- A participant shared a photo of a “Sputnik Lite” COVID-19 vaccine booster vial (0.5 mL/dose, Pharmstandard-UfaVITA) via an encrypted file-dump link, noting they had “updated my chip today, hope it will grow me USB this time,” hinting at a tongue-in-cheek transhumanist aspiration to integrate biological and USB interfaces.

- Discussion briefly touched on the Cyrillic spelling of “Sputnik,” clarifying that the stylized “u” character reflects cursive Russian handwriting for the letter “и.”

- IEEE Spectrum article “Detecting Fake Pills With Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance” was posted as a potential low-cost, non-invasive method for authenticating pharmaceuticals—relevant to DIY biohacking and grey-market medicine safety.

- The Netflix film “I Am Mother” (a sci-fi story about AI-controlled human rearing and post-apocalyptic ethics) was recommended and reviewed as “decent,” prompting implicit debate on AI guardianship and human augmentation themes.