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John Baker

@johnbakerfolk.bsky.social
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Writer and singer of songs. Melancholy alt-folk

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John Baker @johnbakerfolk.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
A commercial monopoly is a modern form of the same elite capture that installed well-resourced families into power in medieval Europe. Tech bros are the new royalty and they are remodelling the structures of our societies to their advantage, just like medieval kings.
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John Baker @johnbakerfolk.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Sergei Eisenstein's Cocktail
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John Baker @johnbakerfolk.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
The media exist to reproduce a dominant ideology that best serves the interests of Capital. And that's what they do. That's all they do.
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John Baker @johnbakerfolk.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Watching these suits squirming and lying about appointing their mate Mandelson is nauseating. No wonder people have lost faith in mainstream politics.
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John Baker @johnbakerfolk.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
My sex machine? Unstoppable.
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John Baker @johnbakerfolk.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
If you see a group of Muslims praying in public and you think that it should be "banned", then you're a very fucking bad person indeed
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John Baker @johnbakerfolk.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
The police complain "lack of resources" then turn out 1000-strong to defend a genocide by a foreign power. The police have exactly the resources they need for the job of suppressing dissent and defending the corrupt, amoral global elite. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
independent.co.uk
Crowds chant ‘death to the IDF’ at al-Quds rally in London as protesters arrested
At least 1,000 Met officers were drafted in to manage the ‘static protest’ after the home secretary approved a police request to ban the annual march
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John Baker @johnbakerfolk.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Just a thought
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John Baker @johnbakerfolk.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Whether British, American, Iranian or Israeli, we are governed by monsters.
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John Baker @johnbakerfolk.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
You know when @zackpolanski.bsky.social says he wants UK to leave NATO and everyone loses their minds? Well maybe he has a point. We've served this imperialist axis with our blood and treasure for too long.
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John Baker @johnbakerfolk.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Can we have "regime change" in the UK please? Our government has the morals of sewer rats. #iran
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John Baker @johnbakerfolk.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
We need regime change. In the USA and Israel. #iran #imperialism
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John Baker @johnbakerfolk.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
👇 If your ideology prevents you from demanding peace, dignity and freedom for all, then you need to look again at your ideology.
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John Baker @johnbakerfolk.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Ruin a band by changing one letter Swede
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John Baker @johnbakerfolk.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Slightly diminish a band Allotments of the Nephilim
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John Baker @johnbakerfolk.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Wanted: Drummer for new heavy psych-folk band with good prospects. Rehearsals at a studio in Oldham - handy for M62 so will suit Manc/Lancs/Yorks people. Pass it on
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John Baker @johnbakerfolk.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Ex-Tory PM guest-editing the Today Programme, celebrating community programmes for women and girls. A reminder that the BBC is an outlet for the hypocrisy and dishonesty of the ruling class.
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John Baker @johnbakerfolk.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Oh well played, Iceland. Douze points. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
theguardian.com
Iceland becomes fifth country to boycott Eurovision 2026 over Israel
Iceland joins Spain, Slovenia, the Netherlands and Ireland in neither participating in nor broadcasting event
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John Baker @johnbakerfolk.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Nothing to see here. Just Tory MPs complaining about how a privatised industry has become an exploitative dysfunctional bin fire. www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
'Dumped' Evri parcel deliveries prompt responses by MPs
MPs receive complaints from constituents about abandoned parcels and wrong delivery addresses.
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John Baker @johnbakerfolk.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Felliow experimental and radical musicians, I insist you ask Father Christmas for "Music: A Subversive History" by @tedgioia.bsky.social. You can thank me later.
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Hannah Peel @hannahpeel.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
A proper treat for you! 🎛️ New mini #BBCRadio3 series, every night this week 9.45pm #Electronicwomen From Daphne Oram to Laurie Anderson… only 15mins each night, before NightTracks kicks in HP x
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John Baker @johnbakerfolk.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
This is how I'm going to look every time someone dislikes one of my posts.
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a group of people sitting at a table with the words now go get your shine box written on the bottom
Alt: A gif from the movie Goodfellas where Billy Batts tells Tommy to go get his shine box.
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John Baker @johnbakerfolk.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Imagine the sort of people who feel threatened by anti-genocide marches.
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John Baker @johnbakerfolk.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
If you signed up as a supporter of @yourpartyuk.bsky.social, anyone in their organisation can get hold of your data and write to you asking for money.
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John Baker @johnbakerfolk.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Zarah it's outrageous that you've used supporters' data like this. Impulsive and unreliable. But thanks for helping me choose between you and the @greenparty.org.uk
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John Baker @johnbakerfolk.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Inspirational psych-folk guitar from Buck Curran in Todmorden last weekend
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John Baker @johnbakerfolk.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
BBC reporting on a shooting incident in Israel - 15 dead. RIP. Imagine if every 15 dead Palestinians made the British news.
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John Baker @johnbakerfolk.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Purple Aki was a phenomenon as a folk antihero. Boys growing up in 80s Merseyside were genuinely terrified of him. 💪💪💪 #purpleaki www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
liverpoolecho.co.uk
Akinwale Arobieke found dead in flat
The Liverpool bodybuilder has died aged 64
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John Baker @johnbakerfolk.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Wholesome and nutritious vinyl find in Saltaire today #folk #trad
A photo of the record sleeve of "Frost and Fire" by The Watersons
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John Baker @johnbakerfolk.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Live rig current version. Not exactly minimalist
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John Baker @johnbakerfolk.bsky.social · 12/01/2024
I love this random guy on Reddit and I want to make music for him.
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John Baker @johnbakerfolk.bsky.social · 08/01/2024
Just created a Threads account and I got a timeline full of low-rent clickbait trash straight away. It's just Facebook but without your Auntie Marjorie liking your posts.
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John Baker @johnbakerfolk.bsky.social · 08/01/2024
Put this on your listening list
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John Baker @johnbakerfolk.bsky.social · 07/01/2024
A wander round my village. #Yorkshire #Smartphonephotography #blackandwhite #winter
A monochrome photo of a bare silver birch tree against a bright winter sky.A monochrome photo of knarled tree branches against the skyA monochrome photo. The trunk of a silver birch tree bisects a view of a village park. A blurry silhouette of a child stands by a road sign in the background.
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John Baker @johnbakerfolk.bsky.social · 07/01/2024
Re-wired my 6-string pedalboard. I enjoyed this more than any person perhaps should.
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