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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Yes, I know my upcoming book "The Baltic States in the Second World War" has been delayed several times. (Apologies). But....
Waterstones is having a pre-order sale this week. Use the order code FEB26 at checkout for 25% off.
www.waterstones.com/book/the-bal...
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Waterstones is having a pre-order sale this week. Use the order code FEB26 at checkout for 25% off.
www.waterstones.com/book/the-bal...
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Knob.
Ps - I am American as well as “Brit”
Ps - I am American as well as “Brit”
This is why I hate brits
February 17, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Knob.
Ps - I am American as well as “Brit”
Ps - I am American as well as “Brit”
It's now the season for weirdo fake patriots screaming "When is Sadiq Khan going to put up 'Lent Lights' and wish us all 'Happy Lent'" as if those were actual things in Christianity.
(They aren't. Much of the patriot right are faux Christians who know nothing much of the religion.)
(They aren't. Much of the patriot right are faux Christians who know nothing much of the religion.)
February 17, 2026 at 12:22 PM
It's now the season for weirdo fake patriots screaming "When is Sadiq Khan going to put up 'Lent Lights' and wish us all 'Happy Lent'" as if those were actual things in Christianity.
(They aren't. Much of the patriot right are faux Christians who know nothing much of the religion.)
(They aren't. Much of the patriot right are faux Christians who know nothing much of the religion.)
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"The owners of a Dallas County warehouse that ICE had planned to use as a mega detention center said Monday it will not sell or lease the property to the federal government.
“God answered our prayers,” the Hutchins Mayor said after learning of the decision...
www.dallasnews.com/news/immigra...
“God answered our prayers,” the Hutchins Mayor said after learning of the decision...
www.dallasnews.com/news/immigra...
Warehouse owner won’t sell Dallas County property to ICE for migrant detention center
The owners of a Dallas County warehouse that Immigration and Customs Enforcement had planned to use as a mega detention center said Monday it will not sell or...
www.dallasnews.com
February 16, 2026 at 8:45 PM
"The owners of a Dallas County warehouse that ICE had planned to use as a mega detention center said Monday it will not sell or lease the property to the federal government.
“God answered our prayers,” the Hutchins Mayor said after learning of the decision...
www.dallasnews.com/news/immigra...
“God answered our prayers,” the Hutchins Mayor said after learning of the decision...
www.dallasnews.com/news/immigra...
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Rubio just made a speech to the European defense community in Munich that did not mention Ukraine. Or democracy. Or US business deals with Russia. Or the administration's plans to support the European far right. But there were lots of nice words about our common civilization.
February 14, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Rubio just made a speech to the European defense community in Munich that did not mention Ukraine. Or democracy. Or US business deals with Russia. Or the administration's plans to support the European far right. But there were lots of nice words about our common civilization.
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👏 Ukraine regains over 200 sq km in five days – AFP
Ukraine regains over 200 sq km in five days – AFP
Ukraine’s defence forces regained 201 square kilometres of territory between 11 and 15 February, marking their fastest advance in more than two and a half years, according to AFP analysis of ISW data.
www.pravda.com.ua
February 17, 2026 at 6:33 AM
👏 Ukraine regains over 200 sq km in five days – AFP
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Jesse Jackson, civil rights icon, dies aged 84
Jesse Jackson, civil rights icon, dies aged 84
A fixture in Democratic politics who ran for 1988 presidential nomination, Jackson was once close to Martin Luther King Jr
The Rev Jesse Jackson, the civil rights campaigner who was prominent for more than 50 years and who ran strongly for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1988, has died. He was 84.
“Our father was a servant leader — not only to our family, but to the oppressed, the voiceless, and the overlooked around the world,” the Jackson family said in a statement. “We shared him with the world, and in return, the world became part of our extended family. His unwavering belief in justice, equality, and love uplifted millions, and we ask you to honor his memory by continuing the fight for the values he lived by.” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Jesse Jackson, civil rights icon, dies aged 84
Yes, I know my upcoming book "The Baltic States in the Second World War" has been delayed several times. (Apologies). But....
Waterstones is having a pre-order sale this week. Use the order code FEB26 at checkout for 25% off.
www.waterstones.com/book/the-bal...
🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹
Waterstones is having a pre-order sale this week. Use the order code FEB26 at checkout for 25% off.
www.waterstones.com/book/the-bal...
🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹
February 17, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Yes, I know my upcoming book "The Baltic States in the Second World War" has been delayed several times. (Apologies). But....
Waterstones is having a pre-order sale this week. Use the order code FEB26 at checkout for 25% off.
www.waterstones.com/book/the-bal...
🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹
Waterstones is having a pre-order sale this week. Use the order code FEB26 at checkout for 25% off.
www.waterstones.com/book/the-bal...
🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹
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And it's the absolute worst person you might imagine it to be... The most viciously racist Home Secretary in recent memory... And they gave her the education brief, because kiddies = girls' stuff... And she took it.
