Ironstone
@ironstone.bsky.social
Canadian university professor interested in contemporary theory, health comm, risk and science comm, queer cultures, science & technology studies, and the microbial world. 80s music and camping enthusiast.
Oh, America... as you neighbour, wow.You are kind broken. But as your frienda the stories we are hearing are harsh
November 15, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Oh, America... as you neighbour, wow.You are kind broken. But as your frienda the stories we are hearing are harsh
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A scary amount of online health misinformation! ☠️
We analyzed 200 cancer and autism videos on TikTok and found the majority contain misinformation www.cbc.ca/news/marketp...
80% of TikTok remedy recommendations "weren’t supported by scientific evidence."
Soon: on CTV Edmonton!
We analyzed 200 cancer and autism videos on TikTok and found the majority contain misinformation www.cbc.ca/news/marketp...
80% of TikTok remedy recommendations "weren’t supported by scientific evidence."
Soon: on CTV Edmonton!
We analyzed 200 cancer and autism videos on TikTok and found the majority contain misinformation | CBC News
TikTok is flooded with videos promising miracle treatments for autism and cancer, but how many of them are true? Marketplace investigated 200 health videos on the platform and uncovered a troubling tr...
www.cbc.ca
October 28, 2025 at 12:59 PM
A scary amount of online health misinformation! ☠️
We analyzed 200 cancer and autism videos on TikTok and found the majority contain misinformation www.cbc.ca/news/marketp...
80% of TikTok remedy recommendations "weren’t supported by scientific evidence."
Soon: on CTV Edmonton!
We analyzed 200 cancer and autism videos on TikTok and found the majority contain misinformation www.cbc.ca/news/marketp...
80% of TikTok remedy recommendations "weren’t supported by scientific evidence."
Soon: on CTV Edmonton!
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hey it's me again telling you that i am ✨ open to work ✨ and also need to cover bills this month. :)
hire me for:
⚡ comms (writing, graphics, book formatting)
⚡ self-pub services (editing, book formatting)
or support me via:
⚡ tip jar
⚡ patreon
book portfolio here! bring me your weird fiction.
hire me for:
⚡ comms (writing, graphics, book formatting)
⚡ self-pub services (editing, book formatting)
or support me via:
⚡ tip jar
⚡ patreon
book portfolio here! bring me your weird fiction.
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October 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM
hey it's me again telling you that i am ✨ open to work ✨ and also need to cover bills this month. :)
hire me for:
⚡ comms (writing, graphics, book formatting)
⚡ self-pub services (editing, book formatting)
or support me via:
⚡ tip jar
⚡ patreon
book portfolio here! bring me your weird fiction.
hire me for:
⚡ comms (writing, graphics, book formatting)
⚡ self-pub services (editing, book formatting)
or support me via:
⚡ tip jar
⚡ patreon
book portfolio here! bring me your weird fiction.
When Adorno (and Horkeimer, too) arrived in the US it is fair to say they were alarmed by the level of propagandisation the American people experienced. This while they had come from Nazi Germany as exiles. Seriously gotten much more for all of us, and we see the spoils. Time to get it.
October 11, 2025 at 1:25 AM
When Adorno (and Horkeimer, too) arrived in the US it is fair to say they were alarmed by the level of propagandisation the American people experienced. This while they had come from Nazi Germany as exiles. Seriously gotten much more for all of us, and we see the spoils. Time to get it.
Anyone else seeing TikTok censorship on real time. Well done, America. We hardly knew you.
September 14, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Anyone else seeing TikTok censorship on real time. Well done, America. We hardly knew you.
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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025.... Berkeley, no less.
UC Berkeley shares 160 names with Trump administration in ‘McCarthy era’ move
Prominent professor Judith Butler among students and faculty investigated for ‘alleged antisemitic incidents’
www.theguardian.com
September 13, 2025 at 1:40 AM
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025.... Berkeley, no less.
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Some more info about the SCALA!!! legacy / charity events we've recently inaugurated.
At a time when the concept of "community" is being weaponised by numerous bad faith actors, it's a reminder that it can also be pressed into service in happier, and more useful ways.
At a time when the concept of "community" is being weaponised by numerous bad faith actors, it's a reminder that it can also be pressed into service in happier, and more useful ways.
