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@tylerpage.bsky.social

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Eisner nom'd cartoonist + educator in MPLS Creator of EXTRA LARGE (NEW!) and BUTTON PUSHER (both from First Second) ADHD, science, education, social + civic issues, etc. Rep: Britt Siess Links and Other Stuff: https://linktr.ee/tylerpagecomics

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tyler page @tylerpage.bsky.social · Mar 19

📚NEW INTRO POST📚

I'm a Minneapolis-based cartoonist and educator. I've cartooned about my experiences growing up with #ADHD in RAISED ON RITALIN and BUTTON PUSHER.

My newest book, EXTRA LARGE, deals with bullying, body image issues, and gendered expectations.

us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

Picture of a book cover for a graphic novel called Extra Large by Tyler Page. Primary image is of a boy smiling with his arms folded within a graphic triangle and the title words.

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tyler page @tylerpage.bsky.social · 11h

Wayzata.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 12h

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

tyler page @tylerpage.bsky.social · 14h

For whoever needs to hear this: a PNG is *not* a PDF.

tyler page @tylerpage.bsky.social · 1d

Well the Becka doorknockers are at it. Apparently they can’t read English, “No soliciting.”

Sigh.

She looks so reasonable on paper…

tyler page @tylerpage.bsky.social · 1d

Happy book birthday!

tyler page @tylerpage.bsky.social · 1d

I don't know if I can squint that hard!
It's revolting because it isn't "just" speech. Therapy is treatment! It has concrete, behavior-based outcomes as an expectation. Saying this is okay is like the saying a cyanide pill every morning is good for you or that Tylenol causes autism...

Andrew Karre @andrewkarre.bsky.social · 1d

I can squint and imagine a 1st Amendment rationale for any form of talk therapy as protected speech. But in the present context of rampant erosion of free speech—particularly the speech of marginalized folks—the idea of drawing a protective line around this vile and harmful speech is revolting.

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Andrew Karre @andrewkarre.bsky.social · 1d

So, it may soon be entirely possible for "therapists" to practice an ineffective and homophobic therapy on minors under the protection of the 1st Amendment. Meanwhile, teachers will have no such free speech in their classrooms, and kids will have no access to books about queer people in libraries.

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Bill Lindeke @blindeke.bsky.social · 2d

This is an amazing, very in-depth explainer of the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, the most inscrutable / powerful government in Minnesota. If you want to learn a ton about the politics of the MPRB, which has a $150M budget (!), check it out.

Jesse Mortenson @jk9.bsky.social · 8d

New episode out now! Big changes ahead for the composition of the Park Board, and real substantive policy ideas coming from the BET millcityhall.com/episodes/202...

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tyler page @tylerpage.bsky.social · 2d

Love that this is what our "best and brightest" are working on...

bort @crushbort.bsky.social · 2d

i think we are going to find out at some point these guys invented cocaine 2 and have been on it all along

tyler page @tylerpage.bsky.social · 3d

Honestly I’d say it’s 4 or 5 times as much work.

Johanna Taylor 👻 Lightbox Expo 630 @johannamation.bsky.social · 4d

Comics/graphic novels aren’t recognized or taken seriously as literature in the publishing industry, despite taking twice as much work to create as prose novels, and it just breaks my heart.

That’s it, that’s the take.

Please read more comics.

Liam McGuire @liammcguire.bsky.social · 6d

Anyone have a particularly hot comic take?

tyler page @tylerpage.bsky.social · 4d

Cray computers?

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 4d

I visited the apartment building ICE raided on Tuesday today. Story to come, but you can walk right in. Half of the apartments have no doors on them. Children's stuff abandoned in some flats. *Citizen* residents told me they were arrested and held for hours in zipties. This is America

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Paul T. Levin @paultlevin.bsky.social · 4d

““They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.”+

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags

Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

www.theguardian.com

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tyler page @tylerpage.bsky.social · 4d

youtu.be/LPO62N3u6FA?...

