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TheStainlessSteelRat

@llygodenfawrdur.bsky.social

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Welsh. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿F/T carer. Dog butt scritcher. Former stylist. Call me Rat for short. Fiction reader: write a good character I may steal their name. Sometimes wish I could be Murderbot. Worry I am too much like Murderbot. Arma 3 & DayZ fan & other games.

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TheStainlessSteelRat @llygodenfawrdur.bsky.social · Sep 10

There is a moment of half sleep when synapses seem to fire more brightly, painting the firmament of my brain in too vivid hues.

British Science Fiction Association @bsfa.bsky.social · Sep 10

🚀 Tuesday caption competition!

(Art by Sultana Raza through fb group page)

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TheStainlessSteelRat @llygodenfawrdur.bsky.social · 18h

Compare this to the outrage that there were no women in #Arma3 constant questions of that decision were put to the devs from @bohemiainteract.bsky.social. Fortunately modders made that happen. Different demographic maybe?

Joshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 23h

I’m not quite sure how to put this, but Battlefield 6 would be a helluva lot more interesting if it really had a forcefem dynamic.

A screenshot shows a tweet by user Grummz. In the top tweet, Grummz expresses disappointment, saying:

> "They got me.
> They f-ing hid it. All the marketing buried this stuff. Sneaky.
> Players are complaining about gender locked characters, and how audio is full of women screaming during firefights. You are forced into being female for some roles."

Below that is a previous tweet from the same user dated July 31:

> "Battlefield 6. Not one woke trope in sight.
> Gaming is healing."

The tweet includes a screenshot from a military video game showing a tank in a city environment with soldiers in combat gear.

TheStainlessSteelRat @llygodenfawrdur.bsky.social · 1d

Potential Portal @simonguy.bsky.social

A green field lined with hedgerow and trees forming a portal to next field.

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TheStainlessSteelRat @llygodenfawrdur.bsky.social · 1d

Not sure if age thing or a situational thing, but I do miss it.

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TheStainlessSteelRat @llygodenfawrdur.bsky.social · 1d

I used to consume a lot of foreign language movies from China and Japan mostly with subtitles. Now I find I can no longer enjoy them as I cannot give that much attention to both visuals and text. Feel I am missing out on a lot of real good stuff esp. with the rise of Korean cinema too.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 1d

To be effective, protest must be noisy, obstructive, annoying. No longer is this allowed. Now the last attribute of effective dissent – persistence – is also to be banned. But the moment protest ceases to be effective is the moment democracy dies. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Here’s what you need to know about Starmer’s illiberal protest curbs: they would have killed the Labour party at birth | George Monbiot

The rights we enjoy in the UK, and the movement the PM purports to lead, were built on protest. Those rights are in dire peril, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

www.theguardian.com

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TheStainlessSteelRat @llygodenfawrdur.bsky.social · 1d

Did you fill out the form from your 2000AD comic back pages?
Cos that way you get a bio chip from Rogue Trooper to attach to an accessory of your choosing.

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Elu but spooky @elu-1.bsky.social · 3d

A tale about a tank and the best cover available.
#Arma3 #videogames #games

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 3d

I've got one in. What about you?

Translunar Travelers Lounge @translunartl.bsky.social · 3d

Translunar Travelers Lounge welcomes submissions of speculative fiction 5000 words and under. Full details are at the link.https://translunartravelerslounge.com/submissions/

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Big Green Books (Simon) @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 3d

Hello Bluepals, we are open.

a cartoon of a tiger holding a child 's hand on a white background

Alt: Calvin and Hobbes dancing.

media.tenor.com

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TheStainlessSteelRat @llygodenfawrdur.bsky.social · 3d

I have several pairs from Saguaro a barefoot style of shoe many are slip on with elastic laces. Light comfortable and durable. www.saguaro.com

Saguaro® Barefoot & Minimalist Shoes: Walk Unrestrained

SAGUARO creates sustainable barefoot, water, and minimalist shoes for outdoor enthusiasts. Our globally available shoes are inspired by the Saguaro plant, designed to let you walk naturally and live u...

www.saguaro.com

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UselessFodder @uselessfodder.bsky.social · 3d

Someone made COD Zombies in Arma SOG Prairie Fire??

