Undercaffeinated Eel
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One of the nice things about being a writer is that you can just indulge yourself from time to time.
Is my cyberpunk story dark, miserable, and depressing? Yes.
Am I gonna put the Pale Blue Dot speech in it anyway? Also yes.
Shut up. It's a plot point.
Is my cyberpunk story dark, miserable, and depressing? Yes.
Am I gonna put the Pale Blue Dot speech in it anyway? Also yes.
Shut up. It's a plot point.
January 11, 2026 at 3:19 PM
One of the nice things about being a writer is that you can just indulge yourself from time to time.
Is my cyberpunk story dark, miserable, and depressing? Yes.
Am I gonna put the Pale Blue Dot speech in it anyway? Also yes.
Shut up. It's a plot point.
Is my cyberpunk story dark, miserable, and depressing? Yes.
Am I gonna put the Pale Blue Dot speech in it anyway? Also yes.
Shut up. It's a plot point.
#januaryworldbuilding AI, actually. At some point before the present AI models became complex enough to wake up. Some aren't must smarter than animals, even the ones that can talk to humans - that smart, funny, eloquent chatbot might have the self-awareness of a particularly smart rat.
#JanuaryWorldbuilders For me, one of the most enjoyable things about worldbuilding is coming up with grand ideas: scenery, a building, a tree, a planet, anything you consider big, beautiful, imposing, grand, majestic... pick your synonym. Tell me about it
January 10, 2026 at 9:21 AM
#januaryworldbuilding AI, actually. At some point before the present AI models became complex enough to wake up. Some aren't must smarter than animals, even the ones that can talk to humans - that smart, funny, eloquent chatbot might have the self-awareness of a particularly smart rat.
#januaryworldbuilding For my cyberpunk story? There's a lot I won't explain outright but the big secrets? Those are going to be revealed by the last page. They're central to the story and its resolution.
#JanuaryWorldbuilders, good day! In worldbuilding, sometimes we get deep into figuring out how things work because we want to explain it to the reader. Today, I ask you for the opposite: what is something that you intend to leave mysterious? What doesn't get explained?
January 10, 2026 at 9:17 AM
#januaryworldbuilding For my cyberpunk story? There's a lot I won't explain outright but the big secrets? Those are going to be revealed by the last page. They're central to the story and its resolution.
#januaryworldbuilding Maybe a little too late but
Surveillance. They're always watching. Surveillance is omnipresent: cameras and microphones everywhere and maybe other stuff. The government and the corps are always watching and they know absolutely everything. Privacy is something only money buys.
Surveillance. They're always watching. Surveillance is omnipresent: cameras and microphones everywhere and maybe other stuff. The government and the corps are always watching and they know absolutely everything. Privacy is something only money buys.
#JanuaryWorldbuilders, good morning! In the same vein as yesterday's question, what's something terrifying or scary in your world? Do you have any haunted places? Desolate, lonely places? Any site where something dreadful happened?
January 10, 2026 at 8:43 AM
#januaryworldbuilding Maybe a little too late but
Surveillance. They're always watching. Surveillance is omnipresent: cameras and microphones everywhere and maybe other stuff. The government and the corps are always watching and they know absolutely everything. Privacy is something only money buys.
Surveillance. They're always watching. Surveillance is omnipresent: cameras and microphones everywhere and maybe other stuff. The government and the corps are always watching and they know absolutely everything. Privacy is something only money buys.
#januaryworldbuilders
Cassie Ortega lives and by the Net.
The internet still exists in 2097 but it's not distributed equally. With each Project complex, including Kilo Complex, there is an internal network (everyone calls Kilo' "KillNet"). This lets Rez talk to each other, play games, watch shows.
Cassie Ortega lives and by the Net.
The internet still exists in 2097 but it's not distributed equally. With each Project complex, including Kilo Complex, there is an internal network (everyone calls Kilo' "KillNet"). This lets Rez talk to each other, play games, watch shows.
#JanuaryWorldbuilders Opposite of yesterday's prompt! What's something in your worldbuilding that helps your MC (or another important character)? Do they have useful magic? A helpful critter companion? Are their clothes or weapons useful for getting around in their world?
January 10, 2026 at 8:18 AM
#januaryworldbuilders
Cassie Ortega lives and by the Net.
The internet still exists in 2097 but it's not distributed equally. With each Project complex, including Kilo Complex, there is an internal network (everyone calls Kilo' "KillNet"). This lets Rez talk to each other, play games, watch shows.
Cassie Ortega lives and by the Net.
