- DIYhpluswiki is actively transcribing the Baltic Honeybadger 2018 conference; new transcripts posted include a trading-panel discussion, a talk on “Bitcoin as a Novel Market Institution,” and the launch manifesto of “The B Foundation.”  
- A Vice Motherboard article was shared reporting the first successful creation of human egg cells from human blood, a potential milestone for in-vitro gametogenesis and reproductive bioengineering.  
- Channel members debated Git workflow etiquette: adlai requested that pull requests be fast-forward-merged to avoid extraneous merge commits, while kanzure expressed reluctance to adopt rebasing.  
- fltrz described a social experiment in which friends falsely claimed to be the product of lesbian cloning; the episode was used to illustrate how easily “politically correct” narratives can be fabricated and to stress-test critical-thinking defenses.  
- Discussion of plant-IV experiments continued: fltrz noted anecdotal evidence that birch trees eject drilled corks due to sap pressure, and TMA emphasized the need for multiple replicates and proper controls rather than single-plant trials.