🔴 twitch.tv/UselessFodder

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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 4d

EU billionaire wealth soared by over €400bn in just six months. This is enough money to hit Net Zero emissions in the UK about 3 times over, and maybe buy yourself some socks. I don't know. I don't know what you do with that kind of money. Wait, yes I do. TAX IT.

Text stating European billionaires earn 2 billion euros daily in the first half of 2025, with falling euro banknotes in the background.

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Joyce (Wolf) Chng/Ch'ng 🐺 @jolantru.bsky.social · 4d

You know what?

Be a good person.
Do good things.
Question your morals and ideologies.

Period.

(We are not all saints - insisting people stay saint-like, well, people are damn messy)

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TheStainlessSteelRat @llygodenfawrdur.bsky.social · 4d

OOOh browsing Arrow, which I hadn't heard of before and saw Audition, which i saw many years ago in cinema. Remember being hugely unsettling.

TheStainlessSteelRat @llygodenfawrdur.bsky.social · 5d

Damn, day late and a pound short again.

TheStainlessSteelRat @llygodenfawrdur.bsky.social · 5d

Bleurgh! Scratches bum cheek, wipes nose on sleeve.
Ok if you say so but breakfast is on you!

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TheStainlessSteelRat @llygodenfawrdur.bsky.social · 5d

Current read and very enjoyable...

Stephen Cox But Spookier @stephencoxauthor.bsky.social · 5d

The Crooked Medium's Guide to Murder is a spooky sapphic Victorian Murder Mystery.

It puzzled the industry a bit but readers have no difficulty with that genre description.

Steady 4.5 ⭐on Amazon.

stephencox.co.uk/books/upcomi...

ALT: A book cover - dark blue and gold - surrounded by the following aspects in matching Victorian lettering - spooky / Vicious Baronet / Spiritualist Scammers/ Hidden Crimes / older grumpy sapphics / snarky dock-lass/ twisty mystery / Lady in Danger/Queer Found Family

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The Crooked Medium’s Guide to Murder by Stephen Cox
A striking book cover with the title and author name dominating.
A rich dark blue background, and a touch of mist. The text appears in gold in a gold rectangular frame, the font is old fashioned implying C19th century. The frame has three rondels or cameos each containing a picture. Top right is a golden bee brooch with the body and one wing streaked with red blood. Middle left is foxgloves, spires of small bell flowers in pink, white and purple. Bottom right is a dark brown medicine bottle, with a pale label. The word LAUDANUM is just visible.
There are pink highlights on some of the letters.
Taken together it is bold, mysterious, and Victorian

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Arma Platform @armaplatform.com · 5d

#Arma3 #COMRAD #55! 📡

We've run some recon and discovered an entire cache of community content for you to enjoy!

arma3.com/news/communi...

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TheStainlessSteelRat @llygodenfawrdur.bsky.social · 6d

Rolo #Doggo finally let me try on the other coat I bought him. He now looks like an inside out Turkish Delight.

TheStainlessSteelRat @llygodenfawrdur.bsky.social · 6d

If you see this, post a pet!

Tricolour husky bull terrier x in yellow raincoat with reflective strips, standing in a field

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 6d

Phwoar

Matthew Willis (Naval Air History) @navalairhistory.com · 7d

Spotted in the hospital car park, this 70s-brown Reliant Scimitar with tiger striped seat covers @tamslick.bsky.social

Brown Reliant Scimitar GT, front right three quarter view

Brown Reliant Scimitar GT left rear view

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TheStainlessSteelRat @llygodenfawrdur.bsky.social · 6d

Hope you do get a diagnosis. You ruled out Covid19? Wishing you well!

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Arma Platform @armaplatform.com · 6d

Kolguyev is coming!

A historic site from the original Arma: Cold War Assault, fully recreated in Enfusion Engine, brings an entirely new setting to Arma Reforger with its abandoned and decaying feel of a former Soviet mining colony.

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Alky Lee @alkylee.bsky.social · 6d

Trying out Rumble with some Arma 3 content.
rumble.com/v7017zu-lost...

Lost in Mehland - Part 1 [Arma 3] [Pilgrimage]

rumble.com

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TheStainlessSteelRat @llygodenfawrdur.bsky.social · 6d

Knocking it out of the National Parks @ellecordova.bsky.social 's latest... youtube.com/shorts/4Iu3g...

They did the Monster Slash

YouTube video by Elle Cordova

youtube.com

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