Kim Krieger

UConn biomed research writer/mad scientist en libertie. My kitchen and garden are my labs. | Tweets my own.

[Kim Krieger @Epitopic]

My personal triumphs are definitely celebrated with sacrificial offerings and public feasting HELL TO THE YES

(I also complain about decimate, thank you very much)
https://t.co/Su3YiL80bc

[Kim Krieger @Epitopic]

@ariehkovler Does it make a distinction between yellow-green and blue-green, too? This is done in Korean.

Classical Japanese doesn't distinguish between blue and green at all (younger Japanese do, but older Japanese will laugh and try to convince you that there isn't a real difference.)

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@SamaHoole That is so cool. Especially that European bison live in the woods. Imagining such a massive creature coming at you with no warning through a wooded area is quite frightening (in North America they are on the plains, and you can see them coming miles away.)

[Kim Krieger @Epitopic]

@NPR YMMV, of course. If you want to do your own comparison, check out @ENERGY's calculator here: https://t.co/Z4DmM641bP

[Kim Krieger @Epitopic]

I read the @npr article claiming it was cheaper to drive an electric vehicle than a gas vehicle, and the time to switch is now.

So I went to the Department of Energy website they recommended and compared my 12 years young Honda Civic with a 2023 Tesla 3 and a 2023 Chevy Bolt...

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and it turns out @npr is wrong. Even if I keep the Honda another 15 years, it will always be cheaper to drive than the Tesla 3.

And it would take 7 years of driving before the Chevy Bolt beats the Honda in affordability.

https://t.co/cYt6AS4cu6

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[Kim Krieger @Epitopic]

Canada geese are the bane of golf course, beach, and park managers across much of North America. Thing is, it's not the geese's fault. It's us (or, If You Build It, They Will Come)

link in next tweet. story by the inimitable Laina Hancock @uconn

[Kim Krieger @Epitopic]

@sreoaen Stay strong.

[Kim Krieger @Epitopic]

Strawberry season!

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

To ‘doff’ a hat is to take off a hat.

doff = do off

To ‘don’ a hat is to put on a hat.

don = do on

[Kim Krieger @Epitopic]

JOB OPP for reporter. I'd like to see the scope of this position also explore institutional malfeasance and poor/intentionally misleading official communications strategy as drivers of the decreasing trust in science, but hey, it's nice to see @STAT taking an interest.

[Adam Feuerstein ✡️ @adamfeuerstein]

STAT is hiring.

This is a unique job opportunity: We are looking for a reporter to cover the declining trust in science. This reporter will examine the forces eroding the authority of scientific institutions and mainstream medicine.

More details and how to apply here: https://t.co/VZclOisPwF

[Jessica Adams @RxRegA]

Let’s separate the facts from the spin around this Senate-released FDA pediatric VAERS report:

• 96 U.S. child death reports reviewed
• 0 classified as “certain” to the vaccine
• 2 probable + 5 possible = 7 total
• The fatal myocarditis cases were the key safety signal

The FDA explicitly flagged fatal myocarditis outcomes as “new safety information” because “the reporting of fatal outcomes is not currently described in the prescribing information” for mRNA COVID vaccines.

Note: This NSI never made it to labeling. Why?

The report says what it says.

Senate release:
https://t.co/jbEesYIlIk

[Kim Krieger @Epitopic]

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[Kim Krieger @Epitopic]

Think you're allergic to penicillin? Maybe...or maybe not.
@UConnHealth is developing a service to test people for penicillin allergies, and help them remove them from their medical record if the allergy isn't real. Link in the next tweet.

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

Dictionary.

[Kim Krieger @Epitopic]

@iain_monty @the_transit_guy THIS. Walking around Toronto at night in January is torturous. Whereas in Montreal you can hop a warm underground metro to a park with a frozen lake, skate around with your friends until midnight, go get some poutine and beer and then stumble onto a bus home.

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

You may have noticed that the word for ‘night’ in many languages appears to be that language’s word for ‘eight’ with an ‘N' in front of it.

English: N + eight = Night
German: N + acht = Nacht
French: N + huit = Nuit
Spanish: N + ocho = Noche
Italian: N + otto = Notte
Portuguese: N + oito = Noite

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[Jerome Adams @JeromeAdamsMD]

I took heat - and death threats - for suggesting candy/fruit-flavored vapes target kids and create new nicotine addicts far more than they help adults quit.

That exact stance just got an FDA Commissioner fired.

Let’s at least demand real data collection + transparency moving forward: adults who successfully quit vs. youth who start. This policy change will make some people really rich… but I simply don’t believe it will make America any healthier.

Track it. Report it. Be accountable.

[Kim Krieger @Epitopic]

@zenahitz Yes, it's awful. My eldest just "read" an AI "translation" of Beowulf.

I anonymously sent the teacher a copy of the Seamus Heaney version.

[Kim Krieger @Epitopic]

More spring beauties this morning: Pulmonaria among the ostrich ferns, geraniums, and angelica blossoms.

[Kim Krieger @Epitopic]

Nothing could be finer than to be with Carolina in the morning….
(Carolina allspice, I mean. And her friend Violet, too.)