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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 · 5d

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 · 16m

My dudes, that is not London. It's South Africa, Namibia, and Botswana.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 10h

When people show you who they are, believe them.

And of course JD Vance refused to condemn this.

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Miss Recreate @missrecreate.bsky.social · 10h

So many problematic & predatory men in the GOP.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 11h

Republican Rep. Cory Mills allegedly threatened to release nude images of a 26-year-old woman and to harm her future boyfriends after she ended their relationship.

Now, a judge just ordered Mills, 45, not to come within 500 feet of the defendant & ruled that she is “a victim of dating violence.”

Judge grants ex-girlfriend restraining order against Rep. Cory Mills

A Florida judge said Rep. Cory Mills had cyberstalked an ex-girlfriend and barred the lawmaker from going near her residence or workplace or referencing her on social media.

www.orlandosentinel.com

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Eric Foltz @ericfoltz.bsky.social · 9h

Let's be honest.

This is about Hegseth being all butt hurt about the media reporting about how incompetent and stupid he is.

Oh, and for sharing that video of him doing the most pathetic pullups ever recorded.

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Dread Pirate Sex Badger @badgercult.bsky.social · 7h

Despite overwhelming access to force, firearms and a cohesive team structure, little shitweasel still needs to pop out from his bigger, more restrained teammate, and toss a CS grenade. These people need to be tried.

Hart Cunningham @hpsc24.bsky.social · 10h

Zero Regard for Safety, ICE Escalation in Chicago Leaves Baby in Harm’s Way🇺🇸

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Jack Murphy @jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social · 8h

Just in case you haven't figured it out yet, she's going to get a presidential pardon on Trump's last day in office.

www.wsj.com/us-news/ghis...

Lockdowns and a Mysterious Meeting: A Quiet Texas Prison Adapts to Life With Ghislaine Maxwell

The unexpected arrival of the Epstein associate upset the camp’s routines. Some inmates say she got favorable treatment.

www.wsj.com

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Cosgrove_Outdoors @dermotncosgrove.bsky.social · 1d

Always thought it was Obama who was trying to take people's guns.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 2d

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

www.cbsnews.com

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Cosgrove_Outdoors @dermotncosgrove.bsky.social · 48m

US revokes visas for six foreigners over Charlie Kirk-related speech.
www.newarab.com/news/us-revo...

US revokes visas for 6 foreigners over Kirk-related speech

The nationals who’ve had their US visas revoked over Charlie Kirk-related comments were from Brazil, Argentina, South Africa, Germany, Mexico, and Paraguay.

www.newarab.com

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Cosgrove_Outdoors @dermotncosgrove.bsky.social · 26m

Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 10h

While they're at it can they bar sheriffs from contracting with ICE?

cc: @andrewqmr.bsky.social

Citing ‘serious questions’ and ‘questionable spending,’ Mass. lawmakers move to hold back funding for sheriffs - The Boston Globe

Massachusetts lawmakers propose holding back $162 million for county sheriffs' offices in a spending bill, citing “questionable spending practices."

www.bostonglobe.com

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Coates is Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 2h

It’s the 111th anniversary today of the birth of Harry Rée, who was a teacher and conscientious objector when the Second World War broke out, and by the time it ended, when he was 31, had invented ‘blackmail sabotage’ and got a DSO, an OBE, a Croix de Guerre, and a Medaille de la Resistance

b/w photo of a man in socks and sandals, jacket, short and jumper, in front of a wall with a bike leaning on it, and with a pipe in his mouth. If you wanted one image to sum up the word ‘nonchalant’, this would be it

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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 30m

To make it clear, I'm not trying to ID this grenade. I know it very well. Have thrown them a few times in my career. I am trying to see if they have been spotted in the wild.

Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 31m

Oh, I know exactly what it is. I've used them in the past. What I am asking is if anyone has seen them in the field.

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Bear 🇨🇦 🇪🇺🇨🇭 @bearsie17.bsky.social · 46m

If tRump is correct and Maduro is a terrorist, a thug and a dictator, why does he so admire Putin and not Maduro?
news.sky.com/story/us-blo...

US blows up another drug smuggling boat off Venezuela coast, says Trump

America destroys another boat that it says was smuggling drugs in waters near the South American country.

news.sky.com

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 4h

I just checked and this is real. It's on Border Patrol's official Instagram (I don't see it on Facebook) and is being celebrated by Nazis on Twitter, as you can see in the screenshot.

The clip is just 13 seconds long too, so it's a very intentional thing. We've got a Nazi government.

Twitter account: Uncensored @HmanQuotes1945: Official border patrol Facebook page is posting with the banned lyrics of Michael Jackson's song.
"Jew me sue me... Kick me k*ke me."
Epic

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Alex Brewer MP 🔶 @alexkbrewer.bsky.social · 53m

🎉 𝐋𝐈𝐁 𝐃𝐄𝐌 𝐖𝐈𝐍!

🏠 Lib Dems have long been calling for better military homes - and I asked the Minister about this recently.

🪖 Our military personnel and their families make huge sacrifices for our country, and deserve a decent home.

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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 55m

Exactly. Tear gas and flashbang grenades are literally and figuratively distraction devices.

Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 56m

Out of curiosity, has anyone encountered these in recent weeks in the USA: Baseball-sized tear gas grenades that do not burn, but pop or burst to scatter CS tear gas dust? Example photos/illustrations from pre-2025.

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

Tear gas is banned in warfare. And tear gas is not a nerve agent

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

Protest versus vote is a false binary unless the protestors are actually obstructing the electoral process

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Politico @politico.com · 17h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 8h

This thread is…concerning.

(I get more understated the more alarmed I am.)

Kate Ross @kateross.bsky.social · Aug 1

In a two week period:

Trump fired 7 of the 8 members who do independent federal oversight on nuclear waste.

Peter Thiel (Palantir) is found to be backing the first privately developed uranium enrichment facility in the US.

Billionaire Peter Thiel backing first privately developed US uranium enrichment facility in Paducah

A California-based company with ties to billionaire investor and Trump ally Peter Thiel announced plans Friday to build America’s first U.S.-owned, privately developed facility to enrich uranium in fa...

www.wkms.org

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 2d

My latest is the story of how my community has rallied to protect and defend our neighbors in recent days, as ICE has targeted the Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago. "This is not a story about a moment of victory, but a moment of being reminded of our power."

They Came for Our Neighbors. We Showed Up.

Before long, there were dozens, and then hundreds of people in the streets, watching and responding.

organizingmythoughts.org

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

It’s also why you don’t want to wear swimming goggles