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Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Behold Daniel, Secretary of Naps. Smol. Soft. Handsy.

Brown tabby cat asleep and holding a human hand.

Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

All hail Overlord Henrietta. Under her benevolent reign, all shall experience random acupuncture sessions and be forcibly exfoliated by her raspy tongue.

Tabby cat (Henrietta) in position of dominance atop a prone chest.

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Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Example: Dress on the left would be unlikely to raise eyebrows. Dress on the right is too bridal.

Model wearing a pale blue dress with a white floral print.

Catalog photo of a headless model wearing an ivory dress with a blue floral pattern.

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Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Good news: Everyone is still extremely cute

Tabby cat (Daniel) posing in his green cat bed.

Henrietta (brown tabby cat) viewed through a red plastic milk ring

Daniel (a brown tabby cat) on a green chair. He’s looking up and to the right. There is not one single thought in his beautiful head.

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Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Baby’s first attempted murder + assorted snuggle piles

Black & white photo from the top of a staircase where two kittens lurk, ready to trip me to my death

Kitten on kitten on fluffy hammock, sound asleep.

Cat on top of cat asleep in a fluffy hammock

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Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Four portraits of a young Daniel Jason Mendoza Striped Tiger

Tabby kitten biting his fluffy white hammock

Tabby kitten lounging on his round ball-track toy. (He still LOVES this thing)

Tabby kitten walking through rainbow tunnel.

Selfie of me squishing a striped tabby cat

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Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Four portraits of Henrietta Kim Wexler Pussycat

Tiny tabby kitten on a fancy storage box

Tiny tabby dwarfed by a silver Converse all-star in the foreground.

Close-up of a tabby kitten staring at me from my chest.

Tabby kitten on her side clutching a fluffy white ball.

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Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Gotcha Day: 8 Year Anniversary!!!! Brace yourselves for kitten-spam.

Official rescue photo of Daniel Jason Mendoza Striped Tiger. A tiny striped brown tabby kitten with a tiny watch photoshopped on his front paw “wrist.” When I was crying and scrolling Petfinder while mourning The Bead, this is the photo that made my entire system seize up with need. I needed this kitten.

Official Rescue Portrait of Henrietta Kim Wexler Pussycat. She is a tiny striped brown tabby kitten with adorable black ear tufts. When I asked the rescue to recommend “a weird girl kitten” this was their suggestion. The first time I met her at the foster, she curled up next to me and made biscuits in her sleep.

Two tiny tabby kittens. One is curled up in a green cat bed with some of our dirty laundry in it for scent. The other is stalking along the edge of the bed. The night we brought them home, we barricaded them in the downstairs bathroom.

Two brown tabby kittens stacked in a fluffy white cat hammock. Daniel (lorge) is on top of Henrietta (smol).

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Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Venue is an American Legion Post tucked into a corner of a residential neighborhood. Basement bar is perpetually decorated with Christmas lights & has a terrarium with giant pet snakes. $6 gets you temporary membership which gets you $2 beers and $3 well drinks. Your host is Rory Lake:

Rory Lake in his full mullet costume dressed for Independence Day in flag zubaz and a starred blue cape.

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Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

My friend! Here is our beautiful dim son. Plus: Every time @jeremydnichols.bsky.social and I go to karaoke I think of you and wish I could teleport you to be with us. Let me set the scene:

Tabby cat. Brown stripes. Green eyes. Zero thoughts.

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Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

If you see this, quote with the energy you bring to Bluesky

A homemade flyer with tearaway tabs with a phone number on them is stuck low to the ground on a red utility pole. The flyer advertises “Tired of being a bird?” above an image of a pigeon. An actual pigeon is tearing off one of the tabs with its beak.

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Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I did engage back and forth for a bit today, mostly to see who was behind the sending. Eventually was linked to a YouTube video from the account @AlliesForPeace saying it was distributed by Clock Tower X LLC on behalf of the State if Israel and directing inquiries to the Department of Justice.

Screencap of YouTube account saying material is distributed by Clock Tower X LLC on behalf of the State of Israel and saying additional information is available at the Department of Justice, Washington, DC

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Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I’ve noticed an influx of political spam texts like this lately:

Screencap of a text message “Hi, I’m Matthew. We’re gathering opinions on the US-Israel relationship and regional stability. Have a minute? Stop2End”

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Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Beadie cried the day the circus came to town ‘Cause she didn’t like parades just passing by her

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Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Just a little reminder that any song with “baby” in the lyrics could easily be about a kitty instead. Brought to you this morning by “She must be somebody’s kitty” in the style of Jackson Browne.

