- Early transhumanist activity at Xerox PARC in the 1990s was raised as a historical question, but no definitive answer was provided in the log.  
- Discussion revived around 1990s “negative ion” generators for mood and sleep benefits; anecdotal reports of subjective improvement were tempered by warnings about ozone production and rubber degradation.  
- Aubrey de Grey and the SENS Research Foundation were debated: participants characterized de Grey as more of a media figure, suggested SENS is worth monitoring for research updates, and noted the Buck Institute as another, similarly “ineffective” aging-research nonprofit.  
- A DIY SEM/FIB lab in a garage was showcased, including gold-sputter and graphene conductive coatings for SEM sample prep, with links to die-shot images of a Xeon processor.  
- A new Discord server focused on vacuum-system hacking (pumps, chambers, etc.) was advertised to support chip-decapping and reverse-engineering efforts.  
- Retrotope’s development of deuterated poly-unsaturated fatty acids to block lipid peroxidation was highlighted, with speculation about possible radiation-resistance applications.  
- A Medium article and GitHub repo for “BRL-CAD’s Python procedural geometry” were noted; the author observed the project is no longer actively maintained despite recent publicity.  
- An arXiv paper on “Identifying authorship style in malicious binaries” (2101.06124) was shared as relevant to security and reverse-engineering interests.