Bryan Gibb
@bryangibb2.bsky.social
Associate Professor in microbiology at New York Institute of Technology studying bacteriophages (mostly).
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Medic student advice update.
2015.
"Do not use Wikipedia as the main source of information for your essay."
2024.
"Do not use ChatGPT as the main source of information for your essay."
2025.
"Do not use the CDC website as the main source of information for your essay."
2015.
"Do not use Wikipedia as the main source of information for your essay."
2024.
"Do not use ChatGPT as the main source of information for your essay."
2025.
"Do not use the CDC website as the main source of information for your essay."
CDC website altered to reflect RFK Jr’s belief in link between vaccines and autism
Public health and autism specialists roundly condemn alteration to the ‘vaccine safety’ webpage
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Medic student advice update.
2015.
"Do not use Wikipedia as the main source of information for your essay."
2024.
"Do not use ChatGPT as the main source of information for your essay."
2025.
"Do not use the CDC website as the main source of information for your essay."
2015.
"Do not use Wikipedia as the main source of information for your essay."
2024.
"Do not use ChatGPT as the main source of information for your essay."
2025.
"Do not use the CDC website as the main source of information for your essay."
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To “my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
www.huffpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:22 AM
To “my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
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I teach an upper level writing class & also noticed more students were using AI. In my mid-term evaluation I asked students if they were using AI, 1/3 said they were. Those using it said they were only using it to clean up their writing*, those not using it said they felt at a disadvantage.
To “my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
www.huffpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:07 PM
I teach an upper level writing class & also noticed more students were using AI. In my mid-term evaluation I asked students if they were using AI, 1/3 said they were. Those using it said they were only using it to clean up their writing*, those not using it said they felt at a disadvantage.
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Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
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Good example of scienceploitation - use language of real science to sell bunk.
At-home gut microbiome tests? Hype. medicalxpress.com/news/2025-11...
"Nearly half of the companies offering these tests also sell supplements or probiotics that they recommend based on the test results."
At-home gut microbiome tests? Hype. medicalxpress.com/news/2025-11...
"Nearly half of the companies offering these tests also sell supplements or probiotics that they recommend based on the test results."
The hype and limits of at-home gut microbiome tests
The market for at-home gut microbiome tests is booming, with companies promising insights into health, chronic illness and even longevity through intestinal bacteria.
medicalxpress.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Good example of scienceploitation - use language of real science to sell bunk.
At-home gut microbiome tests? Hype. medicalxpress.com/news/2025-11...
"Nearly half of the companies offering these tests also sell supplements or probiotics that they recommend based on the test results."
At-home gut microbiome tests? Hype. medicalxpress.com/news/2025-11...
"Nearly half of the companies offering these tests also sell supplements or probiotics that they recommend based on the test results."
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"There’s a non-zero chance that the government will be back in shutdown [on January], though with a few of the hostages — most notably, 40 million SNAP recipients — now protected by these minibus appropriations."
Eight Senate Dems Caved, and Caved Too Early
With one more week, Trump would have owned far more of the responsibility for SNAP and flight cutbacks.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/10/e...
With one more week, Trump would have owned far more of the responsibility for SNAP and flight cutbacks.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/10/e...
Eight Senate Dems Caved, and Caved Too Early - emptywheel
The eight Democrats who voted for a deal to reopen government not just caved, but caved at least a week too early.
www.emptywheel.net
November 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
"There’s a non-zero chance that the government will be back in shutdown [on January], though with a few of the hostages — most notably, 40 million SNAP recipients — now protected by these minibus appropriations."
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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An Asgard archaeon with internal membrane compartments
Brilliant study led by @fmacleod.bsky.social and Andriko von Kügelgen. Tight collaboration with @buzzbaum.bsky.social and lab. Congrats to all authors!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Brilliant study led by @fmacleod.bsky.social and Andriko von Kügelgen. Tight collaboration with @buzzbaum.bsky.social and lab. Congrats to all authors!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
November 7, 2025 at 10:44 AM
An Asgard archaeon with internal membrane compartments
Brilliant study led by @fmacleod.bsky.social and Andriko von Kügelgen. Tight collaboration with @buzzbaum.bsky.social and lab. Congrats to all authors!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Brilliant study led by @fmacleod.bsky.social and Andriko von Kügelgen. Tight collaboration with @buzzbaum.bsky.social and lab. Congrats to all authors!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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November 7, 2025 at 4:53 AM
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New-to-me but very helpful visualizations how all the actions of the past ten months are affecting the CDC www.cdcdataproject.org
The CDC Data Project
In the proposed FY26 budget, programs that help Americans live safer, healthier, longer lives are on the chopping block.
