• A Quanta Magazine article on the century-old “block-universe” approach to mathematics was shared as a possible lens for understanding the apparent flow of time and its relevance to transhumanist models of mind and computation.  
• Participants debated the evolutionary stability of host-microbiome symbiosis, drawing an explicit analogy between biological endosymbiosis and the spectrum from modular open-source software suites to monolithic codebases.  
• Early-pandemic evidence that SARS-CoV-2 might deplete or “exhaust” CD8+ T-cells via CD147-mediated membrane fusion was discussed, with a link to the pre-print “Reduction and Functional Exhaustion of T Cells in Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)” on medRxiv.  
• The group explored emergency autologous stem-cell therapy as a speculative treatment for immune collapse in severe COVID-19, noting that ex-vivo expansion and cryopreservation of one’s own hematopoietic stem cells could become a personal bio-insurance practice.  
• DIY PAPR design ideas circulated after the FitAir wearable HEPA device was highlighted; participants argued for larger filter arrays and better understanding of filter physics to create open-source, high-protection respirators.  
• Wolfram’s newly announced project to derive fundamental physics from hypergraph rewriting was mentioned, with daily live streams on Twitch and a long-form blog post linked for those interested in computational-universe theories.  
• Ethical controversy over using organs from executed prisoners resurfaced, including references to retracted Chinese transplant papers and a 2012 NIH article arguing that death-row inmates should be allowed to donate.