My new paper on Barnard crater, Mars is out in the Planetary Science Journal! #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/...

Republicans are lying, as usual.

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!

Here'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

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-...

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

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

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 🧵

Surprise, surprise.

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...

MORE SIGNATURES NEEDED! Tell Congress: Save NASA Science (I did) #planetsci www.congressweb.com/PlanetarySoc...

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.

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

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

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.

Trump Proposes $6 Billion Cut to NASA spacepolicyonline.com/news/trump-p...

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...

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

Group Letter To Congress Regarding FY2026 NASA budget nasawatch.com/congress/gro... #NASA

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?

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...

It’s full alarm bells for the US board game industry. #boardgames

@chrislhayes.bsky.social breaks down each layer of the "sheer lawlessness" of the Trump deportation case. (1/2)

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.

“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.” 🧪🔭

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...

And there it is. This could end my career.

We'd usually say something quippy here, but there's nothing funny about how the new tariffs are going to affect board games:

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...

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.

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

I 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.

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 ⬇️

This seems bad. arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...

Many 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

NEW --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...

Firings 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.

The 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. https://buff.ly/3X1fRli

It 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)

Let'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. ...🧵

The 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