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Michael Larkin @ipanalysis.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Yeah it's Bandcampy Friday and everyone's dangling their shiny new releases in front of you, but you can lighten the load on someone's cupboard space for an older release too .. lazarusclamp.bandcamp.com/album/how-i-...

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How I Quit Being, by Lazarus Clamp

8 track album

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Elle Barker @ellebarker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Just got an offer for a dream opening slot and am v excited about it!

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Elle Barker @ellebarker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

what's the point of trapping me in my house for a whole goddam Sunday if it's just gonna be for a buncha english

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Perennial @perennialtheband.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

UK Tour starts in one week! Tickets 🎟️ www.bandsintown.com/a/2780365-pe... @safesuburban.bsky.social @ejrc.bsky.social

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Elle Barker @ellebarker.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

read this earlier and both it and the reaction to it has been bothering me

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Elle Barker @ellebarker.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Coming up in Cardiff! An essential show!

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Todd in the Shadows @shadowtodd.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

"I am not complicit" I love it I'm putting it on a shirt

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Daniel C. Blight @danielcblight.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

***URGENT PLEASE SHARE*** University of Brighton management have announced today that they ‘give notice of termination of all collective agreements’. This is a fundamental erasure of workers' rights. Management have announced the termination of all contractual documents, which includes:

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Recliner Notes @reclinernotes.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Here's a new post by me on Robert Altman's adaptation of The Long Goodbye, exploring Elliott Gould's portrayal of Philip Marlowe, the movie's Scuzzy '70s feel, and a multiverse-style fantasy imagining the ideal artists and bands to cover the film's title song. reclinernotes.com/2026/09/13/t...

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The Long Goodbye: Altman and Gould’s Marlowe, the Scuzzy ‘70s, and an Imagined Soundtrack

Director Robert Altman called his 1973 adaptation of Raymond Chandler’s hard-boiled crime novel The Long Goodbye “a satire in melancholy.” The film stars goofily sincere Elliott Gould as detective …

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Yo. This is the union calling for a boycott. Here in America people like to say "Well I was already boycotting Starbucks!" No you were not. You were just choosing not to buy their stuff. That is not a boycott. A boycott is an organized, collective activity. "I" don't boycott: we do.

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Anthropic Is building a surveillance system to monitor activists using a “pre-crime” approach that tries to predict incidents before they happen. The extensive monitoring system that the AI company is building is aimed primarily at keeping tabs on activists who oppose the rapid development of AI.

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Anthropic Is Building a Predictive Surveillance System to Monitor Activists - The American Prospect

New hires and comments in interviews show that the AI giant is using its capabilities against dissenters.

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Elle Barker @ellebarker.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I always stopped paying attention after ‘mi’, so I wouldn’t know (I think I was ill the day we learned the rest)

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Elle Barker @ellebarker.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Sometimes it just hits me: it won’t be BST forever :(

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Perennial @perennialtheband.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Perennial fans! Our UK tour starts in one month! Get yr tickets here: www.bandsintown.com/a/2780365-pe... @safesuburban.bsky.social @ejrc.bsky.social

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Elle Barker @ellebarker.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Saw the Jicks at the Brudenell in Leeds right after my 19th birthday in January 2014. Stood right in front of Malkmus for their set (as any dorky indie rock teenager would) and sang along to every word. It was the first show of the tour and at some point I realised that Steve had spent the whole...

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Robert Dallas Gray @robertdallasgray.com · 05/09/2026

I think the lesson to be drawn here is that neither the government nor the police are going to protect us from what’s coming

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Elle Barker @ellebarker.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I keep misreading the title of this film as 'The Dog Slurs'

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Elle Barker @ellebarker.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

this 'jammy songs only' live Pavement comp from the '22 tour is ace archive.org/details/pave...

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pave-your-face-vol

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Cwiar Cymru @cwiar.org · 03/09/2026

🏛️ Nearly every Plaid Cymru backbencher has demanded answers from the NHS on trans surgeries. In a joint letter, they asked what evidence, risk assessments, and consultations the NWJCC took in its decision. It's time for answers from NHS Wales.

Senedd Cymru
Welsh Parliament
Plaid Cymru
By email lan Green OBE
Chair
NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee
Cc: Suzanne Rankin, Chief Executive, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board; Kirsty Williams, Chair, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
1 September 2026
Dear Mr Green,
RE: Pausing of gender-affirming surgeries by the NHS Wales Joint Commissioning
Committee
We are writing to express our profound disappointment at the abrupt pausing of planned operations within the Welsh Gender Service. The sudden nature of this decision by the NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee has left patients, many of whom have been preparing for surgery for months or years, without the care they were expecting and relying upon.
The impact on individuals and the wider trans community in Wales has been significant.
Understandably, this development has caused distress, fear, and a deep sense of uncertainty.
This comes at a time when the rights and dignity of trans people across the UK are increasingly under pressure. You will know that gender-affirming healthcare in Wales is clinician-led, patient-focused, and carefully paced; it is not rushed, nor undertaken lightly.
In light of this, we would like to raise the following urgent questions on behalf of our constituents and the wider community:
• Why has surgery been halted for a form of treatment that has among the highest levels of psychiatric screening and one of the lowest regret rates of any procedure offered by the NHS?
• What specifically is the cause for concern?
• What evidence informed this decision?
• Why were patient stakeholders not consulted before the decision was taken?
• Was any risk assessment carried out regarding the impact of cancelling treatment at such short notice? If not, why?
• What role, if any, did NHS England play in influencing or directing this decision?
• What is the scope of any review now underway, and when can we expect its conclusions?

