keisi

[MOTHERS. @francemothers]

Not enough of yall know how amazing this show was.. and it makes me sad.

[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.

[Kandidly Kamesha ✨ @KandidlyKamesha]

Blessed is the one who knows the value of what they have while they have it.

[¥ @laylanaiim]

Merry Christmas to those of you who have difficult relationships with your family. Those of you spending christmas without a loved one. Those of you going through break ups. Those of you in bad places. It’s okay if all of you do today/tomorrow is survive. You’ve got this.

[keisi @missmonyea]

i need season 4 of reasonable doubt immediately!!!

[keisi @missmonyea]

omggg

[Martha Ahumuza @MarthaAhumuza]

If I existed in a world without you before, I can just as easily exist in one without you again. At the end of the day no one is above the program.

[!Nspirenaire〽️ @Inspirenaire]

"The way that woman cares about ME!!!!! "

[vids that go hard @vidsthatgohard]

Now that it’s officially December

[𝕛𝕒𝕟𝕖𝕒 @heyyitsjanea]

she singing like the muffin man done up and died 😭😭

[Black with a capital B! @un_conquered]

I did not expect to be in full blown tears listening to Jazmine Sullivan perform yesterday, yet it happened…in the rain, just crying. 😮‍💨

That “Lost Ones” tribute to her mom + it was her mom’s birthday 😭😭🤍

[‏ً @omgsidewalks]

a fun fact about me: if you write me a letter or note i will literally keep it for the rest of my life

[tumblr babe @trapezoidmouth]

The older I get, no

[keisi @missmonyea]

😭😭😭

[WOR$T BOY IN PENN$YLVANIA 🌪️ @plasticmattyy]

???? 😭

[keisi @missmonyea]

😂

[Baba @Inc051]

This cracked me up so bad 😭😂

[toni childs protégé. @joigabrielle]

Ppl just want love man. Y’all are so mean to people seeking connection.

[keisi @missmonyea]

🫠🫠🫠

[Brooklyn White-Grier @brooklynrwhite]

MAN.