COMING SOON! "The First Pursuer: The Kentucky Giant Who Chased Lincoln's Assassin and Personified a Turbulent Nation." For more on the amazing story of Joseph B. Stewart, the "Forrest Gump" of nineteenth century America, visit: joebarryauthor.com #skystorians #booksky #history #biographies 📚✍🏻

Come join me in April for this awesome tour, or if March 14 works better for you, sign up! #skystorians #history #Lincoln #Booth #booksky #tours

It doesn't get any cooler than this. 💙 🎹 🎼 #American #jazz #Thelonius #Monk

I identify: #astronomy #stargazing

🗃️ Listening to the audiobook of @desiarnazbook.bsky.social by Todd Purdum, I learned that Desi Arnaz had a newspaper announcing Abraham Lincoln’s death in his Desilu office. Lucy & Desi also appeared in the same gameshow as the last witness to Lincoln’s death: youtu.be/do0bzKxZDM4?... #skystorians

With Ken Burns' "The American Revolution" airing on #PBS, here is a question: what was the final battle of the war? Hint: it's not #Yorktown. Here's my piece on the surprising answer, and a cautionary tale: #history #skystorians #RevolutionaryWar #BlueLicks #blog 💙📚

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What was the final battle of the Revolutionary War? Hint: not #Yorktown. Read more here about the little-known battle in #Kentucky ... #history #skystorians #blogs #RevolutionaryWar

Visual astronomers, where are you at? Let's connect; show me what you're observing with! Me: 24" f/3.3 StarStruture Dob, 16x70 Fujinons. Not pictured: 6" f/6 Intes MakNewt and A-P 92mm f/6.6 Stowaway. #astronomy #telescopes #binoculars #observing 🔭 🌟🌌

Time for another weekend #writerslift! Be bold, be #shameless drop links to your #books #blogs #poetry #art and #youtube. #like #follow and #retweet. Go #viral! #readers BUY A BOOK! Leave reviews! We need them. #WritingCommunity #readingcommunity #booksky #AuthorsandWriting #horrorsky

New blog post! How does a 2005-era viral video game meme relate to the American War of Independence? The answer is a cautionary tale on insufficient planning, lack of intelligence, and rash decisions. #history #skystorians #Kentucky #DanielBoone #BlueLicks #RevolutionaryWar #blogs #booksky #gaming

Black Friday Sale on Lincoln Assassination Tours! This will be an amazing tour put on by Dave Taylor @linconspirators.bsky.social. Sign up for the March tour, or, come sit next to me in April! #history #skystorians #abrahamlincoln

Another awesome reason to join the Lincoln Assassination tour! #history #skystorians #Lincoln #tours

When the fugitive Lincoln assassination conspirator John Surratt was returned to the U.S. to face trial in 1867, he came face-to-face with members of the Kanza/Kaw tribe. For Native American Heritage Month, we share the story of The Kaw and the Last Lincoln Conspirator: youtu.be/tkeCG1AExos?...

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 Former American Slaves Found New Lives in the North #history lithub.com/singing-for-...?

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 💙📚✍🏻

For those in the capital region interested in history, this tour is going to be epic! #history #skystorians #LincolnAssassination #Lincoln #tours

David Nagler's comments on the passing of his father, Al Nagler, founder of Tele Vue: #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 🔭 ✨

Introducing LincolnAssassinationTours.com lincolnconspirators.com/2025/10/23/i...

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

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

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

Good vaccine 💉 idea:

Carbon over silicon. #AI #art

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. 🔭

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

#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

Support local bookstores! ( #Tampa edition) It's Read a Book Day! #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 💙📚✍🏻🎩

Shameless plug if you'd like to learn more about my research regarding Edwin Booth 👀 www.eventbrite.com/e/brother-to...

This here ... carbon over silicon. #AI #ceo

1/2 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 ✍🏻 💙📚

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

Another spectacular takedown of Avi Loeb. This will mark the last time I talk about him. I suggest we all ignore him. He is craving attention and sales; let it only come from the unscientific corners. #aliens #ufo #uap #astronomy 👽🛸🔭🧪

Why do we need an interstellar object to make a claim on "alien tech?" As if an interstellar-traveling civilization can't develop technology that slows a spacecraft down to normal velocity and orbit, and surveil our solar system discretely? Anyone can wildly speculate. #astronomy #ufo #uap #aliens

Hello all, I'm sending out another update on my upcoming biography on Joseph B. Stewart, the only person to chase after Booth at Ford's Theatre. DM me if you want to be added to the list, or visit my page: www.joebarryauthor.com and sign up! 💙📚✍🏻 🎩 #booksky #Lincoln #skystorians #authors #writing

Hilarious and devastating take down of Avi Loeb's tiresome "It's alien technology!" nonsense. 🔭 👽🛸 #astronomy #aliens #science #ufo #uap #skeptic

Minute details inside the James Garfield Memorial in Cleveland. It's the small details and the hand-made artistry that make these historic buildings magical. #history #skystorians #cleveland

The Memorial to President James Garfield in Cleveland's Lake View Cemetery is a national treasure, befitting an underrated president. Definitely worth a visit! #history #presidents #skystorians #cleveland #ohio #destinyoftherepublic

OTD, August 7, 1882, Joseph B. Stewart died at age 60 of a liver disease. A prominent lawyer, lobbyist, and businessman, Stewart jumped out of his seat at Ford's Theatre and chased John Wilkes Booth. See more at www.joebarryauthor.com #history #skystorians #booksky #Lincoln #biographies #authors

OTD, on Election Day in Louisville, Kentucky, nativist Know Nothing mobs attacked German and Irish Catholics, preventing them from voting. Dozens were killed. Joseph B. Stewart rescued an Irishman from one mob, saving his life. More in my upcoming book: www.joebarryauthor.com #history #booksky

An old blog post of mine was recently linked to in an article from The Guardian. The increase in visitors motivated me to revise the piece with better text and images. Here’s the newly improved “[John Wilkes] Booth at Lincoln’s Second Inauguration.” lincolnconspirators.com/2012/05/31/b... 🗃

My Substack piece on Lincoln's secret mission in Harrisburg to avoid an alleged plot against him in Baltimore, and his return trip there four years later. #history #skystorians #Lincoln #booksky #authors 📚💙🎩

My latest author blog post on Lincoln's two trips to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and why #history is often closer than you imagine. #Lincoln #Harrisburg #skystorians #booksky 📚💙 🎩