Ben Wildeboer
I teach science and I like it.
9th grade Physics and AP Physics 1.
@WillyB in the bird app.
#modphys #iteachphysics
- See! AI isn't killing jobs! It's making them! You too could rent your meat sack to an AI for stablecoin!
- More and more I feel science fiction missed how funny the robot apocalypse would be www.rentahuman.ai
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- Out now in @natphys.nature.com "The undervaluing of elite women in physics", with @weihuali.bsky.social and H Zheng, we show how election into prestigious academic societies has markedly different effects on the research prominence of women and men physicists /1 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Tell me five classes you took in college: Geomorphology New Games Structural Geology Philosophy of Education Planets, Stars, and Galaxies
- 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. 😂😆🤣
- While not a Goth Girl per se, I might have to get one of these...
- I was gonna hold off on releasing these shirts, BUT they are sick as hell & I wanted to show you. Imagine a world... in which Goth Girls Gardened... GASP! You're living in that world RIGHT NOW. Bring the Goth into Gardening at SquidFacts.net Designed by the amazing @seaofdoom.bsky.social
- Update: I bought one. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- Reposted by Ben WildeboerNewly updated today: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
- 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
- NEW Short! - Newton’s Third Law Force Pairs Act on Different Objects Check it out, eh! youtube.com/shorts/rMA5t... #NewtonsThirdLaw #ForcePair #FreeBodyDiagram #stem #iTeachPhysics
- Reposted by Ben WildeboerVoting 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.
- Reposted by Ben WildeboerFrom a friend in Minneapolis, just now:
- No school due to cold today, and I've enjoyed an afternoon beer, but too late I realize I was overdressed.
- 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."
- 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.
- Reposted by Ben WildeboerRunning off to work on a story. In the meantime: Religious left: still a thing.
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- Umm...those predictions for next Friday and Saturday can't be right...right?!! 😬🥶
- Reposted by Ben Wildeboerwikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
- Reposted by Ben WildeboerI had to look up Lizardman's Constant: the 4% of people who will tell a pollster lizard people are taking over the world, ie the minimum answer you will get for even the most absurd question.
- Reposted by Ben WildeboerSo, if I'm reading this right: 4 prosecutors at the Dept of Justice Civil Rights division quit because the Trump-appointed leadership won't investigate Good's killer, and 6 from the Minnesota US Attorney's office quit when they were told instead to investigate her widow. (HT @benjaminkabak.com)
- Posted by a local school district (not mine). "Preparing students for an AI Workforce" "committed to preparing students for an AI driven future" What are we doing here? This doesn't sound like they're critically considering the negative impacts on learning, socialization, the environment, etc.
- Reposted by Ben WildeboerWe've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.
- Reposted by Ben WildeboerThe Kyle Farnsworth-Iowa mystery might have been just been solved 🕵️♂️
- Ha. Global Warming? Some hot romance? So many possibilities! 😂
- Reposted by Ben WildeboerA List of Predictions Made in 1926 About 2026 🧵
- Reposted by Ben WildeboerIf anyone is still confused about what the hell is going on in Minnesota and the manufactured outrage against the Somali community, I highly encourage you to read @qasimrashid.com’s breakdown. It shows you what Nick Shirley missed and what is really going on. open.substack.com/pub/qasimras...
- This year on Bluesky I wrote 173 posts and 227 replies. I received 1,086 likes, whereas 327 was from my most popular post, and apparently I love saying "just" and 😂! www.madebyolof.com/bluesky-wrap...
- Trump Admin: "Any dollar stolen by fraudsters is stealing from children and infants." Also Trump Admin: "We're taking away Healthcare and Education and Food Programs for children!"
- @malmeida.bsky.social Was this you? 😂
- Much later than I'd like, but I just got my flu & COVID vaccines today - so TAKE THAT RFK Jr! (Also just self-preservation after seeing so many stories of how prevalent flu is this year and how hard the flu hits me when I get it...)
- "Georgia and Kansas seeing so many cases of childhood influenza that some schools have had to close." "17 jurisdictions across the U.S. report 'high' or 'very high' levels." "13 million fewer vaccine doses have been administered this year than in 2024." #Georgia #Kansas #USA #Education #Healthcare
- Reposted by Ben Wildeboer🌀Introduction🌀 Harms Committed is a news service and research tool to help journalists, academics, and activists access independent journalism on state violence. This thread explains what to expect and how it functions. 1/12 🧵
- Is it cake??
- Reposted by Ben WildeboerThe 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees 🧵
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- When you sit down to figure out the specifics of a Lab Practical Exam for this year and discover that you already did it several years ago! #iTeachPhysics
- I'm very impressed with myself. (Also slightly concerned that I forgot about it entirely...)
- Physics teacher here. This is mostly true!! (accelerate = change speed or direction) Cruise Control on a long straight road tho... #iTeachPhysics
- It appears the person I quote-posted blocked me. Guess they don't appreciate physics teacher humor. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (I agree with their post in spirit, tho!)
- Reposted by Ben Wildeboerall i'm saying is that there were better options
- I can only imagine new ICE agents must also go through this same level of vetting, right? RIGHT??
- New band alert: Dutch heavy metal band: WILDEBOER! (No relation, but this is why I have Google Alerts set up 🙌) youtu.be/WIiFfNwnfMY
- Need a Graphical Analysis Expert: Back in the day I used photogates w/ LoggerPro so the accel of a cart was instantly displayed (see vid) during a practical. With GA & the newer photogates I haven't been able to figure out a setup to replicate this. I can measure the accel, but it's not as dramatic
- Just to add to this, I'm OK if the answer is, "You can't do that with GA," - that'd be helpful so I don't spend more time trying to figure it out. 😁 (It just seems so *possible*, like I'm just using the wrong setting w/ the photogates or something...) #iTeachPhysics
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- Dude could use a few more women in his life...or maybe he should just start listening to them?
- Reposted by Ben WildeboerThat is patently false: not only do immigrants score better than native-born Americans in tests, the mere presence of immigrants improve test scores for all students, when factoring in white flight sesp.northwestern.edu/news-events/...
- Look, I'm all for physical fitness, but I'm not quite sure how the ability to do a pull up became the only requirement for a cabinet position...
- Reposted by Ben WildeboerA timeline of Earth’s average temperature since the last ice age. Spoiler alert: It’s definitely getting warmer. And it’s happening increasingly, scarily fast. xkcd.com/1732/
- without downloading any new pics, describe your vibe for today using an image from your gallery.
- Teachers know the best way to kill an annoying meme is for the olds to embrace it and thus make it deeply uncool.
