kind of day.
January 15, 2026 at 5:29 PM
I saw the teal scarf. I read "Harry Styles announces...". My brain filled in "defection to reform". It's been that kind of day.
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Badenoch has missed a trick not doing her sacking Jenrick video like his fare dodging one. Chasing him through Portcullis House saying 'you're bang to rights'.
January 15, 2026 at 11:24 AM
Badenoch has missed a trick not doing her sacking Jenrick video like his fare dodging one. Chasing him through Portcullis House saying 'you're bang to rights'.
James Cleverly feeling pretty good about himself right now
January 15, 2026 at 11:22 AM
James Cleverly feeling pretty good about himself right now
"Area man experiences something unlikely" is great local news fodder. We now get global variants of this via social media (eg Florida man) these local stories have lost their newsworthiness because the market is flooded. But Local people still do cool things! This mum deserves a wee news story!
I did not know "mum makes alright looking themed birthday cake" was newsworthy
January 15, 2026 at 11:14 AM
"Area man experiences something unlikely" is great local news fodder. We now get global variants of this via social media (eg Florida man) these local stories have lost their newsworthiness because the market is flooded. But Local people still do cool things! This mum deserves a wee news story!
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Sabotaging public goods in the service of private interests.
January 15, 2026 at 10:21 AM
Sabotaging public goods in the service of private interests.
I appreciate the ship has sailed on this, but it frustrates me so much how bad Instagram has become. I used to have a usable social app, and now all I have is this husk which purely exists to get me addicted to short form vertical video content that I really hate (and, to my shame, this works).
January 14, 2026 at 3:44 PM
I appreciate the ship has sailed on this, but it frustrates me so much how bad Instagram has become. I used to have a usable social app, and now all I have is this husk which purely exists to get me addicted to short form vertical video content that I really hate (and, to my shame, this works).
I'm going to lose my mind www.theguardian.com/business/202...
January 14, 2026 at 12:24 PM
I'm going to lose my mind www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Using any tool like this without cognisance of its flaws to make significant, loadbearing decisions is, obviously, grounds for the sack. It's privatising your unprofessionalism to a little app that tells you you're doing a good job, when actually you're not on top of your very consequential brief.
WM Police chief Craig Guildford has apologised for identifying a fictitious West Ham v Maccabi Tel Aviv match in a police report. He’s written to the home affairs committee and blames Microsoft CoPilot for the error
January 14, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Using any tool like this without cognisance of its flaws to make significant, loadbearing decisions is, obviously, grounds for the sack. It's privatising your unprofessionalism to a little app that tells you you're doing a good job, when actually you're not on top of your very consequential brief.
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"I can't believe it's not HS2" latest
Ministers to announce new rail link between Birmingham and Manchester
Government will reveal much-delayed plans for major new and upgraded rail links in north of England
www.ft.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:13 PM
"I can't believe it's not HS2" latest
Arrived at the office to realise I'd left my laptop at home. Spectacular.
January 13, 2026 at 10:03 AM
Arrived at the office to realise I'd left my laptop at home. Spectacular.
I know it's trendy to dunk on Badenoch on here, but it is impressive to me how good she is at passing up on opportunities to put clear water between her party and Reform
Kemi going to bat for the non-consensual, violent, child porn app formerly known as X.
January 12, 2026 at 9:15 PM
I know it's trendy to dunk on Badenoch on here, but it is impressive to me how good she is at passing up on opportunities to put clear water between her party and Reform
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Zahawi can lead Reform's crackdown on tax avoidance. Plenty of experience.
January 12, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Zahawi can lead Reform's crackdown on tax avoidance. Plenty of experience.
I think about this quite frequently. On the other side, if such a place exists, we are going to be surprised at just how rotten and corrupt this American administration was. I suspect we will learn it was for many, all about the dirty money, all the way down.
on the far side of this, we are going to find the american government completely rotten through with russian spies
January 10, 2026 at 12:05 AM
I think about this quite frequently. On the other side, if such a place exists, we are going to be surprised at just how rotten and corrupt this American administration was. I suspect we will learn it was for many, all about the dirty money, all the way down.
