- Japan is poised to formally allow CRISPR and other gene-editing tools for research on early human development, signaling a major policy shift that could accelerate germline-editing studies.  
- Bryan Bishop released a large batch of transcripts and slides from Scaling Bitcoin Tokyo 2018, covering Bulletproofs, Taproot/Graftroot, sidechains & federation models, cross-chain atomic swaps, Lightning Network, discreet log contracts, custody best-practices, Bitcoin Core architecture, and deterministic build/testing pipelines.  
- A CERN-affiliated Italian physicist was suspended after a presentation at a “workshop on high energy theory and gender” in which he questioned the existence of male gender bias in physics and criticized affirmative-action policies; his slides were circulated for review.  
- Participants joked about a “2040 Olympics” featuring six-armed transhuman swimmers, illustrating ongoing speculation about body-modification and performance enhancement in future sports.  
- The channel’s ongoing documentation effort (diyhpluswiki) continues to serve as a public archive for deep technical content at the intersection of cryptography, decentralized systems, and open-source biohacking research.