Joel Barker
@joelbyronbarker.bsky.social
Chair of the Jefferson County of Oregon Democrats.
Writer at https://joelbyronbarker.com and https://oldtruckgoodcoffee.com about urban rural interchanges. Fly fishing. Empathy. Some running. Lots of dogs. A new novel published.
Writer at https://joelbyronbarker.com and https://oldtruckgoodcoffee.com about urban rural interchanges. Fly fishing. Empathy. Some running. Lots of dogs. A new novel published.
Merry Christmas from a genuine War On Christmas Democrat (who loves Christ) youtube.com/shorts/LdmbN...
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December 23, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Merry Christmas from a genuine War On Christmas Democrat (who loves Christ) youtube.com/shorts/LdmbN...
From JeffCo Dems own Rebecca Davies madraspioneer.com/2025/12/17/l...
Letters: Madras Aquatic Center, Trump policies - Madras Pioneer
Trump Adminstration policies are particularly detrimental to children Why does Donald Trump hate children? His actions seem to suggest so … Let’s go back to that Big Beautiful Bill the […]
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December 23, 2025 at 3:16 AM
From JeffCo Dems own Rebecca Davies madraspioneer.com/2025/12/17/l...
This solsitice, I lean on these ideas that arise within people seeking to live well. I can raise up my own love with those ideas. I can see how people areound me express love. I can discover the world — wild and cultured — as it starts to again grow bright.
December 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
This solsitice, I lean on these ideas that arise within people seeking to live well. I can raise up my own love with those ideas. I can see how people areound me express love. I can discover the world — wild and cultured — as it starts to again grow bright.
Phil Collins was right about a lot of things, but he got one thing wrong.
December 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Phil Collins was right about a lot of things, but he got one thing wrong.
If you can't hang with the library rules, spend your life making your own library.
Leo Marcel Schuman in Old Truck Good Coffee substack.com/home/post/p-...
Leo Marcel Schuman in Old Truck Good Coffee substack.com/home/post/p-...
December 16, 2025 at 7:01 PM
If you can't hang with the library rules, spend your life making your own library.
Leo Marcel Schuman in Old Truck Good Coffee substack.com/home/post/p-...
Leo Marcel Schuman in Old Truck Good Coffee substack.com/home/post/p-...
Reposted by Joel Barker
This is what Presidential Leadership looks like at the time of an unfathomable American tragedy.
#BarackObama
#BarackObama
December 15, 2025 at 8:20 PM
This is what Presidential Leadership looks like at the time of an unfathomable American tragedy.
#BarackObama
#BarackObama
I have no words.
December 16, 2025 at 5:35 AM
I have no words.
Oh sweet everything it is 60 degrees on a December day in Central Oregon and MY BOOK IS ARRIVING TODAY.
December 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Oh sweet everything it is 60 degrees on a December day in Central Oregon and MY BOOK IS ARRIVING TODAY.
Not really a shard, but some directions I heard this morning that held true as useful.
December 13, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Not really a shard, but some directions I heard this morning that held true as useful.
Democrats and the non-affiliated (NAV aka independent) voter. A rambling take on the topic. youtu.be/tpjL56SrOOI
Democrats and the Non-affiliated (independent) voter
Admittedly a rambling narrative.
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December 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Democrats and the non-affiliated (NAV aka independent) voter. A rambling take on the topic. youtu.be/tpjL56SrOOI
"I have decided to not let my political beliefs dictate my friendships. It is part of my service to this time."
www.oldtruckgoodcoffee.com/p/new-friend...
www.oldtruckgoodcoffee.com/p/new-friend...
New Friends in Mixed Company
I have decided to not let my political beliefs dictate my friendships. It is part of my service to this time.
www.oldtruckgoodcoffee.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM
"I have decided to not let my political beliefs dictate my friendships. It is part of my service to this time."
www.oldtruckgoodcoffee.com/p/new-friend...
www.oldtruckgoodcoffee.com/p/new-friend...
Also not exactly a shard, but a thought that came to me while thinking about how to have something to say on social media and why I think of things to say on social media.
December 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Also not exactly a shard, but a thought that came to me while thinking about how to have something to say on social media and why I think of things to say on social media.
Returning home to a dog is the experience of the world telling you that you belong.
December 11, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Returning home to a dog is the experience of the world telling you that you belong.
The book proof — proof of its physical existence — is wending its way to me. I am in a strange haze as I await proof that my imagination has been turned to actuality.
December 9, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The book proof — proof of its physical existence — is wending its way to me. I am in a strange haze as I await proof that my imagination has been turned to actuality.
Not sure how far this piece will go.
December 8, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Not sure how far this piece will go.
"I was just such a rider for many years. I loved my gear and was pleased with the grit. Particularly when that first real winter rain that would come down, signaling the end of the easy season."
#portland #pdxbike
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#portland #pdxbike
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December 8, 2025 at 4:13 PM
"I was just such a rider for many years. I loved my gear and was pleased with the grit. Particularly when that first real winter rain that would come down, signaling the end of the easy season."
#portland #pdxbike
open.substack.com/pub/oldtruck...
#portland #pdxbike
open.substack.com/pub/oldtruck...
Dogs on a frosty dawn. Me, lucky enough to witness.
December 7, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Dogs on a frosty dawn. Me, lucky enough to witness.
The hour as long as the cup takes to drink.
December 5, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The hour as long as the cup takes to drink.
Reposted by Joel Barker
Just watched the insane cabinet meeting and I'm looking close and I see this. The what of war? 'SS'ecretary, for a war criminal that seems wildly apt.
December 3, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Just watched the insane cabinet meeting and I'm looking close and I see this. The what of war? 'SS'ecretary, for a war criminal that seems wildly apt.
"When will it be over?"
"Once they release the files…"
"He'll resign, or die, or something…"
I don't think there are any quick fixes ahead of us.
"Once they release the files…"
"He'll resign, or die, or something…"
I don't think there are any quick fixes ahead of us.
December 5, 2025 at 1:49 AM
"When will it be over?"
"Once they release the files…"
"He'll resign, or die, or something…"
I don't think there are any quick fixes ahead of us.
"Once they release the files…"
"He'll resign, or die, or something…"
I don't think there are any quick fixes ahead of us.
“When we regain a sense of what poems are for, we will renew the art (the technical means) of writing them. And so we will renew their ability to tell the truth.”
— Wendell Berry
— Wendell Berry
December 4, 2025 at 11:30 PM
“When we regain a sense of what poems are for, we will renew the art (the technical means) of writing them. And so we will renew their ability to tell the truth.”
— Wendell Berry
— Wendell Berry