Sue Nelson
@ScienceNelson
Followers
7K
Following
19K
Media
6K
Statuses
37K
Science journalist Boffin Media. Wrote @WallyFunksSpace Host @SpaceBoffins Former BBC science correspondent. Pro science/sci-fi/feminism. Late ASC. Views own.
UK
Joined November 2008
Ok. It’s out there. Yes. I am that old. Autism: I was diagnosed at 60 - BBC Future
bbc.com
The onset of the coronavirus pandemic took its toll on journalist Sue Nelson. Exhausted by covering the crisis, she received a life-changing diagnosis at 60 – she was autistic.
66
55
380
This may have been the moment when @astro_timpeake decided to issue a restraining order… #GlobalSpaceAwards
1
1
7
Seventy years after John von Neumann’s essay “Can We Survive Technology?”, the questions he posed feel more urgent than ever. On Thursday 4 December, I'm chairing an expert panel discussion at the Hungarian Embassy in London on what that essay means to us now. You're invited!
6
8
49
#Newsnight’s nominated for Best News Programme at the Broadcast Awards It’s for our special dedicated to hearing survivors of grooming and rape gangs in their own words
24
32
173
This point of view implies (mistakenly I hope) that if the president was extremely handsome then telling a journalist ‘quiet piggy’ would be ok.…
After Trump hurled a “piggy” insult at a reporter, a viral zoom-in on his eyes had folks reminding him he’s in no position to judge anybody’s looks. https://t.co/q4y6OBxFrT
0
0
2
There’s something wrong with society when the response to this achievement is anything but congratulations.
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
0
1
4
Yesterday I was honoured to gather with other survivors, professionals, experts, MPS and others in Westminster to ask why we are 3 years on from the #IICSA inquiry and not one of the 20 recommendations has been implemented. This is a public health emergency. And a disgrace.
0
3
8
We like the room names and style at @astrobotic Hear all about their new Griffin lunar lander on our latest podcast.
0
2
6
Listening to PM on @BBCRadio4 about the BBC’s current woes and former BBC Trust chairman Chris Patten likened the situation to the quote: “Infamy. Infamy. They’ve all got it in for me.” He not only got the phrasing wrong but wrongly attributed it to Frankie Howard…Oh dear.
0
0
0
Me: washing machine, please wash these sports socks. Washing machine: Sure! This cycle takes 59 minutes. 2 hours later: Washing machine: well I didn't specify *which* 59 minutes. But only 1 minute remaining! 20 minutes later: Washing machine: I'm waiting for the right minute.
3
5
14
I just received a work email. Within 30 seconds I’d read and replied to it, while sitting completely still. In true British fashion, this caused me to exclaim, “gosh, it’s all go today!” Might need a tea break now actually.
26
58
1K
#TheWinter10 for this week’s #WildflowerHour. Harebell, ragwort, pheasant berry (naturalised), ivy, burnet rose, cats-ear, gorse, lesser periwinkle (naturalised), red valerian, dandelion. Surprising to find harebells and burnet roses in bloom here so late in the year.
4
7
43
Spent a lovely day visiting my daughter so my #wildflowerhour finds this week are from the Rodley nature reserve in Leeds. Fourteen spotted in flower for this week’s #thewinter10! Also lovely to see Nettle-leaved Bellflower, one which had escaped me until now 😀 Names below ⬇️
5
5
58
Some offerings from Norwich this morning (after a night dancing to Heaven 17)….not seen black nightshade or shepherd’s purse in a while and they’re everywhere along the riverside. Lovely…. #wildflowerhour
0
4
22
Lovely to meet artist Eva Dixon at the opening of her small, quirky and fun Mercury 13 exhibition at WIP Space studio, Wandsworth, London last night. Delighted to know that @WallyFunksSpace helped inspire it. Honoured. Open until Dec 11th and free admission.
0
2
8
This was my feeling yesterday evening after an autism within the arts workshop. Not slept well as a result because my brain has been buzzing all night after realising I experienced so many common traits as a child… that were never picked up.
1
0
3
No nuts. No deal.
0
0
3
A short walk today and far more sightings than I expected for #wildflowerhour… which was lovely.
1
2
27
Interviewing Carole-Anne was an eye opener. This is the side of surrogacy that never makes the glossy magazines or reality shows. Surrogacy scandal: I helped a ‘desperate’ couple have a child, but they sold my baby to someone else
27
382
959