Topic: Period Status

Eric Sankmeyer is officially knighted as "Sir Eric of Ye Olde Forge" for his cumulative contributions of $1,000 or more. Additionally, Baron Sir Economic Hitman is upgraded to the rank of Viscount. The ceremony includes the traditional reading of the "hookers and blow" list and a reminder about the availability of No Agenda rings for knights and dames.

Specific mobile applications, including a King James Bible app and various period trackers, are identified as sharing granular user data with Facebook. The Bible app reportedly tracks specific verses read by the user, while other apps transmit hardware data such as battery percentage and accelerometer positions.