There’s something deeply unsettling about watching the future of medicine being built behind closed doors. I’ve been following the discussion around Isomorphic Labs’ latest protein folding AI – what people are calling “AlphaFold 4” – and the conversation has taken a turn that’s worth unpacking.

For those not familiar with the backstory, DeepMind’s AlphaFold 2 was a genuinely revolutionary moment in computational biology. It cracked the protein folding problem that had stumped scientists for decades, and they open-sourced it. The entire scientific community could access it, build on it, and use it to advance drug discovery. It felt like one of those rare moments where cutting-edge AI was actually being developed for humanity rather than at it.

There’s a discussion bubbling away online about whether our major supermarkets are using “meat glue” to piece together steaks from offcuts. Someone posted a video of their eye fillet falling apart in the pan, and naturally, the internet did what it does best: jumped to the most dramatic conclusion possible.

Look, I get it. The relationship between Australian consumers and Colesworth has become increasingly strained. When you’re paying premium prices for what should be quality products, only to have them fall short of expectations, suspicion is a natural response. But sometimes a dodgy steak is just a dodgy steak, not evidence of a grand conspiracy.

I came across a post the other day that stopped me mid-scroll. Someone had stayed up all night cleaning their room – something they hadn’t properly tackled in years – and they were buzzing with pride about it. Their sister had helped move furniture, and the transformation had them feeling like a weight had been lifted off their shoulders.

There’s something deeply relatable about that feeling, isn’t there? We’ve all been there – that moment when you finally tackle the thing you’ve been avoiding, and suddenly you can breathe again.