They found a woman! Only one, of course. Don't want to get carried away.
Reform’s new shadow cabinet team:
Leader: Nigel Farage
Chancellor: Robert Jenrick
Home: Zia Yusuf
Business, Trade & Energy: Richard Tice
Education & Skills: Suella Braverman
Chief Whip: Lee Anderson
Leader: Nigel Farage
Chancellor: Robert Jenrick
Home: Zia Yusuf
Business, Trade & Energy: Richard Tice
Education & Skills: Suella Braverman
Chief Whip: Lee Anderson
February 17, 2026 at 11:39 AM
And it's the absolute worst person you might imagine it to be... The most viciously racist Home Secretary in recent memory... And they gave her the education brief, because kiddies = girls' stuff... And she took it.
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Here’s something to consider, with all the hype and heat around immigration.
First it fell nearly 70% year on year to last June. Second at 20k it’s one fifth of what it was under the Tories, Labour have this very much in control.
uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/reachin...
First it fell nearly 70% year on year to last June. Second at 20k it’s one fifth of what it was under the Tories, Labour have this very much in control.
uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/reachin...
February 17, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Here’s something to consider, with all the hype and heat around immigration.
First it fell nearly 70% year on year to last June. Second at 20k it’s one fifth of what it was under the Tories, Labour have this very much in control.
uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/reachin...
First it fell nearly 70% year on year to last June. Second at 20k it’s one fifth of what it was under the Tories, Labour have this very much in control.
uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/reachin...
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So powerful!
February 17, 2026 at 11:33 AM
So powerful!
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You know what helps make the streets safer? Paying your taxes
Nadhim Zahawi thinks London is now unsafe, because the other day a tired-looking man walked past him during the morning rush hour.
February 13, 2026 at 4:38 PM
You know what helps make the streets safer? Paying your taxes
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The only question worth asking at these incredibly flash Reform press conferences that take place every week now, is who is paying for all of this and what do they want in return bsky.app/profile/pete...
I’m in Westminster where Nigel Farage is about to unveil his ‘shadow cabinet’ and the decor is slightly bonkers. Looks like he’s going to launch a Simon Cowell-era boyband instead.
February 17, 2026 at 10:39 AM
The only question worth asking at these incredibly flash Reform press conferences that take place every week now, is who is paying for all of this and what do they want in return bsky.app/profile/pete...
Who the hell is paying for this shitstacle?
I’m in Westminster where Nigel Farage is about to unveil his ‘shadow cabinet’ and the decor is slightly bonkers. Looks like he’s going to launch a Simon Cowell-era boyband instead.
February 17, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Who the hell is paying for this shitstacle?
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Guys, I'm all for shitting on Matt Goodwin but can we make it accurate?
February 17, 2026 at 11:27 AM
Guys, I'm all for shitting on Matt Goodwin but can we make it accurate?
It's Shrove Tuesday. It's the beginning of Shrove hunting season. However, they must be hunted by hand ever since hunting them with hounds was banned.
February 17, 2026 at 11:16 AM
It's Shrove Tuesday. It's the beginning of Shrove hunting season. However, they must be hunted by hand ever since hunting them with hounds was banned.
There is no evidence of chloropicrin use in the USA by police or ICE. Zero.
What the US government is using on citizens in our streets.
"Ukraine’s Western allies, particularly the United States and the United Kingdom, have accused Russia of violating the CWC by using riot control agents and the highly toxic chemical chloropicrin since its invasion of Ukraine in 2022."
"Ukraine’s Western allies, particularly the United States and the United Kingdom, have accused Russia of violating the CWC by using riot control agents and the highly toxic chemical chloropicrin since its invasion of Ukraine in 2022."
I don't know about CS gas being "newer." It was being used in Berkeley 54 years ago in 1972.
By the way, CS gas is legal for riot control, but not for warfare.
www.thedefensenews.com/news-details...
By the way, CS gas is legal for riot control, but not for warfare.
www.thedefensenews.com/news-details...
February 17, 2026 at 11:12 AM
There is no evidence of chloropicrin use in the USA by police or ICE. Zero.
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“…they don’t know why.”
It’s a complete fucking mystery isn’t it, bellends.
It’s a complete fucking mystery isn’t it, bellends.
February 17, 2026 at 8:41 AM
“…they don’t know why.”
It’s a complete fucking mystery isn’t it, bellends.
It’s a complete fucking mystery isn’t it, bellends.
