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Jane Shi | 皮爬高 echolalia echolalia is out now @pipagaopoetry.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning/afternoon!

As of 5 days ago, our Airalo partner account has started using $1000 of data a day in top ups.

We are going to quickly run out of funds to reimburse. With your steady support we can prevent that from happening!

#ConnectingGaza

bit.ly/eSimsRUs

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alex manley @alexicon.bsky.social · 2d

excited to share that @thetyee.ca has shared an excerpt from POST-MAN. My essay "Jaybird" explores the art of jaywalking through a few different lenses — gender, mental health, class — and a selection from it can now be read for free online!

The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 4d

“Alone in the middle of the street, with no cars to fear and silence reigning, it really does feel like your street.”

An Ode to Jaywalking | The Tyee

An excerpt from Alex Manley’s new book of essays, ‘Post-Man.’

thetyee.ca

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Vicky ACAB @vickyacab.bsky.social · 2d

Im so exhausted yall, I dont know how to tell you how desperate our friends in Gaza are, because prices haven't gone down, aid is not flowing freely, there is no infrastructure and no work, but no one is donating. The horrors continue, the stress accumulates and they are all confused and frustrated

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alex manley @alexicon.bsky.social · 2d

excited to share that @thetyee.ca has shared an excerpt from POST-MAN. My essay "Jaybird" explores the art of jaywalking through a few different lenses — gender, mental health, class — and a selection from it can now be read for free online!

The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 4d

“Alone in the middle of the street, with no cars to fear and silence reigning, it really does feel like your street.”

An Ode to Jaywalking | The Tyee

An excerpt from Alex Manley’s new book of essays, ‘Post-Man.’

thetyee.ca

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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 4d

“Alone in the middle of the street, with no cars to fear and silence reigning, it really does feel like your street.”

An Ode to Jaywalking | The Tyee

An excerpt from Alex Manley’s new book of essays, ‘Post-Man.’

thetyee.ca

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Adrian Dallas Frandle @adrianf.bsky.social · 4d

"Totally not a fan of the national paper, 'The Anti-Trans Fascist Review' but they do have a really fun daily word game that I just can't bring myself to put down!"

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alex manley @alexicon.bsky.social · 5d

just means the next one starts next game! 😍

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 5d

Librarians told 404 Media they are being inundated with new pitches for AI library tech and catalogs are being flooded with AI slop books that they need to wade through. AI maximalism across society is supercharging the ideological war on libraries, schools, academics
www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...

AI Is Supercharging the War on Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge

"Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."

www.404media.co

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Amazon Syren @amazonsyren.bsky.social · 7d

It's today, Ottawa!

alex manley @alexicon.bsky.social · 8d

ontario pals! i’m launching POST-MAN in ottawa (tuesday nov 4) and toronto (thursday nov 6) this week. hope you can make it out to see me talk about my memoir-in-essays about gender, mental health, rat tails, hockey, religion, friend breakups & desire!

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alex manley @alexicon.bsky.social · 8d

more details here :)

event poster for my ottawa launch at perfect books tuesday november 4th: OTTAWA, ON
Alex Manley
launches Post-Man
In conversation with Dessa Bayrock
POST-MAN
essays on being a neuro divergent non-binary person
ALEX MANLEY
Tues, November 4, 2025 7:00 P.M.
Perfect Books
258A ELGIN ST, OTTAWA, ON
Join Alex as they read from their new book of essays on contemporary masculinity and neurodivergence from a non-binary perspective.
MORE INFO: perfectbooks.ca
ARSENAL PULP PRESS
PERFECT BOOKS

event poster for my ottawa launch at perfect books thursday november 6th:

Another Story Bookshop and Arsenal Pulp Press present
Post-Man:
Essays on Being a Neurodivergent
Non-Binary Person by Alex Manley in conversation with
EJ Kneifel
with guest readers
Sennah Yee and Jake Byrne
RSVP at post-man.eventbrite.ca
Thursday, November 6 / 7pm
In Store, 315 Roncesvalles Ave.
ARSENAL PULP PRESS
BOOKSHOP
ROST-MAN
essays on being a neurodivergent non-binary person
ALEX MANLEY

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alex manley @alexicon.bsky.social · 8d

ontario pals! i’m launching POST-MAN in ottawa (tuesday nov 4) and toronto (thursday nov 6) this week. hope you can make it out to see me talk about my memoir-in-essays about gender, mental health, rat tails, hockey, religion, friend breakups & desire!

