Ray Ingles
@ringles.bsky.social
I’m a software developer with a lifelong taste for science fiction.
My first novel, SECONDARY, is now available! Andy Weir's THE MARTIAN meets Naomi Alderman's THE POWER.
https://secondary.blog
My first novel, SECONDARY, is now available! Andy Weir's THE MARTIAN meets Naomi Alderman's THE POWER.
https://secondary.blog
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Ray Ingles
@ringles.bsky.social
· Apr 22
SECONDARY is now available almost everywhere books and e-books are sold!
THE MARTIAN meets THE POWER; I can comfortably promise you've 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 read a story quite like it.
books2read.com/b/mdx1Jl
Amazon: t.co/0xpU28EWiE
Sample chapters: t.co/pvZX0lxq2v
#ScienceFiction #TimeTravel #SciFi
THE MARTIAN meets THE POWER; I can comfortably promise you've 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 read a story quite like it.
books2read.com/b/mdx1Jl
Amazon: t.co/0xpU28EWiE
Sample chapters: t.co/pvZX0lxq2v
#ScienceFiction #TimeTravel #SciFi
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Reporter: You received a letter from AG Pam Bondi making several demands….
Walz: I would just give a pro tip to the AG. There's 2 million documents in the Epstein files we're still waiting on. Go ahead and work on those
Walz: I would just give a pro tip to the AG. There's 2 million documents in the Epstein files we're still waiting on. Go ahead and work on those
January 25, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Reporter: You received a letter from AG Pam Bondi making several demands….
Walz: I would just give a pro tip to the AG. There's 2 million documents in the Epstein files we're still waiting on. Go ahead and work on those
Walz: I would just give a pro tip to the AG. There's 2 million documents in the Epstein files we're still waiting on. Go ahead and work on those
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Hey #writingcommunity!
I hope y'all will join me starting in a week for #Febchantment, a prompt game focused on worldbuilding magic systems!
You can use this to yap about a magic system you already have or build a new one. And oh yeah, feel free to define "magic system" as broadly as you want 😊
I hope y'all will join me starting in a week for #Febchantment, a prompt game focused on worldbuilding magic systems!
You can use this to yap about a magic system you already have or build a new one. And oh yeah, feel free to define "magic system" as broadly as you want 😊
January 25, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Hey #writingcommunity!
I hope y'all will join me starting in a week for #Febchantment, a prompt game focused on worldbuilding magic systems!
You can use this to yap about a magic system you already have or build a new one. And oh yeah, feel free to define "magic system" as broadly as you want 😊
I hope y'all will join me starting in a week for #Febchantment, a prompt game focused on worldbuilding magic systems!
You can use this to yap about a magic system you already have or build a new one. And oh yeah, feel free to define "magic system" as broadly as you want 😊
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This is gonna be such a fun prompt game! Oh, the hype is real! #WriteSky #WritingCommunity
Hey #writingcommunity!
I hope y'all will join me starting in a week for #Febchantment, a prompt game focused on worldbuilding magic systems!
You can use this to yap about a magic system you already have or build a new one. And oh yeah, feel free to define "magic system" as broadly as you want 😊
I hope y'all will join me starting in a week for #Febchantment, a prompt game focused on worldbuilding magic systems!
You can use this to yap about a magic system you already have or build a new one. And oh yeah, feel free to define "magic system" as broadly as you want 😊
January 26, 2026 at 3:50 PM
This is gonna be such a fun prompt game! Oh, the hype is real! #WriteSky #WritingCommunity
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I have used literally EXACTLY this tactic, it works as perfectly as if it were tailor-made for the purpose.
I once read a thread on sexism in international relations/spying where women were instructed to make wrong claims about X whenever they wanted to get secret information on X; a man would just disclose the key info by means of mansplaining
January 26, 2026 at 9:28 AM
I have used literally EXACTLY this tactic, it works as perfectly as if it were tailor-made for the purpose.
