Dan Kaszeta FRHistS
@dankaszeta.bsky.social
Londoner. CBRN expert, particularly nerve agents. Freeman of the City of London. Liveryman. "Legal Juggernaut". Anglican. Ex Verger. Author. Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Scourge of llamas. Former US Army. Former USSS. #NAFO Fella
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On the superiority of water as the primary decontaminant for tear gas and peppery spray on skin and eyes.
To make it clear to people, this is a thread. Some of you are not clear on the concept. I will reply this with another post and mark it with a number in (x). And so forth. (1)
On the superiority of water as the primary decontaminant for tear gas and peppery spray on skin and eyes.
To make it clear to people, this is a thread. Some of you are not clear on the concept. I will reply this with another post and mark it with a number in (x). And so forth. (1)
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i wonder if famed investigative journalist matt taibbi will have anything to say about this
New story up on the Homeland Security Department’s new tactic: flood social media companies with subpoenas to unmask anonymous accounts that criticize ICE or monitor the movements of ICE agents.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:13 AM
i wonder if famed investigative journalist matt taibbi will have anything to say about this
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Police set up national group to deal with UK-related Epstein allegations www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Police set up national group to deal with UK-related Epstein allegations
Senior policing source says ‘tsunami’ of claims expected after US release of papers relating to disgraced financier
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Police set up national group to deal with UK-related Epstein allegations www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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REPORTER: Why choose to do this press conference this way? Your agency is about to run out of funding. You were just in Arizona last week. And you bussed all of us to a secure facility. This doesn't seem top secret.
KRISTI NOEM: Oh my goodness -- this is our critical infrastructure
KRISTI NOEM: Oh my goodness -- this is our critical infrastructure
February 13, 2026 at 7:27 PM
REPORTER: Why choose to do this press conference this way? Your agency is about to run out of funding. You were just in Arizona last week. And you bussed all of us to a secure facility. This doesn't seem top secret.
KRISTI NOEM: Oh my goodness -- this is our critical infrastructure
KRISTI NOEM: Oh my goodness -- this is our critical infrastructure
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Everyone in the world comes to get married at the NYC Marriage Bureau. Last week, the Mayor stopped by to officiate a few of those ceremonies.
Thank you to all the couples who shared their joy with us. Happy Valentine's Day, New York.
Watch the full video at Youtube.com/nycmayorsoffice
Thank you to all the couples who shared their joy with us. Happy Valentine's Day, New York.
Watch the full video at Youtube.com/nycmayorsoffice
February 14, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Everyone in the world comes to get married at the NYC Marriage Bureau. Last week, the Mayor stopped by to officiate a few of those ceremonies.
Thank you to all the couples who shared their joy with us. Happy Valentine's Day, New York.
Watch the full video at Youtube.com/nycmayorsoffice
Thank you to all the couples who shared their joy with us. Happy Valentine's Day, New York.
Watch the full video at Youtube.com/nycmayorsoffice
Surely saving the BBC World Service would be an easy win for Starmer
February 15, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Surely saving the BBC World Service would be an easy win for Starmer
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And another bites the dust?
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on the BBC World Service: this is London calling | Editorial
Editorial: With just seven weeks before its funding runs out, the UK’s greatest cultural asset and most trusted international news organisation must be supported
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 3:40 PM
And another bites the dust?
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Ashamed to say I hadn't kept up with this story when it funding problems first emerged towards the end of last year, but scrapping the World Service (or severely depleting its funding further than it already has) would be a fucking unforgivable account of self-harm.
And another bites the dust?
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on the BBC World Service: this is London calling | Editorial
Editorial: With just seven weeks before its funding runs out, the UK’s greatest cultural asset and most trusted international news organisation must be supported
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Ashamed to say I hadn't kept up with this story when it funding problems first emerged towards the end of last year, but scrapping the World Service (or severely depleting its funding further than it already has) would be a fucking unforgivable account of self-harm.
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One of the most bizarre things you'll see on a policy level in London is watching influential British figures flaunting myths of UK geopolitical power to EU or US counterparts that are in reality falling apart due to lack of funding and focus
And another bites the dust?
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on the BBC World Service: this is London calling | Editorial
Editorial: With just seven weeks before its funding runs out, the UK’s greatest cultural asset and most trusted international news organisation must be supported
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 8:22 PM
One of the most bizarre things you'll see on a policy level in London is watching influential British figures flaunting myths of UK geopolitical power to EU or US counterparts that are in reality falling apart due to lack of funding and focus
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🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Health officials are racing to contain a growing measles outbreak in London, which has struck down dozens of young children and affected 7 schools and a nursery.
