# Key Points from IRC Log

• Discussion about accessing academic papers through institutional proxies, with dbolser setting up SSH tunneling and SOCKS proxy access via bifx.org to provide access to IEEE journals and other publications for users like fenn.

• Mention of a "citizen science quarterly" magazine idea, described as an ambitious print publication project, though details were limited.

• kanzure discovered a children's science toy at Toys R Us that surprisingly included real lab equipment like TBE buffer, enzymes, pipettes, and a centrifuge, indicating the mainstreaming of basic biotech tools.

• fenn discussed ordering 23andMe genetic testing and noted family reluctance to learn about potential genetic disease risks, highlighting social barriers to personal genomics adoption.

• Technical discussion about SSH proxy configuration, including troubleshooting of SOCKS proxy settings and various command-line tools like curl and wget for accessing proxied content.

• Brief mention of an issue with bio.cc server being down due to an accidental symlink to root directory, demonstrating infrastructure challenges in community-run biohacking resources.