- paperbot, the channel’s automated paywall-bypass bot, successfully delivered several papers including a 1994 study on neural development, a 2013 paper linking metabolic rate and body size to temporal perception, and a cosmic-radiation shielding study from Acta Astronautica; users noted intermittent libgen lookup errors and discussed switching to dx.doi.org URLs as a workaround.  
- Discussion of OpenWorm project: participants clarified that the initiative is building a whole-organism simulation of C. elegans (≈1 000 cells) rather than an atomic-level brain emulation, with GitHub repository https://github.com/openworm serving as the central hub.  
- A brief exchange about GitHub quietly dropping the unauthenticated git:// protocol in favor of HTTPS/SSH/Subversion, framed as a likely cost-saving measure related to object repacking.  
- Channel operator kanzure reported that public logs (meetlog.txt) were taken offline after complaints and an (apparently tongue-in-cheek) NSA request; he offered to run private queries instead.  
- FSFE’s open letter to the European Commission opposing “predatory pricing” claims against Free Software was shared, highlighting ongoing policy debates around open-source economics.