UKHSA has warned an outbreak across London could see 40,000 - 160,000 cases:
www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
UKHSA has warned an outbreak across London could see 40,000 - 160,000 cases:
www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
London measles outbreak: more than 60 children infected
Cases are spreading between children in Enfield as the virus exploits low MMR vaccination rates, medical experts say
www.thetimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 6:43 PM
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Health officials are racing to contain a growing measles outbreak in London, which has struck down dozens of young children and affected 7 schools and a nursery.
UKHSA has warned an outbreak across London could see 40,000 - 160,000 cases:
www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
UKHSA has warned an outbreak across London could see 40,000 - 160,000 cases:
www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
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Raskin: What makes somebody a good lawyer?
You have to identify with the people who are the victims of injustice — not with their perpetrators.
So I would say to Pam Bondi: If you’re going to stand with the victimizers and not the victims, then you’re not a real lawyer.
You have to identify with the people who are the victims of injustice — not with their perpetrators.
So I would say to Pam Bondi: If you’re going to stand with the victimizers and not the victims, then you’re not a real lawyer.
February 14, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Raskin: What makes somebody a good lawyer?
You have to identify with the people who are the victims of injustice — not with their perpetrators.
So I would say to Pam Bondi: If you’re going to stand with the victimizers and not the victims, then you’re not a real lawyer.
You have to identify with the people who are the victims of injustice — not with their perpetrators.
So I would say to Pam Bondi: If you’re going to stand with the victimizers and not the victims, then you’re not a real lawyer.
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Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
February 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
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I don’t understand the people who say bay leaves are useless and don’t add anything. Go smell a bay leaf. You can taste and smell that aroma in any long-simmered dish that uses bay leaves. If you say you can’t then I don’t think you have much of a palate, or you are missing some spectrum of taste.
February 13, 2026 at 2:27 PM
I don’t understand the people who say bay leaves are useless and don’t add anything. Go smell a bay leaf. You can taste and smell that aroma in any long-simmered dish that uses bay leaves. If you say you can’t then I don’t think you have much of a palate, or you are missing some spectrum of taste.
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Can’t believe we are still doing this
February 15, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Can’t believe we are still doing this
Most Croydon thing ever
February 15, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Most Croydon thing ever
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To be fair, this is every Friday and Saturday night in Brighton.
February 15, 2026 at 9:06 AM
To be fair, this is every Friday and Saturday night in Brighton.
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Note: Allegations of racial profiling aren’t just coming from congressional Democrats.
Over the past month, Cardinal Cupich, who oversees the Archdiocese of Chicago, has repeatedly claimed that his own priests have been racially profiled by DHS agents. religionnews.com/2026/02/10/c...
Over the past month, Cardinal Cupich, who oversees the Archdiocese of Chicago, has repeatedly claimed that his own priests have been racially profiled by DHS agents. religionnews.com/2026/02/10/c...
February 15, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Note: Allegations of racial profiling aren’t just coming from congressional Democrats.
Over the past month, Cardinal Cupich, who oversees the Archdiocese of Chicago, has repeatedly claimed that his own priests have been racially profiled by DHS agents. religionnews.com/2026/02/10/c...
Over the past month, Cardinal Cupich, who oversees the Archdiocese of Chicago, has repeatedly claimed that his own priests have been racially profiled by DHS agents. religionnews.com/2026/02/10/c...
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You cannot reform this.
Burn ICE to the ground, piss on the ashes, and salt the earth.
Then build a professional agency with standards and accountability to accomplish the critical mission they were supposed to be doing.
Burn ICE to the ground, piss on the ashes, and salt the earth.
Then build a professional agency with standards and accountability to accomplish the critical mission they were supposed to be doing.
Courts say ICE broke the law—thousands of times. The abuse continues anyway. This isn’t enforcement. It’s systemic disregard for constitutional rights, enabled and defended by the Trump regime. Republicans are treating the Constitution like toilet paper.
February 15, 2026 at 1:56 AM
You cannot reform this.
Burn ICE to the ground, piss on the ashes, and salt the earth.
Then build a professional agency with standards and accountability to accomplish the critical mission they were supposed to be doing.
Burn ICE to the ground, piss on the ashes, and salt the earth.
Then build a professional agency with standards and accountability to accomplish the critical mission they were supposed to be doing.
The word “republican” means different things in the USA, UK, and Ireland.
February 15, 2026 at 6:35 PM
The word “republican” means different things in the USA, UK, and Ireland.
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that they felt so empowered to do this is an indictment of local politicians like Sussex PCC Katy Bourne who has joined Crowborough Says No rallies and marches as well as national politicians who agree that far right led groups like Crowborough Says No represent 'legitimate concerns'.