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Heyo, Chicago pals: Quick note that the executive vice president of the Bob Loquercio Auto Group is vociferously defending the murder of Alex Pretti.
The auto group has 16 locations in and around Chicago, listed below. Please take your business elsewhere.
www.blautogroup.com/locations/in...
The auto group has 16 locations in and around Chicago, listed below. Please take your business elsewhere.
www.blautogroup.com/locations/in...
January 25, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Heyo, Chicago pals: Quick note that the executive vice president of the Bob Loquercio Auto Group is vociferously defending the murder of Alex Pretti.
The auto group has 16 locations in and around Chicago, listed below. Please take your business elsewhere.
www.blautogroup.com/locations/in...
The auto group has 16 locations in and around Chicago, listed below. Please take your business elsewhere.
www.blautogroup.com/locations/in...
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I think their so called training was nazi war pics & a flyer saying "do this"
#RiP 😞
PS::: holocaust pics have made me sick since my nazi killing war hero Grandpa started showing me his. He ended every talk with "theyre coming back one day" no joke. Hes rolling over in his Arlington Grave 😞
#FDT
#RiP 😞
PS::: holocaust pics have made me sick since my nazi killing war hero Grandpa started showing me his. He ended every talk with "theyre coming back one day" no joke. Hes rolling over in his Arlington Grave 😞
#FDT
January 26, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Jim's lost in an alternate timeline. Toromu's a guard in the sanitarium he gets thrown in.
She abuses him in ways not humanly possible in our world. Jim simply will not survive if he doesn't find a way to stop her.
(Though he's not sure he *wants* to survive there, in that world...)
She abuses him in ways not humanly possible in our world. Jim simply will not survive if he doesn't find a way to stop her.
(Though he's not sure he *wants* to survive there, in that world...)
Does your MC have any particular rivalries or enemies that are important to them? Who is it? Why is beating them so important? #WritingPrompt
January 26, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Jim's lost in an alternate timeline. Toromu's a guard in the sanitarium he gets thrown in.
She abuses him in ways not humanly possible in our world. Jim simply will not survive if he doesn't find a way to stop her.
(Though he's not sure he *wants* to survive there, in that world...)
She abuses him in ways not humanly possible in our world. Jim simply will not survive if he doesn't find a way to stop her.
(Though he's not sure he *wants* to survive there, in that world...)
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We get that Republicans want to argue that “you shouldn’t” protest or film agents, or that it’s “a bad idea.” But it’s a right. That means you don’t get to decide whether someone gets to do it if that’s how they choose to protest. It also means agents can’t kill people who do.
January 26, 2026 at 2:16 AM
We get that Republicans want to argue that “you shouldn’t” protest or film agents, or that it’s “a bad idea.” But it’s a right. That means you don’t get to decide whether someone gets to do it if that’s how they choose to protest. It also means agents can’t kill people who do.
#JanuaryWorldBuilders: Squads, formations, tactics
Their troop organization follows a body metaphor; a 'hand' is a roughly a squad ('thumb' as corporal), a 'wrist' a platoon, an 'elbow' approximately a company.
Tactics are broadly similar to our world's, though closer to Ukraine's military.
1/3
Their troop organization follows a body metaphor; a 'hand' is a roughly a squad ('thumb' as corporal), a 'wrist' a platoon, an 'elbow' approximately a company.
Tactics are broadly similar to our world's, though closer to Ukraine's military.
1/3
#JanuaryWorldbuilders Describe some specific features of your military. How are squads arranged? What are some ranks? What are some tactics they might use? Are they more offensively-directed or defensive? Do they know formations?
January 26, 2026 at 12:07 PM
#JanuaryWorldBuilders: Squads, formations, tactics
Their troop organization follows a body metaphor; a 'hand' is a roughly a squad ('thumb' as corporal), a 'wrist' a platoon, an 'elbow' approximately a company.
