Tina Brasacchio

Wife, Mother, Sister, Yarn Hoarder

[Jamie Bonkiewicz @JamieBonkiewicz]

It’s still Twitter.
It’s still the Kennedy Center.
It’s still the Department of Defense.
It’s still the Gulf of Mexico.
And Donald Trump is still a rapist.

[Carl Bovis @CarlBovisNature]

As it's Friday, I'm asking all my followers to please retweet (and comment) on this post if you see it, to help my bird account be seen! 🙏😀
To make it worth sharing, here's a tiny Goldcrest saying 'Hi' 😁😍
Thank you very much! ♥️

[Seth Abramson @SethAbramson]

This paint job—if you can call it that—is costing you $7 million, America, because Trump gave a no-bid contract to a pal

This would have been Exhibit A of the sort of shit DOGE was actually *supposed* to be looking for when it was instead cutting lifesaving scientific research

[The Blue Torch @_TheBlueTorch]

Love this 💯

[Annie @AnnieForTruth]

💯💯💯

[Damaan, AKA 'Philly's Finest!' @Damaan4u33]

Do you agree with Matt McConaughey?

[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.

[Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley]

🎯

[Bill Madden @maddenifico]

Heather Cox Richardson is spot-fucking-on — and it was all preventable.

[Maura DragonHeart 🍀🇺🇸🇮🇪🇮🇹 🌛🌝🌜💙 @maura_resister]

She is the bitch that will expose Trump

On behalf of all bitches thank you for you unwavering courage

[Tara Dublin aka Winona Spyder™️ @taradublinrocks]

Hey @jaketapper here’s the cover for your book on Trump’s mental decline whenever you’re ready to finally write it
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#25thAmendmentNow

[Captain Mark Kelly @CaptMarkKelly]

The President and his Administration have already failed twice in court trying to intimidate me, and he's still not letting up. Just more proof that he'll do anything it takes to silence those of us willing to call him out. I'm not backing down — ever.

[Not Your Average Liberal @NotAvgLiberal]

Call me “Radical”….

Call me “Woke”….

Call me a “Communist”….

But when Republicans believe the survivors of Eric Swalwell,

And not the survivors of Donald Trump….

You’re in a fucking cult.

[Brad @BraddrofliT]

When facts walk in, narratives start falling apart.