Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 09/05/2026Just 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! 010
Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Big ol’ predatory diving beetle larvae may be my favorite larvae. Caterpillars are great but they don’t stalk and hunt salamanders. 020
Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 05/05/2026My parent getting me a boombox was not good for Lake Ontario 2001-2004 020
Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Can you explain to my toddler that he needs to wait until after state testing ends to be sick? 110
Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 02/05/2026One 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 020
Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Hah. Yes. My average daily use last month was <1 kWh 000
Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 02/05/2026One-off with an ongoing ~$25/month additional bill credit 010
Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 02/05/2026We 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! 372
Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 02/05/2026River Oats. Maybe the same plant, different common name? 110
Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Uh 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 130
Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Ah so calling him a fucking coward from my alumni account last summer was on point 030
Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 30/04/2026My 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 000
Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 26/04/2026*cough* a few of ours from a busy winter several years ago 130
Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 26/04/2026It is so dry down here in NC. We just got our first rain in a month this afternoon. 100
Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 25/04/2026See the NC Department of ED AI guidance sent out this time last year. All funded by Big AI companies. 000
Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Konstantinou’s in Ontario, NY. My tiny tiny town had two diners. My parents avoided both but would take us to the Highland Park Diner in Rochester. 040
Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Could I have a bigger crush on the man? (Yes) but my god 000
Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Big HOA neighborhoods like this can have super strict rules about rentals (no short term and a cap on the number of long-term) 010
Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Teacher here. They are absolutely not learning via chatbots in any way comparable to learning with a competent teacher. 020
Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 14/04/2026The story of my life and why it will take me 10 years to feel comfortable with my two different one hour lessons every day. 010
Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Me. 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. 000
Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Very local, uncontroversial take. The Safari Eatz food truck is killing it. Also the Downtown Cary Park is incredible. 020
Reposted by Jess W-Gjonty @jontyscorner.bsky.social · 11/04/2026No problem! This should make it easier to grasp: it's way more complicated than this but it gets the general idea across. 11368137
Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 08/04/2026I used to think we needed some sort of open discussion in class to sort it out. Nope. It’s propaganda from the mouths of children parroting online talking heads. I tell them that evidence rules in this room and they can talk more when they bring evidence. Back to the NASA photo feed. 151
Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 08/04/2026I 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. 261
Reposted by Jess W-GAndrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 08/04/2026My kids have no memory of any politics but those of this hateful fucking bastard. May they live long enough to see something better. 1750770
Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 05/04/2026The duct taping to make a light tight incubator was extremely relatable. 100% did that as a lab tech. 010
Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 04/04/2026I went from long hair back to my short this winter. No regrets!! 010
Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 01/04/2026I used to bike commute through Harvard Square and across the Mass Ave bridge. Near death every day 110
Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 01/04/2026New 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? 000
Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 01/04/2026But also I teach middle schoolers now and my colleagues are incredible. And middle schoolers primarily care about whether or not I know about the latest meme or if I have asked them how they’re doing with genuine interest. A 1000% better work environment than academia. 030
Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 01/04/20262 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. 100
Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 01/04/2026What’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. 010
Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Finally made it here today. Thank you for the recommendation!! 100
Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Besides the monstrosity of all the big garbage, my day to day is pretty predictable low friction. My parents just bought a house down the road and my dad is sleeping there tonight. Contemplating the weirdness of sharing neighbors with my parents for the first time in 21 years right now. 000
Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Sometimes 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. 100
Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social · 29/03/2026We 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. 040