i prefer fanfic

[yas @adoomies3]

Congratulations to Trinity and Bryce for winning love island USA S8!!!!

[i prefer fanfic @LB_Kait]

#loveisland LETS GO BRINITY!!!!

[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.

[$lan muraco. @Alan_sbg]

“the galaxy is bigger than you think mario” n half the fire emblem cast show up like

[hasanabi @hasanthehun]

i don’t think there was enough media coverage on this. i can’t get over how massive this was

[⭐️Fern⭐️comms open @TheSketchFox]

my favorite thing is that thjey didnt change her face drasticaly, shes wearing make-up but still looks like herself, wich i find important to the whole message of it yk, shes always been beautiful all cinderela did was help her shine

[sill @sheesnotrreal]

frrr 🥹🥹 #SonAmy #amyrose #SonicTheHedeghog

[𝓝. 𖤐🧸 @luvblessingz]

“fuck this job” *goes to work*

[Sayo Thee Succulent @Simply_Sayo]

END MEN WHO MARRY CHILDREN!!

END MEN WHO MARRY CHILDREN!!

END MEN WHO MARRY CHILDREN!!

END MEN WHO MARRY CHILDREN!!

END MEN WHO MARRY CHILDREN!!

END MEN WHO MARRY CHILDREN!!

[ems 🫧 @atotalposer]

suddenly this relevant yet AGAIN

[Thomas @ThomasComicTalk]

Holy God, that’s genuinely some of the best news I’ve heard this entire decade

[ROBYNA 👽 @socoolrobyna]

removing "political" murals is ok when its woke but dont you dare deface or remove statues of racists and rapists

[Jaymo ✧* @Jayyakamii]

“gen z would never understand” we literally grew up with this shit

[👾Vix 🌑 @TheRealSlaky2]

Imagine showing this to younger me bro

[Rhaelle ⭐️COMMS OPEN ⭐️ @Hallsth_Eien]

Shadow at his wedding

[red assassin ⧗✪ @belovarness]

#Thunderbolts changed my life

[Smv @Smv_of_Heroes]

Honestly kind of insane that Shayne Topp has never addressed the Booster Gold allegations

[Gumshoe ☕️🔎 @GumshoeGamer]

And Sonic was changed forever

I don’t know if new Sonic fans realize how much impact this show had on the community