- A Nature paper (nature25170) was shared showing that pharmacological activation of REV-ERB nuclear receptors selectively kills cancer cells and cells in oncogene-induced senescence while sparing normal cells by inhibiting autophagy and lipogenesis; participants noted the strong link to circadian regulation and speculated about parallels with the circadian-independent naked mole-rat.  
- Discussion of a 2012 Discover Magazine article on turning lymph nodes into “liver-growing factories” as a regenerative-medicine strategy for ectopic organogenesis.  
- Brief cost speculation on telepresence hardware: “how much telepresence hardware $100k buys,” with a reply suggesting it could purchase either many small devices or a few large ones.  
- Bryan Bishop (kanzure) added to the DIYH+ wiki a transcript of Peter Todd’s 2017 talk on “Scalable Smart Contracts via Proofs and Single-Use Seals,” highlighting blockchain-based approaches to scalable, privacy-preserving smart contracts.  
- David Pearce’s “reproductive-revolution.com” network was characterized as a 12,000-domain “spam farm,” with each domain hosting a single blog post that cross-links extensively, prompting questions about its promotional intent.