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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS

@dankaszeta.bsky.social

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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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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 3d

Use only water or fresh air on tear gas or pepper spray.

No milk, vinegar, antacids, urine, etc. and especially not in eye.

Thank me later,

An actual expert

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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 44m

Worth looking at in a library or buying second hand

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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 1h

If you want a good book on tear gas, this is excellent www.routledge.com/Chemical-War...

Chemical Warfare during the Vietnam War: Riot Control Agents in Combat

Chemical Warfare during the Vietnam War documents the use of antipersonnel chemical weapons throughout the Vietnam War, and explores their effectiveness under the wide variety of circumstances in whic...

www.routledge.com

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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 1h

Quince works well in a lamb or chicken tagine

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Dan Pfeiffer @danpfeiffer.bsky.social · 6d

Donald Trump and his goons are talking tough, but they are losing the shutdown fight (and they know it)

www.messageboxnews.com/p/donald-tru...

Donald Trump is Losing the Shutdown (and I think He Knows it)

I’ll admit it.

www.messageboxnews.com

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 22h

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 12h

Once again, the move fast and break things strategy backfires as the regime has to reverse a number of layoffs.

They’re testing us.

They make horribly bad and dangerous decisions and wait to see how much public outcry there is.

If it’s a lot, they change course.

It’s exhausting.

Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 22h

BREAKING: Some of the layoffs at CDC are being REVERSED.
Here is my updated story.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

More than 1,000 CDC staff receive layoff notices during government shutdown

Another round of mass layoffs has struck CDC. The agency had already been cut during a reorganization this year, and more employees are now being shed amid the government shutdown.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 2h

I’m horrified to hear that two people were kidnapped by ICE in Evanston this morning.

There’s a protest at Home Depot shortly. We’ll be delivering water and supplies to protesters — I hope you’ll join us in standing with our community.

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Parody Keir Starmer @parodypm.bsky.social · 13h

You wouldn't believe the number of morons on Twitter pretending that a temporary exhibition of vinyl stickers at Canterbury Cathedral is permanent graffiti, just so they can feel outraged. Then JD Vance joins in, because clearly this is an international crisis.

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Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 @reshetz.bsky.social · 2h

My fellow Americans
what are we even doing here bruh

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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 1h

I read a whole interrogation file of Speer down at Kew a few years back

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Angele @angeledehart.bsky.social · 6h

Another maga loser will gladly spend their hard earned $75 plus shipping for this horrible piece of trash. I hope it’s ends up like the trump watches missing the T.

Picture of cheap trump pink watch made in China missing the letter T which shows “Rump.” Statement reads: Customers upset with Missing ‘T’ in trump-branded watch that cost $640.

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Dr. Tara L. Conley @taralconley.com · 6h

for active military or if you know someone in the military:

“The Orders Project is a non-partisan program created by the National Institute for Military Justice to assist military personnel in understanding their options when faced with orders they believe may not be legal.”
www.nimj.org/top.html#/

Orders Project

The Orders Project is a non-partisan program created by the National Institute for Military Justice to assist military personnel in understanding their options when faced with orders they believe may....

www.nimj.org

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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 2h

Describe the opposite of The Free Press in a sentence

Screenshot of text:

It’s a business story. [Highlighting begins] Everyone in journalism has known for years that there’s been a huge opportunity for a publication that employs the traditional methods of U.S. journalism—reporting, deep sourcing, fact-checking, fearlessness—to subjects that either don’t get covered enough or get covered only from a certain perspective. [Highlighting ends] If creating such an enterprise seems simple

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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 1h

So am I. Can I tempt you with this is a holding pattern www.barnesandnoble.com/w/toxic-dan-...

Toxic: A History of Nerve Agents, from Nazi Germany to Putin's Russia|eBook

Nerve agents are the world's deadliest means of chemical warfare. Nazi Germany developed the first military-grade nerve agents and massive industry for their manufacture--yet, strangely, the Third Rei...

www.barnesandnoble.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3h

Hi Sally. When Weiss published a supposed expose on the death of George Floyd, a veteran criminal justice reporter showed in deep detail that the piece was not just wrong but filled with falsehoods and misrepresentations. Weiss did not retract the piece. What do you think of that?

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 5h

This is really smart. Amazed at the hysteria over the ascendance of a woman entrepreneur who clearly knows how to cover and sell news and who's not afraid to take on a mob. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss

The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.

www.theatlantic.com

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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 1h

lol. Fucking Trump

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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 1h

At this rate it’s probably 5 years

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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 1h

I know of several instances with tear gas and smoke grenades causing permanent injury back in my army days

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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 1h

As an exceedingly part time project, I am writing a book on tear gas

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 6h

The President using the military as his personal police force to intimidate American citizens is deeply un-American. This is the behavior of an autocrat. Full stop.

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 3h

Whistling when ICE is about to kidnap someone for no reason is incredibly effective. They know what they are doing is wrong and will scatter in the wind when too many witnesses gather.