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Some important new government policy that Native Americans might be interested in:
Trump talks about Denmark and Greenland just now: "The fact that they landed a boat there 500 years ago doesn't mean that they own the land."
January 9, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Some important new government policy that Native Americans might be interested in:
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Again, "I only make CSAM for money" would not help an ordinary person's defence, but would aggravate their sentencing.
Now only paying subscribers can make violent non-consenual sexual imagery of women and children -
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery
X to limit editing function to paying subscribers after platform threatened with fines and regulatory action
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 10:04 AM
Again, "I only make CSAM for money" would not help an ordinary person's defence, but would aggravate their sentencing.
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Pissing people off by hitting them with taxes/cutting their benefits and earning their emnity only to then forgo the badly needed funds really is becoming one of this government's distinguishing features www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Labour to announce pub business rates U-turn after industry outcry
Change likely to be welcomed by pub trade and opposition but will represent yet another government climbdown
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Pissing people off by hitting them with taxes/cutting their benefits and earning their emnity only to then forgo the badly needed funds really is becoming one of this government's distinguishing features www.theguardian.com/business/202...
If you'll excuse a little jazz chat on main, I absolutely cannot look past either of Jasmine Myra's records at the moment. Horizons particularly is just electric, emotive, moving music. I find her sound just absolutely captivating, to me some of the best of its type, completely immersive.
Horizons
open.spotify.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:00 PM
If you'll excuse a little jazz chat on main, I absolutely cannot look past either of Jasmine Myra's records at the moment. Horizons particularly is just electric, emotive, moving music. I find her sound just absolutely captivating, to me some of the best of its type, completely immersive.
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Whether it’s Democrats putting their pronouns in email signatures or Republicans shooting and killing unarmed drivers, both sides have taken actions that the other side finds threatening.
January 8, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Whether it’s Democrats putting their pronouns in email signatures or Republicans shooting and killing unarmed drivers, both sides have taken actions that the other side finds threatening.
me, disgusted, learning about the Glencoe massacre for the first time: the soup guys?
January 7, 2026 at 10:34 PM
me, disgusted, learning about the Glencoe massacre for the first time: the soup guys?
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Most of the London-crime chat is just code for racism. They don't really mean that an area is dangerous. They mean that it contains black people/Muslims and want to insinuate that this entails danger.
January 7, 2026 at 11:17 AM
Most of the London-crime chat is just code for racism. They don't really mean that an area is dangerous. They mean that it contains black people/Muslims and want to insinuate that this entails danger.
The best time to ramp up Britain's independent military capability and to solve our recruitment problem was any number of times in the last decade, probably earlier.
The second best time is today.
The second best time is today.
Disclosure: I am in favour of Britain sending peacekeeping troops to Ukraine.
Questions: let's say at a minimum we are looking at one armoured brigade on a rotation basis (5k x 4), that is a significant chunk of our medically deployable troops at last count. Will we redeploy resources?
Questions: let's say at a minimum we are looking at one armoured brigade on a rotation basis (5k x 4), that is a significant chunk of our medically deployable troops at last count. Will we redeploy resources?
January 7, 2026 at 10:23 AM
The best time to ramp up Britain's independent military capability and to solve our recruitment problem was any number of times in the last decade, probably earlier.
The second best time is today.
The second best time is today.
It's not as sexy, so it doesn't provoke the outrage of a European Super League or sportswashing by oil states, but multi-club ownership is one of the worst things to ever happen to football. Rosenior to Chelsea is the perfect example - Strasbourg have been totally robbed of any agency to resist.
January 6, 2026 at 3:40 PM
It's not as sexy, so it doesn't provoke the outrage of a European Super League or sportswashing by oil states, but multi-club ownership is one of the worst things to ever happen to football. Rosenior to Chelsea is the perfect example - Strasbourg have been totally robbed of any agency to resist.