• A debate unfolded on whether “technology” must be physicalist or can include mental/spiritual techniques, with references to DMT entities, Neal Stephenson’s *Anathem*, and the risk that acknowledging non-physicalist technologies may hasten their erasure by modern systems of control.

• kanzure shared a high-performance BLS12-381 cryptographic library (BLST) and its NCC Group audit, underscoring ongoing open-source efforts to secure next-generation blockchain and zero-knowledge protocols.

• Side-channel research was highlighted: acoustic cryptanalysis that extracts 4096-bit RSA keys from laptop sound within an hour using only a mobile-phone microphone, plus chassis-potential and ground-wire leakage attacks that work at up to 4 m or by merely touching the machine.

• A Nature paper on a “trilobite-inspired neural nanophotonic light-field camera” was circulated, offering an extreme depth-of-field imaging method that could impact compact biometric or robotic vision systems.

• NASA Ames announced a webinar on carbon-nanotube instrumentation technologies, pointing to potential advances in lightweight, high-sensitivity sensors for space and biomedical applications.

• Discussion of four independent startups pursuing functional artificial-womb technology prompted speculation on regulatory hurdles, gender politics, and the eventual integration with germline engineering.

• kanzure posted a string of molecular-biology links: solid-phase peptide-synthesis improvements, RNA-free ribosomes, photoswitchable tRNA polymerases, enzymatic molecular sensor circuits, single-molecule organic electronics, and protein-coupling strategies for biosensor interfaces—collectively mapping DIY bio-interfaces and synthetic-biology toolkits.

• A link to “The Power of Poop” site on FMT (fecal microbiota transplant) led to jokes about a “dark web stool bank,” highlighting the gap between clinical restrictions and biohacker demand for microbiome therapies.

• Security topics included Google’s Key Transparency project and the SMoTherSpectre microarchitectural side-channel that exploits port contention in AMD CPUs, showing continued open scrutiny of trusted hardware.