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Joe Biel is a self-made autistic publisher and filmmaker who draws origins, inspiration, and methods from punk rock to sell millions of books. Biel is the founder and CEO of Microcosm Publishing, Publishers Weekly's #1 fastest-growing publisher of 2022 and #3 in 2023/2024, and WorkingLit, the software responsible for Microcosm's aforementioned success—now available for other publishers. Biel has been featured in Time, Esquire, Art of Autism, Reading Glasses, Bulletproof Radio, Spectator (Japan), G33K (Korea), and Maximum Rocknroll, as well as NPR and PBS. Biel is the author of A People's Guide to Publishing, Autism Relationships Handbook, Unfuck Your Business, Enduring Legacy of Portland's Black Panthers, and dozens more. Biel is the director of five feature films and hundreds of short films, including Aftermass: Bicycling in a Post-Critical Mass Portland, $100 & a T-Shirt, and the Groundswell series. Biel lives in Portland, OR.
Pin #053Why Do You Think They Call It Programming?
by Joe Biel Author
The original design for this button pictured a boxy television. We figured we'd update it with a new twist for modern…
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Punks Around #4: The Minot, North Dakota Punk Scene 2001-2018
by Joe Biel Author and Alexander Herbert Series Editor
Minot may only be the fourth largest city in North Dakota, but it's a key player in the punk ecosphere. Home to the…
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Sticker #066TV Transmitters Require Passive Receivers
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Don't become a zombie watching your favorite zombie flick. If you're going to watch TV, be an active viewer. (Sturdy…
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Xerography Debt #30
by Joe Biel Author, Davida G. Breier Author and Al Burian Author
Davida Gypsy Breier's review zine, Xerography Debt, is a labor of love and obsession. This 30th issue, Xerography…
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Sticker #360Being Apolitical is a Privilege
by Joe Biel Author
To have no political opinion simply means that you're comfortable with the status quo, and that the status quo doesn't…
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Neurodivergent Pride #3: The Survivors Issue
by Joe Biel Editor, Temple Grandin, Ph.D Contributor, Eliot Daughtry Contributor, Aaron Poliwoda Contributor and Partly Robot Contributor
The life expectancy of autistic people is 36 years old. The most likely cause of this is suicide. Autistic people are…
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Punk Damage: How The Punk Scene Gave Me Tools and Hope - Once It Stopped Screwing Me Up
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In 2013, when John Roderick’s “Punk Rock is Bullshit: How a Toxic Social Movement Poisoned Our Culture” was…
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Pin #208Library Gearz
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Get engaged with the world through books! Ride your bike to the library. Tack this 1" round pinback button on your…
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Sticker #074More Shopping Malls than High Schools
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America really does have more shopping malls than highschools. And don't get us started on the funding disparity. How is…
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Unfuck Your Nonprofit: Change the World Without Losing Your Mind or Values
by Dr. Faith G. Harper Author and Joe Biel Author
Idealists, gather round! How do you pursue your passionate cause to the fullest while still meeting your own needs? How…
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Put the Fun Between Your Legs magnet
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Do you love bicycling so much that you want to decorate your fridge or your filing cabinet with this fine, magnetic…
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Evolution Cruiser T-Shirt
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For nearly as long as the original evolution t-shirt has been designed, people have been asking for a variant. Gender…
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Neurodivergent Pride #7: Anxiety
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The R-word has been used against us as hate speech for decades. Neurotypicals have tried to dictate our motives,…
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Sticker #301Old School
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#Throwback. Slap this little bit of nostalgia on your new-school bicycle, your waterbottle, the back of a stop sign (you…
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Pin #185Tandem Riders
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Riding a bike in tandem is a metaphor for so many things, and the literal reality is pretty great too. Show your…
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Sticker #411Believe Women
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Believe women! I mean, it's a step towards avoiding the nomination of more sexual abusers on the Supreme Court (or any…
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Sticker #075Celebrate Efficiency over the Automobile
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Bikes are more energy efficient than cars. In other news, the sky is blue. (Sturdy vinyl sticker with white print on a…
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Sticker #262Fuck The Corporate Fashion Designers! Make your own clothes!
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Why should an elite few corporate-backed designers decide what we wear, what looks good, what makes you hot or not? You…
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Neurodivergent Pride #11: Gender
by Joe Biel Author, Kriss De Jong Author and Eliot Daughtry Author
Neurogenders are gender identities that can only be understood in the context of being autistic or otherwise…
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Sticker #311Evolution Cruiser Bicycle
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As we ride more modern and practical citybikes, sometimes it's important to let your hair flow, put on your skirtguard,…
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Neurodivergent Pride #5: Autistic People Interacting with Authority
by Temple Grandin, Ph.D Author, Joe Biel Author, Margaret-Michael Dubois Author, Kriss De Jong Author, Ricki Bransen Illustrator and Eliot Daughtry Editor
The R-word has been used against us as hate speech for decades. Neurotypicals have tried to dictate our motives,…
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Sticker #273There's A Special Place In Hell For Bike Thieves
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Car thieves? We couldn't care less about 'em. But when it comes to bike thieves, we believe that there's a special place…
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Do Not Pet: How to Become a Service Dog
by Joe Biel Author and Gerta Oparaku Egy Illustrator
Ruby, a service dog who gave author Joe Biel mobility, health, and companionship through the most difficult years of…
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Xerography Debt #31
by Joe Biel Author, Davida G. Breier Author and Al Burian Author
Davida Gypsy Breier's review zine, Xerography Debt might be best summarized as an obsession for all…
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Sabotage & How to Master It
by Office of Strategic Services Author and Joe Biel Foreword
Originally written in 1944 by the Office of Strategic Services—the CIA's precursor—this manual teaches the art of…
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Sticker #124To Stop Terrorism, Stop Terrorizing the World
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Somehow, the definition that the US government uses for "terrorism" ignores the terror that is caused by US imperialism.…
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Sticker #265Live Free or Drive (square)
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We've said it, and we'll say it again. The bicycle is a freedom machine! Ride bikes, save the world. (Sturdy vinyl…
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Patch #194Punk Rock Saved My Life
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Did punk rock help get you through the hardest parts of your life? Be proud of that, it saved my life too. Tell the…
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Understanding Eugenics: The U.S. and Nazi Plans to Shape the Gene Pool & Control the Population
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The "science" of eugenics—by which the genetic makeup of a population is shaped by controlling who does and doesn't…
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Sticker #429maybe honking will help
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A helpful suggestion to place on your bicycle rack, motorcycle side, car bumper, or walking cane. Because who knows,…
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