alex manley
@alexicon.bsky.social
non-binary writer/editor. author of The New Masculinity (2023), translator of Made-Up (2021), working on Post-Man (2025), editor at AskMen. it's giving nominative determinism. alexmanley.com
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alex manley
@alexicon.bsky.social
· Feb 20
Post-Man
A collection of open-hearted meditations on contemporary manhood by an ex-pat of its blustery shoresNavigating life as a neurodivergent, non-binary person, Alex Manley explores their dislocations from...
arsenalpulp.com
my forthcoming essay collection, POST-MAN, is now available for pre-order from arsenal pulp press. it’s about gender & neurodivergence & shame & desire & friendship & loneliness. it’s me writing my heart out. check it out? arsenalpulp.com/Books/P/Post...
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four years ago i wrote about the intersection of queerness and hockey for @thewalrus.ca — if you've been loving (or feeling a certain way about) Heated Rivalry lately you might find this interesting!
Will There Ever Be an Openly Queer NHL Player? | The Walrus
In hockey culture, male aggression is valorized while any weakness, real or perceived, is weaponized
thewalrus.ca
December 27, 2025 at 7:13 PM
four years ago i wrote about the intersection of queerness and hockey for @thewalrus.ca — if you've been loving (or feeling a certain way about) Heated Rivalry lately you might find this interesting!
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superficially it looks like Iraq all over again, but the fact that nobody is even bothering to lie about a justification — no campaign of disinformation at the UN, no rolling allies to get them in line, not even any pretext of consultation— marks a significant shift in the practice of US imperialism
January 3, 2026 at 4:18 PM
superficially it looks like Iraq all over again, but the fact that nobody is even bothering to lie about a justification — no campaign of disinformation at the UN, no rolling allies to get them in line, not even any pretext of consultation— marks a significant shift in the practice of US imperialism
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Grok is built into the platform. Any Canadian politician using X should have to explain why they see fit to use a technology that generates sexually violent images and CSAM on-demand.
There’s an epidemic of people using Grok to do sexual violence to women on Twitter.
Yet Canadian politicians, media etc have failed to adopt another platform en masse, making it near-impossible to fully disengage and be tapped in to vital conversations and information.
What are we doing.
Yet Canadian politicians, media etc have failed to adopt another platform en masse, making it near-impossible to fully disengage and be tapped in to vital conversations and information.
What are we doing.
January 3, 2026 at 1:28 AM
Grok is built into the platform. Any Canadian politician using X should have to explain why they see fit to use a technology that generates sexually violent images and CSAM on-demand.
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I left Twitter the day of the "Salute." I had over 40K followers. I lost a pretty big platform to promote my trainings and advocacy work.
But you could not pay me to go back there.
Brands and governments who still use it should be loudly and persistently shamed for it.
But you could not pay me to go back there.
Brands and governments who still use it should be loudly and persistently shamed for it.
so x dot com’s ai generated CSAM and they admitted it may violate US law and … i haven’t seen in anyone in power say much at all or call to stop using the platform
January 2, 2026 at 6:08 AM
I left Twitter the day of the "Salute." I had over 40K followers. I lost a pretty big platform to promote my trainings and advocacy work.
But you could not pay me to go back there.
Brands and governments who still use it should be loudly and persistently shamed for it.
But you could not pay me to go back there.
Brands and governments who still use it should be loudly and persistently shamed for it.
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In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.
'A directive from above': Former NYT editor lays out how the paper pushes anti-trans bigotry
In this in-depth interview, former New York Times editor Billie Jean Sweeney details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, how some staff tried to stop it, how it's directe...
transnews.network
January 1, 2026 at 6:32 PM
In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.
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Do you like Heated Rivalry? Do you want gay sports content 24/7? Subscribe to my newsletter before the end of the day to get a lifetime discount!
With so many new subscribers thanks to my Heated Rivalry content, I decided to extend the 20% off sale on paid subscriptions!
it's probably time for a re-introduction
and an extension of the 20% off sale!
