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
Pinned
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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Pretty sure the first Waymo that injures someone in London is going to provoke a wave of arson attacks on Waymos that will leave them uninsurable.
February 19, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Pretty sure the first Waymo that injures someone in London is going to provoke a wave of arson attacks on Waymos that will leave them uninsurable.
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Deplatformed: Nigel Farage's Reform Bans Byline Times from their Party Conference β Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2024/09/20/d...
Deplatformed: Nigel Farage's Reform Bans Byline Times from their Party Conference
Reform UK's leader claims to be fighting for free speech, but his party has banned a series of critical outlets from their events
bylinetimes.com
February 18, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Deplatformed: Nigel Farage's Reform Bans Byline Times from their Party Conference β Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2024/09/20/d...
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it's so funny to try to legitimize a moronic argument by claiming that it is supported by a growing movement of diverse thinkers and then you list the people who belong to that movement and every single one is stupid and/or racist
February 19, 2026 at 2:27 PM
it's so funny to try to legitimize a moronic argument by claiming that it is supported by a growing movement of diverse thinkers and then you list the people who belong to that movement and every single one is stupid and/or racist
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Ossoff: "If you live in a major democracy, and the nation's spy chief is showing up at raids on sensitive election sites, something has gone wrong."
February 19, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Ossoff: "If you live in a major democracy, and the nation's spy chief is showing up at raids on sensitive election sites, something has gone wrong."
It committed the cardinal sin of being tragically dull.
February 19, 2026 at 2:26 PM
It committed the cardinal sin of being tragically dull.
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I had to read that twice.
Virulent racism up in North Carolina with three men creating a whites only restroom.
Lawsuit filed against city of Statesville after employees report βwhites onlyβ bathroom
3 men accuse city, several employees of discrimination
www.wistv.com
February 19, 2026 at 6:09 AM
I had to read that twice.
Ooops.
Mandelsonβs advisory firm Global Counsel to go into administration ft.trib.al/i5zgCUT
Mandelsonβs advisory firm Global Counsel to go into administration
Collapse follows revelations about former peerβs relationship with Jeffrey Epstein
ft.trib.al
February 19, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Ooops.
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A really good summary of the issues around Diego Garcia from Ben Judah - and shows why the UK right, who are deliberately using foreign powers to destroy the deal, are betraying the national interest.
There is a very good reason both the Tories and Labour backed this deal in power.
A word for that
There is a very good reason both the Tories and Labour backed this deal in power.
A word for that
February 19, 2026 at 1:57 PM
A really good summary of the issues around Diego Garcia from Ben Judah - and shows why the UK right, who are deliberately using foreign powers to destroy the deal, are betraying the national interest.
There is a very good reason both the Tories and Labour backed this deal in power.
A word for that
There is a very good reason both the Tories and Labour backed this deal in power.
A word for that
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"excuse me sir, there must be some mistake- i voted to create the camps, not live in the zone of interest" is like every trump voter
βmy children might see the children I voted to put in shackles, how shall they grow upβ
February 19, 2026 at 5:31 AM
"excuse me sir, there must be some mistake- i voted to create the camps, not live in the zone of interest" is like every trump voter
My church in the background
'London Visitors', Trafalgar Square (1874) by James Tissot
(Toledo Museum of Art)
(Toledo Museum of Art)
February 19, 2026 at 1:42 PM
My church in the background
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New from Bellingcat: Shipwrecks, sham papers and false flags. We traced a network of fraudulent ship registries linked to Captain Suniel Kumar Sharma, connecting a wrecked tanker in India, an arms seizure in Senegal, and sanctioned oil transfers off Malaysia.
www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/02...
www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/02...
Shipwrecks, Sham Papers and False Flags: Tracking the Company Behind It All - bellingcat
A shipwreck in India, an ammunition seizure in Senegal, and a raid on an oil tanker in Malaysia - all involving one recurring figure: Captain Suniel Sharma.
www.bellingcat.com
February 19, 2026 at 9:02 AM
New from Bellingcat: Shipwrecks, sham papers and false flags. We traced a network of fraudulent ship registries linked to Captain Suniel Kumar Sharma, connecting a wrecked tanker in India, an arms seizure in Senegal, and sanctioned oil transfers off Malaysia.
www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/02...
www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/02...
