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The Yearly Wasp Sting

There is a high probability that we well get stung at least once per year. When I am cycling I often notice bees, bumblebees and wasps bounce off of me. Sometimes I feel something hit me but luckily I’m fine. Yesterday I wasn’t that lucky.

Yesterday I hit a wasp, bee or something else and it stung me. I went to my lip to pull the stinging insect away and threw it away. I continued to cycle for a bit, and then I stopped in the shade to send a message that I had been stung.

I then continued cycling and I considered turning straight back, but I continued for a bit. In the end I cycled towards Versoix stadium and up towards France, before turning and heading to Chavannes centre with one clear goal, to stop by a pharmacy and get something for the swelling.

Is it affecting your breathing, are you having trouble swallowing. “nope” to both questions. I was given three pills, including antihistamines, and then I cycled home.

This sting was especially bad. It’s not just that my lip swelled, but that my cheeks and jaw did as well. I really got myself to look like a caricature.

Last time I was stung I didn’t go to a pharmacy, in part because it was still the pandemic. This time I had no reservations so I went. The second reason for going is that when you’re stung, it lasts for a few days and it hurts. By going to the pharmacy I dealt with the worst of it, and now I simply need to recover.

This morning I went for a bike ride for a simple reason, first, because I felt that running would make things worse, and second to ensure I don’t develop a phobia of cycling and being stung. I think I was lucky not to be stung multiple times with all the riding I do.

What’s funny is that I really expected that today was the day I would be stung. At breakfast wasps were attracted to us, and then the same afternoon I got stung.

I don’t know whether it was a wasp or hornet but my reaction was magnitudes worse than usual, so it could have been a hornet.

I slept fine, and when the swelling went down I could eat normally, so that is a relief. I hope to be healed within the next day or two.

Whoa. John Oliver's research on the sting operations shows...

So much injustice. Autistics. Minorities. Muslims. Etc.

Just... wow.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwY14eAH3Mg

#LawEnforcement #Justice #Stings

Attention cela #pique très fort / Be careful, it #stings very much / #Google #Pixel #TeamPixel #photography #GooglePixel #naturephotography #SF #science-fiction https://www.laurentvoyage.com/?Les-epines-du-crepuscule

Just went for a little walk in the forest, only 30ft or so from the driveway. Must have stepped on a Yellowjacket nest or something. Got stung on my leg, realized what was happening and we ran away.

13 stings total and I’m not getting my mug back any time soon!

It was about 45 minutes ago and no serious reaction other than localized pain and swelling but they really do hurt!

#yellowjackets #stings #forest

BEES ...

#bees #honey #stings #minerbees #garden #habitat #hives #nature #environment #pollinators

https://1001species.substack.com/p/mostly-bees

Meine heutige Stimmung: Stündlich sollten aktualisierte internationale Versionen im Radio gespielt werden: #Stings #Russians

https://piped.kavin.rocks/watch?v=wHylQRVN2Qs

#CoolPaper alert 📢📢
So pleased that this is out in published form
@PLOSBiology

The #evolutionary #origins of eukaryotic innate #immune systems have firmly crossed prokaryotic divide. Their study is fascinating, provides really interesting insights & avenues of future discovery

Ed Culbertson & Tera Levin reveal origins of 3 families of #antiviral proteins: CD-NTases (incl #cGAS), #STINGs & #Viperins; each connecting #animal & #bacterial immunity

https://plos.io/46SfBqM

University of Queensland researchers have shown for the first time that some of the world’s most painful #ant #stings target nerves, like #snake and #scorpion #venom.
#Biology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2023/06/bio06052303.html

On LinkedIn, Alex Zhavoronkov is celebrating (?) publishing nonsense in #Oncoscience in a day using ChatGPT. Citing the EiC likely helped. The AI churned out text on Pascal’s wager in the context of Rapamycin that fails to develop an argument linking religious belief to the merits of life extension.

I hope this is a sting and Alex doesn't stand by the inane content.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7013916204583063553-ZOnH?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android

#ChatGPT #AIwriting #PredatoryJournals #Stings #LongevityMedicine #PascalsWager #Rapamycin #LinkedIn

I got stung for what is the first time in my life. I was #cycling along today when I suddenly felt a stinging sensation in my thigh. Looking down, I saw a #wasp (I think it was a #YellowJacket) sitting there. I hastily brushed it off my leg. The pain persisted all the way back home. I can see why some people hate these aggressive little gits. I applied some #vinegar to the spot at home which relieved the symptoms quickly.

#Insects #Stings