Its funny how the "fringe group" of people outside of academia theoretically capable of "doing mass harm" have a 20 year track record with zero incidents or accidents, let alone one iota of evidence to support "bad actors". We are fighting windmills disguised in our hubris.

Mind blown! This is a big deal

These restrictions show the deciders have never set foot in a biolab. Even simple things often don't work, and engineering and *testing* a pathogen is very far from simple. It's not like vibe coding, guys.

"we lack the biological data to train our models. therefore, we must extract it, by force, from every entity that has it. and once we have bled them dry, we will crush them into the dirt, leaving nothing but the pristine, suffocating illusion of our own benevolence"

Cant wait for this to backfire and make startup biotech friction even worse.

For nearly six years in German prisoner-of-war camps, he did not utter a single word in German. And this despite the fact that he was born in Germany, grew up in a German-speaking environment, and served in the Imperial German Navy. His name was Józef Unrug. His story is one of the most remarkable examples of loyalty to one's country during World War II. Unrug was born in 1884 in Brandenburg an der Havel, in Prussia, to a family of both Polish and German heritage. German was his native language. He graduated from prestigious naval academies of the German Empire and served as a naval officer during World War I, commanding submarines. But after the war, his life took a different course. In 1918, after more than a century of partition, Poland regained its independence. It was then that Unrug made the decision that would define the rest of his life. He left the German Navy and joined the newly created Polish Navy. In fact, he became one of the founders of Poland's naval forces, which had to be built almost from scratch. Unrug not only served the new state but also supported the development of the navy with his own money. In 1925, he became commander of the Polish Navy. When Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, Unrug was responsible for the defense of the Polish coast and the Hel Peninsula. Despite overwhelming enemy superiority, his forces resisted for more than a month. Only on October 2, 1939, was he forced to surrender. Years of captivity followed. The Germans held him in several officer prisoner-of-war camps, including Oflag II-C Woldenberg, Colditz Castle, and Oflag VII-A Murnau. They knew his background well, including his service in the German Navy and his German roots. For that reason, they repeatedly tried to persuade him to cooperate. Former colleagues offered him privileges, special treatment, and high-ranking positions. Unrug always refused. Then came the episode that made him a legend. During one visit, his cousin, German General Walter von Unruh, addressed him in German. It seemed perfectly natural: two relatives who had grown up in the same culture and spoken the same language all their lives. But Unrug replied in French. When asked why, he gave the answer that became famous: "On September 1, 1939, I forgot the German language." From that moment on, he adhered to this principle until the end of the war. Unrug understood German perfectly, but he demanded an interpreter for all official conversations. He answered German officers only in Polish or French. It was not a question of language. It was a matter of principle. After the invasion of Poland, he refused to use the language of the state that had occupied his country. His resistance was not armed. It was expressed through discipline, consistency, and unwavering loyalty to his convictions—day after day, year after year, throughout nearly six years of captivity. In 1945, the Murnau camp was liberated by American forces. But the end of the war did not mean a return home. Poland had fallen under a communist regime dependent on Moscow, and the admiral chose to remain in exile. He lived in the United Kingdom, Morocco, and France, leading a modest life far from fame and high office. Józef Unrug died in 1973. Before his death, he expressed one final wish: to be buried in a free Poland alongside his sailors. His wish was fulfilled only 45 years later. In 2018, the admiral's remains were ceremonially reburied in his homeland. For years, Józef Unrug refused to speak a language he knew perfectly. For many, it was a symbolic gesture. For him, it was a matter of honor, dignity, and loyalty to the country he had consciously chosen as his homeland.

it was written specifically by the spiders from children of time

SPLICECRAFT v1.0 IS LIVE!!!!!!!!!!!! Open your terminal and type in "pipx install splicecraft" if you want to try it out, then spam "splicecraft update" often as I push updates frequently. A labor of love for the community I adore. Enjoy! 💚

excellent

the true high agency triangle

Climate activists have spent decades shutting down nuclear, blocking clean energy transmission, and trying to ban research on cooling the planet... but the movement that wins the next century will be led by the people doing the work, not those protesting it. New essay out today👇

I'm never leaving PNW

carbonherald.com/caravel-bio… we're working on something cool!

To learn more, check out our preprint here! biorxiv.org/content/10.64898…

mostly right on the biology. digestion breaks DNA down; the modified sequence doesn’t end up in your cells. no GMO tomato is going to give you a tomato gene. (THERE IS a caveat I cover below) actual concerns are different and most of them aren’t about your cells at all (1/)

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has just called to congratulate us on our victory.

Yes

This is actually sad

Do postal workers have a duty to reject illegal orders too?