• Discussion of “fusion-torch” atomic disassembly: a concept in which a fusion reactor supplies the 10^4–10^5 K plasma needed to fully ionize bulk matter so that magnetic mass-spectrometry or selective-ionization techniques can separate elements by mass-to-charge ratio or ionization temperature, potentially enabling cheap elemental recycling at municipal scale.

• Practical obstacles noted: even if the fusion reaction itself is not self-sustaining, external power must overcome the T^4 black-body radiation loss; laboratory-scale reactors have far higher surface-to-volume ratios than the Sun, making ultra-high-temperature containment extremely energy-intensive.

• Reference materials shared: Project Rho’s “Atomic Rockets” page on fusion-torch disassemblers, the Molecular Assembler “Kinematic Self-Replicating Machines” §3.14 on plasma separation methods, and HyperPhysics notes on Stefan–Boltzmann radiation scaling.

• COVID-19 ventilator shortage prompted links to a YouTube guide for low-cost open-source ventilator designs and a caution from an ALS patient that in-exsufflators (cough-assist devices) are equally critical yet scarcer, because ventilators cannot clear pulmonary secretions.

• Skepticism voiced about a proposed synthetic-peptide SARS-CoV-2 therapeutic: short spike-protein or ACE2 fragments may lack the avidity of native proteins and therefore fail to competitively block viral attachment.

• StarTrek.com article “Are We Ready for Genetically Edited Humans?” circulated as a prompt for broader discussion on germline engineering readiness.

• Wiki updates: transcripts added to diyhpluswiki covering Russell O’Connor’s 2018 talk on “Simplicity,” a formal language for verifiable smart-contract execution.