Joseph Healy
@verde1957.bsky.social
Strategy Officer Transform Party. Retired UNITE member and active pensioner in Southwark Pensioners Dubliner Covid activist and veteran queer activist Hates Fascists, transphobes and anti vaxxers
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Here is Dr Barry Jones explaining that they knew from ‘day 1’ it was airborne and a virus of some consequence. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cpR...
UK Covid 19 Inquiry - Module 3 Hearing - 12 September 2024 AM
YouTube video by UK Covid-19 Inquiry
www.youtube.com
January 10, 2026 at 1:15 PM
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BREAKING: Staggering scenes as brave Iranians stand up to their illegitimate government in Tehran... um, hang on, I'm being told this is actually Minneapolis. Forget I said anything...
January 11, 2026 at 11:54 AM
BREAKING: Staggering scenes as brave Iranians stand up to their illegitimate government in Tehran... um, hang on, I'm being told this is actually Minneapolis. Forget I said anything...
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Like other queer movies (e.g. All of Us Strangers), the brilliant Pillion looks likely to be overlooked at the Oscars this year - but bravo the BAFTAs, where it has been longlisted for 5 awards, including Best British Film.
Harry Melling and Alexander Skarsgård are up for Actor and Supporting Actor.
Harry Melling and Alexander Skarsgård are up for Actor and Supporting Actor.
January 10, 2026 at 10:41 AM
Like other queer movies (e.g. All of Us Strangers), the brilliant Pillion looks likely to be overlooked at the Oscars this year - but bravo the BAFTAs, where it has been longlisted for 5 awards, including Best British Film.
Harry Melling and Alexander Skarsgård are up for Actor and Supporting Actor.
Harry Melling and Alexander Skarsgård are up for Actor and Supporting Actor.
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Can Labour also talk about the attacks on x on clinically vulnerable and long covid sufferers from an army of bots. When people are just trying to survive without vaccines, clean air and masks in healthcare. Over 3 millions British citizens are suffering #Longcovid. @teamlabouruk.bsky.social
January 10, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Can Labour also talk about the attacks on x on clinically vulnerable and long covid sufferers from an army of bots. When people are just trying to survive without vaccines, clean air and masks in healthcare. Over 3 millions British citizens are suffering #Longcovid. @teamlabouruk.bsky.social
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What threat? This is pandering to Trumps narrative. Why did Trump close bases if there was a threat. Denmark has disputed the threat also.
January 10, 2026 at 8:47 PM
What threat? This is pandering to Trumps narrative. Why did Trump close bases if there was a threat. Denmark has disputed the threat also.
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Paperback is out April 2026. Out already on audiobook. www.penguin.co.uk/books/458539...
January 11, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Paperback is out April 2026. Out already on audiobook. www.penguin.co.uk/books/458539...
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For shame Zack, don’t you know that’s the job of politics pundits
January 10, 2026 at 10:06 AM
For shame Zack, don’t you know that’s the job of politics pundits
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A member of the Crew-11 SpaceX mission suffered a medical event, prompting an early return to Earth for the four-person crew including NASA members.
NASA And SpaceX Will Make Historic Medical Evacuation Of Astronauts From Space Station
A member of the Crew-11 SpaceX mission suffered a medical event, prompting an early return to Earth for the four-person crew including NASA members.
www.forbes.com
January 10, 2026 at 5:40 PM
A member of the Crew-11 SpaceX mission suffered a medical event, prompting an early return to Earth for the four-person crew including NASA members.
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When I was 18 I worked in my local and the manager was an older guy who had "smartest man alive" vibes but was nice to me and didn't condescend so I assumed he really WAS smart. Then he told me how global warming wasn't real and it was much cooler than in the 1500s and I knew he was dumb as shit.
January 11, 2026 at 9:21 AM
When I was 18 I worked in my local and the manager was an older guy who had "smartest man alive" vibes but was nice to me and didn't condescend so I assumed he really WAS smart. Then he told me how global warming wasn't real and it was much cooler than in the 1500s and I knew he was dumb as shit.
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Really not funny as people continue to be hospitalised from COVID and suffer post infection risks like blood clots, heart damage. How did we get to a place where the European Society of Cardiologists acknowledges that heart damage is becoming ‘more common’ due to COVID and still there is no 🧵
Have you seen the new Dawn French “comedy” series that implies that infection control is a joke?
