- Consciousness debate: participants argue that the term “consciousness” has become so inclusive and ill-defined that it is scientifically unhelpful, while others insist that subjective experience is a real phenomenon that cannot be dismissed regardless of definitional problems.  
- DIYhpluswiki commits: new transcripts added—Adam Back’s talk on “Simplicity” (a low-level smart-contract language) now archived at http://diyhpl.us/diyhpluswiki/transcripts/blockstream-webinars/2020-04-08-adam-back-simplicity/.  
- Channel members propose reviving the practice of publishing concise chat summaries; kanzure references the 2014-05-15 example at https://github.com/kanzure/diyhpluswiki/blob/master/chatsummaries/2014-05-15.mdwn.  
- COVID-19 supply crisis: NYC hospital worker given only one N95 mask; attempts to source additional masks on eBay blocked by platform-wide bans intended to prevent price gouging, leaving only long-shipping Chinese listings as work-arounds.  
- 3-D-printed PPE: eBay listings for 3-D-printed respirator masks and dog-muzzle masks with replaceable N95 filters illustrate grassroots maker responses to PPE shortages.