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.
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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NEW
Misconducting in public office
An ancient offence in the news - and how it usually is used only for junior officials
By me
emptycity.substack.com/p/misconduct...
Misconducting in public office
An ancient offence in the news - and how it usually is used only for junior officials
By me
emptycity.substack.com/p/misconduct...
Misconducting in public office
An ancient offence in the news - and how it usually is used only for junior officials
emptycity.substack.com
February 20, 2026 at 8:57 AM
NEW
Misconducting in public office
An ancient offence in the news - and how it usually is used only for junior officials
By me
emptycity.substack.com/p/misconduct...
Misconducting in public office
An ancient offence in the news - and how it usually is used only for junior officials
By me
emptycity.substack.com/p/misconduct...
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In the 1800s, a slave owner purchased over a dozen people in Georgia and set the foundation for his family’s generational wealth
Generations later, a railroad company owned by one of his descendants is using eminent domain to seize land of Black farmers
Generations later, a railroad company owned by one of his descendants is using eminent domain to seize land of Black farmers
Georgia Is Letting a Railroad Seize Land a Black Family Has Owned For 100 Years
Descendants of enslaved people are fighting an attempt to use eminent domain to carve a spur through one of Georgia’s largest Black‑owned farms.
capitalbnews.org
February 20, 2026 at 2:06 AM
In the 1800s, a slave owner purchased over a dozen people in Georgia and set the foundation for his family’s generational wealth
Generations later, a railroad company owned by one of his descendants is using eminent domain to seize land of Black farmers
Generations later, a railroad company owned by one of his descendants is using eminent domain to seize land of Black farmers
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Cartoon by Mike Luckovich.
February 19, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Cartoon by Mike Luckovich.
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Jenrick is such a hilariously inept buffoon.
February 20, 2026 at 7:27 AM
Jenrick is such a hilariously inept buffoon.
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Column: why the government should rethink its major settlement reforms, which if rushed through, would harm integration and undermine progress on child poverty, gender equality + workplace protections against exploitation.
(Even the politics doesn't work either)
www.easterneye.biz/keir-starmer...
(Even the politics doesn't work either)
www.easterneye.biz/keir-starmer...
Moving the goalposts on ‘earned settlement’ is a risky gamble for this government
Prime minister Sir Keir Starmer was granted a new lease of political life last week. His cabinet rallied round to reject Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar’s call to ditch their leader. Nobody knows i...
www.easterneye.biz
February 17, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Column: why the government should rethink its major settlement reforms, which if rushed through, would harm integration and undermine progress on child poverty, gender equality + workplace protections against exploitation.
(Even the politics doesn't work either)
www.easterneye.biz/keir-starmer...
(Even the politics doesn't work either)
www.easterneye.biz/keir-starmer...
I don’t understand the point of a corporate comms team/office that pursues a “don’t reply to anything” policy
February 20, 2026 at 11:44 AM
I don’t understand the point of a corporate comms team/office that pursues a “don’t reply to anything” policy
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I know I am approximately the 4343th person to say this but why are these people so whiny about flatly factual descriptions of their politics? Going on about how ancestry is what matters then having an attack of the vapours about people saying 'sounds like racism'.
Connor Tomlinson - who wants to ban all Jews, Hindus, Sikhs, Muslims, blacks and Asians from parliament and the civil service - is among those talking about Restore Britain as "we"
Restore says it won't vet for members/activists overt racism. Lowe says it will vet for "stomach" on mass deportations
Restore says it won't vet for members/activists overt racism. Lowe says it will vet for "stomach" on mass deportations
February 20, 2026 at 11:27 AM
I know I am approximately the 4343th person to say this but why are these people so whiny about flatly factual descriptions of their politics? Going on about how ancestry is what matters then having an attack of the vapours about people saying 'sounds like racism'.
