Julia M. Wright

@juliamwright.bsky.social

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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 .. more

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Julia Margaret Wright is a professor in the Department of English and University Research Professor at Dalhousie University. Wright is an elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. .. more

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Julia M. Wright @juliamwright.bsky.social · Apr 12

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...

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

Julia M. Wright @juliamwright.bsky.social · 8h

"From Long Flu to Long COVID: A Brief History of Postviral Illness" by Emily Mendenhall and Philip Finkelstein.

From Long Flu to Long COVID: A Brief History of Postviral Illness | Think Global Health

Despite centuries of examples, long-term maladies after flu and other viruses remain absent from mainstream policy

www.thinkglobalhealth.org

Julia M. Wright @juliamwright.bsky.social · 12h

Debbie Martin: "The lasting harm of universities’ rush for Indigenous identity policies" policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/11/indi...

The lasting harm of universities’ rush for Indigenous identity policies

Universities are cracking down on pretendians, but poorly designed policies are harming people with legitimate claims to Indigeneity.

policyoptions.irpp.org

Reposted by Peter Ullrich, Julia M. Wright, Aidan O’Sullivan

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 12h

Prosecutors in California used A.I. to argue that a 57-year-old man should be held without bail, his lawyers say, filing a brief that included wholesale misinterpretations of the law, as well as quotations that do not actually appear in the cited texts. nyti.ms/3M1bVye

Prosecutor Used Flawed A.I. to Keep a Man in Jail, His Lawyers Say

The case is among the first in which a prosecutor is accused of filing court papers marred by A.I.-generated mistakes.

nyti.ms

Julia M. Wright @juliamwright.bsky.social · 15h

www.canada.ca/en/public-he...

Call out: Member recruitment for the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Services - Canada.ca

Recruitment call for experts to join PHAC’s Expert Roster for the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Services.

www.canada.ca

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Sam Pizzigati @sgp.bsky.social · 2d

@scottishgreens.org are urging the rollout of a 10:1 pay ratio across the public and private sectors in Scotland. That move would “force those at the top to improve the salaries of their lowest paid staff if they wish to increase their own payslips.” #inequality www.thenational.scot/news/2564362...

Plans lodged for crack down on 'obscene' pay of university principals

Propsals have been lodged to crack down on the 'obscene' pay inequality across Scotland's universities and colleges

www.thenational.scot

Julia M. Wright @juliamwright.bsky.social · 2d

Agree--all taxes should be better scaled. A 20% increase on my property taxes would be the cost of a takeaway coffee/day. Cutting jobs might also lead to people losing their homes, and all because cutting jobs seems to be the answer to every tough question these days because of consultants.

Julia M. Wright @juliamwright.bsky.social · 2d

I'm sure some companies want lower taxes but, as a property taxpayer and voter, I'd like to see more jobs and more services (e.g. housing) as ways of a) increasing the tax base; b) reducing demand on health and emergency services; c) improving lives. I'd 100% pay 20% or more property tax for that.

Jason Haslam @jasonhaslam.ca · 5d

I ask again, as a property-tax payer, is Andy Fillmore the WORST mayor ever, or THE worst mayor EVER?

A snip from a news item, highlighted, that reads, “However, Mayor Andy Fillmore said the property tax hike is ‘simply too high’ and put forward a motion asking staff to find more savings.
He proposed a 10 per cent reduction in program grants, reducing the climate action tax by one-third, and implementing a hiring freeze.”

Julia M. Wright @juliamwright.bsky.social · 2d

More expensive AI slop undermining the quality and credibility of key information and, it appears, generating what its user wants to read rather than actual facts… theindependent.ca/news/lji/maj...

Major N.L. healthcare report contains errors likely generated by A.I. – The Independent

$1.6 million Health Human Resources Plan from Deloitte cites research papers that don’t exist, making it the second major government policy paper called into question in as many months

theindependent.ca

Julia M. Wright @juliamwright.bsky.social · 5d

Forced AI for PCs should be the tech industry’s New Coke fiasco.

