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Ben Wildeboer

@willyb.bsky.social

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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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Ben Wildeboer @willyb.bsky.social · 16h

Ball don't lie.

Ben Wildeboer @willyb.bsky.social · 16h

Kerry Carpenter? Kerry Carpenter!!!!!

Ben Wildeboer @willyb.bsky.social · 17h

(Should help guarantee 1984 results, right?)

Ben Wildeboer @willyb.bsky.social · 17h

Watching Tigers-Mariners using an Antenna over the air like it's 1984.

Ben Wildeboer @willyb.bsky.social · 17h

Unsolicited lick pic.

Ben Wildeboer @willyb.bsky.social · 17h

Dunno. He really digs the strike outs.

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HELL-azear @lazear.bsky.social · 3d

Bad bunny has the potential to do the funniest troll ever by performing "proud to be an American".

Andrew Mearns @mearns.bsky.social · 3d

lmao this dolt is beyond parody.
yeah Lee Greenwood, totally appealing to all audiences. you nailed it buddy

“Lee Greenwood for Super Bowl halftime show!” says the idiot

Ben Wildeboer @willyb.bsky.social · 3d

😬😬😬 www.cdc.gov/outbreaks/in...

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Robert Mahon @bedform.org · 3d

Yes, bring back manliness like the 1790s
- wigs
- tights
- frills
- powder
- filler
- rouge
- hips out
- legs crossed

George Washington dancing, in tights and heels, powdered wig, frilly lace sleeves.

Return of George Washington painting with washington's coat flicked back, hand on his hip like a manly man. All powdered up. Bunch of men sitting in front with their legs crossed

Ben Wildeboer @willyb.bsky.social · 7d

Waiting for the day when right wing ideologues accidentally recreate Reggio Emilia to get away from so-called woke education testing organizations. 🤞🤞🤞

Ben Wildeboer @willyb.bsky.social · 7d

100% there are issues with using SAT & ACT testing as a major admissions benchmark.
Using a different, still standardized, test who only exists to be ideologically conservative isn't moving anything in the right direction.

Annie Abrams @annieabrams.bsky.social · 7d

Ben Wildeboer @willyb.bsky.social · 9d

Nice! I was intrigued by this and on the fence about signing up (mostly just due to the busy-ness of life), but it does sound pretty good...

Ben Wildeboer @willyb.bsky.social · 10d

Wahooooo!!! An absolute all-timer from Skubal - the Tigers make it waaaaayyyy too exciting, but escape with the win. Yowza.

Ben Wildeboer @willyb.bsky.social · 11d

Supremely nervous!

slangsonsports.bsky.social @slangsonsports.bsky.social · 11d

HAPPY POSTSEASON !! LET’S GOOOOO!!!

Ben Wildeboer @willyb.bsky.social · 11d

Supremely nervous!

slangsonsports.bsky.social @slangsonsports.bsky.social · 11d

HAPPY POSTSEASON !! LET’S GOOOOO!!!

Ben Wildeboer @willyb.bsky.social · 11d

This is true AND it used to be even worse a couple years ago. 💀

Ben Wildeboer @willyb.bsky.social · 11d

This year had students roll two 10-sided dice for the angle (they had to re-roll over 85 and under 20).
As chance would have it nearly all groups rolled 65 and above. Pretty sure that's a statistical fluke but it'd be more pleasing to get a wider range of angles.

Ben Wildeboer @willyb.bsky.social · 11d

Every group was successful in hitting the ship in their first try - which 🙌🙌🙌, though it may be a bit too easy. Not sure if that's a bad thing for the first summative - but I'll need to think about whether I use a smaller boat, or maybe give them the position & v_0 & they predict the angle? 🎢

Ben Wildeboer @willyb.bsky.social · 11d

Day 28, APP1: 1st "real" summative lab practical - Sink the Ship! Students roll dice to select the angle a "cannonball" will be fired and place the ship where they predict it'll get hit.

I give students the initial velocity (shout out Vernier's repeatably precise Projectile Launcher!) #Teach180

Ben Wildeboer @willyb.bsky.social · 12d

What's a mountain??

Ben Wildeboer @willyb.bsky.social · 13d

Better find out just to be safe...

Ben Wildeboer @willyb.bsky.social · 13d

I'm glad the Tigers clinched a postseason berth, but jumping around on the mound after blowing a huge division lead and barely sneaking in the wildcard over the last couple weeks doesn't feel very appropriate.

Ben Wildeboer @willyb.bsky.social · 14d

I think you can get pitch velocity as the ball crosses the plate, but I have to dig around to find it (or maybe it's not in the public facing data)

Ben Wildeboer @willyb.bsky.social · 14d

Ha! Me too! 😂
bsky.app/profile/will...

Ben Wildeboer @willyb.bsky.social · 14d

Here's the pitch info:
It was the 299th pitch of the 9/24/25 Tigers v. Guardians game.
Third pitch in José Ramirez' at bat in the 7th inning.
Pitch was a 96.9 mph fastball with a spin rate of 4323 rpm.

Screenshot of the Baseball Savant pitch velocity chart showing data for the pitches José Ramirez saw during the 9/24 Tigers v Guardians game.

Ben Wildeboer @willyb.bsky.social · 14d

Ben Wildeboer @willyb.bsky.social · 14d

I'm just distracting myself from noticing the Tigers are doing a historic collapse right now after seeming like one of the best teams through August...