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Heck Awaits @heckawaits.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity KNOWING NOTHING Ichadon leaned in. “Why would we need to represent those who are dead?” The Easterner took a long sip of the tea, shrugged a bit, pursed his lips and stared at the ground. They cause trouble if you do not manage them.

We do not have a lord anymore, not like you do. It is better that way. If our chief does not do well, we can choose another. Nobody is hurt, because the old chief just goes back to his old position and the new chief can start. He represents the living. We have seers, like you. They represent the undying, the guards. But from what I have heard, you do not have anyone to represent the dead. That is a big difference, I think.
Ichadon leaned in. “Why would we need to represent those who are dead?”
The Easterner took a long sip of the tea, shrugged a bit, pursed his lips and stared at the ground. They cause trouble if you do not manage them.
The flap of the tent shot open and the two commanders strode in. The Northern commander apologized for the delay; the Southern commander did not. The Northerner took a stool and sat to the left of the Easterner, but the Southern commander saw this and picked up his stool, moved to the side of the Northerner, and sat across from the Easterner.
What is this about performing rites?

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Heck Awaits @heckawaits.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

My suggestion for Mar-a-lago is to make it a museum of American fascism. As visitors walk through, they see how racism, religious fundamentalism, wealth inequality, and media consolidation fueled a militarized nation into supporting a deranged conman, in whose house they now stand.

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Dan Sato @tellthestory.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Lots of nations and countries in this convo. In his youth, he recalls, #FrankMatsura was uncritical about Japan's colonial ambitions. #WIPsnips #nation One month from launch date. www.dansato.com

Many of us believed that neighboring Korea was weak and would be occupied by someone, so why not Japan? It would be better if an Asian country ruled it, rather than Russia or Great Britain, both of which had interests in Korea. Europeans were carving up Asia like a roast pig. Some Asian nation had to rise to counter European power in the region and Japan was standing up to fill that role. China had its eye on Korea too. One student, Kusu, had read and become consumed by a Russian book, The Communist Manifesto. None of us had ever seen the book; it was always hidden and secure in his room. But he had learned many foreign words from it like proletariat and bourgeoisie, which he had insisted on teaching us.
“It isn’t complicated. Colonizing Korea is oppressive, no matter who does it,” Kusu said, gesturing like an orator. “If Japan wants to defend itself from European colonialism, it should support and strengthen Korea. If Asian nations banded together,” he argued, “they could collectively defend themselves and their sovereignty. If we colonized Korea, it wouldn’t be any more justifiable than the Europeans doing it, seizing a weaker country and exploiting its resources and labor for the benefit of its own wealthy class.”
A classmate pointed out that we, students at university, might be considered members of that wealthy class.

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Heck Awaits @heckawaits.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Got the report back from my developmental editor. There's a lot of work to do. Will have to crank out many new pages of tasteless and crass jokes. On the other hand, I get to have future Bach show up at the same time as past and present Bachs. It's called a "Triple Bach."

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Heck Awaits @heckawaits.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

#WIPSnips KNOWING NOTHING A person can be defined by what they know, and what they don't. Ichadon knows how to transcend what he calls samsara, the filth of linear time. He knows very little else. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichadon en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonhyo en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marananta

Ichadon knew very little, but much more than most. He knew how to slip his mind into the flow of time; he knew how to free his essence from his body and glide through space. He knew how to see through a person’s eyes into their thoughts, and how to listen to the words of objects. He knew Uisang, briefly, and knew of Wonhyo, barely. He knew Marananta enough to fear him. He knew what seers called the Classics, and he knew how to read them, in part. He knew he was no older than twenty and no younger than seventeen.
Ichadon did not know what was beyond the peninsula. He did not know why the many people who once lived there in such grandeur died there so wretchedly, and why Marananta’s school continued when everything else ended. He did not know how saltwater made vehicles move, or how firearms let a man in one village kill a man in the next. He did not know his parents.

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Heck Awaits @heckawaits.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

It is a tragedy that a joke this good had to come from an account this small.

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Heck Awaits @heckawaits.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

My feelings about Sen. Murray aside (I think her refusal to retire and pave the way for a successor is a moral and political failing), these kinds of videos need to be seen. Canadians need to know that there are many, many Americans opposing the administration, so the damage can be repaired.

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Heck Awaits @heckawaits.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

This is my new favorite dinosaur.

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Heck Awaits @heckawaits.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Me: Makes statement on Bluesky. Random Dude 1: What makes you think you can have an opinion like that? Me: Lists qualifications, notes freedom to have opinions. RD1: Well, you're dumb. RD2: Let me explain why you are wrong, by contradicting you. Me: No. RD2: How arrogant.