This is a serious issue, particularly for Clinically Vulnerable people who remain at increased risk, and we are not laughing.
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This is a serious issue, particularly for Clinically Vulnerable people who remain at increased risk, and we are not laughing.
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January 10, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Really not funny as people continue to be hospitalised from COVID and suffer post infection risks like blood clots, heart damage. How did we get to a place where the European Society of Cardiologists acknowledges that heart damage is becoming ‘more common’ due to COVID and still there is no 🧵
🚨 An undercover sting just exposed alarming loopholes in Westminster’s weak lobbying system: a fake Chinese company bought meetings with ministers and MPs, and it may not have even broken any rules! ✍️ Sign & share: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
Stop foreign interference in British politics
British politics has a foreign interference problem. An undercover investigation by Democracy for Sale and Led By Donkeys has revealed how shockingly easy it is for secretive Chinese interests to pene...
you.38degrees.org.uk
January 11, 2026 at 1:01 PM
🚨 An undercover sting just exposed alarming loopholes in Westminster’s weak lobbying system: a fake Chinese company bought meetings with ministers and MPs, and it may not have even broken any rules! ✍️ Sign & share: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
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Where Does This Stop?
Where Does This Stop?
The question answers itself. It does not stop. That is the point.
open.substack.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Where Does This Stop?
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Donald Trump's attack on Venezuela is naked, loud and proud colonialism.
And it's only the start.
Next: Colombia, Cuba, Greenland, Mexico...
And it's only the start.
Next: Colombia, Cuba, Greenland, Mexico...
January 5, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Donald Trump's attack on Venezuela is naked, loud and proud colonialism.
And it's only the start.
Next: Colombia, Cuba, Greenland, Mexico...
And it's only the start.
Next: Colombia, Cuba, Greenland, Mexico...
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We have had two consecutive governments who have been totally useless on COVID.
January 5, 2026 at 6:15 PM
We have had two consecutive governments who have been totally useless on COVID.
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🙏 @grantwakefield.bsky.social for this video highlighting the farcical mess we are in on Covid and how the science is being ignored while some of the right wing press disparage maskers. It was my understanding that science wasn’t watered down to suit political rhetoric
pohttps://vimeo.com/1148425617
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168 THINGS THAT AREN'T COVID BUT ARE
Compilation of the ever increasingly absurd response to Covid by press and public health alike, from 2020 onwards. Kids in Space! link here: https://nexuswebcast.mediasite.com/mediasite/Showcase/bc-c...
vimeo.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
🙏 @grantwakefield.bsky.social for this video highlighting the farcical mess we are in on Covid and how the science is being ignored while some of the right wing press disparage maskers. It was my understanding that science wasn’t watered down to suit political rhetoric
pohttps://vimeo.com/1148425617
pohttps://vimeo.com/1148425617
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Also screw the BBC for its naked agenda. It refused to carry a hugely expensive first ever YouGov survey we commissioned showing how awful trans lives in the UK have become because it was "not strong enough" but there's no piece of anti-trans hatred too petty for it to platform.
Total gaslighting. Anti-trans activist; chooses to speak in person, provoking students who want to protect trans rights; they exercise their freedom of speech to tell her she isn't wanted; she gets to speak anyway; the BBC dutifully platforms her again; and now she threatens to sue everyone.
University threatened with legal action after protest at event
Prof Alice Sullivan says her talk at the University of Bristol became like a
www.bbc.co.uk
December 22, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Also screw the BBC for its naked agenda. It refused to carry a hugely expensive first ever YouGov survey we commissioned showing how awful trans lives in the UK have become because it was "not strong enough" but there's no piece of anti-trans hatred too petty for it to platform.
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What a surprise!
Big corporates decide #LGBTQ+ Pride isn’t so important to them now it’s inconvenient.
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Big corporates decide #LGBTQ+ Pride isn’t so important to them now it’s inconvenient.
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Revealed: how big businesses are rolling back public support for Pride
Guardian analysis of 20 major companies in UK and US shows mentions of Pride on social media have fallen substantially in past two years
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:38 PM
What a surprise!
Big corporates decide #LGBTQ+ Pride isn’t so important to them now it’s inconvenient.
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Big corporates decide #LGBTQ+ Pride isn’t so important to them now it’s inconvenient.
