Steve Asbell - FLAP YOUR HANDS is out now!
@steveasbell.com
Author/Illustrator of FLAP YOUR HANDS: A Celebration of Stimming! (Lee and Low, 24)
😺 Cartoonist of Stimmy Kitty comics
📚 Featured at 2024 National Book Festival
https://www.steveasbell.com
😺 Cartoonist of Stimmy Kitty comics
📚 Featured at 2024 National Book Festival
https://www.steveasbell.com
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To represent sensory overload and regulation in FLAP YOUR HANDS, I used hatchmarks of six colors: cyan, magenta, yellow, red, green and blue.
I was making a picture book about stimming, but I didn’t want to show what it looks like. I had to show what stimming FEELS like. 🧵
I was making a picture book about stimming, but I didn’t want to show what it looks like. I had to show what stimming FEELS like. 🧵
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Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."
October 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."
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I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
October 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
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Pastor David Black, First Presbyterian Church, being pepper-sprayed outside ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois.
October 7, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Pastor David Black, First Presbyterian Church, being pepper-sprayed outside ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois.
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This shutdown happened by design.
October 1, 2025 at 11:47 PM
This shutdown happened by design.
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We’re protesting outside the Broadview ICE facility and an agent came out to tell us to go away.
We said we’re exercising our First Amendment rights so he shot the ground with pepper balls and said, “Your First Amendment rights are on the sidewalk.”
We said we’re exercising our First Amendment rights so he shot the ground with pepper balls and said, “Your First Amendment rights are on the sidewalk.”
September 19, 2025 at 10:57 AM
We’re protesting outside the Broadview ICE facility and an agent came out to tell us to go away.
We said we’re exercising our First Amendment rights so he shot the ground with pepper balls and said, “Your First Amendment rights are on the sidewalk.”
We said we’re exercising our First Amendment rights so he shot the ground with pepper balls and said, “Your First Amendment rights are on the sidewalk.”
TW for some scary transphobia, but yet again have to share Erin’s reporting because it’s absolutely crucial.
1. Anti-trans rhetoric heated up yesterday on the far-right, with two congresspeople and major Republican figures calling for the institutionalization of trans people.
Both Reps Nancy Mace and Ronny Jackson made such calls. Musk, Loomer, and Walsh echoed them.
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Both Reps Nancy Mace and Ronny Jackson made such calls. Musk, Loomer, and Walsh echoed them.
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Two Republican Congresspeople Call For Institutionalization Of Transgender People
Representatives Nancy Mace and Ronny Jackson both called for the institutionalization of transgender people On Tuesday.
www.erininthemorning.com
September 17, 2025 at 11:15 PM
TW for some scary transphobia, but yet again have to share Erin’s reporting because it’s absolutely crucial.
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FWIW, when I left the Post, Karen checked in on me. She's been a consistent friend of mine and I miss working with her. She risked her life and career to stand up after the killing of Jamal Khashoggi.
Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 12:45 PM
FWIW, when I left the Post, Karen checked in on me. She's been a consistent friend of mine and I miss working with her. She risked her life and career to stand up after the killing of Jamal Khashoggi.
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It should be needless to say, but it is perhaps at this moment worth saying, that transgender individuals have the same right as anyone else to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
September 14, 2025 at 2:32 PM
It should be needless to say, but it is perhaps at this moment worth saying, that transgender individuals have the same right as anyone else to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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1. In the immediate aftermath of Charlie Kirk's shooting, the WSJ laundered claims that "transgender symbols" were found with the shooter's gun.
Now, a press conference reveals that NO such symbols were found.
WSJ owes a full retraction and apology.
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Now, a press conference reveals that NO such symbols were found.
WSJ owes a full retraction and apology.
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Press Conference: No "Transgender" Or "LGBTQ" Symbols Found At Kirk's Shooting
Yesterday, several media outlets claimed or strongly implied that "transgender symbols" were found at the scene of the gun used by Charlie Kirk's shooter. This turned out to be false.
www.erininthemorning.com
September 12, 2025 at 4:45 PM
1. In the immediate aftermath of Charlie Kirk's shooting, the WSJ laundered claims that "transgender symbols" were found with the shooter's gun.
