Dan Berman
@bermandc.bsky.social
Planetary Scientist. Husband and father. Progressive. Sci-fi lover. Board gamer. I speak for the trees.
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New from me for @science.org: A major planetary science conference will require submitted abstracts to comply with Trump's anti-DEI executive orders.
This conference, LPSC, is a big deal. It's been running since 1970 and is one of the biggest planetary science conferences out there. 🧪🔭
This conference, LPSC, is a big deal. It's been running since 1970 and is one of the biggest planetary science conferences out there. 🧪🔭
‘This is censorship.’ Conference requires abstracts to comply with Trump anti-DEI order
NASA-funded planetary science institute previously scrubbed hundreds of records from its archive
www.science.org
November 20, 2025 at 7:12 PM
New from me for @science.org: A major planetary science conference will require submitted abstracts to comply with Trump's anti-DEI executive orders.
This conference, LPSC, is a big deal. It's been running since 1970 and is one of the biggest planetary science conferences out there. 🧪🔭
This conference, LPSC, is a big deal. It's been running since 1970 and is one of the biggest planetary science conferences out there. 🧪🔭
I called Mark Kelly’s office to ask him to vote no on any motion to proceed that does not include health care subsidies.
Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I called Mark Kelly’s office to ask him to vote no on any motion to proceed that does not include health care subsidies.
Check out The Dungeon Crawler Carl: CROCODILE graphic novel on @BackerKit! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/v...
The Dungeon Crawler Carl: CROCODILE graphic novel
Hello, Crawlers! We're so pleased to invite you to CROCODILE, Dungeon Crawler Carl's first official graphic novel expansion. Now get out there and kill, kill, ki--er, pledge!
www.backerkit.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Check out The Dungeon Crawler Carl: CROCODILE graphic novel on @BackerKit! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/v...
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My new paper on Barnard crater, Mars is out in the Planetary Science Journal!
#planetaryscience
doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/...
#planetaryscience
doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/...
Barnard Crater, Mars: Evidence of Glaciofluvial Activity in a Large, High-latitude Impact Crater in Southern Hellas - IOPscience
Barnard Crater, Mars: Evidence of Glaciofluvial Activity in a Large, High-latitude Impact Crater in Southern Hellas, Berman, Daniel C., Crown, David A., Bernhardt, Hannes, Williams, David A.
doi.org
October 8, 2025 at 5:28 PM
My new paper on Barnard crater, Mars is out in the Planetary Science Journal!
#planetaryscience
doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/...
#planetaryscience
doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/...
My new paper on Barnard crater, Mars is out in the Planetary Science Journal!
#planetaryscience
doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/...
#planetaryscience
doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/...
Barnard Crater, Mars: Evidence of Glaciofluvial Activity in a Large, High-latitude Impact Crater in Southern Hellas - IOPscience
Barnard Crater, Mars: Evidence of Glaciofluvial Activity in a Large, High-latitude Impact Crater in Southern Hellas, Berman, Daniel C., Crown, David A., Bernhardt, Hannes, Williams, David A.
doi.org
October 8, 2025 at 5:28 PM
My new paper on Barnard crater, Mars is out in the Planetary Science Journal!
#planetaryscience
doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/...
#planetaryscience
doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/...
Republicans are lying, as usual.
Please share: Federal law explicitly prohibits healthcare funds going to illegal immigrants. Don't let Republican liars get away w/saying otherwise.
Only payments for emergency care are allowed, which keep hospitals from bankruptcy.
42 U.S.C. § 1396b(v)(1)–(3)
www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...
Only payments for emergency care are allowed, which keep hospitals from bankruptcy.
42 U.S.C. § 1396b(v)(1)–(3)
www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...
October 1, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Republicans are lying, as usual.
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Switching gears from wizards and scallywags... I recently completed 4 oil paintings for an edition of The End of Eternity by Isaac Asimov (Phantasia Press). I started with smaller acrylic color studies that served as a guide for the final art. Close-ups of each painting to follow next week!
September 12, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Switching gears from wizards and scallywags... I recently completed 4 oil paintings for an edition of The End of Eternity by Isaac Asimov (Phantasia Press). I started with smaller acrylic color studies that served as a guide for the final art. Close-ups of each painting to follow next week!
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Here's the first oil painting from my journey through eternity for Phantasia Press: "Stepping into Eternity".
September 15, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Here's the first oil painting from my journey through eternity for Phantasia Press: "Stepping into Eternity".
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It's full steam ahead for NASA, according to Sean Duffy, the agency's acting administrator. During an internal employee town hall, Duffy warned of "letting safety be the enemy of progress" when it comes to winning the space race, according to a recording obtained by NBC News.
