Darrel

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Darrel

Darrel

@Darrel620

#FBA , Black American All DAY! 5th acct after suspension

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Undiscovered History
Undiscovered History@HistoryUnd·
A young woman posing for a studio portrait, Kentucky, 1890-1910.
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New York Post
New York Post@nypost·
California doctor who billed $35M in hospice care has billing license revoked trib.al/9XAxRKc
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Dr. M.F. Khan
Dr. M.F. Khan@Dr_TheHistories·
In 1930, rural Virginia, a Black girl born into sharecropping poverty wasn't supposed to leave the tobacco fields. But Gladys Mae Brown had other plans.... Her hands picked crops. Her mind solved equations no one asked her to solve. Her parents, despite barely scraping by, made a choice that defied every expectation placed on them. They kept her in school. She became valedictorian at a segregated high school with torn textbooks and broken windows. She earned a scholarship to Virginia State College in an era when being Black, female, and intellectually brilliant meant the world tried to crush you three different ways. In 1956, she walked through the doors of the Naval Proving Ground in Dahlgren as the second Black woman they'd ever hired. Four Black employees. Hundreds of white men. Most didn't think she'd survive the week. They were catastrophically wrong. Gladys calculated weapons trajectories by hand. Complex differential equations that consumed hours of meticulous work. Her accuracy became legendary. When computers arrived, she didn't resist the future. She learned Fortran. She mastered programming languages. She transformed weeks of calculations into hours. Then came Seasat in the 1970s. The first satellite studying Earth's oceans from orbit. She became project manager. But her true contribution remained hidden in the mathematics. For GPS to function, you need Earth's exact shape. Not close. Exact. Earth isn't a smooth sphere. It's an asymmetrical, gravity-distorted, irregular mass of mountains and ocean trenches. Gladys spent years constructing mathematical models describing every deviation, every curve, every gravitational anomaly of our planet's true form. She analyzed satellite data. She built geoid models. Tedious, invisible, revolutionary work. That mathematics became the foundation of GPS. Every navigation app. Every emergency rescue. Every autonomous vehicle. Every precision farming system. Her equations make it possible. Forty-two years at Dahlgren. Retirement in 1998. GPS fully operational worldwide. Billions of users. Almost nobody knew her name. She raised three children. Earned her PhD at seventy after surviving a stroke. Lived quietly. Until 2018, when someone at a sorority event read her biography aloud. The room went silent. The story exploded. At eighty-eight, Gladys West was inducted into the Air Force Space and Missile Pioneers Hall of Fame. The world finally learned her name. She mapped the entire planet. Then everyone forgot. Until they remembered. Gladys West worked alongside her husband Ira West, who was also a mathematician at the Naval Proving Ground. They met at Dahlgren and built both a family and parallel careers in an environment that actively discriminated against them. After retirement, she didn't stop. She earned her PhD from Virginia Tech at age 70, proving that intellectual curiosity doesn't have an expiration date. The GPS system relies on something called the geoid, a mathematical model of Earth's shape that accounts for gravitational variations. Gladys West's calculations helped create these models by analyzing millions of data points from satellite altimetry. Without accurate geoid models, GPS coordinates would be off by hundreds of meters, making the technology essentially useless. Her story remained hidden partly because classified military work doesn't generate headlines. Many pioneers of satellite and navigation technology worked in obscurity for national security reasons. The sorority member who recognized her contribution was reading through Alpha Kappa Alpha biographies when she noticed the GPS connection and brought it to public attention. © Women Stories #drthehistories
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Ian Ayler
Ian Ayler@Nai1216·
This Is A Retweet: Find Her: Delayja Michelle Stewart
DC Police Department@DCPoliceDept

Critical #MissingPerson 14-year-old Delayja Michelle Stewart who was last seen in the 1000 block of Maryland Avenue, Northeast, on Monday, March 30, 2026. This incident was reported on March 31, 2026. Have info? Call 202-727-9099 or text 50411.

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i Report Racism & Child Crimes
🚨🚨BREAKING: Megachurch Pastor Robert Morris who pled guilty to R*PING a 12-year-old girl… released from jail after only serving 6 Months.
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Homeland Security
LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY: We are asking authorities to NOT RELEASE a criminal illegal alien who KIDNAPPED AND RAPED a child. On March 29, 2026, ICE requested the Fayette County Jail not release Jorge Luis Martinez-Ulloa, a Honduran National accused of kidnapping, rape of a child under the age of 12, sodomy of a minor, assault, and strangulation. Martinez-Ulloa kidnapped the child and trapped her in an apartment where he is accused of grabbing her by her neck and raping her. This child predator should have NEVER been in our country, but illegally entered our nation 4 TIMES under the Obama and Biden administrations. He entered a fifth time at an unknown date. Thankfully, Lexington cooperates with ICE, so this pedophile will NOT be released from jail back into our communities. We need more cities and states to cooperate with us and help remove sick monsters like this from our nation.
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Tariq Nasheed 🇺🇸
Tariq Nasheed 🇺🇸@tariqnasheed·
Even the dog is like, “look at this ponk”
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AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY
AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY@AfricanArchives·
In 1969, the Black Panthers launched free breakfast programs across the US, feeding thousands of kids before school. The FBI called it a threat. In some cities, police raided kitchens, smashed food, and urinated on supplies to shut them down.
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i Report Racism & Child Crimes
🚨BREAKING: Allegedly a Group of white girls deliberately provoked this Black man by calling him the n-word on purpose to make him react. They already had the gun loaded and ready the second he responded they opened fire trying to k*ll him. One of them was caught on audio saying “I should pop this n*gga.” THOUGHTS?
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Mark Carter
Mark Carter@KingMarkCarter·
SHARE PLEASE
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SKI
SKI@skiistiredasf·
White Cop Who K1lled Sonya Massey, Black Mom Who Called 911 for Help, Gets 20 Years in Prison
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Creole Louisiana 🇺🇸
Once enslaved, Oscar Dunn was the 1st Black American Lt. Governor of Louisiana in 1868‼️ He advocated for equality for the millions of Black Americans freed by the 13th Amendment after the Civil War & later for equal protection of the laws under the 14th Amendment‼️🧐
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Baltimore County Police Department
#MISSING 16-year-old Nicole Weir (5'9" approx. 200 lbs.) Last seen in the Lutherville area on 03/27/2026. Clothing description unknown. If located, please contact 410-887-8922 or 911.
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‼️White Tourist Faces 10 Years In Jail For S*xually Assaulting a Minor At a Convenience Store 📍Bangkok | Thailand STATS ARE CORRECT, EVEN OVERSEAS.
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Shabazzz
Shabazzz@black11up·
@Darrel620 @saschitt @RoyIsThaTruth U got all that from "u triggered" 🤣 cause I don't fuck w a over the hill 304?! Why you so emotional over that old man? Menopause must be setting in huh?!
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King Roy
King Roy@RoyIsThaTruth·
Gym really transforms people. She’s in her 50s 🔥
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