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Joel Barker

Atlantic, Substack, Algorithms, and Curation

An overly long article about how cheap it is for me to publish overly long articles — and how we are all paying for that.

15 min readFeb 12, 2024

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Atlantic, Substack, Algorithms, and Curation

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Joel Barker

Advice after running a small agency for 15 years

I was asked for advice from someone who is extremely capable and is starting their own marketing agency. I was rattled by the idea of…

4 min readFeb 2, 2024

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Pyramid of toilet paper rolls with one taken from a middle row.

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Joel Barker

Heavy Smoke Day 2023

It is a heavy smoke day in Central Oregon. Yesterday morning I checked the federal air quality website. Our nearby cities were mostly green…

3 min readAug 17, 2023

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Heavy Smoke Day 2023

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Joel Barker

Endorsing KC Hanson for Chair of the Democratic Party of Oregon

I am endorsing KC (Carla Hanson) in her re-election as Democratic Party of Oregon Chair. There is a lot to appreciate about her…

1 min readMar 24, 2023

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Joel Barker

Song of the distant shadows of 9am that are not disappointed in you

Joel Barker

2 min readMar 22, 2023

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Last bit of dirty snow in the parking between the sidewalk and the curb.

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Joel Barker

I am extremely sad about my vote for Tina Kotek in the Oregon Governor’s Election of 2022

Today, I am casting a vote I don’t want to, for the Democrat Tina Kotek for Oregon Governor. I am despondent what the outcome will be from…

7 min readNov 2, 2022

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A very unhappy vote for Tina Kotek

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Joel Barker

Can your drive for electrified transportation take into account the difference between urban and…

Article: Inflation is crippling rural America and may even drive people to the cities

3 min readJul 26, 2022

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Can your drive for electrified transportation take into account the difference between urban and…

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Joel Barker

Juneteenth Book Report: Race, Systemic Violence, and Retrospective Justice by Harold Weaver

Happy Juneteenth! I wanted to tell you about a short, activating, and _uplifting_ pamphlet that I read Race, Systemic Violence, and…

3 min readJun 21, 2022

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Juneteenth Book Report: Race, Systemic Violence, and Retrospective Justice by Harold Weaver

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Joel Barker

Aging Summer Rain

I was homeless in my home town, Dulcinea your face was shining over a restaurant counter. The food rich, overpowering. I had one hand where…

1 min readJun 14, 2022

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Aging Summer Rain

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Joel Barker

So he died.

So he died, lifted up and away and around, down. We can use any preposition we choose — the change is not positional, the words are…

1 min readDec 16, 2021

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Joel Barker

Joel Barker

Prefers discussion over debate. Like all people, more than one thing. Opinions expressed here are ready for transformation from new information.

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