Joe Barry
@joebarry.bsky.social
📚 Author: "Almost in Reach of Fame" (upcoming), Veteran 🇺🇸, Astronomer 🔭 www.joebarryauthor.com
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Joe Barry
@joebarry.bsky.social
· Mar 2
Excited to have my author's web page up! To learn more about my upcoming biography on Joseph B. Stewart, the "Forrest Gump" of nineteenth century America, visit: joebarryauthor.com
#skystorians #booksky #history #biographies 📚✍🏻
#skystorians #booksky #history #biographies 📚✍🏻
If you open your MS Word app and see the horrible Copilot icon STUCK on the bottom of your document window, go to the link below (Mac version). Get a clue Microsoft; make this easier to fix; this is going to piss a lot of people off! Carbon over silicon. #writing #authors #ai #booksky
How to remove copilot from Word, or at least the icon? - Word for Mac - Microsoft Q&A
Microsoft seems to be forcing me to have a copilot icon on my word documents as I write. As an author, I need to start a blank page!! I already arranged to switch to 365 classic, but that doesn't sta...
learn.microsoft.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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Excited to be published in the current Surratt Courier, the premiere forum on the #Lincoln #assassination since 1975. I introduce Joseph B. Stewart, the lawyer who chased Booth, and subject of my upcoming #biography. Read here: www.surrattmuseum.org/surratt-cour...
#history #skystorians #booksky
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#history #skystorians #booksky
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November 8, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Excited to be published in the current Surratt Courier, the premiere forum on the #Lincoln #assassination since 1975. I introduce Joseph B. Stewart, the lawyer who chased Booth, and subject of my upcoming #biography. Read here: www.surrattmuseum.org/surratt-cour...
#history #skystorians #booksky
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#history #skystorians #booksky
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For those in the capital region interested in history, this tour is going to be epic!
#history #skystorians #LincolnAssassination #Lincoln #tours
#history #skystorians #LincolnAssassination #Lincoln #tours
Join the manhunt
LincolnAssassinationTours.com
LincolnAssassinationTours.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:15 AM
For those in the capital region interested in history, this tour is going to be epic!
#history #skystorians #LincolnAssassination #Lincoln #tours
#history #skystorians #LincolnAssassination #Lincoln #tours
David Nagler's comments on the passing of his father, Al Nagler, founder of Tele Vue:
#astronomy #TeleVue 🔭✨
#astronomy #TeleVue 🔭✨
October 28, 2025 at 12:48 AM
David Nagler's comments on the passing of his father, Al Nagler, founder of Tele Vue:
#astronomy #TeleVue 🔭✨
#astronomy #TeleVue 🔭✨
RIP Al Nagler, the man who revolutionized amateur astronomy with his optics at Tele Vue. You will be great missed. Pic from 2025 Northeast Astronomy Forum, where the Astronomy League recognized his contributions to astronomy. #astronomy #NEAF #TeleVue 🔭 ✨
October 28, 2025 at 12:34 AM
RIP Al Nagler, the man who revolutionized amateur astronomy with his optics at Tele Vue. You will be great missed. Pic from 2025 Northeast Astronomy Forum, where the Astronomy League recognized his contributions to astronomy. #astronomy #NEAF #TeleVue 🔭 ✨
LincolnAssassinationTours.com
LincolnAssassinationTours.com
October 26, 2025 at 11:25 PM
For all the Lincoln fans and history buffs, Dave Taylor of LincolnConspirators.com has launched a tour company for the Booth escape route! Going to be incredible!
#history #skystorians #Lincoln
#history #skystorians #Lincoln
“After several years of absence Dave Taylor is renewing the Booth Escape Tour. I can’t think of a better person to narrate this exciting tour... Dave is clearly the leader of a new generation of assassination scholars. Take the tour. You will love it!” - Ed Steers
October 25, 2025 at 6:40 PM
For all the Lincoln fans and history buffs, Dave Taylor of LincolnConspirators.com has launched a tour company for the Booth escape route! Going to be incredible!
#history #skystorians #Lincoln
#history #skystorians #Lincoln
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A President murdered. His assassins on the run. A nation in mourning.
Join us for a historic, true crime bus tour like no other as you become part of the manhunt for Abraham Lincoln’s assassin. We are now booking tours for Spring 2026.
LincolnAssassinationTours.com
Join us for a historic, true crime bus tour like no other as you become part of the manhunt for Abraham Lincoln’s assassin. We are now booking tours for Spring 2026.
LincolnAssassinationTours.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
A President murdered. His assassins on the run. A nation in mourning.
Join us for a historic, true crime bus tour like no other as you become part of the manhunt for Abraham Lincoln’s assassin. We are now booking tours for Spring 2026.
LincolnAssassinationTours.com
Join us for a historic, true crime bus tour like no other as you become part of the manhunt for Abraham Lincoln’s assassin. We are now booking tours for Spring 2026.
