maiphay

Trying to get my shit together whilst dealing with the daily grind. Researcher. Writer. Editor. Anglo-Burmese & living with invisible disabilities.

[Variety @Variety]

Anthony Head, the British actor best known for his roles in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Ted Lasso,” has died at 72.

His daughters shared in a statement that he “passed away peacefully of complications due to pneumonia, surrounded by his family.”

https://t.co/TOTGKcKLzx

[Basil the Great @BasilTheGreat]

🚨BREAKING: SPECIALIST DOCTOR SAYS HENRY NOWAK COULD HAVE LIVED IF NOT FOR POLICE

In summary:

- Henry was alive when they arrived and likely clotted
- Aggressive police intervention likely tore clot
- Major Trauma department was minutes away from scene
- Judge and Pathologist were FAR TOO LENIENT on Police
- Henry Nowak had 50% CHANCE to survive
- Absolutely convinced that if he arrived in hospital alive he would have survived

This is disgusting, the family deserve justice

Full breakdown below:

Dr Krzysztof Magier [@DrMagier] based in the Isle of Wight is a qualified Paediatric Care Lead and part of the 'Critical Care Network' with experience in combat medicine training and a specialized course in treating severe injuries (including gunshot and stab wounds) has analysed the footage and claimed the AGGRESSIVE Police intervention may have contributed towards Henry's death.

Dr Magier DISAGREES with the pathologist's and judge's opinion that Henry Nowak had ZERO chance of SURVIVAL.

As well as the claim that handcuffing him essentially changed NOTHING.

In fact he claims the REVERSE IS TRUE, there is a high likelihood that the police intervention CONTRIBUTED TO HENRY'S DEATH.

He analysed the autopsy report, which points to DAMAGE to the subclavian vein as the main source of BLEEDING.

In a healthy person, venous bleeding occurs under low pressure and often self-limits thanks to the NATURALLY FORMING CLOT, while simply approximating the wound edges and compressing the surrounding tissues closes the vein enough to slow or even stop the bleeding.

The body camera footage shows that when police arrived on the scene (likely 5-10 minutes after the injury), Henry was CONCIOUS ENOUGH to speak LOUDLY.

He was therefore NOT YET in a terminal state.

After his arms were twisted behind his back and handcuffed, the vein was most likely STRETCHED, the clot TORN, and BLEEDING DRAMATICALLY INTENSIFIED.

Within just about three minutes, he lost consciousness and DIED.

People with suspected internal injuries should NEVER be moved or yanked abruptly, such actions can destroy the natural clot and lead to massive internal hemorrhage.

Instead of immediately calling a medical rescue team and handing the patient over to paramedics, the police ARRESTED HIM.

If paramedics had arrived first on the scene, Henry’s chances of survival would have been MUCH HIGHER.

AS HIGH AS "50%"—writes Dr. Magier.

Paramedics could have quickly started an IV, administered fluids to increase circulating blood volume, and tranexamic acid to stabilize the clot, and if needed, performed needle decompression (inserting a large, long needle into the lung), because the issue wasn’t so much lack of lung function, but compression of the blood-filled lung on the heart and mediastinum, which blocks circulation.

Worse still, the incident took place just a few minutes' drive by car (2–3 minutes by ambulance with sirens) from Southampton University Hospital—a regional MAJOR TRAUMA CENTRE equipped with a full team of specialists, procedures, and equipment.

"I AM CONVINCED THAT IF HENRY HAD ARRIVED THERE ALIVE THE DOCTORS WOULD HAVE NOT LET HIM DIE"—writes Dr. Magier.

The aggressive police intervention, instead of saving a life, led to death through improper handling of a severely injured person, even though world-class care was just minutes away. "I fear the Judge and pathologist were too lenient toward the police"

[Princess Pinocchio 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @PinocchPrincess]

I found this moving account of someone at the Southampton vigil for Henry Nowak on Facebook:

Last night a few people mentioned the 'Southampton Riots' and were surprised I was there. So let me clarify.

I went to Southampton to show my respect for Henry, that his death wasn't in vain, and that knife crime and two tier policing needs to stop.
I am not a 'grief tourist', a 'far right fascist' or a 'rioter'.

