Elle Barker
@ellebarker.bsky.social
cardiff-based musician, writer, and filmmaker. known member of sherbet flies, port huron, a lack of north, and crimson city. puts on shows.
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one thing that's great about Bluesky is when there's new Chotiner piece we all meet up like fans of a band for a surprise listening party
February 1, 2026 at 11:40 PM
one thing that's great about Bluesky is when there's new Chotiner piece we all meet up like fans of a band for a surprise listening party
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omega boost / psx
polyphony digital, 1999
polyphony digital, 1999
February 1, 2026 at 1:47 PM
omega boost / psx
polyphony digital, 1999
polyphony digital, 1999
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When we talk about AI psychosis we should include investors in that
January 30, 2026 at 6:25 PM
When we talk about AI psychosis we should include investors in that
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Right, so video game company stocks are crashing because the power of AI supposedly renders them irrelevant. Meanwhile, Microsoft and Oracle stocks are crashing because they spent too much on AI and the market knows they'll never make a return. The economy is absolutely hosed
January 30, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Right, so video game company stocks are crashing because the power of AI supposedly renders them irrelevant. Meanwhile, Microsoft and Oracle stocks are crashing because they spent too much on AI and the market knows they'll never make a return. The economy is absolutely hosed
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Hampstead Ponds will remain inclusive. Our analysis of the judgment.
Hampstead Heath Ponds to remain inclusive
The High Court has blocked a legal challenge from transphobic group Sex Matters, siding with thousands of swimmers who fought to keep the ponds inclusive
goodlaw.social
January 29, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Hampstead Ponds will remain inclusive. Our analysis of the judgment.
one of the cursed things about online dating in South Wales is the high risk you end up meeting up with someone with an awful Somerset accent
January 29, 2026 at 12:01 PM
one of the cursed things about online dating in South Wales is the high risk you end up meeting up with someone with an awful Somerset accent
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RIP Vimeo
January 24, 2026 at 1:58 AM
RIP Vimeo
The first Sherbet Flies reunion show happened a couple of weeks after Verlaine passing and as a quiet tribute I refrained from the typical noise solos I was kinda known for doing. Playing more melodically/texturally during those sections opened up a future for me making music again.
3 years ago today Tom Verlaine passed into the cosmos. I actually got a couple of 'thinking of you today' messages from friends because I'd been so clear, since my late teens, how much his playing in Television (and elsewhere) meant to me.
January 28, 2026 at 11:28 AM
The first Sherbet Flies reunion show happened a couple of weeks after Verlaine passing and as a quiet tribute I refrained from the typical noise solos I was kinda known for doing. Playing more melodically/texturally during those sections opened up a future for me making music again.
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20 years ago today my band had a top 40 single. I wrote about it here open.substack.com/pub/tomwoodh...
¡Forward, Russia! - Twelve. A Brief History of (having) a Top 40 Single
Part One of an occasional series to commemorate 20 years of Give Me a Wall
open.substack.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:31 AM
20 years ago today my band had a top 40 single. I wrote about it here open.substack.com/pub/tomwoodh...
One of my least favourite things is when you email a venue about putting on a show on a certain date and they write back saying "if you'd checked the schedule on our website you'd have seen that that date is taken hurr durr", when their website doesn't even list any shows for that entire month.
January 27, 2026 at 3:22 PM
One of my least favourite things is when you email a venue about putting on a show on a certain date and they write back saying "if you'd checked the schedule on our website you'd have seen that that date is taken hurr durr", when their website doesn't even list any shows for that entire month.
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very intentional use of “status as transgender or non-binary” instead of gender
TikTok is now under US ownership and their new ToS reads like a guide to giving fascists everything they need to put you on a list.
They’re collecting information about immigration status, citizenship, sexual orientation, whether you’re trans or non binary and physical or mental disabilities.
They’re collecting information about immigration status, citizenship, sexual orientation, whether you’re trans or non binary and physical or mental disabilities.
January 24, 2026 at 1:18 AM
very intentional use of “status as transgender or non-binary” instead of gender
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Before the Hays Code slammed the door, Hollywood told bolder stories. Morocco (1930), now in the public domain, preserves a fleeting vision of a Hollywood before the hammer of the censor fell.
Learn why pre-Code films still matter ⤵️
blog.archive.org/2026/01/20/i...
Learn why pre-Code films still matter ⤵️
blog.archive.org/2026/01/20/i...
January 22, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Before the Hays Code slammed the door, Hollywood told bolder stories. Morocco (1930), now in the public domain, preserves a fleeting vision of a Hollywood before the hammer of the censor fell.
Learn why pre-Code films still matter ⤵️
blog.archive.org/2026/01/20/i...
