- A proposal for using DNA as ultra-dense data storage is being refined on the Seedea wiki (http://wiki.seedea.org/Oimp/MetaDNA); the cited Science paper claims dehydrated DNA can hold >10²¹ bits per gram, while UtopiahGHML questions the energy cost of encoding arbitrary information.

- kanzure3 posted links to foundational physics and engineering references: an arXiv paper questioning whether any fundamental dimensional quantities truly exist (http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0110060), Wikipedia pages on factor-label unit conversion and similitude modeling for scaling physical systems.

- genehacker argues that large corporations behave as distributed intelligences, citing Toyota’s “kotosan-kotosen” practice as an example of horizontal meme transfer that propagates successful procedures company-wide, and speculates on fully automating such corporate “algorithms.”

- kanzure reports an invitation from a U.S. intelligence/security agency for a closed-door consultation in San Francisco, suggesting growing official interest in the community’s work.

- kanzure receives a job offer from the Robot Research Group and demonstrates quick regex generation with txt2regex (http://aurelio.net/soft/txt2regex/) to impress biologists, highlighting the value of simple automation tools in interdisciplinary settings.

- Discussion of Jaron Lanier’s “Half a Manifesto” surfaces; participants note Lanier’s ties to Stewart Brand and the Global Business Network, positioning the essay as a potentially seminal critique within transhumanist discourse.