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danbarry58.bsky.social
Longtime journalist at The New York Times, author, flaneur.
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Red, White, and Blue: Limited Edition ‘Merica June 2025

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On the shelves. Herkimer Historical Society June 2025

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Sinkholes open on Interstate 80, but why? Because the New Jersey past needs to remind the New Jersey present of what once was. My story: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/n...

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Train strikes, plane delays, sinkholes on the interstate. New Jersey, a state of constant motion, is stuck between stations. My essay of frustration: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/n...

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All you need to know about these New York Knicks is reflected in the swollen left eye of Josh Hart. #Knicks

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My new phrase for all occasions, personal, social, political: "Extra omnes!"

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It's a breautiful day, and the Derby is running. Forget all that! At 6 pm EST, on C-SPAN2 (!), I'll be talking to Gay Talese, the one and only: www.c-span.org/event/book-t...

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The Ruth Buzzi Bench Westerly, Rhode Island

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The reaction to Sabrina's story has been quite positive - although someone complained about this "newcomer." If Sabrina, the grandchild of immigrants, is a newcomer, what does that make me? Or Paul Revere? Both of us children of immigrants. AmericanAF. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/u...

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www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/u... By @danbarry58.bsky.social More patriotic and engaged in her town history at 15 than most of us.

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Meet Sabrina, 15 and "Lexington AF." High schooler and granddaughter of immigrants, she works hard to make the Revolutionary Era cool and interesting for kids - but with a sassiness that has some town elders coughing up their mulled cider. My story: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/u...

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Persist. Lexington, Massachusetts April 2025

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"President Trump’s team is selectively stripping away the public record, reconstructing his preferred vision of America in the negative space of purged history, archivists and historians said." Spot-on, by Tiffany Hsu. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/t...

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The gym Ive played in for 20+ yrs will soon be unavailable as the parish needs to rent it for financial survival. These words from @danbarry58.bsky.social that first appeared 13 yrs ago in @commonweal.bsky.social describe best why the news is impacting me today. www.nytimes.com/2012/05/23/s...

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“WH SAYS WAR PLANS SHARED WITH REPORTER WERE ‘NOT WAR PLANS’” - CNN chyron

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Happy Day. Celebrate responsibly. And maybe listen to the story of Brendan Costello. A really beautiful audio production by Parin Behrooz, who, today, is honorary Irish. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/n...

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His Death Was Interrupted, Just as He Had Planned. Brendan Costello’s family was bracing for goodbyes. But he had one last wish -- donating his organs, by @danbarry58.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/n... #disability #transplant

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@danbarry58.bsky.social beautiful, poignant “All that will come in the days ahead. For now, Louis Armstrong is singing full-throated about the march of saints as Brendan Thomas Costello Jr. leads a procession, sacred and slow, through this sad and beautiful world. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/n...

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Brendan Costello was about to be disconnected from the ventilator. His relatives were told he would never regain consciousness. Then a phone call interrupted the moment. Seems he had other plans. My story. Photos by Sarah Blesener. Audio by Parin Behrooz. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/n...

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We often block from our minds just how devastating the pandemic was. Then something seen, something heard -- a face mask in a drawer, a John Prine song -- unearths something buried. My essay: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/u...

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Take a listen to this, um, controversial story by Alan Feuer and me. I address the backlash in the intro. Beautifully produced by Parin Behrooz. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/n...

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If you’re in the neighborhood: THE Gay Talese.

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Last night I watched “Casablanca” for the umpteenth time. This morning I woke up to a New York Times headline that said: “German Chancellor Rebukes Vance for Supporting Party That Minimizes Nazis.”

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It is therefore the policy of the United States to end the use of paper straws.

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The serendipity that comes from reading a newspaper in print and just turning the page: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/i...

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What is lost when a newspaper no longer appears in print? Here is my Star-Ledger Sunday comics umbrella.

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Life comes at you funny sometimes. The Times ran a photo today of five Brooklyn Dodgers that included, at bottom right, my 8th-grade CYO coach, Jim Romano. His pro career was brief, but I revered him; always there to pat me on the back after another error. Here’s to a kind old ballplayer, long gone.

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Hi. My name is Dan. Thanks for having me. I've brought some Entenmann's. And a six-pack. And, yes, I'm from Long Island.

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