Good. I hate alpacas.
February 19, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Good. I hate alpacas.
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Breaking news: BBC Royal Correspondent shocked at having to report on some real news for a change.
February 19, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Breaking news: BBC Royal Correspondent shocked at having to report on some real news for a change.
In some budgie smugglers?
February 19, 2026 at 1:04 PM
In some budgie smugglers?
Tits!
Our latest article on extra-pair paternity of blue tits & great tits nesting in tree holes in Polandβs #BiaΕowieΕΌa Forest, published #OpenAccess. 1/2
tinyurl.com/3tsbfnjd
#ornithology
@mszulkin.bsky.social @funecology.bsky.social @mizpas.bsky.social
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#ornithology
@mszulkin.bsky.social @funecology.bsky.social @mizpas.bsky.social
February 19, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Tits!
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"Opposition is a defined constitutional role - not something you can just claim... It is utterly depressing to see all media cover Farage's shadow-shadow cabinet nonsense as if it is of any consequence or has any substance. I might as well announce my Bermondsey Olympics team for Los Angeles 2024."
πͺ¦ The Shadow Cabinet of Dr. Caligari π¦
As the UK economy wobbles and global headwinds persist, Farage cosplays having a cabinet.
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In the light of the decision on Palestine Action, is it time to rethink both law and policy?
π podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
π§ open.spotify.com/episode/6o7b...
As the UK economy wobbles and global headwinds persist, Farage cosplays having a cabinet.
+
In the light of the decision on Palestine Action, is it time to rethink both law and policy?
π podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
π§ open.spotify.com/episode/6o7b...
The Shadow Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Podcast Episode Β· Quiet Riot Β· 19/02/2026 Β· 1h 4m
podcasts.apple.com
February 19, 2026 at 11:32 AM
"Opposition is a defined constitutional role - not something you can just claim... It is utterly depressing to see all media cover Farage's shadow-shadow cabinet nonsense as if it is of any consequence or has any substance. I might as well announce my Bermondsey Olympics team for Los Angeles 2024."
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Thinking today of the berk of a private secretary who demanded a written apology from me for being insufficiently forelock-tugging to Andrew Windsor when I was working in the Foreign Office. Iβd had the nerve to suggest he might not be the reputational asset we needed as a trade envoy to Ukraine.
February 19, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Thinking today of the berk of a private secretary who demanded a written apology from me for being insufficiently forelock-tugging to Andrew Windsor when I was working in the Foreign Office. Iβd had the nerve to suggest he might not be the reputational asset we needed as a trade envoy to Ukraine.
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It is notable that Andrew has been arrested for "misconduct in public office", which is precisely what the US Supreme Court decided no American president can ever be charged with.
So SCOTUS, with its fabricated-out-of-thin-air immunity doctrine, has actually made American presidents less accountable than LITERAL royalty.
Breaking News: Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly known as Prince Andrew, was arrested in Britain on suspicion of misconduct in public office over his links to Jeffrey Epstein, the BBC said.
February 19, 2026 at 12:22 PM
It is notable that Andrew has been arrested for "misconduct in public office", which is precisely what the US Supreme Court decided no American president can ever be charged with.
Russia had glorious measures under the Tsars
February 19, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Russia had glorious measures under the Tsars
I can theoretically write a cheque in guineas
February 19, 2026 at 12:45 PM
I can theoretically write a cheque in guineas
Who am I to shame you.
February 19, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Who am I to shame you.
Itβs the search authority alongside the arrestβ¦.
February 19, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Itβs the search authority alongside the arrestβ¦.
You think these are weird, the money used to be very odd.
February 19, 2026 at 12:41 PM
You think these are weird, the money used to be very odd.
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Not saying it's looking bad for him, but in a Leicester car park right now...
February 19, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Not saying it's looking bad for him, but in a Leicester car park right now...
There was probably an Alphege Course
February 19, 2026 at 12:10 PM
There was probably an Alphege Course