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I’m very interested how the narrative seems to be shifting to blaming her
take a shot every time you hear the words "just glad the queen isn't here to see this"
February 19, 2026 at 10:22 AM
I’m very interested how the narrative seems to be shifting to blaming her
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Exclusive: Josh Simons claimed to be “surprised” and “furious” at a PR agency’s work to investigate journalists on his behalf. He had been personally involved in naming them to British intelligence officials and falsely linking them to pro-Russian propaganda. w/ @dansabbagh.bsky.social
Labour minister falsely linked journalists to ‘pro-Kremlin’ network in emails to GCHQ
Exclusive: Josh Simons pressed intelligence officials to investigate reporters, in emails described as ‘McCarthyite smear’
www.theguardian.com
February 20, 2026 at 9:04 AM
Exclusive: Josh Simons claimed to be “surprised” and “furious” at a PR agency’s work to investigate journalists on his behalf. He had been personally involved in naming them to British intelligence officials and falsely linking them to pro-Russian propaganda. w/ @dansabbagh.bsky.social
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“At some point a critical mass will be reached — perhaps when new, damning information surfaces in testimonies. Everyone in the White House knows this. Trump knows it.”
Terror In The White House
Epstein investigations are coming in the back door
open.substack.com
February 20, 2026 at 9:28 AM
“At some point a critical mass will be reached — perhaps when new, damning information surfaces in testimonies. Everyone in the White House knows this. Trump knows it.”
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Ah man I’d forgotten this front page.
February 19, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Ah man I’d forgotten this front page.
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According to Private Eye, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was enthusiastically recommended to Tony Blair for Trade Commissioner by one Peter Mandelson. Prince Charles tried to veto the appointment but Blair overruled him.
look at my country man, we’re getting out-No Kings’d by the fuckin’ british
King Charles has issued a statement following his brother Andrew’s arrest
February 20, 2026 at 2:23 AM
According to Private Eye, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was enthusiastically recommended to Tony Blair for Trade Commissioner by one Peter Mandelson. Prince Charles tried to veto the appointment but Blair overruled him.
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Detectives investigating Andrew have asked the FBI and DOJ for unredacted copies of the Epstein Files, via the National Crime Agency.
Epstein files could be just tip of the iceberg for Andrew investigation
It is likely we have only seen the tip of the iceberg compared to what the police have seen.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 20, 2026 at 8:27 AM
Detectives investigating Andrew have asked the FBI and DOJ for unredacted copies of the Epstein Files, via the National Crime Agency.
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Do not use milk, antacids, honey, lemon juice, onions, vinegar, urine, baking soda or anything other than clean water to deal with tear gas or pepper spray.
Most of the time it’s best to just do nothing.
Most of the time it’s best to just do nothing.
January 9, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Do not use milk, antacids, honey, lemon juice, onions, vinegar, urine, baking soda or anything other than clean water to deal with tear gas or pepper spray.
Most of the time it’s best to just do nothing.
Most of the time it’s best to just do nothing.
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Erm, no. Why do you think it is a nerve agent?
February 18, 2026 at 10:55 AM
Erm, no. Why do you think it is a nerve agent?
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Russia’s Alleged Use of Chemical Weapon To Murder Alexei Navalny Shows Cost of Impunity
www.fdd.org/analysis/202...
www.fdd.org/analysis/202...
Russia’s Alleged Use of Chemical Weapon To Murder Alexei Navalny Shows Cost of Impunity
Five European countries have accused Russia of using a lethal chemical weapon to murder the jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny. The joint statement issued on February 14 by the UK, France, Swede...
www.fdd.org
February 19, 2026 at 3:56 AM
Russia’s Alleged Use of Chemical Weapon To Murder Alexei Navalny Shows Cost of Impunity
www.fdd.org/analysis/202...
www.fdd.org/analysis/202...
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Good. Doug Collins can eat shit.
February 19, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Good. Doug Collins can eat shit.
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VA once again fucking over veterans. This whole thing where agencies and individuals decide they can just ignore orders from the courts — and being proven right — is probably the most disturbing and destructive aspect of Trump’s regime.
www.reddit.com/r/Military/s...
www.reddit.com/r/Military/s...
