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 .
media.tenor.com
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.
I've occasionally thought I might make a half decent lay magistrate, up here in Scotland. I think the maximum sentence that can be imposed is 2 months.
oh Americans may not understand this, but a 'magistrate' in the UK is a local volunteer with typically no legal background. But it's ok, they receive about 10 days of training. And now they can send you to jail for two years without a jury!
what the fuck
November 25, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I've occasionally thought I might make a half decent lay magistrate, up here in Scotland. I think the maximum sentence that can be imposed is 2 months.
Amgen v Sanofi at the UPC www.unifiedpatentcourt.org/en/node/159788
Final Decision | Unified Patent Court
www.unifiedpatentcourt.org
November 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Amgen v Sanofi at the UPC www.unifiedpatentcourt.org/en/node/159788
Evergreen!
Do not assume these people are smart.
November 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Evergreen!
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when its definitely not a hostage situation
November 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
when its definitely not a hostage situation
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White House Reclassifies Nursing As Hobby https://theonion.com/white-house-reclassifies-nursing-as-hobby/
November 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
White House Reclassifies Nursing As Hobby https://theonion.com/white-house-reclassifies-nursing-as-hobby/
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ryckman strawberries, painted by amanda almira newton, 1907
November 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
ryckman strawberries, painted by amanda almira newton, 1907
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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It is good to collaborate and encourage scientists to socialize together.
*stares directly at universities*
😐
*stares directly at universities*
😐
To make my point. (L) M87 from the EHT (2019), (R) PRIMO reconstruction of the same observations. This work started when I crashed the weekly coffee and pastries of the UofA EHT group. If they told me to get lost, this would have never happened, but there would have been more goodies for everyone.
November 24, 2025 at 10:48 PM
It is good to collaborate and encourage scientists to socialize together.
*stares directly at universities*
😐
*stares directly at universities*
😐
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A Farmer, a Designer and a Dating App Unite to Save Some ‘Gay Sheep’ [NYT gift article]
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/s...
A Farmer, a Designer and a Dating App Unite to Save Some ‘Gay Sheep’
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:55 PM
A Farmer, a Designer and a Dating App Unite to Save Some ‘Gay Sheep’ [NYT gift article]
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/s...
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There SO MUCH going on in this lovely story. But the stickler in me wants to know if these sheep are truly, exclusively gay. After all, they might be baaa-sexual.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/fashio...
www.washingtonpost.com/style/fashio...
I love your sweater. Is it made from gay sheep wool?
Grindr partnered with Rainbow Wool and designer Michael Schmidt to create a fashion show featuring clothing made entirely from the wool of gay sheep. Wait, what?
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:44 PM
There SO MUCH going on in this lovely story. But the stickler in me wants to know if these sheep are truly, exclusively gay. After all, they might be baaa-sexual.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/fashio...
www.washingtonpost.com/style/fashio...
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am I even awake right now?
November 24, 2025 at 10:36 PM
am I even awake right now?
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Britain’s biggest drugmaker says it will only greenlight plans for a £200 million Cambridge research site if ministers go further on NHS spending reforms in trade talks with the US.
Britain’s biggest drugmaker says UK’s NHS pricing offer is still not enough
U.K. officials are negotiating new pharma spending levels as part of trade talks with the Trump administration.
www.politico.eu
November 6, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Britain’s biggest drugmaker says it will only greenlight plans for a £200 million Cambridge research site if ministers go further on NHS spending reforms in trade talks with the US.
UK-US drug pricing deal could come as early as this week, sources say. endpoints.news/uk-us-drug-p...
UK-US drug pricing deal could come as early as this week, sources say
US-UK drug pricing deal nears completion, may include VPAG rate reduction to 19% and UK paying more for medicines. Trade envoy Jamieson Greer met with UK officials on Monday.
endpoints.news
November 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
UK-US drug pricing deal could come as early as this week, sources say. endpoints.news/uk-us-drug-p...
Me, an idiot: Suddenly remembering that using an ethernet cable gives much better speed and stability than WiFi.
November 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Me, an idiot: Suddenly remembering that using an ethernet cable gives much better speed and stability than WiFi.
