David Rankin
@asteroiddave.bsky.social
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Comet & Asteroid Hunter, Rockhound, Photographer / Storm Chaser, Flood Guru, Atheist.
Brief but bright meteor west of
#Tucson
AZ this morning.
#meteor
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about 10 hours ago
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Nice meteor over Tucson AZ last night. π
#Meteor
#Tucson
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2 days ago
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I think the whole "Trump sucks but dems are worse off" narrative just fell apart.
3 days ago
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Mark Jacob
3 days ago
Fox News is really fun to watch tonight. All the hosts and guests have this queasy look, like they ate shrimp that had been sitting out for 2 weeks.
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Acyn
6 days ago
Obama: It is not as if we didn't see some of this coming. I will admit it is worse than even I expected, but I did warn you all. I did. You can run the tape.
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Marshall Shepherd
9 days ago
This documentary debuted today. PBS NOVA...I am one of the featured scientists throughout. Hope you check it out on PBS, streaming, etc.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vi...
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Superfloods
Find out why deadly flash floods are on the rise and how we can protect ourselves from them.
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/superfloods/
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This is how they deal with pedos in the UK. In the US, Christians make them POTUS.
8 days ago
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Jeff Berardelli
9 days ago
From 1980-2002 THREE storms acheived extreme rapid intensification. From 2003-2025 EIGHTEEN storms achieved extreme rapid intensification. 6X increase! Itβs not coincidence, itβs climate change! (source of data Dr Kieran Bhatia
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Hurricane
#Melissa
made landfall still intensifying. It hit the coast of Jamaica in the top 3 (tied for mb) strongest storms in Atlantic history at 185mph winds and 892mb pressure. Very compact but extremely powerful storm. It is crossing the island maintaining cat5 intensity.
10 days ago
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Hurricane
#Melissa
maintaining insane strength due to deep warm ocean temps and little shear. Very cold -80c cloud tops have circled the entire storm. Still 175mph beast on track to hit Jamaica.
11 days ago
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As of 5am EDT
#Hurricane
#Melissa
is now a cat5 hurricane with 160mph sustained winds. Will cause catastrophic damage to Jamaica over the next 24 hours.
12 days ago
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Heart goes out to the folks of Jamaica and other nations threatened by hurricane
#Melissa
. Another insane run of rapid intensification fueled by human driven carbon emissions into our atmosphere. This is the new norm. Last update was cat4 -145mph. Sat imagery is looking like cat5 intensity.
12 days ago
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#Tucson
Celtic Festival & Scottish Highland Games is always a good time.
#Celticfestival
#Photography
#Celtic
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DeidShaw
16 days ago
Donβt be alarmist, they said. Roe isnβt in danger, they said. Obergefell is settled law, they said.
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Mark my words, it's a matter of time before these idiots blow up a boat full of Americans.
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15 days ago
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And this isn't an education problem. Smooth brain angry apes running around kidnapping people, perfect.
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15 days ago
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This is fucking wild. Just murdering people from a different nation with no real evidence or due process.
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16 days ago
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WTF does ICE need any of this shit for?
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17 days ago
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I might just live in a box of befuddlement, but I find it extremely wild that we live in the 21st century and sheep herders from 2000+ years ago are still defining how we imagine the world to be.
20 days ago
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Raider
20 days ago
An astonishingly large crowd! Chicago
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Always fun when the Javelina drop in for a visit.
#tucson
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20 days ago
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Morons are running the government
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22 days ago
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Nice little meteor east of Tucson tonight. π
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23 days ago
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This behavior is fundamentally anti-science.
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25 days ago
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Just watching this person drive through road closed signs and almost get swept away.
#azwx
#Tucson
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26 days ago
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Heavy rain has been hammering the E side of Tucson for a few hours now. Well over 2" in some areas. Things are getting dicey, people making dumb choices.
#azwx
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26 days ago
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No, no. They are much better spent on a $1,000,000,000,000 Defense budget.
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26 days ago
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Absolute beast heading towards my house right now. Severe warned.
#azwx
27 days ago
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Prelim mag 7.4 in the Philippines just off shore of Santiago. Easily picked up in Tucson on my
#RaspberryShake
.
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
#Earthquake
29 days ago
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Congratulations MAGA. You have put complete fucking morons in control of some of the most important and respected institutions in the country.
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29 days ago
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Playing with some macro
#photography
. Eating cactus fruit is a messy affair.
#canon
#macro
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29 days ago
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The 7 day Quantitative Precipitation Forecast for AZ is looking wild. Two tropical systems will send moisture up our way, potentially leading to some serious flooding.
#azwx
about 1 month ago
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Welcome to Trump's USA.
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about 1 month ago
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This sounds like a complete load of bullshit. They shot her and she drove herself to the hospital? These thugs are out shooting Americans now.
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about 1 month ago
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They see politics as a holy war.
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about 1 month ago
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about 1 month ago
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Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence, sure. It's also not evidence of evidence.
about 1 month ago
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4 of my best shots from monsoon 2025. Didn't get to chase as much as I wanted, but still landed a few nice ones. Official season close is Sept 30th, and southern AZ is drying out. Hopefully next year is more active.
#azwx
#monsoon
#tucson
#photography
#lightning
#stormchase
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about 1 month ago
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Some golden hour lightning in the Sonoran Desert. Enjoy!
#lightning
#monsoon
#azwx
#photography
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about 1 month ago
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National Weather Service
about 1 month ago
In Arizona and New Mexico, heavy to excessive rainfall from monsoon thunderstorms may bring isolated flooding Thursday into Sunday. The close proximity of Tropical Storm Humberto and a tropical wave (AL94) could lead to interaction between them, and details of potential impacts, are more uncertain.
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Preliminary mag 6.2
#earthquake
in Venezuela.
about 1 month ago
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Hunting space rocks while the city sleeps.
about 1 month ago
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As usual, John Oliver is on the case. Disgusting things happening right now and Disney is letting the constitution burn.
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Jimmy Kimmel & the FCC: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohPToBog_-g
about 2 months ago
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It's busy out there. We live in a shooting gallery, just lucky we are a small moving target. π
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about 2 months ago
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Always fun when the big kitties pay us a visit.
about 2 months ago
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Few more of the best lightning strikes from yesterday's storms around
#Tucson
AZ. That day made up for most of the frustrating chases of the year. Enjoy!
#azwx
#photography
#lightning
#monsoon
#monsoon2025
#arizona
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about 2 months ago
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These are rough times for sure, but 'tis just a season. You could remove all memory of every religion and they'd come back 100 different ways. You can tear science down 100 times, and it will always come back the same way.
about 2 months ago
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Everyone canceling their Disney Plus should be immediately subscribing to PBS Passport. Much better programming anyway.
help.pbs.org/support/solu...
#PBS
#Disneyplus
#Disney+
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Getting started with PBS Passport
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about 2 months ago
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