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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS
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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)
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"Catastrophically" would be the first word which comes to mind in relation to this headline. All by the way for no political gain for Labour. They are already enacting some of the most draconian anti-immigration policies for decades. It doesn't appease Reform. 1/
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
February 16, 2026 at 6:58 PM
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"The idea that approval of a vaccine might depend—even a little bit—on whether the manufacturer says ‘pretty please’ speaks volumes about what role scientific judgment is now playing in the approval process."
This Is What Destroying the Vaccine Market Looks Like
A shocking move by RFK Jr.’s team has the industry spooked—for good reason.
lnk.thebulwark.com
February 16, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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Just as you thought the British government’s poorly publicised change to passport requirements for dual nationality citizens couldn’t get any more stupid:

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
New UK border rules for dual nationals are discriminatory against women, campaigners say
British women in Spain and Greece face ‘huge problems’ entering UK because of differing surname rules
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2026 at 6:43 PM
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Morning.

This clearly goes much further than the previous Populist formulation that 'English is an ethnicity but people can become British'.
February 16, 2026 at 7:10 AM
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Very fed up of people trying to reduce my identity to a single stupid flag.
February 16, 2026 at 4:17 PM
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Russian shipments got mixed up
The Texas / 2nd Amendment flag is a particularly unhinged touch seeing as the protest was in Poole
February 15, 2026 at 12:15 PM
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My next book? 😆
February 15, 2026 at 11:43 PM
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Reform could potentially win the floating protest voters but lose its far right base to Restore and thus lose the election for being insufficiently racist
Musk clearly thinks Farage is a bit "woke"
February 16, 2026 at 3:37 PM
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Interested in the use of chemical and biological weapons in assassination and how to investigate it? May I recommend two excellent chapters (by Glenn Cross and Richard Beedham, and by @dankaszeta.bsky.social) in the volume I co-edited with @avramovok.bsky.social.

www.rienner.com/title/Killin....
February 16, 2026 at 5:43 PM
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Federal court orders Trump administration to restore historical panel exhibits at President’s House in Philadelphia.

Happy Presidents Day.
February 16, 2026 at 5:33 PM
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Thought about this a lot lately
February 16, 2026 at 3:02 AM
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It’s not actually thinking. Please, stop this.
February 14, 2026 at 9:51 PM
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Grave mistake that will do long-term damage
February 16, 2026 at 5:32 PM
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I thought this was an AI mock up because no man would be so monumentally idiotic, insensitive and intrusive as to punish women for not having children…but then it is Reform.

Reform are not on yourside.

Reform not care about women’s safety.

Reform only see us as baby making machines.
February 16, 2026 at 4:16 PM
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Spoke to @theguardian.com earlier today regaridng the news of Navalny's poisoning. Is the choice of toxin aimed at sending a signal? It is more ambiguous than in recent cases.

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
Was Navalny poisoning by frog toxin meant to send a message?
Yvette Cooper may think so, and use of epibatidine may seem exotic, but experts say that is not conclusive
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2026 at 5:22 PM
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In this episode, I talked with Carolyn Dean about witnessing the Holocaust and empathy. We had a wide-ranging conversaion about the appropriate use of images and also about bystanding and the challenge of indifference.

A LOT to think about!

thhp.buzzsprout.com/2291653/epis...
Ep. 72- Empathy, Witnessing, and the Challenge of the Holocaust with Carolyn Dean - The Holocaust History Podcast
How do we approach witnessing the Holocaust? Are there appropriate or inappropriate ways to do this? Does witnessing make us more empathetic or more indifferent?  These are just some of the quest...
thhp.buzzsprout.com
February 16, 2026 at 11:43 AM
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This is the ideal Democratic candidate. You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like.
February 16, 2026 at 3:20 PM
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Trump Administration Secretly Deported Nine People To Cameroon, Despite Court Ruling!

”The Trump administration has secretly deported nine people to Cameroon, despite being protected by U.S. court orders. None of the deportees are from Cameroon.” (NYT)

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www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/w...
U.S. Deports Nine Migrants in Secret, Ignoring Legal Protections
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2026 at 9:39 AM
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Dan wasn't even born before decimalisation (nor was he anywhere near the UK when he was born) but still he yearns for Britain's pre-decimal times 55 years later.
February 16, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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I'm not sure I could ever forgive this government if it allows the BBC World Service to die
February 15, 2026 at 8:28 PM
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douglas adams was our most accurate futurist
We are at an airport restaurant. A robot just drove up to us with our food, said, "Hi! Here I am!" and then drove away with our food.
February 15, 2026 at 10:10 PM
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Reform's candidate Matthew Goodwin challenged for calling it "insane" to prosecute a man for "start the slaughter. Violence & murder is the only way now. Start off burning every migrant hotel then head to MPs’ houses & Parliament, we need to take over by FORCE’
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
February 16, 2026 at 9:54 AM
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Tom Homan: "I'm not going to sit here and say anybody did anything wrong and that, you know, they were, you know, unprofessional."

Today at Homewood Suites in New Brighton, MN:
February 14, 2026 at 9:52 PM