Jacq

Credit Professional (ACICM), Volunteer CodeClubUk & Adult Digital Inclusion Champion; Gardening & Outdoor enthusiast!

[Jacq @jbingare]

@segalink 😄

[Black Journals @blackJournals01]

Every time your phone tells you where you are, it is using a mathematical model of the shape of the Earth.

A Black woman from rural Virginia spent decades building that model by hand, and almost nobody knew her name until she was in her eighties.

Gladys West. She grew up in a sharecropping family in Dinwiddie County and understood early that the alternatives were the tobacco fields or the factory. She finished top of her high school class, which came with a scholarship, and took it.

Her work was satellite geodesy: taking the raw data coming down from orbit and using it to compute, correction by correction, the true irregular shape of the Earth. Not a sphere. Not even a neat ellipsoid. A lumpy thing with gravitational highs and lows.

That model is the foundation the Global Positioning System sits on. You cannot locate a point on a surface until you know precisely what the surface is.

She did this for decades, largely unremarked, and retired in 1998.

She was recognised in 2018, when her sorority mentioned her biography at a function and someone realised what was in it.

The Air Force inducted her into its Space and Missile Pioneers Hall of Fame. She earned a PhD in her seventies.

[Wawira Njiru @wawiranjiru]

Proud to receive the @DVF award in Venice this week alongside incredible women: PM @miaamormottley, @Janefonda, @lynseyaddario and Gisèle Pelicot.

14 years+ of building @Food4Education, I’m proud of the impact we are having #Feedingthefuture of Africa 🌍

Onwards and upwards 🚀

[Dullah_theKing🎧 @DullahTheking2]

Behind every great chapter was a partnership built on trust, sacrifice, and unwavering support....

Barack and Michelle Obama...🙌🏽

📷

[HM Revenue & Customs @HMRCgovuk]

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[Jacq @jbingare]

@hannahapexfit I often thought the same thank you for sharing your process .. can’t wait to start ..

[WithoutHistory @WithoutHistory]

African inventor makes biodegradable plastic using an invasive plant. In the process, he reduces malaria and provides green jobs for the community.

[Tansu Yegen @TansuYegen]

Fast skilled hands turn a simple lump of gray clay into a detailed human face on a wooden table with quick shaping and pressing ✋

[Kristie Leong M.D. @DrKristieLeong]

Study: Physical activity is 1.5 times more effective than counseling or the leading medications for managing #depression, anxiety, and distress.

All forms of #exercise are effective, including yoga, Pilates, aerobic, and resistance training.

It would be an oversimplification to say that exercise cures a complex issue like depression, but it can be an important add-on therapy. So, remember, all movement counts!

Source:

Exercise more effective than medicines to manage mental health, study shows. ScienceDaily. Published 2023. Accessed March 7, 2026.

‌ #ExerciseIsMedicine
#MovementForMentalHealth

[Jacq @jbingare]

@bonifacemwangi Oh my goodness - this makes me so sad 😢😢

[Jacq @jbingare]

@GroundworkLON would you accept HM Land Registry as official proof of ownership for the OSA scheme small grant application £500-2000 To meet the eligibility criteria?

[Business Daily @BD_Africa]

Why women in their 40s must squat, push up and lift weights
https://t.co/URZnh0ZvdJ

[Kristie Leong M.D. @DrKristieLeong]

Your environment is shaping you more than your intentions ever will
A study shows that habits form when we attach repeated actions onto familiar situations—your kitchen, your commute, your evening routine.

Change the cue, and the behavior often changes with it. What’s one environment you could tweak to make a healthy habit easier?

Your Brain Is on Autopilot Two-Thirds of the Day, New Research Reveals. SciTechDaily. Published January 13, 2026. Accessed January 28, 2026.

#HabitScience
#BrainScience

[This Is Africa @ThisIsAfricaTIA]

Such amazing wisdom from a young African in the diaspora! Many Africans need to hear this! 🔥

[Muscle Tech @wellnezzCore]

7 foods that help your body fight CANCER cells

[Jacq @jbingare]

@GroundworkLON I have been a beneficiary of this award in 2018 - and would do it again - for the impact it has on greening community spaces!

[Groundwork London @GroundworkLON]

Applications for #OurSpaceAward 2026 opened this week!

Apply for an #OurSpaceAward grant and secure up to £5,000 to transform your park, school grounds woodland, or any community area into a greener, more vibrant place.

Find more details 👉 https://t.co/LY44q1D7FJ

#nature

[Jacq @jbingare]

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[Jacq @jbingare]

@TansuYegen 6

[Grinchjr2000 @grinchjr2000]

@AmericanAir @Minne_miraaa Worst customer service of the big 3. Always fly Delta when you’re able to.