Dan Berman
Planetary Scientist. Husband and father. Progressive. Sci-fi lover. Board gamer. I speak for the trees.
- I’m going to call my memoir “Public Privates”.
- Reposted by Dan BermanNew 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. 🧪🔭
- 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...
- My new paper on Barnard crater, Mars is out in the Planetary Science Journal! #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/...
- Reposted by Dan BermanSwitching 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!
- Reposted by Dan BermanHere's the first oil painting from my journey through eternity for Phantasia Press: "Stepping into Eternity".
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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
- Reposted by Dan BermanIf 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-...
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- Reposted by Dan BermanMore 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
- Reposted by Dan BermanThis 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
- Reposted by Dan BermanIn 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 🧵
- Surprise, surprise.
- Reposted by Dan BermanPSI'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...
- Reposted by Dan BermanMORE SIGNATURES NEEDED! Tell Congress: Save NASA Science (I did) #planetsci www.congressweb.com/PlanetarySoc...
- Reposted by Dan BermanIn 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.
- Reposted by Dan BermanFour 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
- Reposted by Dan BermanBREAKING: 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
- Reposted by Dan BermanBad 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... - Reposted by Dan BermanThere 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...
- Reposted by Dan BermanToday, 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
- Reposted by Dan BermanGroup Letter To Congress Regarding FY2026 NASA budget nasawatch.com/congress/gro... #NASA
- Reposted by Dan BermanTwo former Wells Fargo executives were fined $8.5M by the Biden administration for covering up the bank's infamous fake account scandal. Trump just slashed those fines to a paltry $150,000 after Wells Fargo gave $1M to his inauguration. See how this works?
- Reposted by Dan BermanNYT: One estimate finds that DOGE’s “firings, re-hirings, lost productivity and paid leave of thousands of workers” will actually COST taxpayers “upward of $135 billion this fiscal year.” @nytimes.com 🤡 www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
- Reposted by Dan BermanIt’s full alarm bells for the US board game industry. #boardgames
- Reposted by Dan Berman@chrislhayes.bsky.social breaks down each layer of the "sheer lawlessness" of the Trump deportation case. (1/2)
- Reposted by Dan BermanThe James Webb Space Telescope may have detected life-associated gas in the atmosphere of a far-off planet. The news is being greeted with both enthusiasm and skepticism.
- Reposted by Dan Berman“If you cut the science programming in half, you hurt our country in many ways,” Van Hollen said. “You hurt our national security. You hurt our innovation economy. You hurt our leadership around the world.” 🧪🔭
- Reposted by Dan BermanConfirming reports from @sciguyspace.bsky.social and @joelachenbach.bsky.social about proposed cuts to NASA's science budget. It doesn't look good, folks www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
- And there it is. This could end my career.
- This really is an extinction level event for NASA's science programs. arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...
- Reposted by Dan BermanWe'd usually say something quippy here, but there's nothing funny about how the new tariffs are going to affect board games:
- Reposted by Dan BermanI cannot begin to describe how much messed up stuff is in this piece but you all should read it (gift link). I am disgusted and furious 😡 @housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats.senate.gov www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
- Reposted by Dan BermanThis was a cornerstone of the Artemis Program. It was the way Jim Bridenstine sold the program to gain Congressional support. I can understand hiring on merit alone, but between this & other actions, its gone FAR beyond that. Its erasing history, and writing off the future. This isn't who we are.
- Reposted by Dan BermanI’m calling for new leadership in the Democratic Party. So many democrats want to do the right thing, but leadership is stopping them with the unspoken threat of refusing to give them leadership positions down the road. NEW DEM LEADERSHIP NOW!! #NewDemLeadership
- Reposted by Dan BermanI want people to watch this video and honestly tell me why it should be made *illegal* for this 14-year-old girl to play field hockey with her friends. youtu.be/yf9MfYZ-Bl4?...
