Ben Wildeboer
@willyb.bsky.social
I teach science and I like it.
9th grade Physics and AP Physics 1.
@WillyB in the bird app.
#modphys #iteachphysics
9th grade Physics and AP Physics 1.
@WillyB in the bird app.
#modphys #iteachphysics
Seems about right!
(Though closer to the Brazilian Fortnite Community than I'd have predicted)
(Though closer to the Brazilian Fortnite Community than I'd have predicted)
February 10, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Seems about right!
(Though closer to the Brazilian Fortnite Community than I'd have predicted)
(Though closer to the Brazilian Fortnite Community than I'd have predicted)
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10/10 amazing. please go be silly
February 9, 2026 at 11:24 PM
10/10 amazing. please go be silly
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Disturbingly detailed analysis of my first rewatch incoming
February 9, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Disturbingly detailed analysis of my first rewatch incoming
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OK "god bless america" and then naming every country in the americas from south to north is absolute king shit
February 9, 2026 at 1:33 AM
OK "god bless america" and then naming every country in the americas from south to north is absolute king shit
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Beautiful thread from my ride-or-die @charliejane.bsky.social about the organization that our @humblebundle.com is benefitting. Buy some books (cheap!!) and help the amazing Miss Major Alexander Lee Black Trans Cultural Center!
I'm stoked that the Humble Bundle of my and @annaleen.bsky.social's books from Tor has raised nearly $5000 for the TGI Justice Project and Miss Major/Alexander Lee Black Trans Cultural Center.
www.humblebundle.com/books/charli...
Let me tell you about when I went to the TGIJP's anniversary party
www.humblebundle.com/books/charli...
Let me tell you about when I went to the TGIJP's anniversary party
Humble Book Bundle: Charlie Jane Anders & Annalee Newitz by TOR
Don’t miss this bundle of novels and story collections from acclaimed authors Charlie Jane Anders and Annalee Newitz! Pay what you want and support charity!
www.humblebundle.com
February 8, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Beautiful thread from my ride-or-die @charliejane.bsky.social about the organization that our @humblebundle.com is benefitting. Buy some books (cheap!!) and help the amazing Miss Major Alexander Lee Black Trans Cultural Center!
See! AI isn't killing jobs! It's making them! You too could rent your meat sack to an AI for stablecoin!
More and more I feel science fiction missed how funny the robot apocalypse would be www.rentahuman.ai
RentAHuman.ai - AI Agents Hire Humans for Physical Tasks
The marketplace where AI agents rent humans. MCP integration, REST API, flexible payments. Book humans for real-world tasks your AI can't do.
www.rentahuman.ai
February 4, 2026 at 3:55 AM
See! AI isn't killing jobs! It's making them! You too could rent your meat sack to an AI for stablecoin!
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⚛️🧪🎢👩🔬
Out now in @natphys.nature.com "The undervaluing of elite women in physics", with @weihuali.bsky.social and H Zheng, we show how election into prestigious academic societies has markedly different effects on the research prominence of women and men physicists /1
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
February 2, 2026 at 11:32 PM
⚛️🧪🎢👩🔬
Tell me five classes you took in college:
Geomorphology
New Games
Structural Geology
Philosophy of Education
Planets, Stars, and Galaxies
Geomorphology
New Games
Structural Geology
Philosophy of Education
Planets, Stars, and Galaxies
Tell me five classes you took in college:
Quantum Mechanics
World Religions
Science Fiction
Organic Chemistry
Acting 1
Quantum Mechanics
World Religions
Science Fiction
Organic Chemistry
Acting 1
Tell me five classes you took in college:
Creation Myths
Advanced Physical Chemistry
Agony in Stony Places
Intro to the Gothic Language
Advanced Musical Skills
Creation Myths
Advanced Physical Chemistry
Agony in Stony Places
Intro to the Gothic Language
Advanced Musical Skills
January 31, 2026 at 4:35 AM
Tell me five classes you took in college:
Geomorphology
New Games
Structural Geology
Philosophy of Education
Planets, Stars, and Galaxies
Geomorphology
New Games
Structural Geology
Philosophy of Education
Planets, Stars, and Galaxies
While not a Goth Girl per se, I might have to get one of these...
I was gonna hold off on releasing these shirts, BUT they are sick as hell & I wanted to show you.
Imagine a world... in which Goth Girls Gardened...
GASP! You're living in that world RIGHT NOW.
Bring the Goth into Gardening at SquidFacts.net
Designed by the amazing @seaofdoom.bsky.social
Imagine a world... in which Goth Girls Gardened...
GASP! You're living in that world RIGHT NOW.
Bring the Goth into Gardening at SquidFacts.net
Designed by the amazing @seaofdoom.bsky.social
January 28, 2026 at 11:27 PM
While not a Goth Girl per se, I might have to get one of these...
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I've updated my document that tackles four of the common arguments used to encourage teachers to use AI.
I hope this will be helpful to those educators wanting to push back on AI mania.
I hope this will be helpful to those educators wanting to push back on AI mania.
Resisting School AI Mania Help Sheet
Help Sheet: Resisting AI Mania in Schools K-12 educators are under increasing pressure to use—and have students use—a wide range of AI tools. (The term “AI” is used loosely here, just as it is by man...
docs.google.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Nice short & sweet clip with clear visuals on N3L force pairs - identifying them is always tricky for my freshmen, so glad to add this to help reinforce the concept. #ITeachPhysics
NEW Short! - Newton’s Third Law Force Pairs Act on Different Objects
Check it out, eh! youtube.com/shorts/rMA5t...
