- A KrebsOnSecurity article was shared showing that criminal gangs are already using consumer-grade 3-D printers to fabricate ATM card-skimmer housings, illustrating an early real-world intersection of maker tech and fraud.  
- Discussion revisited the beta-blocker propranolol, noting its Olympic ban for mitigating social anxiety and tremors, and speculated whether the adaptogen ashwagandha might owe some effects to similar β-adrenergic antagonism.  
- One participant is re-reading “The Programmer’s Stone” and Jeff Hawkins’ “On Intelligence,” while also experimenting with nootropics and planning to keep a more systematic journal of subjective effects.  
- A neuroscience-learning “video game” was proposed as a way to tame the overwhelming complexity of neuroanatomy by embedding spaced-repetition and incremental rewards inside an interactive 3-D model.  
- A cleaned-up patch for the open-source ESolid constructive-solid-geometry library was posted, along with working Python bindings and sample boolean-operations code, demonstrating ongoing open-source CAD tooling work.  
- HEXAGON KH-9 spy-satellite declassification was highlighted: 124-day missions, four mid-air film-capture return capsules, and links to contemporary write-ups on the technical feats of 1970s orbital surveillance.  
- Post-Burning-Man logistics wrapped up, and tentative plans emerged for office-automation robotics at GitHub or, failing that, a Kickstarter campaign—both framed as stepping-stones toward a “Borg civilization” infrastructure project.