- A Canadian research team has developed EEG-based software that can predict epileptic seizures minutes in advance, offering a practical path to wearable early-warning devices.  
- kanzure circulated a Bloomberg View article debunking claims that Goldman Sachs manipulated global aluminum prices via warehouse delays, clarifying legal and market nuances.  
- Solar-radiation management (SRM) was discussed as a geo-engineering option; a 2013 AEI paper on using water droplets or sulfur particles to mimic volcanic cooling was linked.  
- fenn noted a low-tech SRM variant: equipping ocean ships with “bubblers” to brighten marine clouds and increase albedo.  
- andytoshi recommended the open-source speed-reading tool spread0r (https://github.com/xypiie/spread0r) for efficient text consumption.  
- kanzure submitted a trivial pull request to sqlalchemy-bitcoin (https://github.com/monetizeio/sqlalchemy-bitcoin/pull/1) illustrating ongoing open-source cryptocurrency tooling efforts.