HOW TO FIX IPHONE SHAKING CAMERA WITHOUT OPENING THE PHONE

YouTube video by Visualchief

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tyler page @tylerpage.bsky.social · 4d

Might! I had to find a tiny button sized magnet I double side taped to the front, opposite the camera. The noise you hear is from the lens trying focus repeatedly.

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tyler page @tylerpage.bsky.social · 4d

If it’s an iPhone you might be able to fix it by sticking a tiny magnet on the front of your phone!

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mollypeonies @mollypeonies.bsky.social · 5d

You know a Mpls mayoral election is around the corner when the MPD/State Patrol helicopters are circling around South Mpls with their fascism birds & propeller megaphones screaming “crime is happening!”

When the real crime is all the ways cops make themselves both the perpetrators and the victims.

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tyler page @tylerpage.bsky.social · 5d

Absolutely.

I don't see it much but yesterday I witnessed Park staff who left a gator utility vehicle and an F150 parked right in the middle of the ped path in front of the Lake Hiawatha building.

Regina Burstein 🚲 🚈 🌳 @mplsfietser.bike · 5d

This is what Minneapolis Parks staff should be using for trail maintenance, at least April through October. The heavy trucks damage the trails because they're not built for that much weight.

bikepedantic @bikepedantic.bsky.social · 5d

Bikes can do so many more things than most people think. Today’s wonderful example is Carla Cargo’s feature on @mountvernontrail.org’s bike-based volunteer trail maintenance work. www.carlacargo.de/heroes/carla...

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Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · 5d

“I strongly feel that tough emotions are very much part of the fabric of our everyday lives”: Trung Le Nguyen on navigating big emotions in his YA graphic novel romance’ Angelica and the Bear Prince’ buff.ly/PTQ6h2k

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 7d

ER doc here! This is a lie. Wait times are up because the American healthcare system is an unsustainable business model and a for-profit national healthcare system just doesn’t work. These problems will continue to get worse until we change that system. It literally has nothing to do with immigrants

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Vance: "If you're an American citizen & you've been to the hospital in the last few years, you've probably noticed wait times are especially large & very often somebody who's there in the ER is an illegal alien. Why do those people get healthcare benefits at hospitals paid for by American citizens?"

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Andrew Karre @andrewkarre.bsky.social · 7d

This is very bad.

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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 7d

The White House is engaging in direct extortion of local and state governments, attempting to force them to change their policies by stopping funding projects that already have signed grant agreements with the federal government.

tony romm @tonyromm.bsky.social · 7d

New: WH says it has put about $18 billion in infrastructure projects in New York City on hold "to ensure funding is not flowing based on unconstitutional DEI principles." Russ Vought, the budget director, specifically cited the Hudson Tunnel Project and the Second Ave Subway.

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tyler page @tylerpage.bsky.social · 8d

PS - There have always been neurodivergent people.

PPS - Tylenol does not cause autism!

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tyler page @tylerpage.bsky.social · 8d

Autism Spectrum Disorder wasn't a valid DSM diagnosis until 2013, just like ADD wasn't a valid DX until 1980.

OCT is ADHD Awareness Month. RAISED ON RITALIN has chapters on evolution of mental health diagnoses. Give it a read! (Link in bio.)

raisedonritalincomic.blogspot.com/2014/09/rais...

#ADHD

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Laura Knetzger @lauraknetzger.bsky.social · 9d

I keep thinking about this piece. It feels so odd to have someone put into words what I suspected. I think the ideal authors for current publishing's standards are influencers/celebrities: built-in audience, unrelated income streams, someone else does their PR/comments moderation, willing to shill

Tajja Isen @tajjaisen.bsky.social · 12d

I spent the summer reporting this essay on why it seems harder than ever to sell a book right now—especially if it isn't a debut and comes with the dreaded "sales track." I'm grateful to the writers, agents, editors, publishers & experts who spoke to me for this piece: thewalrus.ca/the-publishi...

The Publishing Industry Has a Gambling Problem | The Walrus

Companies keep betting on the next bestseller. Literature is poorer for it

thewalrus.ca

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 9d

i remember when @minneapolis1934.bsky.social tried talking to mayor frey about MPD parking on sidewalks downtown and how that impacts him as a wheelchair user back in august 2023 too

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