Tactics are broadly similar to our world's, though closer to Ukraine's military.
1/3
Their troop organization follows a body metaphor; a 'hand' is a roughly a squad ('thumb' as corporal), a 'wrist' a platoon, an 'elbow' approximately a company.
Tactics are broadly similar to our world's, though closer to Ukraine's military.
1/3
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Our hero muses on daylight savings time
From "Hat"
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #Wipsnips
From "Hat"
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #Wipsnips
January 26, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Our hero muses on daylight savings time
From "Hat"
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #Wipsnips
From "Hat"
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #Wipsnips
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In my ongoing attempts to give you a break from *gestures widely* THE HORRORS:
Let's talk about the utterly bizarre science of cats' purring.
Here's a weird starting point:
There are NO cats (Felidae) that can BOTH roar AND purr.
Cats that roar = genus Panthera
Cats that purr = genus Felis
Let's talk about the utterly bizarre science of cats' purring.
Here's a weird starting point:
There are NO cats (Felidae) that can BOTH roar AND purr.
Cats that roar = genus Panthera
Cats that purr = genus Felis
January 24, 2026 at 11:12 PM
In my ongoing attempts to give you a break from *gestures widely* THE HORRORS:
Let's talk about the utterly bizarre science of cats' purring.
Here's a weird starting point:
There are NO cats (Felidae) that can BOTH roar AND purr.
Cats that roar = genus Panthera
Cats that purr = genus Felis
Let's talk about the utterly bizarre science of cats' purring.
Here's a weird starting point:
There are NO cats (Felidae) that can BOTH roar AND purr.
Cats that roar = genus Panthera
Cats that purr = genus Felis
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Showing vs. telling is primarily about managing pace and attention--and if I don't want the reader to slow down and pay attention, I will absolutely tell my way past it.
(Telling is also for playing with voice and message! And sometimes the thing you want the reader to pay attention to is YOU.)
(Telling is also for playing with voice and message! And sometimes the thing you want the reader to pay attention to is YOU.)
What's your favorite writing rule to break? Why do you break it? #WritingPrompt
January 25, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Showing vs. telling is primarily about managing pace and attention--and if I don't want the reader to slow down and pay attention, I will absolutely tell my way past it.
(Telling is also for playing with voice and message! And sometimes the thing you want the reader to pay attention to is YOU.)
(Telling is also for playing with voice and message! And sometimes the thing you want the reader to pay attention to is YOU.)
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Megan is just aware enough to be cringing this got published the day of a brutal public murder by Trumpists, but not aware enough to anticipate that was likely to happen.
Don’t worry tho it’s still the Post we‘ve come to expect
January 25, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Megan is just aware enough to be cringing this got published the day of a brutal public murder by Trumpists, but not aware enough to anticipate that was likely to happen.
The current trend is short, punchy, tight prose.
That's not me. That'll never be me, except in action scenes. I like prose that has room to breathe, to flow, even to meander at times. I like to chew and digest my plots, premises, and characters thoroughly.
That's not me. That'll never be me, except in action scenes. I like prose that has room to breathe, to flow, even to meander at times. I like to chew and digest my plots, premises, and characters thoroughly.
What's your favorite writing rule to break? Why do you break it? #WritingPrompt
January 25, 2026 at 4:08 PM
The current trend is short, punchy, tight prose.
That's not me. That'll never be me, except in action scenes. I like prose that has room to breathe, to flow, even to meander at times. I like to chew and digest my plots, premises, and characters thoroughly.
That's not me. That'll never be me, except in action scenes. I like prose that has room to breathe, to flow, even to meander at times. I like to chew and digest my plots, premises, and characters thoroughly.
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You can pry my adverbs from my cold, dead fingers 😂
What's your favorite writing rule to break? Why do you break it? #WritingPrompt
January 25, 2026 at 3:39 PM
You can pry my adverbs from my cold, dead fingers 😂
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WSJ says ICE is lying.
