Fiona James
@langevineqn.bsky.social
Veterinary neurologist. Neuroscientist. Professor. Mum. Wife. Home cook. Cis. She/her. Same handle across platforms. 🇨🇦🇬🇧🇲🇾
Banner h/t Eliot Jacobson.
Banner h/t Eliot Jacobson.
Pandemicene Day 2098: the incubation period is the time between getting infected & when you actually feel sick.
December 10, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Pandemicene Day 2098: the incubation period is the time between getting infected & when you actually feel sick.
Pandemicene Day 2097: this is why we can't have nice things.
December 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Pandemicene Day 2097: this is why we can't have nice things.
Reposted by Fiona James
Pandemicene Day 2096: can barely do anything online now without tripping over AI.
December 8, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Pandemicene Day 2096: can barely do anything online now without tripping over AI.
Dark hills at evening in the west,
Where sunset hovers like a sound
Of golden horns that sang to rest
Old bones of warriors under ground,
Far now from all the bannered ways
Where flash the legions of the sun,
You fade—as if the last of days
Were fading, and all wars were done.
- EA Robinson
Where sunset hovers like a sound
Of golden horns that sang to rest
Old bones of warriors under ground,
Far now from all the bannered ways
Where flash the legions of the sun,
You fade—as if the last of days
Were fading, and all wars were done.
- EA Robinson
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 6, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Dark hills at evening in the west,
Where sunset hovers like a sound
Of golden horns that sang to rest
Old bones of warriors under ground,
Far now from all the bannered ways
Where flash the legions of the sun,
You fade—as if the last of days
Were fading, and all wars were done.
- EA Robinson
Where sunset hovers like a sound
Of golden horns that sang to rest
Old bones of warriors under ground,
Far now from all the bannered ways
Where flash the legions of the sun,
You fade—as if the last of days
Were fading, and all wars were done.
- EA Robinson
Pandemicene Day 2094: the latent period is the time between catching & spreading the infection.
December 6, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Pandemicene Day 2094: the latent period is the time between catching & spreading the infection.
Pandemicene Day 2093: accept responsibility
December 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Pandemicene Day 2093: accept responsibility
Reposted by Fiona James
Thanks to the Treasury Board of Canada for inviting me to serve as a panelist on yesterday's CCO Day of Learning, which was broadcast to thousands of government communicators across the country. Here are 12 of my comments, which I will attempt to weave into a paper at a later date:
Thread [1/13]
Thread [1/13]
December 4, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Thanks to the Treasury Board of Canada for inviting me to serve as a panelist on yesterday's CCO Day of Learning, which was broadcast to thousands of government communicators across the country. Here are 12 of my comments, which I will attempt to weave into a paper at a later date:
Thread [1/13]
Thread [1/13]
Pandemicene Day 2092: there's an inverse relationship between cybersecurity & usability
December 4, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Pandemicene Day 2092: there's an inverse relationship between cybersecurity & usability
Pandemicene Day 2091: if you like big round numbers, there's another one coming up.
December 3, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Pandemicene Day 2091: if you like big round numbers, there's another one coming up.
Reposted by Fiona James
'H5N1 is no longer the slow-moving outbreak of the past. It has become a fast-changing global pathogen, spreading through birds, repeatedly testing the biological boundaries of mammals and producing more genetic variation than at any time in its history'
cambodianess.com/article/a-mu...
cambodianess.com/article/a-mu...
A Mutating Threat: Scientists Warn H5N1 Bird Flu Is Evolving Faster Than Ever
PHNOM PENH — The dangerous H5N1 bird flu virus has entered what scientists describe as a new, unpredictable stage, spreading across the world and mutat...
cambodianess.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:47 PM
'H5N1 is no longer the slow-moving outbreak of the past. It has become a fast-changing global pathogen, spreading through birds, repeatedly testing the biological boundaries of mammals and producing more genetic variation than at any time in its history'
cambodianess.com/article/a-mu...
cambodianess.com/article/a-mu...
Reposted by Fiona James
'What surprised them was that 16.3% of those babies received a neurodevelopmental diagnosis by three years, compared with 9.7% of the babies who were not exposed to COVID-19 in utero'.
www.propublica.org/article/covi...
www.propublica.org/article/covi...
Amid Confusing CDC Guidance About Vaccines, Study Highlights New Risk of COVID-19 During Pregnancy
A Harvard study found that the children of women who contracted COVID-19 while pregnant may be at an increased risk for autism and other diagnoses, raising new concerns about the CDC’s decision to sto...
www.propublica.org
November 29, 2025 at 8:13 PM
'What surprised them was that 16.3% of those babies received a neurodevelopmental diagnosis by three years, compared with 9.7% of the babies who were not exposed to COVID-19 in utero'.
www.propublica.org/article/covi...
www.propublica.org/article/covi...
Worth a read:
pluralistic.net/2025/11/28/d...
pluralistic.net/2025/11/28/d...
Pluralistic: (Digital) Elbows Up (28 Nov 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.net
November 30, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Worth a read:
pluralistic.net/2025/11/28/d...
pluralistic.net/2025/11/28/d...
Pandemicene Day 2088: all it takes is for good people to stand by & do nothing.
November 30, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Pandemicene Day 2088: all it takes is for good people to stand by & do nothing.
Pandemicene Day 2087: it is time
November 29, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Pandemicene Day 2087: it is time
Pandemicene Day 2086: I'm back
November 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Pandemicene Day 2086: I'm back
Reposted by Fiona James
COVID sneaks up on you & eats your brains
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Olfactory Dysfunction After SARS-CoV-2
This cohort study examines the presence, severity, and patterns of olfactory dysfunction in US adults with and without prior SARS-CoV-2 infection.
jamanetwork.com
September 27, 2025 at 3:09 AM
COVID sneaks up on you & eats your brains
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
COVID eats brains
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Brain Microstructural Alterations in Children Post‐COVID‐19 Infection Through VBM, SBM, and Structural Covariance Network Analysis
Background Children represent a particularly vulnerable group to the long-term consequences of COVID-19 due to their ongoing neurodevelopment. This study aimed to identify transient and persistent s...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 24, 2025 at 6:08 AM
COVID eats brains
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Pandemicene Day 2019: hiatus
September 22, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Pandemicene Day 2019: hiatus
Pandemicene Day 2016: what is worth protecting?
September 19, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Pandemicene Day 2016: what is worth protecting?
Pandemicene Day 2015: this is life now
September 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Pandemicene Day 2015: this is life now
Pandemicene Day 2011: remember iron lungs? No? Thank the polio vaccine.
September 16, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Pandemicene Day 2011: remember iron lungs? No? Thank the polio vaccine.
Pandemicene Day 2010: woefully weary
September 15, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Pandemicene Day 2010: woefully weary