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Wilson da Silva
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Science journalist | Co-founder, COSMOS magazine | Former President, World Federation of Science Journalists | www.wilsondasilva.com Sydney, Australia 🌏 🇵🇹🇧🇷
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Wilson da Silva @wilsondasilva.bsky.social · Jul 2
Beautiful requiem to the passing of my beloved creation, COSMOS magazine, by the indomitable @jacksonwryan.com in The Monthly. It's been 20 years since its founding, but it too has surrendered to gravity. Ironically, COSMOS is outlived in the depths of space.
www.themonthly.com.au/july-2025/na...
Into the void
The end of Cosmos after 20 years is a blow to Australian science journalism, at a time when we desperately need its insights to counter misinformation
www.themonthly.com.au
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Wilson da Silva @wilsondasilva.bsky.social · 7d
Remarkable scenes at the IAC 2025 press conference with 10 astronauts from around the world. The room was overwhelmed by a diverse sea of young faces who hung on almost every word. It’s the generation that will live and work in space, and they can’t wait.
#IAC2025 #space #astronauts
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Wilson da Silva @wilsondasilva.bsky.social · 8d
Delightful to catch up with Sophia Casanova, whom I profiled in a feature for Australian Geographic in 2020. She was then a UNSW PhD student on space mining. Now, she's designing missions to prospect for, and mine, water ice on the Moon at ispace Europe! Go Sophia!
#IAC2025 #space
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Wilson da Silva @wilsondasilva.bsky.social · 9d
Having a blast at my first International Astronautical Congress. Plenty of opportunity for maximum space geek out. Per passionem ad astra.
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Wilson da Silva @wilsondasilva.bsky.social · 10d
Sometimes you forget that Sydney is a very pretty city.
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Wilson da Silva @wilsondasilva.bsky.social · 14d
Just a reminder: Science save lives 😊
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Wilson da Silva @wilsondasilva.bsky.social · 14d
Interesting: “It’s no longer about left & right, it’s about online & offline. The greatest division is now between those of us who have become radicalised online …and those of us who continue to cling to the old ways of doing politics, which still prize moderation, compromise & consensus-building.”
Left or right, the real source of extremism is right in front of our faces
America’s epidemic of radicalisation and political violence should be a wake-up call for Australia to address the disastrous impact of the growing online-offline divide.
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Wilson da Silva @wilsondasilva.bsky.social · 15d
A friend just made a hilarious quip: "Philip K. Dick to Aisle Two" 😆
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Wilson da Silva @wilsondasilva.bsky.social · 15d
You just don’t expect random philosophical questions at the supermarket.
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Wilson da Silva @wilsondasilva.bsky.social · 16d
If you're in Sydney Oct 16: Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell, discoverer of the first radio pulsars in 1967, will be giving the 2025 Stibbs Lecture at the University of Sydney, recalling the chain of events that led to her discovery.
www.sydney.edu.au/science/news...
Stibbs Lecture
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Wilson da Silva @wilsondasilva.bsky.social · 19d
Timorese went through very dark times after the 1975 Indonesian invasion, their plight ignored by the world for decades. It took the strength of a new generation, unwilling to yield, to rekindle the struggle for independence. And ultimately win.

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MAGAZINE | Generations of Resistance
THE AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW MAGAZINE With new blood revitalising the East Timorese indepndence movement, Jakarta has little hope of pacifying the unwilling 27th province of Indonesia. By Wilson da...
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Wilson da Silva @wilsondasilva.bsky.social · 19d
Nicely said!
Performative Christianity a mile wide and a millimetre deep. No capability for introspection, but quick to cast the first stone. Just the kind of person the man from Nazareth would’ve wanted in his flock.
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Wilson da Silva @wilsondasilva.bsky.social · 19d
He treaded paths few freelancers dared to go, myself included. One couldn’t help but be impressed by his drive to bear witness for the powerless and call out the powerful. But he was also just a nice guy with a wicked sense of humour. Wish I’d made an effort to stay in touch after those Timor days.
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Wilson da Silva @wilsondasilva.bsky.social · 22d
Very sad to hear of the passing of John Manrtinus, a foreign correspondent par excellence. A lucid and impassioned journalist committed to the craft and to telling stories the world ignored. Recall fondly the many delightful conversations we had over beers in East Timor.
‘He went where others weren’t’: War correspondent John Martinkus dies
The Melbourne-born war correspondent made his name reporting on East Timor.
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Wilson da Silva @wilsondasilva.bsky.social · Sep 8
On this day 39 years ago, I began my career as a journalist on The Sydney Morning Herald. It gave me a taste for big-city newspaper journalism, its proud traditions and odd quirks. I met outstanding colleagues and had some fabulous experiences. Thank you, @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
#journalism
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Wilson da Silva @wilsondasilva.bsky.social · Aug 25
Here’s an idea: any company that can afford to pay a CEO more than 30 times as much as the average full-time worker, needs to pay a higher tax rate.
How much more do CEOs earn than you? Most Australians get it wrong
Asked how much top executives rake in, we are “astronomically off the mark”, a new study shows.
www.smh.com.au
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Wilson da Silva @wilsondasilva.bsky.social · Jul 30
How to protect yourself in the zombie apocalypse.
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Wilson da Silva @wilsondasilva.bsky.social · Jul 18
Highly-advanced stealth technology update.
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Wilson da Silva @wilsondasilva.bsky.social · Jul 3
It is Katie. We’re gonna have to rely on scientists who are wonderful communicators, like you, to carry the torch!
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Wilson da Silva @wilsondasilva.bsky.social · Jul 3
I seem to recall you once applied for a job at deputy editor. That would’ve been a blast to have you involved. Sadly, that time has now passed.
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Wilson da Silva @wilsondasilva.bsky.social · Jul 2
Beautiful requiem to the passing of my beloved creation, COSMOS magazine, by the indomitable @jacksonwryan.com in The Monthly. It's been 20 years since its founding, but it too has surrendered to gravity. Ironically, COSMOS is outlived in the depths of space.
www.themonthly.com.au/july-2025/na...
Into the void
The end of Cosmos after 20 years is a blow to Australian science journalism, at a time when we desperately need its insights to counter misinformation
www.themonthly.com.au
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Wilson da Silva @wilsondasilva.bsky.social · Jul 1
Who would have thought?
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Wilson da Silva @wilsondasilva.bsky.social · Jun 1
How global online scammers in Myanmar rely on Starlink for their operations.
#scammers #Starlink #Musk
How Elon Musk’s Starlink enables a multibillion-dollar online scam industry
Looking across the Moei River from Thailand, you can see them on the distant Myanmar rooftops – dozens of white rectangles, arranged in clusters. They’re a warning sign for what could be lurking under...
www.smh.com.au
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