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Tom Lommel @tomlommel.com · 17m

A roster of 60 active players. Wild.

Inside a Canadian professor's 43-year-old Dungeons & Dragons campaign

Robert Wardaugh's Dungeons & Dragons campaign has been running since 1982. Here we take a look at this remarkable game and ask what has been keeping this party playing together for so long?

www.guinnessworldrecords.com

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Rob from Chicago (Sleeper Service) @robfromchicago.com · 1d

Portland right now.

Kermit the Frog sitting in his swamp and paying his banjo, singing:

Fuck you I won't do what you tell me Fuck you I won't do what you tell me Fuck you I won't do what you tell me

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Weremuskrat John @muskratjohn.bsky.social · 5m

Seen it? I’ve LIVED it! #BornInManchester

Emerald Typhoon @flyingfuufan.bsky.social · 2h

I mean, have you seen our weather?

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Weremuskrat John @muskratjohn.bsky.social · 2h

The Dork Tower Patreon is what keeps the strip going. Should you have the will and the wherewithal, please do consider enlisting in the Army of Dorkness. It's become a pretty amazing community, and WE HAVE COOKIES!

And by "cookies," I mean "Igor Bars."

patreon.com/Kovalic

Get more from John Kovalic on Patreon

creating Dork Tower: the Web series

patreon.com

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Weremuskrat John @muskratjohn.bsky.social · 2h

The Dork Tower Patreon: SEE THE FUTURE!

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Weremuskrat John @muskratjohn.bsky.social · 2h

By the way - I first sketched this comic back in April, then posted the sketch to Patreon.

And guess what? It WAS "Pastry Week" on "Great British Bake-Off" this week!

What's the secret of comedy?

TIMING! (And Pastries.)

Weremuskrat John @muskratjohn.bsky.social · 8h

It's a half-baked DORK TOWER FRIDAY! Great (British) new strip up now, at the Mothership!

www.dorktower.com/2025/10/08/h...

Reblog/Repost/Repeat! Thanks SO much!

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Gene Ha @geneha.com · 2h

The WGN video producer who was shoved to the ground and arrested by ICE this morning was released, without charges, at 3pm. I'm hoping she and WGN sue ICE and win. And betting the federal judge who issued a restraining order last night blocking EXACTLY THIS is furious.

wgntv.com/news/operati...

Screenshot of the beginning of the WGN News article. You can just hit the link and read it?

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 8h

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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Weremuskrat John @muskratjohn.bsky.social · 2h

Quote of the night!!!

Hasmanian @hasmanian.bsky.social · 6h

When a goth girl calls you pasty you must be downright translucent.

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Weremuskrat John @muskratjohn.bsky.social · 2h

Waffle Fries at LJ's is Geneva Convention territory...

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Weremuskrat John @muskratjohn.bsky.social · 8h

It's a half-baked DORK TOWER FRIDAY! Great (British) new strip up now, at the Mothership!

www.dorktower.com/2025/10/08/h...

Reblog/Repost/Repeat! Thanks SO much!

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Weremuskrat John @muskratjohn.bsky.social · 11h

Yay! “No Donut” just announced a Las Vegas residency, apparently.

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Marian Call @mariancall.bsky.social · 11h

not that i'm a fan of this, but the US has military bases in dozens of countries, and I've always been curious about the reaction folks would have to hosting a foreign military here. guess we get to find out now

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14h

Nothing says “America First” like letting another country put an Air Force base in Idaho

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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 11h

A great essay on my use of failure and self-improvement as themes in both my books and movies.

Thanks for the amazing, thoughtful write up, T.J.

MANOR @manorhq.com · 12h

“The path to full enlightenment in a Cargill story always goes through failure.”

Fright Tomes: How to Fail Better with C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social
By T.J. Tranchell @tjtranchell.bsky.social

Now available 🩸📜 medium.com/@manorvellum...

From a landscape covered in wreckage and debris, a robot’s arm reaches up into the sky towards the red sun.

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Goth Auntie @cupcakegoth.bsky.social · 11h

Today’s advice from your Goth Auntie
-Take a few deep breaths, drink some water, take your meds.
-Don’t seek out the social media of people you’ve removed from your life.
-The Cursed Object is the one shrieking “don’t read my diary!” for a change.
❤️ Auntie Jilli

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Steve Marmel @marmel.bsky.social · 12h

No you milquetoast piece of curdled mayonnaise, it both IS not and DOES not.
Nobody’s buying your mealy mouthed bullshit and I cannot wait until America strips that gavel from your limp little hand and you go back to the unknown bootlick you were before this all happened.
#SqueakerOfTheHouse

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Mike Johnson: "This hate America rally that they have coming up for October 18? The antifa crowd, the pro-Hamas crowd, and the Marxists, they're all gonna gather on the Mall. It is an outrageous gathering for outrageous purposes ... all this has gotta come to an end."

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Katie 🏳️‍⚧️ @k8eeg.bsky.social · 11h

That would be A Good Idea

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Weremuskrat John @muskratjohn.bsky.social · 11h

There’s a new Sugar Instagram account that all three members are following.

There’s a new Sugar Facebook page Bob Mould is plugging.

Is a reunion in the works?

If I can’t change your mind, then no one will.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 13h

Wen should direct more attention to incidents like these because Americans are more likely to respond to brutality to pets than to brutality to human beings.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13h

EL PASO — a family says ICE showed up at their house looking for migrants and shot and KILLED THEIR DOG, then didn’t help them as the agent ran away and was not identified.

kfoxtv.com/news/local/e...

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Alex Robinson @alexrobinson.bsky.social · 1d

Is it weird that the president hasn’t gone to see any of these #WarRavaged cities for himself or provide hope to the people trapped there? And how about those #EpsteinFiles?

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Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 1d

James Comey, Letticia James,....

(from the archives)

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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 1d

New rule: You’re not allowed to make decisions about women’s bodies if you don’t know that pee and babies come out of different holes.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

RFK Jr: "Somebody showed me a TikTok video of a pregnant woman at 8 months pregnant -- she's an associate professor at the Columbia Medical School -- and she is saying 'F Trump' and gobbling Tylenol with her baby in her placenta. The level of Trump Derangement Syndrome is now a pathology."

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Weremuskrat John @muskratjohn.bsky.social · 1d

I am a horror WIMP, and I will never watch this, but I am *so* psyched and deeply proud of my great friend @crobertcargill.bsky.social!

Joe Lynch @thejoelynch.bsky.social · 1d

AMAZING night not only with dear friends but happy to announce BLACK PHONE 2 is legit on of the best sequels I’ve seen in a while: equal parts a “Chapter 2” and “A New Beginning”, it’s full of heart but hits HARD too.
Thank you for the invite @crobertcargill.bsky.social!
The Grabber is back!

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🥧 suzanne 🥧 @425suzanne.bsky.social · 1d

Love how quick insurance is to tell me I'm going to have to pay tons more money for my same pathetically poor health insurance coverage. But I have to fight tooth and nail for months with them to get a secondary doctor-ordered mammogram covered.

email from United Healthcare alerting that premiums are going to rise because the Republican party wants to strip healthcare away to further enrich millionaires and billionaires.

Here's what's new for all ACA plans in 2026 due to new government regulations UnitedHealthcare is here to help guide you through these changes.
Recent government regulations could affect how millions of Americans receive healthcare coverage in 2026.
Let’s make sure you’re prepared.

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James Wallis @jameswallis.bsky.social · 1d

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED
www.anthropic.com/research/sma...

A small number of samples can poison LLMs of any size

Anthropic research on data-poisoning attacks in large language models

www.anthropic.com

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