• A debate over terminology for mid-gestation transfer to artificial wombs surfaced; “ectoplant” was humorously proposed after “explanted fetus” and “outplant” were deemed imprecise or citogenesis artifacts.

• The Unlimited Research Cooperative’s GitHub repos were highlighted: one notebook details neuromimetic spike-train stimulation of human cortical organoids, another explores using bacterial nanowires (Geobacter sulfurreducens) as low-voltage memristive “neurons,” and a third (empty) repo is titled “Human-Cortical-Organoid-Octopus,” illustrating the group’s breadth of speculative bio-AI hybrids.

• Practical hardware sourcing: participants sought sub-$200 microfluidic peristaltic or piezo pumps (2–10 mL/min) and celebrated a newly published open-hardware STM that reaches nanometer resolution for ~US $300.

• Cryonics anecdotes dominated discussion: confirmation that UCLA gerontologist Leslie Stephen Coles, MD PhD (GRG founder), was preserved at Alcor; his widow Natalie is recruiting help to digitize 30+ years of Gerontology Research Group video archives; and the longevity habits of 114-year-old Walter Breuning were dissected as inadvertent “biohacking” (strict circadian rhythm, two-meal intermittent fasting, daily calisthenics, BMI ≈ 19).

• Policy and outreach links shared: a 1967 “Science Court” paper for rational technology governance, a “Luddite Bingo” card satirizing anti-innovation tropes, and classic cryonics explainers (WaitButWhy, Marc Stiegler’s “Gentle Seduction”) to counter non-scientific objections from the public.