- The channel debated whether recent geopolitical shocks—Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, soaring energy prices, confiscation of Russian assets by non-belligerent states, and the end of Swiss neutrality—constitute genuinely “once-in-a-lifetime” events or simply a higher baseline frequency of crises compared with the 20th century.  
- Participants compared COVID-19 to the 1918 influenza, noting advances in medicine and public-health measures but disagreeing on how to normalize death rates for modern interventions; historical pandemics such as SARS-1 (2002-2004) and H1N1 (2009) were also cited.  
- Discussion of open-source countermeasures to patent aggression referenced a ZDNet article on the “Open Source Zone” initiative that is mounting legal and economic pressure against patent trolls.  
- juri_ reported progress on an experimental 3-D-printing slicer written in Haskell that uses projective geometric algebra and a custom straight-skeleton algorithm designed for parallel execution; the codebase currently lacks support, rafts, retraction, and top-surface closure but can already produce prints.  
- L29Ah, having fled Russia, left behind a 3-D printer and solicited remote C/Linux/Haskell work or business opportunities in Montenegro, prompting offers of assistance from other members.  
- Foresight Institute’s new blockchain-oriented branding was greeted with disappointment, signaling tension between traditional transhumanist research agendas and crypto-centric marketing.