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Tony Rice

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InfoSec data scientist by day, @NASAJPL Ambassador, contributor to @WRAL & @WeatherBrains on space topics by night. Supporter of Oxford commas & ISO8601 dates.

Raleigh, NC, USA
Joined September 2008
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@tony873004 Come on Tony... how rare? You know you want to calculate it.
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RT @DurhamBulls: “Your shower shoes have fungus on them. You’ll never make it to the bigs with fungus on your shower shoes. Think classy an…
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@WeatherAubs I miss Up With People
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IATA compliant #SuperBowlLIX Fox box
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RT @JohnMoralesTV: Mars, Jupiter, Venus, and Saturn are visible each evening through mid Feb. No telescope required! (via @rtphokie) https:…
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Four planets line up in the evening sky through mid-February. It's not a "planetary alignment" it's way cooler. Read more at #wral
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The Moon will slide in front of Mars Monday night creating a #lunaroccultation. You'll be amazed by how fast it happens and it's a good opportunity to look for some of the Moon's features visible with the naked eye. Read more at #wral
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Comet C/2024 G3 is approaching the Sun and could be visible after sunset midweek. It just entered the field of view of the SOHO spacecraft. read more at #wral
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I never pass up a chance to talk about space, especially inside a 1/100,000th scale model of the Earth.
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Great talk today with @NASASolarSystem @NASAJPL Ambassador and TV contributor @rtphokie! Tony covers not just how to view Auroras, but also the science behind them, space weather and its affect on our daily lives. It's archived at the same YouTube link 👇 @wral
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This bill was introduced in 2018, 2019, 2021, and 2023 and died in committee or in the House each time. It is not “new”
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BREAKING: New legislation has been introduced to make daylight saving time permanent, ensuring that clocks will never ‘fall back’ again.
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RT @NWSSWPC: The anticipated CME that launched from the Sun on 29 Dec has arrived! The shock arrival at the leading edge of the CME arrived…
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I've filed an FBI report , a complaint with the domain registrar (domains beginning com- are up to no good, registrars know it but don't care), and contacted the legal dept of the chain listed as the domain's business contact (probably fake but the company should know)
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Some ideas on how to make the most of the telescope Santa left under your tree at #wral
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The JP-8 gets swapped out for hot chocolate by the USAF for one very special mission each year
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The Parker Solar Probe cross the 3 yard line this morning, read why that matters at #wral
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The first night of Hanukkah and Christmas overlap for the first time in a generation because of misalignment between the lunar-solar Hebrew and solar Gregorian calendars. Read more at #wral including the "year without a Hanukkah"
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You need to hear Blue Christmas sung by an Elvis impersonator in a Reggae band.
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The #Solstice on Saturday brings both the longest and shortest day of the year, read why at #wral
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