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/?)
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.
And if that wasn't bad enough we're 0-2 down at home to *Morton*
January 3, 2026 at 3:49 PM
And if that wasn't bad enough we're 0-2 down at home to *Morton*
How many more people have to die because of the arrogance of our leaders and the violence of our nations?
Lord have mercy, Christ have mercy.
Lord have mercy, Christ have mercy.
January 3, 2026 at 2:29 PM
How many more people have to die because of the arrogance of our leaders and the violence of our nations?
Lord have mercy, Christ have mercy.
Lord have mercy, Christ have mercy.
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The Trump doctrine of international relations may appear very complicated to the untrained eye but worry not, as an America watcher, I am here to explain it. The core ideological principle, to wit, is as follows:
googoogaga. goo goo, ga ga
googoogaga. goo goo, ga ga
January 3, 2026 at 2:18 PM
The Trump doctrine of international relations may appear very complicated to the untrained eye but worry not, as an America watcher, I am here to explain it. The core ideological principle, to wit, is as follows:
googoogaga. goo goo, ga ga
googoogaga. goo goo, ga ga
This is the obvious flaw in any idea that this was motivated by democracy. What is the theory of transition here? In what world does removing one leader precipitate a democratic renaissance? All this has done is create a power vacuum (or a martyr) which will not go the way the US thinks it will.
So like…now what? Is there a plan here exactly for what happens when you decapitate a government overnight?
Or is this just the “Jesus take the wheel” school of military planning?
Or is this just the “Jesus take the wheel” school of military planning?
January 3, 2026 at 2:17 PM
This is the obvious flaw in any idea that this was motivated by democracy. What is the theory of transition here? In what world does removing one leader precipitate a democratic renaissance? All this has done is create a power vacuum (or a martyr) which will not go the way the US thinks it will.
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I woke up to see the news. I am aghast.
I can't believe the FIFA peace prize has been disrespected like this. Is nothing sacred anymore?
I can't believe the FIFA peace prize has been disrespected like this. Is nothing sacred anymore?
January 3, 2026 at 8:23 AM
I woke up to see the news. I am aghast.
I can't believe the FIFA peace prize has been disrespected like this. Is nothing sacred anymore?
I can't believe the FIFA peace prize has been disrespected like this. Is nothing sacred anymore?
The escalatory trajectory of Trump's actions has been exponential. We've moved from rhetoric to attacking boats in international waters indiscriminately to a bombing in Nigeria and now to a kidnap of a sitting President. It's hard not to see that as him getting a taste for playing soldier.
January 3, 2026 at 11:25 AM
The escalatory trajectory of Trump's actions has been exponential. We've moved from rhetoric to attacking boats in international waters indiscriminately to a bombing in Nigeria and now to a kidnap of a sitting President. It's hard not to see that as him getting a taste for playing soldier.
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Well done to the US for heroically deterring Russia and China from considering regime change abroad by doing it themselves and suffering absolutely no consequences whatsoever up to and including having their allies fall short of actually criticizing them for it.
January 3, 2026 at 11:09 AM
Well done to the US for heroically deterring Russia and China from considering regime change abroad by doing it themselves and suffering absolutely no consequences whatsoever up to and including having their allies fall short of actually criticizing them for it.
Very important for credibility reasons that European leaders come out hard against (a) domestically and internationally unlawful military action, (b) American reassertion of its place as world police and (c) the idea that unilateral dislike of a foreign leader justifies military action
January 3, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Very important for credibility reasons that European leaders come out hard against (a) domestically and internationally unlawful military action, (b) American reassertion of its place as world police and (c) the idea that unilateral dislike of a foreign leader justifies military action
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A gangster state at home, a rogue state abroad: and entirely because Congress and the Supreme Court have abdicated their proper constitutional roles.
January 3, 2026 at 10:11 AM
A gangster state at home, a rogue state abroad: and entirely because Congress and the Supreme Court have abdicated their proper constitutional roles.
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It is happening with zero scrutiny. The government will not push back. The broadcasters will not interrogate. It is unbelievable how easily it is all sliding away.
You can joke about this but, as things stand, the likelihood is it will happen. We should be absolutely terrified. We are three years or so away from our democracy coming to an end.
Fashy Bob off again
December 30, 2025 at 8:46 PM
It is happening with zero scrutiny. The government will not push back. The broadcasters will not interrogate. It is unbelievable how easily it is all sliding away.
