Antifa Cow

Cows are the true masterminds of Antifa

[Antifa Cow @AntifaCow]

@jasonllevin He was a Democrat and I despised him then. Some things never change. That turd can't be polished.

[Antifa Cow @AntifaCow]

Wonderful example of young women in STEM.

[Anish Moonka @anishmoonka]

A 17-year-old in Iowa boiled beets in her chemistry class and turned them into stitches that change color when your wound gets infected. Her name is Dasia Taylor. It started as a science fair project.

She wanted a low-tech version of the "smart stitches" Tufts researchers built in 2016. Those used thread wired up with sensors and a tiny chip that pinged your phone if something went wrong. Cool, but useless without a phone or a hospital that can afford it.

Her version doesn't need any of that. Healthy skin is slightly acidic, like lemon juice but much milder. When bacteria grow in a wound, the chemistry flips and turns more like soap or baking soda.

Beet juice has a quirk. The same red pigment that stains your fingers when you cook it shifts color based on what it touches. Bright red on healthy skin. Dark purple on infected skin. The switch lines up with infection almost exactly.

She tested ten threads before finding a cotton-polyester blend that soaked up the dye and changed color within five minutes. That was the prototype.

Around 1 in 40 American surgeries end in an infection at the cut, costing hospitals more than $3 billion a year. In poorer countries the rate is closer to 1 in 9. In parts of Africa it's 1 in 6. In some Ethiopian hospitals, up to a quarter of surgery patients leave with an infection.

The whole game is catching it early. Spot it in time and antibiotics handle it. Miss the window and the patient is back on the operating table.

Dasia filed a patent in 2021 and started a medical device company called VariegateHealth in 2022. The stitches haven't been tested on real patients yet. New medical device patents can take a decade. She's also looking into a side benefit: the beet pigment kills bugs like E. coli and Klebsiella in lab tests.

Smart stitches need a phone to read them. Hers just need eyes.

[Antifa Cow @AntifaCow]

@weebitofdevil Congratulations on renewing your vows. It looks like a beautiful setting.

[Antifa Cow @AntifaCow]

@SoonMrWick @AdamReizner @NoelElMagnifico @CultureCrave What a fragile little snowflake you must be to post in a way that would elicit a response, then block. Just another pussy paying for a check mark.

[Antifa Cow @AntifaCow]

@cowincrisis Was drinking involved? Maybe a gummy?

[Antifa Cow @AntifaCow]

@AdamReizner @Jane_Doe82 @cowincrisis I'm good with it. It's nice to be noticed. Thank you very much for asking.

[Antifa Cow @AntifaCow]

@CollachMu @AdamReizner @WanjiruNjoya Since I've been blocked by the author I'm using my secondary account to respond. States seceded. Lee, in taking up arms against the United States, was guilty of sedition. I do know the difference and used each correctly.

[Antifa Cow @AntifaCow]

@Justaranch @AdamReizner @leeinblaine @justaranch Adam (John Bolton) was agreeing with you. You blocked him. He's sad.

[Antifa Cow @AntifaCow]

@ArmedStay @AdamKinzinger She was told not to advance. She advanced. She should have complied. Or is that rule only applicable to people of color?

[Antifa Cow @AntifaCow]

@atensnut @bob2230 Really. Maybe someone should break into your domicile and their family should sue you when you rightfully use force against them. Genius.

[Antifa Cow @AntifaCow]

@DavidPriess In the meantime Gladys Sicknick has asked to meet with 15 Republican senators and has been outright refused or been offered a meeting with staff. Republican lawmakers are two cowardly to meet with the mother of an officer slain while protecting them.

[Antifa Cow @AntifaCow]

@LarryKellogg @jnicky63 @RexChapman Wasps. Ugh. They build nests arounf my house and I get stung a couple times a season. They built a nest behind the mirror of my truck and when I slammed the door, not knowing, they swarmed out and nailed my ear and the side of my face. Now I have to carry an Epi-Pen.

[Michael Stribling @jamesstribling]

@jasonselvig

[Antifa Cow @AntifaCow]

@MacFarlaneNews Great reporting on @MasonMornings today. I especially love that last bit about not coming to grab him if he doesn't want them to.

[Antifa Cow @AntifaCow]

@ddale8 The one on the right is equally embarrassing. Ernst is an embarrassment.

[Antifa Cow @AntifaCow]

@davidalangrier I bet the statuette is going to be one handsome little fellow. Congratulations!

[Antifa Cow @AntifaCow]

@gllians My favorite is the one on the stool. If I troed that I'd be in the emergency room with a head injury. The balance is impressive.

[Antifa Cow @AntifaCow]

@YiayiaEmsyiayia @mmpadellan We all know it's to keep "those" people from voting. At least recently some of them are actually saying the quiet part out loud.

[Antifa Cow @AntifaCow]

@PhilLaRoche914 @Andy517W @duty2warn Exactly. YOLO! But how long depends mostly on how you execute the L.

[Antifa Cow @AntifaCow]

@d_twit Typically you don't hear these folk say the quiet part out loud. In a very weird way I appreciate the honesty