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Julia M. Wright

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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

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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

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Alex Hanna-ween @alexhanna.bsky.social · 12h

I'm not an economist but seems worrying that the whole US economy is seven companies in a trenchcoat, passing the same $20 up and down

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14h

NVIDIA and OpenAi:

Concerns that their “increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom.“

@bloomberg.com $NVDA 👀
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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Tyler @electriceden92.bsky.social · 13h

I finally remembered the best one - PG Wodehouse learning of Jack Kerouac's recent death during a 1969 interview with the Paris Review and having a perfectly Bertie Wooster-ish reaction: 'those chaps sure do go quickly, don't they'

rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 15h

you ever think about those real weird overlaps. like tennessee williams might have listened to the ramones

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Susan Joudrey @sujo.bsky.social · 2d

The Covid vaccine rollout across Canada, but especially in Nova Scotia, is about administrative ease, not infection control, population health, or public health. We know there's an annual wave around September, yet nothing changes. Another year of failure.

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Julia M. Wright @juliamwright.bsky.social · 1d

The Senator from Wisconsin cannot frighten me by exclaiming, “My country, right or wrong.” In one sense I say so too. My country; and my country is the great American Republic. My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right.
--Senator Carl Schurz (1872)

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Carl Schurz (1829–1906) The Senator from Wisconsin cannot frighten me by exclaiming, “My country, right or wrong.” In one sense I say so too. My country; and my

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Jason Haslam @jasonhaslam.ca · 2d

Being on Dal’s Senate right now asking Senate leadership who/which body actually refused to give the students a refund for the lockout—knowing Senate did not even discuss it, let alone decide on it, despite reports otherwise—is like:

A two-column, three panel meme, with three rows of text on the left tied to three rows of images of Lisa Simpson on the right.

Row 1: text, “me asking for clarity”; image, Lisa sitting at a table looking innocently inquisitive.

Row 2: text, “how others perceive me asking questions”; image, Lisa with hands raised, looking angry and shouting into a microphone.

Row 3: text, “me still with no clarity”; image, Lisa with arms outstretched, looking confused, frustrated, and generally perplexed.

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Billy Hanlon @bhanlon15.bsky.social · 2d

Global News: 'Photo exhibition highlights reality of Canadians with long COVID'

'The Living with Long COVID exhibition is a collaboration by the Museum of Vancouver and SFU's Faculty of Health Sciences - offering a glimpse into the daily lives...'

globalnews.ca/video/114650...

Photo exhibition highlights reality of Canadians with long COVID | Watch News Videos Online

Watch Photo exhibition highlights reality of Canadians with long COVID Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca

globalnews.ca

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Julia M. Wright @juliamwright.bsky.social · 3d

If I had a nickel for every time I’ve heard “post-pandemic” since the WHO ended the emergency phase… I hope there are, or soon will be, studies of how that 2023 WHO statement got so quickly and widely mangled so public health can better guard against inadvertently feeding misinformation.

From https://www.who.int/europe/emergencies/situations/covid-19: “
On 5 May 2023, more than three years into the pandemic, the WHO Emergency Committee on COVID-19 recommended to the Director-General, who accepted the recommendation, that given the disease was by now well established and ongoing, it no longer fit the definition of a PHEIC. This does not mean the pandemic itself is over, but the global emergency it caused is – for now.”

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Julia M. Wright @juliamwright.bsky.social · 4d

We all need to laugh at the shiny massive pickups. They’re clearly not work vehicles. At best they’re conspicuous consumption.

The shot I missed was the driver who reversed five car-lengths up the sidewalk to get into a better position to turn into the gas station at Quinpool and Oxford.

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Julia M. Wright @juliamwright.bsky.social · 4d

Another pic in the irregular series, “Halifax Drivers Who Think the Sidewalk is an Extra Lane.”

A picture of a stopped car, half on the sidewalk.

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Dalhousie Faculty Association @dalfaculty.bsky.social · 6d

Our colleagues at the U of Lethbridge need your support. Join their letter writing campaign for a fair deal. ULFA members are paid an average of 15-20% less than academic staff at comparative institutions, and have some of the worst health benefits in the industry. www.ulfa.ca/take-action/

Take Action – University of Lethbridge Faculty Association (ULFA)

www.ulfa.ca

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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 5d

It's unreal the level of hatred for masks that AHS and AB Gov't has.

It's a safety tool that works to protect patients and staff. Why won't we use it?

www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Alberta hospital’s mask mandate for measles ended a day after it alerted province, health officials

Internal e-mails show AHS staff fielded questions about mandate from province

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Jason Haslam @jasonhaslam.ca · 5d

The cover of the print edition of our student paper this week. The image doesn’t appear to be on the online version.

A cartoon version of our president standing atop a pile of money in front of Dalhousie’s Hicks building, with a large headline reading “No tuition cuts despite three weeks of class lost.”

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Dalhousie Faculty Association @dalfaculty.bsky.social · 6d

This Friday, Oct 3, join CUPE3912 for their rally. Great chance to show solidarity for our colleagues @dalhousieu.bsky.social #KeepDalStrong

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 6d

Hey authors, the official list of Anthropic works is available for searching.

