Opens profile photo
Follow
David Gilson
@davidgilson
Self Employed 3D modeller. Former Tech & Bitcoin Journalist. Survived #MECFS. MPhys & MSc . Husband to . #FPV quadcopter pilot.
Yorkshire and Nova Scotiadavidgilson.co.ukJoined November 2007

David Gilson’s Tweets

Hopefully Russia is welcome back to joint operations when it comes to its collective senses, stops warmongering and Geneva Convention breaking, and has new leadership.
Quote Tweet
BREAKING: Russia will opt out of the International Space Station after 2024 and focus on building its own orbiting outpost, the country's newly appointed space chief said. apnews.com/article/russia

Topics to follow

Sign up to get Tweets about the Topics you follow in your Home timeline.

Carousel

This is THE best analysis of the #JWST image I've seen so far. Thank you
Quote Tweet
Here's a 1-minute video showing--in the words of visualization hero @EdwardTufte--the "compared to what" factor for today's amazing @NASAWebb image. Thanks to the @WWTelescope for making this possible, and @ADavidWeigel. I only wish @NASA and @POTUS had shown the image this way! twitter.com/ADavidWeigel/s…
Show this thread
Embedded video
1:14
1.5M views
1
1
Here's a 1-minute video showing--in the words of visualization hero --the "compared to what" factor for today's amazing image. Thanks to the for making this possible, and . I only wish and had shown the image this way!
Embedded video
1:14
1.5M views
Quote Tweet
Replying to @AlyssaAGoodman and @NASAWebb
And you can zoom on the first one (SMACS 0723) interactively here in @WWTelescope: web.wwtassets.org/specials/2022/
362
22K
Show this thread
Forced birth in a country with: —No universal healthcare —No universal childcare —No paid family & medical leave —One of the highest rates of maternal mortality among rich nations This isn't about "life." It's about control.
8,400
427.7K
Back in the days when I wrote about tech, headlines needed to make sense (right ?). These days, I strongly feel like headlines just read like word salad, and actual communication of the topic is secondary to what I can only guess is desperate attempt at SEO.
Dear Americans, can you please explain why your conservatives feel that it's okay to have easy access to firearms but it's not okay to have an abortion. I can't reconcile these two positions.
1
I'll forever be grateful for, and proud of, my time with the All About sites. I learned from the best
Quote Tweet
We had a good 20 year run... allaboutmobile.com/news/item/2452 allaboutwindowsphone.com/news/item/2452 allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/2452 8-) @rafeblandford @Ewan @davidgilson
2
If you criticise this, you get lambasted for religious intolerance, but imagine they were performing something else, when you're all stuck in a plane for hours isn't this just ... rude? Also, how are the flight attendants meant to get around?
Quote Tweet
Imagine you get on a plane and you have to listen to this
Embedded video
0:19
37.7M views
1
1
"My family went from segregation to the Supreme Court in one generation," Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson says at the White House. "I am the dream and hope of the slave," she adds, quoting Maya Angelou.
Embedded video
2:24
1.4M views
1,257
49.8K