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Weremuskrat John

@muskratjohn.bsky.social

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Bespoke cartoonist. Currently working on games (mostly for Steve Jackson games) and books (fiction, non-fiction, kidlit…the usual).

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Weremuskrat John @muskratjohn.bsky.social · Nov 26

We are here to help each other get through this thing...whatever it is. - Kurt Vonnegut

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Weremuskrat John @muskratjohn.bsky.social · 8m

My degree is in Econ and that’s made this especially painful to watch/live through.

Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia.bsky.social · 2h

'There is, however, one big difference between Trump’s trade policy and China’s. Namely, the Chinese appear to know what they’re doing.'
@pkrugman.bsky.social
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/how-trump-...

How Trump Is Making China Great

Why we’re going to lose the trade war, and much more besides

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Weremuskrat John @muskratjohn.bsky.social · 10m

Indeed.

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Mike Selinker @mikeselinker.bsky.social · 15m

Traveller

Thought Punks 🎲 TTRPGs + Punk 👩‍🎤 @thoughtpunks.com · 18h

For tons of folks, there was that -one- game that blew the doors open and showed what #TTRPGs could be. The one that started the #IndieGame rabbit hole.

What was YOUR "gateway" indie #TTRPG? The first one that made you realize a whole other world was out there?

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 12h

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
"
Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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Weremuskrat John @muskratjohn.bsky.social · 12m

So how’s this working out, then..?

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 17h

🚨🚨🚨WA Governor Bob Ferguson responds to a letter he received from AG Pam Bondi in which she threatened to place him in jail. 🧯He is on fire! 1/2

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18h

“America First.”

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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 14h

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Weremuskrat John @muskratjohn.bsky.social · 17h

Spider-Cat, Spider-Cat
Friendly family Spider-Cat
Can she climb
Up a screen?
Yes she can,
As you’ve seen.
LOOK OUT, there goes your Spider-Caaaaaaaat…

Spice the cat climbing a large screen porch.

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

Also: if you work for ICE, even if you’re not one of the ones arresting citizens or tackling 15-year-olds or zip-tying kids together and segregating them by race, you’re part of the mechanism making it happen, and you should suffer long-term social and post-regime-change consequences.

Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 1d

Some weirdo on Twitter has been absolutely melting down for like 36 straight hours because I posted:

When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.

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Bright Wall/Dark Room @bwdr.bsky.social · 1d

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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 1d

My grand theory is that 6.5 is the ideal rating on IMDb for an interesting movie because it means it alienated idiots. If you’d like proof: Almost every Kiyoshi Kurosawa movie is rated between 6.3-6.9.

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Gwensdad, a SPOOKY Psyduck @gwensdad.bsky.social · 1d

Fireballs coming online...

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Clark Valentine @clarkvalentine.bsky.social · 1d

I cast magic missile at the darkness

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Weremuskrat John @muskratjohn.bsky.social · 1d

Bloody well right!

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elShoggotho @elshoggotho.bsky.social · 1d

Didn't expect the DM to throw a dire gazebo at the party, but here we are.

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Weremuskrat John @muskratjohn.bsky.social · 1d

Is “defense” what the kids are calling it these days..?

Weremuskrat John @muskratjohn.bsky.social · 1d

New Hallmark Gilmore Girls ornament.

You must face the New Hallmark Gilmore Girls ornament alone…

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Weremuskrat John @muskratjohn.bsky.social · 1d

ICYMI yesterday…

Weremuskrat John @muskratjohn.bsky.social · 2d

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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Tom Lommel @tomlommel.com · 2d

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 · 3d

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 · 2d

Seen it? I’ve LIVED it! #BornInManchester

Emerald Typhoon @flyingfuufan.bsky.social · 2d

I mean, have you seen our weather?

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Weremuskrat John @muskratjohn.bsky.social · 2d

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 · 2d

The Dork Tower Patreon: SEE THE FUTURE!

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Weremuskrat John @muskratjohn.bsky.social · 2d

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 · 2d

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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