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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

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Seems about right!
(Though closer to the Brazilian Fortnite Community than I'd have predicted)

10.02.2026 02:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

10/10 amazing. please go be silly

09.02.2026 23:25 β€” πŸ‘ 75    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Disturbingly detailed analysis of my first rewatch incoming

09.02.2026 02:30 β€” πŸ‘ 6006    πŸ” 1794    πŸ’¬ 107    πŸ“Œ 928
A screenshot of the Base Wars NES game showing two cyclo-bot battling after an out.

A screenshot of the Base Wars NES game showing two cyclo-bot battling after an out.

Like Base Wars! Get tagged out? Not if you win the battle!

09.02.2026 02:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
halftime show

halftime show

what a shot

09.02.2026 01:38 β€” πŸ‘ 20052    πŸ” 3467    πŸ’¬ 96    πŸ“Œ 138

OK "god bless america" and then naming every country in the americas from south to north is absolute king shit

09.02.2026 01:33 β€” πŸ‘ 28948    πŸ” 5025    πŸ’¬ 178    πŸ“Œ 155

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!

08.02.2026 18:34 β€” πŸ‘ 99    πŸ” 42    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

I do like the conclusion you have for students - I use questions which prompt for similar answers, but I like your method of putting it all together into a full written paragraph. 🌟

07.02.2026 19:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I have nearly the same thoughts about how Ss interact with Pivot if it's 100% on the screen. At this point I often strip down the Pivot activity to just the videos and graphs and have a handout where they answer the questions and do the calculations by hand - which I've been pretty happy with.

07.02.2026 19:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Just to clarify: Farming is very physically hard work with huge upfront costs and a decent chance you won't earn back what you put in.

04.02.2026 04:04 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It's farming cosplay - then once they actually have to do the actual work it all falls apart.

Also, my grandparents & other relatives farmed and let me tell you no one has ever told me farming would be a great career option...

04.02.2026 04:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

See! AI isn't killing jobs! It's making them! You too could rent your meat sack to an AI for stablecoin!

04.02.2026 03:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

βš›οΈπŸ§ͺπŸŽ’πŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬

02.02.2026 23:32 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Man. Looked up my old transcript - I really didn't do all that great in college. I remembered that my drosh yr was rough, but it was only a bit better until my jr/sr year.

Nice reminder to enjoy yourself at college bc you can be successful & happy in your career and life with middling grades. πŸ˜‚πŸ˜†πŸ€£

31.01.2026 04:35 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Tell me five classes you took in college:

Geomorphology
New Games
Structural Geology
Philosophy of Education
Planets, Stars, and Galaxies

31.01.2026 04:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Update: I bought one. Β―\_(ツ)_/Β―

28.01.2026 23:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

While not a Goth Girl per se, I might have to get one of these...

28.01.2026 23:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Newly updated today:

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

27.01.2026 15:08 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Well, perhaps the best part of an icicle is knocking it down and watching it smash into a thousand pieces, scattering across the hard pavement.

28.01.2026 02:05 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Great toss! πŸ€— The dirt spots tho...πŸ˜‚

26.01.2026 01:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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

26.01.2026 01:30 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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.

25.01.2026 21:59 β€” πŸ‘ 41809    πŸ” 10735    πŸ’¬ 736    πŸ“Œ 328

I mean...we use a Van de Graff to do similar things, but striking a student with fur sounds fun too. πŸ˜‚

25.01.2026 20:20 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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From a friend in Minneapolis, just now:

23.01.2026 21:35 β€” πŸ‘ 5035    πŸ” 1173    πŸ’¬ 77    πŸ“Œ 126

No school due to cold today, and I've enjoyed an afternoon beer, but too late I realize I was overdressed.

23.01.2026 20:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The 1st time I read through the whole Bible as an adult it struck me even the "fire & brimstone" Old Testament God was all fire & brimstone-y at the Israelites bc over & over they weren't caring for the "widow, the orphan, or the stranger within their gates."

The Religious Right isn't Christianity.

23.01.2026 20:48 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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."

23.01.2026 20:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Running off to work on a story.

In the meantime:

Religious left: still a thing.

23.01.2026 17:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2329    πŸ” 476    πŸ’¬ 41    πŸ“Œ 21

welcome to my Bluesky account

21.01.2026 12:40 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A screenshot of the 7 day weather forecast showing the high end low temperatures for each day. Next week Friday and Saturday show predicted low temperatures of -20F

A screenshot of the 7 day weather forecast showing the high end low temperatures for each day. Next week Friday and Saturday show predicted low temperatures of -20F

Umm...those predictions for next Friday and Saturday can't be right...right?!! 😬πŸ₯Ά

18.01.2026 14:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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