• Four Thieves Vinegar Collective is featured in a 404 Media article titled “Right-to-repair for your body: the rise of DIY pirated medicine,” highlighting their public-relations push for open-source pharmaceuticals and bodily autonomy.

• A new Science paper, “Achieving optical transparency in live animals with absorbing molecules” (DOI: 10.1126/science.adm6869), was shared as a potential breakthrough for in-vivo imaging and biological transparency techniques.

• A Nature Communications paper on “spatial sound modulation using coiled metasurfaces” (DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14608) was circulated, pointing to advances in acoustic metamaterials for precise sound control.

• The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security launched a Gene Synthesis Screening Information Hub (centerforhealthsecurity.org) to centralize resources on DNA-sequence screening and biosecurity best practices.

• Community members discussed sourcing affordable organic-chemistry expertise: options include under-employed PhDs in China, community-college professors, and DeSci DAO networks; practical synthesis workflows (reactant sourcing, bioreactor use, HPLC) were outlined.

• A specific example given was contracting Chinese labs to synthesize Daraprim (pyrimethamine) followed by in-house HPLC verification as a cost-effective route to off-patent drugs.

• Sleep-hacking resources were exchanged, including Scott Alexander’s comprehensive melatonin guide (slatestarcodex.com) and Piotr Wozniak’s “Good sleep, good learning, good life” wiki (supermemo.guru), emphasizing habituation, timing, and low-dose melatonin protocols.