# Key Points from #hplusroadmap IRC Discussion

• The East Bay DIYbio community was developing its identity as "Counter Culture Labs," reflecting the growing movement of community biology labs operating outside traditional institutions.

• Technical developments in brain-computer interfaces were shared, including a new Haskell implementation of Emokit called "Hemokit" for interfacing with EEG hardware, expanding the ecosystem of open-source BCI tools.

• Participants discussed practical challenges of establishing DIYbio labs, including equipment acquisition, safety standards, and the surprisingly low participation rate of biology graduates in the DIYbio movement.

• The acquisition of Tinkercad by Autodesk represented a significant development in accessible 3D design tools that many in the transhumanist and maker communities relied upon.

• Detailed operational security (OPSEC) practices for hackers were discussed, referencing "grugq's" recommendations on maintaining anonymity through unique communication channels and proper network isolation.

• The group analyzed the decline of high-quality electronic communication, noting that older mailing lists like the Extropians and Cypherpunks archives contained well-formatted, thoughtful content resembling "a well curated research journal" compared to modern platforms.

• A research paper on "The Ancestral Logic of Politics" was shared, examining how physical attributes like upper-body strength correlate with political views on economic redistribution, particularly among men of lower socioeconomic status.