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.
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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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Pardoning drug lords but deporting sick little kids straight from the hospital really sums the whole thing up doesn’t it
So after Trump pardoned Honduras's narco-president, the admin didn't just let him out--they canceled an immigration hold and sent a specialized team to **chauffeur him to the $1k/night Waldorf Astoria.**
“It's "absolutely fucking nuts,” said one official
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
“It's "absolutely fucking nuts,” said one official
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
February 18, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Pardoning drug lords but deporting sick little kids straight from the hospital really sums the whole thing up doesn’t it
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🇬🇧 Larry the cat celebrates 15 years as Downing Street's chief mouser
The UK's most famous feline, Larry the cat, marks 15 years as the country's chief mouser patrolling the corridors of power of 10 Downing Street.
The UK's most famous feline, Larry the cat, marks 15 years as the country's chief mouser patrolling the corridors of power of 10 Downing Street.
February 18, 2026 at 10:00 AM
🇬🇧 Larry the cat celebrates 15 years as Downing Street's chief mouser
The UK's most famous feline, Larry the cat, marks 15 years as the country's chief mouser patrolling the corridors of power of 10 Downing Street.
The UK's most famous feline, Larry the cat, marks 15 years as the country's chief mouser patrolling the corridors of power of 10 Downing Street.
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I would also guess, though, that the kids in this situation would rather the public be aware of the harm being done to them (particularly if that awareness leads the public to try to stop the harm), even if it means risking having their letters and drawings taken away.
February 18, 2026 at 1:21 PM
I would also guess, though, that the kids in this situation would rather the public be aware of the harm being done to them (particularly if that awareness leads the public to try to stop the harm), even if it means risking having their letters and drawings taken away.
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My guess is that the goal here is not only to punish the children for turning more people against ICE/DHS, but also to make news outlets think twice about reporting on kids' suffering at the hands of ICE/DHS, out of concern that doing so might lead to retaliation against the kids.
February 18, 2026 at 1:21 PM
My guess is that the goal here is not only to punish the children for turning more people against ICE/DHS, but also to make news outlets think twice about reporting on kids' suffering at the hands of ICE/DHS, out of concern that doing so might lead to retaliation against the kids.
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ProPublica published children's letters and drawings documenting their sadness and suffering at Dilley. And Dilley staff are now retaliating by confiscating kids' letters and drawings.
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
February 18, 2026 at 1:14 PM
ProPublica published children's letters and drawings documenting their sadness and suffering at Dilley. And Dilley staff are now retaliating by confiscating kids' letters and drawings.
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
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Thank you SciShow for making your thumbnail image "Don't use milk for tear gas" and addressing other topics.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC7F...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC7F...
7 First Aid Myths (And What To Do Instead)
YouTube video by SciShow
www.youtube.com
February 15, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Thank you SciShow for making your thumbnail image "Don't use milk for tear gas" and addressing other topics.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC7F...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC7F...
Weird guy tries to police my language and fails to understand I am an American immigrant in the UK.
February 18, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Weird guy tries to police my language and fails to understand I am an American immigrant in the UK.
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Palmerston, the Former ‘Chief Mouser’ for Britain’s Foreign Office, Dies www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/w...
Palmerston, the Former ‘Chief Mouser’ for Britain’s Foreign Office, Dies
www.nytimes.com
February 18, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Palmerston, the Former ‘Chief Mouser’ for Britain’s Foreign Office, Dies www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/w...
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it can’t be emphasized enough about Sparta that the secret ingredient* was slavery
*not actually secret at all but notoriously absent from the Molon Labe crowd
*not actually secret at all but notoriously absent from the Molon Labe crowd
The Center for Hellenic Studies has hundreds of open access books 📕 for use. I appreciate that the book I use to teach the Helots of Sparta in my ancient slavery class is openly available:
_Helots and The Masters in Laconia and Messenia: Histories, Ideologies, Structures_ by Luraghi & Alcock
_Helots and The Masters in Laconia and Messenia: Histories, Ideologies, Structures_ by Luraghi & Alcock
Helots and The Masters in Laconia and Messenia: Histories, Ideologies, Structures - The Center for Hellenic Studies
The name “Helots” evokes one of the most famous peculiarities of ancient Sparta, the system of dependent labor that guaranteed the livelihood of the free citizens. The Helots fulfilled all the functio...
