Julia M. Wright
@juliamwright.bsky.social
FRSC Professor in Halifax🍁. Member of @dalfaculty.bsky.social . Locked out for 30 days in 2025. Views here mine only. Rebleats≠agreement.
"it is not Air / That from a thousand Lungs reeks back to thine" (Armstrong 1744). Silence=Spread🦠 #COVIDisAirborne
"it is not Air / That from a thousand Lungs reeks back to thine" (Armstrong 1744). Silence=Spread🦠 #COVIDisAirborne
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Julia M. Wright
@juliamwright.bsky.social
· Apr 12
We can, and must, do more to protect students in higher education from the risks of post-COVID condition
Postsecondary students are particularly vulnerable to repeated COVID-19 infections, putting them at risk for post-COVID condition, or long COVID. Campuses can take action to protect them.
theconversation.com
As #cdnpse institutions compete for domestic students after decades of funding cuts and new limits on int'l enrolment, I'm curious to see if we get recruitment campaigns based on pandemic safety: e.g., "Breathe Easier: We Know Your Health Matters to Your Success." theconversation.com/we-can-and-m...
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Long Covid is common - ~1 in 5 people have it, and it's on the rise. Reinfections add to the burden. It's the most common chronic condition in children.
Actual coverage on this at last from CBC
Actual coverage on this at last from CBC
November 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Long Covid is common - ~1 in 5 people have it, and it's on the rise. Reinfections add to the burden. It's the most common chronic condition in children.
Actual coverage on this at last from CBC
Actual coverage on this at last from CBC
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how the CBC forced me to resign over COVID
and why we’re all worse off for it—especially our kids
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(on the occasion of my son’s [5th] and the CBC’s [89th] shared birthday, nov. 2)
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how the CBC forced me to resign over COVID
and why we’re all worse off for it—especially our kids
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(on the occasion of my son’s [5th] and the CBC’s [89th] shared birthday, nov. 2)
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November 2, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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how the CBC forced me to resign over COVID
and why we’re all worse off for it—especially our kids
a 🧵
(on the occasion of my son’s [5th] and the CBC’s [89th] shared birthday, nov. 2)
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how the CBC forced me to resign over COVID
and why we’re all worse off for it—especially our kids
a 🧵
(on the occasion of my son’s [5th] and the CBC’s [89th] shared birthday, nov. 2)
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George Munro Professor Dr Julia M Wright @juliamwright.bsky.social and co-authors in Dalhousie News: @dalhousie.bsky.social @dalfaculty.bsky.social
The CSA’s revised standard on respirators should help us all breathe easier
New draft standards for respirator use recognize the importance of protecting workers and patients in health-care settings, where there is a higher risk of pathogen exposure, write Dal's Julia M. Wrig...
www.dal.ca
November 11, 2025 at 1:20 AM
George Munro Professor Dr Julia M Wright @juliamwright.bsky.social and co-authors in Dalhousie News: @dalhousie.bsky.social @dalfaculty.bsky.social
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I’m actually of the mindset that I wish Hollywood et al would find some new muses.
You can only pick one. I’m sorry.
Jane Austen or Mary Shelley
Jane Austen or Mary Shelley
November 11, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I’m actually of the mindset that I wish Hollywood et al would find some new muses.
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A super presentation highlighting some of the chronic issues with method in medical research and the near-impossibility of getting crap work retracted.
The 3rd annual Canadian Long COVID symposium wrapped up yesterday. It was a great meeting, and I got some nice news at the end!
PDF of the poster is here: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/e8wh6...
MP3 of a 5-minute verbal overview is here: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ej0lw...
PDF of the poster is here: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/e8wh6...
MP3 of a 5-minute verbal overview is here: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ej0lw...
October 23, 2025 at 1:18 AM
A super presentation highlighting some of the chronic issues with method in medical research and the near-impossibility of getting crap work retracted.
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A new @ca.theconversation.com article, co-authored by @juliamwright.bsky.social (FRSC), explores how updated CSA standards for respirator use can better protect health-care workers and patients — and why adopting evidence-based safety measures is vital for all Canadians. #RSCVoices
The CSA’s revised standard on respirators should help us all breathe easier
The CSA Group — a not-for-profit standards organization — released for review a new draft standard on the “Selection, Use, and Care of Respirators” (CSA Z94.4:25) for workplaces, specifically includin...
rsc-src.ca
November 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
A new @ca.theconversation.com article, co-authored by @juliamwright.bsky.social (FRSC), explores how updated CSA standards for respirator use can better protect health-care workers and patients — and why adopting evidence-based safety measures is vital for all Canadians. #RSCVoices
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The 3rd Long COVID International Conference 2025 (Nov 19–20, Boston, MA) is nearly here! Join global experts, in person or virtually, to advance long Covid care, research, and public health solutions. Learn more & register: virology.eventsair.com/long-covid-i... #LongCOVIDIntl
November 10, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The 3rd Long COVID International Conference 2025 (Nov 19–20, Boston, MA) is nearly here! Join global experts, in person or virtually, to advance long Covid care, research, and public health solutions. Learn more & register: virology.eventsair.com/long-covid-i... #LongCOVIDIntl
Could this… save the Humanities? It would be a massive transfer of capital from tech to writers. 🍿🍿
November 10, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Could this… save the Humanities? It would be a massive transfer of capital from tech to writers. 🍿🍿
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Trump getting booed at the Commanders game
November 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Trump getting booed at the Commanders game
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If only there was something public health could recommend that would be effective at stopping influenza transmission regardless of strain...