Susan Kaye Quinn is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱 @susankayequinn.bsky.social · 6d

My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨

ABI Bouhmaida
@forgoodcode
Every Windows 11 PC is now an Al
PC with Copilot at the center of
it all.
Here's how to get rid of Copilot
completely from your computer
(1/3)

ABI Bouhmaida
@forgoodcode
1/ Settings App
> Personalization
> Taskbar
> Other System Tray Icons
> Switch "Microsoft 365 Copilot App" Off
This hides Copilot from your
taskbar

$(9) ABI Bouhmaida @forgoodcode 2/ Press Win + R > Type in ‘regedit’ > Navigate to "HKEY _CURRENT_USER\ Software \ Policie s\Microsoft\ Windows" > Right-click on the "Windows" Key > New > Key > Name the new key "WindowsCopilot’ > Right-click on the new key EY > DWORD (32-bit) Value$ @forgoodcode
3/
> Name the value
"TurnOffWindowsCopilot’
> Double-click the name of the value
> Set the "Value Data" to 1
> Restart your computer
Congrats! Copilot is now completely
gone from your computer.
Hope this helps

@forgoodcode
3/
> Name the value
"TurnOffWindowsCopilot’
> Double-click the name of the value
> Set the "Value Data" to 1
> Restart your computer
Congrats! Copilot is now completely
gone from your computer.
Hope this helps

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Jason Haslam @jasonhaslam.ca · 5d

I ask again, as a property-tax payer, is Andy Fillmore the WORST mayor ever, or THE worst mayor EVER?

Julia M. Wright @juliamwright.bsky.social · 5d

In related news, I've uninstalled MS Office and switched over to a free replacement because #Microsoft no longer allows us to remove its AI ("Copilot"). The transition was seamless. I wish I'd dumped MS Office years ago!

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Mark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social · 5d

The second report of the UK COVID Inquiry is out. The two volumes are here: covid19.public-inquiry.uk/documents/mo...

The section on "The focus on handwashing over ventilation" begins in section 12.32 of the second volume (page 167 in the PDF of voume 2).

#itsairborne #COVID #longCOVID #aerosol

Module 2, 2A, 2B, 2C Report - Core decision-making and political governance UK Covid-19 Inquiry Archives

A report by The Rt Hon the Baroness Hallett DBE, Chair of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry on the core decision-making and political governance, dated 20 November 2025.

covid19.public-inquiry.uk

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Elisabeth Bik - Perpetrator 5, a fraudulent microbiologist @elisabethbik.bsky.social · 6d

Good morning from Sydney! Today is Day 2 of the @aimosinc.bsky.social conference

I am attending one of the discussion sessions: Addressing journal editors' failure to retract fraudulent and misleading publications
Speaker/Chair -Jon Jureidini, Leemon McHenry & George (Skip) Murgatroyd
#AIMOS2025

Reposted by Julia M. Wright, David Murakami Wood, Greg Linden

Natasha Tusikov @ntusikov.bsky.social · 6d

In GenAI bubble news, only 2% of Canadian firms are seeing a return on their investment in GenAI. Firms are struggling to find an effective use for the tech & to see promised gains. Maybe time to reconsider the AI hype?
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

Just 2% of Canadian businesses got return on generative AI investments, survey shows

KPMG poll finds only a handful of businesses seeing benefits from technology despite widespread adoption

www.theglobeandmail.com

Reposted by Gavin A. Schmidt, Julia M. Wright, Alfie Kohn

Susan Kaye Quinn is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱 @susankayequinn.bsky.social · 6d

My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨

Reposted by Julia M. Wright

UK Covid-19 Inquiry @ukcovid-19inquiry.bsky.social · 6d

Tomorrow at 4pm the Inquiry will publish its second report: Core decision-making and political governance (Module 2, 2A, 2B and 2C).

Reposted by Julia M. Wright, Dana R. Fisher

John Woodside @woodsideful.bsky.social · 7d

At COP30 Canada just got awarded the fossil of the day — first time since 2014 (the harper years). Clear sign of how Carney’s pro fossil fuel agenda and backsliding on climate policy is being noticed internationally.

