• DIYbio Manchester announced a public meet-up for March 16 at 7 pm and revealed it has secured a €30 k, 12-month grant to support its activities.  
• A new DIYbio node is forming in Lisbon/Portugal, expanding the global grassroots biology network.  
• kanzure completed an interview for “The Future and You” podcast, covering transhumanist and open-science topics; the show is available at http://www.thefutureandyou.libsyn.com/.  
• Discussion floated the idea of turning the hplusvideo project into a “rate-my-speaker” platform to help curate high-quality transhumanist presentations.  
• Links to four live Japanese Ustream channels (garage-t-west, fc2mh3, tbstv, foxtokimekitonight) were shared as examples of real-time global maker and tech culture broadcasting.  
• A humorous aside clarified that the neodymium magnets sold on United Nuclear’s site are not suitable for fMRI experiments, underscoring the need for proper equipment in bio/neuro hacking.