Joe Hastings (he / him)
@wherewildthingsare.bsky.social
High school Business & Computer Science Teacher; summer camp counselor / Director; Unified Coach who loves learning about nature. I’m a husband as well as a father to three ‘wild things’. Located on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
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Who is homeless?
Kids
Single parents
Entire families - many working too
Vets
Those with mental issues we do not help treat
Those with addictions we don't help treat
Some who choose to opt out of this shit race (and good for them)
All people who deserve help, not state sponsored murder.
Kids
Single parents
Entire families - many working too
Vets
Those with mental issues we do not help treat
Those with addictions we don't help treat
Some who choose to opt out of this shit race (and good for them)
All people who deserve help, not state sponsored murder.
Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."
September 14, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Who is homeless?
Kids
Single parents
Entire families - many working too
Vets
Those with mental issues we do not help treat
Those with addictions we don't help treat
Some who choose to opt out of this shit race (and good for them)
All people who deserve help, not state sponsored murder.
Kids
Single parents
Entire families - many working too
Vets
Those with mental issues we do not help treat
Those with addictions we don't help treat
Some who choose to opt out of this shit race (and good for them)
All people who deserve help, not state sponsored murder.
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this is one of the worst crimes in human history and the entire global north and all of us in it share the responsibility
July 22, 2025 at 1:58 AM
this is one of the worst crimes in human history and the entire global north and all of us in it share the responsibility
Would anyone be able to ID the smaller insect that seems to be attacking the lightning bug? This little one landed on my arm (so I could help it?)
I removed the smaller insect and the firefly stretched(?) and rested on my watch.
I removed the smaller insect and the firefly stretched(?) and rested on my watch.
June 22, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Would anyone be able to ID the smaller insect that seems to be attacking the lightning bug? This little one landed on my arm (so I could help it?)
I removed the smaller insect and the firefly stretched(?) and rested on my watch.
I removed the smaller insect and the firefly stretched(?) and rested on my watch.
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Buried in the Republicans’ “Big, Beautiful Bill” is a provision that shields Trump and his Admin from being held in contempt of court.
So it doesn’t just cut taxes for billionaires — it also undermines the courts and emboldens an already lawless presidency. We must stop it.
So it doesn’t just cut taxes for billionaires — it also undermines the courts and emboldens an already lawless presidency. We must stop it.
Opinion | The GOP’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ has an ugly way of protecting Trump
A short provision would further insulate the president from judicial accountability.
www.msnbc.com
May 30, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Buried in the Republicans’ “Big, Beautiful Bill” is a provision that shields Trump and his Admin from being held in contempt of court.
So it doesn’t just cut taxes for billionaires — it also undermines the courts and emboldens an already lawless presidency. We must stop it.
So it doesn’t just cut taxes for billionaires — it also undermines the courts and emboldens an already lawless presidency. We must stop it.
I don’t remember planting this in my pollinator garden; I must have. But this is just a gorgeous plant.
May 19, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I don’t remember planting this in my pollinator garden; I must have. But this is just a gorgeous plant.
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Investigators believe they have identified a potential source of the groundwater contamination that has threatened dozens of household water systems near a Perdue Farms soybean plant in Salisbury, MD, with “forever chemicals"
Suspected source identified for PFAS contamination near Perdue plant
Investigators believe they have identified a potential source of the groundwater contamination that has threatened dozens of household water systems near a Perdue Farms soybean plant in Salisbury,…
www.bayjournal.com
May 2, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Investigators believe they have identified a potential source of the groundwater contamination that has threatened dozens of household water systems near a Perdue Farms soybean plant in Salisbury, MD, with “forever chemicals"
I finally got to see yellow trout Lillies! Their leaves are so beautiful.
April 20, 2025 at 12:06 PM
I finally got to see yellow trout Lillies! Their leaves are so beautiful.
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I'm not a lawyer, and I know there's a way courts work, but it's just so grim to me that the Supreme Court can say, "Sorry you were kidnapped and disappeared to a torture jail, but you didn't do the lawsuit exactly right, so you're out of luck. Try again."
April 8, 2025 at 12:14 AM
I'm not a lawyer, and I know there's a way courts work, but it's just so grim to me that the Supreme Court can say, "Sorry you were kidnapped and disappeared to a torture jail, but you didn't do the lawsuit exactly right, so you're out of luck. Try again."
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"We’re really the bridge between underrepresented demographics and the workforce development of aquaculture."
Imani Black is the founder of Minorities In Aquaculture and is working everyday to empower minority women in the #ChesapeakeBay watershed.
#WomensHistoryMonth #WHM
Imani Black is the founder of Minorities In Aquaculture and is working everyday to empower minority women in the #ChesapeakeBay watershed.
#WomensHistoryMonth #WHM
Diversity in Aquaculture: Q&A With Imani Black
Imani Black, shellfish aquaculture biologist and founder of Minorities in Aquaculture, tells us more about her career in aquaculture and her work to empower women of color in the industry.
aqua.org
March 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
"We’re really the bridge between underrepresented demographics and the workforce development of aquaculture."