What the media didn't show you, was that the initial 2000 people showed absolute respect. A minutes silence, the Lords prayer, a song.

The only incitement was the police who tried to push us down the stairs twice to bait a reaction.
Then we marched. People parked their cars and joined us. People came out of flats, houses and shops and joined us. Drivers bibbed their horns showing solidarity. Sikhs shook our hands apologising. (we know it's not their fault) When we passed the Gurdwawa there was silence and no chants. The march grew to about 5,000 people. We ALL CARE. This won't be shown on social media as it doesn't fit the narrative.

The police tried to kettle us. Fire engines and ambulances sent up and down the road for no other reason than to remove us.

At Belmont Road (where Henry died) we stayed 100m away from the location. The police were protecting the Digwa house. Where the father, charged with various knife offences (not charged with perverting justice or kidnap) and the brother charged with similar knife offences (but not perverting justice, kidnap and assualt) were happily watching TV. 1000 of us all got on one knee. We asked the police to join us. At this point there was no riot gear. They refused. They were asked please join us. They refused.

I don't for one minute condone the riots or violence. I was stood on top of a high wall with two polish fellas. Out of the way. We could see from our vantage point the police donning riot gear behind the row of vehicles.

At that point I and a friend from the IOW left and walked back. Then the riots, which we never saw, must have occurred.

Please don't be blindsighted by the biased media. Please watch GB News.

This isn't black v white. Many different ethnicities joined us and as mentioned Sikhs shook our hands. I never saw any race hate whatsoever.

This isn't left v right.

It's about the unlawful killing of a white man because he was white, because of knife crime and because the police are so scared to be called racist they prioritised lies and false claims of racism instead of an obvious desperate and dying young man.

If you can't see that yet, then I really hope that that day will soon come.

Thank you to the messages of support too.

I will never ever change. I will always stand up for what I believe in. My integrity has been expensive, yet worth every penny.

For those that missed this before, here is the silence observed perfectly by the 2000 at Southampton Police Station..

Thank you.

[maiphay @maiphay]

@Johnpre87939942 @B33n3y4 Yeh, me too!

[maiphay @maiphay]

@B33n3y4 Bloody hell! What a blast from the past!

[Cherie @MNE42CDO]

Taken from Facebook:
Kelly Hatchard

“To me, Henry wasn't a headline or a court case. He was my best friends funny, caring, cheeky son. Henry had a way of making people smile without even trying. He had so much life ahead of him, so many plans, and so much love to give. When Henry was just a baby, Lucy gave me the honour of being his godmother. Our kids, like us shared their childhood. Henry's loved ones were just normal people and we were enjoying watching our kids grow into adults, naively taking for granted that we would see all the wonderful things that life had to offer them.

On December 5th 2025, when the news broke, life as we knew it stopped.

My focus in what I want to say will always be Henry and Henry's family.

But, nothing I could ever say would come close to explaining the pain of losing Henry. But alongside the heartbreak of losing Henry has been the pain of watching one of the kindest families I have ever known have their entire world torn apart.

I was lucky enough to grow up with the family of my best friends Lucy (Henry's Mum) and Katie (Henry's aunty). The family make everyone feel welcome. Their home is filled with kindness, warmth and laughter. No matter what life throws at them they always find a way to bring light to those around them. They are generous with their time, compassionate in their hearts, and the sort of people who make others feel like family too, including me and then my children. Their laughter is infectious, their support unwavering, and their love for one another shines through in everything they do.

My heart is broken for them, a very large part of them died on the day that monster chose to rip Henry from their lives. Yet even through their darkest days they continued to be the wonderful people that they are. Their focus during these dark times was to shine a light on and raise money for the charity that has helped them.

Then, 6 months after Henry's death, the heart ache continued as they had to face the trial. Being subjected to sit in a room with the monster who brutally murdered their son and watch the lies spill so easily from his mouth. A man who has not once showed an an ounce of remorse for what he did. They endured a living nightmare.

Thinking that things could not possibly get worse, in the last few weeks they have learned that the very institution that is there to protect us not only ignored Henry's plea for help, but they sided with the monster who put him on the ground .