If it doesn't get inside you, it can't make you sick. It's amazing that they still have trouble understanding that concept.
If it doesn't get inside you, it can't make you sick. It's amazing that they still have trouble understanding that concept.
Masks and respirators for prevention of respiratory infections: a
state of the science review | Clinical Microbiology Reviews
SUMMARY This narrative review and meta-analysis summarizes a broad evidence base on the benefits—and
also the practicalities, disbenefits, harms and personal, sociocultural and environmental
impacts—o...
journals.asm.org
November 9, 2025 at 1:01 PM
If only there was something public health could recommend that would be effective at stopping influenza transmission regardless of strain...
If it doesn't get inside you, it can't make you sick. It's amazing that they still have trouble understanding that concept.
If it doesn't get inside you, it can't make you sick. It's amazing that they still have trouble understanding that concept.
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Had a great panel and launch for the Broadview Anthology of Science Fiction at #Halcon2025! But we totally forgot to get pictures! :(
Thanks to @heleninwords.bsky.social @kalahirtleclarke.bsky.social @juliamwright.bsky.social and Cher Hann! @halconscificon.bsky.social @broadviewpress.bsky.social
Thanks to @heleninwords.bsky.social @kalahirtleclarke.bsky.social @juliamwright.bsky.social and Cher Hann! @halconscificon.bsky.social @broadviewpress.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Had a great panel and launch for the Broadview Anthology of Science Fiction at #Halcon2025! But we totally forgot to get pictures! :(
Thanks to @heleninwords.bsky.social @kalahirtleclarke.bsky.social @juliamwright.bsky.social and Cher Hann! @halconscificon.bsky.social @broadviewpress.bsky.social
Thanks to @heleninwords.bsky.social @kalahirtleclarke.bsky.social @juliamwright.bsky.social and Cher Hann! @halconscificon.bsky.social @broadviewpress.bsky.social
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Dylan Marlais Thomas died on this day in 1953 at St. Vincent's Hospital in Greenwich Village, NYC. He was just 39 years old.
Read some of his poems today. Treat yourself to A Child's Christmas in Wales.
www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/dylan-...
Read some of his poems today. Treat yourself to A Child's Christmas in Wales.
www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/dylan-...
November 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Dylan Marlais Thomas died on this day in 1953 at St. Vincent's Hospital in Greenwich Village, NYC. He was just 39 years old.
Read some of his poems today. Treat yourself to A Child's Christmas in Wales.
www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/dylan-...
Read some of his poems today. Treat yourself to A Child's Christmas in Wales.
www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/dylan-...
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Today is National Indigenous Veterans Day.
This day honours the contributions of the First Nations, Inuit and Metis who served in the Canadian Armed Forces.
They fought for Canada despite being denied rights by the country.
This is the story of some of those veterans.
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This day honours the contributions of the First Nations, Inuit and Metis who served in the Canadian Armed Forces.
They fought for Canada despite being denied rights by the country.
This is the story of some of those veterans.
🧵 1/12
November 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Today is National Indigenous Veterans Day.
This day honours the contributions of the First Nations, Inuit and Metis who served in the Canadian Armed Forces.
They fought for Canada despite being denied rights by the country.
This is the story of some of those veterans.
🧵 1/12
This day honours the contributions of the First Nations, Inuit and Metis who served in the Canadian Armed Forces.
They fought for Canada despite being denied rights by the country.
This is the story of some of those veterans.
🧵 1/12
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🇦🇺 Academy of Science
#IndoorAir #IAQ
The science of indoor air
& Pathways to improve
Indoor Air Quality
In Australia
November 2025 Report
www.science.org.au/supporting-s...
#IndoorAir #IAQ
The science of indoor air
& Pathways to improve
Indoor Air Quality
In Australia
November 2025 Report
www.science.org.au/supporting-s...
November 6, 2025 at 7:12 AM
🇦🇺 Academy of Science
#IndoorAir #IAQ
The science of indoor air
& Pathways to improve
Indoor Air Quality
In Australia
November 2025 Report
www.science.org.au/supporting-s...
#IndoorAir #IAQ
The science of indoor air
& Pathways to improve
Indoor Air Quality
In Australia
November 2025 Report
www.science.org.au/supporting-s...
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Canada is showing global leadership in preventing airborne virus transmission with the CSA's new draft standard for respirator use (especially in healthcare) 🎉
theconversation.com/the-csas-rev...
theconversation.com/the-csas-rev...
