- A new pseudo-political movement dubbed “e/acc” (effective accelerationism) is being discussed as a reaction to EA-style AI-governance rhetoric; participants describe it as techno-optimist meme culture grafted onto post-Marxist accelerationist theory, with hopes it might mature into a Friston-inspired, path-free-energy-minimizing worldview that actually motivates building rather than just tweeting.

- DNA nanotechnology papers from the Shih lab are highlighted: glutaraldehyde cross-linked oligolysine coatings on DNA origami (JACS 2019) and oligolysine-based coatings (Nat. Commun. 2017) both dramatically improve nuclease resistance and low-salt stability, opening routes to self-replicating 2-D rod-logic or other DNA-based computing substrates.

- Critiques of 1990s-era “rod-logic” nanocomputers (Merkle, Drexler) note that Akhiezer damping and real-world MEMS experience suggest the original energy-efficiency calculations are likely optimistic; diamondoid-level rigidity assumptions may not hold for DNA or other soft-matter implementations.

- A Nature Biotechnology review on “DNA writing technologies moving toward synthetic genomes” (2023) is shared, alongside a Nature Communications paper demonstrating integration of 3-D-printed cerebral cortical tissue into ex-vivo lesioned brain slices—both framed as incremental steps toward large-scale synthetic biology and brain repair.

- Wilder geo-engineering speculation proposes placing UVC mirrors in orbit to photolyze stratospheric oxygen, heating the upper atmosphere to steer hurricanes or anchor stationary tropical storms for power generation while avoiding surface-level weather amplification.