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Bannon using the Tommy Robinson defence today: "'I am a filmmaker and TV host with decades of experience interviewing controversial figures,' Bannon told the New York Times on Monday
Yeah. Toppling Theresa May, Crypto donations and a Wee the People bitcoin are standard film production issues
Yeah. Toppling Theresa May, Crypto donations and a Wee the People bitcoin are standard film production issues
From Epstein's conversations with Bannon, it's pretty clear that he wasn't just advising him on crypto funding for his far-right European 'movement' but also providing it. No doubt laundered through this spurious 'film' - Epstein had advised 'journalism/media' was the perfect cover
February 16, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Bannon using the Tommy Robinson defence today: "'I am a filmmaker and TV host with decades of experience interviewing controversial figures,' Bannon told the New York Times on Monday
Yeah. Toppling Theresa May, Crypto donations and a Wee the People bitcoin are standard film production issues
Yeah. Toppling Theresa May, Crypto donations and a Wee the People bitcoin are standard film production issues
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Staggering that 24% of voters in this advanced country continue to believe in a bunch of entitled bigots with unworkable policies, whose very ideas put us in the abject chaos we are in. Truly God awful idiots, and I make no apology for saying that.
YouGov Reform 24% (Reform + Cons 42% on the right) fits genereal pattern: Reform 2026 < Reform 2025.
Westminster Voting Intention:
REF: 24% (-3)
LAB: 19% (=)
CON: 18% (=)
GRN: 17% (+1)
LDM: 13% (-1)
SNP: 3% (=)
OTH: 4% (+2)
Via @YouGov, On 15-16th February,
Changes w/ 8-9 February.
Westminster Voting Intention:
REF: 24% (-3)
LAB: 19% (=)
CON: 18% (=)
GRN: 17% (+1)
LDM: 13% (-1)
SNP: 3% (=)
OTH: 4% (+2)
Via @YouGov, On 15-16th February,
Changes w/ 8-9 February.
February 17, 2026 at 9:17 AM
Staggering that 24% of voters in this advanced country continue to believe in a bunch of entitled bigots with unworkable policies, whose very ideas put us in the abject chaos we are in. Truly God awful idiots, and I make no apology for saying that.
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American lungs will suffer. The Environmental Defence Fund estimates that repealing the endangerment finding will result in tens of thousands of extra premature deaths by mid-century
How dangerous is Donald Trump’s “endangerment” decision?
It removes a cornerstone of climate regulation
econ.st
February 17, 2026 at 11:00 AM
American lungs will suffer. The Environmental Defence Fund estimates that repealing the endangerment finding will result in tens of thousands of extra premature deaths by mid-century
Honestly. The state of this.
February 17, 2026 at 10:54 AM
Honestly. The state of this.
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My new book on fairies (out next month) deals with homunculi as a kind of fairy - or, at least, as fairy-adjacent beings. I'm just a bit worried that the popularity of 'Small Prophets' could lead to a spate of people trying to make them, without the proper skills or preparation
February 17, 2026 at 8:56 AM
My new book on fairies (out next month) deals with homunculi as a kind of fairy - or, at least, as fairy-adjacent beings. I'm just a bit worried that the popularity of 'Small Prophets' could lead to a spate of people trying to make them, without the proper skills or preparation
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Every now and then, when I want a little break away from the turmoil of *everything* going on in the world right now, I revisit this article which, as the title suggests, provides 69 dumb-fuck reasons people gave when voting Leave during the Brexit Referendum.
medium.com/extra-extra/...
medium.com/extra-extra/...
69 dumb-fuck reasons for leaving the EU
‘I did it to put everyone else in the shit’
medium.com
February 17, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Every now and then, when I want a little break away from the turmoil of *everything* going on in the world right now, I revisit this article which, as the title suggests, provides 69 dumb-fuck reasons people gave when voting Leave during the Brexit Referendum.
medium.com/extra-extra/...
medium.com/extra-extra/...
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Funny kind of "Labour" party, if you ask me.
NEW from @tbij.bsky.social:
The government has rejected calls by its OWN independent Migration Advisory Committee for visa reforms to protect migrant farm workers from exploitation
Labour seems wedded to a model of immigration based on creating a subclass of exploited worker.
It's sick.
The government has rejected calls by its OWN independent Migration Advisory Committee for visa reforms to protect migrant farm workers from exploitation
Labour seems wedded to a model of immigration based on creating a subclass of exploited worker.
It's sick.
February 16, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Funny kind of "Labour" party, if you ask me.
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NEW from @tbij.bsky.social:
The government has rejected calls by its OWN independent Migration Advisory Committee for visa reforms to protect migrant farm workers from exploitation
Labour seems wedded to a model of immigration based on creating a subclass of exploited worker.
It's sick.
The government has rejected calls by its OWN independent Migration Advisory Committee for visa reforms to protect migrant farm workers from exploitation
Labour seems wedded to a model of immigration based on creating a subclass of exploited worker.
It's sick.
February 16, 2026 at 8:43 AM
NEW from @tbij.bsky.social:
The government has rejected calls by its OWN independent Migration Advisory Committee for visa reforms to protect migrant farm workers from exploitation
Labour seems wedded to a model of immigration based on creating a subclass of exploited worker.
It's sick.
The government has rejected calls by its OWN independent Migration Advisory Committee for visa reforms to protect migrant farm workers from exploitation
Labour seems wedded to a model of immigration based on creating a subclass of exploited worker.
It's sick.