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For context
- International fees across UK unis is £10.3 billlion
- About a fifth of total income of about £52 billion/year
(International fees 23% of total income in 2023/24 v 5% in 90s)
- A 6% levy on international fees about £620m: so a bit above 1% of total university income, but uneven impact
- International fees across UK unis is £10.3 billlion
- About a fifth of total income of about £52 billion/year
(International fees 23% of total income in 2023/24 v 5% in 90s)
- A 6% levy on international fees about £620m: so a bit above 1% of total university income, but uneven impact
November 23, 2025 at 10:47 PM
For context
- International fees across UK unis is £10.3 billlion
- About a fifth of total income of about £52 billion/year
(International fees 23% of total income in 2023/24 v 5% in 90s)
- A 6% levy on international fees about £620m: so a bit above 1% of total university income, but uneven impact
- International fees across UK unis is £10.3 billlion
- About a fifth of total income of about £52 billion/year
(International fees 23% of total income in 2023/24 v 5% in 90s)
- A 6% levy on international fees about £620m: so a bit above 1% of total university income, but uneven impact
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A ‘mansion tax’ on homes worth over £2m to raise about £400/450m a year is everything wrong with a ‘smorgasbord’ approach.
Lots of potential political pain for a public finances rounding error. Coupled with a new weird cliffedges.
Either reform property tax to raise proper money or don’t.
Lots of potential political pain for a public finances rounding error. Coupled with a new weird cliffedges.
Either reform property tax to raise proper money or don’t.
Homes worth more than £2mn set to be hit by Budget raid on.ft.com/4rocFhe
Homes worth more than £2mn set to be hit by Budget raid
‘Mansion tax’ set to affect more than 100,000 properties, mostly in London and the south-east
on.ft.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
A ‘mansion tax’ on homes worth over £2m to raise about £400/450m a year is everything wrong with a ‘smorgasbord’ approach.
Lots of potential political pain for a public finances rounding error. Coupled with a new weird cliffedges.
Either reform property tax to raise proper money or don’t.
Lots of potential political pain for a public finances rounding error. Coupled with a new weird cliffedges.
Either reform property tax to raise proper money or don’t.
Fuck it, why don't we charge 20% on all tuition fees, domestic and foreign.
With Rachel Reeves reportedly set to apply a new tax on tuition fees paid by overseas students, most Britons support such a move at the previously mooted level of 6%
Support: 57%
Oppose: 18%
yougov.co.uk/topics/socie...
Support: 57%
Oppose: 18%
yougov.co.uk/topics/socie...
November 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Fuck it, why don't we charge 20% on all tuition fees, domestic and foreign.
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I'd like to see the response to this if the question added "if that that means universities have less money to spend on UK students".
With Rachel Reeves reportedly set to apply a new tax on tuition fees paid by overseas students, most Britons support such a move at the previously mooted level of 6%
Support: 57%
Oppose: 18%
yougov.co.uk/topics/socie...
Support: 57%
Oppose: 18%
yougov.co.uk/topics/socie...
November 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I'd like to see the response to this if the question added "if that that means universities have less money to spend on UK students".
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Beauty of the Moment
Steve Driscoll
2024
Steve Driscoll
2024
November 22, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Beauty of the Moment
Steve Driscoll
2024
Steve Driscoll
2024
I wonder if the public knows that overseas students might pay 2 or 3 X the domestic rate?
With Rachel Reeves reportedly set to apply a new tax on tuition fees paid by overseas students, most Britons support such a move at the previously mooted level of 6%
Support: 57%
Oppose: 18%
yougov.co.uk/topics/socie...
Support: 57%
Oppose: 18%
yougov.co.uk/topics/socie...
November 24, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I wonder if the public knows that overseas students might pay 2 or 3 X the domestic rate?
November 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Passing legislation.
November 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Passing legislation.
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Badenoch: There are now 491,000 claims in the employment tribunal backlog. Which shows how dangerous Labour's Employment Rights Bill is.
Er... why are there now 491,000 claims in the employment tribunal backlog? How long did it take to build that lot up?
#CBI
Er... why are there now 491,000 claims in the employment tribunal backlog? How long did it take to build that lot up?
#CBI
November 24, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Badenoch: There are now 491,000 claims in the employment tribunal backlog. Which shows how dangerous Labour's Employment Rights Bill is.
Er... why are there now 491,000 claims in the employment tribunal backlog? How long did it take to build that lot up?
#CBI
Er... why are there now 491,000 claims in the employment tribunal backlog? How long did it take to build that lot up?
#CBI