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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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)
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)
Everyone stop wuthering
Who up wonkin’ they Willy?
Who Up Greatin' They Gatsby?
February 16, 2026 at 10:54 AM
Everyone stop wuthering
Hypothesis: The Birling Gap mystery gas incident in 2017 was the Grumpy Sea Wizard farting.
While sudden cliff falls at Birling Gap (near my home town of Eastbourne) are no joke, I really love how much it looks like we’ve roused a grumpy, sleepy sea-wizard.
February 16, 2026 at 10:54 AM
Hypothesis: The Birling Gap mystery gas incident in 2017 was the Grumpy Sea Wizard farting.
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I will never not share my favorite public health poster.
February 15, 2026 at 2:48 AM
I will never not share my favorite public health poster.
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the most pressing public health issue? throwing all the anti vaxxers and andrew wakefield into the north sea without a life jacket
February 16, 2026 at 10:32 AM
the most pressing public health issue? throwing all the anti vaxxers and andrew wakefield into the north sea without a life jacket
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there's a measles outbreak in north london but sure, the most pressing issue is to stop timmy go on facebook
‘It’s the most urgent public health issue’: Dr Rangan Chatterjee on screen time, mental health – and banning social media until 18
‘It’s the most urgent public health issue’: Dr Rangan Chatterjee on screen time, mental health – and banning social media until 18
The hit podcaster, author and former GP says a failure to regulate big tech is ‘failing a generation of children’. He explains why he quit the NHS and why he wants a ban on screen-based homework
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2026 at 10:32 AM
there's a measles outbreak in north london but sure, the most pressing issue is to stop timmy go on facebook
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A reminder that if you live in England or Wales & were born between 1970-1990 – or even before 1970 – you can help protect your community by getting the MMR vaccine free from your NHS GP now. I did last year. www.nhs.uk/vaccinations...
February 15, 2026 at 8:30 AM
A reminder that if you live in England or Wales & were born between 1970-1990 – or even before 1970 – you can help protect your community by getting the MMR vaccine free from your NHS GP now. I did last year. www.nhs.uk/vaccinations...
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Start your Monday right:
I think I’ve been scammed….My Rottweilers haven’t grown in months 😱😱
February 16, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Start your Monday right:
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It's the world view of rich white men who employ nannies and send their kids to boarding school
The fact that Reform want people to have more kids and also want to end working from home shows how incoherent their world view is.
February 16, 2026 at 8:58 AM
It's the world view of rich white men who employ nannies and send their kids to boarding school
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Yay all of Matt Goodwin's weird posts on his substack are coming back to bite him, because saying insane reactionary shit for your subscribers is red meat (and easy journalism) for the papers
Reform by-election candidate said it was ‘insane’ to jail man who said ‘burn asylum hotels’
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Reform candidate called it ‘insane’ to jail man who said ‘burn asylum hotels’
Exclusive: It comes after The Independent revealed that Matt Goodwin called for ‘young girls’ to be given ‘biological reality’ check
www.independent.co.uk
February 16, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Yay all of Matt Goodwin's weird posts on his substack are coming back to bite him, because saying insane reactionary shit for your subscribers is red meat (and easy journalism) for the papers
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🚨BREAKING: In a powerful moment, Hillary Clinton just shredded to pieces Donald Trump’s Ukraine policy. She’s right again.
February 15, 2026 at 3:23 PM
🚨BREAKING: In a powerful moment, Hillary Clinton just shredded to pieces Donald Trump’s Ukraine policy. She’s right again.
Happy independence day to Lithuania! 🇱🇹
February 16, 2026 at 10:28 AM
Happy independence day to Lithuania! 🇱🇹
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Scotland’s Story
Nigel Farage says 1 million people in Britain don’t speak English. The Census says otherwise.
The number of people across these islands who do not speak English is around 190,000.
Yet again, Farage is caught lying.
Nigel Farage says 1 million people in Britain don’t speak English. The Census says otherwise.
The number of people across these islands who do not speak English is around 190,000.
Yet again, Farage is caught lying.
February 15, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Scotland’s Story
Nigel Farage says 1 million people in Britain don’t speak English. The Census says otherwise.
The number of people across these islands who do not speak English is around 190,000.
Yet again, Farage is caught lying.
Nigel Farage says 1 million people in Britain don’t speak English. The Census says otherwise.
The number of people across these islands who do not speak English is around 190,000.
Yet again, Farage is caught lying.
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Susan Hall, the Tory leader of the London Assembly and defeated mayoral candidate is on Rupert Lowe's Restore Britain board. Now he has founded a racist political party, she (or Kemi Badenoch) needs to decide if Hall can be a member of both.