Interim NASA head tells agency that it will beat China back to the moon
Acting NASA administrator Sean Duffy also told agency employees not to let "safety be the enemy of progress."
nbcnews.to
September 7, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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@trekprodigyroom.bsky.social @goodaaron.bsky.social @brothershageman.bsky.social It would be amazing if you guys could put together a Kickstarter like this exciting one for more Prodigy! #startrekprodigy #dragonking
Coming soon: The Dragon King
An epic new animated series from the creators of The Dragon Prince
www.kickstarter.com
September 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
@trekprodigyroom.bsky.social @goodaaron.bsky.social @brothershageman.bsky.social It would be amazing if you guys could put together a Kickstarter like this exciting one for more Prodigy! #startrekprodigy #dragonking
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If our elected leaders truly believe we're in a new space race with China, then we cannot afford to abandon space science.
Read the NEW OP-ED by me and Maxwell Zhu today in Payload Space: payloadspace.com/op-ed-space-...
Read the NEW OP-ED by me and Maxwell Zhu today in Payload Space: payloadspace.com/op-ed-space-...
Op-ed: Space Science Is Part of the Space Race with China
Beijing is pressing ahead with an ambitious space science effort designed to close the gap with—or even exceed—US capabilities in the coming decades. If our elected leaders believe that America’s cont...
payloadspace.com
September 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
If our elected leaders truly believe we're in a new space race with China, then we cannot afford to abandon space science.
Read the NEW OP-ED by me and Maxwell Zhu today in Payload Space: payloadspace.com/op-ed-space-...
Read the NEW OP-ED by me and Maxwell Zhu today in Payload Space: payloadspace.com/op-ed-space-...
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More than 280 NASA employees past and present, including at least 4 astronauts, have signed a declaration of opposition to the many drastic changes that the US administration is working to enact
go.nature.com/44UJqbk
go.nature.com/44UJqbk
‘We dissent’: NASA staff declare opposition to Trump cuts
Declaration of dissent, which warns that science and safety are at risk, joins similar documents from staff at the EPA and the NIH.
go.nature.com
July 21, 2025 at 2:47 PM
More than 280 NASA employees past and present, including at least 4 astronauts, have signed a declaration of opposition to the many drastic changes that the US administration is working to enact
go.nature.com/44UJqbk
go.nature.com/44UJqbk
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This powerful message: “I did the research and found out I was wrong.”
I’m not going to say much more except please take the time to watch. Then send it around to family and friends, no matter their political persuasion.
Part I
I’m not going to say much more except please take the time to watch. Then send it around to family and friends, no matter their political persuasion.
Part I
July 12, 2025 at 3:42 PM
This powerful message: “I did the research and found out I was wrong.”
I’m not going to say much more except please take the time to watch. Then send it around to family and friends, no matter their political persuasion.
Part I
I’m not going to say much more except please take the time to watch. Then send it around to family and friends, no matter their political persuasion.
Part I
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In prep for today's @astronomycast.com recording, I looked up budgets for major partner space agencies to explore the "Other nations will step up" storyline regarding sci & space exploration in particular.
- NASA proposed FY26 cuts: $6.1 billion
- JAXA+ESA+ISRO+CSA budget FY25: $12.2 billion
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- NASA proposed FY26 cuts: $6.1 billion
- JAXA+ESA+ISRO+CSA budget FY25: $12.2 billion
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June 30, 2025 at 5:11 PM
In prep for today's @astronomycast.com recording, I looked up budgets for major partner space agencies to explore the "Other nations will step up" storyline regarding sci & space exploration in particular.
- NASA proposed FY26 cuts: $6.1 billion
- JAXA+ESA+ISRO+CSA budget FY25: $12.2 billion
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- NASA proposed FY26 cuts: $6.1 billion
- JAXA+ESA+ISRO+CSA budget FY25: $12.2 billion
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Surprise, surprise.
“I personally was pretty surprised, actually, at how efficient the government was,” Sahil Lavingia told NPR's Juana Summers.
Former DOGE engineer says federal waste and fraud were 'relatively nonexistent'
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Sahil Lavingia, who worked for the Department of Government Efficiency as a software engineer assigned to the Department of Veterans Affairs, about his experience.
www.npr.org
June 26, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Surprise, surprise.
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PSI's Amanda Hendrix wrote a really great op-ed for the local Tucson newspaper about what's at stake in the fight against the president's budget request for NASA: tucson.com/opinion/colu...
Local opinion: Southern Arizona space science is in crisis
NASA science dollars generate $337 million in Arizona's economy each year, so the budget bill as written now would be a huge hit on the local economy.
tucson.com
June 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
PSI's Amanda Hendrix wrote a really great op-ed for the local Tucson newspaper about what's at stake in the fight against the president's budget request for NASA: tucson.com/opinion/colu...
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MORE SIGNATURES NEEDED! Tell Congress: Save NASA Science (I did) #planetsci www.congressweb.com/PlanetarySoc...
