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Marco @malmeida.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

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Ben Wildeboer @willyb.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Glad you clarified this - I was *pretty* sure this is more correct, but wanted someone more authoritative to post first. 😂

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Ben Wildeboer @willyb.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I'd bet Leo, the Bishop of Rome, Vicar of Jesus Christ, Successor of the Prince of the Apostles, Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church, Patriarch of the West, Primate of Italy, Archbishop and Metropolitan of the Roman Province, Servant of the servants of God is not going to be swayed by tech bros.

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francis @dilfkink.kindboys.online · 02/10/2026

not to be controversial or anything but cat. im a kitty cat. and i dance dance dance and i dance dance dance

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Ben Wildeboer @willyb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I *might* just have purchased a print or two... 🤗

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Ben Wildeboer @willyb.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"Hmmmm...then it must be the energy of the momentum pushing??"

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Ben Wildeboer @willyb.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"It's the velocity pushing it!"

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Ben Wildeboer @willyb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Quick question for my Spanish Physics people (esp. Mexican Spanish): What is the correct vocabulary for speed and velocity en español? Some of our EL teachers were discussing this but none have a physics background, so we want to make sure we're not way off. #iTeachPhysics

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Here's the version of it I remember from 10+ years ago:

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Time for this classic again.

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Ben Wildeboer @willyb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"AI Tutors work great for students who AI Tutors work great for!"

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Nolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

“USDOT said the regulation will reduce manufacturers' average cost per vehicle to comply by $1,289 but increase fuel costs by more than $1,600 over the life of the vehicles.” 🤌🤌🤌 www.reuters.com/business/aut...

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US finalizes new lower fuel economy standards in boost for gas-powered vehicles

The U.S. Transportation Department on Monday finalized sharply lower vehicle fuel economy standards, President Donald Trump's latest effort to encourage ‌sales of gasoline-powered vehicles and reverse...

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Ben Wildeboer @willyb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

So good! Haven't seen it in years - should probably fix that...

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Ben Wildeboer @willyb.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It's called "existential dread" 💀

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Ben Wildeboer @willyb.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I just spent 9 days in Iceland this July and it was sunny and warm for at least 7.5 of those days... But also I think Iceland would be amazing even if it only had miserable weather.

Looking across a grassy plain in Iceland toward large flat topped mountains in the distance with an old house in the foreground.

Selfoss waterfall
Water cascades down a wide escarpment into the river below

Icelandic sheep on the side of the road.

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Ben Wildeboer @willyb.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Looks like it's back up for us.

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Ben Wildeboer @willyb.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Pivot Interactives appears to be down this morning for us - are other people having similar issues or is this a local problem? #iTeachPhysics

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Ben Wildeboer @willyb.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The annual "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" lab practical is always a fun one. (Check the PJ day fit at the end. Idea via @meganhg.bsky.social) #iTeachPhysics

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Ben Wildeboer @willyb.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

True! Tho typically 1 and 2/3 innings is often reported as 1.2 innings so now 1.2 = 5/3 #sabrmetrics

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Ben Wildeboer @willyb.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

According to the metrics of this video I'm *extremely* trustworthy, but not quite reaching full brain utilization. (Probably at 50ish)

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Ben Wildeboer @willyb.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Salary floor discussion is moot since it pre-supposes a salary cap. I doubt the MLBPA is conceding that - we'll lose the 2027 entirely if MLB insists on a salary cap.

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Ben Wildeboer @willyb.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

It's true! (The off script part) I imagine you'd be fine, but I do imagine there's a bit less of the "let kids play around with the chemicals" in the way we can let them mess about with the circuit kits...🫠

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Ben Wildeboer @willyb.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

My two brains (oh no...wait...there's only one Brain in the picture...did I mess up this sharable quote chain 🥴)

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Animaniacs: Pinky And The Brain's Angry Exchange

Alt: Animaniacs: Pinky And The Brain's Angry Exchange

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Megan HG @meganhg.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I've been gone too long, but for good reason: fitting CASTLE into the opening weeks of 9th grade Physics. Students stumbled on this Q at the start of CASTLE Unit 2 (just as I was introducing the capacitor): why do the lights dim when there's a capacitor in the circuit? #iTeachPhysics 🎢

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Why do the lights dim slowly with a capacitor in the circuit?

