Reposted by Jeremy BarkerWilliam Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Anyone who doesn’t see how very satisfied I’ve been throughout production doesn’t get what I most want out of an adaptatation. Mind you, that does tend to happen. 832353170
Jeremy Barker @poppedculture.bsky.social · 22/08/2026I’m going to pick an obscure issue to get them all to take a stand on. With 18 people running and no incumbent, they NEED my vote. Compete for my ballot you sickos! 000
Reposted by Jeremy BarkerJohn Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 09/07/2026"the Rolling Stones' first album was closer to the Wright Brothers first flight at Kitty Hawk than it is to their latest release" is a true statement, enjoy your Thursday 16425
Reposted by Jeremy BarkerThe Rundown @therundowntvo.bsky.social · 12/06/2026"[Social media platforms] are rapacious, polluting industries extracting enormous wealth from the most finite resource we have — our time on this Earth — all while flooding the public consciousness with garbage." — @jm-mcgrath.bsky.socialtvo.orgANALYSIS: A social media ban for kids isn’t enough | TVO TodayWhy do we think it’s any less harmful to adults? 01410
Reposted by Jeremy BarkerCharlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Almost every week I think about the end of my podcast with @aidanwalker.bsky.social about where this all ends... www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202... 37814
Reposted by Jeremy BarkerCharlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 14/05/2026This cretin is an example of what the right wing livestreamer ecosystem will continue to pump out. Every new microgeneration has to be more ridiculous/awful/braindead/ nihilistic. You'd think that 'guy who livestreams himself walking around yelling racial slurs' would be the bottom but i doubt it. 427563
Jeremy Barker @poppedculture.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Man, SO glad I hung on for that Jay’s walk-off! Felt like I earned it too. 030
Jeremy Barker @poppedculture.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Great piece by @theglobeandmail.com health reporter @kellygrant1.bsky.social, familar to anyone feeding a family. 🎁 link ⬇️theglobeandmail.comMy family of five tried to cut out ultraprocessed foods for a week. Here’s what we learnedWe know these foods are bad for us. But eliminating them from our diets is easier said than done 010
Jeremy Barker @poppedculture.bsky.social · 01/05/2026I wonder what fresh hell the TTC has in store for me today…. Bypassing Yonge for a security incident! 000
Jeremy Barker @poppedculture.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Waiting in the station, train on other side says it’s Out of Service, no notices online. TTC speaker announcement….media.tenor.comcharlie brown is sitting at a desk in a classroom with his hand to his chin .ALT: charlie brown is sitting at a desk in a classroom with his hand to his chin . 110
Reposted by Jeremy BarkerMcSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 05/04/2026"By week one, I was already tired of his anti-rich, pro-Samaritan bullshit. I wanted to take a course in Christianity, not liberalism."buff.lySelected Negative Teaching Evaluations of Jesus ChristOur 4th most-read article of 2022. CALENDAR 2027 3/31/24 4/13/25 4/5/26 81016316
Reposted by Jeremy BarkerChris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 11/04/2026What made the Metaverse so funny is that VR was always destined for Furries and anime avatar weirdos hanging out in an accurate recreation of a Waffle House and any attempt to extend that to normies was destined to fail. 5243741180
Reposted by Jeremy BarkerAmy @lolennui.bsky.social · 08/03/2026don’t forget to destroy your clocks tonight, walk away from your mortgage, just start driving, you’re free 195169083316
Jeremy Barker @poppedculture.bsky.social · 03/03/2026Hey Blue Jays-sky, Dylan Cease has collaborated on two discs for the Toronto Open Disc Golf tournament, if that’s your thing: www.instagram.com/p/DUlyk4HkYp... 120
Reposted by Jeremy BarkerMatthew Sweet @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social · 01/03/20261970s bank robbery kit by Mattel 12628154
Reposted by Jeremy BarkerJohn Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Colleague @poppedculture.bsky.social came into the office today ranting about this which I hadn't even seen yet but: "the rule of law for land use in Canada" remains an absolutely revolutionary political objective that nobody is interested in. www.thestar.com/news/gta/six...thestar.comSix storeys, 10 units: On paper, it seemed the kind of housing Toronto wants. Then its Scarborough neighbours weighed inMayor Olivia Chow is looking to reform the committee of adjustment after it rejected a building the developer says conforms to the city’s new housing goals. 33612
Jeremy Barker @poppedculture.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Do you ever wonder about an actor you haven't seen in awhile and then they pop up in a mandatory corporate security video at work? Anyway, I miss The Critic. 040
Jeremy Barker @poppedculture.bsky.social · 23/02/2026Follow me on Gander at poppedculture.gander.social It’s like following me here, but, uh… more Canadian. 000
Jeremy Barker @poppedculture.bsky.social · 22/02/2026Toronto ballpark history: Maple Leaf Stadium (centre) in 1926. In the foreground is the older Maple Leafs Park at Hanlan’s Point on the Toronto Islands, the park where Babe Ruth hit his only minor league home run in 1914. Via www.facebook.com/share/p/1CSH... 1113
Jeremy Barker @poppedculture.bsky.social · 21/02/2026It’s a new season, @bluejays.com, Please post to Bluesky. I’m not the only one looking for their baseball fix!media.tenor.coma man is talking to a group of people while standing in front of a tree .ALT: a man is talking to a group of people while standing in front of a tree . 071
