Cory Barker 🆗 @corybarker.bsky.social · 07/10/2026This week in ROMANTIC COMEDIES: A great fucking poster 010
Cory Barker 🆗 @corybarker.bsky.social · 07/10/2026"Everybody wants another Lost, whether they say so or not" 061
Cory Barker 🆗 @corybarker.bsky.social · 07/10/2026samedeadline.comSkydance Co-CEOs Insist Its Massive Debt Is ManageableSkydance co-CEOs David Ellison and Ynon Kreiz sought to dial down Hollywood jitters that the company’s hefty debt load will squeeze content spending. 000
Cory Barker 🆗 @corybarker.bsky.social · 05/10/2026"Republicans buy sneakers too" mindset taken to a natural conclusion 000
Cory Barker 🆗 @corybarker.bsky.social · 01/10/2026looks completely ready for 33 minutes a night for 81 games and 20/5/7 010
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 · 27/09/2026giving 100 A.I.-assisted essays the jump rope sticker 010
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 123
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 · 25/09/2026we need the anon Emmy voter-style dipshit ballot version! 000
Cory Barker 🆗 @corybarker.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This, making the lists public, and asking celebs to participate at all for the spreadability of it all—pfft 110
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 · 25/09/2026Rewatching FNL right now to show it to my wife, and *even S2* delivers on this better than nearly every show ever made 120
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 · 24/09/2026That, TOMORROW PEOPLE, and CULT made the long list. 000
Cory Barker 🆗 @corybarker.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I didn't watch much Alias, so I do the same for Bradley Cooper 100
Cory Barker 🆗 @corybarker.bsky.social · 23/09/2026A NYT Top 100 TV Voter Shares Their Brutally Honest Ballot 321
Cory Barker 🆗 @corybarker.bsky.social · 22/09/2026fun to learn Chevelle put out a record last year 000
Cory Barker 🆗 @corybarker.bsky.social · 18/09/2026They just announced the cast, and it feels like diminishing returns. Multiple people who have been on *multiple* shows in the last 18 months. Overexposure. 110
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 · 14/09/2026ENJOYMENT IS BREAKING THE NEWS comes out at the end of the month and is worth the preorder! bookshop.org/p/books/enjo...bookshop.orgEnjoyment Is Breaking News: How We Became Less Informed and More Divided (and How to Fix It)Why we crave enjoyment from news, how our news use divides us, and what we can do to create better news and more informed citizens.TikTok. Short-form reels. Late-night TV monologues. Podcasts. The way... 122
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 · 01/09/2026JT's book will released in a few weeks, it's worth the pre-order: bookshop.org/p/books/los-...bookshop.org 000
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 · 13/08/2026Can't believe we won't get to see "Milk" rediscover himself in his hometown of Joliet, Illinois 000
Cory Barker 🆗 @corybarker.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Finally, a strategy that makes mobile banner ads look good. 061
Cory Barker 🆗 @corybarker.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Prob both right? Contracts for higher profile creators, DM-for-exposure pitches for the normies 100