YouTube video by Megan Hayes-Golding

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Ben Wildeboer @willyb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Yeeeaaah! That is a good question that really can get at a lot of how well students understand what's happening in the wires. 🙌

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Ben Wildeboer @willyb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

(I'm allowed to dunk on Fifth Third Bank bc my first bank account not set up by my parents was at Fifth Third - everyone else isn't allowed)

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Ben Wildeboer @willyb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

C'mon. We can all do math. If it's the fifth 3rd bank it's at least Fifteenth Bank Park. Could be way more even, depending on how many 1st and 2nd banks there are.

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Ben Wildeboer @willyb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Ran across a new account posting a Tumble Buggy constant velocity lab you could buy on TpT. I commented, calling out the account for taking other people's work and selling it and mentioned Ts could find tons of free buggy labs with a quick search. Got blocked in 0.001s. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Ben Wildeboer @willyb.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

At the molecular level, reducing heat would mean slower particle motion, which means both fewer interactions between wood particles & oxygen particles and less energy in the interactions. This would absolutely put it out or slow the rate of combustion depending on how much energy was removed.

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Ben Wildeboer @willyb.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I may know of which you speak, but in case it's different I'd love a link!

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Ben Wildeboer @willyb.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Currently Reading @emilytesh.net's The Incandescent and she's either definitely taught middle/high school or had some very good advisors who have. app.thestorygraph.com/books/e6ba34...

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The Incandescent by Emily Tesh

Naomi Novik's Scholomance meets Plain Bad Heroines in this sapphic dark academia fantasy by insta...

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Ben Wildeboer @willyb.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Yeah...it's not a great look. TpT doesn't seem to care about plagiarism or AI content as long as they get theirs!

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Ben Wildeboer @willyb.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

If it's a totally original activity you made from nothing, then...maybe... (but probably should still just share it freely. Plus TpT is kinda gross in general so...)

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Ben Wildeboer @willyb.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Not a fan of "Physics Teachers on Instagram" sharing vids of a super common lab saying, "check my TpT for the full activity!" 1) You don't own that activity - other people developed it. You just made a handout. 2) Us physics Ts should be sharing freely and openly w/ each other #iTeachPhysics

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Ben Wildeboer @willyb.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Welp. Maybe we should ban private schools. That'd fix the voucher problem.

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Ben Wildeboer @willyb.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Wait...I thought the team with the most baserunners won? No? We should probably make sure someone on the Tigers knows about this...

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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

When people point out that my dogs won't eat my corpse but my cats will, I feel compelled to reply that this is A) resourceful and intelligent B) an ecological favor that teeters on upcycling, truly, and C) I'm dead I didn't need those eyes anyway.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 16/09/2026

Gas Station Price Sign Using Scientific Notation

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 15/09/2026

Behold! Yet another book available for preorder! This one has an aroace protagonist, many oddities, and a Very Good Goat. Also kind of my tribute to McKinley’s Spindle’s End, which you should read while you’re waiting.

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Ben Wildeboer @willyb.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Have you read A House With Good Bones, or the Sworn Soldier trilogy by T. Kingfisher? Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia is another solid horror-ish novel. Someone You Can Build A Nest In by John Wiswell is a fun horror adjacent story too.

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Ben Wildeboer @willyb.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

In Bay City, MI the Saginaw River is the obvious answer, but Culver Creek in Monitor Township is the little crick we'd XC ski on, hide in the culvert under the railroad tracks, and try to dam up with sticks in the spring.

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Ben Wildeboer @willyb.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

But, man. People who were able to install solar, heat pumps, and drive EVs are missing the the direct price increases afflicting many. Imagine if the USA put all those oil subsidies into subsidizing clean electrification for the last 50+ years...

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Ben Wildeboer @willyb.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I mean. I get it. Multi-billion dollar fossil fuel corporations lobbying politicians is pretty effective...

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Ben Wildeboer @willyb.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I don't really understand why the USA - a country obsessed with the military and independence - never pushed hard for heat pumps, EVs, etc. just so the swings of fossil fuel powered heat and transportation wouldn't be beholden to foreign political snafus and war.

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