Ellen Seebacher ❌👑
@ekseebacher.bsky.social
Editor, writer, teacher; partner, parent, friend. 🏳️🌈 cis woman; 🏳️⚧️ rights are human rights.
(Banner: A Maine lake surrounded by mountains at sunrise. PFP: Self-portrait by Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, who looks a bit like me.)
(Banner: A Maine lake surrounded by mountains at sunrise. PFP: Self-portrait by Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, who looks a bit like me.)
And a photo of us taken by the organizers:
October 19, 2025 at 3:17 AM
And a photo of us taken by the organizers:
Still extremely miffed at @techcrunch.com for this charming pop-up, which froze my browser so hard last night that I couldn't even force-quit it, and had to reboot my Mac in the middle of a work task:
![Pop-up ad that reads:
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So do we! But we know you'll like our daily newsletter.
Sign up for TechCrunch Daily here, and you'll never see this thing again!
[field for email address]
[button shouting "I WANT THE POP-UPS GONE!"]
[below, in much smaller text: "I'd rather keep X-ing out of pop-ups."]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3af34rjlenly5jqoyylk3zv5/bafkreig7g665wgcyvlfjzpdhyqqt6u5h2mkwz4h4jizhxiik7rk7e7gvte@jpeg)
October 13, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Still extremely miffed at @techcrunch.com for this charming pop-up, which froze my browser so hard last night that I couldn't even force-quit it, and had to reboot my Mac in the middle of a work task:
Even if wasn't entirely on theme, this may have been my favorite sign in Worcester:
June 14, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Even if wasn't entirely on theme, this may have been my favorite sign in Worcester:
I’m an editor. There is in fact a country known as Columbia, but it’s not the one you think it is.
January 29, 2025 at 4:39 AM
I’m an editor. There is in fact a country known as Columbia, but it’s not the one you think it is.
![Text chat with my son from Saturday night.
Son: "Hey mom can you text me you love me"
Son: "Don't worry it's for a scavenger hunt"
Me: "you love me"
Son: "mother"
Me: "son"
Me, relenting: "I love you, [name blacked out]. So there."
Son: "Thanks love you too"
Me: "I have you on record now. Bwahaha."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3af34rjlenly5jqoyylk3zv5/bafkreibu4ytg2hdkxj3el3blmo4dwkvtsifsexwyidjdng2h5gmx2hjmke@jpeg)
Here’s my letter:
October 26, 2024 at 6:34 AM
Here’s my letter:
And here were the desserts and beverages tables:
October 13, 2024 at 6:56 AM
And here were the desserts and beverages tables:
More from the main apps/entrees table. (I'll do desserts and drinks in the next post.)
October 13, 2024 at 6:53 AM
More from the main apps/entrees table. (I'll do desserts and drinks in the next post.)
Here are a few from the last big themed meal I did before the pandemic. (More in next post.)
October 13, 2024 at 6:44 AM
Here are a few from the last big themed meal I did before the pandemic. (More in next post.)
We've lived in Massachusetts for a quarter-century and have a family cabin in Maine, but had never seen the aurora before even when it was visible much further south. That changed tonight. This one is by @unchi.org, who has a better camera than I do:
October 11, 2024 at 5:30 AM
We've lived in Massachusetts for a quarter-century and have a family cabin in Maine, but had never seen the aurora before even when it was visible much further south. That changed tonight. This one is by @unchi.org, who has a better camera than I do:
I tried to subscribe from my phone. But there ISN'T a box to check and it wouldn't allow me to hit Submit:
October 3, 2024 at 7:21 PM
I tried to subscribe from my phone. But there ISN'T a box to check and it wouldn't allow me to hit Submit:
I wasn't far behind you:
September 17, 2024 at 4:09 AM
I wasn't far behind you:
