• A spam wave hit the DIYhpluswiki; user “larsonreever” repeatedly blanked pages from an Indian IP, prompting an admin lock (`usermod -L larsonreever`) and discussion about manual vs. automated abuse.

• Google’s 2013 switch to encrypted search was revisited: the channel noted that Google no longer passes keyword referrers to non-Google sites, and that full search-term data is now only available to sites running Google Analytics—an antitrust concern raised by participants.

• A Bayes-net paper on “Large engineering project risk management” was shared (Sci-Hub link provided) as a possible model for quantifying uncertainty in open-transhumanist R&D projects.

• The open-source “usbkill” utility (https://github.com/hephaest0s/usbkill) was dropped into the channel as a defensive tool for instantly disabling USB ports when tampering is detected.

• A GlobalPlatform specification on “Security Upgrade for Card Content Management” was linked, suggesting interest in secure firmware-update mechanisms for smartcards and implantable/IoT devices.

• JWZ’s satirical post on “IP over Avian Carriers” was circulated, serving as a tongue-in-cheek reminder of protocol-layer thinking in unconventional networking.

• A transcript on Shamir Secret Sharing from the 2019 Rebooting the Web-of-Trust Prague workshop was committed to the wiki, expanding the channel’s open archive on distributed-trust cryptography.