- Reports are coming out that the administration is planning on cutting the NASA science budget by 50%. This would effectively end America’s space exploration program. Please consider filling out this form to send a message to the administration and your local representatives to protest these cuts.
- Reposted by Dan BermanThere are reports The White House is considering a 50% cut to NASA’s science programs, and 25% of its overall budget, which would be catastrophic for both current and planned missions. But, there is still time for the administration to reconsider. Read our full statement ⬇️
- This seems bad. arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...
- Reposted by Dan BermanMany Medicaid recipients do not know they receive it because Medicaid is called different things in different states. The public narrative of Medicaid focuses on a distant other, but 40% of US children and 60% of nursing home residents receive Medicaid. Just SOME of the names by state are below:
- I just realized that Trump/Russia = the Duras sisters in league with Sela and the Romulans! #startrek #startrektng #redemption
- Reposted by Dan BermanNEW --There's this guy in the executive branch who in less than a month has already spent NEARLY 11 MILLION DOLLARS of taxpayer money playing golf. Yet the whole thing has flown under the radar of the crack waste/fraud/abuse squad over at DOGE somehow. www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
- Reposted by Dan BermanFirings are happening right now at the National Science Foundation. Essential staff are being cut. This isn’t about the budget. If it was, they’d be going after the military (17%) or state appropriations (38%). NSF is 0.7% of the federal budget. All federal employees make up only 4% of the budget.
- This will end well.
- DHS has ordered its entire investigations division - composed of 6,000 agents - to divert focus on drug dealers, terrorists, and human traffickers and shift priority to the Trump administration’s mission of deporting immigrants www.azcentral.com/story/news/p...
- Reposted by Dan BermanThe Moon’s South Pole−Aitken basin, or SPA for short, is one of the oldest and largest impact structures in the Solar System. The more scientists learn about it, the more they can piece together lunar history and the history of the Solar System. buff.ly/3X1fRli
- Reposted by Dan BermanIt is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too. EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them. Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)
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- Reposted by Dan BermanLet's recap: An unelected oligarch is currently taking a blowtorch to the federal government and making unilateral decisions about how/where to allocate your tax dollars. Democrats aren't allowed to ask him any questions. Republicans don't want to know what he's doing. Zero oversight. ...🧵
- Reposted by Dan BermanThe US government has been turned over to a group of extraordinarily ignorant people, and they are working to destroy science in this country. Cutting over half the NSF budget would save < 0.1% of the federal budget, but do incalculable harm. Simply heartbreaking. arstechnica.com/science/2025...
- WTAF
- Reposted by Dan BermanTrump just said he’s calling for the full forcible transfer of all 1.8 million Gazans out of the strip and says “The US will take over the Gaza Strip”
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- Reposted by Dan BermanThe first 10 days of Trump's administration have been marked by an unprecedented barrage of barbaric policy moves and casual executive depravity. In many cases, these actions have flown in the face of the law, decades of tradition, and even the Constitution.
- This is what happens when you put arsonists in charge of the fire department.
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- Reposted by Dan Bermanhere is a clear copy. somehow my desktop let me open that article. I am worried my financial aid is getting yanked, because it goes to my school first, not me.
- This is bad
- Reposted by Dan BermanTHIS is what people voted for. THIS is what the rest of us have been trying to warn everyone about and we've been told it's some kind of derangement and laughed at. This is what people in power aren't stopping because they're busy kissing ass. It's only been six days.
- FYI for those that refused to vote for Harris because of Gaza.
- NEWS The Trump administration has officially lifted the hold on 2,000 pound bombs for the Israeli military. The bombs, which have been held in storage, will be headed to Israel within the next few days. Full Story: bit.ly/40v4mUa
- Reposted by Dan BermanProbably time to talk about fascism and moral inversion huh
- Reposted by Dan BermanDEI doesn’t mean hiring unqualified people—it means tearing down rigged systems that kept qualified talent out. Giving everyone a fair shot, breaking down barriers that have historically excluded talent. Diversity brings fresh perspectives, drives innovation, and reflects the world being served.
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