Henry's family learned that his last moments were not only spent so afraid of the monster who attacked him but he was then wronged and let down by the police officer who I have no doubt, Henry assumed was there to help him.

That police officer handcuffed Henry and read him his rights. The last thing my best friend's beautiful boy heard before we lost him forever.

This image, we will never ever be able to erase from our minds. Family, friends and now the world, will have seen that image and we all have to live with it forever.

Shame on the monster who took you, shame on the police officer who should have helped you and shame on the organisation that trained the police officer to side with an incorrect racist slur over a dying young man. Shame on you all!!

You treated a loving caring intelligent hardworking young man, with such disregard and disrespect. You treated Henry's family, such good people, with such dishonesty! The lies have been inforgivable !! HOW DARE YOU.

Henry deserved so much more from this life. Henry and his family have been let down so badly.

THIS COULD HAPPEN AGAIN TO ANYONE, ANYONE'S CHILD.

This has to stop now.

Henry we will fight until the end for you. The world will know your name. You changed our lives for the better for being a part of it, I believe you will now go on to change the lives of others by the legacy you will leave.

God bless you my darling 💙”

[Deborah Worboys @DeborahWorboys1]

Can anyone help.xx

[WHU4EVER⚒️ @WHU4EVER88]

Next step bring this badge back!!!

[maiphay @maiphay]

@B33n3y4 Come visit. I make a boom Burmese fish curry. 🍛

[maiphay @maiphay]

@B33n3y4 Yeh, for sure 😉 🫶

[maiphay @maiphay]

@B33n3y4 Just got to wait for the youngest to finish uni and get a job then I’m looking to leave London. For real.

[maiphay @maiphay]

@B33n3y4 I would do, as well, tbh 🍻

[☩ 𝕁𝕄𝕋 ☩ @SecretFire79]

In February – March 2021, during the violent military crackdown on pro-democracy protests in Myitkyina, Myanmar, heavily armed riot police advanced on a group of unarmed civilians, many of them young people and children.

Then stepped forward Sister Ann Rose Nu Tawng, a Catholic nun from the Kachin ethnic community and a member of the Sisters of St. Francis Xavier.

Wearing her simple white habit, she walked straight into the street, dropped to her knees, and stretched out her arms in front of the guns. With tears in her eyes, she pleaded with the soldiers:

“Shoot me instead! Don’t shoot the children!”

Her absolute courage and selflessness stunned the armed unit. They halted their advance. The image of this lone nun facing down rifles and shields became one of the most powerful symbols of peaceful resistance in modern times, a modern David and Goliath moment seen around the world.

Sister Ann, who worked at a church-run clinic helping the sick and displaced, later said she acted because “there was no one else to protect the people.”

This photo didn’t just go viral, it touched millions of hearts across every faith and nation, reminding us what real bravery and Christ-like love look like in the face of raw power.

One small woman with a big God can change the course of a moment… and inspire the world.

[Central @WestHam_Central]

"If you’re going to give me a contract and I can’t play for the first team, at least give me a contract that’s more than what the under-21s are on. Her response was, 'well they haven’t broken their leg. We don’t know what the outcome is going to be'."

– Antonio on Karren Brady

[maiphay @maiphay]

Yup!

[80s Kidz @80s_Kidz]

Facts👇🏻

[Lord Samuel J Jack ⚒️ @SamuelJJack2]

We don’t go down without a fight #COYI ⚒️⚒️⚒️⚒️⚒️💪🏻

[Louis ⚒️ @louisgalman07]

If we go down we MUST raise our red cards against Sullivan

He got us in this mess, since his takeover it’s ultimately led up to this relegation, it’s him to blame

Don’t protest during the game, support the team and back the boys

COYI⚒️

#whufc #whu

[West Ham News Hub @westhamnewshub]

On an afternoon when some believe and others have accepted our fate let’s all be UNITED as one in that stadium

We are West Ham United, Premier League, Championship or Non-League

We as the fans are the most important asset of this club

Big day, a lot of hope #COYI #WHUFC

⚒️⚒️

[maiphay @maiphay]

@Ironmarc1 That’s stunning 🫧⚒️🫧