- A new chorded keyboard called CharaChorder reportedly lets users hit 267 WPM but with only 76 % accuracy, prompting discussion of whether such devices should be banned from typing competitions; an open-source alternative named Lalboard is available on GitHub.  
- Participants shared a vixra preprint proposing “Powering Starships with Compact Condensed Quark Matter,” noting that while the author sometimes works outside mainstream physics, he is not considered a crackpot.  
- A Cell paper on “Measuring biodiversity from DNA in the air” was highlighted as a promising non-invasive ecological monitoring technique.  
- Concerns were raised that large Bitcoin conferences are likely COVID-19 superspreader events, compounded by reportedly high levels of vaccine hesitancy among attendees.  
- The ongoing civil unrest in Kazakhstan was briefly framed as a “Bitcoin event” because the country is a major global hub for cryptocurrency mining.