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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Dear visitors: This is London. It’s not “the subway”, it’s The Underground or “the tube”.
February 18, 2026 at 9:27 AM
Dear visitors: This is London. It’s not “the subway”, it’s The Underground or “the tube”.
True story: A guy I know tried to use AI like this. He works shift work. His AI had him turn up on his day off and had him almost miss a day he was supposed to work
Does your Google Calendar read through your work and home emails, looking for high priority items? Does it collate across a half dozen work / home calendars ? Does it also check your issue tracking system at work ? Does it check your slack for pressing items? My AI agent does all of that at 8AM
February 18, 2026 at 9:25 AM
True story: A guy I know tried to use AI like this. He works shift work. His AI had him turn up on his day off and had him almost miss a day he was supposed to work
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So the big takeaway from all of this is that the Western world can now type Hungarian diacritics, therefore I'll accept no excuse from anyone omitting mines
Choosing to believe AOC is reading my posts like a child believes Santa reads their letters
February 17, 2026 at 11:43 PM
So the big takeaway from all of this is that the Western world can now type Hungarian diacritics, therefore I'll accept no excuse from anyone omitting mines
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Can you people not do anything for yourselves
Does your Google Calendar read through your work and home emails, looking for high priority items? Does it collate across a half dozen work / home calendars ? Does it also check your issue tracking system at work ? Does it check your slack for pressing items? My AI agent does all of that at 8AM
February 18, 2026 at 7:52 AM
Can you people not do anything for yourselves
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The Iranian regime takes brutality to a whole new level. It will commit any atrocity to maintain its hold on power. The citizens confronting it are among the bravest in the world.
February 17, 2026 at 8:08 AM
The Iranian regime takes brutality to a whole new level. It will commit any atrocity to maintain its hold on power. The citizens confronting it are among the bravest in the world.
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Still looking for a good book (article, even!) on Red Vienna ... Historians, help, please?
Crowdsourcing: What’s the best book on Red Vienna? #skystorians ?
February 17, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Still looking for a good book (article, even!) on Red Vienna ... Historians, help, please?
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History teaches us that the greatest harms often begin with the quiet acceptance of the unacceptable. I have seen where that road leads, and I will not walk it again without resistance.
February 17, 2026 at 5:51 PM
History teaches us that the greatest harms often begin with the quiet acceptance of the unacceptable. I have seen where that road leads, and I will not walk it again without resistance.
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“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 7:31 PM
“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-...
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Good grief. Everyone knows they were just friends.
February 17, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Good grief. Everyone knows they were just friends.
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The Southern Methodists published a book in 1861 showing that the Confederate States fit into the prophecies in the Book of Daniel, if you ever think the idea that Americans/Europeans/humans are apocalyptic weirdos has an expiration date.
February 17, 2026 at 8:48 PM
The Southern Methodists published a book in 1861 showing that the Confederate States fit into the prophecies in the Book of Daniel, if you ever think the idea that Americans/Europeans/humans are apocalyptic weirdos has an expiration date.
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Me in every meeting these days.
February 17, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Me in every meeting these days.
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‘You, Boy!
Follow that Nadhim Zahawi chap and scare the shit out of him!’
Follow that Nadhim Zahawi chap and scare the shit out of him!’
February 14, 2026 at 9:43 AM
‘You, Boy!
Follow that Nadhim Zahawi chap and scare the shit out of him!’
Follow that Nadhim Zahawi chap and scare the shit out of him!’
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Been doing some research to find the most popular date ideas for Valentine's Day in every country in the world. Some interesting findings here, imo
February 13, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Been doing some research to find the most popular date ideas for Valentine's Day in every country in the world. Some interesting findings here, imo
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[PRIVATE MESSAGE to any Hollywood bigwigs reading this and looking for movie ideas]
“Inventor of the QR Code”
- Opening scene shows a person inventing the QR code
- Rest of the film is a flashback to how the person invented the QR code
The rest writes itself. Let's get this into production ASAP.