Donate to Support for Arriving Migrants and Asylum Seekers, organized by Aaron Stevens
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February 15, 2026 at 12:30 PM
that they felt so empowered to do this is an indictment of local politicians like Sussex PCC Katy Bourne who has joined Crowborough Says No rallies and marches as well as national politicians who agree that far right led groups like Crowborough Says No represent 'legitimate concerns'.
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heartening support from shocked passers by.
This attack on exercising peacefully their democratic right to campaign exposes the far right leadership of the Crowborough Says No campaign for the racist thugs that they are, and
This attack on exercising peacefully their democratic right to campaign exposes the far right leadership of the Crowborough Says No campaign for the racist thugs that they are, and
Donate to Support for Arriving Migrants and Asylum Seekers, organized by Aaron Stevens
Hi we are Supporters of Arriving Migrants and Asylum Seekers (SAMAS,) a… Aaron Stevens needs your support for Support for Arriving Migrants and Asylum Seekers
www.gofundme.com
February 15, 2026 at 12:30 PM
heartening support from shocked passers by.
This attack on exercising peacefully their democratic right to campaign exposes the far right leadership of the Crowborough Says No campaign for the racist thugs that they are, and
This attack on exercising peacefully their democratic right to campaign exposes the far right leadership of the Crowborough Says No campaign for the racist thugs that they are, and
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These so called champions of 'free speech' and 'protectors of women' shut down a peaceful stall, stole material from the stall, and intimidated women anti racist campaigners with foul abuse and threats, though anti racists bravely held out for an hour amid sustained abuse and pressure with
Donate to Support for Arriving Migrants and Asylum Seekers, organized by Aaron Stevens
Hi we are Supporters of Arriving Migrants and Asylum Seekers (SAMAS,) a… Aaron Stevens needs your support for Support for Arriving Migrants and Asylum Seekers
www.gofundme.com
February 15, 2026 at 12:30 PM
These so called champions of 'free speech' and 'protectors of women' shut down a peaceful stall, stole material from the stall, and intimidated women anti racist campaigners with foul abuse and threats, though anti racists bravely held out for an hour amid sustained abuse and pressure with
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The 25 people who joined to support the SUTR stall were very quickly surrounded by a flash mob of around 40 from the far right led Crowborough Says No group organised with megaphones and banners.
Donate to Support for Arriving Migrants and Asylum Seekers, organized by Aaron Stevens
Hi we are Supporters of Arriving Migrants and Asylum Seekers (SAMAS,) a… Aaron Stevens needs your support for Support for Arriving Migrants and Asylum Seekers
www.gofundme.com
February 15, 2026 at 12:30 PM
The 25 people who joined to support the SUTR stall were very quickly surrounded by a flash mob of around 40 from the far right led Crowborough Says No group organised with megaphones and banners.
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1/5 Yesterday a Stand Up to Racism stall in Crowborough which was trying to promote a message of solidarity with refugees and put out a message of compassion over hostility on Valentine's day with leaflets, cakes and music was shut down by the far right.
Donate to Support for Arriving Migrants and Asylum Seekers, organized by Aaron Stevens
Hi we are Supporters of Arriving Migrants and Asylum Seekers (SAMAS,) a… Aaron Stevens needs your support for Support for Arriving Migrants and Asylum Seekers
www.gofundme.com
February 15, 2026 at 12:30 PM
1/5 Yesterday a Stand Up to Racism stall in Crowborough which was trying to promote a message of solidarity with refugees and put out a message of compassion over hostility on Valentine's day with leaflets, cakes and music was shut down by the far right.
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“The baby jail.”
Except for women curdled by ambition (Bondi, Noem), most women draw the line at the mistreatment of children.
There is a powerful force in us that’s more dangerous than a nuclear bomb: the pure maternal rage, the maenad delirium, aroused when a child is frightened or hurt.
Except for women curdled by ambition (Bondi, Noem), most women draw the line at the mistreatment of children.
There is a powerful force in us that’s more dangerous than a nuclear bomb: the pure maternal rage, the maenad delirium, aroused when a child is frightened or hurt.
This is what ICE does every day. Hunt little kids who are here legally. They get sent to a place called the “baby jail” in Texas. Very little of it ends up on video like this. But it’s routine. And disgusting.
February 15, 2026 at 5:51 PM
“The baby jail.”
Except for women curdled by ambition (Bondi, Noem), most women draw the line at the mistreatment of children.
There is a powerful force in us that’s more dangerous than a nuclear bomb: the pure maternal rage, the maenad delirium, aroused when a child is frightened or hurt.
Except for women curdled by ambition (Bondi, Noem), most women draw the line at the mistreatment of children.
There is a powerful force in us that’s more dangerous than a nuclear bomb: the pure maternal rage, the maenad delirium, aroused when a child is frightened or hurt.