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Captain Awkward

@captainawkward.bsky.social

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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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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 14h

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve watched this TikTok since yesterday. Sherman was stressing those ladies out.

AmeriKraut @inchargeofthegirls.bsky.social · 1d

sherman, for the love of god!

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Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 11h

They are also old & rural so maybe that’s one common thread?

I’m heading to TX for a family funeral where I fully expect to be referred to as “that Yankee gal cousin Jeremy married” without irony.

Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 1d

Resistance & neighborhood defense is hot!

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Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 1d

I’m from white Yankee “bedspread” people, how interesting to see this context.

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frayed @frayed-symphony.bsky.social · 1d

Has anyone else been calling it Silent Hilf

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 2d

...oops?

All Of Us Murderers flyer with book cover. tex says: Readers Say, followed by quotes: All Of Us Murderers is why I am sleep deprived at work today.

Kept me up until 2am on a
work night!

I read this in one sitting and stayed up until 3am because
I couldn't put it down.

I was only going to read a chapter before bed and then I blinked and it was 8am.

end tagline reads: Out Now. sorry about that.

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Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 1d

I loved it. Most viscerally accurate depiction of adhd + a cracking good tale.

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Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 1d

Your last name is so common 😂

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Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 2d

Happy anniversary too

Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 2d

That arepa looks amazing!

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Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you! I like presents that don’t cause clutter and Wicker Men are good for the earth.

Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 2d

Leftenant Sinjun’s

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 2d

one of my most durable political lessons out of Occupy is: not only is it a bad look to instruct people at protests you are not part what to do based on posts online, it’s bad tactics to order around people with local experience and who are doing countless things you won’t know about from posts

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Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 2d

if you’ve ever watched the apprentice, that’s the world without arts or humanities degrees

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Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 2d

The traditional 9th anniversary gifts are pottery or wicker so here’s wishing you love and a bountiful harvest @jeremydnichols.bsky.social

The wicker man from the 1973 film The Wicker Man surrounded by people holding torches

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Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you, friend!

Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 3d

How fun!

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Jenny Hamilton @readingtheend.bsky.social · 3d

oh shit! yay! I had such a great time with the first book in this series, Hench, and had no idea another one was in the works.

Natalie Zed 🍁 @nataliezed.bsky.social · 3d

Getting to show you all this cover and announce that VILLAIN is officially coming out in May of next year is such a joy and a relief i don't even know how to express it.
www.harpercollins.com/products/vil...

the cover for a book entitled Villain by Natalie Zina Walschots. the cover is a bright magenta with dark blue and teal lettering for the title, and the author's name is in yellow. there is an image of the silhouette of a woman carrying a cane, surrounded by the silhouettes of five superheroes.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 3d

The table of contents for Read This When Things Fall Apart is a crisis directory—“read this if…” [insert heartbreak, setback, disaster, or breaking point]. I wish I could gift a copy to every activist in Chicago. You can donate a copy to an activist in need here: www.akpress.org/read-this-wh...

The cover for the book, Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Activists in Crisis. The cover art features a person wading into a body of water in the woods at night.

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 3d

/adds to lexicon/

Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 4d

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

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Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 3d

I taught people to make short films for 12 years and I endorse this statement with my entire soul.

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Genie Lauren @moreandagain.social · 3d

The third photo made me chuckle

Gary Hershorn @garyhershorn.bsky.social · 3d

The Harvest Supermoon rises behind the Statue of Liberty and the skyline of Brooklyn as the sun sets in New York City, Monday evening #newyork #newyorkcity #nyc #moon #harvestmoon #supermoon

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 4d

AI is a lack of consent machine whose greatest strength has been convincing people that other people’s boundaries are to be negotiated with

And that people who tell you no are defunct

Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · 4d

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

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Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 4d

It will be.

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 4d

Bringing this back. I also want to add one more thing: the people with the most privilege should take the most risk.

Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · Apr 6

Sheryl's basic rules for protesting.

(This isn't legal advice. The whole point is to NOT need me. Also, if you're a person who won't suffer any harm from going to a protest no matter what you do, congratulations! Most people aren't so privileged, and stop thinking you're the default.)

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