iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Ben Scott @benmiscott.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Hey @doctorow.pluralistic.net Free, searchable, public domain videos. The way they're meant to be. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dzq... destockd.com

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I Killed A Business Model

YouTube video by Elroddd

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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

They do support it, because they did it. And they’ll be asked to do it again!

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Ben Scott @benmiscott.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The only part of this that made me momentarily hesitate was that I share photos with my family through Google. But then I just got angrier when I realized this shite company has a monopoly on the digital memories I share. Not anymore. I'll just mail the photos instead.

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Ben Scott @benmiscott.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Kicking myself that the subscription recently renewed. Never going back. #fuckgoogle

A screenshot of someone cancelling their Google One subscription. They cite their reason for cancelling as: "You named Lake Ontario "Lake America" on Google Maps. Absolutely pathetic bootlicking behaviour. Get bent. Never subscribing to your vampiric slop factory again."

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Ben Scott @benmiscott.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Incredibly useful resource that takes the pulse of climate biotech 🧬🌱🌍, a field that working to reshape humanity's future for the better.

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Ben Scott @benmiscott.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Absolutely bananas idea to even consider this instead of just lowering emissions. Represents the worst aspects of human hubris.

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Ben Scott @benmiscott.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Very excited to attend and proud to have co-organized this with @uwaterloo.ca WCMR. See you at #SynBio8!

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Ben Scott @benmiscott.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

One of the most revolting things I've ever read. 🤢

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Ben Scott @benmiscott.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Proud of this work with @osn-scott.bsky.social. We challenge the assumption that DNA should be expensive and hard to access. We provide clear steps to making biology more open for strengthening the bioeconomy. 🧬

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Ben Scott @benmiscott.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Nice paper! I had some questions that were too long for Bluesky, so I posted them on your preprint

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SynBio Canada @synbiocanada.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

🚨JOB ALERTS🚨 @flowgenomics.bsky.social in Toronto is hiring a Laboratory and Operations Manager 🧬 and Dr. Yufeng Zhao (University of Toronto) is hiring a Postdoctoral Researcher focused on advancing Organ-on-a-Chip (OOC) models ❤️‍🩹 www.synbiocanada.org/job-board

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Job Board — SynBio Canada

Job Board

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Ben Scott @benmiscott.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

A particularly dark day in the world. Driven by human decisions, not inevitability. I reflect on this paragraph when I need inspiration for what our world could be. What we can make it to be.

The Kerala's ideals for humanity, from Kim Stanley Robinson's "The Years of Rice and Salt"

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John Clarke @johncke.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

The natural gas facility..will produce 1.4 gigawatts of energy each day, solely to power what could become the largest artificial intelligence (#AI) data centre in the county. That’s equivalent to the daily demand for the entire city of Edmonton.' thenarwhal.ca/olds-alberta...

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Canada’s largest AI data centre proposed in rural Alberta | The Narwhal

Proponents of the $10-billion project plan to build an AI data centre that would consume as much power as the city of Edmonton

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SynBio Canada @synbiocanada.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Registration now open for SynBio 8.0, June 15-17 at the University of Waterloo. www.synbiocanada.org/synbio8 Join us at Canada’s premier synthetic biology conference, bringing the community together to showcase advances from across the country and across the full breadth of the field! #synbio8 🍁🧬

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Ben Scott @benmiscott.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

What would it take for a GO bus network in south western Ontario? Specifically how much $$$ it would cost, and ridership expectations, for this rough area. Daily, multiple trips for Windsor/Sarnia-London-Stratford-KW-Guelph Summer service: Goderich and Simcoe areas for those amazing beaches ⛱️

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Dave Kaufman @davekaufman.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

If Canada was the 51st State this would be our Vichy Gov’s official statement:

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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Oh FUCK this and fuck anyone who voted for this

Doug Ford's press release stated goals for leases:
The government would consult on alternative options on lease agreement expiry
that could allow landlords to control who occupies their units and for how long,
allowing them to adjust tenancy arrangements based on market conditions, personal needs, or business strategies. This could add flexibility for some landlords in the approach to leases, potentially unlocking additional rental unit stock.

I have translated this as:
they're allowing landlords to evict tenants for any reason they want

and "unlocking additional rental unit stock" means "kicking out renters and leaving them on the streets"

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Ben Scott @benmiscott.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

We use these to help regulate moisture in our lab fridges. They work well! Just make sure to have a secondary container when pouring them out...they tend to spill everywhere

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RootPath @rootpath.com · 12/05/2025

Here's another #MegabaseSpark submission, from @osn-scott.bsky.social: "The Open Yarrowia Collection" (detail in reply) Like and repost if you like this idea! #SynBio #RootPath

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Ben Scott @benmiscott.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

@bhutilakarpoche.bsky.social has been a steadfast ally from Day 1. When other politicians turned a blind eye to price fixing and predatory landlords, Bhutila stood up for tenants. That's what true leadership looks like!

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Ben Scott @benmiscott.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Finally identifying the problem with AI I couldn't quite articulate.