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January 1, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Do you like Heated Rivalry? Do you want gay sports content 24/7? Subscribe to my newsletter before the end of the day to get a lifetime discount!
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i too have begun watching the straight man hockey podcasts discuss heated rivalry. this is the forum of athens to me
December 30, 2025 at 7:16 PM
i too have begun watching the straight man hockey podcasts discuss heated rivalry. this is the forum of athens to me
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Just texted a friend "can you remind me when you're around tomorrow/overmorrow" and I just think if a few of us really gave it a try suuuper casually we could bring back this word for day after tomorrow next year
December 31, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Just texted a friend "can you remind me when you're around tomorrow/overmorrow" and I just think if a few of us really gave it a try suuuper casually we could bring back this word for day after tomorrow next year
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i made a helpful reference
September 24, 2025 at 3:23 PM
i made a helpful reference
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It’s wild we’re still talking about masks. I still mask up in grocery stores, elevators, public bathrooms, and public transit cuz I don’t like being sick and I don’t want to get my kid sick and it doesn’t have to be more complicated than not liking being sick. It’s weird anyone would question that.
December 29, 2025 at 4:37 PM
It’s wild we’re still talking about masks. I still mask up in grocery stores, elevators, public bathrooms, and public transit cuz I don’t like being sick and I don’t want to get my kid sick and it doesn’t have to be more complicated than not liking being sick. It’s weird anyone would question that.
guys will watch WAKE UP DEAD MAN starring josh o'connor as JUDD DUPLENTICY but won't RE-AWAKEN a near-DEAD MALE friendship by asking "DUDE, DO YOU PLAN TO SEE the new knives out movie, let's go see it together" smh
December 29, 2025 at 6:35 PM
guys will watch WAKE UP DEAD MAN starring josh o'connor as JUDD DUPLENTICY but won't RE-AWAKEN a near-DEAD MALE friendship by asking "DUDE, DO YOU PLAN TO SEE the new knives out movie, let's go see it together" smh
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Remember, masks aren’t just for Covid!
They also help protect against colds, flu, measles, RSV and more.
They guard against pollution, wild fire smoke and pollen.
A well fitted respirator can keep you healthy while also protecting those around you.
It’s radical community care.
They also help protect against colds, flu, measles, RSV and more.
They guard against pollution, wild fire smoke and pollen.
A well fitted respirator can keep you healthy while also protecting those around you.
It’s radical community care.
December 28, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Remember, masks aren’t just for Covid!
They also help protect against colds, flu, measles, RSV and more.
They guard against pollution, wild fire smoke and pollen.
A well fitted respirator can keep you healthy while also protecting those around you.
It’s radical community care.
They also help protect against colds, flu, measles, RSV and more.
They guard against pollution, wild fire smoke and pollen.
A well fitted respirator can keep you healthy while also protecting those around you.
It’s radical community care.
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I think part of the reason the reaction to people arguing *for* GenAI use is so aggressive is that not a single one of these arguments bothers to meaningfully engage with the ethical problems these technologies present. And those ethical problems are monumental. They're not minor.
December 28, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I think part of the reason the reaction to people arguing *for* GenAI use is so aggressive is that not a single one of these arguments bothers to meaningfully engage with the ethical problems these technologies present. And those ethical problems are monumental. They're not minor.
four years ago i wrote about the intersection of queerness and hockey for @thewalrus.ca — if you've been loving (or feeling a certain way about) Heated Rivalry lately you might find this interesting!
Will There Ever Be an Openly Queer NHL Player? | The Walrus
In hockey culture, male aggression is valorized while any weakness, real or perceived, is weaponized
thewalrus.ca
December 27, 2025 at 7:13 PM
four years ago i wrote about the intersection of queerness and hockey for @thewalrus.ca — if you've been loving (or feeling a certain way about) Heated Rivalry lately you might find this interesting!
Reposted by alex manley
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
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Two years ago today, the three of us began Crips for eSims for Gaza. Alice, are you reading this? (We know you are.)