www.cdcdataproject.org
November 4, 2025 at 7:41 PM
New-to-me but very helpful visualizations how all the actions of the past ten months are affecting the CDC www.cdcdataproject.org
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Our department is hiring for 4 faculty positions! Come join a growing and dynamic group of scientists in a fun and engaging department!
Assistant Professor of Cell Biology: bit.ly/4okizhq
Assistant Professor of Microbiology:bit.ly/48ZVHz1
2 Lecturers of Microbiology: bit.ly/4qCwukr
Assistant Professor of Cell Biology: bit.ly/4okizhq
Assistant Professor of Microbiology:bit.ly/48ZVHz1
2 Lecturers of Microbiology: bit.ly/4qCwukr
November 3, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Our department is hiring for 4 faculty positions! Come join a growing and dynamic group of scientists in a fun and engaging department!
Assistant Professor of Cell Biology: bit.ly/4okizhq
Assistant Professor of Microbiology:bit.ly/48ZVHz1
2 Lecturers of Microbiology: bit.ly/4qCwukr
Assistant Professor of Cell Biology: bit.ly/4okizhq
Assistant Professor of Microbiology:bit.ly/48ZVHz1
2 Lecturers of Microbiology: bit.ly/4qCwukr
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I love kids. I have two of them. They’re amazing. However, kids are the absolute least self aware, clumsiest little puffins on the planet.
Please don’t drive tonight unless you have to, and if you do drive, drive super slow and pay 100% attention at all times.
Happy Halloween! 🎃 👻 💀
#PublicHealth
Please don’t drive tonight unless you have to, and if you do drive, drive super slow and pay 100% attention at all times.
Happy Halloween! 🎃 👻 💀
#PublicHealth
October 31, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I love kids. I have two of them. They’re amazing. However, kids are the absolute least self aware, clumsiest little puffins on the planet.
Please don’t drive tonight unless you have to, and if you do drive, drive super slow and pay 100% attention at all times.
Happy Halloween! 🎃 👻 💀
#PublicHealth
Please don’t drive tonight unless you have to, and if you do drive, drive super slow and pay 100% attention at all times.
Happy Halloween! 🎃 👻 💀
#PublicHealth
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Happy to see this paper finally out in @pnas.org!
#phage #microbiology #MicroSky #VirEvol 🦠 🧫 🔬
Gift link: www.pnas.org/eprint/YYDZ9...
#phage #microbiology #MicroSky #VirEvol 🦠 🧫 🔬
Gift link: www.pnas.org/eprint/YYDZ9...
September 8, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Happy to see this paper finally out in @pnas.org!
#phage #microbiology #MicroSky #VirEvol 🦠 🧫 🔬
Gift link: www.pnas.org/eprint/YYDZ9...
#phage #microbiology #MicroSky #VirEvol 🦠 🧫 🔬
Gift link: www.pnas.org/eprint/YYDZ9...
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EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
October 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
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"No, we don't want a monarchy, we want a theocracy" is a not the flex they think it is.
Chip Roy: "The truth is the marxist, radicals, and Islamists the Democratic Party promoted this weekend, they cannot handle the truth. The truth is that there is a king and that king is Jesus. And the president has been willing to say it, & Charlie Kirk was willing to say it & he got killed for it."
October 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
"No, we don't want a monarchy, we want a theocracy" is a not the flex they think it is.
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SHE DOES NOT HAVE ANY CONSTITUENTS UNTIL YOU SWEAR HER IN, MIKE
Mike Johnson on Adelita Grijalva, who he refuses to swear in: "Instead of doing TikTok videos, she should be serving her constituents."
October 20, 2025 at 2:47 PM
SHE DOES NOT HAVE ANY CONSTITUENTS UNTIL YOU SWEAR HER IN, MIKE
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Retired Army Sgt. Brian Wofford spoke to me this morning at the Oklahoma City #NoKings protest. Didn’t expect him to be carrying his DD214 so I asked some warmup questions like when he got out and whether his injury was service-related.
