- Archivists are building resilient mirrors of Sci-Hub/LibGen to prevent a single-point failure of the “pirate bay of science,” with LibGen growing ~230 GB/month and SciMag ~1.1 TB/month; ~30 % of the 2 000 Sci-Hub torrents currently have no seeders, prompting calls for a single, monthly-updated master torrent instead of thousands of separate ones.  
- Austrian ISPs have begun blocking Sci-Hub/LibGen following an Elsevier complaint, yet alternative domains (sci-hub.tw, scihub.unblocked.earth) remain accessible; users debate whether IPFS could improve distribution but note its poor current UX and lack of browser-native support.  
- A new preprint proposes a proton–Boron-11 fusion reactor design that claims to achieve net energy via self-sustaining chain reactions; participants express cautious interest while noting the author’s heavy self-citation.  
- MIT Technology Review published exclusive excerpts of He Jiankui’s rejected CRISPR-baby manuscript, highlighting unresolved safety issues and the ethical magnitude of the experiment; Nature and JAMA had declined the paper.  
- DIY neuroscience link shared: “Growing Human Neurons | DIY Electrode Array” YouTube tutorial illustrating open-source methods for culturing and interfacing with human neurons at home.  
- Wiki updates: diyhpluswiki added transcript of Gleb Naumenko’s London Bitcoin Devs talk on Erlay, a bandwidth-efficient Bitcoin P2P relay protocol.  
- Long-term transhumanist discussion frames mind-uploading and whole-brain emulation as prerequisites for meaningfully debating the “purpose of life” on cosmological timescales.