Learn why pre-Code films still matter ⤵️
blog.archive.org/2026/01/20/i...
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Bluesky, here's a recently uploaded 1989 live performance of Eleventh Dream Day doing "Through My Mouth" I wanted to share with you.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ati5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ati5...
Eleventh Dream, Day Through My Mouth 1989
YouTube video by Dave Bazant
www.youtube.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Bluesky, here's a recently uploaded 1989 live performance of Eleventh Dream Day doing "Through My Mouth" I wanted to share with you.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ati5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ati5...
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'The Pavement is strong with this one. Advice To The Graduate is an example of the porous border between the two bands - Stephen Malkmus and Bob Nastanovich being at times members of both'
Silver Jews – Advice to the Graduate - Starlite Walker - The Strange World of #DavidBerman
buff.ly/wf8j77h
Silver Jews – Advice to the Graduate - Starlite Walker - The Strange World of #DavidBerman
buff.ly/wf8j77h
January 21, 2026 at 9:12 PM
'The Pavement is strong with this one. Advice To The Graduate is an example of the porous border between the two bands - Stephen Malkmus and Bob Nastanovich being at times members of both'
Silver Jews – Advice to the Graduate - Starlite Walker - The Strange World of #DavidBerman
buff.ly/wf8j77h
Silver Jews – Advice to the Graduate - Starlite Walker - The Strange World of #DavidBerman
buff.ly/wf8j77h
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in my youth I dreamed of building the Torment Vortex
Shabana Mahmood here, whose “ultimate vision” is to turn the world into a prison
January 20, 2026 at 10:00 PM
in my youth I dreamed of building the Torment Vortex
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John Boorman is 93.
This anecdote about him & Lee Marvin has quite the punchline.
This anecdote about him & Lee Marvin has quite the punchline.
January 18, 2026 at 12:14 PM
John Boorman is 93.
This anecdote about him & Lee Marvin has quite the punchline.
This anecdote about him & Lee Marvin has quite the punchline.
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Please enjoy this nearly three seconds of footage from the original Mother 3, newly captured off of a tape we're working with
January 17, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Please enjoy this nearly three seconds of footage from the original Mother 3, newly captured off of a tape we're working with
nicenicenice
in case you hadn't heard -- we finally decided the 50th anniversary of Rough Trade was an appropriate time to get back together ... been a strange ride remembering the songs!
January 13, 2026 at 4:35 PM
nicenicenice
I grew up in the desert sans river (we had a creek), but I have an ancestral home river in the Don.
My favorite Twitter prompt was "RT this with your home river," so reskeet this with your home river.
Mine is the Patuxent.
Mine is the Patuxent.
January 12, 2026 at 10:24 PM
I grew up in the desert sans river (we had a creek), but I have an ancestral home river in the Don.
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My album of the year list for 2025:
January 9, 2026 at 9:13 PM
My album of the year list for 2025:
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The stone is rolled away; lo, He is risen
if ever signs and wonders were, here is one
atop the Cristo Rei, I survey Lisbon
as Elizabeth Holmes is forcefem castration kinkposting from prison
if ever signs and wonders were, here is one
atop the Cristo Rei, I survey Lisbon
as Elizabeth Holmes is forcefem castration kinkposting from prison
elizabeth holmes is forcefem castration kinkposting from prison
January 10, 2026 at 3:32 AM
The stone is rolled away; lo, He is risen
if ever signs and wonders were, here is one
atop the Cristo Rei, I survey Lisbon
as Elizabeth Holmes is forcefem castration kinkposting from prison
if ever signs and wonders were, here is one
atop the Cristo Rei, I survey Lisbon
as Elizabeth Holmes is forcefem castration kinkposting from prison
My album of the year list for 2025:
January 9, 2026 at 9:13 PM
My album of the year list for 2025:
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Here is a (likely incomplete) list of apps that are enabling ICE to track your smartphone's location.
Download, mirror, and reshare.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Download, mirror, and reshare.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Gravy-Venntel_apps
docs.google.com
January 9, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Here is a (likely incomplete) list of apps that are enabling ICE to track your smartphone's location.
Download, mirror, and reshare.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Download, mirror, and reshare.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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In 1998, the (bad) Italian movie Cucciolo somehow managed to do something important: they shot quite a long sequence in the now-defunct SegaWorld London, located inside the London Trocadero. The park opened in 1996 and closed in 1999.
Here is the entire sequence.
Here is the entire sequence.
January 9, 2026 at 10:08 AM
In 1998, the (bad) Italian movie Cucciolo somehow managed to do something important: they shot quite a long sequence in the now-defunct SegaWorld London, located inside the London Trocadero. The park opened in 1996 and closed in 1999.
Here is the entire sequence.
Here is the entire sequence.