Imani Black is the founder of Minorities In Aquaculture and is working everyday to empower minority women in the #ChesapeakeBay watershed.
#WomensHistoryMonth #WHM
Imani Black is the founder of Minorities In Aquaculture and is working everyday to empower minority women in the #ChesapeakeBay watershed.
#WomensHistoryMonth #WHM
This is horrible
The richest man in the world took over $5K out of this guy's bank account, claiming he was dead. The richest man in the world said he was saving money.
He was not dead.
He was not dead.
I found a ‘dead’ person collecting Social Security in Seattle
“Dead” Ned Johnson turns out to be very much alive. It took him weeks to convince the system he was breathing and to start clawing his benefits back.
www.seattletimes.com
March 16, 2025 at 12:31 PM
This is horrible
I agree 100%! Playing, imagination, love of learning, that will take kids further than if they know what buttons to press on an app but lack those things.
Some of the most important skills for the future are the non-technical skills. Reading, critical thinking, curiosity, play, imagination, teamwork.
We must prepare kids to adapt and think critically (and imaginatively) about the world around them. Regardless of the directions technology takes.
We must prepare kids to adapt and think critically (and imaginatively) about the world around them. Regardless of the directions technology takes.
March 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I agree 100%! Playing, imagination, love of learning, that will take kids further than if they know what buttons to press on an app but lack those things.
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What's it gonna take for everyone to realize the occupant of the white house is fundamentally anti-American?
Trump thinks anyone protesting must be from another country when the right and will to protest our own government is a foundational American value.
March 4, 2025 at 1:54 PM
What's it gonna take for everyone to realize the occupant of the white house is fundamentally anti-American?
When I was searching for something better (for my students) in education, I found Monte’s posts, his blog, and daily reminders of how critical connection, community, understanding, and a sense of perspective are. I HIGHLY recommend this book. It’s clever and a great read!
February 20, 2025 at 1:53 PM
When I was searching for something better (for my students) in education, I found Monte’s posts, his blog, and daily reminders of how critical connection, community, understanding, and a sense of perspective are. I HIGHLY recommend this book. It’s clever and a great read!
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“Proficient”
I imagine that means as little to kids as it does to teachers.
“I am proficient.”
Translated.
“I jumped through hoops.”
Of course, there’s always “distinguished” for teachers or “exceeded” for kids.
[a higher hoop tolerance]
“Growing”
That’s the label.
I imagine that means as little to kids as it does to teachers.
“I am proficient.”
Translated.
“I jumped through hoops.”
Of course, there’s always “distinguished” for teachers or “exceeded” for kids.
[a higher hoop tolerance]
“Growing”
That’s the label.
February 6, 2025 at 12:18 PM
“Proficient”
I imagine that means as little to kids as it does to teachers.
“I am proficient.”
Translated.
“I jumped through hoops.”
Of course, there’s always “distinguished” for teachers or “exceeded” for kids.
[a higher hoop tolerance]
“Growing”
That’s the label.
I imagine that means as little to kids as it does to teachers.
“I am proficient.”
Translated.
“I jumped through hoops.”
Of course, there’s always “distinguished” for teachers or “exceeded” for kids.
[a higher hoop tolerance]
“Growing”
That’s the label.
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Tired of transaction?
Initiate interaction.
Make your work with kids about interacting within the feedback-response process.
Learning and teaching should be an interaction, not a transaction.
We can do better.
#Project180
Initiate interaction.
Make your work with kids about interacting within the feedback-response process.
Learning and teaching should be an interaction, not a transaction.
We can do better.
#Project180
February 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Tired of transaction?
Initiate interaction.
Make your work with kids about interacting within the feedback-response process.
Learning and teaching should be an interaction, not a transaction.
We can do better.
#Project180
Initiate interaction.
Make your work with kids about interacting within the feedback-response process.
Learning and teaching should be an interaction, not a transaction.
We can do better.
#Project180
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Why do you come to school?
“My friends.”
Pause (adults).
Check your gut.
How much value do you find in this response?
Now, translated.
“Human connection.”
Check your gut again.
Are we listening?
We can do better.
#Project180
“My friends.”
Pause (adults).
Check your gut.
How much value do you find in this response?
Now, translated.
“Human connection.”
Check your gut again.
Are we listening?
We can do better.
#Project180
January 30, 2025 at 1:53 AM
💯
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You should read DeepSeek terms and conditions before you download the app:
-DeepSeek retains user data even after account is deleted
-The app has the right to monitor and process user inputs and outputs, including the collection of sensitive or strategic information.1/
-DeepSeek retains user data even after account is deleted
-The app has the right to monitor and process user inputs and outputs, including the collection of sensitive or strategic information.1/
January 29, 2025 at 3:23 PM
You should read DeepSeek terms and conditions before you download the app:
-DeepSeek retains user data even after account is deleted
-The app has the right to monitor and process user inputs and outputs, including the collection of sensitive or strategic information.1/
-DeepSeek retains user data even after account is deleted
-The app has the right to monitor and process user inputs and outputs, including the collection of sensitive or strategic information.1/