El Steinbach
@esteinbach.bsky.social
Educator | Artist | Slow-Birder | They/She
[biopic: Me (a white enby with short hair) and my service dog, Nova
banner: Yellow coneflowers]
[biopic: Me (a white enby with short hair) and my service dog, Nova
banner: Yellow coneflowers]
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El Steinbach
@esteinbach.bsky.social
· Oct 8
The last thing she said to me was, “I love you I love you I love you.”
Chicka-dee-dee-dee
November 1, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Chicka-dee-dee-dee
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None of us are fit enough to determine deservingness; but we should all have enough heart and humanity to consider need.
Obsessing over deservingness instead of caring about need is a quick way to empty the soul.
October 31, 2025 at 8:14 PM
None of us are fit enough to determine deservingness; but we should all have enough heart and humanity to consider need.
Creating helps stave off the sad, at least a little.
November 1, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Creating helps stave off the sad, at least a little.
I’ve been thinking a lot about this lately. The slow process of doing something yourself. How it provides moments to be present in your body. How it reminds us that we are fundamentally creative creatures.
Something about rejecting the Faster, Easier, Cheaper of capitalism. About having a relationship with our material world. About valuing the resources we take from our environment. About how we spend our time. About outsourcing everything creative in our lives. About imagination and play and skill...
November 1, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I’ve been thinking a lot about this lately. The slow process of doing something yourself. How it provides moments to be present in your body. How it reminds us that we are fundamentally creative creatures.
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Something about rejecting the Faster, Easier, Cheaper of capitalism. About having a relationship with our material world. About valuing the resources we take from our environment. About how we spend our time. About outsourcing everything creative in our lives. About imagination and play and skill...
November 1, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Something about rejecting the Faster, Easier, Cheaper of capitalism. About having a relationship with our material world. About valuing the resources we take from our environment. About how we spend our time. About outsourcing everything creative in our lives. About imagination and play and skill...
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Meditating this morning, as I learn weaving on a small loom, on what it is about the slow, laborious, and expensive qualities of many crafts people embrace
that feels anti-capitalist and human at its core.
Weaving a scarf for a friend, maybe not on its own revolutionary, but also, not NOT, either.
that feels anti-capitalist and human at its core.
Weaving a scarf for a friend, maybe not on its own revolutionary, but also, not NOT, either.
November 1, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Meditating this morning, as I learn weaving on a small loom, on what it is about the slow, laborious, and expensive qualities of many crafts people embrace
that feels anti-capitalist and human at its core.
Weaving a scarf for a friend, maybe not on its own revolutionary, but also, not NOT, either.
that feels anti-capitalist and human at its core.
Weaving a scarf for a friend, maybe not on its own revolutionary, but also, not NOT, either.
Franken-pup!
[She was very unhappy I made her try this on. 😄]
[She was very unhappy I made her try this on. 😄]
October 31, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Franken-pup!
[She was very unhappy I made her try this on. 😄]
[She was very unhappy I made her try this on. 😄]
Morning checklist:
Stationary, Springfield, Mo
Brown creeper
Carolina chickadee
Carolina wrens
Dark-eyed junco
White-throated sparrows
House sparrows
Blue jay
American robins
Northern cardinals
Eurasian collard doves
European starlings
Stationary, Springfield, Mo
Brown creeper
Carolina chickadee
Carolina wrens
Dark-eyed junco
White-throated sparrows
House sparrows
Blue jay
American robins
Northern cardinals
Eurasian collard doves
European starlings
October 31, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Morning checklist:
Stationary, Springfield, Mo
Brown creeper
Carolina chickadee
Carolina wrens
Dark-eyed junco
White-throated sparrows
House sparrows
Blue jay
American robins
Northern cardinals
Eurasian collard doves
European starlings
Stationary, Springfield, Mo
Brown creeper
Carolina chickadee
Carolina wrens
Dark-eyed junco
White-throated sparrows
House sparrows
Blue jay
American robins
Northern cardinals
Eurasian collard doves
European starlings
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A great thread if you're looking for new stuff to read!
hit me with your recommendations for excellent trans adult fiction by trans authors? Stag Dance and RCBG have been rattling around in my head since I read them and I and want to read more trans stories that aren't memoir or aimed at young readers!
October 30, 2025 at 10:07 PM
A great thread if you're looking for new stuff to read!
This is so so hard.
And—entirely human.
“All humans are aware of death. So we’re all a little bit sad, all the time. That’s just the deal.” (Eleanor, The Good Place)
And—entirely human.
“All humans are aware of death. So we’re all a little bit sad, all the time. That’s just the deal.” (Eleanor, The Good Place)
October 30, 2025 at 8:19 PM
This is so so hard.
And—entirely human.
“All humans are aware of death. So we’re all a little bit sad, all the time. That’s just the deal.” (Eleanor, The Good Place)
And—entirely human.
“All humans are aware of death. So we’re all a little bit sad, all the time. That’s just the deal.” (Eleanor, The Good Place)
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With every breath, disabled people write a disabled future, one in which we all belong, regardless of the circumstances of our births or the collisions of our fragile flesh with a harsh and sometimes toxic earth.
October 11, 2025 at 10:20 PM
With every breath, disabled people write a disabled future, one in which we all belong, regardless of the circumstances of our births or the collisions of our fragile flesh with a harsh and sometimes toxic earth.
I miss sitting on the porch with you, Grandma.
October 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I miss sitting on the porch with you, Grandma.
I just keep thinking: I don’t know how to do this.
I don’t know how to just move on with my life. I don’t know how to let her go. I don’t know how to just go back to my old life.
And then I remember: that’s ok. I’m not supposed to know. Grief is its own thing and will take its own time.
