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Dan Berman

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Planetary Scientist. Husband and father. Progressive. Sci-fi lover. Board gamer. I speak for the trees.

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Planetary Science Institute @psi.edu · 08/09/2026
🚀 Join the PSI team! Want to help make planetary science possible? PSI is hiring for two key positions at our headquarters in Tucson, Arizona: - Office Manager - Sponsored Projects Manager Learn more & apply: buff.ly/qvAqKgS
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Fiona "Fi" Webster 🌎🌍🌏 @fiona-webster22.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
47 spent years slamming Obama for unfreezing $1.7 billion of Iran's own money to Iran. Then he spitefully ripped up the Iran nuclear deal in 2018. Now, ever a huge failure, he's negotiating to hand Iran access to $20 billion—over 10 times what he once condemned. digbysblog.net/2026/04/17/t...
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
A new report from the University of California shows that the state's decision to raise the minimum wage for fast food workers to $20/hr didn’t hurt jobs, or raise prices much. Data from over 2,000 restaurants shows that the $20/hr minimum wage didn’t reduce employment. /1
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Despite Apocalyptic Warnings, California Fast Food Wage Hike Didn’t Kill Jobs
UC Berkeley study finds employment held steady — and only pennies were added to menu prices.
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Dan Berman @bermandc.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Marshmallow is keeping me company as usual.
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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Locus Bestsellers, March 2026 locusmag.com/2026/03...
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Dan Berman @bermandc.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
OMG, this is my family’s temple, 5 minutes from my parents’ house. Sounds like someone rammed the building with their car and was then shot dead by a security card. No word of any other casualties, thank goodness. Very scary.
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Dan Berman @bermandc.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
This does not sound good.
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Dan Berman @bermandc.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
It’s time to put aside the notion that this man is some kind of genius or visionary.
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Dan Berman @bermandc.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
I’m going to call my memoir “Public Privates”.
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Elise Cutts @elisecutts.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
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. 🧪🔭
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‘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
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Dan Berman @bermandc.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
I called Mark Kelly’s office to ask him to vote no on any motion to proceed that does not include health care subsidies.
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Dan Berman @bermandc.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Check out The Dungeon Crawler Carl: CROCODILE graphic novel on @BackerKit! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/v...
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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!
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Dan Berman @bermandc.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
My new paper on Barnard crater, Mars is out in the Planetary Science Journal! #planetaryscience doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/...
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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.
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Dan Berman @bermandc.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
My new paper on Barnard crater, Mars is out in the Planetary Science Journal! #planetaryscience doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/...
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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.
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Dan Berman @bermandc.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Republicans are lying, as usual.
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Don Maitz @donmaitz.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
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!
Don Maitz gesturing at 8 new oil paintings on a black backdrop.
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Don Maitz @donmaitz.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Here's the first oil painting from my journey through eternity for Phantasia Press: "Stepping into Eternity".
Original artwork by Don Maitz, showing a man standing in space and stepping through a series of triangles towards a bright light.
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Dan Berman @bermandc.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
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Dan Berman @bermandc.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
@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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Coming soon: The Dragon King
An epic new animated series from the creators of The Dragon Prince
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Casey Dreier @caseydreier.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
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-...
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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...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
tucson.com/news/local/b...
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Border agent charged with child sex trafficking, fraud in Cochise County
A Tucson Sector Border Patrol agent has been indicted on 24 felony charges, the latest in a series of sexual-misconduct convictions or charges against CBP employees in Arizona.
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Nature @nature.com · 21/07/2025
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
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‘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.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 12/07/2025
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
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Dr Pamela L Gay @starstryder.space · 30/06/2025
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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Dan Berman @bermandc.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Surprise, surprise.
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Kat Volk @katvolk.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
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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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.
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Paul Wren @elevenpointtwo.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
MORE SIGNATURES NEEDED! Tell Congress: Save NASA Science (I did) #planetsci www.congressweb.com/PlanetarySoc...
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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...
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
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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Casey Dreier @caseydreier.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
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
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The Planetary Society @planetarysociety.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
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
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 23/05/2025
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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SpacePolicyOnline @spacepolicyonline.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Trump Proposes $6 Billion Cut to NASA spacepolicyonline.com/news/trump-p...
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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.
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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 02/05/2025
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...
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Casey Dreier @caseydreier.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
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
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NASAWATCH @nasawatch.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Group Letter To Congress Regarding FY2026 NASA budget nasawatch.com/congress/gro... #NASA
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Group Letter To Congress Regarding FY2026 NASA budget
the following letter was sent on 30 April 2025 to House and Senate leaders
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Two 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?
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
NYT: 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...
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Bart de Groot @bdegroot.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
It’s full alarm bells for the US board game industry. #boardgames
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Trump tariffs trap Gloomhaven overseas, and the publisher is furious
Small businesses are paying the price in Trump’s trade war
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All In with Chris Hayes @allinwithchris.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
@chrislhayes.bsky.social breaks down each layer of the "sheer lawlessness" of the Trump deportation case. (1/2)
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NPR @npr.org · 17/04/2025
The 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.
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Is this a hint of life on another world, or just a lot of hot air?
The 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.
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Brett Morris @brettmorr.is · 15/04/2025
“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.” 🧪🔭
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Maryland congressmen vow to block proposed NASA science budget cuts
Members of Maryland’s congressional delegation expressed confidence that Congress will ultimately reject sharp cuts in NASA science programs proposed by the White House, citing competition with Chi…
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Loren Grush @lorengrush.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Confirming 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...
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White House Budget Proposal Would Gut NASA’s Science Programs
President Donald Trump’s proposed annual budget for NASA next year would nearly cut in half the agency’s science funding, while potentially cutting off money for other major initiatives like returning...
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Dan Berman @bermandc.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
And there it is. This could end my career.
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Wargamer @wargamer.com · 09/04/2025
We'd usually say something quippy here, but there's nothing funny about how the new tariffs are going to affect board games:
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Trump’s 104% tariff on China takes effect, spelling disaster for board games
Board game publishers were fearful when a 54% tariff on Chinese imports was proposed, but with 104% tariffs now in effect, things look far worse.
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Robyn @robyn.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
I 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...
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Exclusive | Hegseth Brought His Wife to Sensitive Meetings With Foreign Military Officials
The defense secretary’s handling of sensitive information is under criticism after he shared details about a strike on Houthi militants in a group chat on a widely used app.
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Gene J. Mikulka @genejm1017.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
This 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.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 14/03/2025
I’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
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Dan Berman @bermandc.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
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.
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Advocacy Action Center
The Planetary Society is organizing a new space constituency that is educated, empowered, and loud.
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The Planetary Society @planetarysociety.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
There 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 ⬇️
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The Planetary Society: reported cuts to NASA would amount to an…
The Planetary Society, the world’s largest independent space interest organization, issued a statement in response to recent reports that the White House…
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