He paused while describing the car bomb in Iraq to say this:
He paused while describing the car bomb in Iraq to say this:
October 19, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Retired Army Sgt. Brian Wofford spoke to me this morning at the Oklahoma City #NoKings protest. Didn’t expect him to be carrying his DD214 so I asked some warmup questions like when he got out and whether his injury was service-related.
He paused while describing the car bomb in Iraq to say this:
He paused while describing the car bomb in Iraq to say this:
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Genome maintenance by telomerase is a fundamental process in nearly all eukaryotes. But where does it come from?
Today, we report the discovery of telomerase homologs in a family of antiviral reverse transcriptases, revealing an unexpected evolutionary origin in bacteria.
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Today, we report the discovery of telomerase homologs in a family of antiviral reverse transcriptases, revealing an unexpected evolutionary origin in bacteria.
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
October 17, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Genome maintenance by telomerase is a fundamental process in nearly all eukaryotes. But where does it come from?
Today, we report the discovery of telomerase homologs in a family of antiviral reverse transcriptases, revealing an unexpected evolutionary origin in bacteria.
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Today, we report the discovery of telomerase homologs in a family of antiviral reverse transcriptases, revealing an unexpected evolutionary origin in bacteria.
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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I think people adjacent to science (but who now find themselves deciding the fate of US science somehow) undervalue humility, valuing braggadocios hubris instead.
Yes it’s true that some scientific discoveries are complete paradigm changers, and we celebrate these. 1/
Yes it’s true that some scientific discoveries are complete paradigm changers, and we celebrate these. 1/
October 16, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I think people adjacent to science (but who now find themselves deciding the fate of US science somehow) undervalue humility, valuing braggadocios hubris instead.
Yes it’s true that some scientific discoveries are complete paradigm changers, and we celebrate these. 1/
Yes it’s true that some scientific discoveries are complete paradigm changers, and we celebrate these. 1/
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my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements
we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)
www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)
www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports
CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.
www.consumerreports.org
October 14, 2025 at 4:37 PM
my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements
we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)
www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)
www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
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It's that wonderful time of the year where all of #IDSky, #IDEpi, and #MicroSky need to update their reference list to include the new WHO GLASS Report
What's clear from this report is that AMR is a global issue and no one entity can prevent or respond to this ever growing issue.
What's clear from this report is that AMR is a global issue and no one entity can prevent or respond to this ever growing issue.
WHO warns of widespread resistance to common antibiotics worldwide
One in six laboratory-confirmed bacterial infections causing common infections in people worldwide in 2023 were resistant to antibiotic treatments, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) r...
www.who.int
October 14, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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The groups that shifted most towards Trump were not the groups hardest hit by inflation. Worldwide, the thing that seems most consistently linked to extremist, anti-institutional politics is not any set of economic conditions but SOCIAL MEDIA AND IMMERSION IN A DIGITAL INFORMATION ENVIRONMENT
October 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The groups that shifted most towards Trump were not the groups hardest hit by inflation. Worldwide, the thing that seems most consistently linked to extremist, anti-institutional politics is not any set of economic conditions but SOCIAL MEDIA AND IMMERSION IN A DIGITAL INFORMATION ENVIRONMENT
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After attacking the Vaccines...
Trump Receives COVID and Flu Vaccines at Health Check-Up www.today.com/video/trump-...
Trump Receives COVID and Flu Vaccines at Health Check-Up www.today.com/video/trump-...
Trump Receives COVID and Flu Vaccines at Health Check-Up
President Donald Trump visited Walter Reed Army Medical Center on Friday for his second check-up in the last six months. His doctor said Trump underwent some tests and got a COVID vaccine booster and ...
www.today.com
October 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
After attacking the Vaccines...
Trump Receives COVID and Flu Vaccines at Health Check-Up www.today.com/video/trump-...
Trump Receives COVID and Flu Vaccines at Health Check-Up www.today.com/video/trump-...
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I have advanced degrees in engineering. I got As in complex calculus and mathematics classes. Yet every time I am confronted with the difference between a million, billion, and trillion, I am blown away.
October 11, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I have advanced degrees in engineering. I got As in complex calculus and mathematics classes. Yet every time I am confronted with the difference between a million, billion, and trillion, I am blown away.