Scott Steensma

@scottsteensma.bsky.social

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Librarian, writer, son of a cat-fancier. Published in Analog, Aurealis, ASM, Etherea, The Australian, The Age and elsewhere. Shortlisted for the Aurealis 2022 and 2025 science fiction short story awards. You can find me at stainlesssteelcat.com

Copy of a tweet noting that at a funeral, yourube ads played 8 times during the music as the church was too cheap to buy YouTube premium.
Tabby Cat in a den made from a towel and a blanket on a couch.
Picture of a postage stamp of the British Queen with Freddy mercury's face.
Man sitting on wooden floor with a finger toothbrush on his hand. He and a tabby cat are staring at the brush intently.
Box of green feijoas advertised at 4.99 aud each
Fruitless hot cross bun packet, labelled clearly as fruitless
Blurred image of a grassy cat chunder on an expensive mechanical keyboard.
Picture of a dropped meat pie smashed on a concrete train station staircase.
Copy of a tweet reading: my buddy lost his job to ai. It was his job to chug thousands of gallons of water at a data center
Tabby cat with toupee made from cat hair. Vague resemblance to a politician known for his fake hair.
Four snails crawling out of a mailbox labelled "no junk mail".
Cover of Sean Williams novel Metal Fatigue
Hungry caterpillar mural saying the caterpillar is still hungry for justice
Cover of Max Barry's book Machine Man.
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.
A conference panel with authors Lauren Ashman, Matt Tighe, Livia J. Elliot, Scott Steendma and Keith Stevenson.
Tabby cat eating catnip while cypress hill's 'hits from the bong' plays
Black gym back with branding in gold that reads 'firm abs'
Graffiti of a smoking snail,Melbourne Australia
Fluffy tabby cat sitting on a concrete fencepost
Guy driving with both a foot and a hand holding a cigarette stucking out of the driver's open window.
Ad from an Australian Hotel advertising Friday night meat raffles
A dinosaur with the head of NZ politician Winston Peters, smoking a cigarette. Image likely AI generated.
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"
Tabby Cat watching 2 macaws on a power line
Moustached man wearing a purple mad hatters outfit
British soldier in old fashioned gas mask
Simpson's image with multiple 90s references and a joke about removable car stereo facings.
Old and worn frontage of a closed shop. Signs advertise 'email' and 'internet zone'.
Ten iain Banks culture novels lined up.
Underwater video of a cuttlefish changing colour and texture.
Restaurant sign. The restaurant name is 'mazi', however the font makes it look like 'nazi'.
Picture of a thin sliver of Australia's east cost, with a joke. Australian: I've lived in Australia my whole life.
Leaping kitten in a sunbeam
Two very small, I'll kittens in a box, one grey, one tabby and white
Cat tracker map, showing that my cat crossed a river and travelled 10 miles from my house in a straight line to an indian restaurant
Four sf books - hothouse, years best sf number 3, the power, thus is how you lose the time war.
Mouthwashing game cover art
Cj cherryh novel called serpents reach, with very 70s/80s cover of a woman wearing a crown and holding a raygun
Cover of cd single for Sash!'s ecuador. 90s guy in sunglasses, blue futuristic building in background.
Man peering from inside an inflatable dinosaur suit.
Bearded man with Elizabethan ruff who is half man half penguin.
Rainbow lorikeet parrot at window, tree in background
Man's hand with ring. Ring is etched with circuitboard patterns, witha central copper coloured line.
B&W photo of man with a huge moustache and suit with tie. Possibly early 20th century.
Reddit comment saying ai images look like an apprentice pastry chef made them from fondant
Snake charmer costume. The snake extends from the wearers crotch.
Lord of the rings meme with saruman discussing a peace treaty with Sauron
Follower count if T.R Napper, now at 1000
Photo of hand with two rings, index and middle fingers
List of election candidates. Names Busselton billman and faith fuhrer.
Book by Jamie sands
Painting of a diver in an old fashioned diving suit, diving with orange goldfish.
Tabby cat eating grass
Framed print of a painting of Island Bay, Wellington NZ.
Nz 20c piece