- A new Cell paper on autophagy was shared: “ATG4 family proteins drive phagophore growth independently of the LC3/GABARAP lipidation system,” accompanied by high-resolution TEM images of organelles.  
- The Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing was postponed from March 7–9, 2022 to March 6–8, 2023, prompting jokes about the event’s name.  
- A discussion on Rust web-server architectures compared Rocket, Actix-web, Warp, and Tide; participants noted that even single-threaded Rust can handle hundreds of thousands of requests per second, while async/green-thread support requires external runtimes.  
- Hobby tunneling was highlighted via the case of William Lyttle, the “Mole Man” of London, whose compulsive digging led to eviction and placement in a top-floor apartment—sparking tongue-in-cheek proposals to redirect his energy to subway construction.  
- An open-access YouTube playlist on Silicon CAD scripting was circulated, aimed at open-source chip-design workflows.  
- A request was made for accurate tomographic slice images of the organ of Corti, including inner and outer hair cells and pillar structures, for potential inner-ear research or bio-replication projects.