- A complete 400 MB backup of the reprap.org wiki (SQL + files) was released; password hashes were salted but all reset to “password” by the preparer, prompting a quick security audit.  
- Four urgent open-source tasks were crowdsourced: migrate NanoEngineer from PyQt 4.2→4.6, rewrite uncertainfuture.git in JavaScript, repair the skdb package-mirror script, and continue work on the lolcad CAD kernel.  
- A hidden Google-Finance JSON endpoint was identified for near-real-time stock quotes, enabling low-cost algorithmic-trading back-testing; links to Interactive Brokers and DIY historical-data scripts were shared.  
- DIY molecular-biology reagents were discussed, including a 2006 enzymatic dNTP synthesis protocol and a 1990s microwave DNA-miniprep, both mirrored on diyhpl.us.  
- Live tracking of the Humanity+ board-of-directors poll showed Anissimov 14, Bryan 16, Patri 11, Goertzel 14, Todd 7, with candidate statements linked for reference.  
- Robert Freitas’ estimate that $1 billion is needed for a nanofactory was challenged as potentially inflated to attract talent and funding.  
- A new “branch-osx” was created in nanoengineer.git to isolate macOS fixes, sparking debate on branch naming and canonical collaboration workflows.  
- Stanford researcher Denisa Kera circulated a PDF, “Global Flows in Pop Biotech Networks from USA to Asia,” surveying DIYbio, citizen science, and consumer genomics across continents.