This episode spans rockets, AI, finance, policy, and culture. SpaceX’s Falcon cadence is on track to surpass the Shuttle’s lifetime launches and payload, highlighting reusability and lower costs.
On platforms, X tests an iOS link experience to keep engagement inside the app and sets a November 10 deadline to re-enroll hardware 2FA keys.\n\nIn business, JPMorgan weighs cutting junior banking roles with more offshore staffing as AI trims grunt work, while a simple index fix beats a costly AWS RDS upgrade.
Infrastructure dollars flow as Crusoe AI raises a Series E at a $10.4B valuation, OpenAI’s Meta alumni count grows amid ad talk, YC backs orbital compute at Starcloud, and Valthos debuts with AI biodefense aims.
Policy threads include Coinbase lobbying Senators on crypto market rules, pushback on the EU’s AI Factories approach, and satire about permits stifling pitches. Markets and tech skepticism surface in jokes about $1T capex vs basic AI errors, TA on prediction markets, and an LLM taking a 20x BTC long.
Culture notes range from a designer binning Chrome to a Louvre heist costume, a debate over hand-eating rice, Usha Vance’s tarmac hug, questions for the new Pope on migration, a Packers kicker offering tickets, and reminders that real prioritization hurts.