chs.harvard.edu
February 18, 2026 at 12:58 PM
it can’t be emphasized enough about Sparta that the secret ingredient* was slavery
*not actually secret at all but notoriously absent from the Molon Labe crowd
*not actually secret at all but notoriously absent from the Molon Labe crowd
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"We're not like other parties, and I won't tolerate disloyalty," says Farage, as he introduces a cabinet that is 50% disloyal people from another party.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage unveils Reform UK frontbench team and warns over dissent
Leader says move should end claims of one-man band and shows party is ‘creating a machine for government’
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 3:37 PM
"We're not like other parties, and I won't tolerate disloyalty," says Farage, as he introduces a cabinet that is 50% disloyal people from another party.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Lost my phone in London, with four credit cards and £150 cash in the case. Returned to me within 21 minutes. This hellhole of a city eh.
February 18, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Lost my phone in London, with four credit cards and £150 cash in the case. Returned to me within 21 minutes. This hellhole of a city eh.
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💥 ICE illegally assaulted 19yr US citizen, then kidnapped him, while admitting on camera they didn’t even know who he was, in Olathe, Kansas
An agent is sitting on the teenager’s back as his 14yr brother screams that he’s a US citizen in a Walmart parking lot @TheJFreakinC
An agent is sitting on the teenager’s back as his 14yr brother screams that he’s a US citizen in a Walmart parking lot @TheJFreakinC
February 18, 2026 at 9:41 AM
💥 ICE illegally assaulted 19yr US citizen, then kidnapped him, while admitting on camera they didn’t even know who he was, in Olathe, Kansas
An agent is sitting on the teenager’s back as his 14yr brother screams that he’s a US citizen in a Walmart parking lot @TheJFreakinC
An agent is sitting on the teenager’s back as his 14yr brother screams that he’s a US citizen in a Walmart parking lot @TheJFreakinC
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The GB News editorial director told me that their broadcasting Lucy White's call for all Muslims to leave the UK to go to a Muslim country if they wanted to practice that faith was part of a "fair and balanced" debate.
February 18, 2026 at 9:35 AM
The GB News editorial director told me that their broadcasting Lucy White's call for all Muslims to leave the UK to go to a Muslim country if they wanted to practice that faith was part of a "fair and balanced" debate.
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Absolutely disgusting. Yes I'm unsurprised but how has our country fallen to a level where naked racism can be broadcast like this?
The GB News editorial director told me that their broadcasting Lucy White's call for all Muslims to leave the UK to go to a Muslim country if they wanted to practice that faith was part of a "fair and balanced" debate.
February 18, 2026 at 9:37 AM
Absolutely disgusting. Yes I'm unsurprised but how has our country fallen to a level where naked racism can be broadcast like this?
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The king ordered them to make up charges to jail his detractors
Appalling: During Trump's effort to indict Dems for the video warning against carrying out illegal orders, one of their lawyers asked prosecutors to say what statute was allegedly violated, I'm told. They failed to name one. Then they tried to indict anyway.
New:
newrepublic.com/article/2066...
New:
newrepublic.com/article/2066...
February 18, 2026 at 12:34 PM
The king ordered them to make up charges to jail his detractors
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Appalling: During Trump's effort to indict Dems for the video warning against carrying out illegal orders, one of their lawyers asked prosecutors to say what statute was allegedly violated, I'm told. They failed to name one. Then they tried to indict anyway.
New:
newrepublic.com/article/2066...
New:
newrepublic.com/article/2066...
February 18, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Appalling: During Trump's effort to indict Dems for the video warning against carrying out illegal orders, one of their lawyers asked prosecutors to say what statute was allegedly violated, I'm told. They failed to name one. Then they tried to indict anyway.
New:
newrepublic.com/article/2066...
New:
newrepublic.com/article/2066...
