TheStainlessSteelRat
@llygodenfawrdur.bsky.social
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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(Art by Sultana Raza through fb group page)
(Art by Sultana Raza through fb group page)
There is a moment of half sleep when synapses seem to fire more brightly, painting the firmament of my brain in too vivid hues.
...my life in a nutshell...
So, in retrospect, I could see that hadn’t gone so well.
December 4, 2025 at 8:00 AM
...my life in a nutshell...
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An NHS chief executive who abruptly left his job last month told Cabinet Secretary for Health Jeremy Miles in July that he was being victimised for raising concerns about financial crime within the health service, we can reveal ✍️Martin Shipton
Was NHS boss bullied out of his job for raising concerns about financial crime in the health service?
Martin Shipton An NHS chief executive who abruptly left his job last month told Cabinet Secretary for Health Jeremy Miles in July that he was being victimised for raising concerns about financial crim...
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December 3, 2025 at 7:16 PM
An NHS chief executive who abruptly left his job last month told Cabinet Secretary for Health Jeremy Miles in July that he was being victimised for raising concerns about financial crime within the health service, we can reveal ✍️Martin Shipton
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THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN SAMURAI
THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN SAMURAI
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THE FAST & THE FURIOSA: TOKYO DRIFT
THE FAST & THE FURIOSA: TOKYO DRIFT
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BUFFY THE K-POP DEMON SLAYER
BUFFY THE K-POP DEMON SLAYER
December 3, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Insert a movie into another movie:
THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN SAMURAI
THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN SAMURAI
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Submissions are open for our Welsh folklore anthology, They Are Still Here: wizardstowerpress.co...
December 3, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Submissions are open for our Welsh folklore anthology, They Are Still Here: wizardstowerpress.co...
After a lot of negatives today in Trans news a small ray of hope...
Only first instance but this feels quite significant - it was lawful, post For Some Women Scotland, to offer trans inclusive workplace toilets.
BREAKING: Employee who demand a trans-exclusive toilet policy loses employment tribunal. All claims, direct and indirect discrimination, harassment, and 1992 Regs, dismissed.
Judgment: www.gov.uk/employment-t...
Judgment: www.gov.uk/employment-t...
December 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
After a lot of negatives today in Trans news a small ray of hope...
The community and the mods it makes keep this game going. Along with a dev team that built the game with that in mind. Arma 3 is a game changer and the franchise has birthed genres of games that have shaped AAA titles.
There are over 99,000 community-made scenarios available on the #Arma3 Steam Workshop. 🛠️
More than 4,300 of them are player vs. player experiences. ⚔️
We've put together an article featuring some of the best ones from the past 12 years for you to enjoy! 📰
arma3.com/news/expandi...
More than 4,300 of them are player vs. player experiences. ⚔️
We've put together an article featuring some of the best ones from the past 12 years for you to enjoy! 📰
arma3.com/news/expandi...
December 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The community and the mods it makes keep this game going. Along with a dev team that built the game with that in mind. Arma 3 is a game changer and the franchise has birthed genres of games that have shaped AAA titles.
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There's not much left of the rule of law if organisations can be financially bullied into not asserting their legal rights. goodlaw.social/sb50
Excluding trans people won’t stop you getting sued | Good Law Project
Girl Guiding and the Women’s Institute have announced that they will now exclude trans women and girls after legal threats – but organisations can and should remain inclusive.
goodlaw.social
December 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
There's not much left of the rule of law if organisations can be financially bullied into not asserting their legal rights. goodlaw.social/sb50
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Added to this, if you're a trans inclusive group wanting to do green woodworking or forest bathing or permaculture or naked drum circles (look, i work in a hippie field, sorry) or what-fucking-ever, you come to us and we will keep you safe. Promise.
Just to say, apropos of nothing, we don't allow trans-exclusive groups to set up at Nantymeillion to do things (things being wild women camps or womens drumming workshops). This has come up in the past. If your "feminist" group excludes trans women you can go somewhere else. We don't want you.
December 3, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Added to this, if you're a trans inclusive group wanting to do green woodworking or forest bathing or permaculture or naked drum circles (look, i work in a hippie field, sorry) or what-fucking-ever, you come to us and we will keep you safe. Promise.
