- A blog post claiming that “using machines is morally comparable with slavery” sparked debate; participants dismissed it as luddite rhetoric and linked the concept to the Wikipedia entry on “Energy Slave.”  
- Alessandro Delfanti released new web pages on DIYbio culture: “Genome Hackers. Rebel Biology, Open Source and Science Ethic” and a dedicated DIYbio resource page.  
- Kanzure shared the NCBI genome repositories (entrez and FTP) as the standard public sources for published organismal DNA sequences.  
- Lukas__ proposed an experiment to engineer mice that can metabolize ionizing radiation (“radiotrophic mice”) and asked about prior myostatin-knockout mouse work.  
- RadiVis announced a new blog, radivis.com, devoted to documenting science-fiction story ideas and transhumanist scenarios.  
- Discussion of package-naming conventions for SKDB (an open-source hardware package manager) covered Debian-style regex restrictions, case sensitivity, and support for multiple software licenses.  
- Kanzure and jrayhawk upgraded the gnusha.org server’s Git hosting (cgit, ikiwiki, post-receive hooks) and debated repository cleanup, URL schemes, and logo branding.  
- Links circulated to recent popular-press coverage of garage biology: a Scientist magazine article on garage innovation and a Discover magazine post on “biohackers and grinders.”  
- The Arduino Documentary (2010) and George Church’s “Personal Genome” documentary/webisodes were recommended viewing for open-hardware and genomics communities.