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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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I made my cat a wig from his own hair, and he is now trying to put tariffs on soybeans. #catsofbluesky #cats #tariffs
Tabby cat with toupee made from cat hair. Vague resemblance to a politician known for his fake hair.
December 10, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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Junk mail only makes them stronger. #snails #spam #post #escargot #Melbourne
Four snails crawling out of a mailbox labelled "no junk mail".
December 6, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Second-hand score of the week - a first edition of Sean Williams' brilliant, Aurealis award winning novel Metal Fatigue... For $3.50! Stoked. #books #scifi #thrift #bargain
Cover of Sean Williams novel Metal Fatigue
November 8, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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Me too, caterpillar. Me too. (Seen in Geelong) #graffiti #mural #books #justice #caterpillar
Hungry caterpillar mural saying the caterpillar is still hungry for justice Hungry caterpillar mural saying the caterpillar is still hungry for justice
November 3, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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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
Cover of Max Barry's book Machine Man.
October 16, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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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.
October 10, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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First panel of Conflux 19! With @mktighewrites.bsky.social @keithstevenson.com @liviajelliot.com and Lauren Ashman. Thanks for a great conversation about science in hard SF, soft SF and fantasy magic systems. #SF #scifi #specfic #conflux19 #writing
A conference panel with authors Lauren Ashman, Matt Tighe, Livia J. Elliot, Scott Steendma and Keith Stevenson.
October 4, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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At 4:20pm we hit the catnip. (Sound on) #catsofbluesky #cats #weed #high
October 3, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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My new bargain bin gym bag is shaming my not-firm waistline. #branding #fail #gym #exercise
Black gym back with branding in gold that reads 'firm abs'
September 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Nicotine snail knows the stresses of big city life. #graffiti #Melbourne #art #snails
Graffiti of a smoking snail,Melbourne Australia
September 28, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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Every neighbourhood has a celebrity cat known to all. Where I live, Jerry is that cat. #catsofbluesky #cats #tabby
Fluffy tabby cat sitting on a concrete fencepost Close up of tabby cats face, side on Fluffy tabby cat walking away from camera
September 21, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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In all my years of driving, I have never been as chilled out as this guy I saw in Melbourne traffic this morning. #chill #driving #cars #traffic #australia #melbourne
Guy driving with both a foot and a hand holding a cigarette stucking out of the driver's open window.
September 19, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Australia. On Fridays, we compete in games of chance for prizes of meat. Actual meat. #aussie #Australian #Oz
Ad from an Australian Hotel advertising Friday night meat raffles
September 13, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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This image says so much about contemporary New Zealand politics. #nzpol #politics
A dinosaur with the head of NZ politician Winston Peters, smoking a cigarette. Image likely AI generated.
August 31, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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It's getting hot in here, so take off all your existential alienation. #camus #hiphop #books
Meme of two muscular arms arm wrestling. Left arm is labelled "Nelly", right is labelled "Meursault". Across their joined hands is the phrase "extreme reactions to heat"
August 30, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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These two visit my Melbourne apartment for the sole purpose of making my cat think he lives in South America. #macaws ##catsofbluesky #melbourne
Tabby Cat watching 2 macaws on a power line
August 23, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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There are few weeks as fun for a Librarian as book week. I spent all day like this! #libraries #madhatter #bookweek #books
Moustached man wearing a purple mad hatters outfit
August 22, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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Hot take: grown adults should get hard labor for using aerosol deodorants. No-one wants to choke on your Axe/Lynx in the gym changing room. #hottakes #gas #stinky
British soldier in old fashioned gas mask
August 14, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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I was there, Gandalf. #90s #1990s #old #ancient
Simpson's image with multiple 90s references and a joke about removable car stereo facings.
August 6, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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Archaeological Ruins from the pre-smartphone era. #2000s #1990s #ancienthistory
Old and worn frontage of a closed shop. Signs advertise 'email' and 'internet zone'.
July 23, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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Share ten writers, of whom you've read at least ten books...

Iain M. Banks
Adam Roberts
Clive James
Stephen King
Patrick O'Brien
James S.A. Corey
Terry Pratchett
Alastair Reynolds
Neal Asher
Robert Charles Wilson.

#10x10 #decawriters #topten #writing #books #favoritewriters #writers
Ten iain Banks culture novels lined up.
July 14, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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Every year, cuttlefish spawn in their thousands off the coast of Whyalla, South Australia. I was lucky enough to see them change colour before my eyes. #snorkelling #nature #ocean #cthulu #cephalopods #australia
June 29, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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One bad font can turn a friendly local restaurant to fascism. #fonts #fascism #food
Restaurant sign. The restaurant name is 'mazi', however the font makes it look like 'nazi'.
June 21, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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This is true of almost every fellow Australian I know. #Australia #cities #urbanmigration
Picture of a thin sliver of Australia's east cost, with a joke. Australian: I've lived in Australia my whole life.
June 11, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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Kitten update! The two sick kittens found at my work have almost fully recovered. They are delighting is with their cuddles and antics :) #kittensofbluesky #catsofbkuesky #kittens
Leaping kitten in a sunbeam Two kittens, one in a basket, one next to the basket Two kittens sleeping on someone's lap
June 6, 2025 at 7:30 AM