A cracking read to boot...
Also if you want to give JKR a black eye Fight Like A Girl 2 is relentlessly trans positive, has a bunch of trans authors in it and is published by a trans-owned company, and we ain't going anywhere....
www.amazon.co.uk/Fight-Like-G...
www.amazon.co.uk/Fight-Like-G...
Fight Like A Girl: Volume 2: Amazon.co.uk: McKenna, Juliet E, Smith Spark, Anna, Ware, Danie, Sebold, Gaie, Morgan, Lou, Garland, Dolly, Davies, K T, Morgan, Cheryl, Clarke, Roz, Hall, Joanne, Bond, C...
Buy Fight Like A Girl: Volume 2 by McKenna, Juliet E, Smith Spark, Anna, Ware, Danie, Sebold, Gaie, Morgan, Lou, Garland, Dolly, Davies, K T, Morgan, Cheryl, Clarke, Roz, Hall, Joanne, Bond, Charlotte...
www.amazon.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 1:27 PM
A cracking read to boot...
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Also (sorry, I am on it, I have precisely ONE resource at my disposal and I'm going to use it) if you're like a girl guide type group but trans inclusive, and fancy a spot of wild camping, hit me up...
December 3, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Also (sorry, I am on it, I have precisely ONE resource at my disposal and I'm going to use it) if you're like a girl guide type group but trans inclusive, and fancy a spot of wild camping, hit me up...
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I wish ill on JK Rowling. How fucking dare she? (I mean, I know how she dare...) You watch, its going to be the WI next. She's going to systemically dismantle all trans-inclusive womens groups in the name of "protecting women and girls". I hope the orcas sink her yacht.
As someone whose children were at Girl Guides Scotland, it impressed me that they were so open and welcoming.
To see this change now, because of *one* parent (presumably backed by a bitter GC terf billionaire) is genuinely upsetting.
www.change.org/p/allow-tran...
To see this change now, because of *one* parent (presumably backed by a bitter GC terf billionaire) is genuinely upsetting.
www.change.org/p/allow-tran...
Sign the Petition
Allow transgender women and girls back into GirlGuiding UK
www.change.org
December 3, 2025 at 8:39 AM
I wish ill on JK Rowling. How fucking dare she? (I mean, I know how she dare...) You watch, its going to be the WI next. She's going to systemically dismantle all trans-inclusive womens groups in the name of "protecting women and girls". I hope the orcas sink her yacht.
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Just to say, apropos of nothing, we don't allow trans-exclusive groups to set up at Nantymeillion to do things (things being wild women camps or womens drumming workshops). This has come up in the past. If your "feminist" group excludes trans women you can go somewhere else. We don't want you.
December 3, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Just to say, apropos of nothing, we don't allow trans-exclusive groups to set up at Nantymeillion to do things (things being wild women camps or womens drumming workshops). This has come up in the past. If your "feminist" group excludes trans women you can go somewhere else. We don't want you.
Totally butt hurt and going to pout...
Okay, wow. But it wasn’t like it hurt my feelings or anything. Not at all. I was used to this. Completely used to it.
December 3, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Totally butt hurt and going to pout...
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AUTHORS: If you've gotten pitches for:
Pinterest/Goodreads "strategies"
TikTok features
"End-of-Year Book Promotions"
Reviews for $25-30 each
You're not alone. I got 51 in 33 days.
Investigation: rwwgreene.substack.com/p/i-set-a-tr...
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #Publishing #Scams #AuthorLife
Pinterest/Goodreads "strategies"
TikTok features
"End-of-Year Book Promotions"
Reviews for $25-30 each
You're not alone. I got 51 in 33 days.
Investigation: rwwgreene.substack.com/p/i-set-a-tr...
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #Publishing #Scams #AuthorLife
I Set a Trap for a Book-Marketing Scammer
Or, She (It?) thought I was a 400-year-old playwright … then things got weird.
open.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:06 PM
AUTHORS: If you've gotten pitches for:
Pinterest/Goodreads "strategies"
TikTok features
"End-of-Year Book Promotions"
Reviews for $25-30 each
You're not alone. I got 51 in 33 days.
