Gavin Lingiah 🧬⚖️
@gav1nx.bsky.social
Lawyer (IP/ Life Sciences), and very ex-biologist. Likes the colour purple. Riding the unicorn of innovation. 🏴🇬🇧🇨🇦🇪🇺🦤🦄🩷💜💙
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Gavin Lingiah 🧬⚖️
@gav1nx.bsky.social
· Nov 14
a white cat is sitting on a table with its mouth open .
ALT: a white cat is sitting on a table with its mouth open .
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Hello world!
There will be science, law, and me being snarky about innovation policy. Possibly some screaming into the void.
There will be science, law, and me being snarky about innovation policy. Possibly some screaming into the void.
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a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,
This is one of the things I miss about Canada.
the European mind cannot comprehend this
November 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
This is one of the things I miss about Canada.
I'm going to email the Chancellor to ask what's she's going to do about the cost of twink crisis.
November 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I'm going to email the Chancellor to ask what's she's going to do about the cost of twink crisis.
Absolute stupidity.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Canada has lost its measles elimination status because of continued spread, international health experts say.
November 10, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Absolute stupidity.
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UPDATE: Canada has announced that it has lost its measles elimination status.
This is a direct result of the increase in anti-vax disinformation, which has caused large, sustained outbreaks in the country over the last year.
This is a direct result of the increase in anti-vax disinformation, which has caused large, sustained outbreaks in the country over the last year.
November 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
UPDATE: Canada has announced that it has lost its measles elimination status.
This is a direct result of the increase in anti-vax disinformation, which has caused large, sustained outbreaks in the country over the last year.
This is a direct result of the increase in anti-vax disinformation, which has caused large, sustained outbreaks in the country over the last year.
Ye gods, I hate grindset culture.
Sit down. Have a nice cup of tea and a scone.
Sit down. Have a nice cup of tea and a scone.
November 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Ye gods, I hate grindset culture.
Sit down. Have a nice cup of tea and a scone.
Sit down. Have a nice cup of tea and a scone.
New antibiotic found 'hidden in plain sight'.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Warwick University scientists help find 'hidden' antibiotic
Scientists say the compound could help tackle infections that claim around 1.1 million lives each year.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 6:51 PM
New antibiotic found 'hidden in plain sight'.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It's almost pitch black outside 🌆
November 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
It's almost pitch black outside 🌆
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The number of classic Schumer clips to emerge from Trump 2 is embarrassing
November 10, 2025 at 3:24 AM
The number of classic Schumer clips to emerge from Trump 2 is embarrassing
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Edinburgh’s Architecture
November 9, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Edinburgh’s Architecture
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The Telegraph’s quest to find the least sympathetic poverty case studies continues
November 2, 2025 at 2:36 AM
The Telegraph’s quest to find the least sympathetic poverty case studies continues
Land Value Tax, anyone??
November 9, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Land Value Tax, anyone??
Rachel Reeves is not going to be around for long, is she?
Even / Especially if she announces economically good decisions later this month.
youtu.be/lUws6RZrBic?...
Even / Especially if she announces economically good decisions later this month.
youtu.be/lUws6RZrBic?...
Reeves ‘may think she’ll survive but she won’t’ if taxes go up
YouTube video by Times Radio Politics
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Rachel Reeves is not going to be around for long, is she?
Even / Especially if she announces economically good decisions later this month.
youtu.be/lUws6RZrBic?...
Even / Especially if she announces economically good decisions later this month.
youtu.be/lUws6RZrBic?...
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I’m with Vince.
And 2p on income tax plus 2p off NICS to raise £6bn feels like being hung for half a lamb.
www.ft.com/content/9e56...
And 2p on income tax plus 2p off NICS to raise £6bn feels like being hung for half a lamb.
www.ft.com/content/9e56...
November 8, 2025 at 12:01 PM
I’m with Vince.
And 2p on income tax plus 2p off NICS to raise £6bn feels like being hung for half a lamb.
www.ft.com/content/9e56...
And 2p on income tax plus 2p off NICS to raise £6bn feels like being hung for half a lamb.
www.ft.com/content/9e56...
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
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it strikes me now that with zohran’s election (about which im v excited!) a whole new crop of young leftists is about to experience a very specific variety of disappointment
November 7, 2025 at 6:29 PM
it strikes me now that with zohran’s election (about which im v excited!) a whole new crop of young leftists is about to experience a very specific variety of disappointment
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Kahless tells us time is the one enemy no warrior can defeat. In the end, it is how you spent your that time matters most. Spend it being honorable, strong, and kind. Do this and time will not be your enemy, but your gift to those who will be glad to have known you.
November 7, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Kahless tells us time is the one enemy no warrior can defeat. In the end, it is how you spent your that time matters most. Spend it being honorable, strong, and kind. Do this and time will not be your enemy, but your gift to those who will be glad to have known you.
There's something of an irony in that so many of us who work in biotech/pharma/academia/ charities etc are not exactly paragons of health.
Powered by cortisol, caffeine, alcohol, and carbs.
Suffering from sleep deprivation, depression, anxiety, an usually at least one other mental illness.
Powered by cortisol, caffeine, alcohol, and carbs.
Suffering from sleep deprivation, depression, anxiety, an usually at least one other mental illness.
November 8, 2025 at 8:55 PM
There's something of an irony in that so many of us who work in biotech/pharma/academia/ charities etc are not exactly paragons of health.
Powered by cortisol, caffeine, alcohol, and carbs.
Suffering from sleep deprivation, depression, anxiety, an usually at least one other mental illness.
Powered by cortisol, caffeine, alcohol, and carbs.
Suffering from sleep deprivation, depression, anxiety, an usually at least one other mental illness.
We will now do healthiness.
November 8, 2025 at 8:50 PM
We will now do healthiness.
Xennial financial planning.
November 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Xennial financial planning.
The numbers add up if I just stay in my apartment, and keep still.
Doing some back of the envelope budgeting. I'd actually be doing ok, if it were not for the law school loan repayments....
Fcuk.
Fcuk.
November 8, 2025 at 5:59 PM
The numbers add up if I just stay in my apartment, and keep still.