- A free 1994 Diabetes Care paper on “A Mathematical Model for the Determination of Total Area Under Glucose Tolerance and Other Metabolic Curves” was retrieved and mirrored to diyhpl.us via paperbot, illustrating the channel’s routine use of automated tools to liberate pay-walled literature.  
- The open-source paperbot project (GitHub: kanzure/paperbot) was highlighted; it queries LibGen scimag by DOI and returns direct download links, and at least one participant plans to cite it in a dissertation on scholarly-access issues.  
- Concern was voiced over Raytheon’s role in iGEM: a Raytheon employee chairs the “measurement” track committee, prompting discussion about defense-industry involvement in grassroots synthetic-biology competitions.  
- A link to an MITx 7.00x “Introduction to Biology – The Secret of Life” edX course was shared, with a request for downloadable lecture videos.  
- A recorded Biocurious meeting (YouTube: youtu.be/lZ2XDh8u6mc) was posted; the video notes that only ~10 of the paying members are active wet-lab users, offering a data point on community lab engagement rates.  
- Docker build-packs for the Elixir language on Heroku were briefly discussed, focusing on the desire to avoid multi-buildpack complexity.  
- A participant reported a severe hypoglycemic episode tied to insomnia and depression, underscoring the channel’s intersection of self-experimentation, health tracking, and real-time peer support.