LincolnAssassinationTours.com
Call me petty, that's fine, but I just enjoyed blocking a *certain #Harvard #astronomer on Substack, so I don't have to see his nonsense. And no, I'm not going to say his name. ✌🏻👽🛸 #astronomy #junkscience #misinformation
October 3, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Call me petty, that's fine, but I just enjoyed blocking a *certain #Harvard #astronomer on Substack, so I don't have to see his nonsense. And no, I'm not going to say his name. ✌🏻👽🛸 #astronomy #junkscience #misinformation
Harper Goff painting (1946) of John Wilkes Booth onstage Ford's Theatre with Joseph B. Stewart rushing to pursue the assassin. My upcoming book on Stewart reveals why he was the "Forrest Gump" of 19th century America.
#history #skystorians #biography #booksky
#history #skystorians #biography #booksky
September 26, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Harper Goff painting (1946) of John Wilkes Booth onstage Ford's Theatre with Joseph B. Stewart rushing to pursue the assassin. My upcoming book on Stewart reveals why he was the "Forrest Gump" of 19th century America.
#history #skystorians #biography #booksky
#history #skystorians #biography #booksky
Good vaccine 💉 idea:
Consider looking for vaccine guidance from University Public-Health Schools / Institutes — examples: Yale School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
September 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Good vaccine 💉 idea:
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Bad science communication can be disastrous. But a typo clearly isn't as bad as fraud. Clearly, a scale is needed to resolve this ambiguity.
Thus, I here propose the Loeb Scale for scientific PR disasters.
It is NOT to be confused with the recently proposed Loeb Scale for interstellar objects. 🔭
Thus, I here propose the Loeb Scale for scientific PR disasters.
It is NOT to be confused with the recently proposed Loeb Scale for interstellar objects. 🔭
The Loeb Scale for science PR disasters
Science miscommunication is dangerous. But how dangerous?
www.reviewertoo.com
September 18, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Bad science communication can be disastrous. But a typo clearly isn't as bad as fraud. Clearly, a scale is needed to resolve this ambiguity.
Thus, I here propose the Loeb Scale for scientific PR disasters.
It is NOT to be confused with the recently proposed Loeb Scale for interstellar objects. 🔭
Thus, I here propose the Loeb Scale for scientific PR disasters.
It is NOT to be confused with the recently proposed Loeb Scale for interstellar objects. 🔭
Check out Dave Taylor's @linconspirators.bsky.social great article "In the Peanut Gallery" from his Lincoln Conspirators site. Compelling theory on the identity of the boy who held Booth's horse. #skystorians #history #lincolnassassination 💙📚
In the Peanut Gallery
I’m very grateful to Joe Barry and his piece “Will Research for Peanuts,” which he recently contributed to this website. Through his research, Joe put together the known facts about Peanut John and…
lincolnconspirators.com
September 15, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Check out Dave Taylor's @linconspirators.bsky.social great article "In the Peanut Gallery" from his Lincoln Conspirators site. Compelling theory on the identity of the boy who held Booth's horse. #skystorians #history #lincolnassassination 💙📚
In ordinary times, this would be leading news. Nonetheless, it's still an amazing development. Bravo to all involved, and let's get those samples home!
#astronomy #mars #marsrover #lifeonmars #NASA
#astronomy #mars #marsrover #lifeonmars #NASA
The Perseverance has found compounds associated with life on Earth. But whether they indicate life on Mars awaits sample return.
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#astronomy #mars #perseverancerover #marsrover #lifeonmars
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#astronomy #mars #perseverancerover #marsrover #lifeonmars
September 12, 2025 at 5:36 PM
In ordinary times, this would be leading news. Nonetheless, it's still an amazing development. Bravo to all involved, and let's get those samples home!
#astronomy #mars #marsrover #lifeonmars #NASA
#astronomy #mars #marsrover #lifeonmars #NASA
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#Skystorians Today is the anniversary of the Christiana Resistance. In 1851, a group of Black men and women defied the federal Fugitive Slave Act & fought back against kidnappers intent on enslaving them. Read about this prelude to the Civil War: lincolnconspirators.com/2018/06/03/f... 🗃️
“Freedom’s Battle at Christiana”
On September 11, 1851, the small town of Christiana, Pennsylvania, became the epicenter of an event that sent shock waves across the nation. Bloody conflict occurred, foretelling a national reckoni…
lincolnconspirators.com
September 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
#Skystorians Today is the anniversary of the Christiana Resistance. In 1851, a group of Black men and women defied the federal Fugitive Slave Act & fought back against kidnappers intent on enslaving them. Read about this prelude to the Civil War: lincolnconspirators.com/2018/06/03/f... 🗃️
Interested in American #history? I am writing a #biography on Joseph B. Stewart, the "Forrest Gump" of the 19th century. He was the only person to get out of his seat and chase John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theatre. Check out excerpt:
joebarryauthor.com/almost-in-re...
#booksky #skystorians #writers
joebarryauthor.com/almost-in-re...