Henrietta (a brown tabby) licking a Churu with a squinched up face.

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Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

My middle finger was so lonely until I checked the mail. Thanks, @peculiarityshop.bsky.social!

An art deco ring with a gorgeous red ruby modeled on a human hand.

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Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I wrote “Go Morocco” in the special requests and this is what we got in return.

To-Go container with “Thank you! Dima Magrib” written on it.

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Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

My friends, this entire experience was Peak My Dad. He received a gift, and his first instinct was to share Some Correct Facts About Trains, followed by this little gem. I get to see him in October and I *cannot* wait.

A text exchange:

Me: “Does everything fit ok?”
Dad: “Yes and they hide my ponch.”

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Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

It’s Sunday and I stayed out way past my bedtime last night. Experience suggests that a Chicken Madness from Wisemiller’s would fix me, but 37 hrs round trip would break me again.

A Maps public transit route from Chicago to Georgetown. Apparently I can take the red line to the brown line to the Amtrak to a Greyhound to a local rail to a city bus and be there in 17 hours and 41 minutes.

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Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Next time you’ll know. Can this be the last word please? Rather not have to mute.

Screencap of my most recent BSky post with she & her pronouns circled.

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Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

O hai can I jam my snout into your bellybutton while you’re sleeping and take a lil’ nibble

A green-eyed brown striped tabby named Daniel Jason Mendoza Striped Tiger, a certified weirdo

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Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Key to the city, free pizza for life, and hang their portrait in the pantheon of local heroes.

Yellow & black graphic portrait of the amazing kid who punched a Nazi pro-ICE troll at his high school what feels like 5 years ago instead of 5 months.

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Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

I went to find him so I could block him on principle and behold! He is a general purpose asshole.

Screenshot indicating an annoying BSky reply guy was already blocked by the “Users who have used the R word” list and I swear to god if someone replies with “What, Republican?” you’ll catch a block so hard your grandparents will feel it too.

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Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

This is a cat checkpoint: show the most recent cat photo on your phone. *BOOP* you’re it

A way too close shot of Daniel Jason Mendoza Striped Tiger, a tan & gray mackerel tabby cat. *BOOP*

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Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

They have a roasted salsa verde that’s not super spicy & is my favorite thing to put on eggs/breakfast tacos/migas.

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Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Pick a Bond from photos you already have on your phone

Meme of the high school Nazi-punching hero on a yellow background with the word “okay”

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Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

This is the happiest it is possible for her to be.

A brown tabby cat (Henrietta) attacking an orange Churu like it owes her money and making a fierce squinched up face.

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Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Happy almost birthday. I hope you are getting time to rest and catch up on self-care (like going to the dentist, and also spending time with people who delight you). Give Heater our neighborly hisses & bite-licks.

Furious tabby cat with her head poking out of her carrier.

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Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

If Daniel Jason Mendoza Striped Tiger were capable of holding onto a sentence-long thought, he would approve this message.

A brown tabby cat without a single thought lounges on a green chair

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Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Tell Heater everyone at Ashland & Farwell has it handled.

Tabby cat perched on a green dining rm chair.

Tabby cat on an ottoman with visible Aldi bag in background.

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Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

He is pure of heart and tiny of brain.

A dim, dim, dim brown tabby cat perched on a chair looking for a nonexistent bug or bird

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Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Daniel Jason Mendoza Striped Tiger likes to hold hands.

Brown striped tabby cat holding my (human) hand with his paws.

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Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

If Daniel stays perfectly still & keeps his eyes closed maybe the vet cannot see him

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Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

She is done with this excursion but vaccines are yet to come.

Henrietta (a brown striped tabby) poking up out of the carrier at the vet

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Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

When you are so cute and so angry at the V-E-T

Tabby cat wildly dissociating in his carrier

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Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

There’s a meme for your collection.

Sean Bean as Boromir saying “Perhaps we could give the ring better training.”

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Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Jacqui we found 2 more hidden in the bags, it was honestly the best day ever. Cut with regular coffee (because too sweet) it took us almost a month to drink them. What gifts will today bring?

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Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

It’s been 14 years since my last-ever first date. Thanks for making it so I never had to learn about Tinder, @jeremydnichols.bsky.social!

Breakfast portrait of my spouse, a handsome beardy guy.

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