Tell Congress: Save NASA Science
The current administration's 2026 budget request includes a staggering 47% cut to NASA's science programs as part of a 25% cut to NASA overall. This is an extinction-level event for the Earth and spac...
www.congressweb.com
June 7, 2025 at 5:41 PM
MORE SIGNATURES NEEDED! Tell Congress: Save NASA Science (I did) #planetsci www.congressweb.com/PlanetarySoc...
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In this Florida tattoo parlor/strip club/gun store, hurricane season still means when the U of Miami starts playing games. But they do know this: Under Trump, FEMA has finally rid itself of pointy headed scientists talking down to Americans with their elitist facts.
June 4, 2025 at 12:06 AM
In this Florida tattoo parlor/strip club/gun store, hurricane season still means when the U of Miami starts playing games. But they do know this: Under Trump, FEMA has finally rid itself of pointy headed scientists talking down to Americans with their elitist facts.
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Four charts showing the extent of cuts to NASA in the FY26 budget:
- Cuts to every science division
- Smallest science funding since 1984
- 19 active, inflight missions cancelled
- Smallest NASA budget since FY 1961
- Cuts to every science division
- Smallest science funding since 1984
- 19 active, inflight missions cancelled
- Smallest NASA budget since FY 1961
May 31, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Four charts showing the extent of cuts to NASA in the FY26 budget:
- Cuts to every science division
- Smallest science funding since 1984
- 19 active, inflight missions cancelled
- Smallest NASA budget since FY 1961
- Cuts to every science division
- Smallest science funding since 1984
- 19 active, inflight missions cancelled
- Smallest NASA budget since FY 1961
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BREAKING: The president's budget request just hit Congress, which could usher in a dark age for NASA space science.
Congress has the final say, but you can help shape the outcome by adding your name to our global petition.
This is just the start of our fight.
Sign the petition: planet.ly/petition
Congress has the final say, but you can help shape the outcome by adding your name to our global petition.
This is just the start of our fight.
Sign the petition: planet.ly/petition
May 30, 2025 at 9:57 PM
BREAKING: The president's budget request just hit Congress, which could usher in a dark age for NASA space science.
Congress has the final say, but you can help shape the outcome by adding your name to our global petition.
This is just the start of our fight.
Sign the petition: planet.ly/petition
Congress has the final say, but you can help shape the outcome by adding your name to our global petition.
This is just the start of our fight.
Sign the petition: planet.ly/petition
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Bad people know that one way to control people is to make them feel economically uncertain, so more of their time is spent worrying about their own precarity and less on the general welfare and/or what the bad people are doing. There's a reason the current administration is undermining the economy.
Interesting thought on the financial stability. The more stable I personally got, the more time and space I had to gather more information. The more information I had, the more accepting I got.
Hadn't really thought about that till now.
Hadn't really thought about that till now.
May 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Bad people know that one way to control people is to make them feel economically uncertain, so more of their time is spent worrying about their own precarity and less on the general welfare and/or what the bad people are doing. There's a reason the current administration is undermining the economy.
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Trump Proposes $6 Billion Cut to NASA spacepolicyonline.com/news/trump-p...
Trump Proposes $6 Billion Cut to NASA
Posted: May 2, 2025 11:22 am ET | Last Updated: May 2, 2025 11:29 am ET | President Trump is proposing a $6 billion cut to NASA for FY2026. Human spaceflight gets a boost, but everything else is cut.
spacepolicyonline.com
May 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Trump Proposes $6 Billion Cut to NASA spacepolicyonline.com/news/trump-p...
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There it is.
The new administration's first ("skinny", meaning top-line) budget request.
NASA gets cut by $6.32 billion—down to $18.56 billion, or a 25.4% cut.
Gone is SLS, Gateway, and the entire Mars Sample Return project.
Link: www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
The new administration's first ("skinny", meaning top-line) budget request.
NASA gets cut by $6.32 billion—down to $18.56 billion, or a 25.4% cut.
Gone is SLS, Gateway, and the entire Mars Sample Return project.
Link: www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
May 2, 2025 at 3:14 PM
There it is.
The new administration's first ("skinny", meaning top-line) budget request.
NASA gets cut by $6.32 billion—down to $18.56 billion, or a 25.4% cut.
Gone is SLS, Gateway, and the entire Mars Sample Return project.
Link: www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
The new administration's first ("skinny", meaning top-line) budget request.
NASA gets cut by $6.32 billion—down to $18.56 billion, or a 25.4% cut.
Gone is SLS, Gateway, and the entire Mars Sample Return project.
Link: www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
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Today, we're launching a dedicated action hub for the crisis threatening NASA science. Find actions, latest news and up-to-date resources at: www.planetary.org/save-nasa-sc... #ProtectNASAScience
May 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Today, we're launching a dedicated action hub for the crisis threatening NASA science. Find actions, latest news and up-to-date resources at: www.planetary.org/save-nasa-sc... #ProtectNASAScience