#NewtonsThirdLaw #ForcePair #FreeBodyDiagram #stem #iTeachPhysics
Check it out, eh! youtube.com/shorts/rMA5t...
#NewtonsThirdLaw #ForcePair #FreeBodyDiagram #stem #iTeachPhysics
Newton’s Third Law Force Pairs Act on Different Objects
YouTube video by Flipping Physics
youtube.com
January 26, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Nice short & sweet clip with clear visuals on N3L force pairs - identifying them is always tricky for my freshmen, so glad to add this to help reinforce the concept. #ITeachPhysics
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Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
January 25, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
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From a friend in Minneapolis, just now:
January 23, 2026 at 9:35 PM
From a friend in Minneapolis, just now:
No school due to cold today, and I've enjoyed an afternoon beer, but too late I realize I was overdressed.
January 23, 2026 at 8:54 PM
No school due to cold today, and I've enjoyed an afternoon beer, but too late I realize I was overdressed.
I'm glad to see some publicity of faith leaders protesting. I think it's an ahistorical mistake to try to cram Jesus into right or left bucket, there's little doubt Jesus would NOT be on the side of those persecuting the "foreigners within our gates."
Arrests calmly ongoing.
This is going to take a while. There are a lot of clergy risking arrest.
This is going to take a while. There are a lot of clergy risking arrest.
January 23, 2026 at 8:48 PM
I'm glad to see some publicity of faith leaders protesting. I think it's an ahistorical mistake to try to cram Jesus into right or left bucket, there's little doubt Jesus would NOT be on the side of those persecuting the "foreigners within our gates."
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Running off to work on a story.
In the meantime:
Religious left: still a thing.
In the meantime:
Religious left: still a thing.
Arrests calmly ongoing.
This is going to take a while. There are a lot of clergy risking arrest.
This is going to take a while. There are a lot of clergy risking arrest.
January 23, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Running off to work on a story.
In the meantime:
Religious left: still a thing.
In the meantime:
Religious left: still a thing.
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welcome to my Bluesky account
January 21, 2026 at 12:40 PM
welcome to my Bluesky account
Umm...those predictions for next Friday and Saturday can't be right...right?!! 😬🥶
January 18, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Umm...those predictions for next Friday and Saturday can't be right...right?!! 😬🥶
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wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
January 15, 2026 at 1:47 PM
wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
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I had to look up Lizardman's Constant: the 4% of people who will tell a pollster lizard people are taking over the world, ie the minimum answer you will get for even the most absurd question.
"Do you think it would be a good idea or a bad idea for the U.S. to use military force to take possession of Greenland from Denmark?"
Good idea: 4%
Bad idea: 71%
(Ipsos)
4%. He did it. He finally hit Lizardman's Constant.
Good idea: 4%
Bad idea: 71%
(Ipsos)
4%. He did it. He finally hit Lizardman's Constant.
January 14, 2026 at 7:19 PM
I had to look up Lizardman's Constant: the 4% of people who will tell a pollster lizard people are taking over the world, ie the minimum answer you will get for even the most absurd question.
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So, if I'm reading this right:
4 prosecutors at the Dept of Justice Civil Rights division quit because the Trump-appointed leadership won't investigate Good's killer,
and
6 from the Minnesota US Attorney's office quit when they were told instead to investigate her widow.
(HT @benjaminkabak.com)
4 prosecutors at the Dept of Justice Civil Rights division quit because the Trump-appointed leadership won't investigate Good's killer,
and
6 from the Minnesota US Attorney's office quit when they were told instead to investigate her widow.
(HT @benjaminkabak.com)
Federal prosecutors quit in protest over lack of investigation into ICE shooting
Six lawyers from US attorney’s office in Minnesota quit along with four leaders of DoJ’s civil rights division
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:35 PM
So, if I'm reading this right:
4 prosecutors at the Dept of Justice Civil Rights division quit because the Trump-appointed leadership won't investigate Good's killer,
and
6 from the Minnesota US Attorney's office quit when they were told instead to investigate her widow.
(HT @benjaminkabak.com)
4 prosecutors at the Dept of Justice Civil Rights division quit because the Trump-appointed leadership won't investigate Good's killer,
and
6 from the Minnesota US Attorney's office quit when they were told instead to investigate her widow.
(HT @benjaminkabak.com)
Posted by a local school district (not mine).
"Preparing students for an AI Workforce"
"committed to preparing students for an AI driven future"
What are we doing here? This doesn't sound like they're critically considering the negative impacts on learning, socialization, the environment, etc.
"Preparing students for an AI Workforce"
"committed to preparing students for an AI driven future"
What are we doing here? This doesn't sound like they're critically considering the negative impacts on learning, socialization, the environment, etc.
January 9, 2026 at 4:21 AM
Posted by a local school district (not mine).
"Preparing students for an AI Workforce"
"committed to preparing students for an AI driven future"
What are we doing here? This doesn't sound like they're critically considering the negative impacts on learning, socialization, the environment, etc.
"Preparing students for an AI Workforce"
"committed to preparing students for an AI driven future"
What are we doing here? This doesn't sound like they're critically considering the negative impacts on learning, socialization, the environment, etc.
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We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.
Just days into 2026, the killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has sparked protests around the US.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance
Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.
www.wired.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:35 PM
We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.
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The Kyle Farnsworth-Iowa mystery might have been just been solved 🕵️♂️
January 8, 2026 at 10:01 PM
The Kyle Farnsworth-Iowa mystery might have been just been solved 🕵️♂️