Dr² Philip Skiba
@drphilipskiba.bsky.social
Assoc. Prof. Sidney Kimmel Medical College @ TJU. Sports Medicine Fellowship / Medical Director. Medical Board USAC/USAT/Dare2Tri. Elite sports coaching and performance engineering. All kinds of music played here, and all opinions are my own.
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Scientific Training for Endurance Athletes
Sports & Outdoors · 2024
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Scientific Training for Endurance Athletes is now available on both Apple Books (ebook, below) and Amazon (paperback, link in following post). Check it out!
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these people are fraudsters selling snake oil and after their reforms crash and burn they'll be on to the next institution to do the same song and dance
December 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
these people are fraudsters selling snake oil and after their reforms crash and burn they'll be on to the next institution to do the same song and dance
Here’s a little Philly inside baseball for you. To speed your commute, keep a list of which traffic lights stop working in the rain, and which traffic lights stop working in the cold.
December 9, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Here’s a little Philly inside baseball for you. To speed your commute, keep a list of which traffic lights stop working in the rain, and which traffic lights stop working in the cold.
You will be visited by 3 spirits…
December 9, 2025 at 10:46 AM
You will be visited by 3 spirits…
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AI is marketed to people who can't get their way out of a jam in an '80s sitcom
December 8, 2025 at 5:16 PM
AI is marketed to people who can't get their way out of a jam in an '80s sitcom
INSPIRED goat thread. Read the alt-text for the images. So worth it.
THREAD.
A collection of photographs of excellent goats I have met during walks in the British countryside.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
A collection of photographs of excellent goats I have met during walks in the British countryside.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
December 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
INSPIRED goat thread. Read the alt-text for the images. So worth it.
Sports Medicine needs to take a hard look in the mirror with respect to PRP. If PRP was *really* good for anything, it would be obvious by now.
The use of “trend” statements in platelet‐rich plasma literature - Richmond - PM&R - Wiley Online Library
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The use of “trend” statements in platelet‐rich plasma literature - Richmond - PM&R - Wiley Online Library
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The use of “trend” statements in platelet‐rich plasma literature
Background
Clinicians often rely on significant results to inform clinical decisions, with the p value being a common tool to identify statistically significant data. Using trend statements to descr.....
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December 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Sports Medicine needs to take a hard look in the mirror with respect to PRP. If PRP was *really* good for anything, it would be obvious by now.
The use of “trend” statements in platelet‐rich plasma literature - Richmond - PM&R - Wiley Online Library
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
The use of “trend” statements in platelet‐rich plasma literature - Richmond - PM&R - Wiley Online Library
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Hepatitis B infection in infancy (almost half of all HepB is caught in childhood) is associated with a 90% chance of becoming a chronic infection (ie the body can never clear the virus), and is highly likely to progress to liver failure and liver cancer.
Vaccinating at birth has reduced this by 99%
Vaccinating at birth has reduced this by 99%
💬Viewpoint: Eliminating universal hepatitis B birth dose vaccination risks an estimated 8% increase in annual perinatal #HepatitisB infections in the US, increasing preventable chronic disease burden. ja.ma/3Me0zHh
December 3, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Hepatitis B infection in infancy (almost half of all HepB is caught in childhood) is associated with a 90% chance of becoming a chronic infection (ie the body can never clear the virus), and is highly likely to progress to liver failure and liver cancer.
Vaccinating at birth has reduced this by 99%
Vaccinating at birth has reduced this by 99%
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Mind-blowingly cool use of AI
“Altogether, these findings are leading us to an extraordinary conclusion: Whales may possess a communication system more intricate than our own, one that possibly predates human language by tens of millions of years.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
“Altogether, these findings are leading us to an extraordinary conclusion: Whales may possess a communication system more intricate than our own, one that possibly predates human language by tens of millions of years.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
Opinion | I’m a Marine Biologist. This Is How I Talk to Whales.
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November 30, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Mind-blowingly cool use of AI
“Altogether, these findings are leading us to an extraordinary conclusion: Whales may possess a communication system more intricate than our own, one that possibly predates human language by tens of millions of years.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
“Altogether, these findings are leading us to an extraordinary conclusion: Whales may possess a communication system more intricate than our own, one that possibly predates human language by tens of millions of years.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
You’re welcome.
November 30, 2025 at 5:17 PM
You’re welcome.
The cover art for my new book is going to be so effing cool. My favorite artist agreed to do it!
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 29, 2025 at 10:55 PM
The cover art for my new book is going to be so effing cool. My favorite artist agreed to do it!
Good thread.
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 29, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Good thread.
America could learn a lot from @markhertling.bsky.social right now. www.thebulwark.com/p/i-helped-t...
I Helped the Army Remember Its Values. I Wish I Could Do the Same for the Country.
The virtues we uphold define who we are as soldiers or civilians, individuals or a nation.
www.thebulwark.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:32 PM
America could learn a lot from @markhertling.bsky.social right now. www.thebulwark.com/p/i-helped-t...
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
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November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
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No one at the rap battle will wait for me to type my prompts
November 25, 2025 at 12:24 PM
No one at the rap battle will wait for me to type my prompts
I have lived all over the world. I have never seen a city mismanaged the way Philadelphia is.
November 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I have lived all over the world. I have never seen a city mismanaged the way Philadelphia is.
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Just saw a Botox commercial where a woman talked of her “moderate to severe lines” like it was diagnosis
“This is the worst part of my job. I’m sorry to tell you that you have stage four crows feet”
“This is the worst part of my job. I’m sorry to tell you that you have stage four crows feet”
November 25, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Just saw a Botox commercial where a woman talked of her “moderate to severe lines” like it was diagnosis
“This is the worst part of my job. I’m sorry to tell you that you have stage four crows feet”
“This is the worst part of my job. I’m sorry to tell you that you have stage four crows feet”
Bummed I never got to see him live. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now
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November 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Bummed I never got to see him live. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
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November 24, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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Yesterday my partner and I counted all the ads along Chicago's Brown Line for "Friend," a company selling an AI chatbot pendant, and tallied how many of those ads were defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
November 23, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Yesterday my partner and I counted all the ads along Chicago's Brown Line for "Friend," a company selling an AI chatbot pendant, and tallied how many of those ads were defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
This is brilliant.
November 23, 2025 at 11:02 PM
This is brilliant.
Little known fact: I had a college radio show for a while. Most of what I listen to is still college radio. (WBJB, WFUV, WXPN).
College Radio Keeps Its Cool
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November 23, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Little known fact: I had a college radio show for a while. Most of what I listen to is still college radio. (WBJB, WFUV, WXPN).
I feel this. Although I go hi-tech for audio production all the way, nine times out of 10 I use it as a virtual tape recorder to force my hand.
Mindfulness in photography, cycling, prayer life, work, play, relationships... mindfulness in love. This brilliant little video is an encouragement to be more intentional... and that extends to many things.
youtu.be/C1ZHQyjrVMs
youtu.be/C1ZHQyjrVMs
What We Lost When Cameras Got Better
YouTube video by Gerald Joehri
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November 21, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I feel this. Although I go hi-tech for audio production all the way, nine times out of 10 I use it as a virtual tape recorder to force my hand.
We have permanently damaged the scientific reputation of the CDC and our country writ large. Worse, we have elevated hucksters and idiots to a place where their nonsense will kill or maim thousands.
November 20, 2025 at 10:27 AM
We have permanently damaged the scientific reputation of the CDC and our country writ large. Worse, we have elevated hucksters and idiots to a place where their nonsense will kill or maim thousands.