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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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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 6d
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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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danielsohege.bsky.social
"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...
UK migration could be negative this year – how will that hit the economy? Universities, builders and health trusts are feeling the squeeze, as thinktank says effect of zero net migration could be similar to Brexit
February 16, 2026 at 6:58 PM
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thebulwark.com
"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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openpolicy.bsky.social
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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rolandmcs.bsky.social
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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ottocr.at
Very fed up of people trying to reduce my identity to a single stupid flag.
Someone posts: TBH if citizenship means anything I don't understand dual citizenship-either you feel affinity and loyalty to a country or you don't but I don't think you can do that simultaneously for two countries I reply: That's ridiculous, of course you can, how idiotic. Can you simultaneously love two parents, two children? Absurdly reductive. Identity is complicated and damn these people who tell me who I can or can't be.
February 16, 2026 at 4:17 PM
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radhikaresonance.bsky.social
Russian shipments got mixed up
generalboles.bsky.social General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 2d
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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fakehistoryhunter.net
My next book? 😆
February 15, 2026 at 11:43 PM
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dorianlynskey.bsky.social
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
oldtrotter.bsky.social David Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 1d
Musk clearly thinks Farage is a bit "woke"
Elon Musk has thrown his support behind Rupert Lowe and Restore Britain. Great Yarmouth MP Rupert Lowe formally unveiled his Restore Britain party on Friday night. The Tesla billionaire was among the first to endorse the party with a post on his X social media platform that has been liked 145,000 times. 'Join Rupert Lowe in Restore Britain, because he is the only one who will actually do it!' wrote Musk, Lowe announced the creation of the party with a seven-minute long campaign video published onto his social media. Dressed in a wax jacket, Lowe spoke from his farm in Withington, near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire -'because places like this represent what proper Britain is about', he explained. he said his party would not include "failed ministers" or those "tainted by failures of the past" in an apparent swipe at Reform's Tory defectors. He added that nothing had shaped his thinking more than Restore Britain's independent probe into the rape gangs - which he said had been created only "because the political system itself would not act". Mr Lowe went on to pledge that his party would field "hundreds of qualified candidates from outside the existing political establishment" at the next General Election. "They will not be failed ministers. They will not be politicians. They will be men and women who have succeeded in their own fields, and want to deliver a
February 16, 2026 at 3:37 PM
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lucatrenta.bsky.social
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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adamsteinbaugh.bsky.social
Federal court orders Trump administration to restore historical panel exhibits at President’s House in Philadelphia.

Happy Presidents Day.
MEMORANDUM OPINION February 16, 2026 “All history was a palimpsest, scraped clean and reinscribed exactly as often as was necessary. In no case would it have been possible, once the deed was done, to prove that any falsification had taken place.” George Orwell, 1984' As if the Ministry of Truth in George Orwell's 1984 now existed, with its motto "Ignorance is Strength," this Court is now asked to determine whether the federal government has the power it claims—to dissemble and disassemble historical truths when it has some domain over historical facts. It does not. The President's House is a component of Independence National Historical Park that commemorates the site of the first official presidential residence and the people who lived there, including people enslaved by President George Washington. On January 22, 2026, the National Park Service ("NPS") removed panels, displays, and video exhibits that referenced slavery and information about the individuals enslaved at the President's House. Plaintiff City of Philadelphia ("the City" filed this lawsuit under the Administrative Procedures Act ("APA") against the Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum… CONCLUsION For the reasons stated above, the Motion for Preliminary Injunction will be granted. The preliminary injunction will remain in place pending further litigation in this matter. There can b no prejudice to Defendants' restoration of the status quo as of January 21, 2026, which requires that Defendants reinstall all panels, displays, and video exhibits that were previously in place. Defendants shall further prevent any additions, removals, destruction, or further changes of any kind to the President's House site, except in the event that a mutual written agreement is reachec between Defendants and the City of Philadelphia. An order will be entered.
February 16, 2026 at 5:33 PM
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chappelltracker.bsky.social
Thought about this a lot lately
Meme showing a woman intensely typing at a computer in an office. Overlaid text reads, “Me: Stressing over every letter in a simple email.” and below it, “Billionaires: Hay wen we mtg 2do crime$?”
February 16, 2026 at 3:02 AM
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brokenbottleboy.bsky.social
It’s not actually thinking. Please, stop this.
Al can be naughty or nice, but what is it actually thinking?
February 14, 2026 at 9:51 PM
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markfollman.bsky.social
Grave mistake that will do long-term damage
February 16, 2026 at 5:32 PM
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sarahowen.org.uk
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.
Pictured is an absolute clown of a candidate standing for Reform in the Gorton and Denton, Matthew Goodwin. The words “reform will give incentives to women who have more children and penalise those who don’t. Change is coming.”
February 16, 2026 at 4:16 PM
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lucatrenta.bsky.social
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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holocaustpod.bsky.social
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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docrevan.bsky.social
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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nickyschwenzer.bsky.social
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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rolandmcs.bsky.social
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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dmk1793.bsky.social
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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amyhoy.bsky.social
douglas adams was our most accurate futurist
cemurphy.bsky.social CE (Catie) Murphy @cemurphy.bsky.social · 1d
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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sundersays.bsky.social
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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mn50501.bsky.social
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:
ICE vehicles. A Subaru and a Dodge with identical plates GME 448
February 14, 2026 at 9:52 PM