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Natalia Jagielska @nataliajagielska.bsky.social · 7d

AI slop gracing the cover of Royal Society B. Not only in AI yellow but scientifically nonsensical. Come on. I'm certain human photographs and artworks were ignored to platform ... this.

Royal Society B cover with AI generated image of endocasts.

Julia M. Wright @juliamwright.bsky.social · 8d

For some reason, that movie sets events about six decades later than the novel--perhaps just to have more spectacular clothing. I don't expect movies to accurately adapt novels, but that one struck me as rather too much in love with visuals (esp. sets and costumes), at the cost of Shelley's ideas.

Julia M. Wright @juliamwright.bsky.social · 8d

Your semi-regular reminder that Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s Frankenstein is subtitled “Or, The Modern Prometheus.”

These guys like sf but seem to skip all the bits about morality, social responsibility, and unintended consequences. 📚

NYT headline “Jeff Bezos creates A.I. Start-Up Where He Will Be Co-Chief Executive” with “Called Project Prometheus, the company is focusing on artificial intelligence” below.

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Christophe Veltsos @drinfosec.bsky.social · 9d

Superb 🧵 by Dr. @evonnetcurran.bsky.social on Twitter earlier today about the (dubious) statement that "80% of infections diseases are spread by contact..."

Full 🧵 (12 tweets):
threadreaderapp.com/thread/19900...

Since the nonsense yesterday when a public health body erroneously stated that 80% of infections diseases are spread by contact....
I promised a thread....
Lets start with the
@WHO
Hand hygiene guideline
@LazarusLong13

Julia M. Wright @juliamwright.bsky.social · 9d

Thanks to all the amazing folks at @src-rsc.bsky.social for another wonderful #COEE, and congratulations to all the new Fellows and Members! #cdnpse #ArtsandHumanities

a group of people applauding with barbarosgif written in the corner

Alt: a group of people applauding

media.tenor.com

Reposted by Lisa W. Fazio, Robert W. Wallace, Rafael H. M. Pereira , and 3 more Lisa W. Fazio, Robert W. Wallace, Rafael H. M. Pereira, Fabián Muniesa, Rebecca Tushnet, Julia M. Wright

mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 10d

A lot of education discourse is at root an inability to decide whether the purpose of our education system is to 1) teach material and measure learning 2) reward students who work hard 3) separate the smart kids (destined for smart guy jobs) from the dumb kids (destined to serve the smart guys)

Reposted by Julia M. Wright

CUPE 3912 @cupe3912.bsky.social · 10d

We are happy to announce that SMU PT Faculty members have ratified the Tentative Agreement. Members will return to work and classes will resume on Monday.

Congratulations everyone!

#cdnpse #canlab

@caut.bsky.social @cupens.bsky.social @cupescfp.bsky.social

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Maggie Archibald @maggiearchibald.bsky.social · 10d

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

"The system has been created with the assumption that the male is the standard norm and the female is atypical," Gillivan said. "It's not. We're just a different human with different needs."

Canada needs women's health chair, says IWK Foundation | CBC News

The IWK Foundation is calling on the federal government to create a national chair who will focus on women's health.

www.cbc.ca

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The Royal Society of Canada // La Société royale du Canada @src-rsc.bsky.social · 11d

Congratulations to the new RSC Fellows who have been inducted into the academy! This is the highest honour in Arts, Social Sciences, Humanities, and Sciences. 🌹

Learn more by following our #rscBRAVOsrc campaign on YouTube: bit.ly/4mwoFtG #COEE2025

Reposted by Julia M. Wright

The Royal Society of Canada // La Société royale du Canada @src-rsc.bsky.social · 11d

Cindy Blackstock (FRSC, @mcgill.ca) has been awarded the inaugural RSC Prize for Indigenous Engagement for over 30 years of work in child welfare and advocacy for the rights of Indigenous children. #COEE2025