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Heck Awaits @heckawaits.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts Rig -> Manipulate In response to a display of doctrinal mastery, Ichadon despairs. Wonhyo corrects him: the cosmos is beyond human comprehension. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialect... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharma#...

“Then… is our position hopeless? We must win an argument against a master of logic, with a hidden agenda, and with some unknown person or persons acting to frustrate our efforts, even if it requires murder.”
Wonhyo took in a deep breath and expelled it forcefully from his wide nostrils. He looked up at the sky as if he wished to escape into it. Ichadon. She uses fancy words and makes obvious conclusions. That is not the same as knowing something. If anything, what she told us just now makes me think she is not as clever as I supposed. Her system of thought has indoctrinated her to believe that all things can be explained and that behind every human decision is a reason, based on some knowledge, even if flawed or misinformed. That is the weakness of this system. It assumes a world of logic, and of cause and effect. But that is not the cycle of existence. The moral of the song is entirely consistent with the teachings of the Classics: knowledge of the material world is helpless in the face of ultimate reality, which is beyond human reason. She will tell herself that her powers of deduction and logic will allow her to anticipate events and therefore manipulate them to her own advantage. But the cosmos will not allow it.
“It is still a very powerful tool though.”
Yes, Wonhyo admitted. But not as powerful as two seers in the familiarity of their own quarters. Come with me. We have a murderer to catch.

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Heck Awaits @heckawaits.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #WIPSnips KNOWING NOTHING After the End Time, a remnant Chinese faction asserts the predictive power of its system, Holistic Linear Thought. Its emissary, Qingxing, watches a pansori performance and deconstructs the political culture of the peninsula:

How would you interpret it, Wonhyo asked.
She shifted her feet from a casual sway of hips to a position of attention, and her head and eyes met Wonhyo’s squarely, as if preparing a lecture. We can deduce a few things about your culture and peoples from this story. The first is that your population is strictly divided between lower and upper classes. This is seen from the depiction of raw power laying in the dragon, and all the creatures around him living in fear and ignorance of him and his prerogatives. Second, we can tell that division between these classes is strict not only in classification (that is, there are few classes and they are clearly defined) but also in degree (by which I mean they are not just different but their interactions are limited). The animals about the dragon are ignorant of his motives and rely entirely on guesswork and speculation, and the dragon not only refuses to explain his actions, but insists that he is above logic and reasoning. That leads me to a third inference, which is that in your country, the decision-making process is deliberately opaque. And we can deduce from that fact an additional one, which is that the primary motive of leaders on the peninsula is security, which they will prioritize over rationalism. Finally, I would surmise that due to this opacity and relative compartmentalization of knowledge, the lower classes engage in superstition and rumor-mongering, since their natural curiosity cannot be satiated through empirical fact-finding and analysis.

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Heck Awaits @heckawaits.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

A friendly reminder that 32 percent of Americans still like the way things are going. Roughly a third of our country wants to rule over the rest of us, out of spite and contempt for their fellow citizens.

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Heck Awaits @heckawaits.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

THE FACTS OF CITIZENS UNITED LEFT PROPONENTS OF CAMPAIGN FINANCE REGULATION WITH NO GOOD OPTIONS. THE ONLY ANSWER IS NOT TO REGULATE CONTRIBUTIONS BUT TO DECREASE WEALTH INEQUALITY, WHICH REQUIRES MASSIVE, UNPOPULAR TAX HIKES.

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Heck Awaits @heckawaits.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Aaaaand holy cow, proposed rule changes to Federal EEO procedure are going to be a doozy. - No precounseling - No right to a hearing - "Targeted referral" of cases to hearing - No class actions - Chuck the Laffey Matrix out the window I... don't hate this? 1/3 www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeo...

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EEOC Proposes Major Rule Changes to Improve Workplace Discrimination Complaint Process for Federal Employees and Applicants

WASHINGTON — Under Title

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Heck Awaits @heckawaits.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

There seems to be a strong link between right-wing politics and conspiracy cranks. People will probably think of Hofstetter first, but Arendt really goes into this in the Origins of Totalitarianism. Even left-leaning conspiracy nuts seem to tack right eventually.

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Heck Awaits @heckawaits.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I have noticed that Trump consistently exhibits distain for South Korea, and I have often wondered if this is because he is trapped in 1988 and thinks Japan is awesome and Korea makes bad knock-off shit.

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ceej @ceej.online · 20/08/2026

they put up a dada center just outside of town and life has been unbearable ever since. thing looks like a fucking fish

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Heck Awaits @heckawaits.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I maintain that Senator Murray should retire given her age and time in office, but I still appreciate that she knows her people. We like Canada. We love British Columbia.

