Planetary Geo Mom

This is what a lunar eclipse looks like... from the surface of the Moon.

That dark circle is Earth.

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander took this image last night.

YouTube video by Mollylele Pantsuit Sasquatch (original song)

This song, this day. youtu.be/Pb8_uPWhCng

NASA folks in #planetaryscience - I'm trying to put together a network who can help our colleagues through RIFs on Tuesday. This is an EMERGENCY: Reports say that NASA probationary employees will be fired on Tuesday.

Howard Co. rolls out hotline, resources for federal workers amid Trump cuts Amid the Trump administration’s plan to dramatically reduce and reshape the federal workforce, Howard County is standing up resources for residents who are feeling the pinch.

Howard County rolls out hotline, resources for federal workers amid Trump cuts

Science funding agency threatened with mass layoffs National Science Foundation staff heard the plans at a meeting Tuesday.

The terrorizing of government workers at the National Science Foundation continues. They are tiny compared to NASA and need our and our congressional reps’ support.

Notice the image below? NSF runs all the American Antarctic bases.

Full Committee Hearing: The State of U.S. Science and Technology: Ensuring U.S. Global Leadership

Science friends - please please call AAAS and any other contacts with the witnesses for tomorrow's hearing on the future of US science to demand they call out the Trump-Musk attacks on NSF, NIH, NOAA, DOE, USAID, etc. We need this on the record.
#greensky #energysky

If you haven’t already, follow @altnps.bsky.social and @altcdc.bsky.social - they are posting good info on what’s really happening in various agencies. #resistance

Forced Resignations Are Illegal – 5 CFR § 715.202 states that federal resignations must be voluntary. An email implying "uncertainty of your position" while pushing resignation deadlines could be considered coercion.

Giving access to SSNs, other data on government employees to non-employees like Musk is a violation of 5 USC 552a, and carries with it a penalty of $1000 per person whose data was accessed. We are building a case. Govt employees who want to participate should contact me directly

I can't come up with a profound First Post, so I will post this instead. I hope the person who came up with the holiday-themed commercial with the doorbell ringing also has a dog that goes crazy every time that commercial plays. #getshimeverytime