- Jennifer Doudna’s 2020 Nobel Prize for CRISPR is greeted with skepticism; participants note her public “nightmare” about misuse and her advocacy for restrictions, contrasting her stance with George Church’s refusal to cave to “cancel culture” after the He Jiankui affair.  
- Russia’s space agency Roscosmos is reported to be targeting partial reusability for its orbital rockets by 2026 and is switching to methane propulsion, signaling a late but strategic shift toward SpaceX-style economics.  
- A weekend meeting with Grigory Tikhomirov (@nanoassembly) is announced, highlighting ongoing community outreach to leading DNA-origami and nanotechnology researchers.  
- The command-line bookmarking tool “nb” (https://github.com/xwmx/nb) is shared as a lightweight way to manage research links and notes.  
- DIYHPlusWiki receives minor editorial fixes (smart-quote removal, link corrections) to its transcript of Jeremy Rubin’s Chaincode Labs talk on Bitcoin CTV, illustrating the channel’s role in curating open technical knowledge.