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Policy Slop @policyslop.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

How little do they think of vets that trucking is their highest calling post-service Granted, they all have TBIs now, but still

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Heck Awaits @heckawaits.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Hey, @bsky.app, I still can't write comments on the phone app because the threads no longer scroll upwards, meaning when my keypad pops up on my phone it totally covers the comment text box. Please fix this!

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Heck Awaits @heckawaits.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I can't comment on anything here all of a sudden, using my Galaxy. As soon as I touch the comment box, the screen shoots to the top comment, and the keyboard completely covers the text box, leaving me unable to see what I'm typing. Totally recent development. What gives, @bsky.app?

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Heck Awaits @heckawaits.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I start with my theme and work outwards. What am I trying to say and explore, and how do I illustrate that? Then I think of what experiences best shape this person, and what contradictions. But it's hard. It's really hard.

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Heck Awaits @heckawaits.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

To add to this: I am not sure humans have ever figured out how to deal effectively with NPD- or BPD-consistent individuals. The shallow flattery and constant political games work, unfortunately.

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Heck Awaits @heckawaits.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

KNOWING NOTHING: Umberto Eco, Im Kwon-taek and David Lynch write a novel.

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Eshe N @eshesprologue.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

IN LOVE & SKYN Running from her mamma's spirituality, a paralegal finds herself trapped in the realm, Aethiopia, with a diabolical prince and skyn that's burning to be remembered 🌙 Pan-African Folklore 🌙 Hidden Realm Fantasy 🌙 Ancient & Modern Setting 🌙 Slow burn #F #R #SP #NA #A #POC #W #BluePit

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B. van Bodegom 📃is AGENTED @bvbodegom.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

CABIN IN THE WOODS × JOHN DIES AT THE END × JUMANJI When their detective friend is murdered at their annual gaming retreat, five dads must rely on years of #TTRPG experience—and puns—to solve the crime before they're all killed off like NPCs in a badly written supernatural campaign. #BluePit #A #H

Poster-style graphic with a black background and heavy red blood splatter. Large distressed white and red text reads “DAD BODIES.” A dagger runs horizontally through the letters, and a 20-sided die showing low numbers appears on the right. Along the bottom are black silhouettes of heads with X-shaped eyes. Beneath, smaller text reads “ROLL FOR FUCKERY,” and at the bottom: “A co(s)mic horror novel by B. van Bodegom.”

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Gert Ramm 🦋 @rammwriter.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

The UK government frames intelligence agent Eddie Fletcher for its role in a temporal disaster, putting him in the crosshairs of ruthless state assassins. To save his skin he must seal a lethal time rift - or a Russian spy will use it to start a war that destroys the future. #BluePit #Q #A #SF #📖

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Amber Leigh @amberleighwrites.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Hey #bluepit check out my latest work, The Submerged. 🌊Currently Querying. #q #sf #ya

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Heck Awaits @heckawaits.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

KNOWING NOTHING The Name of the Rose, but with psychic Buddhist monks in a post-apocalypse North Korea. #BluePit #A #W #SFF #SP #WritingCommunity

One can see everything, and still know nothing.
KNOWING NOTHING

On a post-apocalyptic Korean peninsula, a few surviving settlements bicker and scheme. In the north, the Elder Kim wages his war against a remnant Chinese state, vying for land both claim to have inherited.
Ichadon, a young seer, takes his position at the Elder’s court after his predecessor went mad. He is immediately forced into an arbitration to end a war he barely understands. A supernatural entity stalks him. A key witness drops dead. Worse yet, the Chief Seer may be plotting to blame him for any failure.
He can transcend space and time. He can read a person’s thoughts and feelings. He can hear the stories of inanimate objects. He is a product of a monastery that serves as the single node of information across a broken land.
But he knows nothing.

B. ****** is an attorney and Army Reserve officer. He lived in Korea for over 11 years, first as a student at Yonsei University, then as a journalist, and finally as an active-duty Judge Advocate. He lives on an island in Washington State.

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Heck Awaits @heckawaits.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Mozart, now living in 21st-Century San Antonio, teams up with Salieri to assassinate Beethoven, Bach and Tchaikovsky. #BluePit #A #Q #HS #CO #WritingCommunity

Mozart * Salieri * Bach * Beethoven * Tchaikovsky
THE DECOMPOSER
An Alcohol-Fueled Murderous Rampage Across Time, But For a Good Cause, Almost

B. [AUTHOR NAME BLURRED]
Photo is a portrait of Mozart, edited to include him wielding a long knife and with a teardrop tattoo by his eye.

