Audrie Rain

Softly chaotic, endlessly curious.

[Kelly Winslet @Kelly_Winslett]

The scariest part of AI isn’t that it will take our jobs. It’s that it will make us forget how to think deeply without it. We’re outsourcing our curiosity one prompt at a time. Do you still solve problems the hard way sometimes… or is that already gone?

[Pavlo Chaika @pavlo_chaika]

The original Hermès Birkin — the actual prototype made for Jane Birkin in 1984 — just sold for $10.1 million.
Not a special edition.
The real one. A handbag that cost more than most people’s houses. Would you ever spend that on a bag?

[Financial Times @FT]

The economist on Trump’s tariffs, looming threats to the dollar — and why we’re living through a ‘great gamble’: https://t.co/Pwr0Qkfd11

[Financial Times @FT]

The torrent that tore through settlements near Nepal’s border with China came as scientists warned of growing climate change risks. https://t.co/KAweXWR6aT

[Audrie Rain @AudrieRain90]

In 1720, people were so hyped about the South Sea Company that a guy sold “shares in a company for carrying out an undertaking of great advantage, but nobody to know what it is”… and people actually bought them.FOMO is 300 years old.Soft chaos never changes.

[Financial Times @FT]

Opinion: The pretence that America’s leader is a grand strategist will not survive the Iran fiasco. https://t.co/zM7B5NJlz8

[Nina James @ninamj4]

Just started noticing more.
In crypto & AI the loudest voices usually miss the quiet signals. What’s one detail everyone is overlooking right now? I’m watching carefully.

[Financial Times @FT]

Consulting executives are considering ordering junior staff back to the office more frequently to sharpen their human skills as AI takes over a growing proportion of their technical work.

Read more here: https://t.co/nIe0VGfLzn

[Financial Times @FT]

Opinion: Rising deficits and debt-servicing costs no longer seem powerful enough to restore prudence. https://t.co/mshD099F0b

[Audrie Rain @AudrieRain90]

@AbstractChain 0x367c616E3950a74F92A0a78E97B8d4BE94b6B090

[Financial Times @FT]

Opinion: Now that America has decided to hang up its hat when it comes to championing democracy, there is a broader springtime for tyrants. https://t.co/pRvBf2oejS

[Financial Times @FT]

SEC accuses ex-Bank of America utilities banker of insider trading https://t.co/wNsSr5isGf

[Financial Times @FT]

Wall Street investors say a move to buy more long-term US debt is a ‘band-aid on a bullet hole’ as concerns mount over Washington’s $40tn debt burden and smouldering inflation. https://t.co/3JMZFtxt6K

[Financial Times @FT]

Europe’s biggest bank axed 134 of its most senior employees last year and paid them a total of $67.5mn in severance, significantly exceeding cuts by other European lenders in 2025. https://t.co/JM9az8CW8q

[Astropics @astro4pics]

A nighttime flyover from the International Space Station shows the glittering lights of Shanghai giving way to the Korean peninsula far below. City grids and coastlines shine brightly against the dark Earth as the station races eastward through the night.

[Financial Times @FT]

Breaking news: The US’s national debt has hit a record $40tn as borrowing rises at a historic pace, fuelling investor concerns about the state of America’s public finances despite Donald Trump’s vow to bring spending under control. https://t.co/JJIO7lHZc7

[Financial Times @FT]

A four-year-old’s obsession transforms this family holiday into a 1,500-mile fossil hunt through desert, plain and canyon: https://t.co/p70MkV2Wxr

[Beauty of Nature 🥀 @NaturalEye78321]

📍 Bryce Canyon National Park, United States 🇺🇸

[Financial Times @FT]

FT Exclusive: Barclays is overhauling the top ranks of its investment bank less than three years after a previous shake-up in the latest attempt by the British lender to compete with larger Wall Street rivals. https://t.co/uOs3kmJmnC

[Financial Times @FT]

As air fares remain high, buoyed by fuel surcharges introduced at the start of the Iran war, airlines are watching rivals closely: if one carrier cuts prices, others will be forced to follow to remain competitive. https://t.co/pzs5QIl7qz