Today, we’re launching something special we’ve been working on, & we’re grateful Alice was able to see before her passing: our official logo! #ConnectingGaza @thellpsx.bsky.social
Today, we’re launching something special we’ve been working on, & we’re grateful Alice was able to see before her passing: our official logo! #ConnectingGaza @thellpsx.bsky.social
December 25, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Two years ago today, the three of us began Crips for eSims for Gaza. Alice, are you reading this? (We know you are.)
Today, we’re launching something special we’ve been working on, & we’re grateful Alice was able to see before her passing: our official logo! #ConnectingGaza @thellpsx.bsky.social
Today, we’re launching something special we’ve been working on, & we’re grateful Alice was able to see before her passing: our official logo! #ConnectingGaza @thellpsx.bsky.social
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accidentally did that thing where a new poem meant for someone else downloaded itself into my brain & now it’s been published. please enjoy my pronoun poem:
September 7, 2025 at 4:55 PM
accidentally did that thing where a new poem meant for someone else downloaded itself into my brain & now it’s been published. please enjoy my pronoun poem:
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made some pullquote graphics for the book, like all the Cool Authors do
September 26, 2025 at 12:56 PM
made some pullquote graphics for the book, like all the Cool Authors do
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i asked my editor if i could include an anti-AI author’s note at the end of the book:
July 12, 2025 at 12:09 PM
i asked my editor if i could include an anti-AI author’s note at the end of the book:
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This is not getting anywhere near the amount of coverage it should be getting. And, authors, this could very well kill any chance we had for our own AI class action lawsuits. He can exempt any individual or company from following any law (except criminal code) for 6 years at a time.
“Section 12 would allow Prime Minister Carney and his ministers to act like dictators, greenlighting exemptions to laws for their friends and preferred corporations whenever it’s convenient for them to do so." 👇
theccf.ca/ccf-warns-th...
theccf.ca/ccf-warns-th...
CCF warns that C-15 would allow Carney gov’t to exempt any person or company from almost any law - Canadian Constitution Foundation
TORONTO – The CCF is concerned that a provision in Bill C-15 would give federal ministers the power to exempt any individual or business from almost any law
theccf.ca
December 22, 2025 at 9:56 PM
This is not getting anywhere near the amount of coverage it should be getting. And, authors, this could very well kill any chance we had for our own AI class action lawsuits. He can exempt any individual or company from following any law (except criminal code) for 6 years at a time.
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I signed this and if you live in Canada you should too 👇
there’s now a petition for the canadian government to overturn the recent legislation in AB and SK designed to strip trans youth of their rights. please sign: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Sign this Petition - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
December 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I signed this and if you live in Canada you should too 👇
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alberta is hell for this right now, and the use of the notwithstanding clause has been a deep violation with no effective pushback. this province won't stop until it is stopped
there’s now a petition for the canadian government to overturn the recent legislation in AB and SK designed to strip trans youth of their rights. please sign: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Sign this Petition - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
December 22, 2025 at 7:17 AM
alberta is hell for this right now, and the use of the notwithstanding clause has been a deep violation with no effective pushback. this province won't stop until it is stopped
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canadians and anyone with reach please get eyes on this!
there’s now a petition for the canadian government to overturn the recent legislation in AB and SK designed to strip trans youth of their rights. please sign: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Sign this Petition - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
December 21, 2025 at 6:48 PM
canadians and anyone with reach please get eyes on this!
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Give this a sign folks
there’s now a petition for the canadian government to overturn the recent legislation in AB and SK designed to strip trans youth of their rights. please sign: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Sign this Petition - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
December 21, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Give this a sign folks
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Canadian followers, please sign this! 🏳️⚧️
there’s now a petition for the canadian government to overturn the recent legislation in AB and SK designed to strip trans youth of their rights. please sign: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Sign this Petition - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
December 21, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Canadian followers, please sign this! 🏳️⚧️