Jeremy Barker @poppedculture.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Cool gallery of drone shots of the Ontario line bridge going up in the Don Valley www.reddit.com/r/TTC/s/hAFa... 051
Jeremy Barker @poppedculture.bsky.social · 16/02/2026“This is the perfect opportunity for a go-getter who is thrilled by the idea of spending hours crouching atop a glistening mountain of precious metals.” 010
Reposted by Jeremy BarkerfuturedadOfTwo🙋🏻♂️ @lacroixboi.dadguy.pro · 13/02/2026if an adult plays the trombone in the peanuts universe it sounds like words 151439367
Reposted by Jeremy BarkerKeegan Matheson @keeganmatheson.bsky.social · 14/02/2026Jesús Sánchez tells us that he’s known Vladimir Guerrero Jr. for a long time: the two arrived together this morning. He also told us he hit a ball 508ft in AAA. This image may be the most upset he looked the entire time. I’ve never seen a man happier to do media. #BlueJays 11047
Reposted by Jeremy BarkerKeegan Matheson @keeganmatheson.bsky.social · 14/02/2026Asked to describe himself, Kazuma Okamoto said (via interpreter): “I am very serious … And very manly.” He then broke out laughing. #BlueJays 513418
Reposted by Jeremy BarkerBarry Hertz @hertzbarry.bsky.social · 08/02/2026Bad Toronto movie theatre news: Cineplex Beaches, a six-screen multiplex opened in 1999 under the Alliance Atlantis brand, is closing end of day Feb. 17. 656
Jeremy Barker @poppedculture.bsky.social · 02/02/2026Interesting read as someone with a kid who plays baseball in Canada and is approaching the age where we wonder — where next?theglobeandmail.comThe Sunday Editorial: How Canadian baseball can find its bounceThere is enthusiasm and talent aplenty. What this country lacks is the will to build the institutions and infrastructure needed for the sport 010
Reposted by Jeremy BarkerAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 19/01/2026The Nobel Peace Prize becoming so prestigious that wars are fought over a head of state coveting it is some real monkey paw stuff for Alfred Nobel. 139100131759
Reposted by Jeremy BarkerStuff By Mark @stuffbymark.bsky.social · 06/01/2026Arch.E.M. (An R.E.M. Archie cover) PS A belated happy birthday to the his royal highness @michaelstipe.bsky.social 1325
Jeremy Barker @poppedculture.bsky.social · 07/01/2026When I was a teen we lived out of range of CFNY, but coming to Toronto meant getting to tune in on the car radio. Felt like a big city. CFNY: The Spirit of Radio is a great doc from @alancross.bsky.social & @highballtv.bsky.social & @tvodocs.bsky.social about the impact of the station from '78-'92.youtu.beCFNY: The Spirit of Radio | TVO DocsYouTube video by TVO Docs 1124
Reposted by Jeremy BarkerDerek DeCloet @decloet.bsky.social · 06/01/2026Fact-checking, ChatGPT-style 052
Reposted by Jeremy Barkernam kiwanuka @namshine.bsky.social · 05/01/2026Thank you Apple Podcasts for including TVO’s (MIS)Treated in this list. It’s a thrill to be in the company of these incredible podcasts podcasts.apple.com/us/grouping/... 0103
Reposted by Jeremy BarkerJohn Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 05/01/2026This policy is illegal in Ontario. 919686
Reposted by Jeremy BarkerCharles Louis Richter @richterscale.bsky.social · 10/12/2025SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going— SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti— SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE 126182376490
Jeremy Barker @poppedculture.bsky.social · 10/12/2025Tech companies mistaking sci-fi cautionary tales for how-to manuels: One in a series 020
Jeremy Barker @poppedculture.bsky.social · 10/12/2025I could see people deciding to delete accounts before submitting them to this kind of scrutiny. And what platforms will this include beyond the usual suspects? Also Reddit, YouTube? Dating apps?nbcnews.comForeign tourists could be required to disclose 5 years of social media histories under Trump administration planThe Customs and Border Protection proposal would apply even to countries that don't require visas to enter. 010
Reposted by Jeremy BarkerKeegan Matheson @keeganmatheson.bsky.social · 09/12/2025John Schneider will think about the #BlueJays' Game 7 loss "until the day I leave this earth." His reflection Tuesday in Orlando, though, especially on that play at the plate… was both refreshing and necessary. Story: www.mlb.com/bluejays/new...mlb.comSchneider will think about IKF play at plate 'until the day I leave this earth'ORLANDO -- John Schneider says that each time he starts to go down a rabbit hole, he finds a new rabbit hole. He hasn’t watched Game 7 of the World Series yet, only the clips. If he ever does, it will... 2266
Reposted by Jeremy BarkerJeremy Barker @poppedculture.bsky.social · 10/12/2024Happy anniversary, to those who celebrate h/t @calphonso.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/amp/news/tor... 4515217
Jeremy Barker @poppedculture.bsky.social · 08/12/2025Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.media.tenor.coma man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a crowd of people and says `` there is no way '' .Alt: Phil Connors is standing in front of a crowd of people and says “There is no way this winter is ever going to end.” 000
Reposted by Jeremy BarkerShaqsquatch @shaqsquatch.bsky.social · 08/11/2023best package warning graphic i've ever seen 🪶 169127303928
Reposted by Jeremy BarkerDrew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 04/12/2025DOJ's newest recruitment ad features Judge Dredd, the comic satire about the dangers of lawless policing and authoritarian power 2483852952
