Alex Passey
@alexpassey.bsky.social
Novelist, poet, and opinion contributor to the Winnipeg Free Press. Most importantly, a sporadic user of the oxford comma.
My first book this year is For Whom The Bell Tolls by Hemingway. Usually I'd post a pic, but it's a fifty year old edition that will probably fall apart before I finish. The cover already fell off and it's so dusty the camera flash might cause it to burst into flames.
#uglybooksneedlovetoo
#booksky
#uglybooksneedlovetoo
#booksky
January 1, 2026 at 2:36 PM
My first book this year is For Whom The Bell Tolls by Hemingway. Usually I'd post a pic, but it's a fifty year old edition that will probably fall apart before I finish. The cover already fell off and it's so dusty the camera flash might cause it to burst into flames.
#uglybooksneedlovetoo
#booksky
#uglybooksneedlovetoo
#booksky
My new year's resolution is 1080p.
January 1, 2026 at 1:59 PM
My new year's resolution is 1080p.
My 2025 in books. They were mostly fantastic, but the most enrapturing was The Broken Earth trilogy by @nkjemisin.bsky.social and the most informative was The Social Safety Net by @nolore.bsky.social. The only one I DNFed was Whose Body, though I still use it as a chem-free sleep aid.
#booksky
#booksky
December 30, 2025 at 1:13 PM
My 2025 in books. They were mostly fantastic, but the most enrapturing was The Broken Earth trilogy by @nkjemisin.bsky.social and the most informative was The Social Safety Net by @nolore.bsky.social. The only one I DNFed was Whose Body, though I still use it as a chem-free sleep aid.
#booksky
#booksky
Carbon-capture technology has its flaws www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...
#climatechange #green
#climatechange #green
Opinion: Carbon-capture technology has its flaws
Manitoba has announced plans to build one of the largest carbon-capture facilities in the world, partnering with the company Deep Sky in this endeavour. Carbon capture has long been touted as a pivota...
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October 21, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Carbon-capture technology has its flaws www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...
#climatechange #green
#climatechange #green
Opinion: Free speech, as long I agree with your words
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October 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
My article in today's Winnipeg Free Press. #canadapost #strike
When workers are only a tool for business www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...
When workers are only a tool for business www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...
Opinion: When workers are only a tool for business
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May 23, 2025 at 11:04 AM
My article in today's Winnipeg Free Press. #canadapost #strike
When workers are only a tool for business www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...
When workers are only a tool for business www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...
My article in this week's Free Press.
A chance to reform Canadian elections www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...
#politics #Canada #democracy #electoralreform
A chance to reform Canadian elections www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...
#politics #Canada #democracy #electoralreform
Opinion: A chance to reform Canadian elections
As a person who doesn’t ever feel represented by any of Canada’s major political parties, or its system of governance at all for that matter, the election’s results were about as auspicious as I could...
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May 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
My article in this week's Free Press.
A chance to reform Canadian elections www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...
#politics #Canada #democracy #electoralreform
A chance to reform Canadian elections www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...
#politics #Canada #democracy #electoralreform
Looking for something to read this fine weekend? Check out my latest short story for free over at The Word's Faire! It is about death, addiction and trying to find peace of mind in a world committed to warring with itself.
#books #booksky #fiction #reading
#books #booksky #fiction #reading
‘Red Light’ — THE WORD'S FAIRE
Alex Passey is the author of the novel's Mirror's Edge and Shadow of the Desert Sun. His short fiction, poetry and journalism have been featured in many publications, most recently in the graphic nov...
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May 10, 2025 at 12:04 PM
This was a great and important read! Check out my Goodreads review at the link below.
#books #booksky #politics #Canadianelection
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
#books #booksky #politics #Canadianelection
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Alex Passey's review of The Social Safety Net (Canada in Decline, 1)
4/5: Nora Loreto does an excellent job in cataloguing Canada's decline into the pit of neoliberalism. For the uninitiated, a bare bones explanation of the term is that Keynesian economics was the idea...
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April 26, 2025 at 3:23 PM
This was a great and important read! Check out my Goodreads review at the link below.
#books #booksky #politics #Canadianelection
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
#books #booksky #politics #Canadianelection
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Just finished The Fifth Season and it was fantastic! Cannot wait to start the next book. Also, I've been using one of my daughter's valentine cards as a bookmark and did not realize how fitting it was for this book until now. 😅
#booksky #fantasy
@nkjemisin.bsky.social
@nkjemisin.bsky.social
#booksky #fantasy
@nkjemisin.bsky.social
@nkjemisin.bsky.social
April 13, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Just finished The Fifth Season and it was fantastic! Cannot wait to start the next book. Also, I've been using one of my daughter's valentine cards as a bookmark and did not realize how fitting it was for this book until now. 😅
#booksky #fantasy
@nkjemisin.bsky.social
@nkjemisin.bsky.social
#booksky #fantasy
@nkjemisin.bsky.social
@nkjemisin.bsky.social
My article in the Free Press:
Canadian politics needs a radical change www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...
#canada #politics #election #democracy
Canadian politics needs a radical change www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...
#canada #politics #election #democracy
Opinion: Canadian politics needs a radical change
It’s time to pull out our political first aid kit and slap another Band-Aid on our withering democracy.
