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Scott Steensma

@scottsteensma.bsky.social

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Librarian, writer, son of a cat-fancier. Published in Aurealis, ASM, Etherea, The Australian, The Age and elsewhere. Shortlisted for the Aurealis 2022 science fiction short story award. You can find me at stainlesssteelcat.com

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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 5d

It’s a big day for fans of baseball, or as the rest of the world calls it, “American Cricket”

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WobblyPython: 🐍 @wobblypython.bsky.social · 6d

I entirely forgot that I made this anti-ASMR video (Sound warning headphones users)

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Chris B. @tenderchris.bsky.social · 7d

Please kill me

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Ian Duhig @ianduhig.bsky.social · 6d

The owl is an important symbol for Leeds, appearing on its coat of arms and prominently elsewhere. Here is an information sheet we give out to people who want to respond to it with visual creativity.

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Rex Burke is SciFiRex @rexburke.bsky.social · 6d

My military-SF, space crew book, Special Delivery, is 0.99 all week.

I'm told it's not like my other books, & it is grittier & bloodier. But it is also a right laugh in parts, with a found family that bonds under duress.

Plus, it's 0.99. That's really the main thing.

mybook.to/e89ss

💙📚🪐 #SciFi

iPad showing the cover of Special Delivery by Rex Burke, a military SciFi novel

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Ciara @ciaraarmstrong.bsky.social · 9d

Wanna stimulate the fuck out of the economy?
Pay beneficiaries, pensioners and the working poor/class more. Pay them a living wage, no strings attached & give it a year….. Trickle up is the only way forward.
#nzpol

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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 9d

Experts predict that by 2026, 100% of US government spending will go towards the construction of visual metaphors for the US government

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 10d

I finished a book today! THE RISE: Tales From The Gulp 3 is away to the editor. Looking at an end of February 2026 release. Might have a little dram of the good stuff tonight to celebrate.

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Simon Petrie (he/him) @fomalhaut451.bsky.social · 10d

My latest collection still isn't spruiking itself, so I must needs attend to the spruikage myself.

Here are three short pieces that are in 'I Have No Legs And I Must Manspread'. They don't fully circumscribe the book's story space, but if you like these, you may not hate the book.

Simon Petrie (he/him) @fomalhaut451.bsky.social · Sep 26

As a set of sneak previews, here are (free online) links to three of the book's shorter pieces:

Liminal: lespritliteraryreview.org/2025/02/01/l...
Of Why The Sea: overland.org.au/2024/02/of-w...
Optimal: banksiajournal.com/optimal/

Liminal

It’s like water-glass, I suggest to her, not properly knowing what water-glass is, nor what it is I’m comparing it to. To be honest, I didn’t hear what she’d said anyway, against the railway statio…

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Andy Kostrub @andrewkostrub.bsky.social · 10d

Updating my LEGO White House

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Existential Comics @existentialcomics.com · 13d

Every few years I'm like "I should buy some LEGO sets". And honestly I could afford them but it's like...what the hell? I could either build Helms Deep out of plastic, or buy a PS5.

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Scott Steensma @scottsteensma.bsky.social · 15d

This is, by far, my favourite ever song about playing Mortal Kombat 2. #music #gaming #mortalkombat youtu.be/--esOXdLG3U?...

Mortal Kombat 2 - Wolfie's Just Fine (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by Jon Lajoie / Wolfie’s Just Fine

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Scott Steensma @scottsteensma.bsky.social · 15d

No worries :) Big congrats again for the win :)

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 17d

thinking about the time a cool Instagram fashion account asked me to name my favorite products and i didn't know i was supposed to name fashion products, so i said pigeon food because i like feeding pigeons and their followers were like "why the fuck do i need pigeon food for my outfit?"

The Instagram account Saint featured me. The first slide says: "Derek Guy - Dieworkwear. Derek Guy is a menswear writer who has written for The New York Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter. He also runs a menswear blog called Die, Workwear"

One of the slides showing my favorite products. It's it's a big bag of Hagen pigeon food. The food is fortified with the vitamins and nutrients pigeons need.

Instagram user writes: "Why tf do i need pigeon food for my outfit." I replied: "this is what i can afford to eat after spending all my money on clothes ::sad face::"

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Scott Steensma @scottsteensma.bsky.social · 17d

I started reading @maxbarry.com's novel Machine Man, and it's a hell of a lot of fun. It's funny and horrifying in equal measure! #books #writing #scifi #sciencefiction

Scott Steensma @scottsteensma.bsky.social · 17d

If there has been, none of the botshrapnel hit my account.

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merritt @merrittk.com · 20d

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Snadwai @snadwai.bsky.social · 19d

We should defund the millinery

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josh (oldfriend99) @oldfriend99.bsky.social · 19d

Seen an ambulance pulling up to the hospital..i hope the doctors are ok

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 19d

Not very unhinged, but: Stop reading a book if you're bouncing off of it. Stop "powering through." You're just wasting your time. You don't get a gold star for finishing books you're not enjoying reading.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 20d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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PeoriaBummer @peoriabummer.bsky.social · 21d

“I will misinterpret science fiction, make it my entire personality, and then impose my stupid version on the poor.”

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Scott Steensma @scottsteensma.bsky.social · 23d

Today in 'That isn't a dog', Melbourne Edition. Seen on my local FB group. #dogsofbluesky #dogs #wildlife

FB post about a lost dog. Dog is reported playing with another dog at a local park. Three pictures of the 'dog' show it to be a wild fox.

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Keith Stevenson @keithstevenson.com · 24d

Pro-science, pro-hope, pro-humanity.
#EndTimesMZ 📚🪐
Purchase links: storyoriginapp.com/universalboo...

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Scott Steensma @scottsteensma.bsky.social · 24d

Im looking forward to next year already :) extra bonus - it was me who got the secret ending to Matt's short story!

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josh (oldfriend99) @oldfriend99.bsky.social · 24d

The Butlerian Jihad must have sucked for guys who just bought a new computer

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