• Single-molecule protein sequencing was highlighted as a potentially transformative technology for biology and medicine, though no specific platforms or papers were named.

• A debate on how to spend large fortunes efficiently on health and longevity research concluded that even billionaires struggle to avoid grifters and motivated cognition, with Project Huemul (Argentina’s 1950s nuclear boondoggle) cited as a cautionary tale.

• The programmed-aging.org portal was shared as a dated but useful gateway to the literature on programmed aging theories.

• A discussion of maximum lifespan measurement noted that humans have far better medical support and data collection than wild animals, so comparing “maximum age” across species is misleading.

• Evidence was cited that blind individuals who begin learning Braille before age 10 can reach 60 WPM, whereas nearly all who start later plateau around 6 WPM, underscoring a critical period for tactile acuity.

• A new tactile alphabet project, ELIA Frames (Kickstarter), was mentioned as an alternative to Braille, though skepticism was expressed about adoption given Braille’s entrenched position.

• The open-source “system-bus-radio” project (GitHub link provided) was shared, demonstrating how ordinary computers can transmit AM radio signals via software alone.

• jwz’s 2002 essay “Engineering Pornography” was linked as an intuition-builder about the limited geographic fungibility of electricity and the constraints on power distribution.

• A technical outline for a low-field, open-source NMR setup was sketched: use a Halbach array to generate a 1–2 T uniform field and dynamically shim it to parts-per-million homogeneity for tabletop NMR experiments.