Episode #186: 12 October 2025

Ten posts span history, markets, and tech. A 1995 photo of Bill Clinton learning of Yitzhak Rabin’s assassination recalls a peace process cut short. MarketWatch analysis claims an AI bubble many times bigger than past booms, citing rising model costs and slowing adoption. In crypto, Coinbase will test $5k daily card limits Oct 14, with higher tiers planned next year. Tariff headlines rattled prices, yet Trump says his meeting with Xi is still on. Questions follow a $23 million short placed a minute before the tariff news, while Binance offers to compensate users hit by outages. Tesla shares an FSD 14.1 clip that avoids a crash, prompting a YouTuber’s change of tune. Y Combinator quotes on building from the margins draw pushback to heed real feedback. Meta hires Thinking Machines co-founder Andrew Tulloch. Rep. Thomas Massie applauds MIT for rejecting a federal compact he says would curb campus autonomy.