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Submit a Claim

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 6d

Portland enacts emergency powers of nudity to check federal overreach.

Emergency World Naked Bike Ride planned in Portland, with blurred photi of naked bicyclists.

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Emily Sharp @emilysharp.bsky.social · 7d

@juliamwright.bsky.social’s brilliant new book on Thomas Moore and the Transatlantic is now available! Visit our website to learn more and to purchase a copy for your library! edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-thomas-...

Thomas Moore and the Transatlantic, 1800–1840

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Christophe Veltsos @drinfosec.bsky.social · 7d

[fixed link] 🚨🎯 by @nychealthy.bsky.social:

"The best way to prevent Long COVID is to prevent getting COVID-19 or getting it multiple times. That means staying up to date with COVID-19 vaccines and wearing a well-fitting mask..."

Learn more: nyc.gov/longcovid

Link to OP: x.com/nycHealthy/s...

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 7d

Children and teens who had a Covid reinfection had a doubling of #LongCovid risk (PASC) and a significant increase in many other adverse outcomes (Figure) www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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Erica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 8d

We’ve been sold this government efficiency shit for decades yet here we are. It’s never about efficiency it’s about cuts and a lot of ppl fall for it hook, line and sinker
Government is meant to be effective before efficient yet the former is excluded consistently

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Tara Moriarty @moriartylab.bsky.social · 8d

Canadian COVID Forecast Sep 27 - Oct 10, 2025

NOVA SCOTIA

VERY HIGH [increasing]

About 1 of every 42 people is infected.

Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:

-Infections: 8.2 x higher
-Long COVID: 5.8 x higher
-Hospitalizations: 14.4 x higher
-Deaths: 12.4 x higher

This image describes Nova Scotia's COVID Forecast for the fourteen-day period between Sep 27 - Oct 10, 2025 which is produced by COVID-19 Resources Canada.
Nova Scotia's COVID Forecast outlook is VERY HIGH [Increasing]
Nova Scotia's COVID INDEX SCORE is 11.6
About 1 of every 42 people is infected.

Estimated infections this week: 23,700-37,100
What these numbers mean: MODERATE 1-5, HIGH 5-10, VERY HIGH 10-15, SEVERE >15 COMPARED TO THE LOWEST POINT IN THE COVID PANDEMIC IN CANADA
How much higher are key indicators compared to the lowest point in the COVID pandemic in Canada?
Waste water, infections: HIGH; 8.2X higher
Long COVID: HIGH; 5.8X higher
Hospitalizations: VERY HIGH; 14.4X higher
Deaths: VERY HIGH; 12.4X higher
HOW TO HELP:
EVERYONE:
"UPDATE vaccines every 6 months
WEAR N95-type masks
AVOID indoor social gatherings
AVOID crowded non-essential places"
Who is HIGH RISK?
People 60 and older, babies < 1 year, pregnant
ALL AGES: immunocompromised OR medically at-risk OR no vaccine or infection in the last 6 months

Recommendations are based on the COVID-19 Risk Index from the Peterborough ON Public Health Unit
COVID-19 Resources Canada is a grassroots organization of volunteer scientists supporting Canadian COVID responses. Sources, data and methods for the COVID Index are available at www.Covid19Resources.ca

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Department of English, Dalhousie U @dal-english.bsky.social · 9d

Congratulations to Dal English’s Professor @juliamwright.bsky.social on winning the Distinguished Scholar Award of the Keats-Shelley Association of America, alongside Professor Richard C. Sha! @dalhousie.bsky.social

screenshot of the webpage announcing that the 2026 recipients of the Distinguished Scholar Award of the Keats-Shelley Assoc of America are Professor Julia M. Wright and Professor Richard C. Sha (also pictured via headshots).

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Julia M. Wright @juliamwright.bsky.social · 10d

We live in the dumbest timeline. Imagine all the good $10m could do for actual health initiatives.

Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 10d

There's obviously too much money in Silicon Valley. The manosphere gave the world Jordan Peterson and the Tate brothers, but this takes the cake.

Are you ready for sperm racing? (Is anyone?) "Sperm-racing investors blow $10 million on ‘seed round’ for sports venture" sfstandard.com/2025/09/27/s...

Investors have splurged $10M on sperm racing

The instantly viral F-1 races for semen are given a big boost by backers who see a fertile future in the health-meets-entertainment company.

sfstandard.com

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Julia M. Wright @juliamwright.bsky.social · 10d

This is it. That e-mail posits a problem at Dal that is actually a problem that Dal has with her decision to lock faculty out. I haven't seen any tension at all on campus except when senior admin are mentioned.

Julia M. Wright @juliamwright.bsky.social · 10d

This is an important thread, but I'll add that the pushback is not universal--and if you push something back it tends to squeeze out in unexpected places, including cultural works (I trace some of this here: mh.bmj.com/content/medh...).

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Conor Browne @brownecfm.bsky.social · 13d

1. The intense and all-encompassing institutional and societal pushback seen in some countries against any intervention to mitigate the impacts of Covid-19, whether that be vaccines, or air filtration / purification, or masks, is not simply as a result of mandates or lockdowns.

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