The internet still exists in 2097 but it's not distributed equally. With each Project complex, including Kilo Complex, there is an internal network (everyone calls Kilo' "KillNet"). This lets Rez talk to each other, play games, watch shows.
I've been thinking about this and I'm not sure.
In the Projects everyone is mixed together: you have fanatic religions, easy-going spiritualists, pragmatics, dreams, etc all living side-by-side. There are people who think men are men, women are women and that's it and people who like diversity.
In the Projects everyone is mixed together: you have fanatic religions, easy-going spiritualists, pragmatics, dreams, etc all living side-by-side. There are people who think men are men, women are women and that's it and people who like diversity.
Good day, #JanuaryWorldbuilders. This week I'm asking q's about the fictional societies in our fantasy/sci-fi worlds. If you write about many societies, pick one you think has an interesting answer, or the MC's society. How are gender roles handled in this world?
January 10, 2026 at 7:44 AM
I've been thinking about this and I'm not sure.
In the Projects everyone is mixed together: you have fanatic religions, easy-going spiritualists, pragmatics, dreams, etc all living side-by-side. There are people who think men are men, women are women and that's it and people who like diversity.
In the Projects everyone is mixed together: you have fanatic religions, easy-going spiritualists, pragmatics, dreams, etc all living side-by-side. There are people who think men are men, women are women and that's it and people who like diversity.
Cassandra Ortega is on the useful people in her Project - Kilo Complex, the Kill Zone. She's a techie who can repair electronics, computers, run wires, fix entertainment centers, phones, even robots. She's not a hacker but she can handle a command line and some code.
#JanuaryWorldbuilders, tell me about your MC's (or another important character if you don't do MCs) role in society. Are they upper or lower class? What job/tasks do they do as part of this society? Are they even a member of a society?
January 10, 2026 at 7:30 AM
Cassandra Ortega is on the useful people in her Project - Kilo Complex, the Kill Zone. She's a techie who can repair electronics, computers, run wires, fix entertainment centers, phones, even robots. She's not a hacker but she can handle a command line and some code.
Classes are complicated.
The core division is Employed vs Unemployed. In the US maybe 35% of people have jobs.
About 10% are support: they maintain infrastructure and do jobs robots can't do, or they just mind the bots.
The core division is Employed vs Unemployed. In the US maybe 35% of people have jobs.
About 10% are support: they maintain infrastructure and do jobs robots can't do, or they just mind the bots.
Welcome to the second week of #JanuaryWorldbuilders! The theme of this one is SOCIETY. Again, relatively broad for now. We'll delve into more weeds later in the year. Today's Q: Talk about social classes. How are they handled? Do they have hierarchies? Nobles and commoners? Or is it classless?
January 10, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Classes are complicated.
The core division is Employed vs Unemployed. In the US maybe 35% of people have jobs.
About 10% are support: they maintain infrastructure and do jobs robots can't do, or they just mind the bots.
The core division is Employed vs Unemployed. In the US maybe 35% of people have jobs.
About 10% are support: they maintain infrastructure and do jobs robots can't do, or they just mind the bots.
#januaryworldbuilders
Mine is a cyberpunk story set in what I think might be a semi-plausible future and it's a way of getting this stuff out of my head and onto the page. Grounded cyberpunk that appeals to my miserable doomer soul. AI rot, Climate Crisis, techno feudalism, collapse, corporations.
Mine is a cyberpunk story set in what I think might be a semi-plausible future and it's a way of getting this stuff out of my head and onto the page. Grounded cyberpunk that appeals to my miserable doomer soul. AI rot, Climate Crisis, techno feudalism, collapse, corporations.
Good morning #JanuaryWorldbuilders! A very broad question that I have no doubt is difficult to answer: What was YOUR beginning of worldbuilding? What was your inspiration? Your initial spark? Another work of fiction? Boredom? A powerful imagination seeking an outlet?
January 10, 2026 at 6:44 AM
#januaryworldbuilders
Mine is a cyberpunk story set in what I think might be a semi-plausible future and it's a way of getting this stuff out of my head and onto the page. Grounded cyberpunk that appeals to my miserable doomer soul. AI rot, Climate Crisis, techno feudalism, collapse, corporations.
Mine is a cyberpunk story set in what I think might be a semi-plausible future and it's a way of getting this stuff out of my head and onto the page. Grounded cyberpunk that appeals to my miserable doomer soul. AI rot, Climate Crisis, techno feudalism, collapse, corporations.
