• A transcript of the London Bitcoin Devs “Socratic Seminar on Covenants and Vaults” was posted to diyhpl.us, adding to the open archive of technical discussions on advanced Bitcoin script security mechanisms.  
• The same group held a live Jitsi/YouTube session (linked via LDNBitcoinDevs tweet) that day, continuing the community’s practice of open, real-time technical review.  
• Bryan Bishop shared an episode of “The Portal” podcast featuring Jamie Metzl on “The Bio-Hacker will see you now, Ready or Not,” highlighting mainstream coverage of DIY bio and transhumanist themes.  
• A brief but pointed exchange questioned whether blockchain-oriented work is “bullshit,” underscoring ongoing skepticism within the broader biohacker/transhumanist community about crypto-centric projects.  
• A quoted remark—“I still haven’t found a good nootropic substitute for actual discipline”—was relayed as a concise critique of the limits of pharmacological cognitive enhancement.