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alex manley @alexicon.bsky.social · 8d

more details here :)

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alex manley @alexicon.bsky.social · 8d

ontario pals! i’m launching POST-MAN in ottawa (tuesday nov 4) and toronto (thursday nov 6) this week. hope you can make it out to see me talk about my memoir-in-essays about gender, mental health, rat tails, hockey, religion, friend breakups & desire!

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 9d

What is unfolding in Sudan, where the armed group RSF has taken control of the key city of El Fasher, is "the sum of all our fears," says human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond. "RSF is killing at a scale and a velocity that I haven’t seen since Rwanda."

Mass Killings Reported in Sudan as RSF Seizes El Fasher; 460 Killed at Hospital

Sudan’s military is accusing the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces of killing at least 2,000 people since seizing control of El Fasher in the Darfur region, including some 460 at the Saudi Maternity H...

www.democracynow.org

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alex manley @alexicon.bsky.social · 9d

lmao dave it’s not countless. it’s eight. highly countable! (ppl overusing countless is a pet peeve of mine) (i do agree with your broader point tho it sucks ass how canadian teams keep losing in the finals to american teams & i was feeling angry about it myself this morning)

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sende @sende.bsky.social · 9d

The world continues to ignore Sudan and every day, things get worse. So much suffering met with silence.

Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 10d

Staggering atrocities in Sudan.

Following the mass slaughter of nearly 500 men, women, and children at a maternity hospital, UN officials say: "The situation is simply horrifying... El Fasher, already the scene of catastrophic levels of human suffering, has descended into an even darker hell."

UN leaders condemn ‘horrifying’ mass killings in Sudan

Emergency security council session criticises killings of civilians in El Fasher and external supply of arms to RSF

www.theguardian.com

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The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 10d

“I hate gay Halloween,” writes @alexicon.bsky.social. “What do you mean you’re going as the ’80s synthpop–inspired mourning fugue-state fever dream of a college professor from a late 2000s animated web short?” thewalrus.ca/halloween-is-sca...

On the left: an illustration of a man surrounded by Halloween masks floating on strings. On the right: text that reads “Halloween is scary. And not always in a fun way. It’s a time that drives people to a certain kind of madness”

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alex manley @alexicon.bsky.social · 10d

that's a montrealer 😭

James G @orth.ca · 10d

A picture of Guerrero Jr showing his back sporting a Poulin jersey.

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alex manley @alexicon.bsky.social · 10d

i just didn’t realize they have both cozens and cousins. this is giving vancouver and their hive of pettersons a run for their money

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alex manley @alexicon.bsky.social · 11d

i recognize this will be one of the least relatable takes of the year, but the walrus has excerpted my essay about my troubled relationship with halloween and my attempt to untangle it a bit. hopefully this finds at least one other person who feels bad for not loving halloween…

The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 11d

For most kids, Halloween was fun. For writer @alexicon.bsky.social, it was terrifying. Not because of ghosts or goblins, but because costumes had a kind of power. "People donned them and became different somehow.” thewalrus.ca/halloween-is-sca...

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The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 11d

For most kids, Halloween was fun. For writer @alexicon.bsky.social, it was terrifying. Not because of ghosts or goblins, but because costumes had a kind of power. "People donned them and became different somehow.” thewalrus.ca/halloween-is-sca...

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alex manley @alexicon.bsky.social · 11d

few realize this…

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alex manley @alexicon.bsky.social · 11d

ah, thanks for sharing! feel a little bit less alone haha. hope this year’s isn’t too bad 💚

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alex manley @alexicon.bsky.social · 11d

i recognize this will be one of the least relatable takes of the year, but the walrus has excerpted my essay about my troubled relationship with halloween and my attempt to untangle it a bit. hopefully this finds at least one other person who feels bad for not loving halloween…

The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 11d

For most kids, Halloween was fun. For writer @alexicon.bsky.social, it was terrifying. Not because of ghosts or goblins, but because costumes had a kind of power. "People donned them and became different somehow.” thewalrus.ca/halloween-is-sca...

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alina pleskova @alinapleskova.bsky.social · 14d

the year is 2029.... "left" & "right" are useless as terms to describe political ideologies because everyone's forgotten how to read & write. the president is an amazon ring doorbell. hamburger costs $800. trees have touch screens on them & they put ads between birdsongs

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