Cory Barker 🆗 @corybarker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Me, who just lectured about the spiritual emptiness of synergistic hyper-commercialization My inbox 020
Cory Barker 🆗 @corybarker.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Instructure experienced a global cyberattack and said, "But now you can add a Granny Smith Apple sticker to the Canvas gradebook." 110
Reposted by Cory Barker 🆗Jen Hoewe @jenniferhoewe.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Check out a new podcast from the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social where I talk about my forthcoming book, Enjoyment Is Breaking News, from @mitpress.bsky.social! I explain the book’s arguments and detail how we can all do better in our news use. Listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/enjoyment-is...newbooksnetwork.comJennifer Hoewe, "Enjoyment Is Breaking News: How We Became Less Informed and More Divided (and How to Fix It)" (MIT Press, 2026) - New Books Network 122
Cory Barker 🆗 @corybarker.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I will bring an iced coffee or cold brew to my fucking funeral, even if it kills me 000
Cory Barker 🆗 @corybarker.bsky.social · 25/09/202611-15, in no particular order: 30 Rock, Community, Halt & Catch Fire, Vampire Diaries, GBBO 000
Cory Barker 🆗 @corybarker.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This week's Cannonball is a must-listen, if only to hear the shame in Greenwald's voice that he made the most basic-ass top 10 you could come up with 000
Cory Barker 🆗 @corybarker.bsky.social · 24/09/2026quitting my job to click "seems like AI slop" on LinkedIn 45 hours a week 011
Cory Barker 🆗 @corybarker.bsky.social · 23/09/2026A NYT Top 100 TV Voter Shares Their Brutally Honest Ballot 321
Cory Barker 🆗 @corybarker.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Feel pretty confident that we'll learn that at least one SEC football coach is having or had an affair with a chatbot 010
Cory Barker 🆗 @corybarker.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Latest @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social episode from me: I spoke with @jenniferhoewe.bsky.social about her forthcoming and very good @mitpress.bsky.social book ENJOYMENT IS BREAKING THE NEWS newbooksnetwork.com/enjoyment-is...newbooksnetwork.comJennifer Hoewe, "Enjoyment Is Breaking News: How We Became Less Informed and More Divided (and How to Fix It)" (MIT Press, 2026) - New Books Network 123
Cory Barker 🆗 @corybarker.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Spent part of the summer building resources for Penn State faculty looking to support student voting and civic education. Happy to see them shared across campus! studentaffairs.psu.edu/student-life... 010
Cory Barker 🆗 @corybarker.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Common W for ESPN access merchants, from two weeks ago.espn.comSources: NBA has no evidence Ballmer funneled money to Leonard via sponsorsThe NBA has found no evidence showing LA Clippers owner Steve Ballmer funneled money through team sponsors to pay Kawhi Leonard, according to three people with knowledge of discussions between the two sides in recent days. 020
Cory Barker 🆗 @corybarker.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Great chat with John Trafton about his wonderful new book LOS ANGELES AND FILM for @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social newbooksnetwork.com/los-angeles-...newbooksnetwork.comJohn Trafton, "Los Angeles and Film: A Cultural History of 20th-Century Hollywood" (Bloomsbury, 2026) - New Books Network 101
Cory Barker 🆗 @corybarker.bsky.social · 18/08/2026This summer, I hosted a five-week film series for first-year students. It was great to see so many folks come out each week for some thrills and chills, especially during a momentous, transitional time in their lives. Shout out to the communal movie-watching experience! 052
Cory Barker 🆗 @corybarker.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Really looking forward to the first day of classes here in State College!onwardstate.comContent Creator Clavicular To Visit Penn State As Part Of College TourMog or be mogged. 010
Cory Barker 🆗 @corybarker.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Finally, a strategy that makes mobile banner ads look good. 061
Cory Barker 🆗 @corybarker.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Props to anyone able to approach a Ryan Murphy and Bret Easton Ellis property with an open heart 000
Cory Barker 🆗 @corybarker.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Proud to say today that I had Taco Bell last night and feel great 000
Cory Barker 🆗 @corybarker.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Well, at least they had the best kit of the tournament. 100
Cory Barker 🆗 @corybarker.bsky.social · 22/06/2026My dumbass bought a small Kubrick set two weeks ago 130
Cory Barker 🆗 @corybarker.bsky.social · 15/06/2026You don't simply defeat a squad with the former MLS defensive player of the year! 000
Cory Barker 🆗 @corybarker.bsky.social · 10/06/2026AI image generators cannot get enough of the paintbrush swipe design. This ugly shit is everywhere! 020
Cory Barker 🆗 @corybarker.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Will be easier than ever to hallucinate about a USC playoff bidon3.comUSC, Lincoln Riley to become first college football program to hire director of AIAccording to On3's Pete Nakos and Wilson Alexander, the USC Trojans and Lincoln Riley are set to hire a director of AI. 000
Cory Barker 🆗 @corybarker.bsky.social · 08/06/2026I'm waiting for "prominent campus leaders" to study the "deterioration in scholarly standards" in business schoolschronicle.comHas the Left Ruined the Humanities?A group of well-known scholars convened by two prominent campus leaders studied the question and found “a deterioration in scholarly standards” across several disciplines. 040
Cory Barker 🆗 @corybarker.bsky.social · 08/06/2026University BoTs have decided they don't even have to pretend to 'allow' faculty governancechronicle.comAuburn U. Is Upending Faculty Governance and Curriculum Even Though It’s Not RequiredDespite an exemption in state law, Auburn University’s board will consider proposals Friday to eliminate the central faculty-governance body and grant trustees authority over course decisions. 000
Cory Barker 🆗 @corybarker.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Random FB post tells me that the #Community series finale 'aired' today in 2015. I think it holds up! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti5X...youtube.com"I Love That I Got To Be With You Guys" | CommunityYouTube video by Community 020
