- **Piracetam bio-hack**: participants report that taking piracetam with milk (calcium) boosts subjective efficacy, but warn to keep daily calcium under ~250 mg to avoid long-term osteoporosis risk.  
- **DIY Adderall economics**: lifetime pharmaceutical cost estimated at ~$168 k; group floated a $15 k/month collective synthesis fund or Kickstarter to undercut pharma pricing, while debating precursor availability and legal exposure.  
- **Regional biotech landscape**: Portland, OR praised as relaxed, low-cost, and startup-dense (Genentech, OHSU); NYC’s Genspace viewed as “outsider-resistant”; Nashville deemed biotech-barren.  
- **Open-source Pokémon ROM hacking**: active use of annotated disassemblies “pokered” and “pokecrystal” (https://bitbucket.org/iimarckus/pokered/src); rgbds compiler chain criticized, partial lexer rewrite started (pokecrystal/extras/pkasm/lexer.py); practical tips include ELF generation for GDB and Gameshark-based state recovery.  
- **Biohacking media & events**: TechZing interview with Cathal Garvey on DIYbio (soundcloud.com/techzing/techzing-193); upcoming Bosslab Boston bootcamp flagged for field reports; Wired article by Koerner on DIYbio/RNA noted.