- A link to a 2008 talk titled “Python for Brain Mining / Neuroscience with State-of-the-Art Tools” was shared, covering open-source Python workflows for neuroimaging and electrophysiology data analysis.  
- Discussion of Foxconn’s reported plan to replace up to one million factory workers within three years with human-torso-shaped industrial robots, accompanied by a demo video of the robotic platform.  
- Debate on whether anthropomorphic robot chassis represent a useful transitional design or a step backward compared with more efficient, task-specific automation tools already available.  
- Announcement that the “elephant man” overgrowth disorder has been linked to mutations in the AKT1 gene, with a reference image of Mandy Sellars, a patient with a severe form of the condition.  
- SoCal-DIYBio is launching a “phage accelerated continuous evolution” project aimed at rapid directed evolution of proteins or organisms using bacteriophage systems.  
- Multiple promotional videos for the video game Deus Ex: Human Revolution were critiqued, including one that parodies transhumanist pharmaceutical branding (“Neuropozyne”) and another that jokingly blames Square Enix for dystopian futures.  
- A brief exchange praised Deus Ex: Human Revolution as a rare new-release game worth paying full retail price for, highlighting its relevance to transhumanist themes.