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also, sorry to wang on, but the big bookstores make buying and visibility decisions based on pre-order numbers, so if you think you probably *will* buy the book, you're doing me a massive favour buy ordering now. also, since there's a discount, you're doing YOU a favour, too. so
Hey, my new book has a new name! It's now revelling in the title "35 Inventions That Changed Your World: How We Built Modern Life", and is about how humanity has reshaped the planet around itself by inventing the concepts of buildings, cities and infrastructure.
www.waterstones.com/book/35%20In...
www.waterstones.com/book/35%20In...
February 17, 2026 at 11:40 AM
also, sorry to wang on, but the big bookstores make buying and visibility decisions based on pre-order numbers, so if you think you probably *will* buy the book, you're doing me a massive favour buy ordering now. also, since there's a discount, you're doing YOU a favour, too. so
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Everyone who worked at this camp should go to prison.
“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
February 17, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Everyone who worked at this camp should go to prison.
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Sending warm wishes for peace and joy to Muslims around the world as they begin observing this holy month. Ramadan Mubarak!
February 18, 2026 at 2:29 AM
Sending warm wishes for peace and joy to Muslims around the world as they begin observing this holy month. Ramadan Mubarak!
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Because they want JD Vance to win, to brutalize minorities, to cut taxes, and to rule us like a king
They do not want AOC to win and see this as an opportunity to knife her
Deplorable state of U.S. media on display here, deliberately misleading the public. You can literally type into Google the same question @aoc.bsky.social was asked and the AI will give you her same answer because "strategic ambiguity" has been official U.S. policy her whole life.
February 18, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Because they want JD Vance to win, to brutalize minorities, to cut taxes, and to rule us like a king
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Profs, Grammarly is NOT the benign writing assistant you may have thought it is, but a powerful cheating machine that includes tools explicitly designed to help students hide the cheating done with it...
Grammarly Is a Cheating Machine - Daily Nous
Grammarly is sometimes thought by instructors to be a relatively benign writing tool app, akin to a sophisticated spelling and grammar checker. That may have once been true, but as Kieran Barker, an e...
dailynous.com
February 17, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Profs, Grammarly is NOT the benign writing assistant you may have thought it is, but a powerful cheating machine that includes tools explicitly designed to help students hide the cheating done with it...
The bit where Jenrick thinks “Black and Decker” is a name tag not a brand is precious
NEW - I'm thrilled to announce I was asked to interview Robert Jenrick at a car boot sale for the New Yorker.
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
Jenrick Among the Folding Tables
A New Yorker profile
open.substack.com
February 18, 2026 at 12:33 PM
The bit where Jenrick thinks “Black and Decker” is a name tag not a brand is precious
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NEW - I'm thrilled to announce I was asked to interview Robert Jenrick at a car boot sale for the New Yorker.
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
Jenrick Among the Folding Tables
A New Yorker profile
open.substack.com
February 18, 2026 at 11:15 AM
NEW - I'm thrilled to announce I was asked to interview Robert Jenrick at a car boot sale for the New Yorker.
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
Brilliant
NEW - I'm thrilled to announce I was asked to interview Robert Jenrick at a car boot sale for the New Yorker.
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
Jenrick Among the Folding Tables
A New Yorker profile
open.substack.com
February 18, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Brilliant
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NEW: Judges are asking increasingly pointed questions about why ICE is detaining pregnant/nursing mothers — and whether a 2021 policy sharply restricting the practice remains in force.
They’ve ordered many released, warning of threats to safety/health.
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
They’ve ordered many released, warning of threats to safety/health.
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
Judges decry treatment of nursing and pregnant detainees in ICE custody
The agency has declined to say whether a Biden-era policy largely barring detention for pregnant and nursing mothers remains in force.
www.politico.com
February 18, 2026 at 11:42 AM
NEW: Judges are asking increasingly pointed questions about why ICE is detaining pregnant/nursing mothers — and whether a 2021 policy sharply restricting the practice remains in force.
They’ve ordered many released, warning of threats to safety/health.
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
They’ve ordered many released, warning of threats to safety/health.
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...