Scott Steensma
@scottsteensma.bsky.social
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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Finally deleted the reddit app, with regret. It was important to my career, and I like it, but the algorithmizing and infinite scroll turned it from the enjoyable experience of checking in with interesting topics into yet another app generically trying to addict you.
November 11, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Finally deleted the reddit app, with regret. It was important to my career, and I like it, but the algorithmizing and infinite scroll turned it from the enjoyable experience of checking in with interesting topics into yet another app generically trying to addict you.
Subway Cadbury Creme Egg Submelt (2023-2023): A 6-inch sub roll, filled with Cadbury Creme Eggs and grill-pressed until toasty golden brown. Was available for free, for one day only, at 4 Subway locations in the UK, with only 500 subs available at each location.
November 10, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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lol she got his ass and he knows it
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
lol she got his ass and he knows it
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You can't live your life based on hate - that way lies madness and bitterness - but allowing yourself to slip into hater mode from time to time is a lovely little treat, like a drunk cigarette or a decadent slice of cake
November 9, 2025 at 1:09 AM
You can't live your life based on hate - that way lies madness and bitterness - but allowing yourself to slip into hater mode from time to time is a lovely little treat, like a drunk cigarette or a decadent slice of cake
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A plea for help. 🙏
One of the lead playtesters of Blue Prince, Iggy, has polycystic kidney disease and has only a few months to find a living kidney donor.
His story, contact and donor information can all be found on
iggyland.org
Please help us in sharing his story and getting the word out.💙
One of the lead playtesters of Blue Prince, Iggy, has polycystic kidney disease and has only a few months to find a living kidney donor.
His story, contact and donor information can all be found on
iggyland.org
Please help us in sharing his story and getting the word out.💙
November 8, 2025 at 12:42 AM
A plea for help. 🙏
One of the lead playtesters of Blue Prince, Iggy, has polycystic kidney disease and has only a few months to find a living kidney donor.
His story, contact and donor information can all be found on
iggyland.org
Please help us in sharing his story and getting the word out.💙
One of the lead playtesters of Blue Prince, Iggy, has polycystic kidney disease and has only a few months to find a living kidney donor.
His story, contact and donor information can all be found on
iggyland.org
Please help us in sharing his story and getting the word out.💙
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28g (1oz) uranium contains ~20,000,000,000 kcal, making it an incredibly cost effective source of calories
IT IS TIME FOR BLUESKY RECIPE POSTING
do you have a cheap, healthy, low-cost recipe? post it here! or quote tweet this post. or dunk on me for something I don't care just post easy meals that people can make right now.
do you have a cheap, healthy, low-cost recipe? post it here! or quote tweet this post. or dunk on me for something I don't care just post easy meals that people can make right now.
November 4, 2025 at 6:22 AM
28g (1oz) uranium contains ~20,000,000,000 kcal, making it an incredibly cost effective source of calories
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I will support any New York mayoral candidate who admits bodegas are just convenience stores and everywhere in the world has them
November 4, 2025 at 2:05 AM
I will support any New York mayoral candidate who admits bodegas are just convenience stores and everywhere in the world has them
November 3, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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It’s a big day for fans of baseball, or as the rest of the world calls it, “American Cricket”
October 28, 2025 at 5:45 AM
It’s a big day for fans of baseball, or as the rest of the world calls it, “American Cricket”
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I entirely forgot that I made this anti-ASMR video (Sound warning headphones users)
October 27, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I entirely forgot that I made this anti-ASMR video (Sound warning headphones users)
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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.
October 27, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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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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
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
October 27, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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
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
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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
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
October 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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
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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Experts predict that by 2026, 100% of US government spending will go towards the construction of visual metaphors for the US government
October 24, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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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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.
October 23, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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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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.
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.
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: 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…
lespritliteraryreview.org
October 23, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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.
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.
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Updating my LEGO White House
October 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Updating my LEGO White House
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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.
October 19, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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.
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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October 18, 2025 at 12:30 PM
This is, by far, my favourite ever song about playing Mortal Kombat 2. #music #gaming #mortalkombat youtu.be/--esOXdLG3U?...
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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?"
October 16, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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?"
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
October 16, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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
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