Kester J Leek
@kesterjleek.bsky.social
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January 9, 2026 at 12:23 AM
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11 days from now marks one year since this guy got away with doing a Nazi salute on live TV. Since then, he - the world's richest man - has gutted govt programmes causing the deaths of hundreds of thousands of children and turned his microblogging website into a child porn generator. Consequences!
January 9, 2026 at 12:23 AM
11 days from now marks one year since this guy got away with doing a Nazi salute on live TV. Since then, he - the world's richest man - has gutted govt programmes causing the deaths of hundreds of thousands of children and turned his microblogging website into a child porn generator. Consequences!
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My friend you have merely opened up another avenue for me to speak my truth
January 8, 2026 at 5:06 PM
My friend you have merely opened up another avenue for me to speak my truth
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“Fuck ICE!” chants & a brass band performing “Which side are you on?” as hundreds march in Manhattan, NYC against ICE and in solidarity with Minneapolis.
January 9, 2026 at 12:06 AM
“Fuck ICE!” chants & a brass band performing “Which side are you on?” as hundreds march in Manhattan, NYC against ICE and in solidarity with Minneapolis.
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AOC nailed it as always. Thank you.
And here’s Jesse Watters on the record, saying exactly that.
And here’s Jesse Watters on the record, saying exactly that.
January 7, 2026 at 11:57 PM
AOC nailed it as always. Thank you.
And here’s Jesse Watters on the record, saying exactly that.
And here’s Jesse Watters on the record, saying exactly that.
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Fox Producer: Jesse Watters would like to invite you on his show
AOC: He has sexualized and harassed me on his show.
FP: That’s not true
AOC: He accused me of wanting to sleep with Stephen Miller. So why don’t you tell me what you think is acceptable to tell a woman.
AOC: He has sexualized and harassed me on his show.
FP: That’s not true
AOC: He accused me of wanting to sleep with Stephen Miller. So why don’t you tell me what you think is acceptable to tell a woman.
January 7, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Fox Producer: Jesse Watters would like to invite you on his show
AOC: He has sexualized and harassed me on his show.
FP: That’s not true
AOC: He accused me of wanting to sleep with Stephen Miller. So why don’t you tell me what you think is acceptable to tell a woman.
AOC: He has sexualized and harassed me on his show.
FP: That’s not true
AOC: He accused me of wanting to sleep with Stephen Miller. So why don’t you tell me what you think is acceptable to tell a woman.
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Happy Birthday David Bowie, born this day in 1947.
His 26th and final album "Blackstar" (★) was released on this day in 2016.
David Bowie would pass away just a couple of days later. Rest in Peace.
His 26th and final album "Blackstar" (★) was released on this day in 2016.
David Bowie would pass away just a couple of days later. Rest in Peace.
January 8, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Happy Birthday David Bowie, born this day in 1947.
His 26th and final album "Blackstar" (★) was released on this day in 2016.
David Bowie would pass away just a couple of days later. Rest in Peace.
His 26th and final album "Blackstar" (★) was released on this day in 2016.
David Bowie would pass away just a couple of days later. Rest in Peace.
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I keep trying to work out when the period of "lost central state capacity" existed. It always seems to coincide with powerful local government delivering almost everything important to the country.
Starmer, Farage, Badenoch et al share a strange consensus: that state capacity is broken, and the answer is a stronger prime minister in a faster, more centralised system - pulling levers like the Fat Controller and grabbing power back from agencies. Is it smart?
www.economist.com/britain/2026...
www.economist.com/britain/2026...
State capacity is the issue of the age
The Labour Party and its rivals agree on much about what is wrong with government
www.economist.com
January 8, 2026 at 5:29 PM
I keep trying to work out when the period of "lost central state capacity" existed. It always seems to coincide with powerful local government delivering almost everything important to the country.
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10 years since Bowies’s final masterpiece. One of my favorite albums.
Nothing’s been right since he left us.
Nothing’s been right since he left us.
David Bowie's 'Blackstar' Turns 10
When I awoke that Sunday morning, I was so confused. My wife, not much of a music fan, mentioned she’d just read some news about David Bowie. I replied something along the lines of, “Yeah, he just rel...
stereogum.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:46 PM
10 years since Bowies’s final masterpiece. One of my favorite albums.
Nothing’s been right since he left us.
Nothing’s been right since he left us.
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Yesterday I had a panic attack so bad my chest hurt and my hand clenched shut, then YouTube recommended this clip from Babylon 5 today and it just left me sobbing.
I’ve watched this scene so many times, I don’t know why I watched it.
2026 is too much already.
I’ve watched this scene so many times, I don’t know why I watched it.
2026 is too much already.
The Wisdom of Delenn: The Candle
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January 8, 2026 at 3:59 AM
Yesterday I had a panic attack so bad my chest hurt and my hand clenched shut, then YouTube recommended this clip from Babylon 5 today and it just left me sobbing.
I’ve watched this scene so many times, I don’t know why I watched it.
2026 is too much already.
I’ve watched this scene so many times, I don’t know why I watched it.
2026 is too much already.
