- Solar geoengineering discussion: MIT Technology Review article on “Stratospheric Aerosol Transport and Nucleation (SATAN)” was shared, followed by technical debate on using SO₃ vs SO₂ for aerosol deployment, including vapor-pressure calculations and the practicality of burning elemental sulfur in situ to reduce payload mass.

- GPT-4 usage limits: a participant asked whether anyone had found a workaround for OpenAI’s request-rate limits on GPT-4, indicating ongoing interest in scaling access to large language models.

- DNA synthesis hardware: kanzure linked Teraprint’s E-series beam-pen lithography systems, noting their application to high-resolution DNA array synthesis and the broader category of polymer-pen lithography techniques.

- Digital morphogenesis resources: nsh posted a GitHub repository (DarienBrito/morphogenesis-resources) collecting papers, code, and tutorials on generative growth models; fenn followed up with Vimeo videos by Andy Lomas and Entagma Houdini tutorials focused on 3-D differential growth simulation.

- Historical tech trivia: brief aside on the 1991 Apple–IBM–Motorola “AIM” alliance that created PowerPC/Power ISA, humorously compared to the fictional “Advanced Idea Mechanics.”