• Portland State University and other institutions offer ultra-low-cost non-degree student registration ($0–$46/year) that grants full EZproxy access to pay-walled journals, prompting a crowdsourced effort to map which universities provide the best open-access coverage for transhumanist research.

• Participants proposed an automated “journal access broker” that would route user requests through these university EZproxy servers for a small fee while preserving anonymity and respecting institutional terms of use.

• A Nature Chemistry paper on “3D reactionware matrix” sparked debate: 3-D-printed macro-scale labware is making open-source chemistry more accessible, though some argue that true democratization still requires microfluidics and better sterility standards.

• Three open-access papers by Nathan McCorkle were shared as the current “state of the at-home art,” detailing a maskless photolithography rig built from a consumer projector and microscope, plus a DIY “DP²” method for 3-D polymer microfluidics using dry-film photoresist.

• A Linfield College symposium paper provided step-by-step instructions for building and testing a home photolithography setup, offering garage-level guidance for fabricating microfluidic devices.

• CXCR3 was highlighted as a newly recognized factor in lipid plaque formation, with a pointer to the 2006 American Journal of Clinical Nutrition review article (AJCN 83:456S) flagged by Robb Wolf.

• The FDA vs. Celltex stem-cell clinic controversy was critiqued after a BusinessWeek article revealed $30 000 autologous adipose MSC processing, with discussion focusing on pricing and regulatory framing.

• The NutritionData “inflammation factor” metric for foods was noted as an interesting but potentially arbitrary tool for quantifying dietary inflammation potential.

• Aaron Swartz’s 2009 exposé “The OCLC Scam” was re-circulated to condemn OCLC’s privatization of the Dewey Decimal Classification copyrights and its monopolistic pricing on library metadata services.