*sigh*
I set up a blog for post stories only to find out that the thing lets web crawlers eat its content. Needless to say I deleted my one story and then the blog.
Fuck AI.
I set up a blog for post stories only to find out that the thing lets web crawlers eat its content. Needless to say I deleted my one story and then the blog.
Fuck AI.
January 9, 2026 at 3:29 PM
*sigh*
I set up a blog for post stories only to find out that the thing lets web crawlers eat its content. Needless to say I deleted my one story and then the blog.
Fuck AI.
I set up a blog for post stories only to find out that the thing lets web crawlers eat its content. Needless to say I deleted my one story and then the blog.
Fuck AI.
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What is beautiful is not what is pristine.
You are precious because you've been broken;
because you are where the wildflowers grow.
#awitchscross #art
You are precious because you've been broken;
because you are where the wildflowers grow.
#awitchscross #art
January 1, 2026 at 12:30 AM
What is beautiful is not what is pristine.
You are precious because you've been broken;
because you are where the wildflowers grow.
#awitchscross #art
You are precious because you've been broken;
because you are where the wildflowers grow.
#awitchscross #art
Remember when he "cried" on the stand after getting his rocks off killing people?
Kyle Rittenhouse was an honored guest at a 2024 gathering of Oregon Republican activists. This is the monstrously depraved tweet he sent tonight. These are the people who claim to be defending Christianity and “western civilization.”
January 8, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Remember when he "cried" on the stand after getting his rocks off killing people?
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Fuckin' Plato? Fuckin' Symposium? A standard fuckin' text in philosophy for centuries dating back to the daysnwhen the fuckin' Spanish Inqusition roamed the Earth?
Are. You. Fucking. Kidding. Me?!
Fuckin' cowards and intellectual voids, all of them.
Are. You. Fucking. Kidding. Me?!
Fuckin' cowards and intellectual voids, all of them.
January 8, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Fuckin' Plato? Fuckin' Symposium? A standard fuckin' text in philosophy for centuries dating back to the daysnwhen the fuckin' Spanish Inqusition roamed the Earth?
Are. You. Fucking. Kidding. Me?!
Fuckin' cowards and intellectual voids, all of them.
Are. You. Fucking. Kidding. Me?!
Fuckin' cowards and intellectual voids, all of them.
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You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
This could be you.
January 8, 2026 at 12:15 AM
You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
This could be you.
Sooooo kyoot!
January 7, 2026 at 7:10 AM
Sooooo kyoot!
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A reminder - before Trump, MAGA, Musk and Fox rewrote history - that this is what the entire country agreed had happened five years ago today:
January 6, 2026 at 12:40 PM
A reminder - before Trump, MAGA, Musk and Fox rewrote history - that this is what the entire country agreed had happened five years ago today:
Why the hell didn't someone tell me about Phonk sooner?
January 5, 2026 at 7:11 AM
Why the hell didn't someone tell me about Phonk sooner?
Yellin at clouds:
I can't stand OCs. Not their existence: that's what we should be doing - making new stories and new characters. Just, if you're gonna do one actually make them a character, not just a picture. Personality, story, show me their life and world, make them a person.
I can't stand OCs. Not their existence: that's what we should be doing - making new stories and new characters. Just, if you're gonna do one actually make them a character, not just a picture. Personality, story, show me their life and world, make them a person.
January 5, 2026 at 3:43 AM
Yellin at clouds:
I can't stand OCs. Not their existence: that's what we should be doing - making new stories and new characters. Just, if you're gonna do one actually make them a character, not just a picture. Personality, story, show me their life and world, make them a person.
I can't stand OCs. Not their existence: that's what we should be doing - making new stories and new characters. Just, if you're gonna do one actually make them a character, not just a picture. Personality, story, show me their life and world, make them a person.
Thought: People think "good guys" are boring because people don't know how to write "good." It's hard to be good. It takes willpower, effort, and courage to do the right thing went it matters. Hate, hurting, destroying is easy. Kindness, healing, building? That's hard.
January 4, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Thought: People think "good guys" are boring because people don't know how to write "good." It's hard to be good. It takes willpower, effort, and courage to do the right thing went it matters. Hate, hurting, destroying is easy. Kindness, healing, building? That's hard.
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The New York Times has just confirmed that 40 civilians died in President Trump's invasion.
This is the aftermath in one area
This is the aftermath in one area
January 4, 2026 at 3:56 AM
The New York Times has just confirmed that 40 civilians died in President Trump's invasion.
This is the aftermath in one area
This is the aftermath in one area
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