Read that again…. The Wall Street Journal is calling out the lies
Read that again…. The Wall Street Journal is calling out the lies
January 25, 2026 at 3:03 PM
WSJ says ICE is lying.
Read that again…. The Wall Street Journal is calling out the lies
Read that again…. The Wall Street Journal is calling out the lies
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Coming in 2026...
January 14, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Coming in 2026...
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#TimeTravelAuthors Day 25. The biggest problem I had was with my time travel mechanism so easy for my MC to use and it making him physically the age he was at the point he travels back to it was hard for me to imagine he'd ever let himself get to the age I wanted him to be. I figured he'd probably
January 25, 2026 at 3:08 PM
#TimeTravelAuthors Day 25. The biggest problem I had was with my time travel mechanism so easy for my MC to use and it making him physically the age he was at the point he travels back to it was hard for me to imagine he'd ever let himself get to the age I wanted him to be. I figured he'd probably
#TimeTravelAuthors 25: Problem/difficulty with #TimeTravel
I had a couple. First, whether to use it all! SECONDARY *could* have been set in the far future, and the MC get there cryogenically or something. But that would have required commenting directly on current controversies.
1/7
#SciFi
I had a couple. First, whether to use it all! SECONDARY *could* have been set in the far future, and the MC get there cryogenically or something. But that would have required commenting directly on current controversies.
1/7
#SciFi
January 25, 2026 at 2:51 PM
#TimeTravelAuthors 25: Problem/difficulty with #TimeTravel
I had a couple. First, whether to use it all! SECONDARY *could* have been set in the far future, and the MC get there cryogenically or something. But that would have required commenting directly on current controversies.
1/7
#SciFi
I had a couple. First, whether to use it all! SECONDARY *could* have been set in the far future, and the MC get there cryogenically or something. But that would have required commenting directly on current controversies.
1/7
#SciFi
#JanuaryWorldBuilders 25: What training do troops go through?
Not that different from our world. They have better military drones, but also better defenses against them. Firearms, tactics, etc. are covered.
Close-quarters combat is all about knife work. Get metal in their bodies, then zap.
#SciFi
Not that different from our world. They have better military drones, but also better defenses against them. Firearms, tactics, etc. are covered.
Close-quarters combat is all about knife work. Get metal in their bodies, then zap.
#SciFi
#JanuaryWorldbuilders. Hello, friends! Today's military worldbuilding question: what kind of training do troops go through? Do they learn to use weapons? Go through obstacle courses? Do they do drills or learn discipline? Or are they thrown into the frontline as cannon fodder?
January 25, 2026 at 2:06 PM
#JanuaryWorldBuilders 25: What training do troops go through?
Not that different from our world. They have better military drones, but also better defenses against them. Firearms, tactics, etc. are covered.
Close-quarters combat is all about knife work. Get metal in their bodies, then zap.
#SciFi
Not that different from our world. They have better military drones, but also better defenses against them. Firearms, tactics, etc. are covered.
Close-quarters combat is all about knife work. Get metal in their bodies, then zap.
#SciFi
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You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
January 25, 2026 at 1:15 AM
You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
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This moment in history provides us with incontrovertible evidence that all the conservatives who claim to be extremely devoted to freedom of speech and the right to bear arms, and opposed to the encroachment of tyranny, are completely and totally full of shit.
It's all white supremacy and greed.
It's all white supremacy and greed.
January 25, 2026 at 2:03 AM
This moment in history provides us with incontrovertible evidence that all the conservatives who claim to be extremely devoted to freedom of speech and the right to bear arms, and opposed to the encroachment of tyranny, are completely and totally full of shit.
It's all white supremacy and greed.
It's all white supremacy and greed.
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This is bizarrely satisfying.
January 25, 2026 at 3:51 AM
This is bizarrely satisfying.