- The Winnower essay “Now I am become DOI, destroyer of gatekeeping worlds” was circulated; it argues that treating DOIs or peer-review as quality signals is counter-productive because it discourages critical reading and can be gamed by retroactively assigning DOIs to blog posts to inflate citation metrics.  
- A GitHub guide on “Making Your Code Citable” (guides.github.com/activities/citable-code/) was shared, showing how to mint DOIs for software via Zenodo to integrate open-source projects into academic metrics.  
- MIT Technology Review’s article “Government Seeks High-Fidelity Brain-Computer Interface” was posted, highlighting new U.S. funding calls for next-generation, high-resolution BCIs.  
- Gwern’s long-form analysis “Embryo Selection” (gwern.net/Embryo%20selection) was critiqued; participants worried that Bostrom/Sandberg/Shulman-style back-of-the-envelope calculations risk widespread misunderstanding about the near-term feasibility and social implications of large-scale genetic selection.  
- A brief clip from Dr. Strangelove’s “Doomsday Machine” scene was linked, serving as a tongue-in-cheek reference to automated, unstoppable systems—possibly framing discussion around autonomous technology or deterrence in transhumanist contexts.