Investigation: rwwgreene.substack.com/p/i-set-a-tr...
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #Publishing #Scams #AuthorLife
Pinterest/Goodreads "strategies"
TikTok features
"End-of-Year Book Promotions"
Reviews for $25-30 each
You're not alone. I got 51 in 33 days.
Investigation: rwwgreene.substack.com/p/i-set-a-tr...
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #Publishing #Scams #AuthorLife
It is a truth universally known that working retail can suck...
Don’t know what I did in a previous life but working retail at Christmas in the UK feels as though I have a heavy Karma debt somewhere
December 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM
It is a truth universally known that working retail can suck...
No what is your actual job?
Full Time non paid carer for family member.
Full Time non paid carer for family member.
What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!
December 2, 2025 at 12:26 PM
No what is your actual job?
Full Time non paid carer for family member.
Full Time non paid carer for family member.
This game still going strong...
Our @steampowered.com Back Catalogue Sale returns for an encore!
Get #Arma3 for 75% off and its DLCs and CDLCs for up to 67% off! 🔥
The sale ends December 8th! ⏳
Get #Arma3 for 75% off and its DLCs and CDLCs for up to 67% off! 🔥
The sale ends December 8th! ⏳
December 2, 2025 at 9:09 AM
This game still going strong...
Everyday the same...
For fuck’s sake, I knew this was a bad idea and I stood here like an idiot and let it happen.
December 1, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Everyday the same...
Hugely interesting thread of new authors, to me. I have added a couple of my favs to this.
📚Hey lovely people, since we're coming into the silly season, I thought it might be an idea to share my go-to cosy/comedy fantasy authors for a good, sanity-inducing laugh. If you're looking for an awesome read, you can't go wrong with the following:
November 30, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Hugely interesting thread of new authors, to me. I have added a couple of my favs to this.
Surely not Google or Meta...
But the company would access all those recordings and data mine them for anything they could sell. No, they don’t tell people that. Yes, everyone does know it. No, there’s nothing you can do about it.
November 30, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Surely not Google or Meta...
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I've signed and confirmed this. Please do the same!
November 29, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I've signed and confirmed this. Please do the same!
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Last day for the Augment Saga #BlackFriday sale. Grab a great deal from whichever ebook store you buy from. 70% off on Itch-io & Google Play. 99p each on Amazon, Smashwords, Apple, B&N etc...
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📚🪐 #SFF 📢📚 #BookSky
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📚🪐 #SFF 📢📚 #BookSky
November 29, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Last day for the Augment Saga #BlackFriday sale. Grab a great deal from whichever ebook store you buy from. 70% off on Itch-io & Google Play. 99p each on Amazon, Smashwords, Apple, B&N etc...
books2read.com/alank...
itch.io/s/162837/bla...
📚🪐 #SFF 📢📚 #BookSky
books2read.com/alank...
itch.io/s/162837/bla...
📚🪐 #SFF 📢📚 #BookSky
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Half way through the personal goal for #CruisingNordicHorizons and I've turned back on my realistic daylight hours mod, so more driving in the dark. #ETS2 @scssoft.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Half way through the personal goal for #CruisingNordicHorizons and I've turned back on my realistic daylight hours mod, so more driving in the dark. #ETS2 @scssoft.com
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen...
BB King
Jimmy Smith
Oscar Peterson
U2
Hot 8 Brass Band
BB King
Jimmy Smith
Oscar Peterson
U2
Hot 8 Brass Band
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen...
Iggy Pop
Leonard Cohen
Björk
Elvis Costello
PJ Harvey
Iggy Pop
Leonard Cohen
Björk
Elvis Costello
PJ Harvey
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen...
Scissor Sisters
Thea Gilmore
Alanis Morissette
Placebo
Bastille
Scissor Sisters
Thea Gilmore
Alanis Morissette
Placebo
Bastille
November 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen...
BB King
Jimmy Smith
Oscar Peterson
U2
Hot 8 Brass Band
BB King
Jimmy Smith
Oscar Peterson
U2
Hot 8 Brass Band