February 18, 2026 at 4:13 AM
VA once again fucking over veterans. This whole thing where agencies and individuals decide they can just ignore orders from the courts — and being proven right — is probably the most disturbing and destructive aspect of Trump’s regime.
www.reddit.com/r/Military/s...
www.reddit.com/r/Military/s...
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From AI tools to the arrest of Prince Andrew: How newsrooms are digging into the Jeffrey Epstein files
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/epstein...
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/epstein...
From AI tools to the arrest of Prince Andrew: How newsrooms are digging into the Jeffrey Epstein files
Editors from the BBC, the New York Times, the Guardian, the Miami Herald and Bellingcat on the tech, communities and strategies helping them cover the story.
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk
February 19, 2026 at 1:18 PM
From AI tools to the arrest of Prince Andrew: How newsrooms are digging into the Jeffrey Epstein files
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/epstein...
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/epstein...
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Trump officials plan to build 5,000-person military base in Gaza, files show www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Trump officials plan to build 5,000-person military base in Gaza, files show
Exclusive: approximately 350-acre compound planned as base for multinational force, according to records reviewed by the Guardian
www.theguardian.com
February 19, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Trump officials plan to build 5,000-person military base in Gaza, files show www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Why Is Trump Dumping East Wing Rubble in a Public Park? www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/u...
Why Is Trump Dumping East Wing Rubble in a Public Park?
www.nytimes.com
February 19, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Why Is Trump Dumping East Wing Rubble in a Public Park? www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/u...
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So it turns out Matt Goodwin's Reform campaign manager was a holocaust-denying Nazi who said he would "never touch a Jewish woman.”
When do we start seeing all the coverage of the antisemitism crisis in Reform UK?
www.jewishnews.co.uk/reform-uk-su...
When do we start seeing all the coverage of the antisemitism crisis in Reform UK?
www.jewishnews.co.uk/reform-uk-su...
Reform UK suspends by-election campaign activist over ‘antisemitic and misogynistic’ posts
EXCLUSIVE: Adam Mitula, Reform UK’s interim campaign manager in Tameside, has been assisting Matt Goodwin's Gorton and Denton by-election campaign
www.jewishnews.co.uk
February 19, 2026 at 5:56 PM
So it turns out Matt Goodwin's Reform campaign manager was a holocaust-denying Nazi who said he would "never touch a Jewish woman.”
When do we start seeing all the coverage of the antisemitism crisis in Reform UK?
www.jewishnews.co.uk/reform-uk-su...
When do we start seeing all the coverage of the antisemitism crisis in Reform UK?
www.jewishnews.co.uk/reform-uk-su...
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Phil Noble the photographer has just snapped history
February 19, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Phil Noble the photographer has just snapped history
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A memo from the Trump admin has authorized the roundup, detention, interrogation, & deportation of thousands of refugees resettled in the U.S.
100,000+ people may be subject to this unprecedented and cruel policy. Our statement @yaelschacher.bsky.social
www.refugeesinternational.org/statements-a...
100,000+ people may be subject to this unprecedented and cruel policy. Our statement @yaelschacher.bsky.social
www.refugeesinternational.org/statements-a...
Refugees International Condemns DHS Memo Authorizing Detention of Thousands of Lawfully Admitted Refugees - Refugees International
The move is historically unprecedented and based on false and hateful distortions of both refugees and U.S. law.
www.refugeesinternational.org
February 19, 2026 at 8:36 PM
A memo from the Trump admin has authorized the roundup, detention, interrogation, & deportation of thousands of refugees resettled in the U.S.
100,000+ people may be subject to this unprecedented and cruel policy. Our statement @yaelschacher.bsky.social
www.refugeesinternational.org/statements-a...
100,000+ people may be subject to this unprecedented and cruel policy. Our statement @yaelschacher.bsky.social
www.refugeesinternational.org/statements-a...
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Read Dans books, they are excellent.
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 8:33 PM
Read Dans books, they are excellent.
