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@ericbkennedy
May 16 • 4 tweets • 3 min read Twitter logo Read on Twitter
I’m at the 8th International Wildland Fire Conference (#WildlandFirePorto2023) & will be tweeting highlights in this thread.

Super eager to connect with others working on wildfire policy, social science, and decision-making - please say hi! (I’m easy to find in a white mask) Image
The incomparable historian of fire @StephenJPyne is offering today’s keynote, helping us understand our long-standing connections with fire and the nature of the wildfire challenges we face today.

#WildlandFirePorto2023 Image
Lovely provocation from @StephenJPyne: is there evidence this acceleration in fire science is any more effective than the acceleration in suppression spending?

#WildlandFirePorto2023 Image
.@StephenJPyne also points out that framings/definitions matter. If we see wildfire as a peculiar kind of urban fire, it affords different solutions and approaches than if we see it as a wildland fire. Image

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May 15
I’m still wearing an N95 anytime I share indoor air.

So, as a reminder for myself when I feel alone, or frazzled, or tired of it… here’s an ongoing thread of reasons why I’m still masking.

1/n
I’m still masking because I still believe all the things we said in 2020 about caring for & protecting each other.

I wear a mask to make sure I don’t spread COVID or anything else to others, both folks who are vulnerable and the ~10% of everyone who will get Long COVID.

2/n
I’m still masking because I care about my brain.

As an academic, I need to think clearly for my job. As a human, I want to have a good memory and be thoughtful and kind to friends, family, and strangers. I don’t want the brain fog and cognitive effects of Long COVID.

3/n
Read 8 tweets
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Oct 5, 2022
This is so, so important: masks & mandates matter because they make spaces more inclusive.

Your class might look young and healthy on the surface, until you learn about your student with cancer or MS, or your student caring for an immunocompromised grandparent. Every year I'm...
...blown away by the incredible vulnerability faced by so many, whether themselves, someone they love, someone they care for as a worker, or anything else.

And often they don't even know it right then. I've known so many students who have received life-altering diagnoses...
...over the course of their time at university. They didn't know how vulnerable they were when they showed up, but they discover it somewhere along the way.

Wearing a mask is about saying "I see you. I care about you. I'm willing to do what it takes to help protect you." And...
Read 7 tweets
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Jul 28, 2022
The sad part about COVID
is how easy it is
to imagine a different world.

A world where we spent the last 2.5 years upgrading ventilation in our buildings, so we could remove masks because it was safe, not because we were bored.

A world where @CanadasLifeline’s announced the…
…end of mandatory masking in their clinics because they had finally upgraded their last clinic, not because they decided COVID isn’t worth caring about any more.

A world where we spent 2.5 years giving - yes, giving - people the tools to purify the air in their homes…
A world where less disease circulated - not just COVID, but also flu and other airborne pathogens - because our buses and subways had state of the art filtration upgrades, and we were running more of them so they’d never be crowded.

A world where you returned to in-person…
Read 5 tweets
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Jul 18, 2022
The most common question I got from this set of tweets was "what air purifier do you use when traveling?"

Let's talk about that... and, more importantly, the logic I used to choose so that you can make the right choice for your home, office, or travel use! (🧵, 1/)
When I'm thinking about air purifiers, there are two different scenarios:

(1) A situation where people are actively breathing in your space (e.g., a wedding, an open concept office, a classroom), or

(2) A situation where only you are in the space (e.g, office, hotel room). 2/
For a situation like #1, there is lots of great advice out there. For example, this thread from @joeyfox85 has some awesome tips for how to deal with a sick person in the house and how to reduce the odds of transmission. 3/

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Jul 5, 2022
I know it feels impossible to avoid COVID these days, but I just traveled for 4 weeks, took 10 flights, gave 4 in-person presentations, and attended 3 conferences without catching COVID... and you can too.

Yes, COVID is highly transmissible, but it's not magic. A brief 🧵.
Because #COVIDisAirborne, two rules formed the backbone of my protection:

(1) Wear a well-fit N95.
(2) Don't not wear a well-fit N95.

#1 is relatively easy. #2 can be hard, and my guess is this is where most people catch COVID, whether in day-to-day life or traveling. 2/
(1) Wear a well-fit N95.

A high-quality mask is your best defence against not just COVID, but also other airborne infections. Finding an N95 that is comfortable and fits your face shape well is critical. For me, Honeywell's H910 fits great + are cheap. 3/ costco.ca/honeywell---pa…
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Feb 3, 2022
The failure of policing in Ottawa is just extraordinary to witness. But, there are three types of failures all happening at once - and if we're going to solve this mess in the long term, we need to pay attention to each of them.

A short thread 🧵... (1/n)
Failure #1: Inconsistent, uneven policing.

Often, critiques about racist policing can feel abstract (like when shown with statistics) or hypothetical (like when asked, as police break up an Indigenous protest, to imagine how they'd behave if the protesters were white). (2/n)
But, the crisis in Ottawa has laid bare how obvious this disparity is. Canadians have watched police adopt aggressive attitudes/tactics and a willingness to use force with BLM and Indigenous protesters. Yet, here, it's crickets. (3/n)

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