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Jess W-G

@frogsandgrubs.bsky.social
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Middle school science teacher, entomologist, snow lover in NC. Parent to a tween and a toddler. Beyoncé lover in my soul. I’d rather be ice skating on a lake in the north woods.

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Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Just saw a Hooded Warbler in the same spot along the creek near my house where I saw one previous years. I assume it’s the same male. Welcome back buddy!
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Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Big ol’ predatory diving beetle larvae may be my favorite larvae. Caterpillars are great but they don’t stalk and hunt salamanders.
An alien I swear. An aquatic oblong segmented insect larva with six legs, a widened abdomen 2/3 of the way down its body, and a weird ol shovel shaped head.
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Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Can you explain to my toddler that he needs to wait until after state testing ends to be sick?
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Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
One of the best parts of becoming a more experienced gardener is having the confidence to buy 20 plants without a real plan and get them all in the ground in a 6 hour span
A tiny border garden in a tiny yard against a yellow house with native plants laid out ready to be planted
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Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
We just got a nearly $7300 check from Duke Energy for connecting our rooftop solar battery system to the grid. Our house will be a reserve for peak demand times. We’ll see how this goes!
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Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Uh oh I went to the Native Plants sale at the NC Botanical Garden and left with a new garden worth of plants. Gotta redo the bed that was torn up when we did work on our house last year
An orange Bob stroller overflowing with native plants in a permeable paver parking loy
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Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
My grandma had dementia and it’s absolutely wild to hear Trump’s pauses and repetitions and looking at others for validation that he’s doing a good job at conversation. Sheeeeesh
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Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
#WaldenGrayScienceClass
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Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
See the NC Department of ED AI guidance sent out this time last year. All funded by Big AI companies.
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Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
#WaldenGrayScienceClass
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Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Could I have a bigger crush on the man? (Yes) but my god
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Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Me. Every time. Pay us sustainable wages that make it worth it to stay. Yes, current teacher training is inadequate but, even if it were, the wages are even less so.
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Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
I’m sorry, what??,they can look like THIS?????
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Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Very local, uncontroversial take. The Safari Eatz food truck is killing it. Also the Downtown Cary Park is incredible.
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jonty @jontyscorner.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
No problem! This should make it easier to grasp: it's way more complicated than this but it gets the general idea across.
An image of the Artemis II NASA SLS rocket. 
The launch vehicle is outlines in blue with the caption 'in the sea'.
The service module is red with caption 'took them around the moon then burned up'
At the tip the Launch Escape System is outlined red saying 'burned up'
Second stage fairings are outlines black saying 'aerodynamic fairings that also burned up.
Finally the re-entry vehicle is outlines green stating 'came home.
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Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
I shut a kid down so fast today when he just wanted to voice his opinion that he didn’t believe the Artemis II mission was real. One thing I have learned is that extremely online upper middle class middle school boys absolutely are disinformation agents and they have a lot of social power.
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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
My kids have no memory of any politics but those of this hateful fucking bastard. May they live long enough to see something better.
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Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Escalation. Toddler figured out the deadbolt.
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Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
New handlebar grips on the bike I bought with waitressing money in 2005. The saddle is overdue for replacement but maybe duct tape instead for fun?
A silver and electric blue small hardtail mountain bike with panniers is leaning against a gray wooden backyard fence. It has bright orange handlebar grips and the saddle has a large tear in the fabric with exposed foam.
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Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
2 years in a PhD program on a prestigious fellowship. Switched to a teaching master’s. Recently took the LSAT twice to see how I would do (quite well) and if I want to do law school (No. I am 39 and have a toddler.) Still expect to do a doctorate. Maybe an EdD or and education PhD.
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Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
What’s the first $1,000+ damage out toddler will cause? Just this evening he was throwing landscaping rocks near our 8’ glass back door and scraped his wooden toy kitchen across the wood floor today. Door is ok. Floor scratch isn’t through the polyurethane.
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Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
#WaldenGrayScienceClass
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Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Sometimes I get annoyed at my stupid neighborhood or roll my eyes at my neighbor. Then I remember a drunk neighbor in Somerville who tried to break into our apartment while threatening to kill his wife. Or I remember how awful a solid 75% of our contractors and neighbors were in St. Louis.
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Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
We got solar + battery storage two months ago. I cannot overstate how cool it is to see our house essentially not use any grid power for days on end. Our (evil monopoly) utility is soon going to start paying us to occasionally draw from our battery AND cut us a $7500 check.
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Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Oh snap. Will we get a budget??
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Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
So THAT’S how they move???
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Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
The most egregious version of mom Emailing the teacher to get her kid a better grade
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Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Charging up my house battery because I can and that is so cool
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Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Ugggghhhhh no school tomorrow because of storm risk. Ugggghhhj
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Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
The Weaver Street hot bar was on point today
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Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
#WaldenGrayScienceClass
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Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
I drive very few daily miles due to my one mile commute and ten minute drive to daycare every afternoon. If I did not have a tiny 17 year old paid off Toyota that needs almost no maintenance and I get gas every 6 weeks or so, I sure as hell would be buying an EV right now.
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Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
I taught my 8th grade science students about offshore oil rigs and tankers and the Strait of Hormuz this week. They were horrified seeing footage of current events this week. The conversations were important and the kids were deadly serious. Treat 14 year olds like they can handle big things.
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Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
We got solar panels and a backup battery this winter and it’s humming along beautifully and I am so glad to not own a house built in the 1930s anymore.
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Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Osprey are back!!! Just saw one dive and catch a fish in a retention pond
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Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
The toddler is still awake. It is 10:02 pm. Wpuvjsnwpeonxmvmgkgiwkqpalsbdznzmmtgnfbfbxnsjajrtmgmdmxmxmxndnddn
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Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Whatever awful consequence I can think of, I want worse to happen to them. No.’worse. More suffering. In public.
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Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Doing my part to keep the local art gallery open and the local woodworking scene alive
A live edge bench in the back of a very messy family station wagon
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Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
This is not a brag. I live in Chapel Hill but have no tie to UNC or Duke so the Duke UNC game is a complete surprise to me every year. It explains why Franklin St was so busy last night.
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Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
The people who owned my parents’ new house planted English Ivy. Recently. Whyyyyyy
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Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Immigrant family tenant farmer who left school after eighth grade to support his family, lied about his age to join the Army in WWII, then gear smith WWII Navy and electrical engineer
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Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Oh my god
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Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Election Day!!!
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
"The Islamists oppose women getting an education," I mutter, as I aim my missile at the girls school
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Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Small potatoes but I’m helping my parents get bids from contractors a la @tressiemcphd.bsky.social and, yesterday, a painter found out I’d lived in St. Louis and spent five minutes trying to get me to give him a racist reason to explain why St. Louis is so violent (his take).
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Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Saw it at 3 am when the toddler woke up. Guillotines now
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Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Oh no I looked at the internet again and the people are idiots
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Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
#WaldenGrayScienceClass
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Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
We got a local measles outbreak email from daycare. Goddamnit. Vaccinations are required at our daycare with no exceptions. Guess what? I work at a school! Where many kids have exemptions!
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Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Why does absolutely no one knock before trying to open a bathroom door in a restaurant these days. Wtf.
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