Captain Awkward
@captainawkward.bsky.social
Advice blogger, soon-to-be-author. You may remember me as CAwkward on that other site, but I have reclaimed my full title and powers! Here to make new internets to push the bad internets down.
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For a second this looks like it's gonna be a dud and then all of the sudden it's a fire hose of whistles kind of at me. 😂 (I was right of the camera!)
If you'd like to support our hijinks, we have sent 166,246 whistles to 39 states. Buy filament for our printers here:
Linktr.ee/3Dwhistles
If you'd like to support our hijinks, we have sent 166,246 whistles to 39 states. Buy filament for our printers here:
Linktr.ee/3Dwhistles
January 25, 2026 at 2:34 AM
For a second this looks like it's gonna be a dud and then all of the sudden it's a fire hose of whistles kind of at me. 😂 (I was right of the camera!)
If you'd like to support our hijinks, we have sent 166,246 whistles to 39 states. Buy filament for our printers here:
Linktr.ee/3Dwhistles
If you'd like to support our hijinks, we have sent 166,246 whistles to 39 states. Buy filament for our printers here:
Linktr.ee/3Dwhistles
Get in here
a cat is peeking out of a box with the words `` hug coming your way '' written on it .
Alt: A cat reaches toward camera with the text “hug coming your way”
media.tenor.com
January 25, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Get in here
I am hugging you with my mind, o smart kind person who makes this place what it is.
January 25, 2026 at 12:17 AM
I am hugging you with my mind, o smart kind person who makes this place what it is.
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"We have to help people understand what is (the current, shared reality), we must collectively imagine what can be (a future possibility), & we have to diligently labor for what must be (organizing to sustain life/livingness & for liberation)."
@prisonculture.bsky.social on how to move forward.
@prisonculture.bsky.social on how to move forward.
Read This If You're New and Trying to Find Your Way
Abolitionist organizer and author Mariame Kaba offers youth living through the current crises a renewed perspective on how to move forward.
inthesetimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 9:16 PM
"We have to help people understand what is (the current, shared reality), we must collectively imagine what can be (a future possibility), & we have to diligently labor for what must be (organizing to sustain life/livingness & for liberation)."
@prisonculture.bsky.social on how to move forward.
@prisonculture.bsky.social on how to move forward.
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You could actually structure your moral code around the idea that law enforcement doesn't exist to execute people. You don't have to create perfect victim narratives, you can just refuse to accept that the state gets to kill people.
January 24, 2026 at 9:22 PM
You could actually structure your moral code around the idea that law enforcement doesn't exist to execute people. You don't have to create perfect victim narratives, you can just refuse to accept that the state gets to kill people.
What an incredible loss. I am so sorry. And furious.
January 24, 2026 at 9:58 PM
What an incredible loss. I am so sorry. And furious.
You’re funny, smart, perceptive, and seem like the sweetest of sweet-peas. Why would we not?
January 24, 2026 at 3:16 PM
You’re funny, smart, perceptive, and seem like the sweetest of sweet-peas. Why would we not?
I inherited three of the softest cableknit cardigans from my late mother-in-law. They have pockets.
January 24, 2026 at 1:16 PM
I inherited three of the softest cableknit cardigans from my late mother-in-law. They have pockets.
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“Cant sleep… i’ll just have a quick look at my phone”
January 22, 2026 at 4:21 AM
“Cant sleep… i’ll just have a quick look at my phone”
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I propose setting the over/under at four.
January 23, 2026 at 6:30 PM
I propose setting the over/under at four.
Yes and he is 100% his Flashdance character all these years later
January 23, 2026 at 4:49 AM
Yes and he is 100% his Flashdance character all these years later
Thank you! So cool!
January 23, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Thank you! So cool!
They are so great!!!
January 22, 2026 at 11:34 PM
They are so great!!!
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ICE Agents Wait At Edge Of Delivery Table To Deport Newborn
January 22, 2026 at 7:00 PM
ICE Agents Wait At Edge Of Delivery Table To Deport Newborn
Good job marrying your favorite person! These pictures are so great.
January 22, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Good job marrying your favorite person! These pictures are so great.
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Part of the reason we’re here is because of how many people kept policing other people’s anger instead of heeding their warnings
I can’t build any solidarity with someone who feels their allowed to dehumanize me or accept my dehumanization for me
By gas lighting me about the past
I can’t build any solidarity with someone who feels their allowed to dehumanize me or accept my dehumanization for me
By gas lighting me about the past
January 21, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Part of the reason we’re here is because of how many people kept policing other people’s anger instead of heeding their warnings
I can’t build any solidarity with someone who feels their allowed to dehumanize me or accept my dehumanization for me
By gas lighting me about the past
I can’t build any solidarity with someone who feels their allowed to dehumanize me or accept my dehumanization for me
By gas lighting me about the past
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Fun bluesky fact is that no matter what else is going on, someone is always reading Moby Dick
January 22, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Fun bluesky fact is that no matter what else is going on, someone is always reading Moby Dick
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to fucken vanquish someone wearing scissor shoe
January 21, 2026 at 3:09 AM
to fucken vanquish someone wearing scissor shoe
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Me, reading the timeline.
January 21, 2026 at 4:50 AM
Me, reading the timeline.
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ARE YOU A NON-MINNESOTAN WHO WANTS IDEAS OF STUFF TO DO TO HELP MINNESOTA RESIST FASCIST TYRANNY? Have I got a blog post for you! With additional advice for how to get ready in case tyranny shows up at YOUR doorstep next!
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How To Help if You are Outside Minnesota
I’m going to assume that if you’re reading this, you more or less understand the situation in Minnesota and I don’t have to explain it to you! That said, I do have a section of lo…
naomikritzer.com
January 21, 2026 at 4:13 AM
ARE YOU A NON-MINNESOTAN WHO WANTS IDEAS OF STUFF TO DO TO HELP MINNESOTA RESIST FASCIST TYRANNY? Have I got a blog post for you! With additional advice for how to get ready in case tyranny shows up at YOUR doorstep next!
naomikritzer.com/2026/01/21/h...
naomikritzer.com/2026/01/21/h...