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Sometimes all you can do is make the world 0.0000000000001% less awful by being a good person and it feels very meaningless but it’s also the only thing that really matters
January 7, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Sometimes all you can do is make the world 0.0000000000001% less awful by being a good person and it feels very meaningless but it’s also the only thing that really matters
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January 7, 2026 at 11:16 AM
I thought this was my forever home but circumstances have sadly changed 💔 I need a quick sale. Please enquire www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
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"Comment is Freed: depressingly accurate since 2022"
Cheers for the cheerful morning read Sam
January 6, 2026 at 12:45 PM
"Comment is Freed: depressingly accurate since 2022"
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hey remember when a bunch of middle-aged drunk korean lawmakers climbed the locked gates to the national assembly to hold an emergency session after the president gave illegal orders to the military, all of which ended with said president being sentenced to prison
January 3, 2026 at 7:02 AM
hey remember when a bunch of middle-aged drunk korean lawmakers climbed the locked gates to the national assembly to hold an emergency session after the president gave illegal orders to the military, all of which ended with said president being sentenced to prison
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zero notes whatsoever
January 2, 2026 at 6:15 PM
zero notes whatsoever
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as someone who splits my time between the hospital acute front door, back door and the bit in the middle, works at the interface with primary, community and social care services and spent years around the policy area in various guises, it is deeply frustrating people the lack of institutional memory
December 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM
as someone who splits my time between the hospital acute front door, back door and the bit in the middle, works at the interface with primary, community and social care services and spent years around the policy area in various guises, it is deeply frustrating people the lack of institutional memory
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Fascinating thread but I don't feel it's that complicated? This is what happens when you go out of your way to performatively kick your own coalition in the hope of impressing voters who never liked you to start with.
Glad the FT is asking the question. Even if I’m not convinced they found a compelling answer.
I get that Starmer & Reeves are unpopular, I really don’t understand the extent of the dislike.
www.ft.com/content/1995... ‘There’s a real dislike, even loathing’: why voters hate Starmer and Reeves
I get that Starmer & Reeves are unpopular, I really don’t understand the extent of the dislike.
www.ft.com/content/1995... ‘There’s a real dislike, even loathing’: why voters hate Starmer and Reeves
‘There’s a real dislike, even loathing’: why voters hate Starmer and Reeves
Allies concede the prime minister and chancellor have made mistakes yet the level of disdain towards them is still striking
www.ft.com
December 31, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Fascinating thread but I don't feel it's that complicated? This is what happens when you go out of your way to performatively kick your own coalition in the hope of impressing voters who never liked you to start with.
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I'm asking John - and indeed all journalists - as a new year resolution to stop comparisons with a national economy and a household budget.
How many years have to go by until we can have coherent conversations in the media about the economy?
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How many years have to go by until we can have coherent conversations in the media about the economy?
t.co/jIObxTAoeL
December 31, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I'm asking John - and indeed all journalists - as a new year resolution to stop comparisons with a national economy and a household budget.
How many years have to go by until we can have coherent conversations in the media about the economy?
t.co/jIObxTAoeL
How many years have to go by until we can have coherent conversations in the media about the economy?
t.co/jIObxTAoeL
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This is just comically racist:. There is something a bit “off” about Mamdani. Sorta like Obama.
This is how Christopher Caldwell begins his essay on Zohran Mamdani for the Claremont Review of Books.
Why are these people such freaks?
Why are these people such freaks?
December 29, 2025 at 11:02 PM
This is just comically racist:. There is something a bit “off” about Mamdani. Sorta like Obama.
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THIS IS SO FUCKEN PUNK IT RULES
EXCLUSIVE: @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social will be sworn in as mayor on midnight on January 1 inside the old abandoned City Hall subway station, saying that he sees the venue as a symbol for the aims of his upcoming administration.
EXCLUSIVE: Mamdani Will Be Sworn In At Abandoned Original City Hall Subway Station
The mayor-elect will kick off a new era by throwing things back to an older one.
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December 29, 2025 at 5:41 PM
THIS IS SO FUCKEN PUNK IT RULES
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*extremely* funny that Barbara Fried, SBF's mother, is a legal ethics professor who spent everything she had on her son's defence
A number of questions remain unanswered, like "WHERE IS THE MONEY SAM", or "THE MONEY SAM THE BLOODY MONEY WHERE IS IT SAM", questions of that nature.
The Context: 💭 Barbara Fried misrepresents SBF's crimes
Barbara Fried has apparently stepped in to defend her son, Sam Bankman-Fried, and has continued the family history of deceit.
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Barbara Fried has apparently stepped in to defend her son, Sam Bankman-Fried, and has continued the family history of deceit.
Latest from @bft.wtf
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December 26, 2025 at 9:10 PM
*extremely* funny that Barbara Fried, SBF's mother, is a legal ethics professor who spent everything she had on her son's defence
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From this great story:
How Sam Bankman-Fried seduced blue-chip investors
Their support helped lend FTX credibility before its sudden collapse this week
www.ft.com
December 26, 2025 at 9:41 PM
From this great story:
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there is no spoon
December 26, 2025 at 11:26 PM
there is no spoon
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i post this story every christmas, and will keep doing so until it stops making me cry
merry christmas xx
merry christmas xx
A real Good Samaritan
One act of kindness that befell Leeds writer Bernard Hare in 1982 changed him profoundly. Here he tells his story.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 25, 2025 at 10:25 AM
i post this story every christmas, and will keep doing so until it stops making me cry
merry christmas xx
merry christmas xx