“Inventor of the QR Code”
- Opening scene shows a person inventing the QR code
- Rest of the film is a flashback to how the person invented the QR code
The rest writes itself. Let's get this into production ASAP.
February 16, 2026 at 8:37 PM
[PRIVATE MESSAGE to any Hollywood bigwigs reading this and looking for movie ideas]
“Inventor of the QR Code”
- Opening scene shows a person inventing the QR code
- Rest of the film is a flashback to how the person invented the QR code
The rest writes itself. Let's get this into production ASAP.
“Inventor of the QR Code”
- Opening scene shows a person inventing the QR code
- Rest of the film is a flashback to how the person invented the QR code
The rest writes itself. Let's get this into production ASAP.
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I do not think that the president as head of the executive has the capability or capacity to plan and implement a widespread voter intimidation or suppression campaign in advance of the 2026 midterms. But I also think he intends to do so. This is a man who is immune to your human logic.
February 17, 2026 at 8:07 PM
I do not think that the president as head of the executive has the capability or capacity to plan and implement a widespread voter intimidation or suppression campaign in advance of the 2026 midterms. But I also think he intends to do so. This is a man who is immune to your human logic.
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Reform pledge to scrap the Equality act.
If they do so you can be discriminated against or abused at work, in education or in the public.
For Age, Disability, Gender reassignment, Marriage status, Pregnancy, Race, Religion. Sex or Sexual orientation.
Doesn't sound good to me.
If they do so you can be discriminated against or abused at work, in education or in the public.
For Age, Disability, Gender reassignment, Marriage status, Pregnancy, Race, Religion. Sex or Sexual orientation.
Doesn't sound good to me.
February 17, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Reform pledge to scrap the Equality act.
If they do so you can be discriminated against or abused at work, in education or in the public.
For Age, Disability, Gender reassignment, Marriage status, Pregnancy, Race, Religion. Sex or Sexual orientation.
Doesn't sound good to me.
If they do so you can be discriminated against or abused at work, in education or in the public.
For Age, Disability, Gender reassignment, Marriage status, Pregnancy, Race, Religion. Sex or Sexual orientation.
Doesn't sound good to me.
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Fact Check:
Nigel Farage claims the FT ignored the Mandelson-Epstein scandal
it was on the front page for SIX days
(long before he appears to have even noticed it)
Nigel Farage claims the FT ignored the Mandelson-Epstein scandal
it was on the front page for SIX days
(long before he appears to have even noticed it)
February 17, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Fact Check:
Nigel Farage claims the FT ignored the Mandelson-Epstein scandal
it was on the front page for SIX days
(long before he appears to have even noticed it)
Nigel Farage claims the FT ignored the Mandelson-Epstein scandal
it was on the front page for SIX days
(long before he appears to have even noticed it)
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You won’t see the DHS publishing anything like this lifeboatmagazinearchive.rnli.org/volume/38/41...
Life-Boats and Anarchy
lifeboatmagazinearchive.rnli.org
February 17, 2026 at 4:20 PM
You won’t see the DHS publishing anything like this lifeboatmagazinearchive.rnli.org/volume/38/41...
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There are very few areas in which Britain has incontrovertibly worked shit out, but the lifeboats are one of them.
How is it possible that Kristi Noem still has this job. Imagine if you’re a family member or a shipmate of this guardsman.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
February 17, 2026 at 4:19 PM
There are very few areas in which Britain has incontrovertibly worked shit out, but the lifeboats are one of them.
I literally had to sit an exam to be allowed to live here. But that doesn’t immunize me against Bucksplaining, clearly
In the UK (and modern Europe in general), the royal family is a figurehead with very little overt political influence on paper.
In the British system, the prime minister is the equivalent of “president” in USA.
The sitting royalty behaves somewhat as a 2nd secretary of state with permission.
In the British system, the prime minister is the equivalent of “president” in USA.
The sitting royalty behaves somewhat as a 2nd secretary of state with permission.
February 17, 2026 at 6:05 PM
I literally had to sit an exam to be allowed to live here. But that doesn’t immunize me against Bucksplaining, clearly