Now, a press conference reveals that NO such symbols were found.
WSJ owes a full retraction and apology.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Now, a press conference reveals that NO such symbols were found.
WSJ owes a full retraction and apology.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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The markings that supposedly expressed “transgender ideology” were………..a series of arrows.
September 12, 2025 at 12:48 AM
The markings that supposedly expressed “transgender ideology” were………..a series of arrows.
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NEW: @nytimes.com: a senior official said the report from ATF saying the rifle that killed Charlie Kirk "expressing transgender and anti-fascist ideology" had not been verified by ATF, did not match other summaries, and might turn out to have been misread
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...
September 11, 2025 at 4:29 PM
NEW: @nytimes.com: a senior official said the report from ATF saying the rifle that killed Charlie Kirk "expressing transgender and anti-fascist ideology" had not been verified by ATF, did not match other summaries, and might turn out to have been misread
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...
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Guy at my rally: “comparing DT to a king makes me feel bad for KINGS. At least kings can project some ✨MAJESTY✨ - has anyone ever seen majesty out of this guy?” 😂 #NOKINGS
June 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Guy at my rally: “comparing DT to a king makes me feel bad for KINGS. At least kings can project some ✨MAJESTY✨ - has anyone ever seen majesty out of this guy?” 😂 #NOKINGS
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Walz announces that Rep. Melissa Hortman is dead as a result of a "politically motivated assassination"
June 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Walz announces that Rep. Melissa Hortman is dead as a result of a "politically motivated assassination"
Biggest protection racket ever
May 29, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Biggest protection racket ever
There was a time when this would be considered false advertising.
May 21, 2025 at 11:57 AM
There was a time when this would be considered false advertising.
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It's funny because it's true
May 18, 2025 at 3:55 PM
It's funny because it's true
TLDR: Temple Grandin has no comment on politics, but lumps autistics into either ‘just nerdy geeky kids’ or “regressives”.
As autism ignites a national conversation, Temple Grandin has something to say
The world-renowned autism expert shares her thoughts with NBC News after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. delivered controversial remarks on autistic people.
www.nbcnews.com
May 17, 2025 at 4:53 PM
TLDR: Temple Grandin has no comment on politics, but lumps autistics into either ‘just nerdy geeky kids’ or “regressives”.
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The Supreme Court holds that fascism is bad. Thomas and Alito dissent.
May 16, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The Supreme Court holds that fascism is bad. Thomas and Alito dissent.
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If anyone can share the the post below, comment, or even like it, that would be great. I’m getting no traction with this and my brother really needs money to save his cat. So far he just has my donation. ☹️
Pepper needs your help! My brother Jacob has a sweet cat named Pepper and she's very sick. One vet says cancer and another isn't sure. She has problems with her kidneys and she's having trouble eating. I'm trying to donate as much as I can, but I can't cover it all. Please help!
gofund.me/c243537c
gofund.me/c243537c
May 16, 2025 at 1:00 AM
If anyone can share the the post below, comment, or even like it, that would be great. I’m getting no traction with this and my brother really needs money to save his cat. So far he just has my donation. ☹️
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Pepper needs your help! My brother Jacob has a sweet cat named Pepper and she's very sick. One vet says cancer and another isn't sure. She has problems with her kidneys and she's having trouble eating. I'm trying to donate as much as I can, but I can't cover it all. Please help!
gofund.me/c243537c
gofund.me/c243537c
May 15, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Pepper needs your help! My brother Jacob has a sweet cat named Pepper and she's very sick. One vet says cancer and another isn't sure. She has problems with her kidneys and she's having trouble eating. I'm trying to donate as much as I can, but I can't cover it all. Please help!
gofund.me/c243537c
gofund.me/c243537c
In a 7-2 ruling, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of ice cream, puppies and happiness.
Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas dissented.
Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas dissented.
May 16, 2025 at 9:19 PM
In a 7-2 ruling, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of ice cream, puppies and happiness.
Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas dissented.
Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas dissented.
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