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April 13, 2025 at 7:27 PM
My article in the Free Press:
Canadian politics needs a radical change www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...
#canada #politics #election #democracy
Canadian politics needs a radical change www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...
#canada #politics #election #democracy
I heard an ad for AI telling creatives not to worry because AI is just another tool no different than any other, because "you are still the judge of what is good." This is the perfect encapsulation of how AI hype is tricking people into believing that consumerism and creativity are the same thing.
April 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I heard an ad for AI telling creatives not to worry because AI is just another tool no different than any other, because "you are still the judge of what is good." This is the perfect encapsulation of how AI hype is tricking people into believing that consumerism and creativity are the same thing.
Just finished book 2 of the Gap Cycle and wow! This series should probably be called "The Most Broken People in the Universe." Emotionally harrowing and deeply insightful into brutal trauma. Not for the faint of heart, but I love it! Follow me for more book recommendations.
#books #booksky #scifi
#books #booksky #scifi
March 30, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I thought I was done with #Drizzt. I'd read every book, but after the Neverwinter saga it felt like time to move on. Then last year I picked up Starlight Enclave on a whim, and it left me unable to wait to devour these next two books. This trilogy has been the best Drizzt story in years.
#booksky
#booksky
March 23, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Looking for something to read this weekend? Check out my latest short story FREE in the new online issue of Empyrean Literary Magazine!
It's a story about free will and self-delusion.
TW: It gets pretty gruesome.
#booksky #books #fiction
www.empyreanliterarymagazine.com/passey-thy-w...
It's a story about free will and self-delusion.
TW: It gets pretty gruesome.
#booksky #books #fiction
www.empyreanliterarymagazine.com/passey-thy-w...
Passey-Thy Will Be Done
Issue 13
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March 22, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Looking for something to read this weekend? Check out my latest short story FREE in the new online issue of Empyrean Literary Magazine!
It's a story about free will and self-delusion.
TW: It gets pretty gruesome.
#booksky #books #fiction
www.empyreanliterarymagazine.com/passey-thy-w...
It's a story about free will and self-delusion.
TW: It gets pretty gruesome.
#booksky #books #fiction
www.empyreanliterarymagazine.com/passey-thy-w...
Reposted by Alex Passey
Well all these other guys might be stabbing me but at least I can still rely on my good friend Brutus
March 15, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Well all these other guys might be stabbing me but at least I can still rely on my good friend Brutus
I finished the Hyperion Cantos earlier this year. I thought the Endymion entries were fine, but it did feel a bit like chasing the high of the first two books. I can't blame Simmons for juicing everything he could out of this universe though. I loved the time I spent there.
#booksky #books #scifi
#booksky #books #scifi
March 15, 2025 at 9:46 PM
My article from today's WFP.
Strip-mining success: the march of private equity firms www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...
Strip-mining success: the march of private equity firms www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...
Opinion: Strip-mining success: the march of private equity firms
Pour one out for another fallen comrade. Hooters has declared bankruptcy.
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March 12, 2025 at 12:37 PM
My article from today's WFP.
Strip-mining success: the march of private equity firms www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...
Strip-mining success: the march of private equity firms www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...
The biggest takeaway from the Our Lady Peace show last night was that Raine Maida paused between songs to do a blatant advertisement for an entirely unrelated product and that's apparently where we are at as a society. M
March 1, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The biggest takeaway from the Our Lady Peace show last night was that Raine Maida paused between songs to do a blatant advertisement for an entirely unrelated product and that's apparently where we are at as a society. M
My article from today's Winnipeg Free Press.
Elon Musk, Nazis and the steady creep of fascism www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...
Elon Musk, Nazis and the steady creep of fascism www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...
Opinion: Elon Musk, Nazis and the steady creep of fascism
At the risk of adding to the cacophony that in a few paragraphs I will be disparaging, let’s start with the question that is consuming so much of our current discourse: Is Elon Musk a Nazi?
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February 20, 2025 at 10:33 PM
My article from today's Winnipeg Free Press.
Elon Musk, Nazis and the steady creep of fascism www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...
Elon Musk, Nazis and the steady creep of fascism www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...
Reposted by Alex Passey
This Saturday February 8 at 7pm, join Robert Pasternak, Lovern Kindzierski, @alexpassey.bsky.social and DG Valdron for the launch of Twilight of Echelon, hosted by GMB Chomichuk - mailchi.mp/grant/twilig...
Enter the world of Echelon at this group launch
Join Robert Pasternak, Lovern Kindzierski, Alex Passey, and D.G. Valdron for the launch of Twilight of Echelon (At Bay Press). Featuring a conversation hosted by GMB Chomichuk.
mailchi.mp
February 5, 2025 at 10:40 PM
This Saturday February 8 at 7pm, join Robert Pasternak, Lovern Kindzierski, @alexpassey.bsky.social and DG Valdron for the launch of Twilight of Echelon, hosted by GMB Chomichuk - mailchi.mp/grant/twilig...
Somehow every other autistic person in the world manages to get through each day without accidentally doing a nazi.
January 24, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Somehow every other autistic person in the world manages to get through each day without accidentally doing a nazi.