Whatchoo talkin' 'bout? There were (AFAIK) no major changes today.
Access to the server seemed to be cut off for a while. Jabber and these fora. Peter fixed it by restarting a few processes. But AFAIK, Scott didn't fix/change/add anything.
You have somehow hit the "Show New Forums Only" link towards the top of the main page. It should now say something like "Show All Forums." Click that, and you'll be back to the full 47 forums.