#booksky #skystorians #writers
September 9, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Interested in American #history? I am writing a #biography on Joseph B. Stewart, the "Forrest Gump" of the 19th century. He was the only person to get out of his seat and chase John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theatre. Check out excerpt:
joebarryauthor.com/almost-in-re...
#booksky #skystorians #writers
joebarryauthor.com/almost-in-re...
#booksky #skystorians #writers
Support local bookstores! ( #Tampa edition) It's Read a Book Day!
#booksky #reading #books #readabook 💙📚
#booksky #reading #books #readabook 💙📚
Tampa Bookstore List: Best New & Used Book Stores in Tampa FL
The Tampa area is replete with stunning indie bookstores and used book exchange stations. There are so many local shops to support, each emerging with its own quintessential identity and offerings. He...
thatssotampa.com
September 7, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Support local bookstores! ( #Tampa edition) It's Read a Book Day!
#booksky #reading #books #readabook 💙📚
#booksky #reading #books #readabook 💙📚
Interested in the Lincoln Assassination? Read "Will Research for Peanuts," my new piece on the enigmatic person who held Booth's horse. Thrilled to have Dave Taylor
@linconspirators.bsky.social publish this on his lincolnconspirators.com site!
#history #skystorians #writers #authors #blogs 💙📚✍🏻🎩
@linconspirators.bsky.social publish this on his lincolnconspirators.com site!
#history #skystorians #writers #authors #blogs 💙📚✍🏻🎩
September 7, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Interested in the Lincoln Assassination? Read "Will Research for Peanuts," my new piece on the enigmatic person who held Booth's horse. Thrilled to have Dave Taylor
@linconspirators.bsky.social publish this on his lincolnconspirators.com site!
#history #skystorians #writers #authors #blogs 💙📚✍🏻🎩
@linconspirators.bsky.social publish this on his lincolnconspirators.com site!
#history #skystorians #writers #authors #blogs 💙📚✍🏻🎩
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Shameless plug if you'd like to learn more about my research regarding Edwin Booth 👀
www.eventbrite.com/e/brother-to...
www.eventbrite.com/e/brother-to...
Brother to the Assassin: Edwin Booth and the Rebirth of American Theatre
This lecture will explore the career of Edwin Booth, whose work was overshadowed by the infamous act of his brother, John Wilkes Booth.
www.eventbrite.com
August 9, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Shameless plug if you'd like to learn more about my research regarding Edwin Booth 👀
www.eventbrite.com/e/brother-to...
www.eventbrite.com/e/brother-to...
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August 31, 1989: Stunning OGV (Orange, Green, Violet filter) color image of Neptune and Triton, taken as Voyager 2 departed the Neptune system.
➡️ www.flickr.com/photos/13216...
Image Credit: NASA/JPL/Voyager-ISS/Justin Cowart
🔭 🧪 #histsci #planetsci #science
August 31, 1989: Stunning OGV (Orange, Green, Violet filter) color image of Neptune and Triton, taken as Voyager 2 departed the Neptune system.
➡️ www.flickr.com/photos/13216...
Image Credit: NASA/JPL/Voyager-ISS/Justin Cowart
🔭 🧪 #histsci #planetsci #science
August 31, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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August 31, 1989: Stunning OGV (Orange, Green, Violet filter) color image of Neptune and Triton, taken as Voyager 2 departed the Neptune system.
➡️ www.flickr.com/photos/13216...
Image Credit: NASA/JPL/Voyager-ISS/Justin Cowart
🔭 🧪 #histsci #planetsci #science
August 31, 1989: Stunning OGV (Orange, Green, Violet filter) color image of Neptune and Triton, taken as Voyager 2 departed the Neptune system.
➡️ www.flickr.com/photos/13216...
Image Credit: NASA/JPL/Voyager-ISS/Justin Cowart
🔭 🧪 #histsci #planetsci #science
My happy place: digging through #history records for my upcoming biography on Joseph B. Stewart, the only man to give a sustained chase of Booth at Ford's Theatre. (Taken Friday at National Archives II in College Park, Maryland.)
#skystorians #booksky #biography #writers ✍🏻 💙📚
#skystorians #booksky #biography #writers ✍🏻 💙📚
August 31, 2025 at 3:36 PM
My happy place: digging through #history records for my upcoming biography on Joseph B. Stewart, the only man to give a sustained chase of Booth at Ford's Theatre. (Taken Friday at National Archives II in College Park, Maryland.)
#skystorians #booksky #biography #writers ✍🏻 💙📚
#skystorians #booksky #biography #writers ✍🏻 💙📚
Outside National Archives II, College Park, Maryland. The thrill of the hunt in researching is my favorite part of the writing process.
#history #booksky #skystorians 📚💙 #biography
#history #booksky #skystorians 📚💙 #biography
August 29, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Outside National Archives II, College Park, Maryland. The thrill of the hunt in researching is my favorite part of the writing process.
#history #booksky #skystorians 📚💙 #biography
#history #booksky #skystorians 📚💙 #biography