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Mike Leake
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Tizzy’s morning walker (weekdays) and general grump
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Sunny day in Kent
A small black dog sitting on a lap on a sunny balcony A small black dog on a flowery seat in the sun A small black dog basking in her gasket in the November sun Sunsetting over the creek looking Mediterranean- a faint pink glow in the horizon
November 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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carlbovisnature.bsky.social
Song Thrush feasting on berries! 😍
Thrilled to get this photo at RSPB Ham Wall today... do you like it? 😊🐦
#birds 🪶

Lots of Christmas gift ideas in my shop for nature lovers here;
www.carlbovis.com/shop-3
A Song Thrush in the process of swallowing a red berry surrounded by red berries in otherwise bare branches
November 30, 2025 at 11:30 AM
mikejleake.bsky.social
Exact opposite of yesterday’s #DailyBalcony
Clear skies and sunshine looking east over the creek and buildings Full creek looking Mediterranean looking west with boats and buildings
November 30, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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morrisbt.bsky.social
We’ve decorated for Christmas!🎄 New to our tree is beautiful felt-Brontë, who joins our treasured felt-Buster.
Don’t they look great together?😍

They were stitched with love by @misheleneous.bsky.social

Do check out her Etsy shop - it feels amazing to support small business at this time of year!🥰
A close up of some Christmas tree decorations lit by white lights. Among trains, snowmen and golden moons and a cobweb are two felt border terriers hand sewn with love by @misheleneous
November 29, 2025 at 5:28 PM
mikejleake.bsky.social
Greyer than yesterday #DailyBalcony
Grey skies over the creek and buildings Grey skies over the creek and buildings
November 29, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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gtconway.bsky.social
This would be a war crime even if there were an actual war and these people were actual combatants, which there isn't and they weren't.

It's unquestionably an unlawful homicide under any form of law you wish to apply: military or civilian, domestic or international, federal or state. ...
rgoodlaw.bsky.social Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 2d
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing

"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."

Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:12 PM
mikejleake.bsky.social
Impressive sunrise developing but I’ve got to walk the dog! #DailyBalcony
Rosy fingered dawn across the creek and buildings Rosy fingered dawn getting redder across the creek and buildings Same as normal looking west down the creek!
November 28, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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rutgerbregman.com
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November 27, 2025 at 2:11 PM
mikejleake.bsky.social
Dark! #DailyBalcony
Lights in front of the buildings across the creek shine brightly beneath an overcast sky Bright lights line the almost empty creek, with boats sat in the mud, looking west towards the Brewery Bridge
November 27, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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lbc.co.uk
‘The chill wind from the White House is already rippling through New Broadcasting House.’

@lewisgoodall.com reacts after the BBC edited out an anti-Trump line from a historian’s lecture.
November 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
mikejleake.bsky.social
The merest hints that the sun might emerge #DailyBalcony
Lowlight behind a band of cloud across a pretty empty tidal creek and buildings Clear skies looking west down a pretty empty tidal creek and buildings pre-dawn light
November 26, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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gregsargent.bsky.social
NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."

BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.

New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump’s Fury at BBC Gets Unnerving Results with Pro-MAGA Edit Stunner
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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rutgerbregman.com
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.

They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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rutgerbregman.com
This sentence was taken out of a lecture they commissioned, reviewed through the full editorial process, and recorded four weeks ago in front of 500 people in the BBC Radio Theatre.

I was told the decision came from the highest levels within the BBC. /2
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
mikejleake.bsky.social
The Sun having a lie in #DailyBalcony
Signs of light behind the band of low cloud behind the buildings across the creek to the east Looking brighter than it really is to the west along the creek at low tide
November 25, 2025 at 7:19 AM
mikejleake.bsky.social
For #TerrierTuesday Tizzy amongst autumn leaves
A small black dog on a lichen covered fallen branch surrounded by orange and yellow leaves looking up at the camera
November 25, 2025 at 6:56 AM
mikejleake.bsky.social
Back to early - even the sun isn’t up #DailyBalcony
Glow of the sun behind the clouds looking east over creek and buildings View west with plants, creek, buildings and boats
November 24, 2025 at 7:15 AM
mikejleake.bsky.social
Later than usual - clearing skies and rapidly drying #DailyBalcony
Blue sky and some clouds above the creek - the weather front can be seen heading away to the east! Blue sky and some clouds above the creek
November 23, 2025 at 11:18 AM
mikejleake.bsky.social
Why are people feeling the need to set off fireworks on November 22nd?
November 22, 2025 at 8:38 PM
mikejleake.bsky.social
Saturday lie in - so I missed the best of the sunrise 🌅 but my partner was on tea duty and her picture is spectacular #DailyBalcony
Spectacular red and orange sunrise across the creek (my partner’s photo) A pinkish glow a few minutes later. Cloudy looking upstream along the creek past the boats and buildings Looking east over a fairly empty creek and buildings, a pink glow on the low clouds
November 22, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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brenttoderian.bsky.social
Before choosing bottled water over tap water, remember it takes more than 10X the water that a bottle of water holds to make the plastic bottle and transport the water. And that’s before considering the fuel and GHGs, the 1000 year bottle life, and the RIDICULOUS amount of $ we’re paying for water.
A boat being rowed through a mass of plastic bottles
November 21, 2025 at 7:05 PM
mikejleake.bsky.social
youtube.com/watch?v=PSBn...
Blofeld is on YouTube!
Absolutely astonishing grand opener! Henry Blofeld reaction! #ashes #stokes #barmyarmy
YouTube video by Henry Blofeld
youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
mikejleake.bsky.social
In 🦊 news…this morning in Faversham
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 8:08 AM
mikejleake.bsky.social
Portrait today to show the clouds above the creek #DailyBalcony
Clouds above the creek and buildings looking east towards the not yet present sun Clouds above the creek and buildings looking west
November 21, 2025 at 7:16 AM
mikejleake.bsky.social
🥶 morning although still manageable no to look Mediterranean to the west! #DailyBalconey
Clear skies with a low band of cloud look east over the creek and buildings just before sunrise Looking west down the creek - the automatic camera makes it look bright and warm, it is not the latter
November 20, 2025 at 7:13 AM