Senedd Cymru
Welsh Parliament
Plaid Cymru
• When can patients expect surgeries to recommence?
• What safeguards are in place to protect patients' mental health during this pause?
• What commitment can be given to the continuation of therapies and hormone treatment during this period?
Patients deserve clarity, reassurance and a clear pathway forward. We would be grateful for a detailed response addressing each of the above points, together with confirmation of how the Welsh Gender Service intends to support those affected during this period of uncertainty.
This letter is also being copied to Suzanne Rankin and Kirsty Williams, Chief Executive and Chair of Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, given the board's role in administering the Welsh Gender Service.
We look forward to your reply.
Matthew Jones MS
Nick Carter MS
Donna Cushing MS
Kerry Ferguson MS
Marc Jones MS
Lis McLean MS
Rebeca Phillips MS
Niamh Salkeld MS
Lindsay Whittle MS
Lyn Ackerman MS
Alun Cox MS
Safa Elhassan MS
Leticia Gonzalez MS
Kiera Marshall MS
Anna Nicholl MS
Sarah Rees MS
Elyn Stephens MS
Elfed Williams MS
Beca Brown MS
Sara Crowley MS
Sera Evans MS
Carrie Harper MS
Becca Martin MS
Peredur Owen Griffiths MS
Mair Rowlands MS
Elwyn Vaughan MS

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Elle Barker @ellebarker.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

as an indie rock songwriter, it's incredibly annoying when a new band comes along who are both very good and are obviously going to end up (at least relatively) massive

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

tips n tricks for young songwriters. tagging Damon K because I think you’ll get a kick out of it @dadadrummer.bsky.social

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Elle Barker @ellebarker.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

almost all of them are Part Chimp (who I have somehow still not seen) Leeds 2017 (pulling an all nighter before a deadline in Uni) London 2019*2 (no money) Cardiff 2021 (was a couple of days before a flight and didn't want to catch Covid) Cardiff 2022 (out of the country) Bristol last night (ill)

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Claire Vaughan @pixieglas.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

My friend was in his gown in the hospital when his surgeon came in. He'd been saving and fundraising for years. It's been postponed indefinitely. His mental health is in the toilet, he's freelance, he and his partner paid for a hotel and time off. This is inhumane treatment.

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Elle Barker @ellebarker.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

among the most underrated video games of all time

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

The thing people should know about ZZ Top is that those early records, like Tres Hombres for example, are the gold standard for how rock records should sound. Immaculately recorded records, true auteur stuff, albums that set out to be exactly what they are

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Elle Barker @ellebarker.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

first CD that was 'my' CD was the soundtrack to the first Spider-Man film that my great aunt Brenda randomly bought for me while visiting (tbh she might've mistook it for a video game or even a VCD of the film)

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Chris Bratt @chrisbratt.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

The fired Rockstar workers are asking supporters not to boycott GTA 6, but instead, to directly support the union's legal costs as it approaches next month's employment tribunal.

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Elle Barker @ellebarker.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

often think about how I was ill the day in year 2 when we learned how to use commas, and how that has continued to affect my writing to this day

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Spooky Ghost Enthusiast @sirsandgoblin.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Anyway I'm learning the Welsh for "you have 15 minutes to find shelter" so that I have a five minute head start on the non Welsh speakers

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Elle Barker @ellebarker.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

ampsims have made guitar YouTube unlistenable

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Elle Barker @ellebarker.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

would rly like to start reading more contemporary fiction, but I don't have a strong sense of what is going on in that world that I would be interested in (most of my fiction reading since the age of 11 has consisted of beat/post-modernist novels and pulp sci-fi)

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Elle Barker @ellebarker.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Sometimes streaming and Bluetooth compression can work in tandem such to deliver the most artefact-y drums ever put to your ears

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Fightmilk (the band) @fightmilkband.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Dobby's grave is a gender neutral toilet 🤝

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Elle Barker @ellebarker.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Fav film for each year of the 70’s: 1970 - This Transient Life 1971 - Two-Lane Blacktop/The Hired Hand 1972 - The Godfather 1973 - We Can’t Go Home Again 1974 - The Conversation 1975 - Jaws 1976 - All the President’s Men 1977 - Star Wars 1978 - China 9, Liberty 37 1979 - Saint Jack

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Elle Barker @ellebarker.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

as someone who was the prime age for this stuff when it first came out, I never liked it (for which I'd be outcast for a week every time a new HP thing was released). Played the long game etc.

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Elle Barker @ellebarker.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

discovering that I might 'get' Van Halen

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Elle Barker @ellebarker.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

fav film for each year of the 60’s: 1960 - Peeping Tom 1961 - Yojimbo 1962 - Lawrence of Arabia 1963 - High and Low 1964 - Dr Strangelove 1965 - Time to Love 1966 - Tokyo Drifter 1967 - The Trip 1968 - Death by Hanging 1969 - Funeral Parade of Roses

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Elle Barker @ellebarker.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Bandcamp Friday! Pls check out my band A Lack of North’s new EP that I played guitar/bass/synth and sang on x FFO: Yo La Tengo, Stereolab, Can, Dianogah, Silkworm (there’s a big mix of songs!) alackofnorth.bandcamp.com/album/orient...

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"Orientations", by A Lack of North

4 track album

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Elle Barker @ellebarker.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I'm bringing Perennial to Cardiff so that everyone can have a delightful time!

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Elle Barker @ellebarker.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I've accidentally taken on sending emails as a hobby (live music promoter)

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Elle Barker @ellebarker.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

cw: eating disorders, fat-shaming "you are fat...like pig" (I had an ED at the time)

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Elle Barker @ellebarker.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I'd sign up for the X-Men just for the clobber ngl

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