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   StillIRise1963 (stillirise1963@mastodon.world)'s status on Thursday, 22-Jan-2026 08:44:17 JST StillIRise1963

   "Gladys West, the mathematician and technologist whose work was key to the creation of the Global Positioning System (GPS), has died at the age of 95. She passed away on Saturday, January 17.”

   BET YOU DIDN’T KNOW A BLACK WOMAN INVENTED THE GPS YOU USE TO FIND YOUR WAY HOME.

   https://thegrio.com/2026/01/20/mathematician-gladys-west-whose-models-led-to-the-invention-of-gps-dies-at-95/