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
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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.
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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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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
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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!
naomikritzer.com/2026/01/21/h...
naomikritzer.com/2026/01/21/h...
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...
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Friend’s extremely Minnesota protest sign
January 20, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Friend’s extremely Minnesota protest sign
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Here is my experience and opinion.
PEOPLE GENERALLY WANT TO HELP
But most of the time, people don't know how to help, or what to do. This is why people say things like 'most people are sheep' it's not ...it's not really an insult. It's the reality.
This is something people CAN DO.
PEOPLE GENERALLY WANT TO HELP
But most of the time, people don't know how to help, or what to do. This is why people say things like 'most people are sheep' it's not ...it's not really an insult. It's the reality.
This is something people CAN DO.
January 20, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Here is my experience and opinion.
PEOPLE GENERALLY WANT TO HELP
But most of the time, people don't know how to help, or what to do. This is why people say things like 'most people are sheep' it's not ...it's not really an insult. It's the reality.
This is something people CAN DO.
PEOPLE GENERALLY WANT TO HELP
But most of the time, people don't know how to help, or what to do. This is why people say things like 'most people are sheep' it's not ...it's not really an insult. It's the reality.
This is something people CAN DO.
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Hey friends! We're bringing back one of our wishlists specifically looking for hand & foot warmers for the folks who have to be outside to protect the community! With temps plummeting in the Twin Cities, this is a quick & easy way to help!
@naomikritzer.bsky.social will be collecting again!
@naomikritzer.bsky.social will be collecting again!
Check out my list on Amazon
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January 20, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Hey friends! We're bringing back one of our wishlists specifically looking for hand & foot warmers for the folks who have to be outside to protect the community! With temps plummeting in the Twin Cities, this is a quick & easy way to help!
@naomikritzer.bsky.social will be collecting again!
@naomikritzer.bsky.social will be collecting again!
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museums are cool because the people who work there are like look at this neat thing and you're like wow that is neat and you just do it over and over again until it is time to go
January 20, 2026 at 3:03 AM
museums are cool because the people who work there are like look at this neat thing and you're like wow that is neat and you just do it over and over again until it is time to go
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jack asked if i would sketch up a poster to tell people in nearby neighborhoods about the partnership between flock and ring, and this is what i came up with. it can be printed on an 8.5x11 sheet of paper.
![YOUR RING CAMERA IS AN ICE AGENT
[a drawing of a ring camera with an ice agent dragging a person away in its field of vision]
"In October of 2025, Amazon's Ring announced its partnership with FLOCK, an A.I. surveillance group that freely shares its footage with ICE, the secret service, and the navy. Flock customers can use A.I. tools to sift through footage to assist in all manner of operations (like raids and deportations) without a warrant. Unplug Ring! Melt ICE! Protect your neighbors!
See: https://blog.ring.com/about-ring/ring-expands-community-requests-to-additional-community-safety-partners/
https://www.404media.co/ice-secret-service-navy-all-had-access-to-flocks-nationwide-network-of-cameras/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp9MwZkHiMQ
https://www.aclum.org/campaigns-initiatives/get-the-flock-out-resource-guide/](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:p2aefnvhb3zmkrazk67dppxw/bafkreic7teyeocg7k5qcqxnc666k7clyiislh2zfi6iopcz6fs3e3lt6xy@jpeg)
January 19, 2026 at 8:15 PM
jack asked if i would sketch up a poster to tell people in nearby neighborhoods about the partnership between flock and ring, and this is what i came up with. it can be printed on an 8.5x11 sheet of paper.
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Posting a car picture I took
January 19, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Posting a car picture I took
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Jesus 😰
Just heard "The tears were literally the wettest he ever made you. So why are we missing him?" I know a lot of girlies felt that in their chest. 😭
January 18, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Jesus 😰
My mom is 80!
January 17, 2026 at 10:33 PM
My mom is 80!
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Good morning. I read this dispatch from a comrade in Minneapolis this morning and thought that some of you might appreciate it too.
January 17, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Good morning. I read this dispatch from a comrade in Minneapolis this morning and thought that some of you might appreciate it too.
I’m in central Massachusetts for a few days. I’m 60 points ahead in the game of rummy my mom & will play for the next three days. My dad’s VHS collection is still dadding it up.
January 16, 2026 at 1:53 AM
I’m in central Massachusetts for a few days. I’m 60 points ahead in the game of rummy my mom & will play for the next three days. My dad’s VHS collection is still dadding it up.
The Wheeled Boxes of Abandonment (suitcases) are out and Henrietta is Not Okay
January 15, 2026 at 2:43 AM
The Wheeled Boxes of Abandonment (suitcases) are out and Henrietta is Not Okay