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Richard J. Bartlett

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🌘Freelance writer, former columnist for Astronomy magazine and author of books for astronomers. 🌒Pro human, slightly sarcastic but mostly harmless 🌊 https://tinyurl.com/rjbamazon-us https://tinyurl.com/rjb-hps

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Richard J. Bartlett @astronomywriter.bsky.social · Jan 27

I'm putting this out there again in the hopes that someone can help.

Does anyone have need of a line editor or proof reader (for copy or for books) - work has been scarce recently.

I also write about #astronomy, if anyone has need of that...

Please share, comment or DM me...

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Richard J. Bartlett @astronomywriter.bsky.social · Sep 3

True, but they keep doing it anyway because this is the Land of Do As You Please

Richard J. Bartlett @astronomywriter.bsky.social · Aug 11

I really detest ChINOs

Tom Booker @tbooker1.bsky.social · Aug 10

Richard J. Bartlett @astronomywriter.bsky.social · Aug 11

THIS! I can't stand ChINOs

Richard J. Bartlett @astronomywriter.bsky.social · Aug 8

Trump's America doing what Trump's America does best - exploiting the vulnerable to make a shit ton of money

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Lucy 🇺🇲🇺🇦🐾♿️💙 @juice2024.bsky.social · Aug 7

😂
"I'm a very stable genius!"

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International Meteor Organization @imometeors.bsky.social · Aug 6

☄️ ☄️ On August 12-13, one of the best meteoric and astronomical event of the year will happen: the Perseids meteor shower will peak!
To be sure not to miss anything, please read: www.imo.net/viewing-the-...

Viewing the Perseids in 2025 | IMO

Comet Dust Each July and August the Earth encounters debris left behind from comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle. This comet has an orbit of 133 years and last entered the inner solar system in 1992. Even though ...

www.imo.net

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Lucy 🇺🇲🇺🇦🐾♿️💙 @juice2024.bsky.social · Jul 28

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Richard J. Bartlett @astronomywriter.bsky.social · Aug 4

Yes, it's called Roblox

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Embryo Project @embryoproject.bsky.social · Aug 4

In 1972, in Eisenstadt v. Baird, the SCOTUS determined that unmarried individuals have the same right to access contraceptives as married couples. New article: embryo.asu.edu/pages/eisens...

#sciencecommunication #encyclopedia #contraceptives #science

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Richard J. Bartlett @astronomywriter.bsky.social · Aug 4

Wow. I never realized how backward this country was. And I've been living here for 20 years now

Richard J. Bartlett @astronomywriter.bsky.social · Aug 1

I wrote this :-)

#astronomy #space #science #news #ngihtsky #stargazing

www.highpointscientific.com/astronomy-hu...

What's in the Sky This Month | August 2025 Sky Guide

Dim Mars is now only visible for a short time in the evening twilight, and appears low over the western horizon, with a slender crescent Moon beside it on the...

www.highpointscientific.com

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Richard J. Bartlett @astronomywriter.bsky.social · Jul 28

Not old, TALENTED - and congratulations!!

Richard J. Bartlett @astronomywriter.bsky.social · Jul 16

Honestly, I have no idea... I'm an amateur astronomer, so the science behind this is beyond me LOL

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💥LazarTagWolf💥 @lazartagwolf.bsky.social · Jul 10

All of this.

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Richard J. Bartlett @astronomywriter.bsky.social · Jun 20

Somebody needs to invent a portable fridge. You know, one you can actually walk around in. Think of it - you'd stay cool, plus you'll have access to all the cold drinks and sandwich making materials you need. *butter knife not included

Richard J. Bartlett @astronomywriter.bsky.social · Jun 20

I wrote this!

www.highpointscientific.com/astronomy-hu...

#astronomy #space #science #stargazing #meteors #shootingstars #nightsky

Southern Delta Aquariid Meteor Shower: Everything You Need To Know | High Point Scientific

The Southern delta Aquariids is a major meteor shower, active from around July 18th to August 12th, with its maximum typically occurring on the night of July...

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Richard J. Bartlett @astronomywriter.bsky.social · Jun 13

Any remote positions? :D

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SETI Institute @setiinstitute.bsky.social · Jun 13

Good morning, @abgradcon.bsky.social‬ !

There's one more chance to chat with our human resources representative today. Stop by and chat with her this afternoon between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m., scan our QR code, and you'll be entered to win a SETI Institute t-shirt. 🧪

#AbGradCon2025 #Astro4Life

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Richard J. Bartlett @astronomywriter.bsky.social · Jun 12

First rule of a dictatorship - eliminate the opposition

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Jake Lahut @jakelahut.writes.news · Jun 12

A DHS official told me Noem & security had no idea who Senator Padilla was. Now, the FBI is running with the statement that the senator "did not identify himself and was not wearing his senate security pin" — but he very much did identify himself, loudly, on video...

NEW: FBI LA statement to
@FoxNews
re: Senator Padilla

"During a press conference today held at the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office, Senator Alex Padilla was detained by members of the U.S. Secret Service assigned to Secretary Noem’s detail when he became disruptive while formal remarks were being delivered. Secret Service Agents were assisted by FBI Police who are in Los Angeles at this time. Senator Padilla did not identify himself and was not wearing his senate security pin. Senator Padilla was subsequently positively identified and released."

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · Jun 12

Speaker Mike Johnson just called on the Senate to censure...Sen. Alex Padilla.

You read that right.

The American Fascist Party at work.

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Space Telescope Science Institute @stsci.edu · Jun 12

#NASARoman will soon make particular types of gravitational lenses far more common, pinpointing over 160,000 of them. (To date, we only know of hundreds.) A team plans to study these objects to refine our studies of dark matter: bit.ly/3SyNJDy 🔭 🧪 ☄️

Graphic labeled, Simulations of Gravitationally Lensed Galaxies in a Roman Space Telescope Image, shows a simulated Roman Space Telescope image within the detectors of its Wide Field Instrument at center as a 3-by-6 array of squares. Within each square are a range of white pinpoints against a black background, some slightly larger than others, but all tiny. There are four pullouts from the main image, shown as four boxes, two in a column at left and two at right. Each pullout shows a magnified view of the tiny dot it points to. All four pullouts show simulated gravitational lenses, which look like a thick white dot at center surrounded by fuzzy, slightly incomplete circles that are semi-transparent.

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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · Jun 12

Off with Their Heads: Illustrations of Blemmyes (ca. 1175–1724). Depictions of the mythical creatures known as Blemmyes: humanoids whose eyes, nose, and mouth are embedded in their breast. publicdomainreview.org/collection/b...

Off with Their Heads: Illustrations of Blemmyes (ca. 1175–1724)

Depictions of the mythical creatures known as Blemmyes: humanoids whose eyes, nose, and mouth are embedded in their breast.

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Richard J. Bartlett @astronomywriter.bsky.social · Jun 12

I was going to say "it's crazy that people believed this was real" and yet, here we are...