When I was a tour guide, I was out giving a tour and David Mitchell walked past us in the street, and I said (once he was out of earshot) "that was David Mitchell", and the American tourists all just looked back at me blankly
Please quote this with the time you didn’t interact with someone famous - eg one time I was in Cardiff the same weekend as Willem Dafoe (but I didn’t see him or even know he was there until he appeared on the telly later)
Please quote this with your major interactions with massive celebrities. eg “I was married to the pope for fifteen years”
December 30, 2025 at 11:41 PM
When I was a tour guide, I was out giving a tour and David Mitchell walked past us in the street, and I said (once he was out of earshot) "that was David Mitchell", and the American tourists all just looked back at me blankly
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Shamima Begum was the beginning of something in so many ways, one of which was 'the last government's inability to just do its job properly (in this case by passing legislation that would have allowed it to prosecute her here at home) and instead going 'no option but to undermine all our rights'.
There should be literally no circumstances, ever, where citizenship is can be revoked. If you literally sign up to fight for an opposing army in a war, then we should prosecute you for treason not revoke citizenship
Hell, I'm not convinced we should revoke citizenship at all.
But certainly not for being a twat online.
But certainly not for being a twat online.
December 29, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Shamima Begum was the beginning of something in so many ways, one of which was 'the last government's inability to just do its job properly (in this case by passing legislation that would have allowed it to prosecute her here at home) and instead going 'no option but to undermine all our rights'.
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This latest shitshow is another reminder why Starmer needs to go - not in May but now. He is not willing or capable of playing the role of PM. He is vindicating the far-right and demoralising the left. He should be removed for being bad for the country not merely losing Labour elections
December 29, 2025 at 11:27 AM
This latest shitshow is another reminder why Starmer needs to go - not in May but now. He is not willing or capable of playing the role of PM. He is vindicating the far-right and demoralising the left. He should be removed for being bad for the country not merely losing Labour elections
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So many things to complain about. But building a super advanced underground railway, in one of the worlds most complex subterranean spaces, with huge pax numbers on such a narrow footprint, and make the whole thing look like it's for modernist cybernetic moles (compliment), ain't one of them.
December 27, 2025 at 11:48 PM
So many things to complain about. But building a super advanced underground railway, in one of the worlds most complex subterranean spaces, with huge pax numbers on such a narrow footprint, and make the whole thing look like it's for modernist cybernetic moles (compliment), ain't one of them.
The Elizabeth Line boils a remarkable amount of piss in a particular kind of miserable/uninformed person. But the thing is it works really, really, really well *and* it's genuinely beautiful!! There is no need to be miserable!!
Really would love a longread on trends in municipal architecture and what drives them - why *is* this the in look for 2020s metro stations?
London Underground
December 27, 2025 at 11:25 PM
The Elizabeth Line boils a remarkable amount of piss in a particular kind of miserable/uninformed person. But the thing is it works really, really, really well *and* it's genuinely beautiful!! There is no need to be miserable!!
Hard to understand how this could be a coincidence
December 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Hard to understand how this could be a coincidence
Rewilders saying the quiet part loud now are they
‘Unashamedly capitalist’ rewilders claim ‘Moneyball’ approach could make millions – but experts sceptical
Rich Stockdale says model of ‘regenerative capitalism’ would maximise profits by planting trees, restoring peatlands, and installing windfarms across its estates
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Rewilders saying the quiet part loud now are they
My lovely grandmother turned 100 on Saturday just gone, which has rather overshadowed Christmas as you might imagine.
Altogether, and totally unplanned, she received *exactly* 100 birthday cards. Ain't that neat.
Altogether, and totally unplanned, she received *exactly* 100 birthday cards. Ain't that neat.
December 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
My lovely grandmother turned 100 on Saturday just gone, which has rather overshadowed Christmas as you might imagine.
Altogether, and totally unplanned, she received *exactly* 100 birthday cards. Ain't that neat.
Altogether, and totally unplanned, she received *exactly* 100 birthday cards. Ain't that neat.
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God’s official spokesman at lobby briefing says won’t comment on reports but any reconciliation would be “announced in the usual way”
BREAKING: unconfirmed reports from Christian theologians that God and sinners *may* have reconciled.
December 25, 2025 at 1:53 PM
God’s official spokesman at lobby briefing says won’t comment on reports but any reconciliation would be “announced in the usual way”
The Holy Trinity of books for dads in 2025:
- Jonn Elledge, 47 Borders
- Lewis Baston, 29 Borders
- Map Men, This Way Up
- Jonn Elledge, 47 Borders
- Lewis Baston, 29 Borders
- Map Men, This Way Up
Merry Christmas to everyone but especially every dad and granddad in Britain who is unwrapping four copies each of Jonn Elledge’s borders book.
December 25, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The Holy Trinity of books for dads in 2025:
- Jonn Elledge, 47 Borders
- Lewis Baston, 29 Borders
- Map Men, This Way Up
- Jonn Elledge, 47 Borders
- Lewis Baston, 29 Borders
- Map Men, This Way Up