- Discussion of open-source tools for bulk-downloading paywalled journal PDFs: curl/wget limitations, Zotero-translation-server, and the need to spoof user-agent strings and handle JavaScript redirects.  
- Sci-Hub was recommended as the de-facto solution, but participants also explored writing custom scrapers to exploit university IP-range access before credentials expired.  
- A Foresight Institute award winner floated a $2.7 M proposal to develop faster SARS-CoV-2 diagnostics, a mutation-resistant antidote, and an improved vaccine using undisclosed DNA-nanotech “secret sauce”; skepticism was voiced about funding without transparency.  
- Shared links: 2013 FLIR SC8200 thermal-camera demo (Vimeo), DIY gene-therapy video update (YouTube), and a ResearchGate paper on plant-derived broad-spectrum antivirals as low-regulation alternatives to vaccines.  
- CoinDesk article on “Bitcoiners Biohacking a DIY Coronavirus Vaccine” sparked debate about legal liability for amateur plasmid design and the ethics of self-experimentation.