The CSA’s revised standard on respirators should help us all breathe easier
New draft standards for respirator use recognize the importance of protecting workers and patients in health-care settings, where there is a higher risk of pathogen exposure
theconversation.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Canada is showing global leadership in preventing airborne virus transmission with the CSA's new draft standard for respirator use (especially in healthcare) 🎉
theconversation.com/the-csas-rev...
theconversation.com/the-csas-rev...
Are boards run by lemmings? We saw this kind of thing at Dal, and the damage to the credibility of the senior admin and board is beyond the telling of it. Why any group a few weeks later would take a page from that playbook is 😱.
November 8, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Are boards run by lemmings? We saw this kind of thing at Dal, and the damage to the credibility of the senior admin and board is beyond the telling of it. Why any group a few weeks later would take a page from that playbook is 😱.
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Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
There are also non-$$ investments that would help #cdnpse, e.g.:
1. Legislate significant transparency on consultants and put caps on their use--total cost no more than .01% of tuition, say.
2. Better IAQ standards for crowded campus spaces.
3. Something like this: www.caut.ca/bulletin/rou...
1. Legislate significant transparency on consultants and put caps on their use--total cost no more than .01% of tuition, say.
2. Better IAQ standards for crowded campus spaces.
3. Something like this: www.caut.ca/bulletin/rou...
November 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM
There are also non-$$ investments that would help #cdnpse, e.g.:
1. Legislate significant transparency on consultants and put caps on their use--total cost no more than .01% of tuition, say.
2. Better IAQ standards for crowded campus spaces.
3. Something like this: www.caut.ca/bulletin/rou...
1. Legislate significant transparency on consultants and put caps on their use--total cost no more than .01% of tuition, say.
2. Better IAQ standards for crowded campus spaces.
3. Something like this: www.caut.ca/bulletin/rou...
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So great to see my uni's president has recovered enough from the lockout to send an email about how much she supports PhD programs, especially while the graduate programs in my faculty are being rapidly defunded, effectively ending all but self-funded or otherwise externally funded graduate work.
a man says just when i thought i was out in a kitchen
Alt: Michael Corleone saying "just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!"
media.tenor.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:58 PM
So great to see my uni's president has recovered enough from the lockout to send an email about how much she supports PhD programs, especially while the graduate programs in my faculty are being rapidly defunded, effectively ending all but self-funded or otherwise externally funded graduate work.
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The print version of my anthology is out in a few weeks, but the electronic version is now available and on sale at the link.
In the free preview (linked) you’ll also be able to read all of the front matter—including the futurisms and thematic tables of contents—and the full intro.
In the free preview (linked) you’ll also be able to read all of the front matter—including the futurisms and thematic tables of contents—and the full intro.
The Broadview Anthology of Science Fiction
The Broadview Anthology of Science Fiction takes a “broad view” of science fiction in terms of its histories, themes, forms, and communities. Covering over two hundred years, the anthology focuses on ...
books.google.ca
November 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The print version of my anthology is out in a few weeks, but the electronic version is now available and on sale at the link.
In the free preview (linked) you’ll also be able to read all of the front matter—including the futurisms and thematic tables of contents—and the full intro.
In the free preview (linked) you’ll also be able to read all of the front matter—including the futurisms and thematic tables of contents—and the full intro.
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The 🇨🇦 Standing Committee on Science and Research passed a modified resolution this afternoon that the requested ricouncil applicant and reviewer data can be aggregated and anonymized. Thanks to the many researchers who signed letters pointing out legitimate data privacy concerns. 👏👏
November 6, 2025 at 12:22 AM
The 🇨🇦 Standing Committee on Science and Research passed a modified resolution this afternoon that the requested ricouncil applicant and reviewer data can be aggregated and anonymized. Thanks to the many researchers who signed letters pointing out legitimate data privacy concerns. 👏👏
Some cool light effects out at Lawrencetown a few weeks ago (from the trail that goes along the coast and then up the big hill).
November 6, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Some cool light effects out at Lawrencetown a few weeks ago (from the trail that goes along the coast and then up the big hill).
We seem to be in a cultural moment when this needs to be said:
We now have policies, regulations, and laws that provide a process for handling the occasional professional who isn't ethical or competent. *They do not replace the fundamental need for everyone to be ethical and competent.*
We now have policies, regulations, and laws that provide a process for handling the occasional professional who isn't ethical or competent. *They do not replace the fundamental need for everyone to be ethical and competent.*
a man wearing a green and white shirt that says cafe tropical
Alt: an actor from Schitt's Creek wearing a green and white shirt that says cafe tropical but, more relevantly, with the caption "That's a given."
media.tenor.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:16 PM
We seem to be in a cultural moment when this needs to be said:
We now have policies, regulations, and laws that provide a process for handling the occasional professional who isn't ethical or competent. *They do not replace the fundamental need for everyone to be ethical and competent.*
We now have policies, regulations, and laws that provide a process for handling the occasional professional who isn't ethical or competent. *They do not replace the fundamental need for everyone to be ethical and competent.*
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We now go live to Andrew Cuomo's motorcade
November 5, 2025 at 2:56 AM
We now go live to Andrew Cuomo's motorcade