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Mike Leake
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Tizzy’s morning walker (weekdays) and general grump
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🌲 THE BIG CHRISTMAS GIFT THREAD! 🌲

If you are a creator or small shop/business, reply to this post with:

- pics and a brief description of what you do (don't forget the alt text!)
- a link or details on how people can buy

I will boost you!

Everyone else: buy the cool things! Repost this post! ⛄
December 3, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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Daylight for the #DailyBalcony must be the weekend
Sun just about visible through the clouds across the creek Look more summery than is justified looking west along the creek
December 6, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Icy on the #DailyBalcony
Clear skies across the creek - a sliver of pink suggests dawn might eventually arrive Auto adjust makes it look much lighter looking west along the creek
December 5, 2025 at 7:14 AM
mikejleake.bsky.social
Back to overcast for the #DailyBalcony - and still dark!
Dark and overcast skies looking east over the creek and buildings - electric lights glaring Dark and overcast skies looking west over the creek and buildings - electric lights glaring
December 4, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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Reasonably bright this morning - certainly better than the weekend forecast #DailyBalcony
Sun lurking below the horizon behind a band of cloud from across the creek and buildings Looks like daylight towards the bridge west along the creek
December 3, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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Less cloud today, so some daylight for the #DailyBalcony
A break in the clouds above the fairly full creek and buildings to the east A break in the clouds above the fairly full creek and buildings to the west - the camera’s auto adjust makes the sky look blue!
December 2, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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misheleneous.bsky.social
The #TerrierTuesday Theme 2nd Dec is 'Earography'

Thanks to music videos we've heard of Armography 💪 & Hairography (think Beyoncè) so whether indoors, outdoors, upside down or right way up we all know #Terriers have very expressive ears & we need to see them! 👂

#Photography #DogsOfBlueSky #BTposse
Heidi border terrier on a poster advertising the #TerrierTuesday theme 'Earography' for 2nd December. She is sat on grass outdoors with one ear stuck upright in the strong wind looking like Beyoncè in front of a music video wind machine
November 30, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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For #TerrierTuesday theme day for December #Earigraphy - Tizzy has ears!
A small black dog on a chair in the sun -?her ears out on either side A small black dog curled up in the cushions with an ear poking up A small black dog on a lap, on a balcony in the sun A small black dog sitting on a shingle beach her ears alert
December 2, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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“The only people who get angry when hearing service members being told to ignore illegal orders are people who intend to issue illegal orders.”
November 30, 2025 at 7:58 PM
mikejleake.bsky.social
Welcome to December #DailyBalcony
A glimmer of light in the sky to the east - electric lights still bright in front of the buildings across the creek Electric lights still bright in front of the buildings along the creek
December 1, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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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
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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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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
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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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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 · 7d
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
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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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November 27, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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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
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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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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
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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