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Heck Awaits @heckawaits.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Gonna be a weird one, #BluePitHype. Thucydides Herodotus I, Claudius Romance of the Three Kingdoms Every PG Wodehouse novella John Schwartzwalder Qiu Xiaolong's Inspector Chen series Raymond Chandler Vonnegut The Origins of Totalitarianism The Guns of August Kim Young-ha Yi Sang

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Heck Awaits @heckawaits.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Antagonist: Antonio Salieri. Richer, smarter, harder-working than Mozart. Old but spry. Rides a Harley. Exceptionally talented at the assassinations of rival composers. On the other hand, he also wrote "L'Amour Innocenti." Just pure cringe.

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Heck Awaits @heckawaits.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Protagonist: Wolfgang "Wolfie" Amadeus Mozart. A dumpster fire of a human being, he drinks too much, cheats on his wife, talks down to everyone and hates Italians. His one redeeming feature is that he is the single greatest musical genius in human history.

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Heck Awaits @heckawaits.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Hello. I will one day write my dream novel, "Shredded Parm," a Guy-Fieri-fan-fiction spicy romance. You will also love my Three Amigos fan fiction, particularly "Revenge of the Invisible Swordsman" and "Three Amigos: Infamous Plethora!" #BluePitHype #BluePit #WriteSky

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Heck Awaits @heckawaits.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

I am begging legal supervisors to understand the AI cannot take the place of an attorney. It simply does not work. The gains in productivity are marginal at best, and forcing AI use can actually reduce productivity. For the love of God, make Claude draft you a motion and see for yourselves.

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Heck Awaits @heckawaits.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

I severely underestimated the appeal of Jeonju. Top-tier travel experience. Some of the best meals I've had in Korea, either rice or bread. #Korea #Jeonju #대한민국

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Heck Awaits @heckawaits.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

The thing about Korea is that despite its cities often being bland and featureless, its beautiful places are glorious and otherworldly. Namhae Island, South Gyeongsang Province. 경상남도 남해군. #Korea #대한민국

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Heck Awaits @heckawaits.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

We may have to accept that young American men are, in fact, deeply stupid. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQxA...

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The young men who elected Trump are switching sides now

YouTube video by CNN

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Heck Awaits @heckawaits.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Kids are fun and worth having, and if you regret having your kid, you simply refused to take all the down payments of responsibility and cash them in for hours of Legos and stuffed animals.

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Heck Awaits @heckawaits.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

It occurred to me that one of the most frustrating things about this moment - and the one that makes finding solutions so difficult - is that there no longer appears to be any cause and effect in the world. How can we get to a better place if consequences are random? For instance:

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Heck Awaits @heckawaits.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Why am I forced to change my passwords or passcodes frequently, refusing to let me reuse older ones? I can't remember an infinite number of 15-character passwords that change every three months. It seems like the externalities for the failure to create secure devices is being passed on to consumers.

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Heck Awaits @heckawaits.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

If we can skip to the part where we let the South go and everyone around the world immediately boycotts the new country as an apartheid state, that would be fantastic.

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Heck Awaits @heckawaits.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

In my 20s, I wanted most of all to be a novelist. I found that I needed more of two things: money, and experience. I went to law school, commissioned in the JAGC, litigated, did PME, deployed. Now I'm writing again, and it's a very different generation of readers. 1/7

And what's "it" seems weird and scary to me. It'll happen to you.

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Heck Awaits @heckawaits.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

THE DECOMPOSER #QuestPit #Q #A #CO Mozart recruits Salieri to assassinate Bach, Beethoven and Tchaikovsky to save the future of music, and his Wikipedia page. 🎵Almost but not really a sequel to Amadeus 🎵Chock full of Texans, few Italians 🎵Best served with a Riesling (pref. Wittman) 🎵69K words

Mozart * Salieri * Bach * Beethoven * Tchaikovsky
THE DECOMPOSER
An Alcohol-Fueled Murderous Rampage Across Time, But For a Good Cause, Almost
[Author name blurred]

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Elina @ekumra.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

I came home to find Beth at the desk taking dictation. Pages on the floor, red ink, her hand moving past any spec I'd written. I had built that hand for a cup's weight and a door's resistance. It was now fluent in a language I had not installed and could not read. #questpit #W #A #LF #S #U

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Heck Awaits @heckawaits.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

KNOWING NOTHING #QuestPit #WIP #SFF #U #PR #D The Name of the Rose, but with psychic Buddhist monks in a post-apocalyptic North Korea.

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