September 3, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Some more info about the SCALA!!! legacy / charity events we've recently inaugurated.
At a time when the concept of "community" is being weaponised by numerous bad faith actors, it's a reminder that it can also be pressed into service in happier, and more useful ways.
At a time when the concept of "community" is being weaponised by numerous bad faith actors, it's a reminder that it can also be pressed into service in happier, and more useful ways.
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🚨Meidas Canada is LIVE
Connecting a global conversation about resistance in the age of gangster fascism and disinformation.
This is resistance without borders.
youtu.be/QZvOUFBptHA?...
Connecting a global conversation about resistance in the age of gangster fascism and disinformation.
This is resistance without borders.
youtu.be/QZvOUFBptHA?...
MEIDAS CANADA TAKES THE FIGHT GLOBAL
YouTube video by Charlie Angus
youtu.be
September 1, 2025 at 12:05 PM
🚨Meidas Canada is LIVE
Connecting a global conversation about resistance in the age of gangster fascism and disinformation.
This is resistance without borders.
youtu.be/QZvOUFBptHA?...
Connecting a global conversation about resistance in the age of gangster fascism and disinformation.
This is resistance without borders.
youtu.be/QZvOUFBptHA?...
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Toronto launch (October 9) for my new book, "Slavery and Capitalism."
August 8, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Toronto launch (October 9) for my new book, "Slavery and Capitalism."
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My friends at the @mantrams.bsky.social project have postdoc jobs.
University of Tübingen
Explore mantras as sonic, social, and embodied within and beyond South Asia
Start: Dec 2025
backgrounds in Anthropology, Religious Studies, Sound Studies, Ethnomusicology, Asian Studies & beyond
University of Tübingen
Explore mantras as sonic, social, and embodied within and beyond South Asia
Start: Dec 2025
backgrounds in Anthropology, Religious Studies, Sound Studies, Ethnomusicology, Asian Studies & beyond
uni-tuebingen.de
July 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
My friends at the @mantrams.bsky.social project have postdoc jobs.
University of Tübingen
Explore mantras as sonic, social, and embodied within and beyond South Asia
Start: Dec 2025
backgrounds in Anthropology, Religious Studies, Sound Studies, Ethnomusicology, Asian Studies & beyond
University of Tübingen
Explore mantras as sonic, social, and embodied within and beyond South Asia
Start: Dec 2025
backgrounds in Anthropology, Religious Studies, Sound Studies, Ethnomusicology, Asian Studies & beyond
Well worth the listen. I'm looking forward to the next episodes!
Episode one of my podcast Dangerous Memory of the 1980s is now up.
It examines some of the issues raised in my book Dangerous Memory: Coming of Age in the Decade of Greed. @houseofanansi.bsky.social
charlieangus.substack.com/p/how-nostal...
It examines some of the issues raised in my book Dangerous Memory: Coming of Age in the Decade of Greed. @houseofanansi.bsky.social
charlieangus.substack.com/p/how-nostal...
Dangerous Memory
Listen now | Episode 1: How Nostalgia Won't Save You From The 1980s
charlieangus.substack.com
July 6, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Well worth the listen. I'm looking forward to the next episodes!
Happy Obama photo day for all who celebrate.
June 14, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Happy Obama photo day for all who celebrate.
From Canada, watching intently. Never imagined I would ever see what is happening and worried for you all. Stay strong. You clearly have to fight for the rights you have had. Standing with you.
June 14, 2025 at 1:45 AM
From Canada, watching intently. Never imagined I would ever see what is happening and worried for you all. Stay strong. You clearly have to fight for the rights you have had. Standing with you.
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I am plugged in.
I am fully charged.
I am unstoppable.
I am running into a chair.
I am running into a chair.
I am running into a chair.
I am running into a chair.
I am fully charged.
I am unstoppable.
I am running into a chair.
I am running into a chair.
I am running into a chair.
I am running into a chair.
A Roomba’s Positive Affirmations
I am free of the boxes people put me in. I am plugged in. I am fully charged. I am unstoppable. I am running into a chair. I am running into a chai...
buff.ly
June 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I am plugged in.
I am fully charged.
I am unstoppable.
I am running into a chair.
