Jim Daubs

just a guy who loves sports, but seems to be getting more and more political.

[Jim Daubs @Daubs23]

@thejoeywright Feel better, my friend!

[Cubs Zone @CubsZone]

Repost if Pete Crow-Armstrong is the NL MVP.

[Jim Daubs @Daubs23]

@baseballchickie I remember watching it with friends in college. Even as a Cub fan, had to applaud him breaking the record.

[union moderate that support Dems, not socialists. @reesetheone1]

Since 1998 huh?

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

RETWEET if you stand with Michelle Obama!

[Andrew Anderson @uscfan981]

Say something nice about Chicago.

[Jim Daubs @Daubs23]

@connorcrd Arsenal 2-1

[Jim Daubs @Daubs23]

@WhiteHouse Thinnest skin of anyone in the world

[Spencer Althouse @SpencerAlthouse]

this was so sweet. Stephen Colbert just ended his final episode of The Late Show while singing "Hello, Goodbye" with Paul McCartney. his family and the show's crew then joined them on stage before Paul turned off the lights to the Ed Sullivan Theater

[Arsenal @Arsenal]

This belongs to all of us.

[Jim Daubs @Daubs23]

@connorcrd Arsenal 2-1

[Chicago Bears @ChicagoBears]

RT for the chance to win a paintbrush signed by our own Bob Ross, @RomeOdunze 🖌️

[FOX Sports: MLB @MLBONFOX]

RT if your team currently leads their division 👀

[Wrigley Winds @WrigleyWinds]

26 years ago today, the wind was gusting out to LF at 30mph💨 and Glenallen Hill homered ~500ft onto the rooftop of 1032 W. Waveland

[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.

[Jim Daubs @Daubs23]

@baseballchickie Happy Birthday! Honored to share the day with you!

[Jim Daubs @Daubs23]

Happy birthday, @FightOwensFight! Honored to share a birthday with you! What are the odds @MsCharlotteWWE can wish is both a Happy Birthday?

[Jim Daubs @Daubs23]

Happiest of birthdays, @AnnieAgar!

[Jim Daubs @Daubs23]

@heykayadams Happy Birthday! I hope you have an amazing day celebrating!

[Jim Daubs @Daubs23]

@BSideAnn_ 34 home runs