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There is now a real possibility of a ‘twindemic’ wave of both Covid and flu over Christmas and New Year, extending into 2026. We urge everyone to change their behaviour and take sensible precautions to avoid being a victim. (4/4)
December 16, 2025 at 8:07 PM
There is now a real possibility of a ‘twindemic’ wave of both Covid and flu over Christmas and New Year, extending into 2026. We urge everyone to change their behaviour and take sensible precautions to avoid being a victim. (4/4)
Haven't been to the Young Vic Theatre
for 3 years and applied for Neighbourhood Theatre ticket to see #Bengaltiger as #Southwark resident but no community tickets Had a lovely message from NT Director offering me tickets for Jan 23rd Looking forward to a New Year #theatre trip 🎭
for 3 years and applied for Neighbourhood Theatre ticket to see #Bengaltiger as #Southwark resident but no community tickets Had a lovely message from NT Director offering me tickets for Jan 23rd Looking forward to a New Year #theatre trip 🎭
December 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Haven't been to the Young Vic Theatre
for 3 years and applied for Neighbourhood Theatre ticket to see #Bengaltiger as #Southwark resident but no community tickets Had a lovely message from NT Director offering me tickets for Jan 23rd Looking forward to a New Year #theatre trip 🎭
for 3 years and applied for Neighbourhood Theatre ticket to see #Bengaltiger as #Southwark resident but no community tickets Had a lovely message from NT Director offering me tickets for Jan 23rd Looking forward to a New Year #theatre trip 🎭
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There are more tests performed in winter "respiratory virus season" than summer. Which might bias toward flu and against covid (now in US tending towards largest wave in late summer).
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December 17, 2025 at 9:39 PM
There are more tests performed in winter "respiratory virus season" than summer. Which might bias toward flu and against covid (now in US tending towards largest wave in late summer).
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Looks like flu is wave is likely to be "normal bad" shifted earlier and not bigger this year after all.
Latest hospital data came out this afternoon.
Latest hospital data came out this afternoon.
December 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Looks like flu is wave is likely to be "normal bad" shifted earlier and not bigger this year after all.
Latest hospital data came out this afternoon.
Latest hospital data came out this afternoon.
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This is now the 8th Xmas since the UK Government committed to banning #LGBTQ+ conversion practices.
I’m one of many calling on the Government to publish a draft Bill before the end of this Parliamentary session, as promised.
Another year of delay is another year of preventable harm and suffering.
I’m one of many calling on the Government to publish a draft Bill before the end of this Parliamentary session, as promised.
Another year of delay is another year of preventable harm and suffering.
December 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM
This is now the 8th Xmas since the UK Government committed to banning #LGBTQ+ conversion practices.
I’m one of many calling on the Government to publish a draft Bill before the end of this Parliamentary session, as promised.
Another year of delay is another year of preventable harm and suffering.
I’m one of many calling on the Government to publish a draft Bill before the end of this Parliamentary session, as promised.
Another year of delay is another year of preventable harm and suffering.
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Ailing wannabe dictator yelling at his people and insisting that they're getting richer and safer when all the evidence demonstrates the opposite.
This is Gaddafi-levels of lunacy.
This is Gaddafi-levels of lunacy.
December 18, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Ailing wannabe dictator yelling at his people and insisting that they're getting richer and safer when all the evidence demonstrates the opposite.
This is Gaddafi-levels of lunacy.
This is Gaddafi-levels of lunacy.
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Really important post by @sjwrenlewis.bsky.social on the role of political elites in legitimising the populist radical right. I often wonder about the impact of WW2 on the generation who experienced it and saw how it arose. We forget too easily.
Y'days post: Understanding the rise of the populist far right mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/12/unde...
The role of social norms of humanitarism and anti-racism, and their abandonment by political elites and others, in explaining the rise in right wing populism.
The role of social norms of humanitarism and anti-racism, and their abandonment by political elites and others, in explaining the rise in right wing populism.
Understanding the rise of the populist far right
This is a follow-up to last week’s post. Occasionally I receive comments on social media that point me to academic analysis that I wasn’t ...
mainlymacro.blogspot.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Really important post by @sjwrenlewis.bsky.social on the role of political elites in legitimising the populist radical right. I often wonder about the impact of WW2 on the generation who experienced it and saw how it arose. We forget too easily.