I am running into a chair.
I am running into a chair.
I am running into a chair.
I am fully charged.
I am unstoppable.
I am running into a chair.
I am running into a chair.
I am running into a chair.
I am running into a chair.
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differences 36.1 is out now — featuring a dossier of essays from Selamawit D. Terrefe, David Marriott, and Lee Edelman, alongside writing from Jennifer C. Nash, Samantha Pinto, Kriss Ravetto-Biagioli, Matthew Helm, and Iván A. Ramos: read.dukeupress.edu/differences/...
June 2, 2025 at 6:57 PM
differences 36.1 is out now — featuring a dossier of essays from Selamawit D. Terrefe, David Marriott, and Lee Edelman, alongside writing from Jennifer C. Nash, Samantha Pinto, Kriss Ravetto-Biagioli, Matthew Helm, and Iván A. Ramos: read.dukeupress.edu/differences/...
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🌟call for research participants🌟
i'm looking for people who are (or have been) fans of #eurovision to join an online focus group about how fans think about & interact with the politics of the contest.
more details on the study & how to join below. please sign up & share with your eurofan pals!
i'm looking for people who are (or have been) fans of #eurovision to join an online focus group about how fans think about & interact with the politics of the contest.
more details on the study & how to join below. please sign up & share with your eurofan pals!
June 3, 2025 at 8:14 AM
🌟call for research participants🌟
i'm looking for people who are (or have been) fans of #eurovision to join an online focus group about how fans think about & interact with the politics of the contest.
more details on the study & how to join below. please sign up & share with your eurofan pals!
i'm looking for people who are (or have been) fans of #eurovision to join an online focus group about how fans think about & interact with the politics of the contest.
more details on the study & how to join below. please sign up & share with your eurofan pals!
So... this is like the worst relationship breakup. Our King comes to deliver the Speech from the Throne, and we get another 51sr state thing? Read the room.
May 28, 2025 at 4:01 AM
So... this is like the worst relationship breakup. Our King comes to deliver the Speech from the Throne, and we get another 51sr state thing? Read the room.
America, I hate to say this but... you are like a pathological long term relationship that I don't want to end because I kinda like you, but you don't get me and it seems kinda like you are having a psychotic break right now and I don't know how to support you.
May 24, 2025 at 3:27 AM
America, I hate to say this but... you are like a pathological long term relationship that I don't want to end because I kinda like you, but you don't get me and it seems kinda like you are having a psychotic break right now and I don't know how to support you.
We spend so much time as those they perceive to be outposts, and believe their ideology so much, that we are as surprised as they are when is crumbles. Difference is, we fifth for what we believe, and only some of them seem to do. Don't know what to say except I expected better
May 9, 2025 at 4:49 AM
We spend so much time as those they perceive to be outposts, and believe their ideology so much, that we are as surprised as they are when is crumbles. Difference is, we fifth for what we believe, and only some of them seem to do. Don't know what to say except I expected better
I am an outsider watching and grieving for America. Can not believe what I am seeing.
May 9, 2025 at 4:39 AM
I am an outsider watching and grieving for America. Can not believe what I am seeing.
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Oh, already doing that. Canadian Boycott is strong. Only issues are work related software (not my decision, of course) and C Cards
May 7, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Oh, already doing that. Canadian Boycott is strong. Only issues are work related software (not my decision, of course) and C Cards
Well done, Australia! From a cousin in the Up Over.
May 3, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Well done, Australia! From a cousin in the Up Over.
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If you didn't hit the advance polls on the weekend, Mavis strongly urges you to do your duty as a good Canadian and vote - for whomever - on April 28th. #CanadaVotes
April 23, 2025 at 9:25 PM
If you didn't hit the advance polls on the weekend, Mavis strongly urges you to do your duty as a good Canadian and vote - for whomever - on April 28th. #CanadaVotes
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In 2000, John Waters donated 372 pieces of his art collection to the Baltimore Museum of Art. They named a rotunda after him in their gallery. He requested an all-gender restroom be named for him instead. #BOTD
April 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
In 2000, John Waters donated 372 pieces of his art collection to the Baltimore Museum of Art. They named a rotunda after him in their gallery. He requested an all-gender restroom be named for him instead. #BOTD