February 16, 2026 at 9:29 AM
Susan Hall, the Tory leader of the London Assembly and defeated mayoral candidate is on Rupert Lowe's Restore Britain board. Now he has founded a racist political party, she (or Kemi Badenoch) needs to decide if Hall can be a member of both.
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Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes!
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky
Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For
academic.oup.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes!
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
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Russia does not actually need a rare tree frog from Ecuador to get the toxin that killed Navalny
February 14, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Russia does not actually need a rare tree frog from Ecuador to get the toxin that killed Navalny
Re: Navalny: one point of using a synthesized frog toxin, which the published literature shows THE EXACT SAME LAB that made the Novichok worked out a synthesis pathway, is the reverse of plausible deniability. It's "implausible deniability", a "hahahaha we did and you know we did it"
February 16, 2026 at 9:39 AM
Re: Navalny: one point of using a synthesized frog toxin, which the published literature shows THE EXACT SAME LAB that made the Novichok worked out a synthesis pathway, is the reverse of plausible deniability. It's "implausible deniability", a "hahahaha we did and you know we did it"
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i wonder if famed investigative journalist matt taibbi will have anything to say about this
New story up on the Homeland Security Department’s new tactic: flood social media companies with subpoenas to unmask anonymous accounts that criticize ICE or monitor the movements of ICE agents.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:13 AM
i wonder if famed investigative journalist matt taibbi will have anything to say about this
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Police set up national group to deal with UK-related Epstein allegations www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Police set up national group to deal with UK-related Epstein allegations
Senior policing source says ‘tsunami’ of claims expected after US release of papers relating to disgraced financier
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Police set up national group to deal with UK-related Epstein allegations www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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REPORTER: Why choose to do this press conference this way? Your agency is about to run out of funding. You were just in Arizona last week. And you bussed all of us to a secure facility. This doesn't seem top secret.
KRISTI NOEM: Oh my goodness -- this is our critical infrastructure
KRISTI NOEM: Oh my goodness -- this is our critical infrastructure
February 13, 2026 at 7:27 PM
REPORTER: Why choose to do this press conference this way? Your agency is about to run out of funding. You were just in Arizona last week. And you bussed all of us to a secure facility. This doesn't seem top secret.
KRISTI NOEM: Oh my goodness -- this is our critical infrastructure
KRISTI NOEM: Oh my goodness -- this is our critical infrastructure
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Everyone in the world comes to get married at the NYC Marriage Bureau. Last week, the Mayor stopped by to officiate a few of those ceremonies.
Thank you to all the couples who shared their joy with us. Happy Valentine's Day, New York.
Watch the full video at Youtube.com/nycmayorsoffice
Thank you to all the couples who shared their joy with us. Happy Valentine's Day, New York.
Watch the full video at Youtube.com/nycmayorsoffice
February 14, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Everyone in the world comes to get married at the NYC Marriage Bureau. Last week, the Mayor stopped by to officiate a few of those ceremonies.
Thank you to all the couples who shared their joy with us. Happy Valentine's Day, New York.
Watch the full video at Youtube.com/nycmayorsoffice
Thank you to all the couples who shared their joy with us. Happy Valentine's Day, New York.
Watch the full video at Youtube.com/nycmayorsoffice
Surely saving the BBC World Service would be an easy win for Starmer
February 15, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Surely saving the BBC World Service would be an easy win for Starmer
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And another bites the dust?
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on the BBC World Service: this is London calling | Editorial
Editorial: With just seven weeks before its funding runs out, the UK’s greatest cultural asset and most trusted international news organisation must be supported
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 3:40 PM
And another bites the dust?
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Ashamed to say I hadn't kept up with this story when it funding problems first emerged towards the end of last year, but scrapping the World Service (or severely depleting its funding further than it already has) would be a fucking unforgivable account of self-harm.
And another bites the dust?
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on the BBC World Service: this is London calling | Editorial
Editorial: With just seven weeks before its funding runs out, the UK’s greatest cultural asset and most trusted international news organisation must be supported
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Ashamed to say I hadn't kept up with this story when it funding problems first emerged towards the end of last year, but scrapping the World Service (or severely depleting its funding further than it already has) would be a fucking unforgivable account of self-harm.
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One of the most bizarre things you'll see on a policy level in London is watching influential British figures flaunting myths of UK geopolitical power to EU or US counterparts that are in reality falling apart due to lack of funding and focus
And another bites the dust?
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on the BBC World Service: this is London calling | Editorial
Editorial: With just seven weeks before its funding runs out, the UK’s greatest cultural asset and most trusted international news organisation must be supported
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 8:22 PM
One of the most bizarre things you'll see on a policy level in London is watching influential British figures flaunting myths of UK geopolitical power to EU or US counterparts that are in reality falling apart due to lack of funding and focus