I don’t know how to just move on with my life. I don’t know how to let her go. I don’t know how to just go back to my old life.
And then I remember: that’s ok. I’m not supposed to know. Grief is its own thing and will take its own time.
October 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I just keep thinking: I don’t know how to do this.
I don’t know how to just move on with my life. I don’t know how to let her go. I don’t know how to just go back to my old life.
And then I remember: that’s ok. I’m not supposed to know. Grief is its own thing and will take its own time.
I don’t know how to just move on with my life. I don’t know how to let her go. I don’t know how to just go back to my old life.
And then I remember: that’s ok. I’m not supposed to know. Grief is its own thing and will take its own time.
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I would dearly love to see a New England town using its historic cemetery for one of its original purposes (sheep pasture). You could even do spinning, dyeing, and drying there. Think of the marketing for the yarn!
Die Dye Die
Dyed and Gone to Heaven
Spinning in the Grave
Alas, Poor Yarnick
Die Dye Die
Dyed and Gone to Heaven
Spinning in the Grave
Alas, Poor Yarnick
October 29, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I would dearly love to see a New England town using its historic cemetery for one of its original purposes (sheep pasture). You could even do spinning, dyeing, and drying there. Think of the marketing for the yarn!
Die Dye Die
Dyed and Gone to Heaven
Spinning in the Grave
Alas, Poor Yarnick
Die Dye Die
Dyed and Gone to Heaven
Spinning in the Grave
Alas, Poor Yarnick
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I have yet to see a use case for AI in the classroom that wouldn't also be addressed by smaller class sizes & more paid prep time for teachers.
October 28, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I have yet to see a use case for AI in the classroom that wouldn't also be addressed by smaller class sizes & more paid prep time for teachers.
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"You don’t need to have a blueprint for the revolution. You need a next move. Because it’s not too late to help someone, to be a moral person, or to fight for another future." organizingmythoughts.org/we-have-to-m...
October 24, 2025 at 8:22 PM
"You don’t need to have a blueprint for the revolution. You need a next move. Because it’s not too late to help someone, to be a moral person, or to fight for another future." organizingmythoughts.org/we-have-to-m...
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Serendipity. I was admiring the flower plot at the San Diego CommunityGardens early this morning when this barn owl showed up. The owl was noticed and chased by a Cooper’s hawk (last shot).
October 23, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Serendipity. I was admiring the flower plot at the San Diego CommunityGardens early this morning when this barn owl showed up. The owl was noticed and chased by a Cooper’s hawk (last shot).
Rewatching Dead End Park for Spooky Season. I love it so much!
It hits on so many levels: neurodiversity, disability, trans, queer, non-speaking and more.
It’s also just delightful and has excellent spooky-lite vibes (aka it has tons of spooky elements, but it’s not actually scary).
It hits on so many levels: neurodiversity, disability, trans, queer, non-speaking and more.
It’s also just delightful and has excellent spooky-lite vibes (aka it has tons of spooky elements, but it’s not actually scary).
Stop doomscrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness (if you feel like)
October 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Rewatching Dead End Park for Spooky Season. I love it so much!
It hits on so many levels: neurodiversity, disability, trans, queer, non-speaking and more.
It’s also just delightful and has excellent spooky-lite vibes (aka it has tons of spooky elements, but it’s not actually scary).
It hits on so many levels: neurodiversity, disability, trans, queer, non-speaking and more.
It’s also just delightful and has excellent spooky-lite vibes (aka it has tons of spooky elements, but it’s not actually scary).
Stop doomscrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness (if you feel like)
October 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Stop doomscrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness (if you feel like)
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Okay, last post about Frankenstein, Missouri... Here's a vintage news report on the town that has so many great moments I can't pick a favorite. This is why local reporting matters, maybe!
October 24, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Okay, last post about Frankenstein, Missouri... Here's a vintage news report on the town that has so many great moments I can't pick a favorite. This is why local reporting matters, maybe!
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Thanks! I see it now as I read the page more closely!
October 23, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Thanks! I see it now as I read the page more closely!
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Stop doomscrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness (if you feel like)
October 22, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Stop doomscrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness (if you feel like)
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At least we had it for a moment.
And there will be no grand choirs to sing
No chorus will come in
No ballad will be written
It will be entirely forgotten
And if tomorrow it's all over
At least we had it for a moment
youtu.be/y_c3P-YWLpQ?...
No chorus will come in
No ballad will be written
It will be entirely forgotten
And if tomorrow it's all over
At least we had it for a moment
youtu.be/y_c3P-YWLpQ?...
No Choir
YouTube video by Florence + the Machine - Topic
youtu.be
October 21, 2025 at 10:20 PM
At least we had it for a moment.
Watching through our Tuesday night tv roster:
World News with David Muir
Wheel of Fortune
Jeopardy
Dancing with the Stars
World News with David Muir
Wheel of Fortune
Jeopardy
Dancing with the Stars
October 21, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Watching through our Tuesday night tv roster:
World News with David Muir
Wheel of Fortune
Jeopardy
Dancing with the Stars
World News with David Muir
Wheel of Fortune
Jeopardy
Dancing with the Stars
At least we had it for a moment.
And there will be no grand choirs to sing
No chorus will come in
No ballad will be written
It will be entirely forgotten
And if tomorrow it's all over
At least we had it for a moment
youtu.be/y_c3P-YWLpQ?...
No chorus will come in
No ballad will be written
It will be entirely forgotten
And if tomorrow it's all over
At least we had it for a moment
youtu.be/y_c3P-YWLpQ?...
No Choir
YouTube video by Florence + the Machine - Topic
youtu.be
October 21, 2025 at 10:20 PM
At least we had it for a moment.