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West End Phoenix @westendphoenix.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

TORONTO’S NEW LANDLORDS: They’re ultra rich & over the next 8 years they’re bringing 21,000 units without rent control to a new building near you. Meet the corporate firms that a growing number of Torontonians are paying their rent to. www.westendphoenix.com/stories/toro... ✍️: Emma Paling

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Jake Wintermute @synbio1.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

The iGEM Grand Jamboree doesn't feel like any other scientific conference. It's zany, it's authentic, and most of all, it's FUN I wrote this OpEd piece for ACS Synbio about what makes iGEM work and why other scientific events need to take notes pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....

The iGEM Grand Jamboree and the Serious Fun of Engineering Biology

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Ben Scott @benmiscott.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

RBPAMFM was right there for the taking!

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Jake Wintermute @synbio1.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Would you rather live in a world without modern medicine or a world without B2B SaaS? When someone claims "biotech shows a lack of progress relative to digital tech" let's keep in mind that there are other metrics of progress besides how fast you can start and 100x a company

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Ben Scott @benmiscott.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Can I ❤️ this more than once?

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Ben Scott @benmiscott.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

"3D printed homes" but no mention of rent control. Are you kidding me? Real rent control, including vacancy control, is the simplest and fastest thing that we can do to tackle the #housingcrisis macleans.ca/longforms/ho...

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How To Fix Canada’s Housing Crisis - Macleans.ca

Twenty-five bold, entirely doable ways to make Canada affordable again

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Ben Scott @benmiscott.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Are you a tenant in Canada 🇨🇦? You will NOT want to miss this!

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Livmore High Park Tenants’ Association @lhpta.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Need a little hope? Join us April 15th to learn how tenants have been working to #StopTheLandlordCartel Register for this FREE virtual event: tenantunion.ca/landlordcartel

A digital poster that reads:

HOW WE’RE TAKING DOWN THE LANDLORD CARTEL
Legal, Media & Organizing Strategies to combat Rent Price-Fixing

LIVMORE HIGH PARK
TENANTS’ ASSOCIATION

YSW TENANTUNION

ZOOM: Tuesday April 15 at 7:00pm EDT

PANEL SPEAKERS:
Chiara Padovani - YSW Tenant Union
Cynthia Black - Livmore High Park TA
Geordie Dent - Tenant Organizer

REGISTER AT:
www.tenantunion.ca/landlordcartel

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Ben Scott @benmiscott.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Samsonite, hands down. I've been traveling regularly with the same set for over 15 years and zero issues. They're an American company, but Canadian distribution and a great outlet are in Stratford ON.

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Livmore High Park Tenants’ Association @lhpta.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

"The housing crisis will not be solved by a policy debate. This is a social movement. This is class war!" - John Clarke #housingjustice

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Nicole Tersigni @nicsigni.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.

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Ben Scott @benmiscott.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Not a bad article, but this is irritating. Why should someone being "caring" or "aggressive" be specific to a gender? I get that politics was historically mostly male. But everyone can be caring or aggressive. Agree that we need more caring leaders.

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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

No they don’t. Canada and Mexico want none of this. They want the president of the United States to respect and abide by the trade treaty he negotiated with them - and not make up bogus pretexts for plunging us all into a gratuitous no win economic debacle.

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Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

hey quick question does Goliath win in that story

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Ben Scott @benmiscott.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Thinking of my family, friends, and colleagues in the US. It's obvious that this 🇺🇸🇨🇦 #tradewar is delusional. But the manufactured crisis may boil over into long lasting tension. Never forget who the real enemies are — the ones who gain power and popularity by sowing division.

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Elphege Nora Lab at UCSF @elphegenoralab.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Which DNA polymerase / PCR kit would you recommend to genotype from crude lysates? This is for heat-lysed cultured mammalian cells right after clone picking. We need robust on 2-3kb amplicons. KOD Xtream works amazing but $$$ and backordered - Thx!! 🧬

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Ben Scott @benmiscott.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

There are some weeks in the lab where absolutely nothing works. And then there are weeks where just one thing works, but it validates all hard work before it. This week was the latter...and I'm very excited about what happens next!

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Ben Scott @benmiscott.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

I really like phenotypic screening, but it always leaves me thinking "there must be more to this!" Ultimately the distinction between #techbio and #biotech is a small one at the bench. But the overall ethos seems different to me.

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Ben Scott @benmiscott.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

There is an undercurrent of voracity with #tecbio. Biology becomes an opportunity and something to be extracted. Not necessarily something to be understood and nurtured. Life's inherent qualities are reduced to "what will this give me?" instead of "how does this work and why?".

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Ben Scott @benmiscott.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

I don't think this is disparaging, but #techbio is a shortcut. Phenotypic screening for example, where the mechanism is less important than the result, and yet great amounts of valuable data can be generated. Maybe it accomplished a goal, but if no one understands it can it be improved upon?

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Ben Scott @benmiscott.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

The difference between #techbio and #biotech is hubris. Where #techbio believes biological mystery can be overcome by more data and that the underlying mechanism is unimportant, #biotech (and it's children #synbio #engbio) believes that the mechanism itself will lead to new wonders

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Ben Scott @benmiscott.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Great read. A focused assessment of where engineering biology is. Plus some hints about where it needs to go. 🧬

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